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...wore their trousers hiked up above their ankles - in the manner of the Prophet Muhammad. Even foreigners are touched by cricket mania. Afghanistan, never a cricket-playing nation, is well on its way to the 2011 World Cup through the skills acquired by players who grew up in Pakistani refugee camps near the border...
...country. Entire newspapers were dedicated to coverage and editorials lambasted the attackers in an unusually united voice. Television anchors quivered in anger as they described the precipitous, and understandable, departure of the Sri Lankan team after the seven wounded players were released from the hospital. "They were our guests," Pakistani Sports Minister Aftab Gilani told the Indian network NDTV. "We are very sorry about this; it's really shocking." (See pictures of the attack on the Sri Lankan team...
...Pakistan has no such geographic center. Its cities are defined by their ethnic makeup and their provincial politics. So an attack on one location rarely resonates beyond regional boundaries. But an attack on cricket is a body blow that will not so easily be shrugged off. Imran Khan, the Pakistani cricket star turned politician, scoffed at the Australians when they decided not to play in Pakistan last year. No terrorist would dare threaten the one thing all Pakistanis hold sacred, Khan reasoned, for fear of the inevitable backlash. Sadly and tragically, Khan has now been proved wrong...
...their knees as they open fire. One appears to be a clean-shaven man young enough to be a teenager who is wearing a T shirt, jeans and sneakers. His companion is a taller man who appears to be in his 20s, wearing a brown shalwar kameez (traditional Pakistani dress) and a beard. One senior police officer in Lahore was quoted by the local media as speculating that the men were Pashtun, the ethnic group dominant in Pakistan's militancy-wracked North-West Frontier Province and parts of Afghanistan...
...brazen nature of the attack and its high-profile targets will sink Pakistan's reputation further, analysts say, driving away foreign investment and delivering a blow to the country's much-celebrated national sport. The Pakistani rupee and the main stock exchange both dipped at the news. "It's a very serious incident that escalates the present state of affairs," says Masood, the retired general. "It gives an idea of how the frontiers of terrorism are expanding in Pakistan. It also shows how Pakistan is vulnerable. It is no longer capable of hosting international events...