Omair Alavi|Published January 12, 2019 For over 50 years, people waited for her return but Mary Poppins doesn’t drop uninvited. She came back to save the Banks kid (again) when they needed her the most, and this time the...
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Selecting Pakistan’s Best World Cup Squad
No matter how strong the other team might be, Pakistan’s best might be too good for them, because they feature players who have had a great record in the World Cup, with some managing to even lift the trophy Imagine the result of...
NON-FICTION: THE POLITICS OF ACTING
Omair Alavi|Published June 2, 2019 Sunny Deol, following in the footsteps of his father, actor Dharmendra, and stepmother, actress Hema Malini, ran for elections on a BJP ticket and won the Gurdaspur constituency in the Punjab |...
Pakistani stars who never won the World Cup
The one player with the most chances was Shahid Afridi, who was part of as many as five World Cup campaigns. The closest he got was a World Cup final in 1999 and a World Cup semi-final 12 years later Pakistan cricket is different...
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Iain Macintosh’s Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Cricket But were too Afraid to Ask will make you a cricket expert right in time for the mega event If you are one of those people who leave the room when someone talks...
A guide to the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019
Omair Alavi|Published May 25, 2019 Illustration by Muhammad Faizan Every four years, the best cricketing nations in the world battle for the coveted ICC Cricket World Cup. This time round, it is going to be a little different as...
The Other Sanjay…
REAL TO REEL Can you guess who has been the most widely featured politician in Bollywood in recent years? Who has been shown as the eternal bad guy, someone who wants all the power for himself? Believe it or not, it’s Indira...
Moeen bares all in ‘all-round’ autobiography
A lot of non-cricket issues are addressed as well, including Moeen’s version of why he wore a band to support Muslims’ struggle in Palestine; what happened when he confronted the player who called him ‘Osama’ during an Ashes...
The confused Mr Afridi at it again!
In his recently-released autobiography, the chapters are short but explosive, thus matching the length of most of Afridi’s innings Shahid Afridi remained part of the Pakistan cricket team for around 20 years and those who...
A step towards understanding sexism and misogyny
Omair Alavi|Published May 11, 2019 KARACHI: A roundtable discussion was held under the banner of Uks — Dialogue for Change in Karachi recently where journalists, politicians and women from different walks of life discussed ways...