Acid attacks not Pakistan’s problem alone, says ‘Saving Face’ surgeon

‘Saving Face’, a documentary featuring British/Pakistani plastic surgeon, Mohammad Jawad has been awarded the Oscar for Documentary Short Subject, the 84th Academy Awards®

Saving Face the Oscar winning documentary, chronicles the work of pioneering plastic surgeon, Mohammad Jawad as he travels to his birthplace, Pakistan, to treat survivors of radically disfiguring acid attacks, the majority of whom are women targeted by family members

LONDON: The British Pakistani plastic surgeon in the Oscar winner ‘Saving Face’ has said that acid violence is not a Pakistan specific phenomenon and there are dozens of countries where the problem exists at a similar level but gets under-reported.

Dr Muhammad Ali Jawad, consultant Plastic, Reconstructive and cosmetic surgeon based in Mayfair, told The News acid throwing is not a Pakistani character as such and “we all as a nation condemn wholeheartedly, it has nothing to do with the religion of Islam or Pakistani culture and has no boundaries.” “It’s a man-made disease, which can be cured. Acid violence also happens in countries like India, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Mexico etc and even there are some incidents in UK too.

Most of its victims are young people especially women and it is an extreme form of domestic violence and bigotry,” he told this correspondent at his clinic.In the Saving Face, says the surgeon, we have tried to highlight the true nature and manifestation of such violence against helpless women of our society and to stress the message that we should learn from our mistakes and weaknesses and be brave enough to confront the challenges.

“Progressive societies evolve and learn from their mistakes and don’t shy away from their social problems and injustices but correct and wow never to let it happen again. The whole world is watching us, the best we can do it to own the problem and address it in a meaningful way and move and not pay attention towards the conspiracy theories,” he said rubbishing the view in some circles that the award-winning documentary shows only the darker side of Pakistan.

‘Saving Face’ begins with Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy interviewing Zakia, a victim of an acid attack, and introduces another acid attack victim, Rukhsana, who was attacked by her in-laws. It ends with Zakia getting her face back after a successful operation by Dr Jawad and Rukshana giving birth to a baby boy.

Dr Jawad shared his joy seeing them happy and getting some of their lost features back when they had lost all hope: “I was not saving their faces only. By returning them back there dignity I was saving my own face as I am also a part of this cruel society which has failed to protect and look after these women.”

He praised the efforts made by Pakistani government in tackling the problem. He mentioned the bill this government has passed and especially highlighted the campaign of politician Marvi Memon and the help given by Birmingham based UK charity Islamic Help for his project, Indus Hospital Karachi for providing free of cost health care for the patients he has operated since January 2009 and especially Zakia who is the main character of the documentary.

A Dow Medical college graduate of 1984 and a former pupil at Happy dale School Nazimabad School, Dr Jawad started his pioneering work in 2008 after he successfully treated British TV presenter and model Katie Piper, who was disfigured by an acid attack in North London by her boyfriend. His pioneering work in successfully treating also catapulted Dr Jawad to fame in Britain when he was featured in the mainstream media in news and documentaries.

“I had never seen anything like that before but I was confident that I can do such a surgery. Till then I was also not aware of the scale of Acid violence in Pakistan. That experience (of treating KatiePiper) was a turning point in my career.”

Dr Jawad says almost all victims in Pakistan are women, attacked out of jealousy or revenge by men and most of the victims coming from Punjab’s Siraiki belt.After permanently settling in London with his three children and wife, Jawad made a promise to his mother that he will regularly visit her in Karachi and used his Karachi visits to start working locally out of his sense of responsibility towards Pakistan.

Dr Jawad said Pakistan has come a long way in dealing with the acid violence but more deterrents need to be put in place. He says the government support is required at all stages so that the risk of acid attacks is minimised and then the unfortunate victims are not ostracised by the society. “Katie Piper was paid compensation by the British government for the fact that the state failed to protect her. We need strong institutions. Pakistan has state of the art buildings but it needs to invest in human capital. It’s our collective responsibility to work towards achieving that goal.”

Dr Jawad called on the individuals and organisations that are already doing a great job to come on to a common platform “to wow to not only reduce the menace of acid violence from our society but eliminate it completely in coming years InshaAllah.”

Pakistan addicted to using militants against India: Pentagon

A top Pentagon official has said that Pakistan has an addiction of playing around with militant groups against India to achieve certain interests and this gets the country in all kinds of trouble.

According to a report published on The Times of India website, Michael Sheehan, assistant secretary of Defence for Special Operations/Low-Intensity Conflict, told United States (US) lawmakers that the country had been discussing these issues with Pakistan, but there had been no success.

We’ve had these conversations with them forever about that. I don’t see that changing. I don’t see any set of talking points that’s going to be delivered by some new diplomat that’s going to change their mind.

Sheehan added that the US had “virtually given up” on changing the mindset of Pakistan regarding India.

It’s the way they view the world. We have to understand the way they view the world and try to work through it. But it’s not going to be easy, but I think at the end of the day we have been successful in the FATA in degrading al-Qaida over the last 10 years despite all these problems. And I think that we’re going to continue to work through it and hopefully again have another 10 years of success in degrading al Qaeda’s strategic capability in the FATA and elsewhere.

India has blamed Pakistan-based militants from the Lashkar-e-Taiba group for training, equipping and financing the Mumbai attacks with support from “elements” in the Pakistani military.

WASHINGTON: Pakistan has an "addiction" of "playing around" with militant groups against India, a top Pentagon official has said.

"They have an addiction to playing around with militia groups to achieve certain interests, particularly vis-a-vis India. That gets them in all kinds of trouble,"

Michael Sheehan, assistant secretary of Defence for Special Operations/Low-Intensity Conflict, told lawmakers at a Congressional hearing. Responding to questions, Sheehan said the US has been having discussion with Pakistan in this regard, but without much success.

"We've had these conversations with them forever about that. I don't see that changing. I don't see any set of talking points that's going to be delivered by some new diplomat that's going to change their mind," Sheehan said, adding the US has virtually "given up" in its effort to change the mindset of Pakistan with regard to India.

"It's the way they view the world. We have to understand the way they view the world and try to work through it. But it's not going to be easy, but I think at the end of the day we have been successful in the FATA in degrading al-Qaida over the last 10 years despite all these problems.

"And I think that we're going to continue to work through it and hopefully again have another 10 years of success in degrading al-Qaeda's strategic capability in the FATA and elsewhere," Sheehan said.

Syria on the brink

As global and regional powers fight their own battles, will Syria's revolution succeed before the country falls apart?

A year ago, Syrians took to the streets in peaceful protest demanding democratic change. The regime crushed the uprising ruthlessly.

Villages, towns and cities have been targetted as hotbeds of opposition and thousands of civilians killed.

The regime says they are fighting terrorists but there is mounting evidence of a deliberate campaign to kill off the popular resistance.

Meanwhile, international and regional powers have been polarised as to the best way forward, with Russia and China vetoing any Western attempts to intervene at the UN.

To gain time and bypass the deadlock, world powers have agreed to back proposals by Kofi Annan, the former UN secretary-general, to stop the escalation of violence and reach a political settlement.

In reality, however, despite behind-the-scenes attempts to arm the Syrian opposition and the Bashar al-Assad regime's effort to break the opposition through excessive force when foreign powers are unwilling to get dragged into potential quagmire, Syria could still escalate into a country-wide asymmetrical war.

Will such escalation force the world powers to act? What could they do? And will the regime and its Alawite backers sacrifice al-Assad to save themselves and the country?

Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa's economies hold 28 per cent of the global economy

BRICS Summit in Delhi: Why it's important

New Delhi: The BRICS group of emerging world powerhouses - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa - is expected to launch plans this week for a joint development bank and measures to bring their stock exchanges closer together.
Officials say the initiatives will take time as they need to sort out details. But they herald a new level of ambition for a bloc that brings together about half the world's people. The Middle East and energy security will also be discussed, officials say.

The BRIC acronym was coined in 2001 by Goldman Sachs economist Jim O'Neill, who was searching for a catchy way to encapsulate the broader shift in global economic growth towards emerging markets. South Africa joined the grouping in 2010 so that it became BRICS.

The countries held their first summit in 2009 and have been criticised since as nothing more than an empty acronym as they struggle to find common cause from four different continents with radically different economies, systems of government and competing priorities.

The most relevant announcement from this week's meeting in India of the countries' leaders is likely to be plans for a joint development bank in the mold of the World Bank.

The initiative would allow the countries to pool resources for infrastructure improvements, and could also be used in the longer term as a vehicle for lending during global financial crises such as the one in Europe, officials say.

A benchmark equity index derivative shared by the stock exchanges of the five BRICS nations will be launched on Friday, the exchanges involved said earlier this month. They would be cross-listed, so can be bought in local currencies.

The leaders are also expected to sign agreements allowing their individual development banks to extend credit to other members in local currency, a step towards replacing the dollar as the main unit of trade between them.

A senior Indian government source said the Middle East and energy security will be high on the agenda, including Iran. The Russian ambassador in New Delhi said this week that a discussion on Syria would be among his country's top priorities.

While the plenary session on Thursday is likely to focus on common ground, bilateral meetings could touch on more sensitive issues.

The exchange rate of China's currency has sparked protests from countries, including Brazilian manufacturers, for being undervalued. Most member countries also face a slowdown in their economies.

"For different reasons, each of the (countries) has got some serious policy issues to deal with here that will determine whether they continue down the path we got everybody so excited about," O'Neill said.

Despite the problems, the growth outlook is still better than in most of the developed world, meaning the BRICS' clout will likely keep growing. O'Neill predicts the bloc's total GDP will be larger than the United States within three years and China's economy alone will overtake the United States by 2027.

BRICS members sign pact to trade in local currencies


Taking note of uncertainty in global political and economic situation, India, China, Russia, Brazil and South Africa on Thursday took the first step towards mutual trade in local currency and voiced strong opposition to any military action or rhetoric with regard to Syria and Iran.


The agreements mark the initial steps for intra-BRICS trade in local currency.

Hafiz Saeed, center, chief of Jamaat Ud Dawa addresses a rally with other religious leaders near the Parliament in Islamabad, Pakistan on Tuesday, March 27, 2012. An alliance of around two dozen radical religious parties in Pakistan on Tuesday resolved to stop the government allowing NATO to resume shipping supplies through the country to its troops in neighbouring Afghanistan.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg (R) and his girlfriend Priscilla Chan walk near Fuxing Road in Shanghai March 27, 2012. Zuckerberg and his girlfriend were visiting Shanghai, according to local media reports. Picture taken on March 27, 2012.

Obama, Gilani vow to rescue anti-terror alliance

SEOUL - US President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani vowed Tuesday to rescue a troubled anti-terror alliance which almost ruptured over 10 months of mistrust and recriminations.
The leaders met on the sidelines of a nuclear security summit in Seoul, in the highest-level exchange between the two sides since the killing of Osama bin Laden in a clandestine US raid on Pakistani soil last May chilled ties.
More recently a new breach opened up over the mistaken killing of 24 Pakistani soldiers in November in US air strikes, which prompted Islamabad to curtail American drone strikes and cut NATO supply lines into Afghanistan.
"There have been times -- I think we should be candid -- over the last several months where those relations have had periods of strains," Obama told reporters as the meeting opened.
"But I welcome the fact that the parliament of Pakistan is reviewing, after some extensive study, the nature of this relationship.
"I think it's important to get it right. I think it's important for us to have candid dialogue, to work through these issues."
Both leaders expressed a desire to stabilise and secure the situation in the long Afghan war, which has been beset by setbacks, including a massacre of Afghan civilians by a US soldier and attacks on NATO troops by their colleagues in the Afghan security forces.

The woman who died twice; Pakistan and acid attacks

Ttpublic view; and in the case of acid attack victims, to literally efface them. Pakistani acid attack victim Fakhra Yunus seems to have suffered all three, when after being deformed by an acid attack in 2000, she escaped to Italy for treatment where she lived for years, largely forgotten in the country she left behind.
This month, according to Pakistani media reports, she jumped to her death in Italy, guaranteeing that at least for a brief moment, her name would be remembered. Her body was brought back to Pakistan and Pakistan’s Geo News channel ran a story on her accompanied by before-and-after pictures of a once beautiful girl. On Twitter, links to old stories about her were unearthed and exchanged - a detailed profile in Time magazine from 2001, and a story in Newsline from 2011. Activists also launched a  petition seeking justice for acid attack victims.
Fakhra Yunus, a former dancing girl, was catapulted into the feudal elite when she married into one of Pakistan’s best known political families – her former husband Bilal Khar is the cousin of now Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar (whose make of handbag alone has garnered more attention recently.) After years of abuse, Fakhra Yunus fled back home where she said her estranged husband caught up with her when she was sleeping and poured acid over her. Bilal Khar was never prosecuted, and insisted after her death that he was not guilty.
After the acid attack, Fakhra Yunus sought  help from Tehmina Durrani, who herself had married into the same family before leaving and writing of her own experience in her autobiography “My Feudal Lord”. Helped by Durrani, she was able to move to Italy where surgeons attempted to restore her face.  Yet in some ways, Durrani wrote in an op-ed, she had already died back in 2000.  When she committed suicide, wrote Durrani, “Fakhra died again to remind the world that she had lived.”
Yet there are many reasons to believe her name  will soon be forgotten again. Pursuing the thread of her story simply takes you across too many of the painful faultlines of Pakistan’s fractured society.
The Pakistani elite has long been accused of being above the law, guilty of corruption and of using violence against more ordinary people with impunity.   Yet it is also – at least on its own terms – a peculiarly besieged elite, for whom the sins of the few should not be blamed on all. Some of its members in the ruling Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) have been waging their own battle against the power of the military.  This does not excuse crimes of violence or corruption – it does mean that the country is so polarised that rational debate tends to disappear behind rapidly constructed defensive walls.
Follow the thread far enough down the rabbit hole and you reach the point where accusations of corruption and wrong-doing against the ruling political elite – particularly of President Asif Ali Zardari – are instrumentalised not so much as a means of cleaning up the country and protecting the innocent but of overthrowing the civilian dispensation.  As Pakistani columnist Raza Rumi wrote in an editorial, “corruption, as a slogan, has been used by almost every Pakistani government to undermine political opponents”. In the past it has been popular with the military as an excuse for overthrowing civilian governments; its use now, he wrote, by rising politician Imran Khan (who has promised to end corruption in 90 days)  smacked more of autocracy than democracy.
But if the civilian political elite have a hard time positioning themselves when it comes to championing the rights of people like Fakhra Yunis, so too do those in the religious right and their sympathisers in the military establishment.
While violence against women is not confined to any particular religion or culture, a national obsession with honour or “ghairat” – encouraged by the military and the religious right – makes it easier to champion those who are perceived to be victims of the west rather than of their own people. Women like Aafia Siddiqui, the Pakistani neuroscientist jailed in the United States after being convicted of attempted murder, make for a better cause and fit more easily into an image of Pakistan as a bastion of Islam. And there is, as well – in speaking out for people like Fakhra Yunus – the tricky problem of sympathy with the Afghan Taliban and their fellow insurgents, given their own track record on the the rights of women.
There are, of course, solutions to the problems of violence against women – among them applying the law and holding people to account for their crimes. Pakistani filmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, who has just won an Oscar for her documentary on acid attack victims, tweeted a link to a story of a Belgian man jailed for 30 years for attacking his former girlfriend with acid, saying on Twitter that “this is the kind of punishment that will deter acid violence”.
But for that you would need a sound justice system, and the political will to enforce it. Let’s for now carry on down the rabbit hole until we reach the Mad Hatter’s tea party and what has been the most difficult spin-off discussion from the story of Fakhra Yunus – a debate which concerns the way in which Obaid-Chinoy’s image is projected in Pakistan. Glamorous, brave and talented,  she appears to move easily between the Pakistani elite and those of her film subjects so that nobody is quite sure how to claim her.
But as blogger Ahsan Butt wrote in a post about Fakhra Yunus, which included a photo of Hina Rabbani Khar presenting an award to Obaid-Chinoy, there was something not quite right about the image – even though there was nothing to suggest the foreign minister was not herself deeply concerned about acid attack victims. “To recap,” he wrote on his blog, “one acid-burn victim leaped to her death. One acid-burn perpetrator sits comfortably in his home. And one-acid burn perpetrator’s cousin is presenting prizes to a documentarian whose Oscar-winning film was about acid-burning women.”
That might have been it – merely a stray reference in the blogosphere – were it not for news of the launch in Pakistan of Hello! magazine, catering to the elite. According to one report,  Zahraa Saifullah, CEO of Hello! Pakistan, wanted to tap into the “glamorous side of Pakistan”.
“…Saifullah thinks the timing is perfect to showcase Pakistan’s too often hidden treasures, citing Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, who recently became the first Pakistani filmmaker to win an Oscar for a documentary about the plight of female victims of acid attacks in the country,” the report said.
“We want to tap into the aesthetically beautiful, the athletic, the fashionable.” it quoted her as saying.
Ouch. An unfortunate choice of words, very likely given in an interview long before Pakistan’s news media was flashing photos of Fakhra Yunus’ deformed face.  But it was a choice of words that made it quickly into the blogosphere. “An acid attack victim is being used by the magazine as a ‘hidden treasure’?” asked Farzana Versey at Cross Connections.
We have drifted a long way from the personal story of Farkha Yunus here. But that was really my point.  She and many nameless others like her will be forgotten, because the challenges of rallying people together to give them protection and justice are just too difficult in such a polarised and fractured society. There are many ways to make women invisible.
(Reuters file photo of Farkha Yunus and Tehmina Durrani at a news conference in 2001)

Asia Cup final: ACC rejects Bangladesh's review plea

Asian Cricke­t Counci­l chief execut­ive says Bangla­desh was late in filing the appeal.

 

Bangladesh's Shakib Al Hasan (L-R), captain Mushfiqur Rahim, Nasir Hossain and Tamim Iqbal react after Pakistan won the final match. PHOTO: REUTERS

The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) has rejected Bangladesh Cricket Board’s (BCB) plea to review the last over of the Asia Cup final against Pakistan.

Talking to Express News, ACC Chief Executive Ashraful Haq said that Bangladesh was ‘too late’ in filing the appeal as they should have filed their complaint to the field umpire or the match referee during the match.

Haq said that the ACC cannot accept BCB’s application anymore.

Bangladesh had said that it would appeal to the ACC to review the last over, accusing Pakistani paceman Aizaz Cheema of deliberately blocking batsman Mahmudullah Riyad from taking a second run.

The BCB chairman had said that Bangladesh would demand five penalty runs which if granted could force the ACC to reverse the result of the match in which Pakistan won against Bangladesh by two runs.

Comments

Master stroke by Indian RAW………it seems Indians were unnerved by the tremendous love shown by th pakistani for their Bengali brothers & vice verca……terms like younger brother….etc. must have crushed the spirits of enemies of Pak Bangla relations.

How can they come to play in Pakistan, they want to keep their Indian masters happy!!

With Hasina in power you will never hear a good word about Muslims or Pakistanis. Mujib and his daughter were agents of India and still are….They are ruining all the goodwill in Pakistan for their Bengali brothers so what else is new and what else can expect. She is doing her job through her minions.

I have lost all my respect to Bangladeshi, im sorry. I love you Pakistan cricket Team.

India would not allow BD team to tour Pakistan. Stop the farce and let us accept it bitter truth. Pakistan should withdraw its support for Kamal as VP forthwith. If you are not with us, you are against us.

Bangladesh board should read the rules. The batsman is not supposed to run in mid wicket but off the center of the pitch, Cheema was where he was. And by this notion Pakistan should get five runs for blocking Afridi.

Stupid whiners. Atleast they could have accepted the defeat with some dignity.......as we say in urdu “izzat raas naii aii”

Just because you defeated India by chance doesn’t make you a number one team in the world. Bangladeshis should learn to accept the defeat. There are many more to come :-)

Shame on you BCB. We all knew what decision ACC was going to take. You could have avoided this humiliation by not pursuing this… You have done immense damage to Bangladesh cricket as a result of this….

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4rj9QKMNiU

Bangladesh seek to reverse result of Asia Cup final

 Bangladesh will ask the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) to review an incident in the final over of the Asia Cup final against Pakistan on Thursday which they believe cost them the game.   

Pakistan won by two runs after Bangladesh could score six runs only from the final over bowled by Aizaz Cheema.

Enayet Hossain Siraj, chairman of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) cricket operations committee, told reporters on Saturday that Cheema had deliberately blocked batsman Mahmudullah in the final over.

He said the BCB would demand five penalty runs which if granted could force the ACA to reverse the result.

“We have seen video footage of the incident repeatedly. It is clear that Cheema blocked Mahmudullah deliberately,” Siraj said.

“We will lodge a written appeal to the ACC very soon and will also give a copy to the International Cricket Council.”

47 Responses to " Bangladesh seek to reverse result of Asia Cup final "

1. Donna says:

   Today at 12:50 am (10 hours ago)

   Last year, Pakistan players Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamer were also jailed in Britain for their role in an entirely separate ‘spot-fixing’ scandal concerning a 2010 Test match against England. An ICC spokesman said it would investigate the new allegations in Asia Cup Pakistan vs. India.
   We can all see pakistani players are not free from scandal. So don’t judge others as if u guys are holy!

   Pakistani dare not to blame the Bengal citizens!! BCB decisions have nothing to do with us! We love our players heavenly! If anything was done wrongly may Allah set it right & justice come from Him! Once again, thanks again for all the love you guys showed but don’t become stone hearted & biased by hearing 1-sided story!

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2. Saima Qutub says:

   Today at 12:48 am (10 hours ago)

   if it works then we can claim many results b/t india and Pak ….. This is not the way to show ur frustration BCB ….. grow up !!!! …… We Pakistani supported Bangladeshi cricket team not Bangladesh govt. or BCB officials ….. we have all sympathies with those depressed players …. but now i hope those players must be getting normal …….

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3. Dada says:

   Today at 12:43 am (10 hours ago)

   Well, there goes all the good feelings towards Bangladesh down the drain. I’m pretty sure the majority of Bangladesh cricket followers look T this as a bad move, hence we shouldn’t blame the whole nation for such a pathetic attempt at self glorification. Being a Pakistani , I will always pray and look forward to the tigers becoming one of the best in world cricket. I hope the Bangladesh board just simply matures and learn to accept defeat humbly. That’s what distinguishes good teams from great teams.
   Love from a Pakistani.

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4. Muhammad abbas says:

   Today at 12:33 am (10 hours ago)

   I think the way BD fight and the way the final match ends,it was really the victory of cricket.Now the BD officials giving statement like this which is not good for cricket,if i was there i will give the trophy to BD people as a gift because their team played beautifully in the entire tournament.

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5. Baseer Pirzada says:

   Today at 12:27 am (10 hours ago)

   Every single Pakistani is graciously saying openly, in print media and Television shows, that even though Pakistan team may have taken the Asia Cup 2012, the true winners and heroes of the Asia Cup 2012 was the Bangladesh Team for having shown the World that they have arrived at the International Cricket Scene with their committment, hardwork, maturity and focus. This ill conceived political move by the BCB is surely going to embarass cricket fans all over Asia including Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, etc.

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6. mariyam says:

   Today at 12:20 am (10 hours ago)

   we appreciae how bangladesh have per4m,but unfortunately whenever Pakistan win something the other team has a problem.All the respect and praised gone down the drain for tigers.

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7. Asad says:

   Today at 12:15 am (10 hours ago)

   Pakistani fans went all out with their good wishes and even wishing that the bangalis had won but this should teach us that enough with the ‘brotherhood’ mantra be it asian, islamic, arabs they all will stab you in the back.

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8. Usman says:

   Today at 12:15 am (10 hours ago)

   That is a really disgraceful act Bangladesh, We loved you guys but if this act goes on that would surely show the immaturity of BCB.Buy a 800 rupees cup. We dont want it You cannot take the fun away, that we had after so many years.

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9. Ifthakar says:

   Today at 12:14 am (10 hours ago)

   Iam a Bangladeshi, and I also believe that BCB should not file any such case. Things that happened on ground should stay there, I believe it was accidental. Anywayz Iam sure we won the heart of many fellow Pakistani and Indian’s and ppl around the globe, we the nation is very proud of that.

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   • Saleem Khwaja says:

     Today at 12:48 am (10 hours ago)

     A sensible approach indeed. It seems that the BCB chairman has been prompted by …who?
     I feel that people in position ought to be careful in what they are fighting for. I witnessed the Bangladeshi bowlers blocking the Pakistani batsman Shahid Afridi who was gracious enough to politely remind the bowler in question what is right.

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10. RAJA FAHAD AHMED says:

    Today at 12:11 am (10 hours ago)

    Do YOU KNOW ? WE ASIANS ARE USELESS.WE CAN ACCEPT VICTORY OF ANY COUNTRY.WE ALWAYS FIGHT WITH EACH OTHER.WHY WE DO NOT BE LIKE BROTHERS? WHY DO WE NOT CREATE BROTHERHOOD BETWEEN US?
    IF BANGLADESH CONSIDERS THAT AIZAZ CHEEMA DID NOT DO RIGHT. THEY HAD TO APPEAL ON THE SPOT BUT TIME HAD MADE A MARK.NOW PAKISTAN IS AN ASIAN CHAMPION..

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11. Moiz says:

    Today at 12:09 am (10 hours ago)

    Did you forget the blunders of umpiring going in the favor of Bangladesh and could have effected the end result?

    Umar Akmal – Clearly not out!

    Nazimuddin was plumb LBW on the balling of Saeed Ajmal

    grOw uP ~ ~ ~

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    • Ibad says:

      Today at 12:22 am (10 hours ago)

      Poor sportsmanship Bangladesh. It seems we had over estimated your potential. Losing with honour should be the first learning point. Then maybe a win might come your way

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    • abm says:

      Today at 12:23 am (10 hours ago)

      Mohd Hafeez was given LBW on the bowling of Nazmul, very very early, but umpire didnt give it !!!!!!???

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12. sc says:

    Today at 12:09 am (10 hours ago)

    Bunch of politician of cricket control board..We gained so much respect now we are humiliated by the politician .. what an …

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13. Nayna says:

    Today at 12:08 am (10 hours ago)

    To all the people writing things about Bangladesh..i would request them to stop. Its written that it was BCB’s opinion not BD peoples’. So please dont blame the cricketers or the people of Bangladesh. Being a citizen of Bangladesh i can assure that we the general people had no idea about this and i am pretty sure our beloved cricketers also had nothing to do in this. It is the officials and if they think what they are saying is right then plz let the ACA be the judge. Thank you

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    • amjid says:

      Today at 12:41 am (10 hours ago)

      what a pathetic news, it spoil my day. I think Bangladesh does not deserve the respect , we gave them all over the Pakistan

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14. khurshid says:

    Today at 12:06 am (10 hours ago)

    Okay lets give Bangladesh 5-run penalty which they seek from ACC. Don’t be harsh. But then demand same (five runs) for Masharfee colliding with Afridi. Pakistan still win by 2 runs!

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15. Aamir Ali says:

    Today at 12:06 am (10 hours ago)

    I think BCB has lost a lot of money to the bookies on this Asia Cup Final and is now seeking underhanded ways to win it back.

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16. zahid says:

    Today at 12:00 am (10 hours ago)

    I don’t think this is something the players want. Awami League trying to politicize the event and trying to add a fether to their cap…BD won Asia Cup under AL regime! How funny…and this is going to ruin everything we have achieved in this tournament.
    I was proud as a Bangladeshi 2 days ago, now I’m ashamed.

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17. Bangash says:

    Yesterday at 11:58 pm

    Acting like this will never make Bangladesh a great team.

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18. Zubair says:

    Yesterday at 11:55 pm

    Really REALLY disappointing! Cricket is a game of gentlemen and not immature people!

    People were praising Bangladesh for their brilliant effort in the Asia Cup in which they defeated The WORLD CHAMPION and the ‘RUNNER UP WORLD CHAMPION’ and almost defeated Pakistan in both their matches….

    And then this! Is this a way to achieve any Title? And yes…..and were not there wrong decision in the favor of Pakistan in this Final???? And didn’t Murtaza block Afridi?

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19. TM says:

    Yesterday at 11:42 pm

    Why Bangladesh didn’t make a complain on the spot when they had this information, if it’s true, available to them at that point? Isn’t it really dumb on part of BCB to make themselves a laughing stock now?

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20. Ahmed says:

    Yesterday at 11:38 pm

    All i know is that even the empire also said it was not cheema’s fault that they bumped. batsman is supposed to see where he’s running.
    even if it was cheema fault. could they made another run????
    could they have stopped the bold???
    NICE BANGLADESH.. All the respect you gained now gone down the drain.

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21. Ukhan says:

    Yesterday at 11:30 pm

    This should be called “A Fall from Grace” for Bangladesh cricket…..

    You have lost all the respect that you earned during Asia Cup, after proving yourselves an incorrigble cry baby…..shame on you!!!

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22. syed khadimhussain says:

    Yesterday at 11:26 pm

    They will loose the honour and respect they gained

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23. Salman says:

    Yesterday at 11:25 pm

    I am pakistani and I loved the way that Bangladesh played that final and all my friends respected Bangladesh effort, but this kind of talk will take all that away. Don’t go that route. You will look stupid in front of the whole world

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24. Waqas says:

    Yesterday at 11:20 pm

    I am Pakistani, I seriously am shocked by this act of Bangladesh cricket board. I saw Bangladesh to be the emerging team by their outstanding performance. But seriously??. try to win Asia cup like this?. Not a wise move at all. At least very discouraging for me as not being Pakistani but as a fan of cricket.

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25. Adnan says:

    Yesterday at 11:20 pm

    Very sad! A batsman is supposed to go around the bowler. Can someone show the Bangladesh cricket board the rules? And check the video of the last over. I dont see Cheema deliberately blocking the batsman. The whole world was appreciating the Bangladesh team but i guess, everyone was wrong. This is what differentiates men from boys, immature boys.

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26. usuf says:

    Yesterday at 11:15 pm

    Bangladesh did so so well.. They were the real winners… Ive never seen a team so so committed and play cricket with such confidence.. A team that is a real contender for T20 world cup this year…
    But this act is going to spoil all their hard-work.. They shud buk up and come up even stronger… Their loss from pakistan was more psychological .. But being a Pakistani i still believe Bangladesh surpassed all expectations!!!

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27. Shamir says:

    Yesterday at 11:13 pm

    Mr. Rajiv- Some players take bribe and change the result of games and ruins world cricket. We are trying to seek justice for an attempted cheat that a Pakistani bowler tried in the final over to international concerned authority, not to the bookis.

    Shamir
    Bangladesh

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    • Mehak chaudry says:

      Yesterday at 11:40 pm

      such a losers attitude!!! this is not sportsmenship. they need to learn quit alot!!

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    • rida says:

      Today at 12:18 am (10 hours ago)

      shamir plz watch the video of the last over carefully clearly u can see that batsman bumped into the bowler n the umpire also is checking batsman 4 that also the commentator said at that point that its batsman`s fault “u cannot bump into the bowler” .
      Bangladesh has got every right to appeal 4 their suspicions but plz u guys played a fabulous tournament n do u want 2 win it like this?????

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    • Asim says:

      Today at 12:34 am (10 hours ago)

      If you see the video and use 1% of your mind you can see that cheema was standing and the batsman was running and batsman ran towards him and not cheema but you and your blind BCB thinks it was cheema’s fault,but you know your bowler Mortaza was doing this deliberately against afridi and he did that twice in the match.So i would suggest the PCB does the same against your Mortaza and then you STILL LOSE,what should i name you CRY BABIES or BAD LOSERS?

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28. JKhan says:

    Yesterday at 11:13 pm

    Wow!! What can i say. the Bangladesh cricket players have earned great respect in Pakistan and over the globe. But if this thing goes ahead, i am sure they will be the losers and will lose their hard earned respect. They need to learn how to accept defeat gracefully otherwise in each match there are incidents that can be challenged.
    I wish that this should not go ahead for the sake of good cricket.

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29. fucking bingos says:

    Yesterday at 11:11 pm

    frigging bingo’s .
    deserved what they got.

    Here we are praising the spirit of their performance and they go on to act like retards.

    loser mentality .
    Never would a Pakistani do something like this.

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30. Rahik says:

    Yesterday at 11:10 pm

    Oh boy there goes all the love from all over the wall! 
    But if what BCB says is true and the proof is consistently clear then i hope the entire cricket world understands the injustice!

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31. Nazm-us-Saadat says:

    Yesterday at 11:09 pm

    Our boys earned the hearts of millions… Please don’t take it away from them like this…

    Saadat, Tigers’ Fan

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32. Hamza Pasha says:

    Yesterday at 11:09 pm

    And didn’t Murtaza block Afridi during Pakistans batting?

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33. nadz says:

    Yesterday at 11:05 pm

    Yes they shouldn’t go that way especially after a week but its a bit harsh to use words like dumb and all…or is it the pressure of lost-game to them  …just kidding

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34. rizz says:

    Yesterday at 11:03 pm

    I am a Bangladeshi.
    I guess it shouldn’t be like this..it will spoil the respect we achieved until now. Cheema did a wrong thing we know, but complaining like this isn’t good enough.

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    • H cha says:

      Yesterday at 11:43 pm

      @rizz no Cheema did not do any thing wrong ! dont be a fool ! Your batsman ran into bowler. What about when your bowler blocked Afridi. Lets get 5 runs for that ! You Lost ! you lost this one, the one before, 3 before that and 29 others since 1999.

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35. Muzaffar says:

    Yesterday at 11:00 pm

    A deliberate attempt by Awami League to politicize the matter and create gaps between Bengalis and Pakistanis getting together. Shame Awami League.

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36. biju says:

    Yesterday at 11:00 pm

    right rajiv….. its really stupid on the parts of Bangladeshis, I feel pity for their thinking… i think they have still not grown up for the big game…

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37. mikael says:

    Yesterday at 10:59 pm

    lol cry babies…

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38. Mahis says:

    Yesterday at 10:57 pm

    Talk about immaturity. I guess this is because of them coming so far in such an important tournament and being unable to accept defeat. Grow up Bangladesh, grow up. This is ‘real’ cricket.

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39. Rajiv says:

    Yesterday at 10:54 pm

    Really? …. Really Bangladesh? …. you really want to win this way? Your boys put up a valiant effort and knocked out a couple big wigs in the tournament. Almost took the final and you “lost”, albeit, it was a close game. You deserve where ever you are for the effort you’ve put in. The whole cricketing world appreciates you coming off age and now, you want to spoil it by claiming the title on the basis of a stupid technicality???
    DUMB much?