Another website reported today that the current series of Pakistan -v- India cricket matches attracts more attention from the public than politics.

At first I was sceptical, but a colleague who has just returned from Pakistan stated the State of Emergency and politics was disregarded by most Pakistani's. Politicians are held in low esteem and reported that Musharraf was finished.

I recall The Economist earlier this year reported that Pakistan only had two working national institutions: the Army and the national cricket team.

So perhaps cricket is more important to the "man in the street".

davidbfpo