From: khan@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (LAHORI POOND)
Subject: Re: Dirty and rotten politics of Imran
Organization: Purdue University
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 00:57:23 GMT

In article <Jan27.204322.49824@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU>, ss733645@longs.LANCE.ColoState.Edu (Sohban Shahid) writes:
> With due appologies to all Imran lovers, he was/is dirty
> and does play rotten politics in cricket.  No matter what
> this 'khan family' is not going to give us a break.  Look
> at the trio:  Javed Burki, Majid Khan and the great Imran
> Khan.  If anyone has listened to JB's comments on different
> cricketers in PTV's commentary box one can easily judge him
> a complete idiot.  The magistic Majid was good and is 
> very much articulate but politics is too deep down into his
> soul.  He was the person, who first opposed to play under
> Miandad and Imran was also in that camp.  He projected himself

  so was half of the Pakistani team.Not wanting to drag back old stuff but isnt it ironic that what the senior members of the team were bitching at that time
against JM,now JM might do the same.
> as a saint by saying that he has no problem playing under
> Miandad but in fact he never missed a chance to blow at JM.
> It was Imran who said before the WC that there is going to 
> be no gap if Miandad can not play and the punjabi toola has
    Well i wonder what this Pathan has to do with keeping punjabis in the team?
You are not the first person who i have heard of talking about lahore karachi or whatever.But the thing is that this has been blown up way out of proportion.

  I guess you dont know that It was Imran who insisted that Jm come to Australia
  for the cup.
> literally dropped him.  Shame to those suckers who are now
> claiming themselves as the World champions which was completely
> out of question with out JM.  I hope the memories of the WC-92
> semi final and final are still clear in hundreds of minds.  
> 
> If the achievements of IK's are endless so does his cricket
> crimes.  He has destroyed careers of many good players b'cos
> of his ego.  Netters on this ng are sick asking why Salim Yousuf
> is sacked but if they know the tragedy behind they will curse
> IK.  He first claimed that Shoaib is not for one day then 
> slowly he kicked him out of the test side.  Qasim Omar was his
> second pry after Mohsin Khan and JM is his last with numerous
> in between. Exclusion of Zaheer Abbass from the final test
> against India in Karachi was also in his account.  The behaviour of
> Imran Khan was phenominal when he was playing under Asif Iqbal in 
> India. You will shortly hear Asif Mujtaba out of the list and many 
> of you know the reason????? 

  You might wana add to the list his cousin Majid Khan


> It was not long ago when Imran made his claim that he has finally won the 
> world cup at the end of his career.  No credit was given to any member 
> of the team including JM for his outstanding performance throughout the
> WC, even Gavasker was gracious enough to give JM due credit. No 
> appraisal for the austrailian croud and many others who cheered for 
> Pakistan the whole day.  Even the english men was generous enough who 
> thanked the OZ crowd who was more inclined towards Pakistan.  Those were the
> history making moments with Imran being ignorant and selfish. But the
> Khan is so great that he feels no moral obligation and is above any
> criticism.  Those who understand HINDI or Urdu might have noticed what 
> Ramiz, Mushtaq and Inzamam were chanting at the closing ceremony. Many
> netters have objection to frog jumping but look at the cheapness of these 
> ambassadors of Pakistan who were chanting for houses and plots infront of
> millions for their performance.    
> 
  ooo man hang em hang em for that ..how dare they man u really love to raise 
  up this kind of crap dont u 


> There is a problem with the Pakistanis that they make their 
> bubble gods invincible and Imran is one of them.  As long as he is 
> living we have to live with his rotten politics.
> There is another big problem with the bureaucracy that they want
> punjabs quota in every walk of life.  No matter how badly a player
> is playing but if he is a punjabi no person on earth can
> kick him out of the team.  We have seen Imran playing with one
> leg for more than a year. The itching Salim Malik is from that
> quota and we have to live with his elegant style.  Look at the whole
> lineup and you can easily find that punjabs quota is maintained
> with great care and forced on us that cricket is not popular in other
> parts of the country, whatta punjabi trio.  Whenever JM or Zaheer was made
> captain, punjab toola was working against them and by making Akram as
> the captain of the side they have proved their mentality and showed
> us how low they can go. 
> 
> Believe it or not in many circles (other than punjabi) the sacking
> of Miandad was expected.  Punjab selection committee has made his
> move, now we have to wait and see when they gonna lick their salaiva 
> from the floor.    
> 
> 
> 
   Before you start pointing the finger at every one who is either punjabi or a Pathan i think you should get your facts correct first. I guess you are alwaays gonna be opssessed with the word Quota.

later...


p.s after watching Majid khan play in a local match in lahore during the break
     i think he can still make it into the Pakistani team,considering the way
     they are playing these days. But ofcourse then the"Punjabi toola" might
     come into play..


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 Lahori (LHL 111) Poond