Comments on: Happy Valentine’s Day, Peshawar, Pakistan http://pakistaniat.com/2008/02/14/happy-valentines-day-peshawar-pakistan/ Pakistan. Pakistani. Pakistaniat. Sat, 02 May 2026 16:27:50 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.7 By: world tv channel live http://pakistaniat.com/2008/02/14/happy-valentines-day-peshawar-pakistan/comment-page-10/#comment-583685 Sat, 02 May 2026 16:27:50 +0000 http://pakistaniat.com/2008/02/14/happy-valentines-day-peshawar-pakistan/#comment-583685 This is going to help so many people.

]]> By: Aliya http://pakistaniat.com/2008/02/14/happy-valentines-day-peshawar-pakistan/comment-page-10/#comment-197021 Sun, 14 Feb 2010 19:45:02 +0000 http://pakistaniat.com/2008/02/14/happy-valentines-day-peshawar-pakistan/#comment-197021 Actually, I know quite a bit about privacy law (the type of stuff they taught us at Law School).

For news photographs, you do NOT need permission. Do you think they take permission from the cricket match crowd when taking their photograph or showing them on TV.

If there was something compromising in the picture then there might be a courtesy argument, but there is no such thing in that. A woman is looking at a card in a shop, what is wrong with that. The picture becomes interesting only because of the angle (via another card), but otherwise is totally innocent, except in teh dirty minds of some men maybe!

As a woman, I see no problem with this. Nor why my brother or father would be concerned.

If you are indeed her brother or father maybe you should apologize to her for the implication of your sexist comment.

]]> By: seemi http://pakistaniat.com/2008/02/14/happy-valentines-day-peshawar-pakistan/comment-page-9/#comment-197020 Sun, 14 Feb 2010 19:43:42 +0000 http://pakistaniat.com/2008/02/14/happy-valentines-day-peshawar-pakistan/#comment-197020 here are some facts:
this is 21st century, internet, fast communication technologies and ecommerce has given rise to what we call Globalization.
this essentially means cultures and people will interact and absorb influences.
another fact, western cultures are dominant – let me guess why– probably they are tailored to the needs of those who intend to live in 21st century and live a normal life.

now if some ppl are feeling threatened by V day being christian day and not islamic and pkistani…then here is a food for thought….Iran’s autocractic theocratic regime tried since last two decades banning internet…and today its own ppl are fighting that regime by a never-seen-before twitter and you-tube war,….

lesson…dont fight the power of modern world

now the concern: our identity is getting lost…no heer no sussi no punno….no bulle-shah……

wht should we do…..

here is a suggestion.
1. decide if you want to be part of modern world…. if answer is yes…then go to point 2….if answer is no….then stop reading here….

2. accept that coming age will see emergence of global identities, where ppl who have very ethnocentric mentality will be at a loser’s end ….

3. now if you are concerned of seeing something pakistani..something at par with islami in the final global image that will emerge …..then start thinking about what is that we can offer that will be acceptable to world at large …..(my advice dont think of anything that will start with following words….”cave age”…”burqa”….”hajaab”……”e valuable thing is in cover, mango is in cover so shld be a woman”….”bahiyaa ki ghairatt”….”honor killing”….”three east steps to suicide bombing”…..”kill kill kill”…..)

4. once you figure out wht the global world is and wht it means to be global…then pick up your open, open your literature books, open your laptops….and start reshaping your treasure for offering to the modern world….if it is worth something…..trust me world will accept it……

My final words…learn to integrate, learn to offer and sell what you believe in….or else prepare to be dominated….and prepare to see no glimpse of pakistaniyat in the tomorrow’s civilized world

oh by the way….happy V day….(till we succeed in offering an acceptable alternative on some other day :))

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