To all the Pakistani Brides about to marry Americans

A few days back, a rather naïve blog appeared on Tribune’s website, posted by a would-be Pakistani American bride of some American Catholic.

My heartiest congratulations to the couple but the post seemed very inappropriate. I don’t understand why she thinks it is a big leap anyways, because Pakistani women have been marrying foreigners, and even out of religion, for ages now. Her case is particularly run of the mill because she and her man are based abroad and like most Pakistanis, she is converting him to Islam.
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Educuation not ban

The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) decided to block all pornographic content from the internet October last year. The Internet Service Providers like Wateen and Worldcall verify this news, saying that PTA has given them directives to block sites with explicit content. According to the daily Express Tribune, the PTA website was hacked in October and the hacker left behind a threat (possibly inserted in the server) that the PTA would face severe consequences if porn sites were not immediately blocked. The hacker was apparently perturbed on Pakistan being tagged "Pornistan" by a Fox News report last year which claimed that  Pakistan ranked first in the Google porn terms search.

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More Problems in Air

TNS fittingly nicknamed PIA as “Problems in Air”, last year. I chanced to travel by PIA recently and indeed, it is neither short of passengers nor problems. I have not travelled far and wide but so far only PIA planes shake and wiggle like an old Suzuki on the bumpy GT road to Mandi Bahauddin. A few days ago, there was this funny news about some passengers travelling in the PIA toilets, with the consent of the on-flight staff. I will explain later why the toilet isn’t a bad idea.

Reluctant Martyr

Hafiz Saeed, the “Amir” of Jamaat Ud Dawaa (JUD) is India’s most wanted man. The JUD is a charity organization banned in Pakistan for its alleged ties with Jihadis and Al Qaeda. Saeed is also one of the founders of Lashkar-e-Taiba, one of the deadliest Jihadi outfits around with the motive to free Kashmir from the Indians.

Saeed holds a double masters from the Punjab University (he served the Islamist vigilante-Jamiat there), spent 25 years at the University of Engineering and Technology (UET), Lahore, and eventually got training in Saudi Arabia (the wonderland for Jihadis). Saeed was initially opposed to make on-screen rappearances but has changed his opinion, now.

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