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Faras Ghani, 26 years old, born and bred in Karachi, a resident of London and Manchester at times and currently pursuing a journalism career in London.

My interests lie in football, cricket, bird-watching, photography, eating, sleeping, random theories and coming up with crazy ideas.

I can be found on msn (yung_foo0), on facebook, on twitter, on blogspot or by plain email (farasghani[at]yahoo.com)

Pakistan all out for 304

PAKISTAN were all out for 304 on the second morning of the third and final test against the West Indies in Karachi. inzi

Umer Gul was the last man to go bowled by Powell for an impressive 24. Kamran Akmal started well by striking successive boundaries off Taylor in the first over of the morning. Shahid Nazir, however, had his middle stump uprooted in the following over. West Indies took the second new ball in the 93rd over of the innings and reaped rewards straight away as Collymore bowled Kamran Akmal for 31.

Earlier Mohammad Yousuf rounded up a record-breaking penultimate innings of the year by hitting yet another century. The 102 he scored, his eight century of the year, helped him go past the record of 7 centuries held jointly Viv Richards and Arvinda de Silva. Yousuf also started his innings 148 runs shy of Viv Richards’ record of the most number of runs in a calendar year. He now needs 47 more to break that 30-year old record. Yousuf’s century was his fifth in successive matches thus equaling Jaques Kallis’ five and one behind Don Bradman’s record of six.

Apart from Yousuf’s effort on the pitch, Pakistan put on an otherwise dismal performance after winning the toss and batting first on a flat pitch that showed wear and tear right from the first morning. Mohammad Hafeez and Imran Farhat started well yet again but Hafeez’s expansive drive saw his off stump uprooted by Collymore. Younis’ aggressive 20 was ended when taking a non-existant single with the ball ending up in Powell’s follow through. Farhat struck some exquisite off-drives but succumbed to yet-another flash well outside his off stump for a 92-ball 47.

Struggling Inzamam and the in-form Yousuf shared a 68-run partnership but Inzamam’s bad run with the bat continued when he holed out to mid-off for only 18. Malik chipped in with an unspectacular 18 while Razzaq will have more criticism piled his way for an uncharacteristic, yet normal of late, seven off 50 deliveries.
In a match West Indies must win to take anything away from the test series, their vice captain Ramneresh Sarwan was brought back into the team at the surprise omission of Dave Mohammed. Pakistan, however, named an unchanged team; only the second time in their history that an unchanged team has played out the entire test series.

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life as a journo

I started writing at the age of 15 - much later than few I know involved in the field of journalism - as a contributor to an e-newsletter. I wasn't very good at it but kept pursuing it, so much so that I was forced to change career paths; landing into print journalism from computer science.

I have written on topics ranging from sports, politics and news to IT, fashion, entertainment and the world of pharmacy.

Landing free concert passes, chance to interview celebs and sports personalities and travelling around the globe on company expense, I am in love with the world of journalism.

Click here to view some of my contribution and payback, to this world.

my travelling experience

Pakistan - Karachi, Thatta, Islamabad, Pindi, Lahore, Peshawar, Gilgit, Murree, Faisalabad, Hyderabad, Multan
England - London, Manchester, Birmingham, Southampton, Portsmouth, Oxford, Salisbury, Coventry, Warwick, Sutton, Winchester, Liverpool, Bradford, Preston, Wigan, Suffolk, Stockport, Bolton, Bath, Brighton, Horsham
Wales - Cardiff
Scotland - Edinburgh, Glasgow
Ireland - Dublin
France - Paris
Spain - Reus, Barcelona
Turkey - Istanbul
USA - New York, Philadelphia, Lancaster, Swarthmore, Chicago, St Louis, Columbia, San Diego, OC, LA, Las Vegas, Washington DC
UAE - Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah

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the interest in photography

An interest in photography developed randomly and grew into a hobby that I started dedicating more than a few minutes to.

Covering cricket matches, fashion
shows, music concerts and randomly walking around with a camera, I have taken, and edited, a few photos that I like.

As before, comments welcome and appreciated.

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publications and employers

England
The Sun, Cricinfo, Asian News, Asian Woman, IWTV, Student Direct, LiverFM, ALL FM, City Life, Sensazn, AMG, Cricket Bloggers

Pakistan
Cricinfo, Dawn, Spider, Images, Dawn Magazine, Books & Authors, Sci-tech world, Star, Newsline, Herald, Xpoze, The News, getIT.pk, The Review, Right Solution

Also, IBM, Financial Times, Superdrug, Woolworth's, Ultima Thule, Exxon Mobil, GSK, Big Picture, Gekko, Frontline Focus, Barclaycard, 3G Hutchsion, JD Sports and many more.

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