What in Pakistan are you proud of ?

Re: What in Pakistan are you proud of ?

Everything about Pakistan is beautiful (weaknesses aside).

Its air…its fruit taste the best.. - like nowhere on earth… Its people…so dynamic…and capable of everything… Its very ideology and creation…Prime in the comity of nations.

Pakistan is something we cannot live without…Even if we are away…its stays with us all the time…it just runs in my veins.

And yes I love each and every inch of Pakistan…

If we love it we will improve it..

I live in Pakistan even though i had othe ropportunities elsewhere because i feel, even though i am nothing i can still contribute in some way.

And yes…besides the land…its people…amazing..

Last but not the least…we should be thankful to Allah for the beautiful gift He has given us = Pakistan.
:jhanda:

Re: What in Pakistan are you proud of ?

whether or not there is anti shia written on the walls is one thing and history of anti shia violence there is another.. the info below is not even complete, its just some sources I found, the violence has been around and this is notall of it especially as we look at the recorded events from 90s’

some other notes from 2004

10th October (Lahore): 6 killed in mosque (Shia) attack

7th October (Multan): 40 killed in a Sunni gathering

1st October (Sialkot): 30 killed in a Shia mosque

31st May (Karachi): 20 killed inside a Shia mosque

30th May (Karachi): An elderly Sunni cleric Mufti Nizamuddin Shamzai shot dead

14th May (Lahore): 6 members of a Shia family shot dead

7th May (Karach0): 15 devotees killed inside a Shia mosque

or if we want to go back in time..Yahoo | Mail, Weather, Search, Politics, News, Finance, Sports & Videos

Year 2006
Apr 18, FAISALABAD: Religious scholar Fazal Alvi and driver killed on Jail Rd (more)
Apr 11, KARACHI: Top leadership of Sunni Tehrik among 50 killed by suicide bomber in Nishtar Park (more)
Apr 06, KARACHI: Allama Hasan Turabi escapes bid on life in a bomb blast (more)
Feb 09, HANGU: 41 died in two bomb blasts on Ashura mourners, violence (more)
Feb 05, TANK: Bomb blast in procession injured seven (more)

Year 2005
Sep 14, QUETTA: Ejaz Hasan and Ayaz Ali shot dead in Sariab area (more)
May 30, KARACHI: 2 terrorists among 5 killed in attack on Imambargah Madinatul Ilm in Gulshan-i-Iqbal (more)
May 27, ISLAMABAD: Suicide blast at Bari Imam shrine killed 20 (more)
March 19, FATEHPUR: 45 killed in blast at shrine of Pir Syed Rakheel Shah in Gandava (more)

March 8, KARACHI: Excise official Naqi Abbas Naqvi shot dead in Gulbahar (more)
February 18, QUETTA: Two ‘suicide bombers’ of Lashkar-i-Jhangvi killed near Ashura procession (more)
January 8, GILGIT: Shia leader Agha Ziauddin and 2 bodyguards killed (more)

Year 2004
December 29, DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Afeef Abbas Shah advocate shot dead near Court (more)
December 26, CHIRTAL: Two killed and 5 vehicles set on fire at Agha Khan Health Service (more)
October 10, LAHORE: Suicide bomber killed 3 Shias at Jamia Masjid Kashmirian in Mochi Gate (more)
October 1, SIALKOT: 31 Shias killed, 50 wounded in Zainabia mosque blast (more)
September 25, QUETTA:DSP Nisar Kazmi and 3 others shot dead in Wahdat Colony (more)
September 11, QUETTA: Educationist Prof Syed Attique Hassan Naqvi shot dead (more)
June 26, LAHORE: Pir Binyamin Rizvi, driver and body guard shot dead near Punjab University New Campus (more)
June 6, MULTAN: Shia Gynaecologist Dr Suraiya Nisar shot dead in DG Khan (more)
May 31, KARACHI: 25 Shias died in Ali Raza mosque bombing: 38 injured (more)
May 24, MULTAN: Shia activist Haji Nazir Hussain Magsi killed in Muzaffargarh (more)
May 20, JHANG: Attempt to burn a Shia Imambargah by a mob of 40 near Jhang in Kotwali (more)
May 14, LAHORE: Shia family of 6 shot dead in Mughalpura (more)
May 7, KARACHI: 26 Shias died in Sindh Madressatul Islam mosque bombing: 98 injured (more)

March 2, QUETTA: 48 Shias Killed 140 injured in suicide attacks on religious procession (more)(Photo)
March 2, MANDI BAHAUDDIN: 2 Shias killed and 53 injured in Phalia clash (more)
March 2, MAILSI & GILGIT: Imambargah attacked, mourning procession stopped, Arms seized (more)
February 28, RAWALPINDI: Suicide Bomber dies in suicide attack on imambargah in Satellite Town (more)(Photo)
February 16, GILGIT: 3 Shias injured in blast at Imambargah (more)
January 15, KARACHI: 14 injured in bomb attack on Holy Trinity Church (more)

Year 2003
December 21, DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Rajab Ali Shah, SP of NWFP, and son shot dead near DI Khan (more)
October 7, ISLAMABAD: Two Imambargahs set on fire, Shia citizens killed and injured in attacks (more)
October 3, KARACHI: 7 Shia Suparco employees shot dead on Hub River Road (more)
September 5, LAHORE: Shia leader Javed Hussain Dogar gunned down in Peoples Colony (more)
August 16, KARACHI: Dr. Ibn-e-Hassan and shopkeeper Syed Wajeeh Haider shot dead (more)
July 4, QUETTA: Attack on imambargah leaves 55 dead and 54 injured on MeCongy Road (more)
June 8, QUETTA: 11 Shia police recruits gunned down on Sariab Road (more)
June 6, QUETTA: GSP superintendent Syed Niaz Hussain Kazmi shot dead at Sariab Road (more)
May 31, SIBI: Shia scholar Dr. Syed Suqalain Naqvi injured in Sibi firing (more)
March 15, VEHARI: Tractor ran over Muharram procession, girl killed & 10 injured (more)
February 22, KARACHI: Nine shot dead outside Imambargah Muntazirul Mehdi in Malir (more)
February 20, KARACHI: Journalist Saghir Husain Kazmi shot dead in Korangi (more)

Year 2002
November 13, KARACHI: Jhangvi man nabbed with arms and explosives from Karachi (more)
November 01, LAHORE: Doctor Capt. Syed Imran Zaidi (retired) shot dead in Lahore (more)
November 01, JHANG: Six Lashkar men arrested planning to kill Syeda Abida Husain (more)
October 16, KARACHI: Eight injured in three Karachi blasts (more)
September 25, KARACHI: 7 Christians shot dead at Rimpa Plaza (more)
August 9, TAXILA: 4 killed in attack on a Church (more)
June 14, KARACHI: 10 die in Karachi car-bomb blast at US Consulate (more)
May 8, KARACHI: Suicide bombing leaves 14 dead: Explosive-laden car blows up near bus outside hotel (more)
May 7, KARACHI: Syed Asghar Ali Zaidi killed at his tailoring shop in Baghdadi area (more)
May 6, KARACHI: Principal of government institute Syed Zafar Mehdi Zaidi and driver killed in Malir (more)
May 5, KARACHI: Dr Athar Husain Rizvi shot and wounded in Malir (more)
April 25, BHAKKAR: 12 Shia women and children killed in Bhakkar bomb blast (more)
April 23, KARACHI: Two young Shia men shot dead in Orangi Town (more)
April 15, KARACHI: Sipah-i-Sahaba and Lashkar-i-Jhangvi activists awarded death and life sentences (more)
April 11, KARACHI: Shia manager of a restaurant and customer shot dead in PECHS (more)
April 9, KARACHI: Isfahan Haider shot dead in his shop in North Nazimabad (more)
April 7, KARACHI: Security guard of Imambargah Mehfil-i-Zainabia shot dead in Nazimabad (more)
April 4, KARACHI: Most wanted serial killer of Lashkar-i-Jhangvi shot dead by Police (more)
April 2, KARACHI: Several serial killers belonging to Sipah-i-Sahaba arrested (more)
March 30, BAHAWALPUR: Imambargah Caretaker Arif Husain Bhatti and son shot dead in Bhattianwala (more)
March 24, GUJRANWALA: Sipah-i-Sahaba terrorist held after shootout (more)
March 21, LAHORE: Kazim Hussain Jafri, a shopowner, shot dead in in Mehmoodabad (more)
March 19: LAHORE: Syed Hassan Raza, custodian of Imambargah Khaima-e-Sadat, shot dead (more)
March 18: QUETTA: Shia activist gunned down (more)
March 18: KARACHI: Several serial killers of Shias arrested (more)
March 17: ISLAMABAD: US diplomat’s wife, daughter among five dead on church attack (more)
March 14: VEHARI: Police killed Three Lashkar-i-Jhangvi serial killers (more)
March 11: KARACHI: Two Shia activists shot dead in Shah Faisal Colony (more)
March 11: KARACHI: Three more Shia doctors come under attack in Defence area (more)
March 11: BAHAWALPUR: Serial killer of Lashkar-i-Jhangvi, reponsible for Chuch massacre, killed in encounter (more)
March 8: MULTAN: Retired banker Syed Ghulam Panjtan Kazmi shot dead (more)
March 7: KARACHI: Dr Muzaffar Sammoon shot dead in Lyari (more)
March 7: KARACHI: Imambargah Ali Raza caretaker Sibtain Hussain Jaffery shot in Lines Area (more)
March 6: KARACHI: Arrested confessed Killing Shaukat Mirza, Agha Gul and other Shia Doctors (more)
March 4: KARACHI: Doctor Alay Safdar Zaidi shot dead in Defence area (more)
February 26: RAWALPINDI: 10 Shias shot dead in mosque attack while praying (more)
February 21: CHICHAWATNI: Five members of a Shia family shot dead (more)
February 12: KARACHI: Dr Syed Rashid Mehdi gunned down (more)
February 11: KARACHI: Firing on Pak-Iranian Tea Company, Shopkeeper shot dead (more)
February 10: KARACHI: Syed Azad Husain Zaidi shot dead in his shop (more)
February 08: KARACHI: Two injured in firing on men going to mosque (more)
February 06: KARACHI: College principal Professor Syed Azhar Husain Zaidi, son shot, wounded (more)
February 04: KARACHI: Doctor was shot dead in New Karachi (more)
February 04: JHANG: Elite Force in charge was shot dead (more)
February 03: KARACHI: Sadiq Hamshieri, secretary general of Imambargah-e-Husainia Iranian shot dead in (more)
January 29: KARACHI: One dead and other wounded when returing from Masjid-o-Imambargah Baqiatullah (more)
January 21: FAISALABAD: Lashkar-i-Jhangvi chief Riaz Basra finally arrested (more)


Year 2001
December 07: JHANG: Lashkar-i-Jhangvi man with Rs0.5m head money arrested (more)
November 22: HYDERABAD: Injured prison official Dr Ghulam Ali Shaikh dies (more)
November 15: KARACHI: Factory GM Syed Hasan Abidi shot dead (more)
November 12: KARACHI: Shopkeeper Syed Badar Haider Naqvi shot dead (more)
November 10: KARACHI: Senior lawyer Ashiq Ali shot dead (more)
October 28: BAHAWALPUR: 18 Christians killed in church attack (more)
October 21: LAHORE: Taliban-backed terrorism claimed 479 lives in Punjab (more)
October 19: VEHARI: Two killed in ‘targeted’ shootings (more)
October 10: KARACHI: Sindh Board of Technical Education Chairman Syed Hassan Zaidi gunned down (more)
October 10: KARACHI: Four arrested for sectarian killings of Shia key figures (more)
October 09: KARACHI: College principal Syed Gul Imam Shah shot dead (more)
October 04: KARACHI: Seven die in Imambargah shooting (more)
September 30: KARACHI: Four Lashkar-e-Jhangvi activists nabbed (more)
September 16: PESHAWAR: SSP warns govt against cooperating with US (more)
September 13: QUETTA: Professor Atiq Hasan Naqvi hurt, son killed in Quetta (more)
September 12: KARACHI: Pesh Imam of Defence mosque, Allama Syed Razi Hyder and two sons, shot dead (more)
September 10: KARACHI: Capt (Retd) Altaf Hussain Bungasha, a PTCL official, killed (more)
September 04: KARACHI: Pesh Imam of Hussainiya Sajjadiya, Maulana Hussnain Naqvi, shot dead (more)
September 01: KARACHI: Three, including Hamid Rizvi, gunned down (more)
August 29: QUETTA: Masked men kill civil engineer Syed Abid Abbas Naqvi (more)
August 27: SHEIKHUPURA: Ahamdis’ place of worship set on fire near Sheikhupura (more)
August 18: KARACHI: Grenade attack on Pesh-Imam of Masjid-e-Shah-e-Khorrasan (more)
August 14: ISLAMABAD: Lashkar-i-Jhangvi and Sipah-i-Muhammad banned by President Musharraf (more)
August 13: KARACHI: Lashkar-e-Jhangvi terrorist arrested (more)
August 5: KARACHI: Murder is my duty, says extremist (more)
July 30: KARACHI: Syed Zafar Hussain, Director R&D in the Ministry of Defence killed (more)
July 30: LAHORE:Imam Masjid Syed Rizwanul Hassan killed (more)
July 28: MULTAN: Former MPA Siddiq Kanju and friend shot dead (more)
July 26: KARACHI: Shaukat Raza Mirza, MD of PSO, and driver shot dead (more)
July 24: MAILSI: Religious leader Syed Ziaul Hassan Kirmani and others killed (more)
July 20: KARACHI: Commissioner office staffer shot dead in Lines Area (more)
July 15: KARACHI: Another Shia killed in Orangi Town (more)
July 9: KARACHI: Two gunned down outside Imambargah (more)
July 8: KARACHI: Doctor falls prey to terrorism (more)
June 27: DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Top Shia leader gunned down (more)
June 26: KARACHI: Doctor Raza Peerani shot dead in Soldier Bazaar (more)
June 14: MULTAN: Two Shias shot dead (more)
May 31: KARACHI: Doctor shot dead in Gulshan-e-Iqbal (more)
May 18: KARACHI: Sunni Tehrik Chief, six others shot dead in Karachi (more)
May 09: KARACHI: Two shot and wounded in Orangi Town (more)
May 07: NOWSHERA: Ali Sarwar Sarhadi, a Shia leader fired upon (more)
May 07: DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Senior Superintendent of Police Ijaz Ahmad Langarial shot dead (more)
April 28: KARACHI: Sub-inspector Syed Hashim Raza shot dead (more)
April 3: VEHARI: Former TJP leader shot dead (more)
March 22: MULTAN: Lashkar man confesses to several killings (more)
March 4: 12 killed in attacks on Shias in Sheikhupura (more)
March 2: Tehrik-i-Jafria worker shot dead in Karachi (more)
March 1: Riots claim 8 lives after attack on Shias in Hangu (more)
Febuary 26: TJP activist shot dead in Vehari (more)
Febuary 22: Lawyer dies in Gujranwala terrorist attack (more)
Febuary 22: Ex-DSP, son shot dead; attackers arrested in Karachi (more)
Febuary 18: Three killed in sectarian attack in Faisalabad (more)
Febuary 17: Bodyguard killed in attack on TJP leader in Jhang (more)
Febuary 9: Two shot dead in Karachi (more)
Febuary 7: TJP activist, another man shot dead in Tank (more)
Febuary 6: Two TJP activists shot dead in Karachi (more)
January 25: Tehrik Jafaria man shot dead in Multan (more)
January 20: Iranian religious scholar shot dead in Karachi (more)


Year 2000
December 30: TJP leader shot dead, wife injured in Karachi (more)
December 24: Pakistan to seek extradition of 60 wanted men from Kabul (more)
December 18: Six Lashkar-e-Jhangvi terrorists arrested in Punjab (more)
December 18: Riaz Basra allowed escape from Raiwind last month (more)
December 16: DSP Lahore Tariq Kamboh and his driver were gunned down (more)
December 04: Human rights activist & Former PPP MPA, Syed Zakir Hussain Shah shot in Rawalpindi (more)
December 02: Dr. Nayyar Hussain gunned down in Orangi Town (more)
December 01: Police DSP let go killers of 23 in Muzaffagarh after taking bribe (more)
November 24: TJP Secretary-General Anwar Ali Akhunzada shot dead in Peshawar (more)
October 31: Dr. Altaf Husain killed in Orangi Town (more)
October 30: Dr. Karamat Ali shot dead in Orangi Town (more)
October 31: Five killed, 10 injured in attack on Ahmadi’s in Sialkot (more)
October 14: Death sentence awarded to killer of Aun Mohammad Rizvi (PTV) (more)
September 14:Supreme Court upholds death penalty in Agha-i-Sadiq Ganji case, who was kill in Multan on 19th December 1990 (more)
July 17: Relatives of slain TJP leader forgive accused for killing Khurshid Anwar advocate, his daughter Ume Laila and the guard (more)
July 04: Two awarded death for killing Senior Superintendent Police Chaudhry Muhammad Ashraf Marth and his driver (more)
July 02: Two Lashkar hitmen arrested, had killed several Shias (more)
June 27: Four Lashkar-e-Jhangvi activists arrested in Karachi for killing Dr Adib-ul-Hasan Rizvi & Dr Zafar Naqvi of Malir and others (more)
June 14: Lashkar-e-Jhangvi activist confesses to killing 6 Shia leaders(more)
May 16: Critically wounded brother of a local Shia leader in Hyderabad (more)
May 15: Shot dead Advocate Syed Sardar Jafary, President of Voice of Shia Organisation in Karachi (more)
May 15: Killer of Magistrate Syed Fida Husain, his daughter Batool and gunmanhttp, held in Gujranwala (more)
May 3: Shot dead lawyer Malik Ibrar Hussain in Toba Tek Singh (more)
May 2: Shot dead doctor, Syed Sibtain Hasan Dosa plus two others in Karachi (more)
April 7: Shot dead TJP leader Syed Waqar Hussain Naqvi and his in Karachi (more)
April 12: Killed 17 people inside Imambargah in Malohwali near Rawalpindi (more)
April 19: Shot dead Iqbal Hussain in Multan (more)
April 26: Killed Advocate Syed Farrukh Birjees Haider Tirmizi and another in Khanewal (more)
April 28: Shot dead Shahbaz Hussain Shirazi in Chishtian (more)
Feb 18: Killer of Advocate Ejaz Rasoolnagri (killed on Sept 30, 1999) captured (more)
Feb 15: Present regime releasing leaders of Sipah-i-Sahaba (more)
Feb 9: ‘Americans are the real killers of the Muslims’, chief of Sipah-i-Sahaba (more)
Jan 17: Hit man of Sipah-i-Sahaba arrested in Lahore (more)

Year 1999
Dec 22, 1999: Sipah-i-Sahaba member sentenced to life-imprisonment for 8 murders in Lahore (more)


Nov 30, 1999: ‘Both Benazir and Nawaz have termed the Sipah-i-Sahaba as terrorist organization’ Azim Tariq (more)
Nov 26, 1999: 8 terrorists of Lashkar-i-Jhangvi arrested in Multan (more)
Nov 23, 1999: Sipah-i-Sahaba leader Azam Tariq released, drive to seek release of others (more)
Oct 9, 1999: (more) Oct 1, 1999: 9 Shot Dead in Malir Imambargah in Karachi (more)
Oct 2, PESHAWAR: Assistant Inspector General of Police Farooq Haider gunned down (more)
Sep 30, GUJRANWALA : VP of District Bar Association and TJP activist Ejaz Hussain Rasul Nagri killed (more)
Sep 28, PESHAWAR: Central secretary-general of TJP advocate Khurshid Anwar, daughter and guard gunned down (more)


1998
September 22: Five shot dead in attack on Majlis near Multan (more)
Febuary 21: Two Iranian Engineers shot dead in Karachi (more)
January 11: 22 Shias massacred in Lahore (more)
Jan 10, 1997


Year 1997
Nov 03: SIALKOT: Two brothers, Aulad Hussain Shah and Baqar Hussain Naqvi killed (more)
July 23: MULTAN: Five Shias killed in Multan and Sheikhupura (more)
July 23: MULTAN: TJP leader Syed Ejaz Ali Shah and his servant killed (more)
July 9: BHAKKAR: Police nab three involved in killings of Shias (more)
July 5: MULTAN: TJP leader Syed Ejaz Ali Shah and his servant killed (more)
July 1: KHANEWAL: Sipah-i-Sahaba men arrested for killing Syed Badr Abbas Abidi and his friend (more)
June 24: JHANG: Moazzam Husain Zaidi, his friend and a TJP activist shot dead (more)
Feb 20: MULTAN: Seven, including Iranian diplomat, gunned down at Iranian Centre (more)


Year 1996
Sep 12: ISLAMABAD: Court acquits two accused in Allama Yazdani murder case (more)
August 18: VEHARI: 18 Shias killed in attack on Majlis-i-Aza in Mauza Ghallu (more)


Year 1995
August 27: ISLAMABAD: Sipah-i-Sahaba attacked BBC office (more)
March 31: KARACHI: Sipah-i-Sahaba terrorists held for 31 deaths (more)
March 09: KARACHI: 10 Killed and 22 wounded in mosque attack (more)
Februaury 25: KARACHI: 21 Killed in attack on two mosques (more)
Year 1988
August 15: PESHAWAR: Chief of Tehrike Jafferia Pakistan Allama Arif Hussain al-Hussaini killed in Madrassa Maariful Islamia (more)

Note: so as long as you are ethnic and sectarian majority, all is okay and you are first class citizen, otherwise probably not. I know ahmedis dont feel like they are first class citizens.

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and some more…

http://www.karachipage.com/news/sectarian2.html

LAHORE: The gruesome Muzzafargarh massacre of 17 Shias last Monday raised the toll of Shias killed by the terrorists to a staggering 411 against 212 Sunnis gunned down in the last nine years, as a result of sectarian clashes in Punjab.

Intelligence agencies have warned the administration and the government of the possibility of a severe backlash if immediate steps are not taken to dismantle the militant terrorist organisations in the province.

Chief of Tehrik-e-Jaffria Pakistan, a political ally of the PML government, Allama Syed Sajid Ali Naqvi has already called for Army’s intervention to stop violence against his community. Addressing mourners at Karamdad Qureshi after the burial of 17 Shias, he warned the government that ‘peace-loving Shias’ would be forced to retaliate if the killings continued. The divide between the two communities, who had lived in relative harmony for many centuries, was given a bloody turn back in the 1980s when a group of Deobandi militants formed the Anjuman Sipah-e-Sahaba (ASS), to wage ‘war’ against the Shia landholders in Jhang.

The ASS, later re-named as the Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP), was established during the ‘Islamisation’ reign of late military dictator Gen Ziaul Haq, and coincided with the Iranian revolution led by Ayatollah Khomeini. Religious scholars say militancy among the rival extremist groups intensified in the wake of ‘Jihad’ in Afghanistan as Pakistan, particularly the central and southern Punjab, served as the breeding grounds where young freedom-fighters were inducted, prepared and trained for the Afghan Jihad.

Most of these freedom-fighters returned home after the Russian forces pulled out in the early 1980s, and brought with them a highly motivated cadre of militants set for Jihad, as well as sizeable supplies of arms. Almost the entire leadership of the militant Sunni outfit, the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, is made up of people who have fought in Afghanistan.

To counter the alleged Sunni militancy, Shia militants formed the Sipah-e-Muhammad of Pakistan in 1985. Rivalry between the two groups intensified when the SSP founder Haq Nawaz Jhangvi was assassinated in March 1990. The same year Iranian diplomat Sadiq Ganji was gunned down in Lahore. In 1997, Jhangvi’s successor Zia-ur-Rehman Farooqi and 26 others were killed in a bomb blast in the Lahore Sessions Court.

In the aftermath, Iranian diplomat Muhammad Ali Rahimi and six locals were killed in an attack on the Iranian Cultural Centre in Multan. In between these high-profile killings, scores of innocent Shias and Sunnis, having no links with any of the sectarian outfits, were put to death.

Till 1997, the comparison of tit-for-tat murders was almost identical; but since police dismantled the Shia militant outfit Sipah-e-Muhammad of Pakistan in Lahore, the violence has largely been one-sided. It was perhaps in this backdrop that in the aftermath of the Muzzafargarh massacre, police deviated from their early practice of going after militants of both the sides after any major incident, and focussed solely on targetting the Sunni extremists.

Police rounded up around 450 activists of the Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan and its more militant splinter group, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi. Statistics gathered by The News about the pattern of violence reveal that Shia militancy had reduced drastically in the last year. In 1997, the bloodiest year in the history of sectarian violence, 77 Sunnis were killed, but in 1998 the violence remained a one-sided affair. Three Sunnis were killed against 74 Shias in 1998.

Break-up of incidents of sectarian violence: In 1990, 12 cases of violence were reported against Shias, killing 14 persons of the community; while 13 Sunnis were killed in 10 cases in the same period. In 1991, 29 Shias were killed in 24 cases of violence against 23 Sunnis killed in 14 cases. In 1992, 11 Shias were killed in 12 cases of violence against six Sunnis killed in five cases reported during the whole year.

During 1993, 17 Shias were killed in 12 cases of sectarian violence as compared to 11 Sunnis killed in nine cases. In 1994, 39 Shias were murdered in 20 incidents while 23 Sunnis were killed in 17 cases. In 1995, 36 Shias were killed in 22 cases of sectarian violence against 22 Sunnis killed in 16 cases. In 1996, 56 Shias were killed in 26 cases of violence while 34 Sunnis were killed in 10 cases.

The year 1997 proved the bloodiest in terms of violence and deaths in the history of sectarian strife in Punjab. Out of 195 killed in the year, 118 were Shia and 77 Sunni. The month of August, which ironically enough also marks Pakistan’s independence, remained the worst when 45 persons were killed, including 19 Sunnis and 26 Shias

Re: What in Pakistan are you proud of ?

Granted that these are serious issues that Pakistan has to face; but lets remind ourselves that Pakistan is only 60 years old! We have come along way in terms of development in relatively short time.

America in the '30's, 40's, and 50's was 100+ old yet it still dealt with racial hatred towards blacks. The shia/sunni issues are very much comparable. InshAllah with time and education future Pakistanis will realize that these issues are not worth fighting over.
What we have to look at is that Pakistan is moving in the right direction; education amongst the pop. is slowly increasing and I believe the right man is running the country (after mushy i'd prefer Imran Khana) and inshAllah in our grandchildren's lifetime Pakistan will be one of the leaders in the world.

And we have to make certain that the maulanas/maulvis/mattoos be put under a watchful eye so that they don't poison the minds of the youth under false ideology.

Re: What in Pakistan are you proud of ?

Anil

I completely agree with you, we can niether be too down on pakistann like Voice was, nor can we be too unrealistic as Dawa i dil was. that was my only intent of posting this, to show him to be a little balanced.

Re: What in Pakistan are you proud of ?

yeh facts and figure kiyo likh tai hainn …dukh hota hai aisee batai perhatai howeee…

Y …r u degrading pak repu ???

Re: What in Pakistan are you proud of ?

^^ these r facts mate and its time we should open our eyes and start taking things bit serious . Otherwise there wud be no Pakistan left to be proud of !

Re: What in Pakistan are you proud of ?

Correction ! you mean 60.4 million. As pakistan’s population is 150 million (conservative estimate)

I appreciate you honesty :k:

Sbmission to peace, you can say to that turkey friend that Pakistan has happily supported and fed largest number of refugees for the longest period of time in the history of mankind.

I think no other country can match this mammoth humantarian effort, like ever ! :chai:

In the end of the day, Patriotically, you may utter whatever rubish you like but realistically pakistan is a failed state.

Re: What in Pakistan are you proud of ?

the corruption… we are the best in finding loopholes in any system… :phati:

Re: What in Pakistan are you proud of ?

interesting work by Dr Hoodbhoy!

Re: What in Pakistan are you proud of ?

At the moment the first few things that come to mind which I'm certainly proud of about Pakistan are;

Our Heritage

Our Freedom Struggle

Our Flag

The National Anthem

M. A. Jinnah

The Pakistan Army

The PAF and PN

The heroes of Pakistan from all walks of life

Pervez Musharraf

Indus River

Arabian Sea

K2

Re: What in Pakistan are you proud of ?

^^ haris bahi :) ya forget Habib Bank :) Hum sab ka Bank ! now fraudia bahi will posting next , the famous ' melaa be tu hai ' line . !

Re: What in Pakistan are you proud of ?

because when myopic folks like dawa e dil write that every pakistani is a first class citizen in pakistan and third class citizen overseas I want to open his eyes that yes if you are in ethnic and sectarian majority then that may be the case but not always for others.

Re: What in Pakistan are you proud of ?

hmmm what I'm so proud of when remembering Pakistan...

Oh yeah #1: Rishwat

2: The Zehni Ghulami

3. The racism they have against each other

4. Milawat and 2 number wala stuff

5. Ike doosray kee tang khainchnay wali nature

6.Ofcourse the current affair of things as well

There's so much to be proud of, I'm sure I can keep adding to the list :)

Re: What in Pakistan are you proud of ?

Muree Brewerey!

60 years and still going strong...:)

Re: What in Pakistan are you proud of ?

I can't forget the touching speach of an officer who came to our university for Lecture. (I think he was from Afghanistan)

The last sentence was;

Not having your own identity and living in another country is like being a piece of paper in a twister, which can throw you anywhere anytime, without any mercy.

Re: What in Pakistan are you proud of ?

one addition to the list "K_A"

Re: What in Pakistan are you proud of ?

ASALAM WALIKUM
FIRST OF ALL WE SHOULD THNAK TO MIGHTY ALLAH WHO ALLOWED PAKISTANIS A PIECE OF LAND WERE WE CAN PRAY NAMAZ ANY WHERE IN OUR COUNTRY WITHOUT ANY SIGN OF KUFUR. ON OUR FRONT OR BACK OR RIGHT OR LEFT BECAUSE WHEN KUFUR IN POWER AND MUSLIM SHARE HUMAN LIFE LIKE A SLAVE A MUSLIM NOT ALLOWED EVEN PRAY FOR HIS GOD MAY BE MUSLIM LOOSE HIS MEAL OR HOME OR HIS FAMILY. TO MANY TIMES IN THE PAST OUR HIUSTROY MUSLIMS GRANTED PERMISSION TO DO NAMAZ AFTER ALL NOW IN THIS PAK LAND WE PRAY FOR OUR GOD AND ENJOY A VERY WORST BEHAVIOUR AGAINST OTHER NATIONS AND OTHER COMUNITIES. MY COUNTRY FELLOW ONE THING I REMEBER IN THIS WORLD ALLAH CEREATE A COUNTRY NAME PAKSITAN THE SOME OF OUR LEADER WHO FAUGHT FOR INDEPENDENCE WHEN THEY SMELL LIBERTY ON THIER OWN PIECE OF LAND THEY START TO MAKE IT HAPPEN THT THE PAKISTAN WILL BE A FAMOUS NATION IN TERMS OF CIVIL SOCITEY AND SAMAJI RAWAYAT FOR EXAMPLE A LATE LEADER OF MUSLIM LEAGUE TAKE A BOLD STEP IN EDUCATION FIELD HE WANT TO BECOME EVERY PAKISTANI BECOME EDUCATED. AND FROM EAST TO WEST HE START CAMPAIGNING FOR PRIMARY AND HIGHER EDUCATION ONE DAY HE NOTICED THT HIS 3 DAUGHTERS ARE GOING TO SCHOOL IN HIS CAR AND POOR CHILDREN WALKING ON FOOT TOWARDS THE SCHOOL HE STOPPED HIS CAR AND TOLD HIS DAUGHTERS THT U ALSO WALK TO SCHOOL WITH THIS POOR CHILODREN,WE SHOULD BE PROUD REAL PAKISTANI LOVERS BY BY