Umair Sadiq (MBA, MCIM, CMktr)

Business Growth, Marketing & Sustainability/ Circularity geek | Affiliate Institute of Consulting | ex @TEDxSalford

[Farhad Jarral @FarhadJarralPK]

Being brutally honest about the state of Pakistan’s middle class: one medical emergency and you’re broke. Lose your job and you’re on the street. This was never normal, not that I’ve known in my lifetime.

A medical doctor called me today asking help for concessions on his own child’s delivery at a private clinic in Islamabad. Professionals here live in debt, spend years just trying to pay it off, get harassed by debt collectors, and some don’t survive the weight of it.

This misery goes completely unheard while the country celebrates national milestones and international wins. Progress means nothing if the people living through it are quietly breaking.

[Rashid Latif | 🇵🇰 @iRashidLatif68]

The pace of Pakistani fast bowlers has drastically declined due to a combination of relentless workloads, severe physical injuries, and a systemic shift towards short-form T20 cricket training.

Once globally feared for producing express-pace legends who comfortably cleared the 145–150 km/h threshold, modern Pakistani bowling units frequently operate in the low-to-mid 130 km/h range, with many front-line seamers occasionally dropping into the 120s.

A breakdown of the primary reasons for this decline includes:

1. Chronic Overwork and Mismanaged Injuries

The "Shaheen Afridi" Case: Shaheen's rapid dip in speed is a primary indicator of the crisis. Before a major knee injury, he was Pakistan's lethal spearhead. Following his return, his consistent velocity noticeably dropped, occasionally hovering around the mid-130s and even hitting the mid-120s in red-ball matches.

Prioritizing Longevity over Speed: Due to recurring injuries and intense cricket schedules, active modern pacers are intentionally holding back their effort to prolong their careers.

2. T20 Centricity and Loss of Bowler Endurance Missing Red-Ball Rhythm: Former fast bowler and coach Umar Gul noted that a lack of Test cricket frequency prevents players from developing the required bowling muscle memory and stamina.

Short-Spell Focus: Modern players are accustomed to high-intensity four-over T20 bursts. Consequently, they lack the physical conditioning required to sustain high speeds across multiple long spells in a Test innings.

3. Selection Shift to Medium-Seamers
Tactical Choices: Recent squads have relied heavily on traditional fast-medium line-and-length seamers such as Mohammad Ali, Mohammed Abbas , and Khurram Shahzad.

Struggling Speed Averages: During recent international matches, the collective unit regularly failed to hit the 140 km/h mark. Key pacers averaged between 125 km/h and 136 km/h, leaving the team devoid of express, intimidating speed.

[Umair Sadiq (MBA, MCIM, CMktr) @Sadiq_Umair]

@ZulfiqarAhmed69 Believable… heard a lot of the halal chicken and shawarma hanging rolls in tge UK are prepared in Poland

[Sheri. @CallMeSheri1_]

In this ICC video, Jay Shah appears more times than Temba Bavuma and Aiden Markram.

Never seen such PR for any ICC chairman in the past. https://t.co/qtYyqc24QK

[Jemima Goldsmith @Jemima_Khan]

Below is a THREAD with some shorter clips of the most important messages from my boys’ interview regarding their father’s incarceration.

Please share if you can.

1) His conditions in jail

[Umair Sadiq (MBA, MCIM, CMktr) @Sadiq_Umair]

@gandapure1 @NStaffsLMC @BMA_GP @doctor_katie Exciting. All the best!

[Faizan Lakhani @faizanlakhani]

Mohammad Asif: Pakistan's most decorated snooker player.
- 3 individual amateur world championships titles.
- 2 world team championship titles, one world team runner up.
- Winner of 2013 Asian 6 reds snooker championship.
- Runner-up of 2019 World 6-reds Snooker Championship.

[England Cricket @englandcricket]

Ashes winner. World Cup winner. Legend.

Thank you, Mo ❤️

[Faizan Lakhani @faizanlakhani]

Last month, when Arshad Nadeem won the Olympic gold medal, his name echoed everywhere for weeks, and rightly so, because his achievement was monumental.
Yesterday, Haider Ali won a bronze medal in the Paralympics—adding to the three Paralympic medals he had already won, including gold. Yet, within 24 hours, Haider's name seems to be fading from conversation. I am deeply disappointed that we, as a society, aren't giving Haider Ali the recognition and respect he truly deserves.

[Roshan Rai @RoshanKrRaii]

Neeraj Chopra's mother says “ I am happy with the silver, the guy who got gold ( Arshad Nadeem) is also my child, everyone goes there after doing a lot of hard work”

what grace from Neeraj Chopra's mother, something that people can learn a lot from ♥️

Most beautiful video on the internet today.

#JavelinThrow #Paris2024

[BBC Sport @BBCSport]

An Olympic record and Pakistan's first-ever athletic gold 👏

Arshad Nadeem has made history! ❤️

#BBCOlympics #Olympics #Paris2024

[Fakhr-e-Alam S.I & S.E @falamb3]

Tears of joy….I can’t describe this feeling of happiness….all complete and absolute credit to @ArshadOlympian1 ….. this is all his hard work….the nation salutes you hero….🇵🇰❤️🇵🇰❤️🇵🇰❤️🇵🇰

[Fasi Zaka @fasi_zaka]

I support this. Pakistan must consider it.

[Aatif Nawaz @AatifNawaz]

He's done it! Arshad Nadeem ends Pakistan's 32 year wait for an Olympic medal by taking the Gold in the Men's Javelin event in Paris. One of the finest achievements in Pakistani sporting history.

[Faizan Lakhani @faizanlakhani]

BREAKING NEWS:
Gold Medal.
Mubarak Pakistan
Shukriya, Arshad Nadeem.
First ever individual gold medal in Olympics for Pakistan. First ever medal in athletics, and first gold in any discipline in the last 40 years.
🇵🇰🇵🇰🏅🏅🇵🇰🇵🇰🏅🏅

[Faizan Lakhani @faizanlakhani]

Alaaàaaaadiiiii
Massive throw of 92.97m by Arshad Nadeem.
New Olympic Record
New Asia Record

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

This is a speech for the ages. What a speech. The moment, the place, the tone, the delivery. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[Bassem Youssef @Byoussef]

I am so thrilled and so excited to join my friend @mehdirhasan on his quest to find someone with three functioning brain cells to join him on #zateo . I am hanging on my last one

[Aina J. Khan | عین جبین خان @ainajkhan]

The former U.K. PM, @trussliz, is openly fanning Islamophobic and racist dog whistles about Asian grooming gangs and extremism, when discussing the Rochdale by-election. Where is the condemnation? I just shot a story in Rochdale last week. Many British Muslim Asian voters I spoke to will cast a vote for George Galloway who has been criticised for his political opportunism. But it’s not because they’re a bunch of political idiots or extremists. It’s an intelligent protest vote for “the least worst candidate” as one person from Rochdale told me, entirely because of Gaza and the death of innocent civilians this government has turned more than a blind eye to. The results of this by-election will be an utter indictment on @UKLabour for not nurturing a strong political opposition. Truss’s words are an indictment on the @Conservatives who let’s face it, have for a while been brazenly Islamophobic. It’s just now they’ve dropped the sheep’s clothing.

[Nadz @nadzfeministah]

I stayed at the polling station in my village representing ANP.

Our village lost for the 1st time to PTI. We never lost b4, not even 5 years ago, when PTI won all Swat.

Every woman who voted PTI said, “we r voting Sehat card”

I’ll write about my whole experience &y ANP lost.