Taking Rashid out of the equation one cannot deny the fact that ethnicity is rampant in Pakistan. Just like Rashid there is no shortage punjabis putting punjab first. This is the reason why our country is what it is today. People putting themselves before others.
At a personal level I have not gotten a job just for the fact that I was from Karachi (a mohajir) so please don't even start with me about any of this. I have no complaints cause Allah provided me with much better opportunities. Neither am i bitter about any particular race as there is good and bad in every race and religion.
To me the reaction of the people against Rashid has been surprising to say the least. It is more based on personal disliking than anything logical i feel.
The guy was one of the best wicket keepers we have produced yet his batting is being questioned and that also at the begining of his career. The fact that he claimed the catch makes him a cheat when he could have in all honesty thought that he took it cleanly. It happens all the time. No body seems to be complaining about the real CHEATERS like Wasim and Salim. Sounds very hypocritical no? The original whistle blower who was dropped because he was telling the truth. Now how many people do that in their job?
Now to make the moronic point that he is setting up academies in Karachi, well duh where is he supposed to make them? Rawalpindi? Why did Imran make his hospital in Lahore? Come on grow up and come with better arguments.
Secondly if he wanted Sami in the team then so what? Sami has potential which he is yet (or might never) realize. Nobody answered my question about if he was so biased why did he bring Inzamam back and why not Saeed who happens to be from Karachi.
All said and done i think Rashid is doing the right thing by setting up and helping players from Karachi. If the board has not done it then someone else has to. Also there is no policy in his academy that says "punjabis living in Karachi not allowed in this academy". If this was the case then you can certainly accuse him of being racist. I humbly request all those accusing him of ethnicity (for the benefit of everyone on the board) to provide us with the list of all the Karachi players he inducted in the team during his tenure as captain against deserving non-Karachi players.
If you don't have the list then please don't bother posting an emotionally driven reply for it will further erode your credibility (at least in my eyes)
If you don't have the list then please don't bother posting an emotionally driven reply for it will further erode your credibility (at least in my eyes)
Nice post.
One more thing to his credit was his role as a moderator between Inzaman and Akhtar.
Rashid was one of the finest keepers to hail from Pakistan I dont think there is any doubt about that. His batting might not be at par with Moin but he was certainly the better and more natural keeper.
Rational2 Imran built the hospital is Lahore and Rashid started his academy in Karachi cause they both hailed from those cities, makes sense. Imran's next hospital is planned in Karachi not U.K., but let's forget about that.
As far as picking Inzamam over Saeed after the world cup is concerned, the chief selector Aamir Shoail (incidently) from Lahore would have to pick him in the initial squad first before Rashid would have had a choice of playing him or not playing him.
By the way Rashid's cheat catch was so well publicized cause of his "I am so honest" stance about everything. No other players went out to prove themselves as saints. As far as Salim Malik is concerned he got what he deserved, Akram got out of it. Since the court proved him not guilty on what basis are you calling him a cheat ? Something you know personally or things that you have read in the media ? His achievements for Pakistan are so much that the guy deserves a little bit more respect then to be called a cheat. Not only Rashid doesnt come anywhere near Akram as far as his cricketing achievements are concerned plus that fact that Rashid's cheating had visual proff while Akram's cheatings are all speculations.
Anyway good lcuk to Rashid for the next venture although I do agree with Ehsan bhai on this one it would have been better if he started academies like this throughout Pakistan to promote the talent within the country before starting something like this out of Pakistan.
Look as i mentioned in my earlier post that there is good and bad in every race and religion and we should be looking at individuals. Wasim contributed to Pakistan cricket but he took a lot away as well.
You know it has never really been proven that Nawaz or Benazir are crooks (apart from the pending case in Switzerland) but do we really believe that they are innocent? The same is the case with most of our politicians. My point is that there are certain things which are too obvious not to be noticed.
I am not here to disucss that Rashid is not a cheat and Wasim is. All i am saying is that before tagging him to be racist prove it. He is more passionate and vocal about Karachi and I don't see anything wrong with it as long as he is not doing it at the expense of deserving players from other cities.
In his tenure he has not done so and hence rests my case. Imran during his playing days was majorly Lahore biased. He openly disliked playing in Karachi and the public in Karachi broke no bones about who their favorite son was during the Imran-Miandad era. I did not have any problems with Imran's attitude. That was his choice provided his selection was not getting blinkered by his ethnic inclination.
I know he is making his next hospital in Karachi which is a great thing and i have and will support him in whichever way i can, but there is a difference between a non profit hospital and a commercial academy.
Latif's venture is of a truly commercial nature. I would have opened one in UK as well to attract the Asian youth. It makes a lot of sense. Why would i go to Lahore or Multan or any other city when there are others with academies and i know that i am not the most popular person in that part of the world?
Anyway best luck to all of them. I don't really have much more to say about this business
Thanks for the postings and debate everyone
Rational2, The cases agaisnt the politicians and Akram are very different. The simple fact is Akram faced the charges agaisnt him and got out of 'em while most of the politicians have'nt placed a foot on Pakistani soil is some time now.
As far as Miandad being the favorite son of Karachi durung the Imran-Miandad era, well it's pretty natural, Miandad hailed from that city. He has said so in his autobiography if he is anything he is a product of Karachi. Natuarally people from Lahore considered Imran their favorite son.
As far as Imran being biased against players from Karachi I think thats a far fetched thought. If that had been the case a consistent failure at international level Mansoor Akhtar who hailed from Karachi would not have been given so many chances under Imran's captaincy specially when when many people questioned the logic of including Akhtar after repeated failure. He played for however long he played soley because Imran included him in the side.