Some Pakistani television channels seem to find this picture ‘cute’ and a great ‘human interest story.’ I happen to think it is disgusting! What do you think?
Please, please, please tell me you also find this more than just objectionable and restore by faith in Pakistani sanity!
The guy in the picture is 23-year old Azhar Haidri of Multan. On his right is Humaira Qasim (his 28-year old cousin that he has long been engaged to marry) and on his left is Rumana Aslam (his 21-year old other cousin who he says is his ‘true love’). He married both of them within 24-hours on October 19 and 20 in what was supposed to be his ‘dillema’ of who he should marry!
The whole thing has been a TV spectacle this last week. But what is really a spectacle to me is TV news anchors and hosts smiling and smirking as they “report” on this story – complete with “news footage” of the two weddings and interviews with the groom – as if this was one big joke!
As far as I am concerned, ruining two lives in this way is no joke. It is disgusting. And the smirks on these news anchors’ faces makes it even more disgusting.
And just when you thought it could not be any more disgusting than it is, there was the groom on my screen today being interviewed and saying that since he is the only brother of 9 sisters, he would appeal to people to please support him financially so that he can marry off his sisters now!
Yes, that is what he said. You know what else he said, he also said that since he comes from a place near the Prime Minister’s city he hopes that the Prime Minister will provide him with resources and support for his “honeymoon.”
And all of this is a “cute” “human interest story” to our news media!
I understand that every society has its share of freaks and publicity hungry psychopaths. But the real freaks here are the TV news anchors who are not only encouraging this psychopath but actually condoning and tactically supporting his behavior.
Bravo Tamashbeen …. This disgusts you only because it is “non political “irony”. You guys have no problem to express yourself when it comes to issues like this.
Its a hyprocy of each and every writer on “Pakistaniat.com” (including Adil Najam) that when it comes to any tragic event (Karachi killings during Musharraf, 3rd Nov. emergency and countless others), you guys try to stay as “neutral” as possible in your commentary. No such thing disgusted you but this picture because of many reasons definitely has a “digust” factor.
Funny things is that your website promo “anthem” (Hum Dekhein Gey) is full of events, which have no connection to your blogs.
The only funny part of this is his saying he wants PM to help him with money for his honeymoon.
All the rest is disgusting.
So, if it is such free will, are the women also being interviewed and would people supporting the man’s actions also be OK with these women taking on additional husbands?
Sandwich….har bhokay momin dil ki tamanna
This post has brought out an ugly side of Pakistanis and specially of our (mis)use of religion, not only in the story but also in the comments. This is an ugly side that we often ignore and it is the same thinking of justifying wrong things in the name of religion that gets us into trouble in so many other ways.