GoodBye 2010: Brief Review of Pakistan in 2010

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Goodbye 2010 -The nation faced many crises in this year.In year 2010 floods directly affected about 20 million people, mostly by destruction of property, livelihood and infrastructure, with a death toll of close to 2,000. The number of individuals affected by the flooding exceeds the combined total of individuals affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the 2005 Kashmir earthquake and the 2010 Haiti earthquake.Thousands of people have been killed in bomb blasts and target killing in several areas of country in year 2010.And the great tragedy was when an airliner has crashed near the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, killing all 152 people on board, We don’t know how plan crashed in islamabad and this question is still unsolved.Eight people have been killed in another plan crash  near Karachi airport on November 28, 2010.

Power shortage is one of the most burning issue in pakistan and nation still facing the power shortage crises.Shortage of Electricity specially in summer season and Gas shortage in winter and the gap between the demand and supply resulted in routine load shedding.

The year 2010 is the worst year for pakistan Cricket,In winter, which began in December 2009, was a disaster for the pakistan. After drawing their warm-up game with Tasmania, they lost every single competitive game during their stay down under.The Test side, captained by Mohammad Yousuf, were beaten in all three Tests at Melbourne, Sydney and Hobart, with the defeat in Sydney all the more remarkable after Pakistan had looked set for victory on the final day.Pakistan were then whitewashed 5-0 in the one-day internationals, lost the only Twenty20 international and were reeling from nine straight defeats in all formats by the time they left Australia in February.

Shahid Afridi was caught on camera biting the ball in a one-day international against Australia in Perth and banned for two Twenty20 games. With Afridi suspended, former skipper Shoaib Malik was named captain for two Twenty20 internationals against England in the United Arab Emirates.Following the disastrous Australia tour, the PCB launched an inquiry and eventually announced sweeping punishments in March.Younus Khan, Mohammad Yousuf and Five other players were also punished. Rana Naved-ul-Hasan and Shoaib Malik were banned for a year and heavily fined for unspecified indiscipline, while Shahid Afridi, Kamran Akmal and Umar Akmal were all heavily fined and warned that their conduct would be monitored during a six-month probationary period.

In England tour the News of the World alleging that three Pakistan players had been involved in spot-fixing during the Test. It was claimed that Amir and fellow seamer Mohammad Asif had deliberately bowled no balls at pre-arranged times in return for money from a bookmaker’s “middle man”. New Test skipper Butt was also implicated.Butt, Amir and Asif were provisionally suspended by the ICC and interviewed by British police.And another shocking story when Pakistani wicket Keeper gone missing and did not arrive with the team at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium for the deciding ODI against South Africa and left as a status update on the player’s Facebook page said: “leaving pakistan cricket after receiving death threats for refusing to fix games.

After all contoversies in cricket Pakistan won 8 medal including 4 gold in Asian games 2010. In Last Asian games Pakistan won only 4 medals. Pakistan won gold medal in Hockey,Squash, Snooker and Cricket (woman).

I would like to wind up the article with a pray for Pakistan and her people.

“Allah karay k meri Arz-e-Pak pe utre wo fasl-e-gul jisay Andesha-e-Zawal na ho.

Yahan jo phool khilain wo khile rahain barsun! Yahn khizan ko guzarney ki bhi Majal na ho.

Khuda Karey k mere ik bhi hum watan k lye Hayat jurm na ho, zindagi wabal na ho.”