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While All Things Pakistan has remained alive and online, it has been dormant since June 11, 2011 - when, on the blog's 5th anniversary, we decided that it was time to move on. We have been heartened by your messages and the fact that a steady traffic has continued to enjoy the archived content on ATP. While the blog itself will remain dormant, we are now beginning to add occasional (but infrequent) new material by the original authors of the blog, mostly to archive what they may now publish elsewhere. We will also be updating older posts to make sure that new readers who stumble onto this site still find it useful.
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Mr. Watan Aziz, I am sure you have been told before just how irritating you are, even for those who might otherwise be inclined to agree with what you are saying!
There are times when it is not enough to feel outraged. One has to speak out. To express the outrage. To speak out, and to be heard, against that which is wrong. Indeed, there are times in life when it is difficult to determine exactly what is right. Reality, after all, is complex and nuanced. However, there are also times – more often than we think – when there is no ambiguity about what is wrong. Just plain wrong. Silence, at such moments – especially in the face of violence – cannot be justified. The least one can do is to call the wrong, wrong.
For a moment I thought this was about statement of Abdul Hafeez Sheikh, Minister of Finance, Government of Pakistan: “Personally speaking, I am in favour of taxing the rich, but the Constitution does not allow the federal government to do so because it is a provincial subject”.
Yes, I too am outraged for desecration of relics, of disrespecting other faiths and other peoples. This is not who Pakistanis are. This is not how we get defined.
And yes, I am outraged just the same at the people who are doing disservice to the nation.
When will ATP speak up against the later?