I admire how he kept his stance on an issue he believed was right. However, was this him being ready to give his life for a cause? Going around with a hundred bodyguards wherever he went? The only thing I'm saying is that he wasn't a true hero for Pakistan or necessarily someone who was ready to...
This is offering political and economic benefits. On the one hand, economically, it is creating more jobs for Balochi youth. It is giving them a solid future. On the political front, joining the Pakistan Army makes them a valuable part of Pakistan state and helps stem separatist feeling. Also...
He didn't justify a murder. He just told why people aren't feeling that saddened by Salman Taseer's death. It was because he didn't do much to help the people of Pakistan overall.
It is an indication of tolerance in Pakistan, no one stopped a bar from opening and people from going there. It just represents the growing intolerance in these days.
He gave his life up, he was murdered, but how does that mean he was willing to give his life up? Did he know in advance about the guard's intentions? Of course not! He was never ready to give up his life for this cause, he just happened to. It wasn't his choice.
Poor Pakistani children have been educated in religious madrassas, which increase their influence. To negate, or at least lessen, their influence, schools are needed for the poor, schools which don't influence children in such ways. And the government has failed repeatedly in this regard. Many...
There are none in Pakistan. There may be groups that use questionable means and yet are still moderate politically, such as the MQM, but none that use violence to promote secularism.
I am reminded of the occurence when Hazrat Usama bin Zaid went to war and killed a non-Muslims just as he said La illaha illa allah. When he narrated this incident to the Prophet (SAW), he got very angry. Usama's defence for his actions was that he believed the man was not sincere and only said...