Monday, July 11, 2011
Thursday, May 12, 2011
Imran khan who win the world cup for pakistan.
Imran khan cricket life| playername = Imran Khan
| country = Pakistan
| fullname = Imran Khan Niazi
| living = true
| dayofbirth = 25
| monthofbirth = 11
| yearofbirth = 1952
| placeofbirth = [[Lahore]], [[Punjab (Pakistan)|Punjab]]
| countryofbirth = [[Pakistan]]
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm [[Fast bowling|fast]]
| role = [[All-rounder]]
| international = true
| testdebutdate = 3 June
| testdebutyear = 1971
| testdebutagainst = England
| testcap = 65
| lasttestdate = 7 January
| lasttestyear = 1992
| lasttestagainst = Sri Lanka
| odidebutdate = 31 August
| odidebutyear = 1974
| odidebutagainst = England
| odicap = 12
| lastodidate = 25 March
| lastodiyear = 1992
| lastodiagainst = England
| club1 = [[Sussex County Cricket Club|Sussex]]
| year1 = 1977 – 1988
| club2 = [[New South Wales Blues|New South Wales]]
| year2 = 1984/85
| club3 = [[Pakistan International Airlines cricket team|PIA]]
| year3 = 1975 – 1981
| club4 = [[Worcestershire County Cricket Club|Worcestershire]]
| year4 = 1971 – 1976
| club5 = [[Oxford University Cricket Club|Oxford University]]
| year5 = 1973 – 1975
| club6 = [[Lahore cricket team|Lahore]]
| year6 = 1969 – 1971
|
| matches1 = 88
| runs1 = 3807
| bat avg1 = 37.69
| 100s/50s1 = 6/18
| top score1 = 136
| deliveries1 = 19458
| wickets1 = 362
| bowl avg1 = 22.81
| fivefor1 = 23
| tenfor1 = 6
| best bowling1 = 8/58
| catches/stumpings1 = 28/–
| column2 = [[One Day International|ODI]]
| matches2 = 175
| runs2 = 3709
| bat avg2 = 33.41
| 100s/50s2 = 1/19
| top score2 = 102[[not out|*]]
| deliveries2 = 7461
| wickets2 = 182
| bowl avg2 = 26.61
| fivefor2 = 1
| tenfor2 = n/a
| best bowling2 = 6/14
| catches/stumpings2 = 36/–
| column3 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
| matches3 = 382
| runs3 = 17771
| bat avg3 = 36.79
| 100s/50s3 = 30/93
| top score3 = 170
| deliveries3 = 65224
| wickets3 = 1287
| bowl avg3 = 22.32
| fivefor3 = 70
| tenfor3 = 13
| best bowling3 = 8/34
| catches/stumpings3 = 117/–
| column4 = [[List A cricket|LA]]
| matches4 = 425
| runs4 = 10100
| bat avg4 = 33.22
| 100s/50s4 = 5/66
| top score4 = 114[[not out|*]]
| deliveries4 = 19122
| wickets4 = 507
| bowl avg4 = 22.31
| fivefor4 = 6
| tenfor4 = n/a
| best bowling4 = 6/14
| catches/stumpings4 = 84/–
| date = 26 June
| year = 2008
'''Imran Khan Niazi''' ([[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], {{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|عمران خان نیازی}}}}) (born 25 November 1952) is a former [[Pakistan]]i [[cricket]]er who played international cricket for two decades in the late twentieth century and has been a politician since the mid-1990s. Currently, besides his political activism, Khan is also a philanthropist and cricket commentator.
Khan played for the [[Pakistani cricket team]] from 1971 to 1992 and served as its [[captain (cricket)|captain]] intermittently throughout 1982-1992. After retiring from cricket at the end of the 1987 [[Cricket World Cup|World Cup]], he was called back to join the team in 1988. At 39, Khan led his teammates to Pakistan's first and only [[Cricket World Cup|World Cup]] victory in 1992. He has a record of 3807 runs and 362 wickets in [[Test cricket]], making him one of eight world cricketers to have achieved an '[[All-rounder]]'s Triple' in Test matches. On 14 July 2010, Khan was inducted into the [[ICC Cricket Hall of Fame/test-cricket/former-pakistan-great-imran-khan-inducted-into-icc-cricket-hall-of-fame |title=Pakistan legend Imran Khan inducted into ICC Cricket Hall of Fame|accessdate=19 July 2010|
In April 1996, Khan founded and became the chairman of a political party [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf]] (Movement for Justice He represented [[Mianwali]] as a member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan|National Assembly]] from November 2002 to October 2007Khan, through worldwide fundraising, helped establish the [[Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Centre]] in 1996 and Mianwali's [[Namal College]] in 2008.
==Family, education, and personal life==
Imran Khan was born to Shaukat Khanum ([[Burki]]) and Ikramullah Khan Niazi, a civil engineer, in [[Lahore]]. A quiet and shy boy in his youth, Khan grew up in a middle-class [[Niazi]] [[Pathan]] family with four sisters. Settled in [[Punjab (Pakistan)|Punjab]], Khan's father descended from the [[Pashtun people|Pashtun]] ([[Pathan]]) [[Niazi]] Shermankhel tribe of [[Mianwali]] in [[Punjab (Pakistan)|Punjab .Imran's Mother Shaukat Khanam ([[Burki]]'s) family includes successful hockey playersand cricketers such as [[Javed Burki]] and [[Majid Khan (cricketer)|Majid Khan. Khan was educated at [[Aitchison College]], the Cathedral School in Lahore, and the [[Royal Grammar School Worcester]] in [[England]], where he excelled at cricket. In 1972, he enrolled to study [[Philosophy, Politics and Economics]] at [[Keble College, Oxford]], where he graduated with a [[British undergraduate degree classification#Second-class honours|second-class]] degree in Politics and a [[British_undergraduate_degree_classification#Third-class_Honours|third]] in Economics.
===Marriage to Jemima Marcelle Goldsmith===
On 16 May 1995, Khan married English socialite [[Jemima Khan|Jemima Goldsmith]], a convert to Islam, in an Islamic ceremony in [[Paris]]. A month later, on 21 June, they were married again in a civil ceremony at the [[Richmond, London|Richmond]] register office in England, followed by a reception at the Goldsmiths' house in [[Surrey. produced two sons, Sulaiman Isa (born 18 November 1996) and Kasim (born 10 April 1999. As an agreement of his marriage, Khan spent four months a year in England. On 22 June 2004, it was announced that the Khans had divorced because it was "difficult for Jemima to adapt to life in Pakistan.The marriage ended amicably, Imran has regular access to his children without having to go the courts.
Khan now resides in Bani Gala, Islamabad, where he built a farmhouse with the money he gained from selling his London flat. He grows fruit trees, wheat, and keeps cows, while also maintaining a cricket ground for his two sons, who visit during their holidays.
==Cricket career==
Khan made a lacklustre [[first-class cricket]] debut at the age of sixteen in Lahore. By the start of the [[1970]]s, he was playing for his home teams of Lahore A (1969–70), Lahore B (1969–70), Lahore Greens (1970–71) and, eventually, Lahore (1970–71)Khan was part of Oxford University's Blues Cricket team during the 1973-75 seasons.where he played county cricket from 1971 to 1976, he was regarded as only an average medium pace [[Bowler (cricket)|bowler]]. During this decade, other teams represented by Khan include Dawood Industries (1975–76) and Pakistan International Airlines (1975–76 to 1980-81). From 1983 to 1988, he played for [[Sussex.
In 1971, Khan made his Test cricket debut against [[England cricket team|England]] at [[Birmingham]]. Three years later, he debuted in the [[One Day International]] (ODI) match, once again playing against England at [[Nottingham]] for the Prudential Trophy. After graduating from Oxford and finishing his tenure at Worcestershire, he returned to Pakistan in 1976 and secured a permanent place on his native national team starting from the 1976-77 season, during which they faced [[New Zealand national cricket team|New Zealand]] and [[Australia national cricket team|Australia]]. Following the Australian series, he toured the [[West Indies cricket team|West Indies]], where he met [[Tony Greig]], who signed him up for [[Kerry Packer]]'s [[World Series Cricket]].His credentials as one of the fastest bowlers of the world started to establish when he finished third at 139.7 km/h in a [[fast bowling]] contest at [[Perth, Western Australia|Perth]] in 1978, behind [[Jeff Thomson]] and [[Michael Holding]], but ahead of [[Dennis Lillee]], [[Garth Le Roux]] and [[Andy Roberts (cricketer)|Andy Roberts]].Khan also achieved a [[Test Cricket]] Bowling rating of 922 points against [[Indian Cricket Team|India]] on 30 January 1983. Highest at the time, the performance ranks third on [[International Cricket Council|ICC's]] All Time Test Bowling Rating.
Khan achieved the all-rounder's triple (securing 3000 runs and 300 wickets) in 75 Tests, the second fastest record behind [[Ian Botham]]'s 72. He is also established as having the second highest all-time batting average of 61.86 for a Test batsman playing at position 6 of the batting order.He played his last Test match for Pakistan in January 1992, against [[Sri Lanka national cricket team|Sri Lanka]] at [[Faisalabad]]. Khan retired permanently from cricket six months after his last ODI, the historic 1992 World Cup final against England at Melbourne, [[Australia]].He ended his career with 88 Test matches, 126 innings and scored 3807 runs at an average of 37.69, including six centuries and 18 fifties. His highest score was 136 runs. As a bowler, he took 362 wickets in Test cricket, which made him the first Pakistani and world's fourth bowler to do so.In ODIs, he played 175 matches and scored 3709 runs at an average of 33.41. His highest score remains 102 not out. His best ODI bowling is documented at 6 wickets for 14 runs.
===Captaincy===
At the height of his career, in 1982, the thirty-year old Khan took over the captaincy of the Pakistani cricket team from [[Javed Miandad]]. Recalling his initial discomfort with this new role, he later said, "When I became the cricket captain, I couldn’t speak to the team directly I was so shy. I had to tell the manager, I said listen can you talk to them, this is what I want to convey to the team. I mean early team meetings I use to be so shy and embarrassed I couldn’t talk to the team."As a captain, Khan played 48 Test matches, out of which 14 were won by Pakistan, 8 lost and the rest of 26 were drawn. He also played 139 ODIs, winning 77, losing 57 and ending one in a tie.
In the team's second match under his leadership, Khan led them to their first Test win on English soil for 28 years at Lord's.han's first year as captain was the peak of his legacy as a fast bowler as well as an all-rounder. He recorded the best Test bowling of his career while taking 8 wickets for 58 runs against Sri Lanka at Lahore in 1981-82.e also topped both the bowling and batting averages against England in three Test series in [[1982]], taking 21 wickets and averaging 56 with the bat. Later the same year, he put up a highly acknowledged performance in a home series against the formidable [[Indian cricket team|Indian]] team by taking 40 wickets in six Tests at an average of 13.95. By the end of this series in 1982-83, Khan had taken 88 wickets in 13 Test matches over a period of one year as captain.
In 1987, Khan led Pakistan to its first ever Test series win in India, which was followed by Pakistan's first series victory in England the same year.uring the 1980s, his team also recorded three creditable draws against the West Indies. India and Pakistan co-hosted the 1987 World Cup, but neither ventured beyond the semi-finals. Khan retired from international cricket at the end of the World Cup. In 1988, he was asked to return to the captaincy by the [[President Of Pakistan]], General [[Zia-Ul-Haq]], and on 18 January, he announced his decision to rejoin the teamSoon after returning to the captaincy, Khan led Pakistan to another winning tour in the West Indies, which he has recounted as "the last time I really bowled wellHe was declared Man of the Series against West Indies in 1988 when he took 23 wickets in 3 tests.
Khan's career-high as a captain and cricketer came when he led Pakistan to victory in the [[1992 Cricket World Cup]]. Playing with a brittle batting lineup, Khan promoted himself as a batsman to play in the top order along with [[Javed Miandad]], but his contribution as a bowler was minimal. At the age of 39, Khan scored the highest runs of all the Pakistani batsmen and took the winning last wicket himself.
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Pushun Culture
'''Pashtun culture''' is based on [[Pashtunwali]], which is an ancient way of life, as well as speaking of the [[Pashto language]] and wearing Pashtun dress. The culture of the [[Pashtun people]] is highlighted since at least the time of [[Herodotus]] (484-425 BC) or [[Alexander the Great]], when he explored the [[Afghanistan and Pakistan region in 330 BC. Over the different periods in history, the Pashtun culture has been influenced by the people of [[South Asia|South]] and [[Western Asia]] to a certain degree. For example, just like with most other cultures in the area, it has been fully [[Islamization|Islamised]] by [[Arab people|Arabs]] during the [[Caliphate]] period.
Holidays and special events
The biggest holidays for Pashtuns is [[Eid ul-Fitr]], [[Afghan Independence Day]] (August 19) and [[Partition of India|Pakistan Independence Day]] (August 14). Some also celebrate [[Nowruz]], the Persian New Year. During these holidays, Pashtuns set up [[festival]]s in which they usually have [[cookout]]s in parks and go to [[fair]]s.
Pashto poetry
Pashto literature and poetry
Afghanistan was noted for its poetic language even before the [[Islamic conquest of Afghanistan]]. The [[Pata Khazana]] contains [[Pashto literature and poetry|Pashto poetry]] written as far back as the 8th Century. Some notable poets from the region of Afghanistan-Pakistan include [[Amir Kror Suri]], [[Khushal Khan Khattak]], [[Rahman Baba]], [[Nazo Tokhi]], [[Ahmad Shah Durrani]], [[Timur Shah Durrani]], [[Shuja Shah Durrani]], [[Ghulam Muhammad Tarzi]], [[Khan Abdul Ghani Khan]], and many othersClassical Dari and Pashto Poets
Pashtun men usually gather at special events and listen to Pashto poetry. There are TV programs which broadcast such events to the wider Pashtun audiences, one TV program is on [[AVT Khyber]] channel in Pakistan with ''Amanullah Kakar'' as the presenter.
Music and dance
Pashto music
Traditional Pashto music is mostly [[klasik]] [[ghazals]], using [[rubab (instrument)|rubab]] or [[sitar]], [[tabla]], portable [[harmonium]], [[flute]] and several other musical instruments. Today's modern Pashto music is influenced by neighboring music such as [[Bollywood]] [[filmi]] as well as [[Western music|western]] or [[European music|European]].
Attan dance
In this dance, the dancers perform to the beat of the musician. This dance typically performed by men & women. It involves 2-5 steps, ending with a clap given while facing the center, after which the process is repeated again. The hip and arms are put in a sequential movement including left and right tilts, with the wrists twisting in sequence, with ultimately a hand is projected outward and brought in a 'scoop-like' fashion towards the center where the other hand meets it for a clap. This dance is typically performed with the musician dictating the duration and speed.
Khattak dance
The [[Khattak Dance]] is performed by the [[Khattak]] tribe, mainly in Pakistan but also in some eastern parts of Afghanistan.
Mahsud dance
A unique dance routine using rifles performed by the [[Mahsud]] tribe of [[Pashtuns]]. Originally it was used to dance at the time of war, but later on became a cultural dance. The dancers dance empty handed and require only large drums. Nowadays though it is danced with the guns in the dancers hand; loaded guns are taken in one hand, up to the beat of the drum the dancers move forward in a circle. After taking two and half steps, each dancer turns about, and cocks the gun. All the dancers do this in a uniform manner and by completing the turning steps they fire in the air simultaneously. The sound of each of the guns goes on one time and seems to be a single big bang.
Waziri dance
[[Waziristan]] is a large area and has particular Pashtun culture. Two drummers and a flute player play a particular tune. All the Wazirs standing around them. Two persons leave the circle; go dancing towards the drummers, and come back dancing in the same manner. During performing both the persons turn around two times at a time once towards each other facing face to face and once keeping faces in opposite direction. After doing this separately they march while dancing to the assembled crowd. As they reach the circle another pair of the performers start and moving forward in the same fashion.
Clothing
Pashtun dress:
Clothing worn by most Pashtun males.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Pashtun dress]] of [[Pakistan]] and [[Afghanistan]].]]
Pashtun men usually wear [[salwar kameez]] with a [[turban]] or a [[pakul]] hat. In the [[Kandahar]] region young men usually wear different color [[Sindhi topi|topi]] and in the [[Peshawar]] region they wear white [[kufi]]s instead. Leaders or tribal chiefs sometimes wear a Karakul (hat)|karakul]] hat, like [[Hamid Karzai]] and others.
Women and girls wear traditional [[long dress]]es with a light piece of cloth used to cover their hair.
Buskashi and polo
Some Pashtuns in [[Central Asia]] participate in [[buzkashi]], which is a sport introduced in the region during the [[Mongol Empire|Mongol]] period from the 13th century and onward. The word "buz" means "[[goat]]" and "kashi" means "dragging" or "pulling" in the [[Persian language]]. The basic objective is to carry the headless carcass of a calf or goat around a flag and back to the starting point while on horseback with other riders trying to do the same thing by taking the carcass away from you. Not a team sport, it is every man for himself and that becomes apparent as soon as the game starts. It is played on a large open dusty field which does not appear to have many boundaries. The game is a microcosm of power politics in Afghanistan. Although buskashi is primarily an individual sport, alliances are built up between various players. Between the alliances, the strongest players finally take control (or in this case the remnants of a headless calf) and ride off to victory.
Monday, April 25, 2011
History and origon of pashtun peoples
Pashtuns also known as pushtuns, pakhtuns also called pathans with population primarily in afghanistan and in north western pakistan which include khyber pakhtunkhwa FATA and balochistan.
Their true origin is unclear but historians have come across references to a people called Paktha (Pactyans) between the 2nd and the 1st millennium BC, who may be the early ancestors of Pashtuns. Since the 3rd century AD and onward, they are mostly referred to by the name.The vast majority of Pashtuns are found between the Hindu Kush mountains in Afghanistan and the Indus River in Pakistan. Additional Pashtun communities are found in the Gilgit-Baltistan territory, the Mianwali and Attock districts of Punjab province in Pakistan, as well as in the Khorasan province of Iran. There is also a sizeable community in India, which is of largely putative ancestry. Smaller Pashtun communities are located in the countries of the Arabian Peninsula, Europe and the Americas, particularly in North America.The history of the Pashtun people is ancient and much of it is not fully researched. Since the 2nd millennium BC, cities in the region now inhabited by Pashtuns have seen invasions and migrations, including by Ancient Iranian peoples, the Mediian and Persian empires of antiquity, Greeks, Mauryas, Kushans, Hephthalites, Sassanids, Arab Muslims, Turks, Mongols, and others. In recent age, people of the Western world have explored the area as well.
Saturday, April 23, 2011
history of pathans
Around 722 BC, Israeli civil war and changing strategic interests forced Assyria to deport ten tribes to the east, towards Persia (Iran). A hundred years later, the Babylonians deported the remaining tribe of Yehudah and some Benjaminites to Babylon (Iraq). The Yehudah returned to Israel with the help of Cyrus the great of Persia, but the other ten tribes never retuned. The search for the “Ten tribes of Israel” is a very controversial issue because their descendants lost most of their Israelite traditions and do not possess the Talmud (Oral Torah similar to the hadith of the Muslims).
Perhaps the focal point which has dissuaded Israelites from searching openly for their brethren is the Israelite civil war after King Solomon’s reign, which pitted Yehudah (Judah) against all the other tribes and eventually brought their collective downfall. Hence the descendants of the “Lost Tribes” have lived and spread in the lands east of Israel which are now known as Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kashmir, India, Burma and even western China.
The Pakhtuns have been living in the Afghanistan area for over 2,000 years. Their language Pashto/Pakhto borrows widely from the Arab-ized Persian of their neighbors (now Iran), yet it was a purely spoken dialect.
There was no Pakhto/Pashto written script whatsoever, the first Pashto book appearing about the 1500s. Hence the traditions, customs, tribal genealogy and law orally transferred from father to son. The first book on Pakhtun genealogy, the Makhzan-al-Afghani was written in 1613, and contained for the first time a printed table of descent from Abraham to the Pakhtun tribes, through the tribe of Binyamin. While the book was not accepted initially by British historians, modern historians consider it the most accurate account as compared to the other theories proposed by classical historians.
Speaking on this Zionism topic alone is quite interesting...the word "Zionist" is created from the mountains of Yerushalim which are called "Zion". Similarly the language of the Pathan tribesmen is called Pashto, and its speakers call themselves Pashtun, from the Persian word "Pasht" which means "back of the mountain" so in reality Pashtun is a person who lives in the mountains. The mountains the Pathan's have been living in after exile are called the Suleiman (Solomon) mountains. The Jews/ B'Ni Israel from Russia also call themselves Mountain Jews and are said to be from the same exile.
The word Pathan is a Pashto written form of the original word Pathan in DTorah (Divrei Hayomin/Kings 2), noting their ancestor from the line of Sarul ben Qish, the first King of Israel, who was King David's father in law.
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