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March 21st, 2004, 12:02 AM
The Telegraph, a Kolkata-based newspaper, reveals that a Pakistani fan has dropped a court case against Shoaib Akhtar so that he can concentrate on the matches against India.
"My client Syed Najmul Abbas dropped the case in the interest of the country so that Shoaib can give his best against India," said the petitioner's lawyer, according to the paper. Shoaib's supposed crime? A newspaper interview last year in which he said, "In Pakistan, Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis are in decline. They were great but they are not matchwinning bowlers any more. So I have to make it all happen on my own."
Abbas had gone to court claiming that Shoaib's remarks tarnished the image of his country.
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meanwhile...i was watching GEO..an independent pakistani news chanel and they did a story on a man in india that looks like shoib akhtar and makes his living as a shoib impersonator! lol he looked just like em too. the story said that his real job (butcher) is now his side job becuase of such a great oppurtunity. ahaha then GEO followed him around and he started signing autographs.
"My client Syed Najmul Abbas dropped the case in the interest of the country so that Shoaib can give his best against India," said the petitioner's lawyer, according to the paper. Shoaib's supposed crime? A newspaper interview last year in which he said, "In Pakistan, Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis are in decline. They were great but they are not matchwinning bowlers any more. So I have to make it all happen on my own."
Abbas had gone to court claiming that Shoaib's remarks tarnished the image of his country.
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meanwhile...i was watching GEO..an independent pakistani news chanel and they did a story on a man in india that looks like shoib akhtar and makes his living as a shoib impersonator! lol he looked just like em too. the story said that his real job (butcher) is now his side job becuase of such a great oppurtunity. ahaha then GEO followed him around and he started signing autographs.