The World Is BUT are We Ready for a New Pakistan?

Romair/Ahmadzai/HE,

Look at these chowk profiles:

(HisExcellency)

I work with computers, play with Design documents, and dabble in political science & history for fun. An extrovert by nature, I find it hard to resist tennis, white-water rafting and skiing on the weekends.

(Ahmadzai)

I hail from a small town near Peshawar, NWFP, although my origin lies in a neighboring country. Although I have worked internationally, people tell me that I retain my strong rustic background jealously. In the spirit of my forefathers, my family and I are constantly on the move, discovering places, meeting people, admiring nature, studying religions. And we keep planning to move yet again.

How difficult is it to tell they`re the same person...(well, if you`re Tahmad, apparently its very difficult!)

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I remember reading a DIFFERENT profile for HisExcellency just a little while ago...something about enjoying debating for hours and being a `system integrator` in philly !

Well, the debator parts fits the profile of Dr. Shirin Mazari aka Romair...and the sudden removal of that after the `expose` by Ralphie a little while ago....is a real `chor ki dadhi mein tinka`!!!

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But really Romair/Ahmadzai, why do I care what you do on chowk??? Your 4000 (total) posts on chowk show that you are dedicated...if nothing else. But the net result of all this effort is a big zero. No Indian on chowk has fallen for your line. So...who cares...?

Obviously you`ve convinced someone in pakistan you`re doing a magnificiant job on chowk. I`ve no intention of maro-ing laat on your paet. Everyone needs a job...

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About ironman, I was a big fan of marvel comics and ironman was my favorite. No freak super powers. Just brain power.

Also (you may not know this, being a woman), body builders are often called ironmen (lifting iron weights). I did my share of power lifting. Alas all thats left of those good old days are some medals and press cuttings.

Hey Tahmad, you`re a body builder of sorts. Whats the difference between power lifting and body-building?

ironman: you write ``Hey Tahmad, you`re a body builder of sorts. Whats the difference between power lifting and body-building?``

I dont know ironman. Enlighten me, sil vous plait.

PS: I never thought of myself as a body builder (with bulging muscles like the Michelin Man). I just try to stay fit by going to the gym regularly, that`s all.

The News today carried the following in its issue of today. Let us monitor coming of this investment in banana republic:

Sikh community to invest $1b in Pakistan

By Aslam Khan

DARBAR SAHIB KARTARPUR, Narowal:- Pakistan will receive a hefty $1 billion foreign direct investment from the World Sikh community. This was announced by the sikh leaders, who had gathered here from around the globe, to celebrate 500th birthday of the second Sikh guru — Guru Angad Dev.

The function was held at Darbar Sahib Kartarpur, located just three kilometres from the Pakistan-India International border in Shakargarh tehsil of Narowal district. The village Kartarpur was founded by Baba Guru Nanik Dev, where he practised sikh religion for 17 years before he passed away. He announced the completion of sikh religion here.

The speakers at the function, held to celebrate 500 years of the second Sikh guru — Guru Angad Dev, who formally completed the language of Gurmakhi script. Dr Pritpal Singh, coordinator of American Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, unveiled the software and standardised keyboard of the Gurmakhi script. The sikh leaders also announced to establish a state-of-the-art medical college at Nankana Sahib in Sheikhupura.

``Chowk has a number of intelligence people from both sides. ``

Phew.. for a moment i thought chowk has intelligent people from both sides.scary.. Got to read carefully.

Rozaiba at # 62:

OK although I don`t think Pakistan is a banana republic, even if we assume it is then suggest what shall we do?

1. Ask 140 million people to commit suicide.

or

2. Ask Pakistanis to give up independence and re-merge with India. If Indians refuse to re-absorb citizens of banana republic, which from all indications it appears that they will, then ask Talibans to take over. If this is not aceptable then at least let Pakhtoons go for Pakhtoonistan, Baloch for an independent Balochistan and so on and so forth.

or

3. Let the current Government work for some time and let us see if the situation becomes better. If not, let us try to vote it out in the next elections.

or

4. The situation is so bad that we should take to streets, start an agitation, and throw out this Government through a popular rebellion.

or

5. Any other approach that you suggest may work better.

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ahmadzai:

You still have not answered WHY YOU think Pakistan is or is not a Banana Republic. Clearly it is according to every varying context I`ve heard of.

If it is a Banana Republic, then it`s vital to know what the foreign masters really think. Because long-term economi success and stability- the basis for your support- no longer depends on internal forces (they are all destoryed) but on external forces.

Again and again I ask you who draw comparisons with Malaysia, Singapore, Korea etc. They had America fully backing them. There was none of this `Is Malaysia a friend or an enemy?` question consistently asked in quarters of Big B in the manner its being asked of Pakistan.

So if it is a Banana Republic, and the house of Fauj has no foundation on the ground but is being propped up from the outside, then it makes no sense to `let the faujiz do what they want and see what happens`. If one is outside Pakistan, it makes more sense to not do anything rather than support then aid the masters by supporting the puppets of the Banana Republic.

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arjun at # 72:

You have proved yourself a born jhoota once again. Show me my post where I said that MS is investing US$ 7 bn in Pakistan.

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