Mehreen Saeed
12 hrs ·
Pakistanis or Pakistani-Americans worried about traveling to Pakistan or having relatives visit, please relax! Trump's anti-Muslim ban will likely not be extended to my beloved watan because there are NATO forces still stuck in Afghanistan that need a safe exit, and that safe and economical exit route is only through Pakistan, which is America's most key strategic ally. And let's say even if the ban is extended to Pakistan, we have Imran Khan who will easily block the NATO supplies through his street power in retaliation, and you know he will do it, it's his hobby.
Remember how Imran Khan led tens of thousands of Pakistanis to march toward Waziristan against the U.S. Drone strikes? If this travel ban happens (which it won't) I will use my democratic right and will go and protest in front of a NATO truck to block it myself, I promise
My cousin who was in the Pakistan army just reminded me, all 7 countries on the discriminatory anti-Muslim ban list have a civil war going on and have ineffective armies. Pakistan doesn't have a civil war and Pakistan army is the most battle hardened army in the world, it will not allow a civil war.
Lastly, don't you think that Pakistan has already been through the worst? I mean around 60,000 Pakistanis have died since 9/11 although not a single Pakistani was behind 9/11. No country has sacrificed more than Pakistan in America's war in Afghanistan and the U.S. Intelligence agencies know that. And we already are being vetted and monitored since the war in Afghanistan started, there are no direct flights coming from Pakistan to America. So please while we protest Trump's unconstitutional
#Muslimban let's not stop traveling to the beautiful and resilient land called Pakistan. It needs all the tourism and economic boost, we owe
#Pakistan that
#ImranKhan