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Pakistani Hero Honored In Sri Lanka

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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s cricket community on Monday honored a Pakistani bus driver as a hero for risking his life to get Sri Lankan cricketers to safety as bullets pierced their vehicle in last month’s deadly terror attack in eastern Pakistan.
“By God’s help I did not feel scared at all and never thought of jumping out of the bus to save myself,” brave Pakistani driver Mohammad Khalil said through an interpreter at an elaborate ceremony at Sri Lanka Cricket headquarters.
Six police officers and a driver were killed and seven members of the Sri Lanka contingent wounded in Lahore on March 3 when more than a dozen heavily armed gunmen ambushed the team convoy en route to a match against Pakistan.
“We are here to thank one unarmed man for his courage, selflessness and quick thinking that enabled many of us to see another day,” said Kumar Sangakkara, who sustained minor injuries in the attack. “We will always have a special place for you in our hearts.”
Khalil was credited with putting his foot down hard on the accelerator to power the vehicle away from the coordinated attacks at an exposed intersection.
Moments later the bus, riddled with 25 bullet holes, careered into the nearby stadium and medics rushed to treat the injured players and staff.
Khalil thanked the Sri Lankan cricketers who went to Pakistan when most of the top teams refused to tour the country because of security concerns.
“We are proud that we are even ready to sacrifice our lives to save our friends,” he said.
Khalil was presented with cash totaling about $20,000 and a leading newspaper group has sponsored a holiday for his family in Sri Lanka. Khalil also gave the cricketers boxes of sweets and henna from Pakistan.
Batsman Thilan Samaraweera, the most seriously wounded of the Sri Lankan players, was released from hospital two weeks after the attack. Former captain Mahela Jayawardene said all the wounded players except for Samaraweera have resumed playing domestic cricket.
The attack was among the highest-profile terrorist strikes on a sports team since the 1972 Munich Olympics, when Palestinian militants killed 11 Israeli athletes.

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Pakistan – Nation Standing Against Enemies Rock Hard

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Thousands  of innocent Pakistani citizens including men, women, old and children have been martyred in last last few years. Pakistani Muslims have sacrificed the most for making their country and the world a peaceful place to live, and Pakistan is still sacrificing for a better future. Pakistani Nation is standing against enemies rock hard. No doubt, Pakistani people are the soldiers  of the first row in the war against terror. Pakistanis are united against the people spreading terror using name of beautiful religion Islam.

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The Pakistan Day – 23rd March

Pakistan Day

“Muslims are a nation according to any definition of nation. We wish our people to develop to the fullest spiritual, cultural, economic, social and political life in a way that we think best and in consonance with our own ideals and according to the genius of our people”.

On the basis of the above mentioned ideas of Quaid-e-Azam, A. K.Fazl-ul-Haq moved the historical resolution which has since come to be known as Lahore Resolution. It was backed up by Maulana Zafar Ali, Sardar Aurangzeb, Sir Abdullah Haroon from Sindh, and Qazi Esa along with many
others.

To mark this day the armed forces presents a parade which can be viewed by the public. The day always began with the 21 gun salute. The day still begins the same way but now people are fast asleep! The “salami” is a way of paying tribute to all the people who worked and died in trying to acquire this country for us. This is the day that we “actually” found our homeland. Had the idea not been floated at that time, we would not have had the identity that we have. To mark this very important day, the monument of Minar-e-Pakistan was constructed in 1968. This tall white tower stands in the middle of, then known as, Minto Park. A very fascinating fact about this construction is that, when you climb all those stairs (if you don’t have the energy, you can always take the lift), and get to the top, the view from above is beautiful. You get a bird’s eye view of Lahore. If you look down directly below, the base of the tower is shaped like a crescent and a star. The two very same symbols that are there on our national flag. We have forgotten how to be Pakistanis. We tend to forget about all those people who sacrificed their lives to give us this beautiful country, rich in all resources. It is time to recognize our duty to Pakistan as Pakistanis. This 23rd March, let’s all make a solemn promise that we will start showing respect for what we have and start to rebuild the image of Pakistan. Let’s start to work towards making this country into a peaceful nation where all religions, cast and creed can live in harmony.

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Pakistan Won Four Nation Junior Hockey Tournament

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Pakistan Junior Hockey Team won the four nation junior hockey tournament after beating India in the final match by 3-2 at Johor Bahru,
Malaysia on Sunday.
Pakistan got victory in the extra time. India was leading by 1-0 at the half time, while the score was 2-2 at the end of the full time. Captain Abdul Haseem Khan scored two goals in 37th and 72nd minute, while Muhammad Zubair scored a goal in 71st minute. Both goals were scored by India in 22nd and 46th minute by Mandeep Patel.
Coach Pakistan Junior hockey team Khawaja Muhammad Junaid said in a statement that Pakistan team played the tremendously in the the match. This is the good sign for Pakistan team to win the first tournament before the junior world cup in June. He hoped that Pakistan team will also win the five nation tournament in Egypt starting from 21st March.
Meanwhile, President Pakistan Hockey Federation Qasim Zia, Secretary Muhammad Asif Bajwa, Olympian Rana Mujahid Ali and Chief selector Hassan Sardar congratulated the Pakistan junior team for winning the tournament. They said that after this win the moral of the players will boost up for the junior world cup.

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