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castro said:

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Today I bought...
1 Pack Marlboro
1 Matchbox
1000 rs. Petrol
4 Samosa
2 Supper Deals at Kafe Korn
1 Maxell Cell
1 Mango Juice

Sigaret naushi sey parhez karien,,aur Naswar khaney sey gurez na karien

The Real Hero

The Bus Driver Who Saved The Sri Lankans



LAHORE: There was no match but plenty of applause around Qadhafi Stadium on the day. Six brave policemen laid down their lives so that the visiting Sri Lankan cricketers could return home safe. And no less heroic was the feat of Mahar Mohammad Khalil, the bus driver who sped the visitors to safety after the vehicle they were travelling in was ambushed at around 8:50am on Tuesday.



Khalil was later showered with praise and cash awards as he met the members of the Sri Lankan team but perhaps nothing could match the satisfaction he must have felt when he brought the visitors to safety in the morning.

‘It happened all of a sudden,’ the gritty driver recalled in a talk with Dawn. ‘Thank God the rocket fired at the bus missed the target. The next moment, a man came out from a white car and threw two hand grenades towards us. The grenades rolled under the bus but did not explode. Then a second man came out of the same car and opened fire at us.’

Khalil said just then he heard Dr Muqaddar, the liaison officer to Sri Lanka team, shouting loudly. ‘He asked me to step on the gas and flee. The voice recharged me,’ he said. ‘It was as if I had received a 400-watt jolt. We made a dash towards the Gaddafi Stadium and thankfully reached it quickly. It was only when we were there that I found out that some players had been injured.’

Khalil was fortunate that half of the windscreen of his bus on the driver’s side was bullet-proof. Two bullets hit the screen but they failed to pierce the glass. Another bullet went through the other half of the windscreen. Had he been hit, not only his own security but that of the whole Sri Lankan team would have been compromised.

Mahar Khalil dismissed the impression that the attack took place due to a security lapse. ‘The security was strict and the policemen exchanged fire with the terrorists. That so many of the policemen were killed is a proof of their commitment,’ he reasoned.

PCB chairman Ijaz Butt told Dawn that the Sri Lankan players wanted to thank Khalil in person for keeping his composure in the face of adversity and saving their lives.

Khalil later went to the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Mess where the Sri Lankans had been taken to before flying out of Lahore. Sources said that upon meeting him the Sri Lankan players hailed the brave driver as their saviour and lavished him with cash prizes as a token of their gratitude.

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Asian said:

dil chata hai sk ke tunni deekon

Asian said:

no i won't i know where he lives


and becareful of missy with a rolling pin


amout of times she hit me

Cause u r naughty thats y

**sensational** said:

dil chata hai ke jis doc ke paas gayi thi usko mein maar du

tu tumhara ilaaj kaun karega?

Asian said:

heyyyyyyy cardiff is a CITY

lol, yeah he said he'd take me sight seeing

got to look nice for my Pashtu baby

teddy will be at home, prob cooking samosay

ahhh i will be eating samosay and u will be searching for khan whole day

shaista said:

geo uk bhi dikhayega??
and what about timings?

maine dvd par li thie hmm i will tell u abt timings

Asian said:

Shahrukh Khan said:

Asian's birthday

yuppieeeeeeeeee

ive given in new shalwar kameez to sew for weds

going London

so finally u r going to some city Have fun So teddy all alone I m take her with me to Amsterdam

charizmatic said:

Guys Geo will be showing Ramchand Pakistani on 23rd March, dont miss it.

I have it on Dvd..havent seen yet

London_Girl said:

Salman ki kia galati...

katrina se pucho

Katrina kaif abhi young hai usko kahan jaldi hogi

Ghussa at khocha CF,,uski waja sey naswar ka business down ho gaya hai

Asian's birthday

MISS SCORPIO said:

You lie, you're such a bad liar, why are you lying for?

MISS SCORPIO said:

Shukar hai, kai apko daar nahi lagah.

nahi

MISS SCORPIO said:

Shahrukh Khan said:

MISS SCORPIO said:

nice

Thank you.

MISS SCORPIO said:

nice

SupidGuy said:

Shahrukh Khan said:

I need a Cricket Bat From Pakistan..kaunsa wala acha raheyga aur prize??

Ask Javad!!!

He is living in SIALKOT.....

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Agar woh naa kaam kare tu mujhe batana!!!



Btw, BAT kaunsa chahiye????


Tennis
Hard Ball

Or

Plastic???



L0L

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jag said:

i guess i jumped in a private conversation mistake! oops.

Ohh Jumper

awww My last year topic

castro said:

@Jag, Hehe I also like it that way. Wink Wink

@Shahrukh Khan, SRK played it in Pardes....

yaa

Hmm shayad like other paki movies,zill e shah bhi yahan dvd par aye

Teddy and shona

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Fallout of the Lahore attack

Butt accuses Broad of lies on security..

     

Fallout of the Lahore attack

Butt accuses Broad of lies on security

Cricinfo staff

March 5, 2009

     
Ijaz Butt: "That a gentleman of his [Chris Broad's] stature is saying this is unfortunate." © AFP


Ijaz Butt, the PCB chairman, has accused Chris Broad of lying in claiming that security was lax for the visiting team and officials in Lahore.

Broad said on Wednesday that players and officials arriving for the Test were not provided sufficient protection despite assurances given by the PCB.

Butt, though, disputed Broad's account. "It is a big lie that there were no policemen. A commando jumped over Broad and saved his life. The commando was hurt so if there was no policeman, how come Broad was saved?

"All his [Broad's] statements are false. He has now made obnoxious comments. That a gentleman of his stature is saying this is unfortunate," he told reporters in Lahore. "He says there was no policemen there [but] I think there could be no bigger lie than this because six policemen died and ten are injured.

"Our people have also been injured. We lost six policemen who were trying to protect the cricketers and the match officials. So if some one is complaining about just a scratch, then it is very sad."

The PCB, he said, would lodge a formal protest with the ICC against Broad, who was the ICC's match referee for the Test between Pakistan and Sri Lanka in the city.

But Broad's account of events was backed by umpire Simon Taufel. "I'm angry we were isolated, I'm angry we didn't get the same amount of security the playing staff got, and I'm angry that in our hour of need, we were left on our own," he said. Simon Davis, the other umpire, went out of his way to praise Broad's actions during the attack.

Dominic Cork, who was in Lahore working for the media at the time of the attack, reacted angrily to Butt's comments. "If Butt believes the security was good enough for international sportsman then he is wrong," he said. "He should live and die by the words he came out with ... he is completely and utterly out of order. When they were getting the teams out of there I witnessed Butt sitting down and doing absolutely nothing."

Butt also denied suggestions of a conspiracy in the attack that singled out foreign players and officials. "It is wrong to suggest that. The same security procedure was followed," he said. "The Pakistan team used to leave at the same time as the Sri Lankan team and other officials, but somehow or the other on that day they got a bit late.

"There a two high powered investigations going on [and] I think we should not do witch-hunting. Let's not fool ourselves and our country, let the report come out. A lot of allegations are being made [and] instead of putting the blame on each other I think we should wait."

Wasim Bari, the PCB's director of HR and administration, also brushed off claims of slack security. "Let the investigations conclude then we will get to know what were the security lapses."