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An urgent appeal to the PM to stop the PCB hush up..!

Dear Mr. Prime Minister

AoA.

Dear Sir,

This appeal is not only addressed to you as a Prime Minister of the country, but as an ardent lover of the glorious game of cricket as well, which you have personally played, throughout your life.

And, I will not be joking if I say that; had you been in our team as an opening batsmen, we would not have been the world record holder of T20 game, by scoring lowest ever, 13 runs, in the 1st six overs of the power play.

The Chairman PCB is an accomplished media expert and is at his best in public relations matters.

Like any honourable person, the chairman PCB, instead of squarely taking over the responsibilities of the Dhaka cricket disaster, where Pakistani cricket team meekly surrendered the last, but the most vital game against the West Indian team, that too in a highly shameful manner, has now announced an internal PCB inquiry.

It is a known fact that internal inquires are mostly a facade, to cover up the glaring deficiencies of the senior people and to put the blame on certain scape goats. Moreover, no internal inquiry; either, had the mandate or, possesses the courage, to fix the responsibility of the disaster, on the top man of the organisation.

Under the circumstances, when the entire nation wants to know the raw facts about the debacle of Dhaka, the cricket mad people of Pakistan, expects and earnestly appeals to you Sir, who always has his fingers on the pulse of the nation; and knows what the people wants, to immediately appoint an independent inquiry commission, headed by an honourable person like former Chief Justice Mr. Iftikhar Chaudhry or Mr. Justice Rana Bhagwan Das or any sitting Supreme Court Judge to find out (in a short time bound inquiry) the causes of this cricket disaster, clearly fix the responsibilities of the failures on the concerned persons, suggest penalties/punishments and also the remedial measures, for the future betterment of the game and the improved working of the PCB, (which currently is a sinking ship), as a world class professional organisation of Pakistan.

The nation hopes that you being a cricket loving Prime Minister, will not be contented with; and also not fall into the trap of the Public Relations exercise of the chairman PCB, who has announced a cosmetic and meaningless internal PCB inquiry, with the obvious aim to hide the failures of the top PCB bosses.

Best Regards,

Syed Nayyar Uddin Ahmad

Lahore.

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How the Kangaroos were conquered by the Eagles..!

First of all, the whole nation thanks the Pakistani cricket team, for giving immeasurable joy and happiness to the entire nation, on the very auspicious occasion of the Pakistan Day, falling on the 23rd March.

The positive attitude and the aggressive mind set of our cricket team, was visible from the very word go. Our players displayed the INTENSITY of a wounded tiger, which was clearly missing against the Indians, thus Pakistani team was looking a totally different unit, from the Friday’s match.

Let us now dwell, on where we improved over the 1st match and where still we could have done a better job.

1. The score we got in 20 overs vs India, was achieved in 14 overs vs Australia. Our run rate (RR) on completion of 10 overs (83 runs) was reasonably good at 8.30 runs /over. In the next 10 overs, we scored another 108 runs, at a RR of 10.8 runs/over. We scored 191/5, at a healthy RR/ over of 9.55.

2. Pakistan played only 34 DOT balls (22 or 3.4 overs in 1st 10 overs and ONLY 12 or 2 overs in 2nd portion of 10 overs). Remember, we played 51 DOT balls against India.

3. Pakistan ONLY gave 5 no ball runs, that too on a single no ball, bowled in the whole Australian innings. Whereas, Australian bowlers also bowled 1 no ball, but gave 9 runs on wide account, by bowling 3 wide balls. This also reflects remarkable bowling discipline displayed by the Pakistani bowlers, as compared with the Australian bowlers.

4. Here, we must give full marks to the captaincy of Mr. M. Hafeez, for keeping his cool and focusing on the victory, in this high voltage match, when Australia blasted off to 102/2 in just 8 overs, during which the last 5 over, went for 82 runs. The way Hafeez marshalled his bowlers and fielders, immediately paid dividends in the next 10 overs, which resulted in 8 wickets for 58 runs.

5. We must salute the captaincy of Muhammad Hafeez, who in my opinion deserves 99 marks out of 100, for his crisis management abilities.

Just let me repeat, that we got to overcome our following short comings, if the remaining 3 matches journey to the final match, has to be without any hiccups.

a). Again our score in the 6 power play overs, was just 34 runs, when ONLY TWO fielders are allowed out side the 30 meters circle. We may ask Shahid Afridi to open the innings, with license to play freely, as per his temperament. However, we must aim for a score of 60-80 runs in the power play period. Not forgetting that Australia scored 82 runs against us last night, in 30 balls during overs numbers 4 to 8, even when they had lost both of their openers, in the first six balls; and their score was just 8/2, in the 1st over. Actually, we don’t have to look back whatever happens. Just focus on our aim of 60-80 runs in the power play overs.

b). Again we played a very high number of 22 dot balls in the 1st 10 overs. As we did in the 2nd half of the innings, where we played 12 dot balls, our aim should be (as we are aiming to be the world T20 champions) that not more than 8-10 dot balls are played in the 1st half, where there is a luxury of 6 overs of power play, as well. Our players ought to shun any negativity coming into the mind, due to the falling of early wickets, as was displayed by the Australian number 3 and 4 batsmen.

c). Mr. Hafeez, must realise that there is no room for complacency, because our position in the group is extremely precarious; as Australia, can easily bounce back, with better run rate, to oust us, from the race of the semi finals.

d). The joke must now end, of playing Shoaib Malik and Kamran Akmal. Believe me, whatever, they are contributing to the team, Younis Khan, Fawad Alam and Misbah ul Haq can do much better. These players (Shoaib and Kamran) are not the T20 material (obviously nothing personal against them or any other player, management committee members or any PCB person). And now, the next matches against the West Indies and Bangladesh, are going to be very crucial for us, because if we have to remain in the contention for the semi finals, we have to win these games with not a big margin, but with a HUGE margin.

e). As our team showed during the match against Australia, our players must remember that OFFENCE IS THE BEST DEFENCE. All our game scheming and strategy planning, must be based on just one premise, not just to win, but to win with a HUGE margin.

Wishing and praying for all the best for our cricket team in the days ahead.

Syed Nayyar Uddin Ahmad

Lahore.

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PCB and Pakistan..!

Again, we lost to India tonight, a match which was very winnable. The only problem with our cricket is that it is being led by nincompoops, who may be very good in their own spheres of professional and sporting activities, but alas, they know nothing about the leadership requirements of cricket affairs. On this account, there is no need to single out the leadership incompetence of the chairman PCB or his think tank wizards. It is sufficient to explain the whole problem, with a very relevant definition of a leader, as below:

“A good manager ensures that ladder is being climbed efficiently by his men. However, a good leader is responsible for the ladder to be leaning, against the right wall”.

Despite the fact that all the requirements of winning the T20 World Cup were informed well in time today, as well as, earlier in an analysis titled “How the Asia Cup was lost” to the all and sundry in the PCB; still the brainy think tank of the PCB, comprising of the manager Mr. Zakir Khan, chief batting consultant, Mr. Zaheer Abbas, head coach, Mr. Moin Khan and the captain Mr. M. Hafeez, made certain cardinal blunders during the match vs India tonight, explained as below:

a). It is a rule of thumb to select horses for the courses. But PCB brains made sure that wrong players like Fawad Alam, Shoaib Malik and Kamran Akmal were selected for ODI and T20 games, over fresh legs of Awais Zia, Hammad Azam, Anwer Ali, Sami Aslam, Umer Waheed, Imran Khan, Zia ul Haq, Aezaz Cheema and many other budding youngsters. Rather than losing with oldies, who have passed their expiry dates, we should not be afraid of losing with players, who can be truly called, as a future investment.

b). There was no need to play unfit players like Umer Gul and Shahid Afridi. There is no harm in sending them back and calling the replacements.

c). Mostly, a T20 game is won or lost in the first six power play overs. In fact, I had already submitted at point # 1 below that we should aim for a minimum of 60 runs in the 1st six overs. Anyway, our team scored almost half of that target i.e., 34 runs.

d). In the point #6 below, it was suggested that at any cost, playing dot balls must be avoided, as it was the biggest crime in an ODI and T20 games. But, what we did was amazing, to say the least. We played 51 dot balls out of the total available 120 balls. Which means that instead of utilising 20 overs, we wasted 8.3 overs and played only 11.3 overs. You can’t even think of beating a team like Zimbabwe, by batting for just 11.3 overs.

e). At point #4 below, it was proposed that there was no place for players like Shoaib malik and Kamran Akmal in the playing XI. Yet, they were played and what they performed was no surprise for any person, having rudimentary knowledge of the game. But, this glaring issue of destroying our teams balance, is not being realised by our so called think tank of the PCB. It seems, this tank is doing every thing, except thinking.

f). Weaknesses of our team’s fielding are not being attended by the so called fielding coach, about whom the captain has already given his piece of mind, in a media interview, before leaving for Bangladesh.

g). Mr. Muhammad Hafeez must be asked to explain the reason for giving 4th over to Umer Gul who had an economy rate of 10 runs per over in the match, whereas, he kept un utilised, his own and Junaid’s 1 over each, whose ER/over in the match was 4.66 and 7.66 respectively.

h). The two run outs of the total 7 outs of the Pakistani innings, is also a big question mark, on the fielding abilities of the fielding coach.

i). Shame on the PCB person responsible for the purchase of substandard kits for the Pakistani team.

The shape and stitching of the cap on the head of our captain Mr. Muhammad Hafeez was pathetic and abysmal and was no comparison with the cap on the head of MS Dhoni.

Mr. Najam Sethi, Chairman PCB, must conduct an urgent enquiry over the purchase of miserably substandard and pitiable kits for our national team; and hand over the responsible person to the FIA, for defaming Pakistan’s prestige, image and reputation. The inquiry should also encompass the possibility of any direct or indirect connection or related link, of any PCB insider, with the firm, which provided the kits to the PCB. This will ensure the transparency and enhance the image and reputation of the PCB.

Best Regards,

Syed Nayyar Uddin Ahmad

Lahore.

Sure shot recipe for victory in T20 World Cup matches for Pakistan

1. Must target to score above 60 runs in the power play overs.

2. Must bat second in case of winning the toss for night matches.

3. No over dependence on any one player, more so on Shahid Afridi.

4. Must not, repeat must not, include Shoaib Malik and Kamran Akmal in the playing XI.

5. Must control, repeat must control, wide balls. To control this habit every bowler be fined Rs.50,000 per wide ball.

6. Must not, repeat must not, play a dot ball which is the biggest crime in the T20 and the ODI matches. To control this bad habit, every player be fined Rs.50,000 per dot ball. According to Sunil Gavaskar, dot ball is like giving a wicket to the opponent team in the T20 matches.

7. To control the habit of catch dropping during the fielding, every fielder be fined Rs.1,00,000 for every dropped catch.

8. Every fielder be rewarded with a direct throw run outs with Rs.50,000/-, an excellent attempt for fielding with Rs.10,000. Two or more fielders involved in indirect throw run outs, be rewarded with Rs.50,000/- prize, equally divided among the fielders.

9. Batsmen hitting a six be rewarded with Rs.10,000/- and a boundary with Rs.5,000/-. Batsmen scoring 1, 2 and 3 runs be awarded with Rs.1,000/-, Rs 2,000/- and Rs.3,000/- respectively.

10. Every bowler be rewarded with Rs.50,000 per wicket and also penalised for each no ball with Rs.50,000.

Best Regards.

Syed Nayyar Uddin Ahmad

Lahore.

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An advice to the government of Mian Nawaz Sharif for avoiding the pit falls of the privatisation.

Dear Mr. Prime Minister,

AoA.

Sir,

Please note that privatisation should not be done in such a way, which will not GENUINELY increase the national wealth.

I mean that firstly, in payments of the government’s sold assets, money must not move from just one bank to the other bank, because It will NOT make any ADDITION to the national wealth.

Money must come from abroad, so that NATIONAL WEALTH genuinely increases in sale of the state owned enterprises (SOE’s).

For this to happen, all payments must be made to the GOP in foreign currency.

Secondly, the modus operandi of payment should not be based on the FACILITY to the buyers of the national assets, for making payment in instalments.

This system has the built in fault, of allowing the buyers of the SOE’s, to pay the instalments of the purchased assets from the pockets of the general public, by just increasing the prices of their products or services.

Such privatisations are a NET loss for the public and the nation.

Hence, these types of payment terms must not be allowed to be included in the privatisation deals.

We should also not forget the lessons of the highly dubious PTCL deal, in which the 10 years old outstanding payment of $800 million (which must be worth now $5 billion), by the ETISALAT Telecom, is still due to the government of Pakistan and the telecom company is enjoying the benefits of the default.

Best Regards,

Syed Nayyar Uddin Ahmad

Lahore.

Mr. Zaka Ashraf must thank his stars that our PM, Mr. Nawaz Sharif, didn’t sack him, while he was on board the return flight to Pakistan.

At least, Zaka Ashraf was allowed to land.

This is called learning by experience..!

ICC (Indian Cricket Council) is now being turned into INTERNATIONAL CASH COUNCIL for BCCI, CA & the ECB on the lines of the UN Security Council, under which all the remaining cricket playing countries will be OUT CAST. This will be the the worst form of the apartheid in sports world, being planned by the BCCI, CA and the ECB, just for the sake of their avarice.

If the BCCI, CA and the ECB do not want the 7 remaining ICC board members as equal partners, it will be better for the remaining 7 members of the ICC, to form their own ICC (International Cricket Committee) in consultation and cooperation with the FICA. This new ICC should grant official status to all members for playing Test matches (day and night with 100 overs per innings limit, ODI’s of 40 overs with two innings of 20 overs and T10 revolutionary games. This new ICC should also introduce highly popular Tennis ball (taped) matches all over the world.

Cry of Cricket Australia..!

Edwards responds to ‘Big Three’ criticism
Daniel Brettig and Brydon Coverdale
January 22, 2014

Cricket Australia’s chairman Wally Edwards, seen here with the ECB chairman Giles Clarke, has been a key figure in the proposal to be voted on by the ICC © Getty Images
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Wally Edwards, the Cricket Australia chairman and a key figure in the drafting of a proposal to centralise power in world cricket with India and England, has broken his usual silence to defend the plan in the face of heavy criticism from the Federation of International Cricketers’ Associations (FICA).

Through FICA’s chairman Paul Marsh, the world’s cricketers have voiced their strong opposition to the proposed revamp of the ICC’s structure, declaring that it would only serve to strengthen India, England and Australia while weakening the rest.

Commonly preferring to work the back channels of cricket administration before speaking publicly, Edwards said he felt compelled to respond to FICA’s contention that the nations involved in drafting the proposal had defied their commitment to work in the best interests of the ICC by doing so.

“Traditionally, CA does not comment on ICC discussions it is about to have – we talk to other ICC nations across the table rather than via the media,” Edwards said. “But we were today disappointed to see the Federation of International Cricketers’ Associations question whether CA and others have met their fiduciary duties as ICC members.

“Setting aside the fact that we are yet to discuss and vote, CA’s approach internationally is consistent with its approach at home where we have made significant strides improving the governance of Australian cricket. There will be a discussion in the next few days among the ICC’s full member nations about possible changes to how the ICC works.

“CA’s view going into that discussion is that we need to continue to promote international cricket competitions including the primacy of Test cricket, we need to improve global cricket leadership and we support that members should be working to promote the interest of the game as their priority.”

Edwards is the first chairman of the three nations tabling the proposal to speak publicly about it. Neither N Srinivasan of the BCCI nor Giles Clarke of the ECB have been prepared to talk about the proposal or its implications, preferring to wait until the raft of changes are voted on by the ICC executive board at their next meeting on January 28 and 29.

FICA, which represents player associations in seven of the ICC’s ten full member countries, had declared itself “extremely concerned” with the leaked proposal, which would place the ICC largely in the control of the so-called “Big Three” nations. Marsh said players had a real fear the proposal would leave countries outside the Big Three to “wither on the vine”.

“There are a myriad of issues with this proposal,” Marsh said. “First and foremost, as board directors of the ICC, the Chairmen of the BCCI, Cricket Australia and ECB owe fiduciary duties to the ICC that include putting the interests of the ICC ahead of those of their individual boards, a duty to remain loyal to the ICC and avoid conflicts of interests and to act in good faith to promote the success of the ICC. We seriously question whether all of these duties have been met.

“The proposals relating to scheduling are disturbing. The reassurance to the boards outside the ‘Big Three’ that they are guaranteed to earn more in the next rights cycle than they have in the current one ignores the fact they are almost certain to lose more money from a re-shaped Future Tours Programme (FTP) than they will gain from ICC distributions, when the ‘Big Three’ inevitably pick and choose who, when and where they will play.

“Of significance is the section that offers a guarantee from Cricket Australia and the ECB to play three Tests and five ODIs per cycle to each of the top eight members, yet there is no mention of any such guarantee from the BCCI. Each of the member countries, including Australia and England, rely heavily on Indian tours for sustainability of the game in their country. What chance do the majority of members have of survival if the BCCI decides not to tour their countries on at least a semi-regular basis?

“The result of this is that the gap between the ‘Big Three’ and the rest will get bigger and bigger, which will undermine the competitiveness of future ICC events and therefore the value of rights in future cycles. This will affect everyone and it cannot possibly be in the interests of international cricket nor of the health and sustainability of the world game of which the ICC is supposed to be the custodian.”

Boards of ICC members outside the Big Three have expressed differing views on the proposal, with Cricket South Africa arguing the idea is “fundamentally flawed” and “in breach of the ICC constitution”, while New Zealand Cricket said it was wrong to jump to the conclusion that the proposal would be bad for cricket. However, FICA has raised concerns about the potential increased financial strain that could affect countries already struggling to make money from the game.

“We also have significant concern with the notion that distributions from ICC events should be based on commercial contribution,” Marsh said. “The result of this will be the countries that need ICC income most will receive the least, whilst the ‘Big Three’ will get the lion’s share even though they are already financially healthy because of the value of the rights to their bilateral series.

“The role of ICC events should be to assist in levelling the financial playing field by distributing the proceeds from these events fairly, rather than further widening the gap between the rich and poor. Whilst these are an entirely foreseeable commercial outcomes, for the cricket fan the greater concern is the increasing gulf in quality between the ‘Big Three’ and the rest. The essence of sport is competition and those in control of the ICC should be doing all they can to promote and provide a level playing field. This proposal will achieve the complete opposite.

“Ironically the proposal espouses the principal of meritocracy. The linking of immunity from Test relegation for BCCI, ECB and CA to an argument that this is necessary ‘solely to protect ICC income’ is plainly wrong, given the fact no Test-based ICC events feature in the forward thinking and therefore all revenues generated from Test cricket are kept by the boards hosting the respective series.”

Daniel Brettig and Brydon Coverdale are assistant editors at ESPNcricinfo

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Pakistan annoyed at US bill linking aid to Dr Afridi’s release
APP and DAWN.COM

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http://www.dawn.com/news/1081551/pakistan-annoyed-at-us-bill-linking-aid-to-dr-afridis-release

As they say, one can only be insulted to the extent he permits. If the government of Pakistan is really hurt, by the US governments’ decision to make conditional, the release of assistance worth$33 million, with the release of Dr. Shakil Afridi, then the expression of mere disappointment, is just an eye wash, for the consumption of the Pakistani public.

The issue is not the withholding of the US assistance. Never ever, in the diplomatic history of the world, any nation had the guts and the guile to demand extradition of a spy, who was NOT its citizen. Rather, the spy was the very citizen of his own country, against which he acted as a traitor.

Pakistani government must NOT act and behave as a client country of the US. Even the government of a banana country would be ashamed of this Luke warm and dud reaction.

Here we should remember that India is going ahead with the trial of the two Italian navy men, on murder charges of its citizens, despite hue and cry of the entire EU and the West. Moreover, how India stood behind on its stance in the case of its female diplomat in the US, knowing very well that she clearly violated the law of the land. And in this regard, how India stripped PERMANENTLY, US diplomats of many traditional facilities, they enjoyed since ages.

Pak government must warn the American government that any further poking in our domestic matter, may result in the immediate revoking of the permission, granted for the extension of the US embassy in Islamabad and its consulates in Karachi and Lahore.

My letter in English to the Indian Prime Minister translated in Urdu and published by the Urdu daily “JANG” at page 9 today.

Link :- http://e.jang.com.pk/01-18-2014/lahore/page9.asp

How to save Pakistan..?

After 66 years, Pakistan is a more fragmented society than our forefathers could have ever imagined. The schism (division or disunion), is so intense that if immediate corrective steps are not taken, God forbid, this country may see even more turbulent times.

The writing on the wall is clear for all to read. The decadence of Pakistani society in every sphere of life, be it political, economic, educational, industrial, agricultural, religious, law and order or any other segment worth naming, is abysmal, to say the least.

Hardly any day passes without reports of suicides committed by the poor due to the economic hardships. Children did not not die in dozens, but in scores, due to the measles outbreak and; strangely enough, no soul moved and not even a single person was held accountable.

Maybe, we have one last chance to stem the rot, to unite the people and to give them a prescription, to rise again and re-build the nation from the ashes; because, for the overwhelming majority, a time is coming that the masses may will be forced to think: no life no nation.

The current frame work, under which the country is being run will not take Pakistan any forward, even if it is allowed to continue as such, for another 100 years. All small and big nations in our region and the world have overtaken us, in the basic fields of health, education, justice, law and order and food security.

All stakeholders must wake up, as the nation is moving towards destruction and business as usual, can do no good for Pakistan; our survival is directly linked with the existence of our nationhood. Nationhood means, “the state or quality of having a status as a separate and independent nation”.

Pakistan needs a turnaround for which the basic need is our adaptation and readiness for the change, not in cosmetic but real sense. We need a complete change from one era to another, like the one, witnessed by China, under Mao Zedong.

Hence, for all Pakistanis, failure is not an option but success is also not automatically guaranteed. In this regard, I would like to suggest that we formulate a new social contract, for the common people of Pakistan, who always pay 100 percent bills and taxes and never defaults on their bank loans. Let us make a new Pakistan, which is redesigned to practically cater to the needs of the exploited masses.

Changes must be made in the constitution, to make it a presidential form of democratic set up. The election system should also be changed, so that the whole country directly votes for the president. However, before voting, the candidates of all political parties for presidential post, must notify a list of their MPAs, MNAs and Senators, who will be automatically considered elected, according to the percentage of votes cast, in favour of the main candidate for the top post of the country.

The decision for Pakistan’s charter of development for building dams and mega projects for the next 50 years should also be finalised, on which, later on, no politics should be allowed. In other words, the representatives of the nation should decide now, where they would like to see Pakistan, in each and every field of life after 50 years. This plan should be further divided into ten five years plans.

In order to decentralise and empower the maximum number of people, to enjoy the fruits of self-rule, we should convert every division of Pakistan into a province. This will also work as a panacea (an answer or solution for all problems or difficulties), for the eradication of linguistic and any other type of frictions and doubts about the hegemony of one class of the people over the other. In fact, it will work wonders in the speedy development and unity of Pakistan; and kill instantly, any secessionist or separatist activities, currently prevailing in some parts of the country.

How to win Pakistan’s world war..?

Pakistan is not in an ordinary war rather, for us it is our world war, which is being fought for the life and death of Pakistan. This type of war has not been witnessed by any other nation, in the history of the world.

Moreover, it seems that this fight may not end very soon, in the near future. As such, our civil, military and all non military people, will have to stand united in front of the terrorists, who are hell bent to fight this war, not in our back yard, but right in the middle of our house.

In view of the seriousness of the situation and to keep the motivation of the general public alive, it is imperative to immediately announce the following initiatives:

1. Shaheed Chaudhry Aslam SSP and Shaheed Aitzaz Hussain (the 9th class student of Hangu, who grabbed the suicide bomber) may be awarded the highest national bravery award, for offering ultimate sacrifice, in beyond the call performance of their duties.

2. As a safety and precautionary step, government must announce that with immediate effect, no vehicle of any type, including cycles and motor cycles etc., be allowed to enter or be parked in any bazaar, throughout the country. This is a harsh and very inconvenient step, but it may save many lives.

3 (i). In any crime investigations, the first logical step is to find the beneficiary of that criminal act. Here, in Pakistan we have observed a pattern, which reveals that either, the terrorists have been targeting the GHQ, Naval and Air Force bases or indulging in specific targeted attacks on Sri Lankan cricketers, Chinese, foreigners and Pakistani minorities.

3 (ii). All these operations are carried out (at specifically chosen vital timings) not only to inflict maximum men and material losses, but also to undermine Pakistan’s military power; and create isolation in foreign policy, sports and tourism etc.

3 (iii). We should not be so naive to indefinitely close our eyes and ignore the role of huge number of Indian consulates, specially based near the Pakistan’s western borders with Afghanistan.

3 (iv). In fact, the terrorism in Karachi and the insurgencies of Swat and Balouchistan are a clear testimony of the Indian evil designs, being perpetrated through these consulates in Afghanistan.

3 (v). However, Pakistan must rest assured that this Indian game plan, specifically designed to keep Pakistan burning for an indefinite period, will never cease, till such time we repay the Indians in the same coins, by devising a strategy, to fight fire with fire.

3 (vi). As such, it is high time that Pakistan officially warn India to immediately pack up all its consulates in Afghanistan, failing which Pakistan should also immediately take steps to establish its own consulates, in the border areas of all those countries, which share a common border with India e.g., China, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar and SriLanka etc.

4 (i). The sudden increase of acts of terrorism, highlights the importance of preventive measures to curb the menace of terrorism, which is causing severe losses to men, material and reputation of the country.

4 (ii). In the cases of terrorist attacks on the GHQ, PIDC house & Pakistan Navy air base, it was reported that the gang of attackers was residing in a rented house for quite some time, in an area not very far away from their targets. It was also reported that the neighbours of these houses were although, suspicious of these tenants yet; they kept quiet and did not tip area police, about their apprehensions.

4 (iii). Under the circumstances, there is a dire need for motivating general public, which must remain extra -vigilant, in playing their role of defending the motherland, by involvement of entire population of the country, to look out for the stay and suspicious activities of the terrorist, in their near vicinity.

4 (iv). As such, In order to make the stay of terrorists at any place almost impossible, it is proposed to actively involve the entire population to look out & hunt them. This objective can be easily achieved, by the announcement of the Government, that a reward of Rs. 50 millions shall be paid to any person, who informs the Police, about the terrorist staying in a house, hostel, hotel, rest house or any such place.

4 (v). If the war against terror is to be won quickly, the entire population of the country have to be geared up and involved in the task of watch and vigilance.