Pakistan Vs. Australia : 1st One Day International

The first match between Aussies and Pakistan was an ideal start of the series for Pak fans. Played for the first time in the excellent new stadium of Dubai in Dubai Sports City. Aussies tumbling in the first inning for a mere 168 runs, Thanks to superb bowling by Shahid Afridi (Career and All-time best against Aussies, bowling figures of 6-38) and Saeed Ajmal (2-19). The spinners played a huge part as predicted by Pak. Skipper Younus Khan.
The second innings started slowly, with slow hiccups for Pak. But in the end Pak won extensively.

Kamran Akmal 48 : Misbah-ul-Haq 30 : Shahid Afridi 24 : Shoaib Malik 24

Next Match would be on April 24th. D/N

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Game Preview : Batman Arkhan Asylum

Batman: Arkham Asylum is the upcoming action-adventure video game which is based on popular comic hero 'The Batman'. It is being developed by Rocksteady Studios and published by Eidos Interactive in conjunction with Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Comics...

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New Dan Brown novel coming in September

By HILLEL ITALIE, AP National Writer

NEW YORK – At last, a new Dan Brown novel is coming.

Six years after the release of his mega-selling "The Da Vinci Code," the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group announced that Brown's "The Lost Symbol," a thriller set during a 12-hour period and featuring "Da Vinci Code" symbolist Robert Langdon, will come out in September.

"This novel has been a strange and wonderful journey," Brown said in a statement issued Monday by his publisher. "Weaving five years of research into the story's twelve-hour time frame was an exhilarating challenge. Robert Langdon's life clearly moves a lot faster than mine."

The first printing will be 5 million copies, Knopf Doubleday said Monday, a modest number considering that "The Da Vinci Code" has sold more than 80 million worldwide and inspired a spin-off community of travel books, diet books, parodies and religious works.

A film version, starring Tom Hanks, came out in 2006 and made more than $700 million at the box office. Hanks will again be seen as Langdon when the adaptation of Brown's "Angels & Demons" debuts in May.

Brown, 44, had kept his readers and the struggling book industry in suspense as year after year passed without a new novel. As far back as 2004, Doubleday had hinted that a follow up was coming, tentatively titled "The Solomon Key" and widely believed to be about Freemasons in Washington, D.C. (Brown has been spotted over the years in Washington, researching Masonic temples.)

Monday's announcement did not say where the story was set or who it would be about, and Doubleday spokeswoman Suzanne Herz declined to offer further information. In "The Da Vinci Code," a murder at the Louvre museum in Paris sets Langdon on an investigation that includes secret religious cults and speculation that Jesus had fathered a child with Mary Magdalene — a scenario that enraged scholars, critics and religious officials, all of it only bringing the book more readers.

Eager for success, but unprepared for obsession, Brown became increasingly reluctant to make public appearances or talk to the media. His reserve was only magnified by a copyright infringement lawsuit that was decided in his favor, but not before Brown was forced to testify in London and prepare an in-depth brief about his career, writing process and the fury he faced when promoting "The Da Vinci Code."

"I recall feeling defenseless because more than a year had passed since I'd researched and written the novel, and the precise names, dates, places and facts had faded somewhat in my memory," Brown wrote.

The trial, too, only made his book sell more.

Inspired in part by the commercial fiction of Sidney Sheldon, Brown is an Amherst College graduate who has said he long gave up on the idea of being a literary writer and instead wanted to write novels read by many. But neither the author nor his publisher nor booksellers expected such a boom for "The Da Vinci Code," his fourth novel, which remained on best-seller lists for more than three years and made million sellers out of such previous books as "Deception Point" and "Angels & Demons."

The long silence after "The Da Vinci Code," far longer than the time spent between his previous books, led to speculation that Brown was hopelessly blocked, as staggered by fame as "Forever Amber" author Kathleen Winsor or Grace Metalious of "Peyton Place," novelists who never again approached the heights of their controversial best sellers.

Brown is a native of Exeter, N.H., who still lives in his home state with his wife, Blythe Brown, whom the novelist cited during the London trial as a virtual co-author, an energetic researcher who brought an invaluable "female perspective" to a book immersed in "the sacred feminine, goddess worship and the feminine aspect of spiritually."

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Game Review : World of Goo [DAWN's Young World : April, 18, 2009]

My review of the game 'World of Goo' got published in the DAWN's Young World this Saturday ( April, 18, 2009). The special issue was available both online and in print.

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Excerpt from my brand new Script

Following is the excerpt from my script, on which a film would be adapted.


There’s a dark place, Faizan enters the room.


Faizan : I’m here, where are you people?


Suddenly the lights are powered on.


A stinging personality appears in front of Faizan, whose expressions are wicked.


Faizan : Ramoné! What the hell are you doing here!!!


Ramoné : O my fragile friend, how could have you believed that my own men can turn against me and call you for aid? This was a plan that worked beyond my expectations, the bird came to the trap by itself…


Faizan : You’ll suffer!








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Easter Greetings.... :)

Easter Greetings Everyone!

'Bolt' Review in DAWN's Young World

My Review of 2008 Disney-Pixar Movie 'Bolt' for published in DAWN's Young World.

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We Strongly Condemn This...

We, The Pakistanis, Strongly condemn the public flogging of the 17-year old girl by TALIBAN.
The act, shown as a video, is totally inhumane with no any significant connections with any culture.
There should be strong actions against such elements.
United we stand on such issues....

Pakistan Zindabad!