This picture is from Faisal Mosque, Islamabad and almost every newspaper in Pakistan published it on Saturday, just a day before Eid-Ul-Fitr. This poor guy had to come to a mosque because he can no longer sell his kidney in the “Kidney Bazaars”. After the arrest of the Kidney Gang of Lahore, our government had to bring a new law, thanks to strict orders from Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhary. Just last week, Shaukat Aziz gave us this good news during an interview on ARY Digital that poverty have been reduced from 36% to 24% (I always wonder who comes up with these figures anyways?). He proudly said that thanks to the wonderful work by our government, we have eliminated poverty significantly. Perhaps, he meant the poor.
Here in Pakistan, everyday we hear the tall claims of progress and prosperity from the ruling elite and on the other hand we find a totally different picture on ground. I do not need to say more. They have become totally disconnected from the reality that they have no idea whatsoever about the problems of ordinary people of Pakistan (Yes yes, due to security reasons we don’t feel safe in Awaam). Or may be, people complain all the time for no reason and I am just being cynical. May be Mr. Pervez Elahi is absolutely right when he says everyday in television commercials, paid by our tax money, “Har Qadam Khushhaali Ki Janab”
Darwaish Bhai,
Finally, did the guy managed to sell his gurdah, or is
he still with it, no news !! , is he willing to sell his
brain ?? not what you think ! I mean the Bheja !!
Recently I learnt that people from India are visiting Pakistan to for their Kidney transplant.It was amaging because medical facilities are better in India but it took me seconds to understand,the gangs involved in human organs.This problem do exist in India also when poor people are lured by money.We people of both the country should have a insight that we need to be nuclear powers or we need education and eradication of poverty.
Warm regards to all friends in Pakistan.Love you all.
Darwaish Bhai,
Hilarious polemic
since the appearance of this blog and comments deserved,
there is polemic around this on the basis of supply and
demand theory, it appears that in Rawalpindi, Gujarat
and Gujranwala now they are found before masjids, young
amateurs with placards like :
” lost my kidney in karsaz blast can I have one from
Benazir ”
” lost my one eye, can Rehman or Shery Malik lend me
their’s.?”
” lost my child can Benazir replace’ em”?
” lost my three fingers, I just want Benazir’s Index.
” (A woman) I have lost my one right ………….can Benazir
arrange” ?
” lost my glasses, Benazir as well, we both lost”
” (Apparently a man) I have lost one of my………..can I
ask Zardari if he can………….?”
The police had to be called they were evacuated from
there, what a day `!!
What a dumb pretence for an article. So a person selling his kidney means that all the progress has been for nought? Does a single person’s condition provide conclusive evidence of a country’s economical progress?
‘Pathetic’ is one word that comes to my mind when I see this guy’s picture. It portrays the absolutely disastrous and painfully devastating condition of the man on the street in Pakistan.
A few years ago, back in the 90’s, the late Paul Kriesberg, then a Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington DC, edited a compilation of views of various South Asia related researchers and called it ‘Pakistan: A failed State?’ in which the very failure of the Pakistani political system to provide the people of the country with the basic amenities of life was questioned and the priorities of country were scrutinized, the acts and omissions vis-à-vis the nuclear program and the very rationale of that rather ambitious project was made a subject of discussion. Of course, the work came under heavy criticism from all and sundry in Pakistan, then a terribly sanctioned ‘rogue’ state.
Looking back now, I feel that the fears and apprehensions expressed in the study really held water and were truly valid. Pakistan’s lack of success at creating a system, a well-built mechanism to support its people socio-economically has turned into a nightmare for those who have limited opportunities in life and restricted income resources.
Pakistan’s priorities are, perhaps, not even known to the benevolent general who rules the country! Do we have an effective social security mechanism in the country? Do we have a community-based culture where those in crisis are helped out when in need? Is it amongst the priorities of the state and the government to provide the basic needs of life, such as opportunities to work, security of life, and property, respect of human rights, etc. or are these virtues just ideals and no one wants to pay attention to them?
It’s become an agonizing struggle between the haves and the have nots. I remember when I was growing up that the country had a strong middle-class system. I am appalled to read and hear about the situation and the ground realities now. I’ve been told that there is no middle-class in existence anymore – people are either rich or they are poor.
And the above description, by the way, is only applicable to those living in urban areas and cities. Thanks to the strong and blatant feudal system in the villages, where in some cases, slavery still is rampantly visible, one wonders if ever the government has paid attention to the maliks, the chaudharis, the sardars, the khokhars, the waderas and the like.
Is education a priority? I have serious doubts about it. Is immunizing the young ones against fatal diseases a priority? I’m not sure!
I look at India and even Bangladesh’s economic figures. Being a South Asian, I feel proud at the progress those two countries have made within a span of a decade or so. How have they affected a quality change in the lives of millions of their citizens? The answer is that they have got their priorities straightened out.
Pakistan, on the other hand, has been too busy arming it’s military, spending on nuclear proliferation, cultivating a ‘rich’ crop of fundamentalists and thereby ‘investing’ in terrorism. Isn’t it shameful? Is it too much to ask for to have good governance in the country?
Folks like the one shown in the picture are not unique to Pakistan. I hear that the country is one of the biggest contributors to human trafficking. Remember the camel kids? Remember the reasons why parents of those children will give them away to the ferocious Arabs?
When will this nation of 150 million people wake up? When will these politicians and the generals start treating the ordinary folks as human beings? When are we going to see the revival of the middle-class? Given the way things are moving and judging by the pattern of events, I’m sorry to say, there is only one answer to so many questions: perhaps never.
Pa/kiss/tani
Hazrat ji
don’t tell us you are going to claim Prophecy? , oh No !!!!!!
take some piano lessons and learn Wagner and re-read
Mien Kampf.
Do some research on Jinnah in sobriety. Make wazzo first.
Well since the demise of Jinnah gud times never came…it was all about promises, dictators, rigged elections and the roads to democracy…but it was only in this govt that we are losing the very basic human right: THE RIGHT TO LIVE!
@adonis
comparing america and pakistan in the context of religion is an absolute absurdity.
Pakistan along with israel are the two states which were formed on the basis of religion.
For Americans it wasnt RELIGION which made them fight against colonialism. But for Pakistanis religious influence is a matter of great importance, remember name of your country is ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN, not just Republic of PAkistan , though in Ayub era, establishment removed ISLAMIC on all the official documents but later reinstate this word due to Ayub’s U-TURN on this issue
So your first point is nothing but an attempt to prove ur point with a wrong example.
your second point, as you wrote:
opinion of 90% of muslims who voted for him counts more than the views of one confused individual.
what would you say about HITLER’s party, GERMANS voted for his party, thats why his party won more seats than its rival parties.
So if ppl voted for hitler it didt make him a FIT man to hold the office, does it???
As Jinnah won the hearts of muslims cuz HE TALKED ABOUT ISLAM, just like Hitler who said,
EXCEPRT from an article,
Hitler appealed to morality, attacking free love and what he inferred was the immorality of Berlin and some other major cities. He promised to stamp out big city corruption. He called for a spiritual revolution, for a “positive Christianity” and a spirit of national pride.
further as Jinnah played ISLAMIC card and present Hindus as MULIM’s biggest enmies, Hitler presented COMMUNIST as a fearsome creatures and asked his ppl,
“If you want your country to go Bolshevik, vote Communist. If you want to remain free Germans, vote for the National Socialists”.
your point three:
Liaquat’s decision to visit America, you wrote:
is just another fallacy that has been proved false after the foreign ministry’s record became public…..
WOULD you mind to tell me the presence of any such official documents which shows that America invited the PM before USSR.?????
As far as I am concerned every single DIPLOMAT current or former brands Liaquat’s decision A HORRIBLE MISTAKE.
you also,
there’s a differnce between MARXISM AND SOCIALISM.
Could you enlighten me plz???
what i have read from the books is,
Karl Marx who helped establish and define the modern socialist movement, socialism would be the socioeconomic system that arises after the proletarian revolution where the means of production are owned collectively.
DID BHUTTO follow something else other than Marxism???
Isnt KARL MARX considered as a FATHER of socialism???
i would be glad if you could tell me the difference between the two terms i.e marxism and socialism.
as on your last sentence, you wrote:
well, if one keeps one eyes closed, it is always a dark era…….
hmm.. Does it really make any difference if you keep your eyes open or close in the profound darkness???
oh! well probably it does make as long as you have the tendency to see in the dark like an OWL.