Re: The Pakistani-American dilemma: Guests or citizens?
Sindsagar, I am a Pakistani MOFA diplobrat. Meaning I have spent all my life until the age of 23 dealing with Pakistanis abroad in my personal capacity and them trying to use me to get my father to do things on their behalf.
I have had Pakistanis show up to my university to ask for favors under false pretenses and I have had them thrown out. The people you speak off are small minute cases. Most expats all they do is *****. Be it at Presidential functions or Q&As with Musharraf.
The sad part is that at one point during the 60th GA of the UN Musharraf asked the Permanent Mission here to organize a large Q&A session with Pakistani students and expats. The entire hour was a ***** fest about Pakistan. This second generation at no point asked what can be done to fix it. It was all a ***** fest. After that half of those idiots want the Pakistani embassy to help them get jobs with the UN.
PA is a perfect example. The good news gets ignored. I and on occasion Phoenix actually post positive news about Pakistan but it gets ignored.
Why? Because second generation Pakistanis spend most of their time *****ing about Pakistan. That is why. I dislike Pakistanis or an individual who spends more time *****ing about their homeland instead of working on ideas to fix them.
There are a few who do really care, but by and large the Pakistani population abroad *****es without helping out and always seem to know how to fix things without having any direct experience in the matter. Mashallah. Its like a plumber giving you medical advice.