‘If Sharmeen is our pride then whose pride Faisal is’?

[PAK DESTINY]

By Sadia Shah

Be it our government, politicians or media, they are quick to take
pride if an American or British of Pakistani origin achieves a
distinction in film making like that of Sharmeen Chinoy or Amer Khan
in boxing but they are not ready to own when Faisal Shahzad type
tries to explode explosives at the Times Squares.

Ask any government official, politician or anchor about Shahzad or
five Pakistani origin Americans who were arrested in Sargodha for
planning to take part in terror attacks, our media persons would be
ever ready to disown them and claim that they are not Pakistanis. They
are American citizens.

Ask about Sharmeen, a US national having Pakistani origin, they
would be overwhelmed by her earning Oscar for making ‘Saving Face’ and
also term it to a ‘Pakistan’s achievement’.

Will our government, politicians and media ever come out of this
hypocratic and lost identity syndrome?

Today we are confused about our identity, what we want to be and
what we actually are. Born Pakistani desi’s are suffering from split
personality disorder. Is a country which has given them citizenship is
actually accepting them? Does a green card mean that they have equal
rights as the natives of that country have? A guest can be a guest and
cannot be treated as a family member is the real thinking of this
world.

Pakistanis having citizenship of any other country still are
Pakistanis. They are responsible for all their good and bad deeds.

Why are we so proud of only those Pakistanis who are living abroad
and achieving something?



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