Re: Malala hamari beti hai…
If all you need is a ‘condemnation’ (urdu ‘muzammat’), then why dont we just set up a printing press in Pakistan dedicated to printing condemnation statements, with a blank, where the politician can put in his name? That is what happens with the govt in power any way. 1 person is killed in Karachi…and Rehman Malik muzammat karta hai. 50 people are killed in Karachi, and Rehman Malik shadeed muzammat karta hai. And Im sure the relatives of the victims are thinking, oh, now that the honorable Malik has condemned the murder of our son, we feel so much better.
In Pakistan, condemnation is worth the paper its printed on.
As for Malala becoming Ann Frank, well if she does, more power to her. But how does that answer my questions? Do all other victims of terrorism, car accidents, robberies, muggings, or plain old age deserve any less medical treatment than Malala? It is the responsibility of the ruling power to provide such services across the board without any prejudice. In the west, if you go into a hospital, they do not ask you how you got that gunshot wound, or whether you have any money to pay for it. The first thign they do is fix you up with the best care they have. Then come the questions. In Pakistan, its the other way around. If you dont have any currency (financial or political), you are as good as a dead animal.
Yesterday the head of Neurosurgery in Agha Khan Hospital, Karachi, was talking to BBC, and he was asked as to why Malala was sent to London? Is medical care not available for her in Pakistan? He sounded quite embarrassed, not professionally, but politically. He made it clear that Pakistan had all the facilities that would have been needed by Malala…and more importantly, the most delicate part had already been taken care of. And that she was sent abroad more for political reasons than medical.
If a person becomes a ‘mard’ by issuing a ‘condemnation’, then our President and Interior Minister must be high class studs by now.