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6 Saturday, October 1, 2016 Biz Roundup: PSX beat regional tension to hit fresh peak KARACHI, Sep 30: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) rose after heating Pakistan-India tension across the Line-of-Control (LoC) and hit a fresh all-time historic peak above 40,500 points in a volatile session by ending Friday. The Pakistan Stock Exchange's benchmark KSE 100-Index surged by 0.61 percent or 246.29 points to 40,541.81 points on Friday when compared with 40,295.52 points recorded on Thursday. During the week that ended on Sept. 30, the top index jumped by 759.86 points with four out of five trading sessions ending in the green zone. The KSE All-Share Index jacked up by 0.78 percent or 213.24 points to 27,682.25 points, the KSE 30-Index grew by 0.38 percent or 84.85 points to 22,436.20 points, the KMI 30-Index elevated by 0.43 percent or 292.16 points to 68,959.36 points, whereas the Islamic All-Share Index increased by 0.8 percent or 151.67 points to 19,176.82 points. Friesland Campina Pakistan made a public announcement Friday to acquire 49.8 million shares of Engro Foods (EFOODS) at 151.85 rupees per share. This resulted in EFOODS to close at its upper limit of 5 percent. Murree Brewery (MUREB) announced consolidated earnings per share of 49.92 rupees along with a cash dividend of 10 rupees per share in addition to previously announced 10-rupee dividend and a bonus of 1,500 percent. As a result, the stock closed at its upper limit of 5 percent. Market volumes decreased by 38.71 percent or 275.644 million shares to 436.516 million shares on Friday when compared with 712. 161 million shares posted on Thursday. During the week under review, the top Pakistani bourse witnessed total volumes of 2.641 billion shares at an average daily Finance Ministry extends date for filing of Income Tax Returns, statements ISLAMABAD Sep 30: Minister for Finance, Revenues and Economic Affairs, Mohammad Ishaq Dar on Friday extended the due date for filing of Income Tax Returns/Statements by Salaried persons, Individual, AOP, and Companies till 31st October, 2016. The Minister extended the date in view of Eid-ul- Adha holidays falling in the month of September, 2016 and the fact that a number of taxpayers and their consultants were in Saudi Arabia for performance of Hajj. The taxpayers accordingly could not find ample time ECNEC approves 6 mega development projects costing billions of rupees ISLAMABAD: Federal Finance Minister, Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar chairs a meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC). ISLAMABAD, Sep 30: The Executive Committee of National Economic Council (ECNEC) here on Friday approved six mega development projects in the country costing billions of rupees. The ECNEC met here under the chairmanship of Finance Minister Senator Muhammad Ishaq Dar and approved the 7th Secondary Transmission Line Grid Station project worth Rs 19,989.114 million. It also approved Golan Gol Hydropower project (106) MW at a cost of Rs 29.077.173 million. The ECNEC approved Southern Punjab Poverty Alleviation Project (SPPAP) costing Rs 4,657.957 million. Procurement of 58 Nos (29 Nos 3000 H. P & 29 Nos 2000H.P) Diesel Electric Locomotive at a cost of Rs 16,300.000 million was also approved by the ECNEC. It also approved construction of 100 Small Dams in Balochistan – package 3(20 Dams) at a cost of Rs 7,829.874 million while Gwadar-Nawabshah LNG Terminal and pipeline project (GNP) costing Rs 203,314.08 million was also approved by the ECNEC. Arrangements to supply of gas to KP will be completed soon: Jam Kamal ISLAMABAD, Sep 30: Minister of State For Petroleum & Natural Resources Jam Kamal Khan stated on Friday that after uplifting ban on dispensation of gas in Khyber Pakhtunekhwa by the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif all arrangements regarding supply of gas to areas including Bannu town ship will be done. During the question hour in the senate Jam Kamal Khan stated that Punjab CNG station is utilizing imported LNG adding that domestic consumers are first priority of the government after that industrial sectors, Khad factories, and CNG sectors will be provided gas. Replying to questions asked by senator Baz Muhammad Khan, senator Shahi Syed, Mian Muhammad Atiq and others he said that it is true that work of laying gas pipe line in Bannu Town Ship has been completed however dispensation of connection from the main gas pipe line has not been come into action so far. Kamal Khan said that owing to shortage of gas, CNG stations had been shut down almost adding that when we undertook to import LNG then CNG sectors expressed its willingness to use LNG first of all. He said that it is not this is not a good notion that LNG’s price is higher in other provinces than Punjab. He added that total 136 CNG stations in Punjab are utilizing LNG. Kamal Khan said that Pakistan fulfill its 20 to 25percent need from the country production of oil and 75 percent of oil is imported. Replying to questions asked by Senator Nuzhat Sadiq, Babar Awan and others, he said that Diesel and Petrol are main sources of fuel which is utilized in Transport sector across the country adding that at this time 87percent RON petrol is being utilized in the country. Jamal Kamal Khan said that from November Pakistan will start to import of RON. He said that Pakistan State Oil (PSO) under the long term agreement with Kuwait is importing approximately 75percent diesel. He added that the use of Euro ii Diesel will be effective from January 2017 adding that two local Refineries are producing Euro ii Diesel while other Refineries have been given deadline of June 2017 to produce Euro ii Diesel. for filing their tax returns.Therefore, in the spirit of taxpayers' facilitation, the due date of filing of tax returns/statements has been extended till 31st October, 2016. Pak, UK agree to continue strong commercial relations ISLAMABAD, Sep 30: Pakistan and UK have shown complete consensus on the need to continue with the strong commercial relations, which exist between the two countries. The resolve to this effect was expressed during a meeting of Pakistani delegation led by Commerce Secretary Azmat Ali Ranjha and Permanent Secretary at the Dept for International Trade of UK Sir Martin Donnelly in London. British side assured Pakistan of their full commitment to support GSP plus arrangement not only in UK but also in EU. Secretary Commerce conveyed desire to engage fully with the UK by continuing with the GSP Plus like arrangement in the short term but later on expanding it to a Preferential or a Free Trade Agreement with UK. KARACHI, Sep 30: The Pakistan Economy Watch (PEW) on Friday said Indian attack on Pakistan will be a suicide for New Delhi and her economy will sustain damages beyond imagination due to Islamabad's capability to hit back on aggressors. Tensions between two most important countries of Saarc region will have a global negative impact on trade, commerce, agriculture and industrial output, it said. turnover of 528.257 million shares. Market capitalization improved by 0.78 percent or 63.345 billion rupees to 8.223 trillion rupees whereas trade value depleted by 34.41 percent or 7.372 billion rupees to 14.052 billion rupees. Among 435 active scrips on Friday, prices of 310 issues advanced, 114 slumped, whereas values of 11 other companies stayed unchanged for the week. Karachi Electric Ltd, Pace Pakistan Ltd, and TRG Pakistan Ltd were the top traded companies with turnovers of 55.688 million shares, 28.247 million shares, and 26.203 million shares, respectively. Wyeth Pakistan Ltd emerged as the top price accumulator with an increment of 100.52 rupees to 2,300 rupees while on the other hand, Bhanero Textiles led the major price shedders with a decline of 41.97 rupees to 798 rupees. Furniture design stars break new ground at China Int’l Furniture Fair SHANGHAI, Sep 30: The 38th China International Furniture Fair (CIFF) Shanghai hosted from September 7 to 10 at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (NECC) in Shanghai brought the public's attention to pioneering furniture design concepts and products, highlighting modern architecture's relationship with art through a series of exhibitions, forums and dialogue seminars. The EAST design show was one of the most popular exhibitions at the 38th CIFF, designers and artists of nine brands and 24 studios from China, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Australia and more displayed unexpected home furniture and décor works and shared the ideas behind the creations as well as the future trend of furniture industry at forums with institutions, buyers and e-commerce representatives. The show featured two special events, the "EAST- OOL Design Show" presented the big ideas of the small folding stool and "48 Stands Youth Collection" showcased various works by young designers. SBP asks banks to focus on employee’s training KARACHI, Sep 30: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has issued “guidelines for training and development of bank employees.” The guidelines primarily aim to provide continuous learning atmosphere to bank employees, said a statement issued here on Friday.. The guidelines advised banks to prepare a comprehensive training and development policy duly approved by their Board of Directors for all major functional areas, which should interalia cover processes related to Training NeedsAssessment (TNA) and selection of employees for a specific training program. Appropriately trained and knowledgeable employees are the most valuable asset for a bank to attain good governance and competitive advantage in the market. Banks, therefore, require to pay due attention to the training and development needs of their ISLAMABAD, Sep 30: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Mission Chief to Pakistan, Harald Finger has expressed the hope that Pakistan’s economy will set on a new and sustainable course, breaking from past cycles of near-crises and aborted stabilization programmes. “With stronger buffers, improved sentiment, gradually recovering growth, and the prospects of more energy supply and an additional impetus from the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), there is hope that Pakistan’s economy will set on a new and sustainable course,” he wrote in an article published in English daily. The IMF Mission Chief termed the completion of employees. The ever changing banking environment coupled with technological advancements further put stress on the importance of improved skills, capabilities and knowledge of a bank employee. Banks can transform their human resource into human capital by providing proper training and development opportunities to their employees on a regular basis. The guidelines further elaborate that training and development budget of banks should specifically be made part of an overall budget document to be discussed and approved by the Board of Directors on annual basis. Further, the training and development budget may ideally be linked with overall size and complexity of operations of a bank or with certain percentage of administrative expenses. SBP suggested that Human Resources three-year Extended Fund Facility (EFF) Programme by Pakistan as a notable achievement. “This a notable achievement in itself, but particularly so for a country that has had to resort to IMF support regularly and often abandoned its reform programmes before completion,” he wrote. He said that just three years Committee of the Board should be assigned the responsibility of monitoring the utilization of training and development budget and implementation of approved training & development policy.It has also been advised that bank should focus on training of employees posted at remote / rural area branches so that they may also get appropriate number of trainings during a year. Banks are required to implement these guidelines by December 31, 2016 after which SBP will assess their compliance during the course of on-site inspections of banks. Pak economy to set on sustainable course: IMF mission head KARACHI / MEXICO, Sep 30: Investing in women economic empowerment sets a direct path towards poverty alleviation and financial inclusiveness. BISP is key to financial inclusiveness and literacy in Pakistan. It is because of BISP that an uneducated BISP beneficiary can use debit cards. This was stated by Minister of State and Chairperson BISP MNA Marvi Memon while speaking at “International Symposium: the contribution of conditional cash transfer programs to the creation of Social Protection System with rights-based approach” arranged by Ministry of Social Development and National Coordination of PROSPERA Programa de Inclusion Social with the support of World Bank at Mexico ago, Pakistan’s economy was running out of steam and resources, however with the oil windfall and an improving external sentiment, Pakistan was able to triple its foreign reserves buffer, through SBP foreign exchange purchases and foreign borrowing which has much strengthened Pakistan’s shield against economic shocks. BISP recognized as largest financial inclusion program: Marvi A war will destroy Indian economy before the country is totally ruined due to a possible nuclear war, said Dr. Murtaza Mughal, President PEW. He said that tensions will have a very negative impact on trade and economy while volatility in the financial markets will not be short lived as expected. Dr. Murtaza Mughal said that India's exports to the neighbouring country worked out to USD 2.17 billion, or 0.83 per cent, of the total Indian outward shipments while imports were less than USD 500 million, or 0.13 per cent, of the total inward shipments. But, tensions will also damage her exports to other regions while flight of capital will also take place, he noted. India's move to review the most favoured nation (MFN) status accorded to Pakistan has raised some uncertainty for exporters on whether trade City, Mexico. Ms Memon highlighted that BISP has contributed a lot to the financial inclusion of the poorest of the poor population of Pakistan in line with the overall financial inclusion strategy of Finance Minister Senator Ishaq Dar. 5.3 million BISP beneficiaries are paid through technology based mechanisms backed with branchless banking accounts. 'Indian economy goner in case of misadventure with Pakistan' LAHORE, Sep 30: Three-day GTex International B2B Textile Machinery Brand Expo opened in Expo Centre Lahore closed here on Friday in with negotiated business deals of worth 17 million dollars. Event was organized by Global Enterprise in Expo Centre Lahore, in which the world’s first fully automatic jeans machine was also displayed by United Machinery, first time in Pakistan. As many as 97 companies participated in this expo with their 399 brands. About 67 foreign delegates from 32 countries from Europe and China. Chief Executive Expo Centre Lahore Arif Khosa was chief guest at closing ceremony and distributed shields among exhibitors. CEO Global Enterprise Mujib R. Siddiqui, Zohaib R. Siddiqui, Ms. Ghausia, Sohail Aziz and Naeemuddin of United Machinery were also present on this occasion. Talking to exhibitors at the closing ceremony, Arif Khosa will normalise in the future, he said, adding that the MFN was largely symbolic as non-tariff barriers frustrated efforts of Pakistan to improve exports. It may be mentioned that the official trade between two countries was recorded at 2.5 billion dollars during the last year. Pakistan exports to India stood at 495 million dollars while it imported goods worth 1.86 billion dollars but now the situation is set to change, he said. GTex Int'l B2B Textile Machinery Brand Expo closed 97 companies with 399 brands are participated in expo said that expo centre is always willing to support such expos to boost trade activities across the country and for building Pakistan’s image at international level. Talking about the event CEO Global Enterprise, Winner of “Brand of the Year Award” in Event Management, Mujib R. Siddiqui said that during these three days, 17 million dollars deals are negotiated and more are in progress. Exhibition received more than 18000 trade visitors in these days. Next GTex Expo will be held on Jan 20-22, 2016 in Expo Centre Karachi, Mujib R. Siddiqui told.
Saturday, October 1, 2016 Sportlight 7 Azam’s ton and Nawaz’s spell sink West Indies SHARJAH: Babar Azam looks up to the skies after reaching his century. SHARJAH, Sep 30: Twentyone-year old Babar Azam’s maiden century and disciplined bowling led by left-arm spinner Mohammad Nawaz ensured Pakistan an emphatic 111 runs victory (DL Method) over West Indies in the first match of the three match series at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Friday night. It was another dismal batting performance from West Indies batsmen following their 3-0 defeat in the Twenty20 series to Pakistan. West Indies could muster only 175 runs in 38.4 overs chasing Pakistan’s target of 287 runs in 49 overs. Pakistan had posted 284 for 9 before a floodlight failure stopped play for 70 minutes reducing the match into a 49 over contest. As per the Duckworth Lewis calculations for the time lost, the West Indies target was revised to 287 in 49 overs. Azam’s knock of 120 runs came off 131 balls with eight fours and three sixes. Chasing the target, West Indies lost their first wicket of opener Johnson Charles at the score on 27. He edged Mohammad Amir’s angling delivery into the hands wicketkeeper Sarfraz Ahmad for 20. Darren Bravo joined debutant opener Kraigg Brathwaite and took the score to 41 when right-arm medium pacer Hasan Ali forced Kraigg on 14 to edge to wicketkeeper while attempting to run the ball down to third man. Bravo played 28 balls to score 12 runs and got bowled to slow left-arm spinner Mohammad Nawaz to a delivery which kept a bit low. Marlon Samuels and Denesh Ramdin added 35 runs in 6.2 overs before Ramdin hit into the hands of Azhar Ali in the covers for 8. Kieron Pollard lasted just seven balls and hit Nawaz to Sharjeel Khan at deep point. Half the side back in the pavilion for 99 at the half way mark, defeat loomed large over West Indies. Don't put India,Pak in same group of intl tournaments: BCCI to ICC MUMBAI, Sep 30: With the bilateral relations deteriorating, BCCI on Friday decided that India will avoid playing Pakistan even in the multination tournaments and asked the ICC not to place the teams of the two countries in the same group in the future. The issue was discussed on the sidelines of the Special General Meeting here against the backdrop of heightened tensions between India and Pakistan. "Keeping in mind that the government has adopted a new strategy to isolate Pakistan and in view of the public sentiment in the country, we request ICC not to put India and Pakistan in the same pool of the multination tournaments," BCCI president Anurag Thakur blamed. If the two countries reach the Semi-finals and have to clash at that time, it is another situation which can't be avoided, he added. The next multi-nation tournament is the Champions Trophy to be held in the UK about seven months from now. Considering the traditional rivalry between India and Pakistan, the ICC generally puts the two teams in the same group in multi-nation tournaments to attract more spectators. India is already not playing a bilateral tournament against Pakistan. Super Round Fame Football League-2015-16 Afridi, Ajmal call for bilateral cricket with India LAHORE, Sep 30: Pakistan's cricketers have batted for peaceful relations and resumption of bilateral cricket ties with India despite the escalation of tensions between the two nations following Indian atrocities in occupied Kashmir. Shahid Afridi and Saeed Ajmal noted that in the past cricket had helped reduce tensions and normalise relations between the two countries. "In the past also having cricket series helped reduced tensions and I firmly believe there should be cricket between the two countries," Ajmal told reporters in Muzaffarabad. The off-spinner said whenever he played in India he had got love and appreciation from the Indian people. The BCCI has completely ruled out having cricket ties with Pakistan and its President, Anurag Thakur said there would be no Shaheed Hakim Mohammed Said Memorial Inter – School Football Championship 2016 Sports Reporter KARACHI, Sep 30: 18th Shaheed Hakim Mohammed Said Memorial Inter – School Football Championship tournament 2016, jointly organized by Hamdard Public School and Hamdard Village School, will be held from December 6 to 8, 2016 at Bilawal Stadium, Madinat al- Hikmah, Karachi. School, which are interested to participate in football championship tournament, are requested to contact Zafar Baig, Secretary of the organizing committee of the championship tournament on phone # 36440001-4 to obtain necessary information regarding age and height etc. of the young players in school timing. On-form Kvitova beats Halep to reach Wuhan final WUHAN: Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic hits a return during her semi-final against Simona Halep of Romania at the WTA Wuhan Open, in China's central Hubei province. WUHAN, Sep 30: Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova dropped just three games to dismiss Simona Halep in two sets in the semifinals at the Wuhan Open Friday. The Czech displayed the tennis that once saw her two match wins from ascending to world number one as she beat Halep 6-1, 6-2 to reach her second final at the $2.6 million hard court event in China. The Romanian fourth seed denied Kvitova her first match point with an unusual backhand volley, taking the second set to 5-2, but was unable to swing the momentum of the game in her favour. "I tried, but (it) was too late to change something at 6- 1, 5-1. It's a bit too late with someone that is playing this way," Halep told reporters after the match. Despite the loss, by reaching the Wuhan semi-finals Halep has booked her spot in the year-ending eight-player WTA Finals for the third consecutive year. Kvitova's return to form in China comes after a choppy year that began with her splitting from coach of seven years David Kotyza and has seen her slip to 16 in the world rankings -- her lowest spot since 2011. She made a series of early round exits this season, failing to get beyond the fourth round at any of the Grand Slams, until a bronze medal at the Rio Olympics appeared to turn the tide for the 26-year-old. Kvitova will meet Dominika Cibulkova in the finals on Saturday, after the Slovak rallied from one set down to beat double Grand Slam champion Svetlana Kuznetsova 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. Rain delays meant that Cibulkova has spent more than six hours on court in the last two days, playing both a fourth round and quarter final match on Thursday -- and claiming the scalp of US Open finalist Karolina Pliskova en route. cricket until Pakistan sponsored terrorism. Afridi took to Twitter to push for a peaceful resolution of the recent hostilities between Pakistan and India. Afridi said Pakistan had always been a "peaceful nation" and that when two neighbours fought it "affected both". –Online ZTBL thrash SBP to clinch 1st State Bank women cricket title Sports Reporter KARACHI, Sep 30: ZTBL recorded a convincing eightwicket triumph against hosts State Bank in the summit clash of the inaugural State Bank Women Cricket Championship 2016-17 at SBP Sports Complex. SBP batted first in the match and were all out for 83. Kainat Hafeez top scored for the side with 26 runs. Sana Mir got three wickets, while Aiman Anwar, Almas Akram and Nida Dar took two each. ZTBL easily reached the target for the loss of only two wickets in 27.4 overs. Naheeda Khan scored unbeaten 34. Sana Mir was declared Player of the Final Match. ZTBL players won all awards for individual performances. Javaria Khan won the best scorer award. Nida Dar claimed the best wicket taker award. Rabya Shah secured the best wicket-keeper award. Nida Dar (ZTBL) and Aliya Riaz (SBP) were adjudged the best all-rounders. DHAKA, Sep 30: After triumphs against more esteemed and reputable opponents, Bangladesh have found themselves in a position from where there lofty home record in recent times can come tumbling down. In the two One-Day Internationals against Afghanistan so far, Bangladesh have been pressed hard. The bowlers bailed them out in the first game, but Mohammad Nabi and Asghar Stanikzai came up with a sensible stand to shut the door on the hosts to seal the second ODI. This is Afghanistan's first bilateral series in Bangladesh and that gives them a golden opportunity to claim a historic win. Afghanistan were invited by the Bangladesh Cricket Board to give the Karachi Kings to launch talent hunt program from Oct 3 Sports Reporter KARACHI, Sep 30: Pakistan Super League (PSL) franchise Karachi Kings is set to launch its much-awaited talent hunt program from October 3. Large number of youngsters have started to register themselves for the talent hunt program titled Khiladi Ki Khoj, which kicks off from 3rd October at National Stadium in Karachi. Registration is already open at the official website of Karachi Kings. Karachi Kings Talent Hunt Program will start from 3rd Oct Monday at National Stadium Karachi. Sports Reporter KARACHI, Sep 30: ‘Kriket Superstar’, a coaching-cum- TV reality programme, initiated by Karachi Sports Foundation which has invited four prominent ex-Test cricketers Andy Roberts, Jonty Rhodes, Damien Martyn and Danny Morrison as judges to oversee the final phase of a coaching camp. Under the scheme, 24 cricketers, who were picked after open trials were held by a three-man panel of former Pakistan cricketers that comprised leg-spin legend Abdul Qadir, paceman Jalaluddin and batsman Mohammad Wasim, were recruited by the KSF to talent hunt in Lahore and Karachi. A total of 16 players eight each from the Lahore and Dr M. Arif Hafeez Sports Reporter KARACHI, Sep 30: Sabzazar FC defeated Usmania FC by two goal margin in the Super Round of Fame Football League- 2015-16 (FFL-2015-16) at Fame Sports Football Ground in Model Town Lahore. According to the press release issued here by Fame Sports Football Club (FSFC), the match was kicked off between Sabzazar FC and Usmania FC at Fame Sports Football Ground in a thrilling night fixture. After a Karachi trials plus another bunch of eight from Balochistan who were selected from talent hunt trials conducted by Quetta Gladiators earlier this month. From the camp, which will be spread over six days at the Lawai Cricket Stadium in Naya Nazimabad, two young players a batsman and a fast bowler would be flown to the Australian city of Brisbane for specialised coaching under the guidance of former Australian captain Allan Border and opener Matthew Hayden. Moreover, of the two cricketers one will be part of the Quetta Gladiators franchise for next year’s Pakistan Super League (PSL). Fakhr Alam, better known as a showbiz personality, the mentor behind the programme, told a media conference that a 13-episode programme will be aired early next year. “The concept behind reality shows in normal circumstances highlights negative aspects of life. But this will be the first-ever purely cricketbased reality programme that the viewers will get to enjoy,” Fakhr said. “It was an idea that just came to the mind. I am extremely indebted to Danny (Morrison) when we first spoke about such an event. He not only supported the idea but also offered to help us out in making a successful venture.” Morrison the ex-New Zealand paceman who played from 1987 to 1997 and who now lives in Australia in his brief introduction expressed warm evening a large number of people and families came to see the match as the cool breeze in a night of monsoon provided some comfort to families. The match was full of thrill and excitement as both teams contested aggressively and made a series of aggressive inroads in each other’s area. In 18th minute of the match, Sabzazar made a movement from right site. Right In Bilal crossed the ball in penalty area to Ahsan who flicked it for Left In Naveed who headed the ball for the net. In the second half of the match, Sabzazar FC exhibited aggression game of Ball Possession, Dribbling, Dodging, Passing, Eye Contact and Intercepting which was highly appreciated by the audience. The Work Rate and Match Traveling of both teams were astonished to see. In 68th minute Bilal gave the pass to Ahsan who received it on his chest and made a wonderful flick for the goal post. The match was officiated by Commissioner Bashir Ahmed, Match Referee Muhammad Amjad, First Assistant Referee Master Afzal and Second Assistant Referee Muhammad Iqbal. Karachi Sports Foundation creates history with launch of cricket reality show players a chance to get into the groove ahead of the allimportant England series. If you have been following the series, one thing has been made clear by the visitors - they are not there to just make up the numbers. Afghanistan's rise in the recent years is well documented. After beating Zimbabwe in Zimbabwe and in the United Arab Emirates, this will be another feather in their cap if they manage to seize crucial moments. Afghanistan in both ODIs have struggled after getting close to the target. While Shakib al Hasan managed to choke them in the first game, they wobbled in the second game after being well placed. The likes of Mohammad Shahzad, Rahmat Shah and Hashmatullah Shahidi need to take more responsibility to ease the pressure on both Nabi and Stanikzai. Bangladesh batsmen, though they have the advantage of the familiarity of the conditions, have failed to capitalise on starts. While the top order has shown promising signs and one good innings will hold them in good stead, a lower-order meltdown in both games should worry the think tank. In 2014, Afghanistan delight to be in Pakistan after a long time. “It is always nice to be here fellows to be among you guys. The task of picking just two players is a huge one but that is what we are all here for,” the jovial cricketer said. “There is tremendous talent in Pakistan, no doubt about it. We know how Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis were virtually picked from obscurity. I can recall how Waqar learnt the art [of fast bowling] in the desert of Sharjah. “Definitely it appears to be an exciting project and we’re grateful for the opportunity because it sounds thrilling,” Morrison added. Martyn told the gathering he and Rhodes were in Pakistan last year as guests of PTV Sports. Afghanistan eye historic series win in Bangladesh defeated Bangladesh in an Asia Cup game to catch the attention of the cricketing world. Now, the eyes are on them again and if they can wrap up the series, their cricketing stocks are set to skyrocket again.
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