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Pitthu Gol Garam

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Let us reminiscence another interesting game played in streets and the grounds named “PITTHU GOL GARAM”. It was my favourite pastime during visit to cousins. The game is played between two teams and the number of players in the team is not constant as compared to other games like cricket and hockey. You just need to divide the available players ...Read More »

Legendary Cricketers of Pakistan

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Our motherland ‘Pakistan’ has given us many cricketers’ who increased the pride of our nation. Though, many people have taken part in playing cricket for Pakistan, but there are some legendary players who played for the first time for their motherland and whom we cannot forget. Such players are true symbol of pride in the game of Cricket for Pakistan. ...Read More »

Wasim Bari

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Wasim bari played a great role in the history of Pakistani cricket team. He was a good batsman as well as a capable wicket-keeper. His playing techniques were remarkable. Opposing team members were also amazed of his talent. Wasim Bari is a former cricketer of Pakistan. He was born on 23rd March, 1948 in Karachi. He took part in a total ...Read More »

History of cricket in Pakistan

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The cricket team of Pakistan appeared for the first time in the cricket scene in the year 1952 in a test match. History of Cricket in Pakistan has evolved to one of the victorious cricket teams in the present world. After the India and Pakistan division in 1947, the people of Pakistan established their own nation and started encouraging the ...Read More »

Abdul Hafeez Kardar

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A brief account on the life and career of Abdul Hafeez Kardar; the first man to lead the Pakistani cricket team to glory. From where he began and how he went on to getting his name immortalized in the team’s history. In 1925 Lahore, Punjab gave birth to an individual who became a part of the three legendary players who ...Read More »

Kokla Chapaki

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When there was no electricity and television was just a myth to the locals kids used to play outside. Games like Kokla Chapaki and Pittu Garam were common and streets used to echo from children’s laughter playing these games. Kokla Chapaki is a traditional game usually played by girls but then with the passage of time boys got into it ...Read More »

Ludo

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Out of all the games played in the streets and on consoles one may be shocked to hear that Ludo is one of the most played board games in Pakistan. The word Ludo is Latin, meaning I play. If you are unfamiliar with this game (which you shouldn’t be) it features racing four tokens across the board. This game can ...Read More »

Fazal Mahmood

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Widely held as one of the finest bowlers in the history of Pakistan cricket team; Fazal Mahmood was born in Lahore on February 18th 1927. He played for Pakistani cricket team in 34 test matches and was able to take 139 wickets with an average for bowling of 24.70. He was the first Pakistani player to pass the 100 wickets milestone ...Read More »

History of Zubair Aslam a.k.a. Jhara pehalwan

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Zubair Aslam a.k.a JHARA Pahalwan, was the son of Aslam pahalwan who belonged to the renowned GAMA family of legendary wrestlers. He had to maintain the prosperity of his ancestors, and so he did by making his career in wrestling. Zubair was trained under the supervision of different experts of wrestling, while Arshad Bijli was one of the trainers who ...Read More »

Rustam-E-Hind

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Pehlwani (wrestling) is a sport which is a Persian style of wrestling practiced in India, Bangladesh, Iran and Pakistan. The practitioners are called Pehalwans. The Pehalwans of India who stay undefeated are given the title of Rustam-e-Hind. The meaning of this title is “The Rostam of India “. This title is entitled to those Indian wrestlers only who stay undefeated ...Read More »

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