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Stop praising Sachin Tendulkar, Taliban warn Pakistan media ISLAMABAD: The banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan has asked Pakistani media groups to refrain from praising Indian cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar. In a video message, Taliban spokesperson Shahidullah Shahid, flanked by two AK-47 wielding masked men, talks about Sachin's farewell to international cricket. "There is this Indian cricket player Sachin Tendulkar. It was unfortunate to see Pakistani media go to great extent to pay tribute to him," Shahid said in the video message. "On the other hand, it was sad to know same Pakistani media badly criticized captain Misbah-ul-Haq. No matter how good Tendulkar is, don't praise him because he is Indian. No matter how bad Misbah-ul-Haq plays, he should be praised because he is a Pakistani," the video shows the Taliban spokesperson as saying. The Pakistan media had extensively covered Tendulkar and his farewell speech was covered live. Pakistan media praised Tendulkar after he retired from the game on November 16. Newspapers paid rich tributes to Sachin saying "the game of cricket will surely be the poorer without him". Dawn wrote Tendulakar's retirement marks the end of a truly memorable career that spanned nearly a quarter of a century. Rated by critics and contemporaries as arguably the greatest postwar batsman to have played the game, Tendulkar continued to rewrite the record books with his brilliant batting skills since making his debut against Pakistan in Karachi way back in 1989, it had said. The Express Tribune and Daily Times wrote Tendulkar is rightly considered the most complete batsman of his age, possessing every shot in the book and having the ability to both, tear apart bowling attacks and to control his natural aggression to suit the needs of his team. Insaaf, an Urdu daily, wrote 'Tendulkar like cricketers are not born every day. His is widely loved and respected.' His fans must be sad as "cricket without him is surely the poorer." http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Stop-praising-Sachin-Tendulkar-Taliban-warn-Pakistan-media/articleshow/26510178.cms

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Now Taliban will decide who should the pakistani media praise and who they shouldn't ? Feel bad for pakistanis on this one, They were ruled by the british for 400 years and now by afghanis :cantstop:

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He said "Misbah ul haq kitne bhi ghatiya darje ka khiladi kyun na ho, uski tareef karo kyun ki woh Pakistani hi" :cantstop: The hatred against Misbah ul Haq is not limited to mainstream Pakistani. Even the Taliban have joined the bandwagon.

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They dont accept Pakistani govt ' date= Constitution and Courts , thn why the hell they are intrested in Pakistani Cricket ???? ****ing *******s .... :mad:
Pakistan Govt. accepts them.
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ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani Taliban has said it will target journalists and media organisations for "fabricating" the statement of its spokesperson asking news outlets not to pay tribute to cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar on his retirement. The shura council of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, headed by its new chief Mullah Fazlullah, decided to attack the journalists and media organisations which had carried statement of their spokesman Shahidullah Shahid regarding Tendulkar and Pakistani cricket team captain Misbah-ul-Haq. "In Tuesday's meeting, we decided to target only journalists and media organisations which twisted the recent statement of Shahidullah Shahid and tried to tarnish Taliban's image nationally and internationally," an unnamed senior Taliban leader and member of the shura was quoted as saying by The News daily. "The task has been given to a select group of people within the Taliban to collect information about the journalists and media organisations who fabricated statement of the spokesman," he said. An initial clipped video of the TTP spokesperson was circulated on social media networks which showed TTP spokesperson criticising the Pakistani media over its coverage of Tendulkar. However, a longer video with his full remarks showed that he was not criticising the media but saying that those opposed to referring to dead militants as martyrs are like persons who do not want Tendulkar to be praised because he is an Indian. Even after the emergence of the full video, some local and many international media continued to report that Taliban had warned Pakistani media for the coverage of Tendulkar. In another development, TTP's Fazlullah removed senior commander Asmatullah Shaheen Bhittani as the chief of the banned group's central shura in a bid to make his grip stronger over the Pakistani Taliban, the report said In his place, Fazlullah has appointed his deputy Sheikh Khalid Haqqani as the new chief of central shura. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/series-tournament/sachin-tendulkar-hangs-his-boots/top-stories/Will-target-news-outlets-over-false-report-on-Tendulkar-Pakistani-Taliban/articleshow/26852472.cms

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