Pakistani Leaders Ignore Malala Day

[niaz]

Anyone who falls for this Malala Drama is hopeless .. that's all i can say .

Sorry to say but this is a slander on a brave Pakistani girl and shows a either a strong sexist or a pro Taliban views point or may be both. I find such one liners beneath contempt.

In reply I humbly request the great personality that you obviously are to spare enough time to peruse the following article:


The Malala backlash

BINA SHAH

2013-07-16 07:37:59

WHY has Malala Yousufzai’s speech at the UN on July 12, her 16th birthday, created such admiration all over the world, only to be met with a nasty backlash against the young education activist in Pakistan?

Perhaps the negative reaction of many Pakistanis to the young girl is the carping of jealous nobodies, but it bears examining because it says something profound about Pakistan.

The reaction to Malala’s words was swift in Pakistan; barely hours after she made her inspirational speech, people began complaining about its contents, the fact that the UN had dedicated an entire day to her, and the adulation she was receiving from world leaders by her side. Ignoring the text of her speech, which spoke out for the rights of girls and women and implored world leaders to choose peace instead of war, the naysayers tore down the young woman, her father, and Western nations for supporting her in her quest for education.

The insults flowed freely: Malala Dramazai was a popular epithet that popped up on Facebook pages and Twitter. The whole shooting was staged by “the West” and America, who control the Taliban. She was being used to make Pakistan feel guilty for actions that were the fault of the Western powers in the first place. Posters were circulated that showed Mukhtaran Mai and Malala with Xs through their faces, and berated the two women for speaking out about their experiences in order to receive money, popularity and asylum abroad.

Another popular refrain was “drone attacks”. Why had Malala not spoken out about drones at the UN? Why did everyone care so much about Malala and not the other girls murdered by drones? Why did America kill innocent children with drones and then lionise the young Malala to make themselves feel good that they actually cared about the children of Pakistan and Afghanistan?

It was a shameful display of how Pakistanis have a tendency to turn on the very people they should be proud of. Prof Abdus Salam fell victim to this peculiar Pakistani phenomenon, as well as the murdered child labour activist Iqbal Masih, Rimsha Masih, who recently received asylum for the threats to her life after the blasphemy case, and Kainat Soomro, the brave child who had been gang-raped and actually dared to take on her attackers. Pakistanis have very deliberately abandoned these brave champions of justice, and each time one more joins their ranks, the accusations of fame mongering, Western agendas, and money ring out louder and louder.

The insults to Malala had a decidedly sexist tone, the comparison to Mukhtaran Mai — another Pakistani hero — making it obvious that rather than embracing female survivors of hideous, politically motivated violence, Pakistanis prefer them to shut up and go away, not to use their ordeals as a platform to campaign for justice.

The Malala backlash - DAWN.COM

 

[F.O.X]

Sorry to say but this is a slander on a brave Pakistani girl and shows a either a strong sexist or a pro Taliban views point or may be both. I find such one liners beneath contempt.

In reply I humbly request the great personality that you obviously are to spare enough time to peruse the following article:


The Malala backlash

BINA SHAH

2013-07-16 07:37:59

WHY has Malala Yousufzai’s speech at the UN on July 12, her 16th birthday, created such admiration all over the world, only to be met with a nasty backlash against the young education activist in Pakistan?

Perhaps the negative reaction of many Pakistanis to the young girl is the carping of jealous nobodies, but it bears examining because it says something profound about Pakistan.

The reaction to Malala’s words was swift in Pakistan; barely hours after she made her inspirational speech, people began complaining about its contents, the fact that the UN had dedicated an entire day to her, and the adulation she was receiving from world leaders by her side. Ignoring the text of her speech, which spoke out for the rights of girls and women and implored world leaders to choose peace instead of war, the naysayers tore down the young woman, her father, and Western nations for supporting her in her quest for education.

The insults flowed freely: Malala Dramazai was a popular epithet that popped up on Facebook pages and Twitter. The whole shooting was staged by “the West” and America, who control the Taliban. She was being used to make Pakistan feel guilty for actions that were the fault of the Western powers in the first place. Posters were circulated that showed Mukhtaran Mai and Malala with Xs through their faces, and berated the two women for speaking out about their experiences in order to receive money, popularity and asylum abroad.

Another popular refrain was “drone attacks”. Why had Malala not spoken out about drones at the UN? Why did everyone care so much about Malala and not the other girls murdered by drones? Why did America kill innocent children with drones and then lionise the young Malala to make themselves feel good that they actually cared about the children of Pakistan and Afghanistan?

It was a shameful display of how Pakistanis have a tendency to turn on the very people they should be proud of. Prof Abdus Salam fell victim to this peculiar Pakistani phenomenon, as well as the murdered child labour activist Iqbal Masih, Rimsha Masih, who recently received asylum for the threats to her life after the blasphemy case, and Kainat Soomro, the brave child who had been gang-raped and actually dared to take on her attackers. Pakistanis have very deliberately abandoned these brave champions of justice, and each time one more joins their ranks, the accusations of fame mongering, Western agendas, and money ring out louder and louder.

The insults to Malala had a decidedly sexist tone, the comparison to Mukhtaran Mai — another Pakistani hero — making it obvious that rather than embracing female survivors of hideous, politically motivated violence, Pakistanis prefer them to shut up and go away, not to use their ordeals as a platform to campaign for justice.

The Malala backlash - DAWN.COM

With Due Respect Sir , i have read this & many other articles like this , and still i stick to my point of view , that is was nothing but hoax , my point of view is based on my information & I will stick to it , rather then believing some made up fiction .

 

[RiazHaq]

Here's an interesting Op Ed by a Pakistani published in Washington Post:

SIALKOT, Pakistan — To the rest of the world, Malala Yousafzai is a hero, but to many if not most of our fellow Pakistanis, she is the West’s poster child, and someone who is getting far too much attention.
You’d think that being shot by the Taliban for speaking out for the right of all girls to go to school would make her as celebrated here as in New York, where on her 16th birthday last week, she spoke at the U.N. Youth Assembly. “Malala Day,” they called it.
But there are no such days here, and it is so disheartening to see this girl who has so much passion for Pakistan being treated so harshly in the country she loves. Over and over, we hear speeches that begin, “I support Malala and the right to education for all, but…”
This but disgusts me.
Nearly 66 years after independence from the British, we still haven’t managed to decolonize ourselves, and so still have an angry, defensive attitude toward the West. Which is why, the moment the West applauded Malala, we forgot all she’d done for us and focused only on the West’s hypocrisy.
Yes, it is hypocritical of the West, especially the United States, to celebrate one girl when they are directly responsible for depriving millions of girls of basic human rights in Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen and Pakistan.
How so? Much of the American public sees civilian victims of drone strikes and other military intervention as collateral damage. And yes, there is something of the white savior’s complex in the way the Western media have reported Malala’s story; by glorifying her, they also use her as an excuse to justify drone strikes and aggression against Taliban.
Still, there are two major problems with this whole defensive approach. First, it puts the entire blame for the Taliban’s hostility on the West. It is very convenient to say that they are a product of U.S. policies in the 1980s, but the fact is that although the funding was mostly American, the Taliban were supported by Saudi Arabia and trained by the Pakistani army.
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They question why Malala’s friends, Shazia Ramzan and Kainat Riaz, who were shot along with Malala, are not celebrated in the same way. What we forget is that Malala’s achievement was not being shot, or even for surviving the attack. She is celebrated for her passion for education — a cause she has been advocating since the age of eleven.
She is rightly celebrated for daring to stand up for her rights and unyieldingly doing so even after an assassination attempt. Malala is not merely the West’s tool, whose aim is to promote drone strikes. She has her own independent identity as a young, fearless, indigenous activist whom we ourselves thwart when we focus too much on her shooting and not enough on the reason behind it.
This summer, on break from the college I attend in the United States, I’m back in Pakistan and working in an underserved public high school for girls. The passion and eagerness to learn that shines in their eyes has convinced me that they are all Malalas, who don’t need to be saved by anyone.
The eagerness to serve them, and Pakistan, is what Malala and I have in common. When people belittle her, they undermine every girl who aspires to a quality education. Yes, we are all Malala — and we are sick of whining victimhood.

In Pakistan, Malala is seen as an overexposed poster child of the West

 

[RiazHaq]

Here's a Reuters' report of a planned documentary on Malala Yousufzai:

Malala Yousafzai, the 16-year-old Pakistani girl who was shot in the head and neck by the Taliban last year for demanding education for girls, will be the subject of a documentary film, its producers said on Tuesday.

Davis Guggenheim, who won an Oscar for the 2006 environmental documentary "An Inconvenient Truth," starring former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, will direct the yet-to-be-titled documentary that is slated to be released in late 2014.

The film will follow Yousafzai as she campaigns for the right of children to education, said producers Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald, who also produced the 2007 Afghan drama, "The Kite Runner."

Yousafzai was targeted for killing by the Islamist Taliban in October last year because of her campaign against the group's efforts to deny women education.

She not only survived the attack, but recovered to the extent that she celebrated her 16th birthday last week with a passionate speech at the United Nations in New York.

"There are few stories Laurie and I have ever come across that are as compelling, urgent or important as the real-life struggle of Malala and her father Ziauddin on behalf of universal education for children," Parkes said in a statement.

The teenager was treated in Pakistan before the United Arab Emirates provided an air ambulance to fly her to Britain, where doctors mended parts of her skull with a titanium plate.

Unable to return safely to Pakistan, Yousafzai enrolled in a school in Birmingham, England in March.

"Let us pick up our books and pens," she said in her U.N. speech. "They are our most powerful weapons. One child, one teacher, one pen and one book can change the world. Education is the only solution."

The film will be funded by Image Nation Abu Dhabi, a subsidiary of government-owned Abu Dhabi Media, which is based in the capital of the United Arab Emirates.

Documentary to follow Pakistan's young education crusader Malala | Reuters

 

[niaz]

My personal sentiments are best expressed in the following article by Yasir Pirzada:

YAsir Pirzada- zara hat key- Malala Iam sorry - Jang Columns

and by Asna Ali

http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-9-190364-The-mirror


I still find it amazing that all the staff at Military Hospital in Pakistan, UAE Gov't that provided the special aircraft to carry Malala Yusufzai to UK and the staff at Birmingham hospital were part of the 'Drama' and Malala was never shot, thus her pictures before, during and after the recovery are also fake. Else she was shot by such an expert that bullet was only meant to cause non-fatal wounds so that Malala’s family could settle in the UK and to malign the TTP heroes.

The fact that TTP admitted the shooting and then an issued statement to Pakistani media to justify the attempted murder is also a slur on the great Fazalullah, the hero of Swat. It goes without saying that entire assembly of the United Nations are also conspiring with CIA, ISI, RAW, Mossad etc. to fool Pakistani public.

It reminds me of the famous prosecution of the great Galileo, who admitted his error in asserting that Earth revolved round the Sun against clerical view that Sun went round the Earth.

One cannot win argument with someone who insists it is night when it is midday. I admit defeat, all the people who believe that it is all a hoax are right and I am wrong.

 

[indusporus]

With Due Respect Sir , i have read this & many other articles like this , and still i stick to my point of view , that is was nothing but hoax , my point of view is based on my information & I will stick to it , rather then believing some made up fiction .

What you said makes absolutely no sense. If taliban is a puppet of America, then why would America stages a hoax where they train another puppet who would speak constantly against the first puppet (from a very very young age of 12) and finish it up with the first puppet shooting the second puppet(after fooooouuuuur yeeeaaars) only for the second puppet to speak against the first infront of an even bigger audience??
All this to achieve what? What ulterior motives does all these vast and seemingly illogical hoax operations hold? And what drama is she playing exactly? If I'm not wrong she never spoke either against either Islam or Pakistan and only has said positive things about both.

 

[Awesome]

Malala day is for international audience not for domestic consumption. It would be unfair for Pakistan to celebrate a day of women's educations and right solely on Malala Yousef when there are many young women doing the same work as her.

Zara ek aur 11 year old ka naam batana jo exactly yeh kaam kar rahi hai?

 

[niaz]

What you said makes absolutely no sense. If taliban is a puppet of America, then why would America stages a hoax where they train another puppet who would speak constantly against the first puppet (from a very very young age of 12) and finish it up with the first puppet shooting the second puppet(after fooooouuuuur yeeeaaars) only for the second puppet to speak against the first infront of an even bigger audience??
All this to achieve what? What ulterior motives does all these vast and seemingly illogical hoax operations hold? And what drama is she playing exactly? If I'm not wrong she never spoke either against either Islam or Pakistan and only has said positive things about both.

Many of my countrymen cannot find it in their heart to condemn cold blooded Taliban/LeJ killers outright, when they do it is always qualified with ‘if & but’. Many even refuse to condemn killing of polio workers because their hero OBL was trapped thru a fake anti-polio campaign. They cannot hide their envy when a 16 year old Pakistan girl is showered with praise in an international forum, there has to be an international conspiracy behind it. This mind-set is not limited to ordinary folks, political leaders and educated people are part of this section of society.

Sir, you have made the cardinal error of looking at the whole thing rationally.You cannot think like these people because poison of bigotry and extremism is not in your blood. Besides you are an Indian and therefore your admiration for Malala is meant to look Pakistan bad.

You are very wrong about Malala. Malala is obviously an agent of the West to make TTP look bad in the eyes of the world. How dare she stand up against TTP who are doing Allah's work?

I also have deep admiration for her courage; I am therefore guilty by association and equally culpable.

 

[Abu Zolfiqar]

This is a paradox in Pakistan today....Rather than celebrating a courage of a courageous girl, they are trying to disassociate with her....Does it sends out a message that Pakistan of today stands more with those people who shot this little girl that with her???

the Sharif brothers do not constitue "Pakistans leaders"

they are leaders of Punjab only.....no other province cares for them. Voting was rigged, it was a sham election.


everyone in military circle to PTI,MQM, PPP circles (the latter not countring, since theyve been thrown to the sewers) were very much pro Malala

and in fact the whole world is looking up to her

 

[niaz]

With Due Respect Sir , i have read this & many other articles like this , and still i stick to my point of view , that is was nothing but hoax , my point of view is based on my information & I will stick to it , rather then believing some made up fiction .

It is difficult to argue with people who consider the girl who campaigns for female education in Pakistan is an agent of the West but keep a soft for the butchers who destroy girl’s school and kill Muslims while praying and /or visiting tombs of the Saints.
Nevertheless I appeal to your humanity to the read the following article.

Gazi Salah ud din- khuwab aur azaab- Malala aur quami salamti - Jang Columns