Attend to core issues now!

It looks like we have been sleeping since a month now. All the attention diverted to cricket since a while and the core issues to be discussed were kept aside. Today, finally India won the semi-final and Pakistan is not moving forward in the WC so i guess Cricket craze is over, can we get back to the main issues now?

Today, being the semi-final of cricket WC Pakistan vs India, my younger brother wanted to buy the Pakistan team shirt in order to show support towards the team. We went to the neighborhood sports shop which was so much crowded that we had to shout that we need a medium size shirt and he replied he is out of stock and closing the shop now.

Then with anxiety, we planned to go to Zaineb market at Saddar where we did not find any place to park the car first, managing to do so, we stepped out and tried to find the medium size which every shopkeeper sold for not a rupee less than fifteen hundred. They knew it was demanded so much, people will buy if they will charge more couple of thousands as well. As we managed to buy the shirts we got home till the match started and painted our faces green chanting GO GREEN!!! to support our team.

In all the suport game and hype that was created for the WC, we forgot that one team has to loose. Though, being a Pakistani we wanted our team to win but it was not destined to be so we didn't perform well. Now as the cricket hype ends, people must be cursing themselves as why they spent so much on buying the team shirts and that too for a premium price. In all this time, i think forty days or so, we basically  forgot to think about the core issues our country is facing be it our debts from IMF, terrorism, corruption or conspiracies about our country and the list goes on ...

By winning the Cricket WC, do you think the core issues that our country is facing would be solved? Do you think Pakistan would have seen some improvements in the current situations oif we would have won? No, this is not what was supposed to happen. Because for Pakistan, they make different rules, when we won T20 WC the scheduled time for it was revised to one year only. Why? Can't they see Pakistanis move forward? or what else is the reason ...

I appreciate one local sports channel effort in this case which supports my point here. They put a journalist to host a sports program in the commentary break between the matches, so that public can always relate dirty politicians talk to him while they watch the cricket match.

Why so much hype??

I am kind of tired of listening to the cricket Semi final between Pakistan and India now, some call it the clash of civilizations, the other call it a war. But in my opinion, we should let the game be a game.... obviously being a Pakistani I want Pakistan team to win the game, but making it a war against each other is not the way it should be.
Every TV channel has the same news all over, Okay! i know its a big thing but shouldn't we also think that anything is possible in a game? Last night I was watching a program at one of the leading news channels of our country, in which they had cricket professionals from India and Pakistan, constantly passing comments about their team winning and praising their boys. Isn't that just for generating a good ranking for the channel? They speak on the game as if the other team isn't competent enough, obviously both the teams have the skills that is why they both have reached the semi-finals, then what is the point of passing remarks about other team skills and what they are able to do?
On the other hand, both the countries' nation has so much high hopes from their teams that if their team lost it will become a matter of life and death for them. So the weak hearts should be carefull as no one knows what results they may witness... Our captain, Afridi is also of the opinion that this should be treated as a game only and I think he advised this to both the countries' politicians also.
A very funny thing I came across was that both the countries never agree on any single thing, be it the Kashmir issue, or water disputes or whatever big or small, but finally they have agreed on having a holiday the same day and they are united to shut their offices down today!! ;-)

Welcome Note...

To begin with, this blog has been created especially for the course "Print Media" taught under the program of Media Management at Institute of Business Management, Karachi - Pakistan.
On utter request of our instructor Prof. Shahida Kazi to read and read, I have decided to create this blog where print media students can post their comments about what they have been reading... For an advise, these blogs can carry a good weightage to the final grade as well because they will show how much the students have been reading and how much aware they are about the current affairs through newspapers and other articles in the magazines and papers regarding the prevailing conditions in the country. Also, about the different books that students have been reading whether its a fiction or true story, a recipe book or a travelogue, and whichever book the students will read during the course. The posts may include the lectures covered in the class for those students who may miss any session due to any reason, so that a track is created online for all the lectures that we attend...
Hopefully, this will add more value to the course and will help students read more and more and more according to the instructor's requirements...
looking forward to the posts ahead...

Regards,
Javeria