Thank god, it’s over!
The Cricketer with Mansoor AhmedBy the time you read this piece, hopefully my tip Sri Lanka would have beaten Australia in the final to win the World Cup for the 2nd time and the most colourless and boring World...
Society and its Contradictions
The Asian View with Bushra IrfanYes, it is quite a surprise when the people who you are attempting to show as being uncivilised and having no respect for your religion turn out to be the people who not only...
British Asian Women in Football
Interview: Aisha AhmadLast month we brought you the first part of our special feature on British Asian women in football. We spoke to photographer Jaskirt Dhaliwal who revealed what led her to the football lens and why she believed...
British Asian Women in Football
Interview: Ayesha AbdeenLast month we brought you the first part of our special feature on British Asian women in football. We spoke to photographer Jaskirt Dhaliwal who revealed what led her to the football lens and why she believed...
Bob Woolmer, the most Passionate Pakistani
Mansoor Ahmed on the late Pakistani coachFollowing their worst showing in a World Cup, Pakistani Cricketers have started arriving back home in a trickle. Despite their attempts to keep their arrivals discrete and low key, fans have jeered them...
British Asian Women In Football
Asian Women FCThink football and images of David Beckham or Thiery Henry spring to mind. Narrow the search to British Asians in football and the likes of Micheal Chopra, Zesh Rehman and Harpal Singh jump to the top of...
‘Pakistan will be a better side without Razzaq’
Mansoor Ahmed on Pakistan's World Cup hopesPakistan's experienced all-rounder Abdul Razzaq has described missing out on the 2007 World Cup as the most disappointing moment in his career but I believe its not such bad news for Pakistan. Although...
Why bother with Shoaib?
'His antics have been a disgrace'Just when Pakistan needed Shoaib to fire all cylinders, he broke down with a sudden, mysterious hamstring injury. Originally left out of touring party, Shoaib had proclaimed that he was fit and his omission...
To Show or not to Show – Is that the question?
Bushra Irfan on the Big Brother controversyIn the Big Brother house the treatment of Shilpa Shetty by her fellow housemates have caused not only an uproar in public circles but also hit the political world as a national and...
Why were the BNP allowed to walk free?
Bushra speaks out for the communityAt a time when a Muslim allegedly holding an ‘offensive’ banner is convicted of inciting racial hatred the BNP leader and associate WALK FREE by an ALL WHITE JURY after calling Islam a “wicked,...
