Re: Our Stupid Nation - Pakistanese
It is point of shame for us Pakistanis as far as what is happening here in Pakistan. I visited The Mall & other parts of Inner city of Lahore during strike & thanx to Allah that I am still alive after witnessing the direct firing of arms by authorities & troublemakers.
Instead of peaceful protest we are destroying the property of our fellow pakistanis in the name of protest. Instead of personal accoutability we destroy the public property purchased by the TAX money, destroy Levi's or KFC in the name of islam.
How muslim are we when we destroy the motorcycle of a poor pakistani, who got loan and purchased a motorbike so that he can commute around with his wife & children, in the name of Islam?
^ thats what i call an "ugly face of politics".
Well ur country's administration must close all the fundamentalists-running-madrassas, else u'll get used to of these kinda 'fake' riots which'll continue ruining ur nation and ofcourse 'original' Islam !
i was planning on going to Pakistan but i think i’ll cancel my trip until the winter or next year even!!!
If other communities had shown a less insular attitude, they might have made their cities a center of all these ideas. Jamate Islami and other Islamic parties of pre-partition India were with Indian National Congress. Their leaders moved to Lahore/Karachi only after the partition and made them these cities centers of their activities. I’d like to request the present day Congress (and their Pakistani supporters) to take their ideological supporters back to Delhi. I’m not going to shed a tear. With all due respect, most of these national leaders have come from non-Punjabi areas and made Lahore a center-stage because they understand the significance (good or bad) of the city. Qazi sahib once said that he considers himself a lahori now. I accept him as part of Lahore even if Lahore has nothing in common with his political ideology. Bhutto was no exception. The love Lahoris gave him moved him to tears. I don’t think he got bigger rallies from anywhere else. You have to give this credit to Punjabis. They can love non-Punjabis more than their own people. That is why these ideolgiocal battles are fought in that city. I wonder if Punjabis have been too tolerant?
There are the same conspiracy theories about Lahore recycled every now and then. Quota supporters! How come? The quota system is a bigger problem in Sindh where they have even urban and rural quota. And that is totally unjustified. But speaking against this hypocrisy is going to offend a lot of friends of mine. The quota system is put in place by the people who can’t compete against the rest. But let’s be pragmatic and give a few seats to the people of the underdeveloped areas like FATA etc. They kind of deserve it, but they should change themselves in a better way. The other thing that people here bring against Punjabis is water issues. Like the serfs of the feudals in Sindh can have a voice of their own! And whoever told you that Punjabis control media? PTV is controlled by whoever is in power(Punjabi or no-Punajbi). Whatever suits his interests. Look closely at all the other top journos and TV channels and you’d know who controls media in Pakistan. BTW, most films produced in Pakistan in 2005 were Pashtoo films.