India's discrimination against Pakistanis and Pakistani origin players in cricket

[mastermind_quad]

I think he has been to India earlier. Delay may be due to some newer issues related to his brother.

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Arsalan Khawaja jailed for framing UNSW colleague with a fake terror plot

The brother of Australian cricketer Usman Khawaja has been sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison for using a fake terror plot to frame a colleague.

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Khawaja scrawled blueprints about killing prominent politicians and attacking Sydney landmarks in a notepad he stole from the budding IT business analyst.

Mr Nizamdeen was charged with terror offences, grilled by detectives for hours without a lawyer, and spent four weeks in Goulburn Supermax before his charges were dropped.

NSW District Court Judge Robert Weber said Khawaja's "unforgivable" actions had "real and dire" consequences for Mr Nizamdeen.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-05/arsalan-khawaja-sentenced-for-unsw-fake-terror-plot/12851200

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Oh! this is news to me. I was not aware of it.
Usman's visa application might get rejected.

 

[mastermind_quad]

Oh! this is news to me. I was not aware of it.
Usman's visa application might get rejected.

I just saw the news his visa granted now.

 

[Buffet]

Oh! this is news to me. I was not aware of it.
Usman's visa application might get rejected.

I read in the thread earlier that visa was delayed, but he already has it.

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

so plz tell me that how does the risk get averted when two pakistanis come in and only the one with a dual passport is allowed

By running extensive background checks and scrutinising each and every application very extensively. Then the people getting visas need to report into a local police station every week about there whereabouts. In case of Khawaja it will be managed by BCCI.
In 2009 I had a German Pakistani colleague who came for a business trip for my company and same thing, the police came to his hotel room and our office every week just to be sure about his whereabouts.
There is no trust in Pakistan or Pakistani citizens in India to do the right thing.
We want our country to be safe and don’t want another Mumbai like situation.

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

so wait, a Pakistani player is a threat, but a pakisstani player who holds a pakistani passport and south african passport is not a threat?

If Babar Azam applies for a tourist visa tomorrow, he will go through same process.
Ask Wasim and Waqar and Ramiz who worked in India post 2008, same scrutiny and they need to report into a police station every week.
It’s a visa condition for a Pakistani citizen coming to India. Why? Because we are enemy countries.

 

[Suleiman]

Why will he go to a country which has a big board on the door saying people of his nationality are not welcome?

Your dedication to be willingly blind and accept every single one of your country’s policies no matter how ignorant they are is always fascinating to see.

 

[cricketjoshila]

Your dedication to be willingly blind and accept every single one of your country’s policies no matter how ignorant they are is always fascinating to see.

There is nothing wrong in the policy. Hostile relationship with a country is a red flag for visas.

 

[nuttyprof]

Your dedication to be willingly blind and accept every single one of your country’s policies no matter how ignorant they are is always fascinating to see.

I think calling policies which are well thought out and debated day in and day out, is a bit rich. I guess you need to get used to the fact, that India considers Pakistan as a hostile nation and a majority. Like it or not, India is a big market and exclusion of Pakistan does not make a difference to Indian economy(cricket or otherwise).

 

[daytrader]

Centurion Usman Khawaja ‘victim of BJP bigotry’
Australian writer slams Indian govt for cricketer’s ‘maltreatment’ over Pakistani roots.

The fact that Australian batsman Usman Khawaja was initially denied an Indian visa because of his Pakistani origins has been blamed on the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) by Australian sports writers and Indian cricket enthusiasts alike.

That Khawaja cracked a century at the first outing at Ahmedabad, where the prime ministers of India and Australia took an unusual lap of honour, was only a bittersweet outcome, said historian Ramchandra Guha in an interview with Karan Thapar on Saturday.

Prof Guha, a well-regarded cricket historian too, was commenting on the remarks by Malcolm Conn in The Sydney Morning Herald, slamming the denial of visa to Khawaja.

“When a well-regarded sports writer reflects on the attitude of India’s ruling party and its ecosystem toward Muslim sportspersons, it should make everyone sit up and take note,” wrote M.K. Venu in The Wire.

“Conn of The Sydney Morning Herald has brought out the rich irony of Usman Khawaja’s brilliant century on day one of the fourth Test match between India and Australia, which started after the well-choreographed chariot ride around the stadium by PM Narendra Modi, accompanied by his Australian counterpart,” The Wire report said.

Mr Guha said the treatment of Khawaja was “vicious and spiteful … and shows India in a poor light”. He added it “shames us … belittles us,” Prof Guha told Thapar.

Conn said two standout performances on the first day were by Usman Khawaja, who scored a century, and from Mohammed Shami on the Indian side, who took two out of four wickets. “Sadly, both Khawaja and Shami have been targets of bigotry flowing from the Hindu nationalist ecosystem in India,” The Wire reported.

Without mincing his words, Conn states that the “Hindu nationalist” government of the BJP sees “Khawaja not as one of Australia’s finest cricketers but as a Muslim born in Pakistan”.

Khawaja was initially refused a visa by the Indian government and couldn’t travel with the Aussie cricket team on Feb 1. Only later, after the Australian cricket administration intervened, did Khawaja get his visa.

“The fact that PM Modi was planning a triumphal chariot show may have helped Usman Khawaja get his visa after a delay. But the first instinct was to reject his visa application,” The Wire said.

“So Khawaja’s century has immense significance, scored at a venue in Gujarat named after Narendra Modi. It is also his first Test century in India. At the time of writing, he was still forcefully making a point with 180 runs on board. Indeed, Khawaja has been the best performing batsman for Australia during this series, even on pitches which favour spinners.”

The Wire said with his brilliant performance, Khawaja may have unwittingly provided a certain agency to the millions who feel very strongly about the divisive politics hurting India today. Pakistani cricket commentators who were popular with Indian audiences have disappeared as a result of the Indian ruling party’s bigotry.

And sadly, such developments have touched even sports writers far away in Australia.

Malcolm Conn not only empathises with Usman Khawaja but also expresses great solidarity with Mohammed Shami, who has been targeted by right-wing trolls in India from time to time. He recalls how Shami was targeted for India’s loss against Pakistan in the T-20 World Cup finals 18 months ago, and captain Virat Kohli came out strongly in his support.

“Targeting someone for his religion is the most pathetic thing that a human being can do. They have no understanding of how much effort we put on the field… They have no understanding of the fact that someone like Shami has won India matches in the last few years,” Kohli had said.

Dawn

 

[cricketjoshila]

Centurion Usman Khawaja ‘victim of BJP bigotry’
Australian writer slams Indian govt for cricketer’s ‘maltreatment’ over Pakistani roots.

The fact that Australian batsman Usman Khawaja was initially denied an Indian visa because of his Pakistani origins has been blamed on the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) by Australian sports writers and Indian cricket enthusiasts alike.

That Khawaja cracked a century at the first outing at Ahmedabad, where the prime ministers of India and Australia took an unusual lap of honour, was only a bittersweet outcome, said historian Ramchandra Guha in an interview with Karan Thapar on Saturday.

Prof Guha, a well-regarded cricket historian too, was commenting on the remarks by Malcolm Conn in The Sydney Morning Herald, slamming the denial of visa to Khawaja.

“When a well-regarded sports writer reflects on the attitude of India’s ruling party and its ecosystem toward Muslim sportspersons, it should make everyone sit up and take note,” wrote M.K. Venu in The Wire.

“Conn of The Sydney Morning Herald has brought out the rich irony of Usman Khawaja’s brilliant century on day one of the fourth Test match between India and Australia, which started after the well-choreographed chariot ride around the stadium by PM Narendra Modi, accompanied by his Australian counterpart,” The Wire report said.

Mr Guha said the treatment of Khawaja was “vicious and spiteful … and shows India in a poor light”. He added it “shames us … belittles us,” Prof Guha told Thapar.

Conn said two standout performances on the first day were by Usman Khawaja, who scored a century, and from Mohammed Shami on the Indian side, who took two out of four wickets. “Sadly, both Khawaja and Shami have been targets of bigotry flowing from the Hindu nationalist ecosystem in India,” The Wire reported.

Without mincing his words, Conn states that the “Hindu nationalist” government of the BJP sees “Khawaja not as one of Australia’s finest cricketers but as a Muslim born in Pakistan”.

Khawaja was initially refused a visa by the Indian government and couldn’t travel with the Aussie cricket team on Feb 1. Only later, after the Australian cricket administration intervened, did Khawaja get his visa.

“The fact that PM Modi was planning a triumphal chariot show may have helped Usman Khawaja get his visa after a delay. But the first instinct was to reject his visa application,” The Wire said.

“So Khawaja’s century has immense significance, scored at a venue in Gujarat named after Narendra Modi. It is also his first Test century in India. At the time of writing, he was still forcefully making a point with 180 runs on board. Indeed, Khawaja has been the best performing batsman for Australia during this series, even on pitches which favour spinners.”

The Wire said with his brilliant performance, Khawaja may have unwittingly provided a certain agency to the millions who feel very strongly about the divisive politics hurting India today. Pakistani cricket commentators who were popular with Indian audiences have disappeared as a result of the Indian ruling party’s bigotry.

And sadly, such developments have touched even sports writers far away in Australia.

Malcolm Conn not only empathises with Usman Khawaja but also expresses great solidarity with Mohammed Shami, who has been targeted by right-wing trolls in India from time to time. He recalls how Shami was targeted for India’s loss against Pakistan in the T-20 World Cup finals 18 months ago, and captain Virat Kohli came out strongly in his support.

“Targeting someone for his religion is the most pathetic thing that a human being can do. They have no understanding of how much effort we put on the field… They have no understanding of the fact that someone like Shami has won India matches in the last few years,” Kohli had said.

Dawn

Yes there are different rules for Pakistanis or Pakistani origin people and that's the way it is.

Lelis like Venu or congress stooges like Guha and Thapar didnt tell that the rules were made stricter by the congress government after Pakistani origin citizens of other nations were found to be involved in the Mumbai attacks.

And yes, Malcolm Conn can shove his objections where the sun doesn't shine. You come to India, you follow our rules. Just like he wanted the Indian cricket team to follow rules in Australia.

 

[Major]

Bump.

So Pakistani players can play in Indian owned teams in USA but not in Indian.

Text book discrimination