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The manner in which Pakistan's cricket team cruised into the semi-finals on Wednesday evening has been the best news in months.
For once the sound of fire-crackers and gunshots that rent the air in celebration as Kamran Akmal hit the winning boundary was a welcome sound in a country that has learnt to live with a daily dose of blasts and gunfire.
And, it came on a day when the nation was marking the 71st anniversary of the adoption of the Pakistan Resolution, making it a double celebration of sorts. It is a great gift to the nation on ‘Youm-e-Pakistan,' tweeted Interior Minister Rehman Malik.
Though a berth in the semi-finals seemed a certainty for Pakistan after its win over Australia last Saturday, “Boom Boom Afridi's” 11 gave people back home a performance of a lifetime, demolishing the Caribbean defence like a house of cards.
Now that Pakistan has got into the semi-finals, the nation is hoping for an India win on Thursday to witness a long-awaited Indo-Pak cricket fixture. For the subcontinent, that is as good as the final.
For once the sound of fire-crackers and gunshots that rent the air in celebration as Kamran Akmal hit the winning boundary was a welcome sound in a country that has learnt to live with a daily dose of blasts and gunfire.
And, it came on a day when the nation was marking the 71st anniversary of the adoption of the Pakistan Resolution, making it a double celebration of sorts. It is a great gift to the nation on ‘Youm-e-Pakistan,' tweeted Interior Minister Rehman Malik.
Though a berth in the semi-finals seemed a certainty for Pakistan after its win over Australia last Saturday, “Boom Boom Afridi's” 11 gave people back home a performance of a lifetime, demolishing the Caribbean defence like a house of cards.
Now that Pakistan has got into the semi-finals, the nation is hoping for an India win on Thursday to witness a long-awaited Indo-Pak cricket fixture. For the subcontinent, that is as good as the final.