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*Originally posted by Changez_like: *
Watchout! you just regarded a Muslim without knowing his true belief towards Allah SWT as a hypocrite. Howcome so many hypocrites got away with their hypocricy. I strongly urge you to take your words back about a Muslim whose belief you don't know, whose heart you can't read.
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The Game Responds:
*Huh? Go pray now; you have had enough of the internet. People, That Is All.*
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*Originally posted by mo_best: *
Cant you muslims keep religion out of ANYTHING!?
Sports, religion-whats the correlation here?
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Couldn't help on silly remarks by some one... had to show them better path.
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*Originally posted by the game: *
The Game Responds:
*Huh? Go pray now; you have had enough of the internet. People, That Is All.*
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You don't really think before saying anything, do you? :)
PCB’s decision on Saturday.
LAHORE, Nov 14: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) known for making mind-boggling decisions without taking into pros and cons has once again deferred the fate of Rashid Latif till Saturday.
**This is the third time that PCB has changed its stance on injury-prone 34-year old Rashid since the first choice wicketkeeper went to Zimbabwe nursing a neck injury. Whether the team management knew of his injury or not is another matter. **
A PCB spokesman said Thursday that Rashid will go through more tests on his troubled neck vertebra at Johannesburg in order to diagnose the real trouble.
PCB chairman a few days earlier, had announced that Rashid would return home to be treated by PCB’s panel of doctors. But surprisingly now the decision has been delayed till Saturday which shows the mindset of PCB.
Earlier the PCB chief had instructed the team management to ensure Rashid receives best possible medical treatment in South Africa.
Yeh!
Johannesburg Specialists Say Rashid Latif Can Play on
KARACHI: Pakistan wicketkeeper Rashid Latif has been told by specialists in Johannesburg and Pretoria after undergoing extensive tests and examinations that there is no danger for him to take a premature retirement from the game in order to avoid permanent damage to his left shoulder.
“Although the final results of the scans and x-rays will come on Saturday, the initial response from the doctors has been that my injury is not that serious and I can recover in time to be available for the last two One-day Internationals in Harare,” Rashid told ‘The News’ from Johannesburg.
“The doctors have advised me some rest but I have already started taking the prescribed treatment including physiotherapy. I have very good chances of playing in the last two One-dayers in Harare,” he stated.
Rashid showed his shoulder to Dr Maada Beer in Pretoria and his neck to a panel of neuro surgeons headed by Dr Carl S. Vanheer Der in Johannesburg on the insistence of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).
“The final results will come on Saturday but they have assured me my neck injury is not as serious as initial reports had indicated,” he disclosed. **“They have assured me that my injury can be treated quickly without any long-term repurcussions.”
“Although the doctors say I can start playing anytime now, but as a precautionary measure they have advised me to take some rest,”** he added. The former Pakistan captain said he had informed the team management in Harare about his position.
Praising the performance of young Kamran Akmal in the first Test, Rashid hoped the youngster would give a similar performance in the second Test. “He has shown that he is an outstanding find and has natural abilities. I am very happy for him and Pakistan cricket that we have found an able wicketkeeper for the future.”
Sources said that Pakistan coach Richard Pybus and captain Waqar Younis are scheduled to speak to PCB chief General Tauqir Zia after the final Test results to request him to allow Rashid to rejoin the team in Harare as he can play in the last two One-dayers.
It is no secret that Pybus and Waqar both have high regards for Rashid as a team man and cricketer and are keen to have him back in the team as soon as possible, specially with the South African tour coming up.
Rashid expressed his disappointment at reports circulating in some sections of the press back home about his injury. “**I have read these on the websites and frankly speaking I am disappointed. The insinuations that I deliberately concealed my injury from the Board before coming to Zimbabwe to support Waqar’s captaincy and block Moin’s comeback are not true.”
“If I had known how serious my injury was why would I have played in the final Test against Australia at Sharjah from October 19 to 23? It is not a new injury and has been with me for sometime.”** The Pakistan team left for Zimbabwe exactly one week after the final Test against Australia ended in Sharjah.
Rashid said he was very thankful to the South African team manager Ghoolam Rojah for providing him with lot of assistance and support during his stay in Johannesburg. “I am also grateful to Tauqir Zia and the Board for arranging everything at such a short notice and believing in me. Without their support I don’t think I would have been able to find out the truth about my injury and got the good news that it is not such a serious thing after all.” Rashid said he would talk to General Tauqir himself and explain the whole position to him in detail to clear any misunderstanding about his injury or his desire to play for Pakistan.
good news indeed!! :k:
The wicketkeeper to undergo various medical tests by PCB panel of doctors
KARACHI: Wicketkeeper Rashid Latif will return home early Sunday morning after undergoing final medical checkups for his neck injury in Johannesburg on Saturday.
“Rashid, upon his arrival, will be put through various medical tests under the supervision of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) panel of doctors in Lahore in accordance with the findings of the medical tests and opinions of the South African specialists,” the PCB announced on Friday night.
“The PCB wants Rashid Latif to be fit for the South African tour and then for the World Cup. In order to achieve that, the PCB would provide all possible facilities to Rashid,” Chairman of the PCB Lt Gen Tauqir Zia said.
He added: “Since Rashid was to return from Harare via Johannesburg, we thought it would be useful if Rashid took a stop-over in Johannesburg and consulted the specialists there.” The Pakistan cricket team will arrive in South Africa on December 2 where the first one-day of the five-match series will be played at December 8 at Durban.
Paceman Mohammad Sami has been held back by the team management after securing clearance from the selection committee. He will now be available for selection in the five-match one-day international series against Zimbabwe that begins in Bulawayo November 23.
“Sami has been included in the team on the request of the team management who felt that the fast bowler was bowling well and had adjusted to the conditions in Zimbabwe,” chairman of selectors Wasim Bari said.
Meanwhile, Hanif Mohammad and Hasan Raza would return from Zimbabwe on November 21 while the one-day specialists – Wasim Akram, Misbah-ul-Haq and Azhar Mahmood – will leave for Harare on Saturday morning. They will join the squad in Bulawayo on Monday
Rashid can Resume Int’l Cricket
Rashid gets clearance to resume international cricket
By Waheed Khan
KARACHI: Specialists in Johannesburg have told Pakistan wicketkeeper Rashid Latif that he can resume playing international cricket in a week’s time from November 23.
Rashid received his final reports on Saturday after three days of intensive scans, tests and examination by a specialist neuro surgeon and orthopedic surgeon in Johannesburg.
And the reports confirmed that his neck and back injury is not of serious as earlier feared and there is no danger of him suffering any long-term injury if he continues playing International cricket.
“Dr Carl S. Van Heerden Dr Thys de Beer have told me that I can join the team by November 23 for the one-day series against Zimbabwe,” Rashid told ‘The News’. “I have sent all the final reports to the PCB and hopefully after being examined by its medical panel, I can fly back to join the team for the one-dayers in Zimbabwe,” he expressed hope.
The PCB announced on Friday that Rashid had been told to return from Johannesburg with his final reports, which would be studied by the PCB medical panel. The Board said every effort would be made to send back Rashid for the South Africa tour as it was keen to have available for the World Cup in South Africa.
“I am feeling very good now about my future and hopefully I can join the team soon. After getting clearance from specialists I just want to start playing again,” Rashid said. He said he had also informed the Pakistan team management in Bulawayo about the final reports.
Rashid is due to reach Pakistan by today and will then report to the medical panel of the PCB for final clearance. Sources said that Pakistan coach Richard Pybus would be talking to the PCB Chairman Lt. General Tauqir Zia later tonight on Rashid’s availability for the one-day series and the possibility of flying him back in time for the first match.
Tauqir Zia, sources say, has already had discussions in the last few days with the team management and assured them that he just wanted to be cautious about Rashid’s injury and ensure he is fit and available for the South Africa tour and World Cup, which is why he was being called back to Pakistan.
great news indeed :k:
Must be a sad day for Moin Khan, sad news indeed for 'The Game" too.. 
The Game Responds:
*I knew from the start that Rashid's punk ass was overhyping all this injury to get some sympathy. I have been used to this assclown's tactics for years now ; he will always be a hypocrite. People, That Is All.*
Moin Khan is much better than Rashid.
was it him? or was it newspapers?? 
tututu Game , why is this world Against you?? okay keep on swearing , swearing will do you no good :k: People , That is All, (For Moin for the time being )
Rashid To Appear Before PCB Doctors’ Panel Today
KARACHI: Pakistan wicketkeeper batsman Rashid Latif will appear before the medical panel of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) today (Tuesday) in Lahore to confirm his fitness for the tour of South Africa.
He was informed on Monday by the PCB to reach Lahore by Tuesday and appear before the medical panel that includes Dr Meesaq Rizvi and Dr Tauseef Razak. Although Rashid has been given a clean bill of health by specialists in Johannesburg who have said his neck injury is not serious and he can resume playing in a week’s time, the PCB Chairman wants Rashid to also be examined by the medical panel for further confirmation of his fitness.
The neck injury forced Rashid out of the Zimbabwe tour without playing a match. “I have no problems with that. In a way it is good that the PCB doctors are also satisfied that the injury is not a serious one and I have recovered from it,” Rashid said here.
The PCB chief Lt. General Tauqir Zia has said that once the medical panel is satisfied that Rashid is fit he will join the team in South Africa after taking some rest.
But Rashid said if the medical panel desired he was also willing to play in a match of the Super League Ramazan Tournament underway in Lahore to confirm his fitness. “This way I can also satisfy myself that I have no long term problems with the injury,” he added.
Bring Moin Back.
Rashid is Back In Action 
No To Moin, Coz Rashid ia Back :k:
Rashid gets go ahead from foreign specialists
Khalid H Khan - 18 November 2002
KARACHI, Nov 17: Pakistan’s champion wicket-keeper/batsman Rashid Latif has been given a green signal to resume playing, quashing fears that his cricketing career was over.
Rashid was forced out of the current Test series last week in Zimbabwe with recurrence of an old neck problem.
The 34-year-old stalwart told Dawn Sunday that doctors in South Africa gave him the ‘go ahead’ to return to active cricket within a week after extensive physiotherapy considerably eased the discomfort in his neck and left shoulder.
“I am going to Lahore on Tuesday where PCB’s panel of doctors will examine me whether I can rejoin the Pakistan team at the earliest,” Rashid said. “I had already faxed the reports of the South African specialists to the PCB.”
Rashid, who returned home Saturday night, was sent to Johannesburg (South Africa) on the recommendation of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)'s chairman, Lt Gen Tauqir Zia, for a thorough check up by specialists.
“The doctors in South Africa have told me that I can join the team in Zimbabwe by the 23rd of this month for the one-day series,” Rashid said.
PCB took a timely decision to contact the United Cricket Board of South Africa and arranged for appointments with specialists in Johannesburg and Pretoria.
The South African specialists, Dr Carl S van Heerden (a neurosurgeon) and Dr Thys de Beer, an expert in shoulder injuries, after conducting three days of comprehensive tests, which included scans and related examinations came to the conclusion that there is nothing seriously wrong with Rashid.
Cricket circles here were anxious when initial reports from Harare indicated that Rashid’s playing career was threatened by a neck problem that could have paralysed the former Pakistan skipper for ever.
Rashid, a salient part of Pakistan side since his comeback after a three-year hiatus in April 2001 when he was kept out by his arch rival Moin Khan, vehemently denied that he was injured before the team left for Zimbabwe.
"Actually the problem arose when I had nets in cold and rainy conditions in Harare. I felt a sudden numbness in my left shoulder. “Then I realised that something was seriously wrong here and that I shouldn’t play until I felt fine. At first I was told my injury was a career threatening one,” Rashid explained.
On instructions of Pakistan coach Richard Pybus and physiotherapist Dennis Waight, an initial diagnosis indicated the cervical nerves in Rashid’s neck were affecting his left shoulder.
“I could risk permanently paralysing my left shoulder if I continued playing and it left me worried which is why I opted to pull out of the Zimbabwe tour,” a worried Rashid said.
Rashid also appeared as a guest player in a Ramazan cricket tournament at UBL Sports Complex Sunday.
“I just wanted to check for myself how I felt. Thank God, I did not feel any problem at all despite the fact I did some running in the field,” Rashid noted with satisfaction.
Rashid sounded optimistic as regards his rejoining the Pakistan squad after PCB’s panel of doctors, Tauseef Razzaq, Meesaq Rizvi and Sohail Saleem, examine him on Tuesday.
“I am extremely hopeful of rejoining my team-mates for the one-day series in Zimbabwe and South Africa. If not, then my target would be the Tests in South Africa,” he hoped.
Rashid further more praised Kamran Akmal, his understudy who is playing in Zimbabwe Tests. “Kamran is a fast learner and is capable of improving further. I see a bright future for this kid.”
Rashid, who has played in 34 Tests and 140 One-day Internationals since his debut in 1992, expressed the hope that he will play in the World Cup early next year. “I want to play in the World Cup in South Africa and hopefully Pakistan will do very well there.”
Rashid was on the sidelines during the last World Cup in England three years ago, having played in the unsuccessful campaign in 1996, hosted jointly by Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka.
Pakistan lost a tense quarterfinal to old rivals India in Bangalore by 39 runs with Rashid hitting two sixes in a run-a-ball innings of 26 before he was stumped by Nayan Mongia off slow left-armer Venkatapathy Raju.
Latif’s injury ain’t serious. Yeh ! 
PCB Doctors’ Panel Says Latif Injury Not of Serious Nature
KARACHI: The medical panel of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Tuesday cleared Pakistan wicketkeeper Rashid Latif to start playing again but will give a final report on his neck injury on November 23.
The medical panel comprising Dr Meesaq Rizvi, a two-time Olympian athlete for Pakistan in 1984 and '88, and Dr Tauseef Razak has been asked by the PCB Chairman Lt. General Tauqir Zia to examine Rashid and assess if he has recovered from his neck injury to join the team in South Africa.
Rashid flew into Lahore on Tuesday and was not only physically examined by the panel which later also studied the MRI scans and other tests conducted by specialists in Johannesburg last week at the Shaukat Khanum Hospital.
Rashid was forced to pull out of the Zimbabwe tour due to the neck injury, but Dr Meesaq Rizvi said from Lahore that initial examination indicated the wicketkeeper had made a good recovery.
“Our initial examination shows that his neck injury is not that serious and he can start playing cricket again. The specialists in Johannesburg have recommended physiotherapy for him and we have also advised him to continue the treatment before reporting back to us on Saturday,” said Rizvi.
Dr Rizvi said he could not say at this stage if Rashid would be declared fit enough to join the team in South Africa. “But initial examination shows there is no major problem. We just want to reassess the situation in three days time by which time more physiotherapy would also have improved the situation for him.”
Rashid said he was confident that he would get clearance to be considered for selection for the tour of South Africa. “They examined me physically and also had me do some arm and neck exercises, which didn’t create a problem for me. So I am hopeful they will clear me in three days time.”
The PCB chief has said the Board wants to ensure Rashid has recovered from his neck injury and is available for the South Africa tour and the World Cup. Specialists in Johannesburg have told Rashid that he can carry on playing cricket with no danger of any long-term injury as a result of his neck problem. But they have advised him to keep on taking regular physiotherapy to keep the problem under control.
Rashid who has appeared in 34 Tests and 140 One-day Internationals is seen a key figure in the present Pakistan team and coach Richard Pybus has indicated to the PCB chief that he would like to see the experienced wicketkeeper back in the team for the South Africa tour and World Cup.