Being a minority in a nation, your community has to sort of be as transparent as possible. If not transparent then at least productive in a good way. I live in New York City where there are all different types of minorities. There is a lot of cultural diffusion and understanding between cultures here. Yet there is still uneasiness against Muslims. Most of the time it's because most of the people are too narrow-minded to understand the real situation and distinguish between the good and bad, but there are some people have every right to behave the way they do. You know why? Because of idiots like the "Times Square Bomb Suspect" gives them a reason to. As soon as the city (you can also say the country as well) sees a change in the environment; with Obama having a better AfghanPak policy and pushing the news media and government agencies to separate the words Islam and terrorism as far as possible, something like this happens. What's worst is that the suspect was of Pakistani origin. Since most people in the states don't know about the Pakistani accomplishments in war of terror (most don't even know that Pakistan is on the same side as America in the war) this is just further going to taint our image. What's worst is that the Pakistani taliban tried to take claim for it. So because of their stupid and unrealistic claim the words Pakistani and taliban are temporarily stuck in the minds of the popluation. So thank you idiots; you just made the life of 7 million Muslims even more difficult!
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MQM president Altaf Hussian has announced his plans to solve pakistan's poverty while, get this; sitting his ass down in his comfortable loft in London as a BRITISH CITIZEN! Wow, really now that's something. He is not in Pakistan during Pakistan's hard times and he thinks he has the right to say something like this. And before you try to back him up saying something like: he is in exile and he's really not to blame, well guess what: your dead wrong. Altaf Hussain is in voluntary exile meaning he chooses to stay away from Pakistan. Why would anyone do that? Well in 1992, a warrant was issued for his arrest in connection of murder so he fled first to Saudi Arabia and then later to London. He had 72 cases against him, with 31 on murder and 11 on murder attempts before he was granted amnesty by the infamous and corrupt NRO (National Reconciliation Ordinance) just a year back. So yea, this is the guy who says that he wants to solve Pakistan's problems and the sad thing is that people are actually going to support him. Now why would anyone do that? Well it's quite simple; because we (the public) like to hear and think about change and hope for it to happen, even if we know it's nearly impossible that it will. But what makes this an even funnier move is that his statements weren't even about the whole nation as he was strictly talking about Punjab. He is just looking to extend MQM's political power to Punjab and not at all to improve the public's situation. His calls for dividing wealth and power among the poor (which is by the way communism) is as pointless as the 18th amendment and the renaming of the NWFP (I ♥ this example; so relevant :D). He goes on criticizing the Punjabi politicians saying "Why do people of Punjab keep voting for plunderers and looters who have been tried before?" It's quite ironic because that's exactly who he is! lol. Another point to note is that MQM (Muttahida Qaumi Movement), the party he created, is made to represent the people who emigrated from india in 1947. So what happened to the rest of us Pakistanis? Do we not exist in his party's eyes? Out of all the corrupt politicians i have seen he is clearly the most idiotic one. I mean, at least the others hide their evil ways; he just boasts his. MQM, which hasn't been able to control Karachi where target killings are unfortunately very popular (probably done by his and his rival's parties) has now set their eyes on punjab. That's very alarming and in fact very sad if it actually happens.
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There used to be a time when Punjabis lived in Punjab, Sindhis lived in Sindh, Baluchis lived in Baluchistan, Kashmiris lived in Kashmir, and Pashtun and Hazarawal lived in Afhania (NWFP, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, or whatever you wanna call it). THOSE TIMES ARE LONG GONE. This is what the majority of the Pakistani population fails to understand. Ever since the partition, people of different ethnicities have moved across ethnic borders to test their luck and improve their standards of living in the newly formed Pakistan. They thus created a new identity for themselves; Pakistani. There is not a single province today which is home only a single ethnicity; All are mixed. More than 62 years ago, The Muslims of south asia promised to come together and unite under a new Muslim nation, they have yet to fulfill their promise. Today, They are fighting over renaming and creating new provinces to represent themselves, but they fail to realize the only representation they actually need is Pakistani. The name of a province does not mean squat these days and neither will it in the future. It has no benefit yet only negative effects. It will make the smaller ethnicities within the province seem suppressed and overpowered, which will eventually cause chaos in the streets. The whole idea of renaming/creating a province on ethnic bounds really does not make sense in today's Pakistan. For example, the most populated province is Punjab. That doesn't mean every one living in Punjab is Punjabi. There are vast amount of Kashmiris in the north, and as a result of the ongoing war; vast amount of Pashtuns located all over the province. We have to recognize ourselves as Pakistani and not as anything else. Actions like renaming provinces will only divide us amongst ourselves. If you don't believe me then look around and see all the unnecessary violence that is going on. Damage of public property, hundreds injured, as well as some lives have been lost because of protests. Is it really worth it? What i don't get in the first place is why do the Pashtuns need Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and why is there a need for a Hazara or Seraiki province? Why can't all these groups live as Pakistani? Renaming or creating a province isn't going to bring even a slight change in their daily lives. It's not like the anyone of those groups are going to live in the proposed provinces they are fighting each other for anyway. My bet is that each and everyone of them are going to either going to stay in Punjab or Sindh. The renaming of the province is not even in the benefit of the people. How do i know? Because it is all political. Political parties love to fight for a cause with no meaning in it. Political groups within the nation are fighting to extend their power within other ranks. Renaming the province is their tactic but it was as worthless to the common man as the 18th amendment. For them the average man's life is a joke. If you think they actually care about you then ask yourself; where is my electricity? Where is my atta (flour)? Where is my gas? When you get the answers then ask yourself: Why in the world am i supporting them (the political parties) in these pointless moves?
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American president Barack Obama has called for a much neutral stance of language for the ongoing war (War On Terror) within his government and his country's media. He aims to separate Islam from terrorism so the people fighting this war on both ends will not confuse the two. This will also help neutral forces who are viewing the war (Muslims and westerners). Indeed, this is a very good step forward by the Obama administration, who is still suffering by and fixing the mistakes of it's predecessor. While the Bush administration lacked proper vocab and misguided the entire world into chaos, the Obama administration wants to do the exact opposite and is now making it happen. By this action, Obama also hopes to clear the doubts of Muslims all over the world. He wants them to see America as a friend and not as a nation who is out to harm them. If looked at by the war point of view, this tactic is also great against al-qeada and other anti-american groups who relied on washington's earlier mistakes to recruit and brainwash people into their alliance. I support this move dearly. By doing this, the public (the american as well as western) will be well aware of the real situation of the war. Except for being all about words and having no major action involved, it is very similar to Pakistan's tactic back in 2007. In order for the government and army to make the people of Swat and Pakistan realize the taliban were not really all about Islam like they claimed to be, they allowed taliban's control to be placed in Swat by the public demand. They hoped in the future the people themselves will realize their mistake and turn against the taliban. That's exactly what happened and it was a very successful move which helped Pakistan advance greatly in the war. This is nonetheless a very big step forward, not only for America and the war, but for the entire world.
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In a recent discovery, the use of pig blood has been found inside cigarette filters. Communities out all over the world are freaking out, mostly the the Muslim and Jewish communities. Pig is forbidden to both communities as well as many cultures and religions around the world (one good example is india). Outrage among communities is growing throughout. Still, the cigarette companies are keeping mum about their ingredients! That kind of action will create nothing but chaos in the near future. Kinda reminds me of the independence rising in 1857 when the infamous Mangal Pandey and his fellow "freedom fighters" rebelled against the British's future induction of a new type of bullet cartridge that consisted of pig fat. They failed because they were high on opium, but the world today is fighting sober (well mostly lol). If you think about it, It's sort of the same situation. Except this time, it's much more international and it's the cigarette companies against the world. News reports show that the companies will release their ingredient lists in june, but something tells me that it's gonna happen much sooner. Mostly because this generation is impatient; which in this case is a good thing =)
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