Re: 5th ODI: Pakistan v South Africa on 29 Oct 2007 @ Lahore
do you know why the paki team is turning into islamic team off lately.....
Don’t worry about the religious trend in our team.
We sub-continental folks have been ruled by foreign masters for a long time and throughout that time, instead of fighting against outsiders (especially Punjab and I am a Punjabi myself), we kept on licking their boots. Therefore, as a nation, we have developed a taste/habit of kissing boss’s boots. If the skipper is religious, the whole team will be present for the Fajar prayer in London. If the captain is a disco, the team will rush to the club in Sydney.
Remember Bhutto? He was sort of liberal and “disco” and therefore our whole bureaucracy as well as nation became "disco". When Zia ul Haq came into power, guess what, the very same bureaucracy became religious overnight.
We are spineless when it comes to standing for your values or beliefs.