Friday, August 27, 2010

Progressive Pakistan – Women in Military Forces


Pakistan is a land of opportunity for those with a knack to carve their future with their own bare hands. There is a popular local saying that “If you can do it in Pakistan you can do it anywhere in the world!” Pakistani women have been and continue to uphold and exhibit the resilience and talent this land nurtures and offers to the whole world. Today some of the leading economists, scientists, financial minds, IT gurus, military strategists, doctors, business innovators, sports figures and many others are Pakistanis. This is a video exhibit of a short infomentary by CNN on the women of Pakistan Air Force.


source: publicrelationspakistan.wordpress.com

Pakistan army to turns to women for combat


Pakistan's army will soon start recruiting women officers for active combat duty, a senior military official said. 'In the beginning, we will induct some 30 women cadets (for regular commission as officers) in the army's corps of signals, electrical and mechanical engineering (EME) and the legal branch,' the Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) Saturday quoted chief military spokesman Major General Shaukat Sultan as saying.This will be the first exposure of women to these 'highly technical' branches of the army, he told the agency.Sultan said induction of women officers in combat corps would be considered after evaluating performance of these 30 cadets, who would get commission in the army on completion of their studies and military training.While women doctors and nurses are already serving the army's medical corps, they have never been part of any combat force in the over 500,000-strong army, comprising mainly infantry, armoured corps and artillery.For the first time in its history, the army also inducted a Pakistani Sikh, as a cadet in the Pakistan military academy (PMA), some 125 km north of Islamabad.The cadet, identified as Harcharan Singh, is set to graduate as Second Lieutenant in October 2007.Non-Muslim minorities make some three percent of Pakistan's roughly 155 million population. Minorities' representation in the armed forces is equally low, and only a few Christian officers and soldiers are serving the forces.Meanwhile, Pakistan Air Force (PAF) for the first time commissioned four women combat fliers in its general duty pilots (GDP) branch last month.


Thursday, August 26, 2010

Pakistan Women Cricket team departs to WI


The Pakistan National Women Cricket Team departed to the West Indies from the Karachi Airport to participate in Twenty Twenty World Cup.
The 14 member team is led by Sana Meer. Four team officials are also accompanying them which includes Coach Manzoor Rana, Trainer Yasir Malik, Physio Huma Fatima and the team Manager Aisha Asher.
The team will play a 3 Twenty Twenty Match Series Against the West Indies Team before the World Cup.
Before the world cup, Pakistan women cricket team will play warm up matches against West Indies on May 2 and against Australia on May 3.
The Pakistani National Women Cricket Team will Play its First World Cup Match against Sri Lanka on the May 6.
source: tribune.com.pk

Trials for selection of Pakistan women’s cricket team


The trials to select Pakistan women’s team for the ICC Women’s Challenge in South Africa will be held from July 27-31 at Lahore Country Club, Muridke. “Three teams will be formed from the 30 probables to play trial matches,” said a spokesman for the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) here on Tuesday. A selection committee comprising Farrukh Zaman (chairman), Azhar Khan and Ehtasham-ud-Din as members will monitor the trials to select the team.Probables: Sana Mir, Bismah Maroof, Marina Iqbal, Saima Jamil, Sidra Nawaz, Sidra Amin, Ayesha Qazi, Faryal Awan, Mehwish Tariq, Syeda Nain Fatima Abidi, Syeda Batool Fatima Naqvi, Urooj Mumtaz Khan, Javeria Wadood, Rabiya Shah, Masooma Junaid Farooqi, Kainat Imtiaz, Kanwal Naz, Shumaila Qureshi, Nida Rashid, Zeba Manzoor Hussain, Almas Akram, Sania Iqbal, Asmavia Iqbal, Sana Gulzar, Sadia Yousaf, Rabia Batool, Qanita Jalil, Nahida Khan, Wajeeha Sundas and Marriam Hassan Shah.


source:www.dailytimes.com.pk

Pakistan national women's cricket team


The Pakistan national women's cricket team is a professional cricket team that represents Pakistan in international women's cricket matches.


History
[edit] 1990s
Pakistan first appeared in women's cricket in 1997 and playing against New Zealand and Australia. They lost all three One Day International matches on that tour, but they were still invited to take part in the Women's Cricket World Cup later that year in India. They lost all five matches in the tournament and finished last, out of the eleven teams in the competition. The following year, Pakistan toured Sri Lanka and played three One Day International matches, losing all of their matches and their first Test match, which they also lost.
[edit] 2000s
In 2000, Pakistan toured Ireland for a five match One Day International series against Ireland. They lost the Test match by an innings inside two days and the One Day International series 4-0, with one match interrupted by rain. Their first international win, in their 19th match, came against the Netherlands in a seven match One Day International series at their home ground in 2001, a series which they won 4-3. This form did not continue into their six One Day International tour of Sri Lanka in January 2002 though and they again lost all six matches.
In 2003, Pakistan travelled to the Netherlands to take part in the Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier competition, then known as the IWCC Trophy. They finished fourth in the tournament, their victories was against Japan and Scotland, however they missing out on qualification for the 2005 World Cup. This tournament was marred by a schism between the Pakistan Women's Cricket Control Association and the Pakistan Cricket Board. The IWCC did not recognise the Pakistan Cricket Board as the governing body of women's cricket in Pakistan and court cases were brought in Pakistan.[1] The Pakistan Cricket Board announced that they would not be sending a team to the tournament and that no other team should be allowed to represent the country in the competition.[2] This problem has since been overcome with the International Cricket Council requirement that women's associations and men's associations are unified under one single governing body.
In 2004 saw the West Indies tour Pakistan, playing seven One Day International matches and a Test match. The test match was drawn and West Indies won the One Day International series 5-2, but those two victories for Pakistan were their first against a Test playing nation.
In 2005, Pakistan Cricket Board established a Women's Wing to oversee all Cricket Affair under the Pakistan Cricket Board's control and to unite all the conflicts between various associations. The first international event was when Indian Under 21 team toured Pakistan, becoming the first Indian women's side to tour the country. This paved the way for Pakistan to host the second Women's Asia Cup in December 2005/January 2006. They lost all their games however, finishing last in the three team tournament. The tournament featured the first match between the Indian and Pakistani women's cricket teams.
Cricket is currently seen as an improvement for women's rights in Pakistan. When sisters Shaiza and Sharmeen Khan first tried to introduce women's cricket in 1996, they were met with court cases and even death threats. The government refused them permission to play India in 1997 and ruled that women were forbidden from playing sports in public due to the religious issues. However, things have changed in Pakistan, although female players have to follow a professional rule and behave in an appropriate manner in public.[3][4]
Early in 2007, the Pakistan squad toured South Africa and played in a five match, One Day International series. During that year, Pakistan was awarded to Host the ICC Women's World Cup Qualifiers in which eight Teams were scheduled to participate, all the arrangements were almost done when unfortunately the Events was postponed due to political instability and was moved to South Africa. Pakistan Women Team qualified for the ICC Women World Cup by defeating Ireland, Zimbabwe, Scotland and Netherlands. They qualified for this tournament after defeating Hong Kong in a three match series in Pakistan in September 2006.
[edit] Tournament history
[edit] World Cup
1900-1997: Did not participate
1997: 11th place
2000: Did not participate
2005: Did not qualify
2009: 6th place
[edit] Asia Cup
2004: Withdrew
2005: 3rd place
[edit] Current team
5. Sana Mir
6. Batool Fatima
7. Urooj Mumtaz
12. Sajida Shah
13. Bismah Maroof
14. Qanita Jalil
17. Almas Akram
19. Nain Abidi
20. Asmavia Iqbal
22. Sukhan Faiz
24. Marina Iqbal
33. Sania Khan
50. Javeria Khan
77. Naila Nazir
86. Nazia Sadiq
Reserves
Armaan Khan
Bibi Nahida
Kainat Imtiaz
Mariam Hassan Shah
Mehwish Tariq
Nida Rashid
Sabeen
Salma Faiz
Sana Gulzar
Sana Zeeshan
Sumaiya Siddiqui
Sadia Yousaf
Sumaira Sajid
Wajiha Sundas
Zeba Zeshan
[edit] Achievement
[edit] Test cricket
Highest team score: 426 runs for 7 wickets declared against the West Indies, on 15 March 2004 at the National Stadium in Karachi in Pakistan.
Highest batting score: 242 runs, Kiran Baluch against the West Indies, on 15 March 2004 at the National Stadium in Karachi in Pakistan.
Best bowling figures: 7 wickets for 59 runs, Shaiza Khan against the West Indies, on 15 March 2004 at the National Stadium in Karachi in Pakistan.
Best bowling figures in a match: 13 wickets for 226 runs, Shaiza Khan against the West Indies, on 15 March 2004 at the National Stadium in Karachi in Pakistan.
[edit] One Day International
Highest team score: 208 runs for 5 wickets against the Netherlands, on 14 April 2001 at the National Stadium in Karachi in Pakistan.
Highest batting score: 69 runs, Mahewish Khan against the Netherlands, on 14 April 2001 at the National Stadium in Karachi in Pakistan.
Best bowling figures: 7 wickets for 4 runs, Sajjida Shah against Japan, on 21 July 2003 in Amsterdam in Netherlands.


source:en.wikipedia.org

Pakistan’s Women Cricket Team in T20 World Cup


There hasn’t been much buzz about our women’s cricket team playing in T20 cricket world cup. All the focus is on men’s side. We may very well be in for a surprise from green shirted women, and they might be able to do what we are expecting from our men to repeat.
If we look into the recent form of Pakistan’s women cricket team, it is not impossible to expect this from our women cricket team.
Pakistan’s women cricket team did not participate in women’s cricket world cup from 1973 to 1993. I am sure most people in Pakistan did not even know there was such thing. In 1997 women’s cricket world cup, Pakistan’s women cricket team achieved 11th place. In 2000 world cup, the team did not participate again. In 2005, the team wasn’t even able to qualify. From out of nowhere they shocked everyone in 2009 and reached 6th place.
This is remarkable given the team’s history in previous world cups—where just participating and qualifying was such uphill task.
In the 2010 T20 world cup practice match few days ago, Pakistan’s women cricket team comprehensively beat West Indies. It is remarkable—given the previous history—that they are ranked 5th and are serious contender to reach semis and even go beyond in the world cup currently underway in West Indies.
It is also all the more remarkable given the sorry situation of women’s social indicators in Pakistan—where they are deliberately held back in society—and given very little chance to prove themselves.
If one asks a young girl in Pakistan who is her role model—I don’t know if that young girl would be able to name a female role model—because there are so few of them in Pakistan.
The success of our women’s cricket team is more important than we think. It will give tremendous confidence and hope to young girls watching them on TV at home or hearing about them. It will not only create role models for them, but it will instill that feeling and confidence in them that they can do whatever they want to.
Our women’s cricket team needs all the support that they can get. The fact that they are one of the 8th team playing in world cup is a victory in itself, if they reach the semis or final that will be the icing on the cake.


Pakistan Women’s Cricket Team beats Sri Lanka by 57-runs in World Cup


Can I begin by thanking everybody for their comments and messages on my last blog. I read all of your words of encouragement and it was very much appreciated following the disappointment of Saturday’s defeat to India.
I promised to the people of Pakistan ahead of today’s game against Sri Lanka that we would bounce back and I don’t think anybody could have expected a better performance than the one we put in today. I said at the weekend, after our loss against India, that we didn’t play up to our potential and that we would be fine if we got things right in all three key departments – batting, bowling and fielding – and that is what we did today.
We have been waiting for years to beat Sri Lanka and it was the perfect day to win – the first time a Pakistan side had won in 19 matches against them and the first time Pakistan has won a match at the ICC Women’s World Cup. To be part of this moment of history and to captain the side makes me extremely proud. We know we have taken a vital step towards making it to the Super Six stage now, as Sri Lanka faces a difficult last match against India, so it is extremely exciting that we may get a chance to face the likes of Australia and New Zealand next week.
After registering a decent total against Sri Lanka, which could have been higher if any of the girls who got good starts had gone onto make a big score, we knew that we had to take early wickets. I got an excellent response from all of my bowlers, having made a conscious decision to hold back Ismavia (Iqbal) from the opening overs, and once we got some early breakthroughs I was always confident of victory.
There were a few tears coming out of my eyes at the end and it was a special moment to get this win in front of my parents. My father has really helped me with my game, while my mother is always very supportive of what I do.
To celebrate the victory tonight, some of the team are going to come out for dinner with my parents, while other players will be with their families, before we gather all together at the hotel for a celebration later on. We won’t go too crazy though as we know we have another important group match on Thursday.
We are all really looking forward to playing against England in our next match and I am excited that the game will be broadcast live on television. I hope that people at home will tune in to watch the match so that we can prove to people in Pakistan that women can play cricket.
Pakistan next play England on Thursday in their final first-round fixture
A many hearty Congratulations to the Pakistani Womens Cricket Team, may the continue the surge for more victories onwards
source:teeth.com.pk

Pakistan Women's Cricket Team Probables




Pakistan Women's Cricket Team Probables
After analysing the performances of the players participating in the inaugural National Women's Cricket Championship held from March 1-7, 2005, the National Women's Cricket Team Selection Committtee, comprising Messrs Imtiaz Ahmed (Chairman) and Javed Zaman Khan (Member) has selected the following 33 players for the training camp of Pakistan Women's Cricket Team:
(1) Taskeen Qadeer - Lahore(2) Sana Javed - Lahore(3) Shamsa Hashmi - Lahore(4) Nazish Chaudhary - Lahore(5) Uzma Malik - Lahore(6) Sana Razzaq - Lahore(7) Ambreen Nawaz - Lahore(8) Shumaila Mushtaq - Lahore(9) Aleeha Raza - Lahore(10) Bushra Hayat - Lahore(11) Sabeen Siddique - Hyderabad(12) Hina Khan - Hyderabad(13) Sumaiya Siddique - Hyderabad(14) Tayyeba Khan - Peshawar(15) Sara Nisar - Peshawar(16) Nabeela Gulzar - Peshawar(17) Qanita Jalil - Peshawar(18) Madiha Abbasi - Quetta(19) Misbah Butt - Karachi(20) Armaan Khan - Karachi(21) Faryal Shah - Karachi(22) Kanwal Naz - Karachi(23) Humera Masroor - Karachi(24) Fahmida Bano - Karachi(25) Aasia Khan - Karachi(26) Marium Butt - Karachi(27) Fatima Iqbal - Rawalpindi(28) Kalsoom Akhtar - Faisalabad(29) Rafat Manzoor - Faisalabad(30) Sukhan Faiz - Multan(31) Shamaila Naz - Multan(32) Asmavia Iqbal - Multan(33) Sania Iqbal - Multan
The camp will be of 15 days duration. The short-listed players will undergo extensive training from Grant Compton (PCB Trainer) during the camp after which 15 players will be selected to represent the Pakistan Women's Cricket Team at the National/International level. Pakistan Women's Cricket Team Probables
After analysing the performances of the players participating in the inaugural National Women's Cricket Championship held from March 1-7, 2005, the National Women's Cricket Team Selection Committtee, comprising Messrs Imtiaz Ahmed (Chairman) and Javed Zaman Khan (Member) has selected the following 33 players for the training camp of Pakistan Women's Cricket Team:
(1) Taskeen Qadeer - Lahore(2) Sana Javed - Lahore(3) Shamsa Hashmi - Lahore(4) Nazish Chaudhary - Lahore(5) Uzma Malik - Lahore(6) Sana Razzaq - Lahore(7) Ambreen Nawaz - Lahore(8) Shumaila Mushtaq - Lahore(9) Aleeha Raza - Lahore(10) Bushra Hayat - Lahore(11) Sabeen Siddique - Hyderabad(12) Hina Khan - Hyderabad(13) Sumaiya Siddique - Hyderabad(14) Tayyeba Khan - Peshawar(15) Sara Nisar - Peshawar(16) Nabeela Gulzar - Peshawar(17) Qanita Jalil - Peshawar(18) Madiha Abbasi - Quetta(19) Misbah Butt - Karachi(20) Armaan Khan - Karachi(21) Faryal Shah - Karachi(22) Kanwal Naz - Karachi(23) Humera Masroor - Karachi(24) Fahmida Bano - Karachi(25) Aasia Khan - Karachi(26) Marium Butt - Karachi(27) Fatima Iqbal - Rawalpindi(28) Kalsoom Akhtar - Faisalabad(29) Rafat Manzoor - Faisalabad(30) Sukhan Faiz - Multan(31) Shamaila Naz - Multan(32) Asmavia Iqbal - Multan(33) Sania Iqbal - Multan
The camp will be of 15 days duration. The short-listed players will undergo extensive training from Grant Compton (PCB Trainer) during the camp after which 15 players will be selected to represent the Pakistan Women's Cricket Team at the National/International level.




source: www.pcboard.com.pk