As a true son of the soil , I can say with great surity that the minister's claim that she 'represents the 160 million' people of Pakistan is absloulty false
She is from that 2% sleeveless-capsleeve-yousaf-sallahudin-haweli-hai-allah-gora-char-gaya crowd and in NO way represents the vast majority of Pakistanis.
Its a well known fact that Musharraf has a taste for tarts and reason for putting an air head like this dofus minister is perhpas Musharaf's own likes and dislikes and not what the people want.
The report that the Web Master posted is a Reuters report , filed by Pakistan bureau. The head of the Reuters agency in Pakistan is a woman who, not surprisingly, belongs to the same 2% crowd that I mentioned above
Convinietly in the report they portray as if its the 'maulvi' that is oppose to this and the common people are actually supportive. What load of balony.
Maybe the student wing of Jamat-e-Islami needs to pay these idiots a visit.
She is bringing more shame to the country by giving stupid remarks , it'll be best if she shuts up and is scaked for her non-representative behaviour of Pakistani society while holding a public office and nothing should be heard of her publicly ever again.
Naturally you have a right to your opinion and it is good that you shared your views with us but how can you categorically say that majority of the people want is what you want. Your comment that JI student wing should pay these people a visit, indicates that you favour forcing down your version of Islam down other peoples throats.
I had flirted biefly with JI sudent wing myself but soon disappointed due to the thuggery conducted in the name of religion. (This basically started with Mian Tufail Ahmad, who managed to oust the founder, Mualana Maudoodi himself from the Amirdom of JI. Earlier even the persons of the calibre of Maulana Islahi had also severed their relations with the JI due the differences in the way to move forward. It seems that thuggs and bigots have taken over a party which was formed with very noble and laudable aims.)
I have come across quite a few with the same views and perspective. Your term" true son of the soil" implies that anyone who disagrees with you is NOT??. A son of the soil is one who is born in Pakistan. There are 3 million new souls born in Pakistan each year; dear sir, do you mean to say that these new borns are not Pakistanis if they turn out to be of different persuasion; who gave you this right??
If you have read my earlier posts, you would notice that I am pessimistic about Pakistan's social and cultural future because of people holding the same narrow view of Islam and morality as yourself. This malaise was injected into Pakistan polity by the bigot Zia, who used Islam to justify his usurpation of power and most religious parties supported the villian. Now the same mullhas are protesting for "Democarcy". What a bunch of hypocrites!!
Punjab that I knew was a cultural paradise with room for every one including Mirasis ( professional singers) Bhands ( professional jokers) and even Hijraas ( males turned females). This land produced the immortal lovers such as Heer Ranjha, Sohni Mahinwal and Mirza Saheban. If then people had the same bigoted views as yours, all of these would have been hanged. All I can say, That I wish that I am not alive to see the day that MMA or JI turn the land that I love into a colourless spartan hell hole.
You call youserself son of the soil, please go and read Baba Bulleh Shah. He was was a true son of the soil.
I take it as a compliment, thanks. 
