Re: Dubai - Towering achievement
To all the skeptics here, can I ask something...We as Pakistanis, came here (mostly educated) looking for a better oppurtunity & we did get recognition. This was during the oil boom in 60s. Most of the Pakistanis I know got UAE passports, for a job well done. We built the Emirates airlines, we made Khaleej Times, a leading newspaper in the Gulf, we made Al Futtaim enterprises, & the list goes on, but did we really capitalize, & bring back the success to our homeland...NO...a BIG NO.
We were a country in 1947, this was only in 1971. What labor...these people are paid, & they know that they will be doing hard work, same goes for the labor back in Pakistan, u think that beautiful diplomatic enclave or Badshahi masjid was built by prime ministers & beaureaucrats...NO...they were slaves, the same thing which u are calling these people who built this magnificent tower...Burj in arabic. They had money, even before most of u were born, & I'm talking loads. Check guiness book of world records, who has the highest GDP back in 1980...Abu Dhabi. But did they build a tower back then...NO. Coz they didn't have the expertise.
The government laid a plan in 1994, to educate every citizen in UAE, & the biggest initiative was a $10 billion...yes read BILLION funding from the vice president himself. This is the sort of leadership every citizen wants. Not nawaz asshole & benazir *****. They pushed their citizens into the best of colleges, & universities, so that they can benefit.
Labor from Pakistan & other countries u say, I ask u, where the fuk is our leadership, what the fuk are they doing in brand new S class & 740ils, when they shud be concentrating on the education & healthcare of our country.
Dont be jealous, this is the reflection of hard work, undertaken by Pakis & Indis alike, under a great leadership.
Building the largest tower glorifies the work u have done for ur own citizens, regardless of what they did or did not with other country citizens residing in this same country.
This country has helped Pakistan in the most difficult of times. We are a part of it, I am a part of it, & Im proud of it.
May Allah bless this country with more prosperity & success. Ameen.