Managing Director M Waqas ur Rehman Editorial Director M Asad Editor Larry Fogg Creative Director Chalo Garcia Design Director Beenish Waqas
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Editor In Chief Ashiq Hussain
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Assistant Designer Maliha Khan Sales & Marketing Executive Irum Shah Correspondent Sudia Arabia M Awais
LARRY FOGG
Correspondent Norway Nadeem Bhadjwa
TRIP TO DATONG, CHINA
Correspondent UAE Khaleel Khan
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W ORLD C UP 2015 I N M ARCH P AKISTAN W OULD P LAY WITH 4 T EAM
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ARGENTINA KEEN TO INVEST IN PAKISTAN'S IT SECTOR Argentinian Ambassador to Pakistan, Rodulfo Martin Saravia, expressed his eagerness on Thursday to invest in Pakistan's rapidly growing information technology
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aravia said that the IT sector in Pakistan has become a gainful market for foreign investors, during a meeting with Minister of State for Information Technology Anusha Rahman, Radio Pakistan reported. Rahman informed Saravia of the successful venture of 3G/4G auction boosting the confidence of the foreign investors.
review, amend and finalize the draft of a new cybercrime bill.The National Assembly's Standing Committee on Information Technologytasked the subcommittee to complete its review of the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill of Pakistan 2015 within two weeks.
A draft of the bill was presented to the Standing Committee for approval, under the chairmanship of Captain (Retd.) On February 5, a parliamentary panel Muhammad Safdar. formed a four member sub-committee to 6
COMMITTEE ON ENERGY DISCUSS POWER SHORTAGE IN PAKISTAN
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he subcommittee on energy set a meeting in Islamabad to measure and investigate the e nergy shortage in Pakistan on Monday, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar presided over the meeting. Deliberations of the meeting focused on establishment of power projects
based on local gas supplies. The subcommittee also reviewed arrangements for offloading RLNG consignments and onward supply to power plants. Finance Minister asked all officials concerned to finalize all relevant details for final round of discussion.
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an audible alarm. This is apparently the first time that an organic circuit has been used to create sound, and also the first instance of one featuring an organic power supplycircuit. That circuit boosts the solar panel's range of operational indoor illumination by 7.3 times. The arm band requires no external power supply, it's flexible enough that it doesn't cause discomfort to the patient, and it's cheap enough to dispose of after each use, in order to maintain hygiene.
“Our fever alarm armband demonstrates that it is possible to produce flexible, disposable devices that can greatly enhance the amount of information available to carers in healthcare settings," said Prof. Takao Someya, who co-led the research along with Prof. Takayasu Sakurai. "We have demonstrated the technology with a temperature sensor and fever alarm, but the system could also be adapted to provide audible feedback on body temperature, or combined with other sensors to register wetness, pressure or heart rate." 8
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n September, Sony announced its augmented reality wearable Smart Eyeglass, but at that time only the Software Development Kit (SDK) was available for those interested in creating apps for this new Sony platform. Now developers can get their hands, ears, and eyes on the Developer Edition of Sony's chunky AR specs. The overall design and specs haven't changed much from initial reports, with the holographic goggles about the size and shape of a large pair of glasses and weighing in at 77 g (2.7 oz), with a connected control pack housing the microphone, touch controls, battery, and speaker. The wearable portion of the unit also contains a camera with a 3MP CMOS image sensor, an accelerometer, gyro,
electronic compass, and brightness sensor. In comparison, Google Glass is 43 g (1.51 oz), and my funkiest hipster eyeglasses are still a miniscule 25 g (0.9 oz), though Smart Eyeglass is striving for full binocular AR, not the HUD effect of Glass. However, Eyeglass won't work for users already wearing glasses. And unlike Glass, Sony's offering is not standalone, relying on a Bluetooth or WLAN connection with a host Android phone. Just last month Google halted sales of Glass, though asserted the project was still alive, potentially leaving the field wide open for Sony for the time being.
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DIL TRUST UK B A L L 2015 Developments in Literacy (DIL) Trust UK held their 2015 Gala at The Dorchester, Sponsored by UBL, among others. The Gala was a spectacular evening of Opera, Ballet and Jazz performances, livened up by Kulvider Ghir of Goodness Gracious Me and hosted by DJ Nihal. Pakistan High Commissioner Syed IbneAbbass, Lord Tariq Ahmad and prominent members of the local diaspora attended. DIL is dedicated to the cause of education for underprivileged children, especially girls, in rural Pakistan. The event successfully raised funds for the Zarbaig school in Dir. 10
Akber Manji, Amanda Berlyn, Munawar Noorani & Zameer Choudrey
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INFOTAINMENT imagination. Professor Graeme Hays, from Deakin and scientists from Swansea University, tracked free-ranging barrel-jellyfish in waters off northern France using GPS loggers equipped with accelerometers that allowed the scientists to observe how the jellyfish orientate their movements with respect to currents. GPS-tracked floats were used to record the local currents. The GPS data showed they were actively
BRAINLESS BUT NO For many people, jellyfish are just an unwelcome addition to a day at the beach. But the gelatinous creatures can seriously affect commercial fishing ventures and even cause the shutdown of power stations when they form into giant "blooms" in the ocean. Researchers at Deakin University in Australia, might be on the way to a solution. Jellyfish blooms are enormous groupings of the gently floating creatures and their numbers have been on the increase in recent years. The blooms can present serious problems, even though they are necessary for the
ecosystem and a good food source for many creatures, such as Leatherback Turtles. In 2013, facing increasing numbers of the creatures, Korea dispatched jellyfishshredding robots to cut down the population. It might sound cruel, but the creatures do not have brains or hearts, which is why the discovery by the team was so surprising. They found that jellyfish can not only detect the ocean's currents, but swim against them. Other much more evolved sea creatures, like turtles, cannot. They may not be the passively floating things of popular
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it will present a solution to the universal problem of jellyfish blooms. By yetter understanding the blooms it might be possible to predict where and when they will appear, allowing aquaculture farms and others to take protective measures. "The insights into their behavior and the movements of the ocean helps to explain how jellyfish can form blooms including hundreds to millions of individuals for
OT DIRECTIONLESS periods up to several months," said Professor Hays. It isn't known how they can "know" how to do this, but it's possible they could detect current shear or assess the drift using infrasound or the Earth's magnetic field. "We now know that jellyfish are not just bags of jelly drifting passively in the oceans," adds Professor Hays. "They are incredibly advanced in their orientation abilities." There are plans to replicate the work in Tasmania, home to many salmonm farms. 25
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USE A SPOON WHILE APPLYING YOUR MASCARA
To avoid smudging your eyelids with mascara use a spoon to cover your eyelid , it will take you shorter time because you will be less concerned about making any mistakes , you can also use a price of a business card to protect your eyelid .
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Instead of lining your eyes with your regular eyeliner pencil , you will need to expose your eyeliner pencil to a flame for a few seconds before applying it to your eyes , this will make the eyeliner softer and looking more fantastic and thicker .
LINE YOUR LIPS MORE PROFESSIONAL To professionally line up your lips , draw a X on the middle of your upper lip , it will be much easier to complete the lining and glossing your lips .
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LARRY FOGG TRIP TO DATONG, CHINA
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fter flying all night, I arrived at Datong, China, on Sunday, August at about 8:30 AM. On my flight to Beijing, Peng, a wonderful Air China flight attendant from Chongqing, gave a stuffed Air China baby dragon to me. I viewed the baby dragon to be a good luck charm for my upcoming China travel. When I arrived at Datong, I found a local security person who directed me to a local taxi driver. Although the taxi driver did not speak English, I gave him the address of my hotel in Datong in Chinese and he took me directly to the hotel. En route to the hotel, he handed me a laminated plastic guide to local Datong tourist attractions. Since several of the attractions were on my list, I pointed to a couple and he pointed to three in a circular motion and wrote 400 Yuan on a scrap of paper. I now had a benchmark for approximate costs for a taxi tour with non-English 47
speaking taxi driver. I took his mobile phone number in case I decided to call him for his services.
me at the hotel the following morning at 8:00 AM to plan travel for that day and possibly several additional I arrived at the Holiday Inn days. I spent the remainder of Datong City Center hotel Sunday resting and exploring around 9:00 AM and was the area adjacent to the hotel. informed that my room I met with the taxi driver and would not be available for the hotel guest services another thirty minutes. The m a n a g e r o n M o n d a y hotel guest services manager morning at 8:00 AM, and I escorted me to a lounge area decided to go first to the in the lobby and, after Yungang Grottoes which are bringing me a cup of freshly located at the foot of Mount ground coffee, we discussed Wushou. The grottoes are the possibilities of her lining described as being the up a car and driver with an earliest and largest Buddha English speaking guide for statue complex preserved in multiple day trips in the China. According to the vicinity of Datong, including literature, the Northern Wei the Yungang Grottoes and Dynasty was established at Mount Heng (Hengshan). the time that the practice of She called a local tour person carving Buddha statues in and informed me that the grottoes was being spread cost of a car with English eastward from India. In AD speaking driver for a full day 4 3 9 , E m p e r o r T a i - w u would be 500 Yuan and an conquered Liangzhou (the English speaking tour guide area west of the yellow river in would be an additional 200 present-day Gansu) and Yuan. Since I had been many monks, craftsmen, and traveling all night, I asked her common people were forced to inform the driver to meet to move to the capital
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Pingchen (present-day Datong). This helped to spread Buddhism eastward. When Emperor Wen-cheng came to the throne, he revived the practice of Buddhism. In AD 460, by order of Emperor Wencheng, the eminent monk Tanyao, as a supervisor, had five grottoes excavated, called “The Five Grottoes of Tan-yao.” Over the next sixty-years, the gigantic project of Yungang Grotto Complex was completed. It stretched over 15 kilometers from east to west. The present-day Yungang Grottoes stretch one kilometer from east to west. More than 1,100 grottoes and nitches with 51,000-odd statues have been preserved. There are fifty-three major grottoes. In 1961, The State Council entered the Yungang Grottoes as the focal protection historical relics nationwide. In 2001, the Yungang Grottoes were named as the “World Cultural Inheritance” by the UNESCO. My taxi driver’s name was Mr. 49
Wang, and his English was very good. As we drove to the Yungang Grottoes he informed me that, since I was older than 65 years, upon presenting my passport I would be granted free admission to all China tourist attractions excluding transportation services. Upon arrival at the Yungang Grottoes, I presented my passport and was granted free admission. China is one of the only countries that I am aware of that has this policy that includes foreigners. As I walked toward the grottoes, I first toured the Ling Yan Temple complex. It was a very impressive complex and a bonus for my visit to the grottoes. As I exited the Ling Yan Temple, I visited the ShiGu Cool Spring and walked through the gateway to the footpath to the grottoes. I began my grotto visit at Cave No. 1 51
and then continued in increasing sequential order as I explored the grottoes. Cave No. 3 is the largest grotto and contains a ten-meter high main Buddha statue with attendant Bodhisattvas on both sides in the back chamber. Cave No. 6 is the best preserved grotto at Yungang but was closed to the public during my visit. Caves 9 to 13 were also closed to the public for maintenance during my visit. Caves 16 thru 20 are “The Five Grottoes of Tanyao.� The main statues in these grottoes are respectively 13.6 to 16.8 meters high. According to the literature, the main statues in these five grottoes were carved after the images of the first five emperors of the Northern Wei Dynasty – thus they are Buddha figures and human figures as well. Cave 20
was unique among these five caves in that the Buddha statue was exposed to the outside environment whereas the Buddha statues in Caves 16 thru 19 are contained within excavated grottoes behind doorway openings. I continued exploring the grottoes until I arrived at Cave 41 where I found Caves 41 to 45 to be closed to the public. I then visited the Yungang Museum Exhibition Hall of Northern Wei Dynasty which had very good exhibits. One exhibit highlighted different additional grotto sites in the adjacent Gansu province. I took a photo of that exhibit and later researched those grotto sites on the Internet after returning to my hotel room. I was very interested in visiting the 52
Maiji Mountain Grottoes but they were too far away for a long day trip from Datong – they will go on my short list for future China travel. Instead of going directly to the exit, I returned to the grottoes and walked back along them retracing my visit for a final look at the Yungang Grottoes. Back at my car, Mr. Wang and I decided to travel farther north to the Outer Great Wall near Zhen Chuan village. This was actually the first time that I realized that there was an Outer Great Wall as well as an Inner Great Wall. The city of Datong is situated between the Inner and Outer Great Walls. The Outer Great Wall served as the “national boundary” and dividing line b e t w e e n t h e a g r i c u l t u r a l nationalities and the
nomadic nationalities. The Inner Great Wall was the second line of defense. Although most of the highways in the vicinity of Datong were quite good, the drive to the Outer Great Wall took well over an hour over some really poor areas of highway. The Outer Great Wall was an earthen structure with earthen watchtowers along both sides of the main wall. The remains of the wall were visible coming across the flat land to the east and continuing up and over mountains to the west. A small village was built along the southern portion of a remaining section of the wall. After I walked through the village and along a portion of the wall, I returned to my car for our drive back to my hotel. 53
On Tuesday morning, August 6, I met Mr. Wang at 7:30 AM to go south to Heng Mountain (Hengshan). The weather forecast called for rain by the afternoon. I was informed that the Hanging Temple that I had planned to visit had been closed for maintenance following some sort of rock slide problem and that I would only be able to view it from a distance. In addition, I was informed that the cableway at Hengshan had also been closed for maintenance. I decided to continue to Hengshan anyway, and we traveled very good highways for our journey. The Hanging Temple is located on the sheer cliff of the Golden Dragon Gorge at Hengshan Mountain.
The temple is 1,500 years old and was built during 471 and 523 of the Northern Wei Dynasty. It is considered to be the number one wonder of Hengshan. The gate faces south and there are forty halls, towers, and pavilions in the temple. The temple contains more than 80 statues of bronze, iron, clay, and stone. As we approached Hengshan, I was able to observe people actually visiting the Hanging Temple. When we arrived at the parking area for the temple, we found that today was the first day that the temple re-opened following the rock slide problem. What a lucky break for me as the morning sun pattern was perfect for photos of the temple. I hiked up to the temple and through the temple 54
northern-most of China’s five sacred mountains. I hiked Haushan, the western-most of the five sacred mountains, about a year ago. Hengshan will be my second sacred mountain in China.
while meeting many Chinese people who wanted photos with me. During my visit to the temple, the clouds began forming and it began to look like rain might be imminent.Despite the clouds, after visiting the Hanging Temple, I decided to continue on to the cableway to verify that it was still closed for maintenance. Much to our surprise, we found the cableway to be
operating. Today was also the first day that the cableway had reo p e n e d a f t e r maintenance. Mr. Wang could hardly believe just how lucky I had been with both the Hanging Temple and the Hengshan Cableway. I attribute part of my luck to the Air China Baby Dragon that Peng had given to me on my Air China flight to Beijing. Hengshan is the
As we drove up the mountain road to the Hengshan Square parking area, the clouds began to dissipate and we once again had bright sunshine. I took the cableway about half-way up the mountain to the Hengshan station and began hiking around Hengshan to enjoy the stunning views and visit many of the structures, palaces, and temples on the mountain. After hiking around Hengshan to the Sister-in-Law Cliff and the Deyi Nunnery temple, I returned to the cableway for the ride back down to visit a temple adjacent to the parking area. 55
With bright sunshine prevailing, we decided to visit the Sakya Pagoda in Yingxian County which was built during the second year of the Liao Dynasty. The tourist literature describes Sakya Pagoda as the largest pure wood construction still existing in the world. The pagoda is 67.31 meters high and weighs more than 7,000 tons. There are more than 40 murals and statues within the pagoda, and sightseeing. interior photography is Datong City has had a prohibited. history of coal mining for After such good luck with several hundred years and the weather, the Hanging has recently been taking Temple, and the Hengshan steps to improve the air and cableway, I decided to take environmental quality of t h e f o l l o w i n g d a y , the city. Many industries are Wednesday, as a relaxing moving or have already day at the hotel to work on relocated to industrial parks editing photos. This turned away from Datong City. It out to be another lucky appeared to me that coal decision as it rained all day p r o d u c t i o n a c t i v i t i e s , Wednesday. I arranged for including associated coal Mr. Wang to meet me on trucking and coal rail Thursday morning for some hauling, are being cut back D a t o n g C i t y l o c a l with an emphasis on 56
environmental quality and green energy. Mr. Wang explained to me that what appeared to be a modern nuclear power plant complex was actually producing electricity by coal and there was not a trace of smoke in the air. There is also an emphasis on solar and wind turbine production for electricity.
In any event, I was surprised that the Datong City air quality was quite good. Datong City has also embarked on the construction of a new wall around the old city area of Datong, complete with and exterior moat. Remnants of what appeared to be portions of the old earthen city wall still remain near the n e w c i t y w a l l construction. Many new low rise buildings have been constructed facing new wide streets. Portions of the old city residential areas remain in areas behind the new low rise buildings. Outside the city walled area is the area of the new city with high rise office and residential buildings. Mr. Wang met me Thursday morning, and we set off for some local Datong City sightseeing.
Our first stop was at the entrance to a pedestrian street. Mr. Wang told me to walk along the street more than 100 meters to the Kungzi Temple, a Confucian temple. Upon arriving at the temple, I was impressed at the immense size of the temple complex and the beauty of the structures, murals, and statues. While walking back to my car, I met a beautiful young Chinese lady dressed in red who posed for me to photograph her; she became my favorite person photo of this trip to China. Our next stop was at the Drum Tower, a local landmark in the middle of the intersection of four major streets near the center of the old city area. We continued on to visit the Huayan Monastery which Mr. Wang referred to as the city Temple. It faced a beautiful large 57
square with a beautiful fountain. The monastery was also a very large and beautiful temple complex. Actually, all of the temple complexes that I visited in Datong City were very large with beautiful murals and statues.
portions of the old city residential areas. While walking through the old city, I came across two more temple complexes off the beaten path – the Dijun Temple and the Guandi Temple. Both of these temples were very beautiful, and I was glad We continued on to visit that I discovered them. the famous Nine Dragon I departed Datong on Screen which is one of several dragon screens that are situated within Datong City. Before finishing our local sightseeing tour, we visited the Fuhua Temple complex, the Five Dragon Screen, the Shanhua Monastery, and a mosque.
Sunday, August 11, to continue on to Thailand before returning home. Although several people had told me to expect much air pollution at Datong, I found it to have pretty good air quality. It is obvious that the Chinese Government is making strides to make Datong City a good place to live and to visit.
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FOOD FANTASTIC
HOT PICKLE SALAD
INGREDIENTS: Finely Chopped Red Chili 23 Cucumber Pickle 2 Chili Pickle 3-4 Finely Chopped Capsicum Half Finely Chopped Carrot 1 Finely Chopped Spring Onion 2-3 sticks Finely Chopped Garlic 3-4 cloves Crushed Black Pepper 1 tsp Vinegar 2 tbsp Worcester Sauce 2 tbsp Olive Oil 1 tsp
METHOD: take a 2-3 finely chopped crushed red chili,2 cucumber pickel, 3-4 chili pickel, ½ finely chopped capsicum, 1 finely chopped carrot , 2-3 strands finely of spring, 1 tsp of crushed black pepper , 2 tbsp of vinegar, 2 tbsp of oyester sauce, mix it well into a salad and take it out in a serving platter. Now add 1 tsp of olive oil , heat the oil add 3-4 garlic cloves and lightly fry the garlic and pour on the salad and serve it. 60
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INGREDIENTS: Chicken (Pieces) 500 grams Soya Sauce 4 tbsp Ginger Garlic Paste 1 tbsp Crushed Black Pepper 1 tsp Corn Flour 1 tbsp Olive Oil 2-3 tbsp Sesame Seeds Oil 1 tsp Salt to taste
METHOD : Take a mixing bowl add 4 tbsp of soya sauce , 1 tbsp of ginger garlic paste , 1 tsp of crushed black pepper and 1 tbsp of corn flour , 1tsp of sesame seeds oil and to taste salt mix it well make a marnination. Now add 500 grams chicken and steam the chicken in 20-25 minutes. Take a grill pan add 2-3 tbsp of olive oil ½ kg of chicken pieces when its cook and grill marks appear on chicken. Now take it out in a serving platter and serve it. 61
ANJEER KA HALWA
INGREDIENTS: Fig 250 grams Semolina 250 grams Khoya 250 grams Milk 500 grams Sugar ½ cup Crushed Green Cardamom ½ tsp Clarified Butter ½ cup
Method First take 250 grams of fig wash it and make a paste. Take a cooking pan add ½ cup of clarified butter add ½ tsp of crushed green cardamom when its popping add 250 grams of fig paste , 250 grams of semolina , 250 grams of khoya and ½ cup of sugar and roasted then add ½ kg of milk and mix it when the mixture is thicken roasted until the clarified butter comes up. At last take it out in a serving bowl and serve it.
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The movie Insurgent, the second in the Divergent big screen series, raises the stakes for Tris as she searches for allies and answers in the ruins of a futuristic Chicago. Tris (Shailene Woodley) and Four (Theo James) are now fugitives on the run, hunted by Jeanine (Kate Winslet), the leader of the power-hungry Erudite elite. Racing against time, they must find out what Tris's family sacrificed their lives to protect, and why the Erudite leaders will do anything to stop them. Haunted by her past choices but desperate to protect the ones she loves, Tris, with Four at her side, faces one impossible challenge after another as they unlock the truth about the past and ultimately the future of their world. The film is based on author Veronica Roth's New York Times best-seller of the same name. Divergent, the first film in the series, grossed nearly $300 million at the global box office, and Veronica Roth's Divergent book series has sold 30 million copies around the world. TH
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When Earth is taken over by the overlyconfident Boov, an alien race in search of a new place to call home, all humans are promptly relocated, while all Boov get busy reorganizing the planet. But when one resourceful girl, Tip (Rihanna), manages to avoid capture, she finds herself the accidental accomplice of a banished Boov named Oh (Jim Parsons). The two fugitives realize there's a lot more at stake than intergalactic relations as they embark on the road trip of a lifetime. Almost Home is a short film (shown before Mr. Peabody & Sherman) that is a prequel to this movie, Home. Confused? You'll be more so, watching the trailer below, which Dreamworks/Fox say is a trailer for Home, but looks as if it is the whole short film Almost Home. Who knows? Also, Happy Smekday was the original name for the movie Home. TH
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RELEASING ON 13 MAR Crime thriller film directed by Prawaal Raman. The film is a biopic of an infamous conman Charles Sobhraj and stars Randeep Hooda, Adil Hussain and Richa Chadda in pivotal roles. The film tells the story of the 'Bikini Killer' of the 70s and also captures the famous Tihar jail break of 1986
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his is the 11th Cricket World Cup, jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand from 14 February to 29 March 2015. 14 teams will play 49 matches in 14 venues, with Australia staging 26 games at grounds in Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Hobart, Melbourne,Perth and Sydney while New Zealand hosts 23 games in Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Hamilton, Napier, Nelson and Wellington. The final match of the tournament will take place at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Pakistan vs Zimbabwe World Cup Match Final Playing XI, Preview, Timing 1st March 2015. Pak vs Zim ODI Match Timetable, News, Team Squad, Prediction, Preview that is played on 1st March 2015. Very disappointing performance by the Pakistan in this ICC.
Its the 29th ODI match of ICC Cricket World Cup 2015. The match would played on 7th March 2015 and this was a gathering match between South Africa vs Pakistan. Last match of the group stage at this world cup will play at 15th March. In this match Pakistan will play against coming to play 3rd world cup Ireland from Pool B. Match will held at Adelaide Oval Stadium, Adelaide. 1992 world cup winner and 2007 world cup super-8 played Ireland will play their second world cup by this.
25th ODI ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 is between Pakistan and United Arab Emirates. This Match will be start 4 Mar, 2015 in venue at McLean Park, Napier. Match would start 14:00 local | 01:00 GMT | 05:00 PKT. This would be a vital and intriguing match between Pakistan vs South Africa.
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