Re: The Pakistani players will express themselves in Urdu
that is what called a united team 
Re: Pak cricketers to speak in urdu
well, he will still answer in English 
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I agree with "just cuz u speak better english dont mean ur more educated".. but the point is that english is a global language today... its not a british language anymore.. the french and spanish players speak their languages bcuz in their countries they dont speak any english (they try not to).. but in our countries english is one of the official languges.. its spoken everywhere, huge english media... so theres nothing wrong in speaking english..
i think its just an excuse bcoz all of these guys CANNOT speak english.. if they knew how to speak good english they'd b speaking it, but bcoz they cant and theyve all embarassed themselves speaking english they wanan stick to urdu..
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^ point to be noted 
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They are not supposed to speak english but they are over there to play cricket.
Re: The Pakistani players will express themselves in Urdu
I agree with "just cuz u speak better english dont mean ur more educated".. but the point is that english is a global language today... its not a british language anymore.. the french and spanish players speak their languages bcuz in their countries they dont speak any english (they try not to).. but in our countries english is one of the official languges.. its spoken everywhere, huge english media... so theres nothing wrong in speaking english..
i think its just an excuse bcoz all of these guys CANNOT speak english.. if they knew how to speak good english they'd b speaking it, but bcoz they cant and theyve all embarassed themselves speaking english they wanan stick to urdu..
Agree.
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…then for what this so called media conference
you mean to say-ICC should ban all media conferences involving teams???
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It’s good,.at least they won’t be embaressing themselves :k:
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good move
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FUST of all, THANK to Allah (GOD). Boyz IS happy with this decision and I ARE happy too.
PS: Really good decision. Although many of you may hate Rashid Latif but he always used to say "I'll speak in Urdu" and then he used to reply in URDU. Shame is in speaking messed up English than perferct URDU.
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^Another option for Inzimam (and other Pak players who can speak passable English) is that instead of invoking the "Bismillah...." line at the start of every interview, they should begin with..."I apologize for my English..." or "Please excuse my English...." and then go on with the interview in the usual manner.
Many non-English speaking Europeans, Chinese, Japanese etc say this in Business situations and people usually understand.
I think we Desis equate knowledge of English with education and suaveness, so tend not to acknowledge any deficiencies in this department.
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It happens everywhere in the world. Football players speak in French, Latin and various other languages as they feel comfortable talking to the media in their mother tongue.
which football players are speaking latin?
lol.
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I think we Desis equate knowledge of English with education and suaveness, so tend not to acknowledge any deficiencies in this department.
Agreed 200% That's a complex we desis in particular Pakistanis and Indians are born with and can never quite shake off
I see nothing wrong with conversing in your own language. The Arabs always speak in their own language and the Japanese or Chinese Premier when they meet with Bush/Blair/Musharraf etc. they always have translators with them. Apart from the usu. hellos and hi's they prefer to speak in their own language. That does n't make them any less educated or backward.
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A good move surely. I know many people don’t have very high expectations from Pakistan but if God willing we were to win the World Cup, you don’t really want poor Inzi to make a complete a** of himself on the victory stand in front of a world-wide audience of 1.5 billion people
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Agreed 200% That's a complex we desis in particular Pakistanis and Indians are born with and can never quite shake off
I see nothing wrong with conversing in your own language. The Arabs always speak in their own language and the Japanese or Chinese Premier when they meet Bush/Blair/Musharraf etc. they always have translators with them. Apart from the usu. hellos and hi's they prefer to speak in their own language. That does n't make them any less educated or backward.
agree with red as one sentence....
:D
seriously though...it is true..
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not a bad decision.
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akhir aa hi gayi aqal PCB ko, it should be on first place like this.....anyways there is no shame that our players cannot speak English.
Re: The Pakistani players will express themselves in Urdu
^Another option for Inzimam (and other Pak players who can speak passable English) is that instead of invoking the "Bismillah...." line at the start of every interview, they should begin with..."I apologize for my English..." or "Please excuse my English...." and then go on with the interview in the usual manner. Many non-English speaking Europeans, Chinese, Japanese etc say this in Business situations and people usually understand.
I think we Desis equate knowledge of English with education and suaveness, so tend not to acknowledge any deficiencies in this department.
Saying Bismillah-irrah-Man-Ir Rahim, simply means: "In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful" ---- why should it be replaced with "i apologize for my english" or whatever else u suggested.
i think the translator is a great idea, it should have been implemented ages ago
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Saying Bismillah-irrah-Man-Ir Rahim, simply means: "In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful" ---- why should it be replaced with "i apologize for my english" or whatever else u suggested.
Because religion is a private matter and not something you invoke when asked a simple question like - "How do you think the pitch will play today ?".
In your office when your Boss asks you about the status of your work ...do you start your answer with.. "Bismillah-irrah-Man-Ir Rahim......"
Dont cringe if Sehwag says to Rameez Raza next time "Jai Bajrang Bali..I hope to bat well today"
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But seriously, I am tired of these people who wear relegion on their sleeves. Leave it at your home.Dont show off. This is a recent phenomena in Pak cricket, I think it all started with Waqar.Imran never did this.