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Marvi Sirmed attacked in Pakistan

Where are the pakistani female activists and their macho bodyguards straight from IVC now?

Jokers all, unable to comprehend or tolerate anything inconvenient and then resorting to their upbringing to blame India. A bunch of true winners :)

I think you got the spelling for the intended word wrong.
 
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its getting very dangerous ,its a publicity stunt or whatever, cause it bring in a sad reason & a open invitation to NATO & others , looking for a opening to declare pakistan a threat to the world!
its time to kickout this dam democrazy, clean up the mess , fight the extermism on every level, grow up our economy!
 
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To be honest i don't see any difference between marvi sirmed and veena malik. Marvi sirmed cannot debate like intellectuals and start putting words in mouth of opponent but that dont mean she should be attacked. Its sad incident if its true. May be its another attack from TTP
 
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Pakistan’s ‘Malala moment’ has ‘passed’: NYT
By: Special Correspondent | October 21, 2012

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NEW YORK - Conspiracy-laden skepticism being spread in Pakistan about Malala Yousafzai, the girls’ rights activist, suggests that the country’s ‘Malala moment’, and the possibilities it briefly excited, has now passed, according to a news analysis published in The New York Times Saturday.
“In the immediate aftermath of the Oct 9 assault, some Pakistanis hoped it could set off a sea change in their society,” NYT correspondent Declan Walsh wrote from Islamabad. “For years, the country’s ability to resist Taliban militancy has been hamstrung by a broad ambiguity that undermined a national consensus against violence.
“Religious groups hesitated to challenge the Taliban for religious reasons. Politicians feared speaking out on safety grounds. And the military, which has a history of nurturing Islamists to fight its proxy wars in India or Afghanistan, equivocated by tacitly supporting selected militant outfits, known among militancy experts as the ‘good Taliban’.
“But after Ms Yousafzai was shot, heart-rending images of the wounded child bounced against coldblooded Taliban statements that the militants would shoot her again, if they had a chance. The country suddenly spoke with a unified, furious voice.”
According to the paper, people in Pakistan now have ‘mixed feelings’ about Malala.
Some people even think that the attack on Malala was nothing, but an ‘American publicity stunt’ to make their point against the Taliban, the paper said.
Several young in the country are ambivalent about the attack on Malala, and believe that people have ignored Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani woman convicted on charges of trying to kill American soldiers and FBI agents by a New York court in 2010 and sentenced to 86 years in prison, the paper added.
“Such conspiracy-laden skepticism about Ms Yousafzai, who was shot by a Taliban gunman inside her school bus, is only one strand of public opinion here; others have expressed unqualified anger at the attack,” Correspondent Walsh wrote.
“But it does suggest something dispiriting: that Pakistan’s ‘Malala moment’, and the possibilities it briefly excited, has passed.”
The dispatch said “Just two days before the attack, Imran Khan, the former cricket star whose political star has soared in the past year, had led a honking motorcade of supporters to the edge of the tribal belt, where they mounted a protest against CIA-directed drone strikes in the nearby mountains. They received largely favourable news media coverage.
“But after the shooting, Mr Khan came in for sharp criticism, partly because he favours negotiating with the Taliban instead of fighting them, and partly because he refused to condemn the militants in a television interview, citing safety concerns for his followers in the tribal belt”. ‘If today I start shouting slogans here against Taliban, who will save them?’ Khan asked.
Khan, for his part, is sticking to his guns. “Our liberals support military solution despite them being counterproductive,” he wrote in an e-mail. “Each military operation leads to more militancy and fanaticism.”
Commentators said the episode hurt Khan’s credibility. “There had been latent fears about his Taliban policies,” said Fahd Hussain, a television presenter. “This thing suddenly reminded people that he is not really clear on this subject.”
The Times said “A military operation, however, is exactly what was being speculated about early this week, when the country’s top generals held a secretive two-day meeting that stoked speculation they were planning a long-anticipated assault on the Taliban stronghold of North Waziristan — a major demand of the Obama administration.
“By then, however, the backlash against Ms Yousafzai had already started in earnest. The religious right attacked the wounded schoolgirl, circulating images on the Internet that showed her meeting senior American officials and implying that she was an American agent.
“Other politicians showed little conviction. With the exception of the Karachi-based Muttahida Qaumi Movement, no party organised mass street rallies against the Taliban — a stark contrast with the violent riots that seized the country weeks earlier in reaction to an American-made anti-Islam video,” the newspaper added.
In Parliament on Wednesday, a government motion in favour of a ‘military operation’ against the Taliban was blocked by the opposition, the paper said. Most commentators now say a military drive into North Waziristan is unlikely anytime soon, it said.
“Whatever window had been opened — for military action, or a new unity against the Taliban — now appears to have closed. “It was a golden moment,” said Fahd Hussain, the journalist. “But that’s what it was — a moment.”
 
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very sad...........the ***** is still alive :cry:
 
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Extremely sad on seeing some of the views presented here (ranging from how come she escaped, who the hell cares, etc)..anyways publicity stunt or not - sooner or later the way things are going, she will be bumped off. Pakistanis are perhaps not realizing that voices questioning the figures of authority (religious or otherwise) are being silenced... A russian portrait from 80's comes to mind - populace with duct tape around the mouth..Disturbing !
 
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Extremely sad on seeing some of the views presented here (ranging from how come she escaped, who the hell cares, etc)..anyways publicity stunt or not - sooner or later the way things are going, she will be bumped off. Pakistanis are perhaps not realizing that voices questioning the figures of authority (religious or otherwise) are being silenced... A russian portrait from 80's comes to mind - populace with duct tape around the mouth..Disturbing !

She's a nutjob seeking attention through a staged "attack". If the attackers were so determined, she would be playing ping pong in the hell by now.
 
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Marvi Sirmed should be given a "Tamgha-e-Andaikhi-Shujaat"”
 
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No sympathy for her because she is hindu. Hindus should leave Pakistan and come back to India.
 
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Twitter alert: Marvi Sirmed attacked! – The Express Tribune

ISLAMABAD: A columnist and human rights campaigner, Marvi Sirmed, escaped unhurt when the car she was traveling in came under attack on Friday in Islamabad as suggested by users of social network Twitter.
Columnist Nusrat Javeed tweeted that Marvi’s car, being driven by her husband Manzoor Sirmed, was fired at. However, the couple remained “unharmed but shaken”, tweeted another user.
Geo News Urdu tweeted quoting Marvi as saying that she has survived the attack and has informed the police about it.
Marvi Sirmed told The Express Tribune that as they were traveling, they encountered a car with black tinted windows parked in front. Someone pulled out a gun from within the car and fired twice at them. Marvi said that they ducked and turned their car around. At this point the assailant fired at them once more. She said that they approached the nearest police checkpost, but by the time they returned to the scene of the crime, the assailant’s car had disappeared. Marvi said that she did not know who could have attacked her.
A senior police official told The Express Tribune that anyone could have attacked her. Police officials also recorded Marvi’s statement at her residence.
Meanwhile, interior minister Rehman Malik tweeted that he has sought a detailed report of the incident and also ordered extra security to be deputed at her residence.
“I have asked a detailed report on fringing on the car of Ms.Maravi Sirmd. I have spoken to her and also arranged security at her residence.”
 
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Islamabad: Unidentified gunmen on Friday attacked prominent rights activist Marvi Sirmed, who has received threats from extremist groups several times in the past, in the Pakistani capital though she escaped unharmed. The gunmen, who were in a black car, fired at Sirmed's vehicle at Murree Road near Bani Gala on the outskirts of Islamabad while she was returning home from work this evening.
"They tried to target us twice and fired several shots at my car which missed. Luckily, my driver sped away and we escaped," Sirmed said. Sirmed is an outspoken defender of democracy and human rights, especially the rights of minority communities like Hindus, Christians and Shias. She has received threats from rightwing and extremist groups several times in the past, forcing her to change her residence frequently.
Often seen wearing a sari and a bindi, Sirmed has also faced accusations of being "pro-Indian" from extremists. However, threats have never deterred her from taking steps to protect the rights of minorities and she was recently at the forefront of a campaign to prevent the abduction and forcible conversion of Hindu girls.

Sirmed, who works as the manager of a UN project to strengthen Pakistan's democracy and parliament, also played a key role in the recent campaign to free Rimsha Masih, a Christian girl who was wrongly accused of blasphemy after a Muslim cleric planted evidence against her.
Friends who had visited Sirmed at work two days ago said they had spotted a suspicious looking car parked outside her office late at night. Police officials said they had launched an investigation into today's shooting. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
In a message posted on Twitter, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said Sirmed had been provided security at her residence. Malik said he had asked authorities to submit a report on the attack on Sirmed's car.

Yaar come on taliban u can do better then that just attacks wont work on her. She is crazy psycho that must have been killed:P
 
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