Who is the best wicket-keeper Pakistan ever had?

Pakistan V Afghanistan!!?

• I really wanted to ask this question for quiet some time now. Off late I have been following CNN, Fox News and BBC. Most of these channels are trying to hyphenate Pakistan and Afghanistan together. It is very clear that the situation in Afghanistan is so delicate that Pakistan has a strong role to play in the region especially when it comes to stopping and crushing the terrorists that move across the border in Pakistani loosely controlled tribal belt. Having said that I would like to know exactly what do you know/think about Pakistan. Specifically, sometimes it appears to me that when the media, especially CNN or FOX News speak about Pakistan and Afghanistan together, they outrightly forget the fact that Pakistan and Afghanistan are almost incomparable countries. More often than not, they ignore the fact that Pakistan has a history of 60 years of progress which cannot be denied. Afghanistan is the 4th most poorest country in the world, while Pakistan has the 43rd largest GDP in the world. Pakistan is the sixth most populous country in the world and holds the second largest muslim population in the world. It's population is 3 times the total population of Iraq and Afghanistan combined. Pakistan is a major exporter of textile products across the globe and is one of the top cricket team in the world. Pakistan has produced two great squash players which ruled squash for 2 decades and Pakistan remained on No. 1 in that game for years and years and years. Pakistan has won many Gold medals in Olympics Field Hockey, Hockey World Cups and Champions Trophies. Pakistan's young son a few weeks back got 23 As in O Levels creating a record of highest number of A's ever taken by a student in these exams. Pakistan has produced people who have achieved the distinction of getting noble prizes. One such example is Dr. Abdus Salam for his work in the field of Physics. More importantly, Pakistan is a major source of supply of professionals including doctors, engineers, accountants and lawyers especially to UK and USA. Above all, we are English speaking, Jeans wearning, moderates who have nothing to do with the violence in our country. Having said that we do acknowledge that situation currently is not that good but it has nothing to do with what we did but is a spill over impact which we even saw on cambodia where the fighters always ran into Cambodian terrains to safeguard themselves. But obviously Cambodia was and is one of the most unknown and weakest country in the world. And Pakistan has NUCLEAR WEAPONS which were acquired with the help of China and whose testing takes a lot of expertise and till date they have not reached the hands of any terrorists. Bottom line. Do you know that Pakistan is not AFGHANISTAN?

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  Both you you seem to be Indians and as usual you have no respect for any other country in the world especially Pakistan. Andy You seem to have no knowledge about Pakistan and that was the major reason I believe why this question was put. Dr. Abdul Salam was a scientist who worked in the field of physics and was awarded with a nobel prize. Click the link for details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdus_Salam Now slap yourself before reading more. Ok. Your statistics and figures about 37% and bla bla are absolutely wrong. Do not go about roaming on Yahoo Answers with the figures given by your Government which is no better than making an un-useable external hard drive with the name of LAPTOP. Even if I accept that only 200,000 Pakistanis are working as professionals, then still it is a big number. How many Afghans are working in USA or UK. About Taliban's resurgence in Pakistan. I can confirm you that Taliban are nowhere in control of any areas in Pakistan. There is definitely a truce in SWAT but thats the only place where that has occured. It is better to have a truce and restrict taliban rather than killing civilians in densely populated areas and help Taliban recruit more. Bajaur and Mohamd Agencies have been wiped out of the hands of taliban in only six months time. I hope Indian army can crush the insurgency in Kashmir that is going on for the last 20 years along with the 12 insurgencies in North East and ever growing communist insurgency in 13 of its states. India is a losing nation and world would know it soon. What world doesn't know is that Pakistan is bound to rise. We have been through tough times. But, we always come out of them in flying colours. P.S. USA has started talking to TALIBAN in Afghanistan. Live happily. Don't be a hate monger. Thanks.