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Supporting Pakistani cricketers

9 September 2005, 18:00 PM
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
By Zeenat Z. Syed UPS eDeployment
9 September 2005, 18:00 PM
I just read what Mr. Ghias who agreed with a previous write up that talked against Bangladeshi women who supported Pakistani cricket players. It is interesting that after 34 years of independence we are still so hung up with the country with which we went to war, and still partake in the blame game. Pakistan is so unwilling to admit truth about the political fiasco that led to the separation of our countries.

In our country we have a whole generation of people who think about Pakistan and the word enemy synonymously without giving much thought to the fact that our own citizens have done more damage to our country then was done after 1947 up until 1971. Why do we not think about the fact that we won. Victory was ours and we have our own cricket team.

If supporting good sportsmen in a popular sport is a crime on grounds of political subjugation then no one should ever support any Englishman in any sport, talk in English, watch English movies. Why? Simple, we have been subjected to the British rule longer then that of Pakistan. All of this is quite ridiculous people will always support celebrities regardless of what countries they are from. These sports figures, actors, actresses have earned the right to be worshipped in the fields that they excel in.

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I don't think the females in question think about the players' backgrounds but simply their ability in the field.

We shall not forever be stuck as a nation in the past.