Would you like to buy my Kidney please?

Posted on October 17, 2007
Filed Under >Darwaish, Economy & Development, People, Photo of the Day
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Darwaish

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”

44 responses to “Would you like to buy my Kidney please?”

  1. Rafay Kashmiri says:

    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 `!!

  2. Asad says:

    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?

  3. Ahson Hasan says:
  4. Rafay Kashmiri says:

    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.

  5. Bilal says:

    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!