Umar Gul Road in NWFP

[haroonrasheed320]

One for the road

Naming streets after cricketers seems to be the latest way of recognising their achievements. Four months after Shivnarine Chanderpaul Drive, comes Umar Gul road. To acknowledge Gul's brilliant performance in the World Twenty20, the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) ministry for sports, culture and tourism in Pakistan has inaugurated a road in his name.The inauguration ceremony was held at the Peshawar Cantonment, in his hometown on Tuesday, and was attended by many, including Gul's family members. No word yet though on the speed limits. Congrats to Umar Gul on this achievement.

Sorry if this has been posted before.

[ace_allrounder]

Originally Posted by haroonrasheed320 One for the road Naming streets after cricketers seems to be the latest way of recognising their achievements. Four months after Shivnarine Chanderpaul Drive, comes Umar Gul road. To acknowledge Gul's brilliant performance in the World Twenty20, the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) ministry for sports, culture and tourism in Pakistan has inaugurated a road in his name.The inauguration ceremony was held at the Peshawar Cantonment, in his hometown on Tuesday, and was attended by many, including Gul's family members. No word yet though on the speed limits. Congrats to Umar Gul on this achievement. Sorry if this has been posted before.

Better than MOHTARMA SHAHEED BENAZIR BHUTTO ROAD anyday.
Atleast they have a reason to name the road after him.

[Extreme Pace]

No word yet though on the speed limits

[Golden arm]

its a pretty old news, within few weeks after winning t 20 world cup, this road was named after gul.
I appreciate this move, we need more and more sports personalities as our role models for younger generation rather than Fazal ullah etc.

[Zaka]

Originally Posted by ace_allrounder Better than MOHTARMA SHAHEED BENAZIR BHUTTO ROAD anyday. Atleast they have a reason to name the road after him.

Yes Very RYT

[eViLrAcEr]

There's Shahid Afridi street (the street where Shahid Afridi lives) and there's a Shahid Khan Afridi Road in karachi

[ace_allrounder]

Originally Posted by eViLrAcEr There's Shahid Afridi street (the street where Shahid Afridi lives) and there's a Shahid Khan Afridi Road in karachi

Does he still live in Gulshan Iqbal?

[cricketpassion]

I started this thread few weeks after pakistan won the worldcup but Mod removed the thread for some reason.anyway its nice to see some one else has started the thread again

[iHammad]

Cool thread.
Congratz to Gul

[Syndrome]

Originally Posted by ace_allrounder Does he still live in Gulshan Iqbal?

Yeah, my cousins live on the same block.

[The_Cricket_Devil]

Speed limit needs to be 90 mph

[kingusama92]

Nice to see they named a road after him. How are they going to factor in his reverse swinging yorkers?

[ace_allrounder]

Originally Posted by harisj Yeah, my cousins live on the same block.

I used to live there too(same block) but I havent visited Pakistan for YEARS.
I miss Karachi!

[JeeraBlade]

Originally Posted by ace_allrounder Does he still live in Gulshan Iqbal?

Is Gulshan-e-Iqbal named after ?

[Qelic]

Originally Posted by JeeraBlade Is Gulshan-e-Iqbal named after ?

BHANJA Town

[Brilliant_Boyd]

Congrats gul bhai

[haroonrasheed320]

Originally Posted by JeeraBlade Is Gulshan-e-Iqbal named after ?

Are you serious, but i think Javed Miandad deserves it as well even more than Umar Gul