Banned fast bowler, Muhammad Amir is the talk of the town once again. He is young and obviously talented, and so is being missed on the cricket fields but alas, his ban lasts until September 2015. Before the notorious spot fixing scandal of 2010 he could have walked into any team but today, he had to wait even to get into the domestic circuit!
I am not a legal expert, so I am not be equipped to comment on the legalities of the Pakistan Cricket Board’s desperation to get Amir’s sentence reduced or at least find a way for him to play domestic cricket until the time for his ban lapses. For that purpose, the PCB interim chairman did not only hire a legal expert in England, but went to attend ICC meetings twice to raise the same concerns in front of the relevant authorities.
Many former cricketers and experts are against any concessions for Amir, as they believe that if Amir is commiserated then why not Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif or even Danish Kaneria who has not confessed his crime, like the trio, and is still fighting a legal battle to clear his name of the spot-fixing charge.
The public opinion, however, is divided on Amir’s issue. The anti-Amir lot sees him as a traitor whereas his fans sympathise with him. In my opinion, both parties should stick to the rules of the game; the players should abide by rules that have been made to curb malpractices of all sorts and the authorities should apply the rules as per stated.
The regulations drafted by the ICC as well as by the PCB don’t allow leniency towards any player, regardless of his talent or age. In light of this, I see no reason for concessions for Muhammad Amir.
There are many cricket followers who believe that the notorious no-balls were delivered under the pressure of the then captain, Salman Butt. Amir did mention, in his interview with Sky Sports, that he was blackmailed and under immense pressure from the bookie etcetera and so he went through with it, albeit unwillingly. This, according to Amir was not easy feat as he was not used to delivering no-balls.
The question that boggles my mind is what were the grounds for blackmail? Had he done something wrong in the first place due to which he was being blackmailed? It is very difficult to blackmail a person who is not guilty of anything to begin with. But what if he is guilty? This question impelled me to dig into Amir’s previous record.
Muhammad Amir made his Test debut in July 2009 and didn’t deliver a single no-ball in his first two Test matches. He collectively bowled 49 overs.
In the third Test match, he over-stepped for the first time. He delivered only once in 31 overs.
In the following three Test matches, Muhammad Amir was again flawless and over-stepped only twice in 95 overs, but his seventh Test match reveals astonishing figures, in terms of crossing the bowling crease. The match was played against Australia in December 2009 where Muhammad Amir bowled an appalling 13 no-balls!
Post that Test match, until the Lords’ Test, he remained steady.
Now although this may all seem presumptuous, but 13 no-balls in one match is not a joke. All things considered, I would like to revert your attention once again to my first question; why did Amir state, in his interview with Sky Sports, that he was being blackmailed?
Is he guilty of something that happened in the past that only the bookie was aware of?
I do not, in any way, intend to accuse Muhammad Amir for anything, but would just like for his case to be scrutinised from all angles possible before any charges are dropped. If he is to be let back on the team, if he is to represent Pakistan once again, then he better be clean.
Until then, I leave you with two questions;
I am not a legal expert, so I am not be equipped to comment on the legalities of the Pakistan Cricket Board’s desperation to get Amir’s sentence reduced or at least find a way for him to play domestic cricket until the time for his ban lapses. For that purpose, the PCB interim chairman did not only hire a legal expert in England, but went to attend ICC meetings twice to raise the same concerns in front of the relevant authorities.
Many former cricketers and experts are against any concessions for Amir, as they believe that if Amir is commiserated then why not Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif or even Danish Kaneria who has not confessed his crime, like the trio, and is still fighting a legal battle to clear his name of the spot-fixing charge.
The public opinion, however, is divided on Amir’s issue. The anti-Amir lot sees him as a traitor whereas his fans sympathise with him. In my opinion, both parties should stick to the rules of the game; the players should abide by rules that have been made to curb malpractices of all sorts and the authorities should apply the rules as per stated.
The regulations drafted by the ICC as well as by the PCB don’t allow leniency towards any player, regardless of his talent or age. In light of this, I see no reason for concessions for Muhammad Amir.
There are many cricket followers who believe that the notorious no-balls were delivered under the pressure of the then captain, Salman Butt. Amir did mention, in his interview with Sky Sports, that he was blackmailed and under immense pressure from the bookie etcetera and so he went through with it, albeit unwillingly. This, according to Amir was not easy feat as he was not used to delivering no-balls.
The question that boggles my mind is what were the grounds for blackmail? Had he done something wrong in the first place due to which he was being blackmailed? It is very difficult to blackmail a person who is not guilty of anything to begin with. But what if he is guilty? This question impelled me to dig into Amir’s previous record.
Muhammad Amir made his Test debut in July 2009 and didn’t deliver a single no-ball in his first two Test matches. He collectively bowled 49 overs.
In the third Test match, he over-stepped for the first time. He delivered only once in 31 overs.
In the following three Test matches, Muhammad Amir was again flawless and over-stepped only twice in 95 overs, but his seventh Test match reveals astonishing figures, in terms of crossing the bowling crease. The match was played against Australia in December 2009 where Muhammad Amir bowled an appalling 13 no-balls!
Post that Test match, until the Lords’ Test, he remained steady.
Now although this may all seem presumptuous, but 13 no-balls in one match is not a joke. All things considered, I would like to revert your attention once again to my first question; why did Amir state, in his interview with Sky Sports, that he was being blackmailed?
Is he guilty of something that happened in the past that only the bookie was aware of?
I do not, in any way, intend to accuse Muhammad Amir for anything, but would just like for his case to be scrutinised from all angles possible before any charges are dropped. If he is to be let back on the team, if he is to represent Pakistan once again, then he better be clean.
Until then, I leave you with two questions;
- Did something happen in Muhammad Amir’s seventh Test match under Muhammad Yousuf’s captaincy? Are we missing a big piece to a bigger puzzle? Are there others involved?
- Would you allow someone to babysit your child if he/she was convicted for child abuse, albeit only once?
Samsung had announced the launch of some new products, in collaboration
with Ufone, which is one of the biggest telecommunication companies of
Pakistan. The company announced it in a Press Event that was held a
couple of days back, at Royal Palm, Lahore. Higher management of both
companies, their distributors and the media representatives were present
at the event. Samsung had also announced a bundle offer for Galaxy Note
3 users with Ufone. This bundle offers free minutes, text messages, and
internet. The representatives of Ufone and Samsung delivered speeches
at the event, and the audience was also entertained with the product
presentation and experience about it.
Samsung has released the Galaxy Note 3,
which is an elegant and remarkable addition to the Note series of the
company. One of the main features of Note 3 is a 5.7” full HD AMOLED
screen. The back cover of the Note 3 is textured like leather, and the
device is available in Jet Black, Classic White, and Blush Pink colors.
It can be considered a powerful device as it is powered by an Octa Core
Processor, (1.9 Ghz Quad core + 1.3 Ghz Quad Core), and a 3GB RAM. The
Note Series S pen comes with the device. This pen enables a number of
innovative features that include Action memo, Scrapbooker, Screen write,
S Finder and Pen Window. A 3,200 mAH battery is used in the device to
make it run longer.
At the event, Samsung also announced the
launch of Samsung Galaxy Gear. This sophisticated technology allows you
to use Samsung’s Galaxy Series devices without taking them out of your
pocket. With the Gear, you can even make voice calls to the contacts on
your smartphone, using a dialer via S voice. You can also receive your
notifications on Samsung Galaxy Gear and can also use its original or
third party apps.
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 is available in
the market, and can be purchased from any authorized dealer for Rs
82,500. According to the officials of the company, Samsung Gear would be
available at the end of this month.
There is good news for the people of Pakistan regarding the petrol prices that from 1st November, the petrol prices are expected to fall from 3 rupees and 50 paisas per liter.
According to the sources, there is an expected fall in the prices of
octane from 4 rupees per liter and kerosine oil from 30 paisas per
liter. While the prices of light diesel is expected to increase from 9
paisas.
According to the sources of petroleum ministry, the prices of petrol
are falling down due to fall in the prices of petrol in the overall
world market.
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A news from New York, Apple new iPhone 5S is declared as world’s fastest
smartphone. According to a Geekbench benchmark tests performed by
Which? Magazine, Cupertino company’s new device has beaten LG G2,
Samsung Galaxy S4 and HTC One in terms of speed to become the world’s
fastest smartphone available in market till date.
Below are the rankings of phone in terms of speed:
- iPhone 5S
- LG G2
- Samsung Galaxy S4
- HTC One
You can read more details about it below:
According to the Dunya News, a petition has been filed against the
biggest Search Engine of the world, Google, for doing business in
Pakistan without registering the company in the country and having its
office here.
This petition has been filed by Mr.
Kamil Muzaffar with Intellectual Property Organization (IPO) of
Pakistan. It has challenged Google’s authorities for doing business
without having any physical office, and registering the company
according to the laws of Pakistan.
According to the sources, after the
holidays of Eid, IPO would call Ministry of Information Technology and
Telecom, Pakistan’s Telecommunication Authority (PTA), and the
representatives of Google in Pakistan.
The petitioner is of the view that all
the operations of Google are illegal in the country as it is not
registered here. According to the petitioner, Google is earning millions
of dollars just by a registered domain PKNIC, but it is not giving a
single rupee tax on its earnings.
Petition claims that Google is violating the intellectual copyrights and is also evading taxes for last ten years.
Let us mention here that once FBR
suggested to tax Google, but it was unable to do anything because of
many reasons, and one of them was that the company was not a registered
one.
Once Lahore High court had also asked
Google to appear in the court during the hearing of the petition against
the ban of YouTube in Pakistan, but neither the representatives of
Google appeared in the court, nor they submit any reply or request for
being unable to attend the proceedings of the court.
It has been four months since the passing away of Bollywood actress Jiah Khan and
this case back in the news due to a new pettion. Jiah’s death was
announced as a suicide case but now we have her mother Rabiya Amin who
has filed a fresh petition in the Bombay High Court alleging that her
daughter may have been murdered. We now have the latest images of Jiah
Khan’s dead body as her mother has released them.
Even though the media had moved on from this case a while ago,
Rabiya Amin has been digging deep into by seeking the help of CBI.
“Rabiya feels the investigation was not done properly. If you go by the
medical opinion and other evidence, it would indicate something is
missing as far as suicide is concerned. Jiah Khan’s case is apparently a
case of murder,” said Dinesh Tiwari, Rabiya’s lawyer.
Taking you back to the incident which happened earlier this year,
Jiah was found hanging in her Juhu apartment on June 3. Rabiya had
believed that Jiah’s boyfriend Sooraj Pancholi was responsible for her
daughter’s death. So he was then arrested on charges of abetting her
suicide. Sooraj was granted bail a few weeks later. This case was all
over the television and other media channels. Since, this new petition,
the case is being highlighted again.
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