The Way I See It

Unlike nervous Amir, Asif delivered a perfect inch-over-the-line no-ball. Got to hand it to him, the only thing missing was a toothpick in his mouth and a cowboy hat.

Cricket is known as a gentleman's game but sadly, there is nothing gentlemanly about it any more. After doping and ball tampering - comes this.

Last week two young brothers,Mughees and Muneeb were lynched by a mob in Sialkot. We asked Tribune bloggers and readers what the Sialkot lynching meant for justice in Pakistan.

I have seen beggars who are not beggars, NGO’s who are into scams and ‘victims’ who are not actually victims. We the people are our own biggest threat.

Maybe this flood could be a much-needed reality check for us and could help us to throw away the ‘them and us’ approach. Them, who are affected, us, who are not.

Most parents usually keep their own interests and desires in mind and do not evaluate the strengths, interests and weakness of their child.

The problem lies in not being able to rise above narrow parochial thinking. Of not being able to get out of the divisive mode of us and them. Of seeing the Pashtun as a problem.

Thank you for sullying every child's dream of playing for Pakistan.We loved you too much. Now watch us hate you.

I would love to have a weak but sincere team who considers it a privilege to play for Pakistan rather than a group of celebrities who want to steal the limelight.

If action is not taken now, we will soon be reading and hearing about a state under total anarchy.