Whats it like to be a minority in Pakistan
From the Blog cybegeek As I was growing up in Pakistan I never really thought of myself as a minority until the bitter reality hit me in the late 80s that everything I was, was wrong to someone. Even though I never did anything to that someone, I didn't even know that someone. A generation that has grown belonging to my faith has known nothing but hatred from their fellow Pakistanis, Ahmadis living in big cities face discrimination as routinely as an ordinary Pakistani does load shedding. As if firing from jobs, shunning from businesses, students being rusticated and separation of water glasses were a birth right, every facet of society takes its share in discrimination, in dehumanising, in rampant disregard of common human decency. Someone told me how her family was evicted from the house they werpakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full Post
Mumbai Attack Confession: Rare "Jihadi" Invokes "Bhagwan"
From the Blog riazhaqI recently had the opportunity to view the "confession video" of a man alleged to be Ajmal Kassab. Kassab was reported to be a young Pakistani from Southern Punjab and the lone survivor of Mumbai terrorist attacks on November 26, 2008. These videos are said to have been made the same day the accused was captured after the attacks. Maharashtra Ex-IG Mushrif on Terror in India I am sharing the "confession video" with my readers with the following questions: 1. When you hear the soundtrack of this video, does this man sound like a person born and raised in the town of Faridkot in Okara District of Pakistan's Punjab province? This question is particularly addressed to people of Pakistani Punjab who are familiar with the local accents. 2. Have you ever heard of a "jihadi" seeking "Bpakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full Post
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