Re: Sorry, I am born to a Pakistani but cannot read Urdu
I’d hate to be rude, but that is utterly ridiculous. You don’t have to speak the language spoken in a country in order to be informed about current events in said country or have an understanding of the local people’s opinions about said current events. It is quite possible to read or hear about current events taking place in a certain country in a language other than that country’s official language. For example, you don’t have to speak fluent Arabic to understand that the situation in Syria is appalling and that the average people living there are rather unhappy and troubled about it. Every major news publication in the world has asserted this at one point or another in a variety of languages and thus, it is quite easy for a person to become educated and up to date on this matter.
Similarly, it’s quite possible for Pakistanis living abroad to be informed about what’s going on in Pakistan through the variety of English language news mediums available. If we were to follow your logic, no one would ever be able to comment on any event taking place in any country whose language they didn’t speak and there would be no such concept as “world news.”
ajaz’s point was not about whats happening in the country. He was pointing towards, what an average Pakistani feels and thinks. We may agree or disagree with this view.