16 air hostesses, crew of Pakistan airline disappear in Canada
- Thread starter jha
- Start date
Maaaz Khan
FULL MEMBER
New Recruit
- Joined
- Oct 1, 2014
- Messages
- 37
- Reaction score
- -1
- Country
- Location
PIA bodyheads should make an investigating team for this issue.
Pak_Track
FULL MEMBER
- Joined
- Apr 18, 2013
- Messages
- 385
- Reaction score
- 0
- Country
- Location
I used to live in Canada. I have a dual Canadian-Pakistani nationality. I do have a choice and will choose to live in Pakistan, all the way.
Last edited:
Windjammer
ELITE MEMBER
- Joined
- Nov 9, 2009
- Messages
- 41,319
- Reaction score
- 181
- Country
- Location
Damn, we are not even shy of our cherry picking habits, but then how else can one hide the embarrassment.Third post
Indians overlap with Iraqis and Gulf Arabs, I could care less if they say they are Middle Eastern or not. Truth to be told many of us Middle Easterners can pass as South Asians to the untrained eye. I certainly don't find it insulting to be mistaken for an Indian or any other group for that matter. Most of the Indians I have interacted with often claim Indian ancestry and are proud of it. Though some Pakistanis often claim Arab or Persian ancestry which is true in their case probably, other than that I have not seen it.
10/10 for the self goal
Did you miss this one.
I´ve witnessed England-based or born Indians who are tourists in Portugal engaging in markedly phony and exaggerated "arrogant high class British" posturing. The psychological reasons behind this sort of behaviour are obvious.
Windjammer
ELITE MEMBER
- Joined
- Nov 9, 2009
- Messages
- 41,319
- Reaction score
- 181
- Country
- Location
PiyaraPakistan
FULL MEMBER
- Joined
- Oct 13, 2011
- Messages
- 450
- Reaction score
- 1
- Country
- Location
25 Million indians are overseas. they dislike india? No. same is the case with Pakistan.
blood
BANNED
- Joined
- Apr 13, 2011
- Messages
- 1,613
- Reaction score
- -7
- Country
- Location
Pakistanis pose as Indians after NY bomb scare
(Reuters) - Pakistani merchants and job seekers in the United States, still reeling from economic hardship since the September 11 attacks of 2001, are posing as Indians to avoid discrimination in the wake of the Times Square bomb attempt.
Once again, a man of Pakistani descent is at the center of a security story, leading to backlash against the Pakistani-American community.
Faisal Shahzad, 30, a naturalized American born in Pakistan, was arrested on Monday, two days after authorities say he parked a crude car bomb in New York's busy Times Square.
Suspected September 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and convicted 1993 World Center bomber Ramzi Yousef are also of Pakistani decent, and anti-American militants fighting U.S. forces in Afghanistan take refuge in Pakistan.
In Brooklyn, home to one of the largest Pakistani populations in the United States, business is scant at the various grocery, halal meat and sweet cake shops since a Pakistani-American was suspected in the Times Square plot. More than 100 businesses along Coney Island Avenue have closed due to a 30 percent drop in business since 2001, a merchants' association said.
In Washington, an American man of Pakistani descent told of coming under suspicion this week when he tried to buy garden fertilizer. The Times Square car bomb contained a non-explosive type of fertilizer.
While there have been no reported incidents since the failed car bomb attack last Saturday, some Pakistanis are bracing for reprisals. Police have increased foot patrols.
"A lot of Pakistanis can't get jobs after 9/11 and now it's even worse," said Asghar Choudhri, an accountant and chairman of Brooklyn's Pakistani American Merchant Association. "They are now pretending they are Indian so they can get a job."
India and Pakistan have fought three wars since independence from Britain in 1947, creating hostilities that ordinarily would lead a Pakistani to resent being mistaken for an Indian.
According to the latest U.S. census data, some 210,410 people of Pakistani origin reside in the United States. Nearly 15,000 Pakistanis received U.S. immigrant visas last year.
"I want to make clear that we will not tolerate any bias or backlash against Pakistani or Muslim New Yorkers," Mayor Michael Bloomberg said this week, noting there are always "a few bad apples."
New York is "the city where you can practice your religion and say what you want to say and be in charge of your own destiny and we're going to keep it that way," Bloomberg said.
SUSPICION OF GARDENING
In Washington, an American of Pakistani heritage who would only be identified as Farhan, said a manager of a suburban home-improvement store prevented him from buying two bags of fertilizer for his family's lawn on Tuesday.
Farhan, who was born in northern Virginia, said police arrived soon after, investigated and allowed him to buy the fertilizer.
"What kind of a country are we living in when a 22-year-old male can't buy fertilizer?" Farhan asked. "I'm American. I'm not Pakistani."
Farhan said the store had subsequently apologized and the case appeared to be one of an overzealous manager rather than store policy.
Merchants in New York, many of whom declined to be named, still remember reprisals after September 11. Soon after the attacks, there was a drive-by shooting in Brooklyn at a Pakistani restaurant, which is now closed.
The local merchants association has shrunk to 150 members, from about 250 merchants almost a decade ago.
The FBI also arrested many undocumented workers in the neighborhood, leading to a wave of deportations, and residents would call law enforcement to make claims against their neighbors, including many false claims, Choudhri said.
"After 9/11, we took much pain," he said. "After that, a small beating is nothing. Now the Pakistanis are not so much scared but we are ashamed. We are embarrassed that the name of Pakistan came up."
Pakistanis pose as Indians after NY bomb scare| Reuters
(Reuters) - Pakistani merchants and job seekers in the United States, still reeling from economic hardship since the September 11 attacks of 2001, are posing as Indians to avoid discrimination in the wake of the Times Square bomb attempt.
Once again, a man of Pakistani descent is at the center of a security story, leading to backlash against the Pakistani-American community.
Faisal Shahzad, 30, a naturalized American born in Pakistan, was arrested on Monday, two days after authorities say he parked a crude car bomb in New York's busy Times Square.
Suspected September 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and convicted 1993 World Center bomber Ramzi Yousef are also of Pakistani decent, and anti-American militants fighting U.S. forces in Afghanistan take refuge in Pakistan.
In Brooklyn, home to one of the largest Pakistani populations in the United States, business is scant at the various grocery, halal meat and sweet cake shops since a Pakistani-American was suspected in the Times Square plot. More than 100 businesses along Coney Island Avenue have closed due to a 30 percent drop in business since 2001, a merchants' association said.
In Washington, an American man of Pakistani descent told of coming under suspicion this week when he tried to buy garden fertilizer. The Times Square car bomb contained a non-explosive type of fertilizer.
While there have been no reported incidents since the failed car bomb attack last Saturday, some Pakistanis are bracing for reprisals. Police have increased foot patrols.
"A lot of Pakistanis can't get jobs after 9/11 and now it's even worse," said Asghar Choudhri, an accountant and chairman of Brooklyn's Pakistani American Merchant Association. "They are now pretending they are Indian so they can get a job."
India and Pakistan have fought three wars since independence from Britain in 1947, creating hostilities that ordinarily would lead a Pakistani to resent being mistaken for an Indian.
According to the latest U.S. census data, some 210,410 people of Pakistani origin reside in the United States. Nearly 15,000 Pakistanis received U.S. immigrant visas last year.
"I want to make clear that we will not tolerate any bias or backlash against Pakistani or Muslim New Yorkers," Mayor Michael Bloomberg said this week, noting there are always "a few bad apples."
New York is "the city where you can practice your religion and say what you want to say and be in charge of your own destiny and we're going to keep it that way," Bloomberg said.
SUSPICION OF GARDENING
In Washington, an American of Pakistani heritage who would only be identified as Farhan, said a manager of a suburban home-improvement store prevented him from buying two bags of fertilizer for his family's lawn on Tuesday.
Farhan, who was born in northern Virginia, said police arrived soon after, investigated and allowed him to buy the fertilizer.
"What kind of a country are we living in when a 22-year-old male can't buy fertilizer?" Farhan asked. "I'm American. I'm not Pakistani."
Farhan said the store had subsequently apologized and the case appeared to be one of an overzealous manager rather than store policy.
Merchants in New York, many of whom declined to be named, still remember reprisals after September 11. Soon after the attacks, there was a drive-by shooting in Brooklyn at a Pakistani restaurant, which is now closed.
The local merchants association has shrunk to 150 members, from about 250 merchants almost a decade ago.
The FBI also arrested many undocumented workers in the neighborhood, leading to a wave of deportations, and residents would call law enforcement to make claims against their neighbors, including many false claims, Choudhri said.
"After 9/11, we took much pain," he said. "After that, a small beating is nothing. Now the Pakistanis are not so much scared but we are ashamed. We are embarrassed that the name of Pakistan came up."
Pakistanis pose as Indians after NY bomb scare| Reuters
baajey
SENIOR MEMBER
- Joined
- Jan 23, 2011
- Messages
- 3,572
- Reaction score
- -10
- Country
- Location
i m sure u shook each everyone by hand and kissed them clean.....way to go
Cheetah786
PDF VETERAN
- Joined
- Aug 23, 2006
- Messages
- 9,002
- Reaction score
- -3
- Country
- Location
L O L really and what about millions of Indians living abroad.
From India to the U.S. via the jungles of Guatemala: Investigation exposes route taken by human traffickers
With the arrest of four suspected human traffickers in the Capital, the Delhi Police claim to have solved the curious case of the 105 passports found at the IGI airport in an unclaimed baggage earlier this month.
The four were allegedly part of a racket wherein people were illegally sent to the U.S. The gang is accused of managing the illegal entry of more than 1,000 Indians to the U.S. through a unique route over the past three years.
It is claimed they used to gather their clients in Delhi, fly them to Istanbul and then to Guatemala, where they would undertake a trek through the dense jungles of Mexico to cross over to the Texas border to enter the U.S.
The human trafficking network, active in more than five states - Delhi, Gujarat, Punjab, Andhra Pradesh and Mumbai - charged around `6-12 lakh for facilitating entry into Guatemala and `25-30 lakh for the U.S.
And the youngsters, mostly from Punjab and Gujarat - between the age group of 18-30 years - were available in hordes to strike deals with the agents.
The police are yet to arrest the 11 others involved from different parts of the country and have issued non-bailable warrants against them. The gang also facilitated entry into Nicaragua, Brazil and other countries, it is claimed.
The human trafficking racket was busted after the Delhi Police registered a case and started an investigation following the recovery of 105 passports in an unclaimed baggage at Indira Gandhi International Airport on January 2.
The customs department at the airport had opened the baggage months after its arrival in 2011 and handed it over to the Delhi Police recently. The baggage belonged to one of the alleged agents - Sawan Rajnikant Trivedi of Ahmedabad, Gujarat, who could not collect it as it got delayed by two days in transit. Authorities believe that, fearing that the baggage had landed with the police, Trivedi didn't come back to claim it.
In the dock: Guramrit Pal Singh (top left), Sawan Rajnikant Trivedi (top right), Shashi Kiran Reddy (left) and Sujeet Kumar (right) have all been arrested in connection with the racket
The young illegal immigrants travelled to New Delhi from their home states and then boarded flights to Guatemala via Istanbul on valid passports and the agents used to get their entry to the country through visa on arrival.
In Guatemala, the Indian agents handed over the passengers to Spanish and Mexican groups who then helped them cross over to the U.S.
However, the agents retained the passports of all their customers and came back to India to extort pending payments from the families. After receiving the payments, they handed over the passports to family members who sent them back to their relative in the U.S.
Once inside the U.S., the illegal immigrants would fan out across the country, often relying on relatives and acquaintances already there to arrange jobs and housing.
'The agents used to bear the expenses of advocates or attorneys if there was any risk in the U.S.,'deputy commissioner of police R.A. Sanjeev said.
The accused - Trivedi, Guramrit Pal Singh from Punjab (with a Canadian citizenship), Shashi Kiran Reddy from Hyderabad and Sujeet Kumar from New Delhi - were arrested on January 15 when they were scheduled to convene a meeting at Patel Nagar.
The police managed to identify all the accused after they scanned the 105 passports and found that one of the passport holders, Praveen Bhai Mohandas Patel, had come back to India from Guatemala on a scanned passport in 2011.
He was arrested in 2011 and his statement revealed the gang of agents active in Gujarat, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Punjab. Trivedi's name also surfaced in the statement and that's how the police managed to trace the rest of the accused.
From India to the U.S. via the jungles of Guatemala: Investigation exposes route taken by human traffickers | Daily Mail Online
Must come to you as a surprise, that indians, are also leaving India by any means possible to look for better life, the fact millions that live out side of India already and arent returning should be a clue that you arent any better. not to start thread that will blow up in your face.
Last edited:
halupridol
BANNED
- Joined
- Nov 30, 2013
- Messages
- 6,153
- Reaction score
- -32
- Country
- Location
I thought an aircraft with 16 crew members disappeared
same here
That doesn't mean anything. Its well known fact that British Indians are well off and highly educated and hence posh, unlike the Brit Pakistanis, just because some random Portuguese old fart can't hack it doesn't mean anything.
Whats funny though is the link you brought here to put down the Indians says so many offensive things about your own kind. Now that is an epic self goal.
For e.g.
There was a Pakistani guy I knew who used to pretend to be Mexican and it sounded so weird with his accent, he would do this whenever he wanted some marijuana, as soon as a Mexican guy would start speaking Spanish, he'd go blank faced.
My last encounter was a Pakistani guy that was stalking an ex, he would go in the native american chat rooms and pretend he was apache indian, I knew just from his face that he wasn't, he stated he lived in England and I said something to the effect "are you ****?" and he started yelling racism but later admitted it.
PWFI
SENIOR MEMBER
- Joined
- Dec 15, 2009
- Messages
- 2,470
- Reaction score
- -10
- Country
- Location
i don't do that kind of things, since i am not indian.
