Posted by hatim
Sun, 25 Nov 2007 06:21:00 GMT
On Saturday before I went to MAJU campus, there were more bomb blasts in Rawalpindi. The target were Army personnel. It saddens me that in all this exchnage of violence, its always the most common man or soldier who is affected. Pakistan's situation is already critical and I don't know how long the confederation will hold up.
When I was in MAJU campus, I had the chance to have a discussion with an acquinatice of mine. He was telling every one how the cleric of Lal Masjid died in gun battle with Govt. forces and how peace ful he looked in death as he had attained martayrdom. Some times it amazes me how common people, who seem to have very limited knowldge of relegion, are so swayed by the idea of eternal life and martayardom. People who have no ambition in life, who don't want to work hard, use their knowldge or fight back in true sense find it rather comforting that they can still achieve some thing rather easily (ie by just confronting evil with nothing in hand, no plan what so ever and making your self die for a "nobel" cause).
Perhaps Ghazi Abdul Rasheed was a pious man, perhaps all his deeds were right and perhaps he is a martayar, but if he did kidnap people to enforce his visions, with that act I don't agree. There are millions of things which are wrong with this world and all the Mullas care is about sex and booze (or perhaps the lack of them in their own lives). Islam is a beautiful relegion but the fact is that Muslims of present day (presnet company included) are a bunch of horrible, misrable hypocrites.
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Posted by hatim
Fri, 02 Nov 2007 22:39:00 GMT
There has been upsurge in suicide bomb attacks in Pakistan in last few months. The most notebale of them happend in a convoy of Benazir Bhutto upon her return from self imposed exile. I have no sympathies with Benazir and I am indifferent to any thing which happens to her (as long as she doesn't come back to power), but it was really horrific to see 130 people die for nothing. There is a taliban style militancy going in the provice of NWFP (my home is in a border district of NWFP), and this wave of extremism is spreading. Pakistan is seeing a drak period these days.
There were few more attacks, but one which really upset me was attack on a bus full of air force officers in Sargodha. I was born in Sargodha and spent a good 15 years of my life in that town (and on the base). This was a pointless murder of innocent people as they were not involved in any kind of conflict in NWFP. I guess people who do these things have lost all humanity in them, and their human rights shouldbe revoked. But the problem is its not easy to identify the people who are actually behind these attrocities from the people who are associated with them. Perhaps this is why in the tribal areas its never a person who is guilty of doing some thing bad, it always the tribe who pays the price.
But then some people think that there is a good chance that all of this is being done by the Governemnt. Some people further believe all of this is being done on the orders of Americans. Leaving all conspercies aside, I believe that Pakistan is no longer a place for me. I have decided that I will be immigrating from this region to a better and safer future. My family also supports this idea. But I do feel bad about this country, it could be much better.
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Posted by hatim
Tue, 27 Feb 2007 17:23:00 GMT
It is loved by some and loathed by a few, but mostly it goes unnoticed until you are related to it some how. My current mode of transportation is a 1970 Volkswagen aka Foxy (in Pakistan) , aka Daddu Car (car shaped like a toad). Needless to say the thing drives good considering that its almost 35 years old and has survived pakistani roads (drivers?) .
It is not the ideal thing to drive during the rain or during a very dark night. But at least I am able to get to my job on my own. Since my new job is not in a very posh area I don't feel the chronic attacks I was afraid of If I were to drive this thing in rush hour in Islamabad proper. I am not sure why I felt that way. Perhaps the un coolness I have attached to this vehicle when growing up has some thing to do with it. Cool or not, this still drives me back and forth and in the end this is all what matters
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