Pakistan Hockey and Abdul Waheed Khan

Let us go back in time. In 1978, Argentina was hosting two World Cup Tournaments. Hockey World Cup started at Buenos Aires in March 1978 and Soccer World Cup in June 1978. Pakistan won the hockey World Cup by defeating Holland in the final.

Throughout the hockey world cup, a wonderful Pakistan team managed by Abdul Waheed Khan and capatined by Islahuddin displayed a breathtaking attacking game. Crowd and connoisseurs got attracted alike.

Argentina’s soccer manager Cesar Luis Menotti became intrigued by Pakistan’s sublime technical skills. Midway through the hockey world cup, on a rest day, Pakistan manager Abdul Waheed Khan was informed that the manager of Argentine soccer team, Menotti, had arrived on his personal plane to see him. The Argentine chain-smoking coach always favoured a stylish, attacking game based on skill and technique.

Menotti wanted to discuss in detail with Waheed, the tactics to penetrate packed defences. He watched a training session of Pakistan team with Abdul Waheed.

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Muslim Histoy: Islam

Video on Muslim History in Europe. Islam

BBC Documentary: Filmed in Spain, France and Italy.

Table-Football Final Video

Final of the Table-Football Tournament held in Helsinki Area (Espoo), Finland.
Dated: 26-03-2007

This match is played between Our team (Me and Ali Zaidi) and Team of [Muhammad Ali and Adnan]. Both of our Pakistani teams reached the finals. We are on the left side of the table. We lost the final 10-6.
But it was great fun as there were nine teams in the tournament and only two Pakistani teams with a third one comprising of Imran Asghar and an Iranian Friend. All our three teams reached the semi-finals, demolishing all others.

Tournament has nine teams of different countries.
Final Score: Team A (Ali/Adnan) beat Team B (Abdul Basit/Ali Zaidi) by 10-6

Beautiful NASHEED - Must listen

Duniya ka aa-y Musafir, Manzil teri Qabar hai

[O' Traveller of this world, Grave is your destination]

Best way to stop Australia from winning the Cricket World Cup

يہ ميزبان کے نہ جيتنے کی روايت شايد ايسی چيز ہے کہ آسٹريليا کو ہرانے کے ليے سب سے زيادہ قابل بھروسہ ہے۔
ابرار سيد, گجرات, پاکستان

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Most Amazing Photograph

Camels in the desert.
This is one of the most amazing pictures. This picture is taken directly from above the camels, in the desert, at the time of sunset. One of the best pictures of the year.

The most amazing thing about this picture:
Look closely, the camels are little white lines in the picture. The black camels are actually the shadows.



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Holy Prophet Muhammad's Journey to Syria in his childhood and the Christian Priest

This narrates the incident during the journey of Holy Prophet Muhammd (May Peace be upon him), when a Christian priest recognized him as the Last Prophet of ALLAH.






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The last Oil Shock

Many people think that running out of oil, or "peak oil", would be good for the climate. In his new book The Last Oil Shock, David Strahan begs to differ; he suggests it may bring catastrophe.

With the belief of Peak Oil becoming stronger and stronger with passing time, some people believe that it would be possible to control global pollution, after the oil runs out. But the fact is different, according to the author 'David Strahan'. Coal and Gas causes more pollution as compared to Oil,when put together. Therefore, as the oil runs out, more emphasis will be put on Coal and Gas, and this will definitely increase the problem of pollution. The dire consequences on the world economy is another doomsday, threatening the world stability.

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"Pinglish" or "Urdish"

I read this blog on Pakistaniat and I want to share it with you people. I am putting some of the excerpts from their. And also to the BBC’s article on this topic, 'Pakistan and the battle for English'.

We live in a country, whose national language is Urdu, yet our rulers have always preferred English. English is still considered to be a superior language. Why is that? Urdu has all the ingredients to become the language of science and government. Our Urdu is now becoming a mixture of English, Urdu and Punjabi. I think it is the birth of a new language. It wouldn't be strange if our coming generation start speaking ‘Urdu version 2’.

نعت - Praise of Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)

واہ کیا جود وکرم ہے شہ بطحا تیرا

نہیں سنتا ہی نہیں مانگنے والا تیرا

میں تو مالک ہی کہوں گا کہ ہو مالک کے حبیب

یعنی محبوب و محب میں نہیں میرا تیرا

تیرے قدموں میں جو ہیں غیر کا منہ کیا دیکھیں

کون نظروں پہ چڑھے دیکھ کے تلوا تیرا

تیرے ٹکڑوں پہ پلے غیر کی ٹھوکر پہ نہ ڈال

جھڑکیاں کھائیں کہاں چھوڑ کہ صدقہ تیرا

ایک میں کیا میرے عصیاں کی حقیقت کیسی

مجھ سے سو لاکھ کو کافی ہے اشارہ تیرا

فرش والے تیری شوکت کا علو کیا دیکھیں

خسروا عرش پہ اڑتا ہے پھریرا تیرا

This is my Public Blog

Assalam o Alaikum,
Dear Readers,
This is my public blog. I will be adding here my thoughts and things that I would like you to read.

I will always welcome your comments.


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Syed Abdul Basit
Espoo, Finland