Monday, July 15, 2013

Malala vs Shakira......




For those who are comparing Malala with Shakira - the drone victim, Afia Siddiqui- the convicted terrorist and Arfa Kareem - the computer genius, need to check their stances very carefully. The article which is being shared on social media, comparing Malala with Shakira is based on ill-informed and half baked conspiracy theory.


 Shakira is being helped by Hashmat Afandi’s organization but Ms.Afandi never was able to confirm whether she was a drone victim. In fact, they have no clear idea of her whereabouts. According to Hashmat Afandi, House of Charity, her NGO team found Shakira with 1 or 2 other children outside their hospital in Swat. No one ever came to claim those children, who were very young at that time. Out of those 3 young ones, only one survived. Hashmat Affandi named her as Shakira.

To compare Malala with Afia Siddiqui or Arfa Kareem is also beyond my understanding. No matter how many political factions in Pakistan try to get sympathies while playing Afia card, she was and still is a convicted criminal. 

Arfa Kareem, hailing from a well off and well protected background, unfortunately gave way to a natural death, untimely though it was.  



The comparison of Drone victims with Malala is also not justified, as the former head of ISI, Gen. Shuja Pasha himself accepts in the Abbotabad Commission report that drones were  effective and permitted by the Pakistani authorities. Don't understand why people keep comparing apples with oranges?  For those, who think that maligning one daughter of the nation is ok to seek revenge for the other daughters of Pakistan, should use some brain before splattering their anger on social media. 

Even if Malala was a good poster story for Western Media to play up, it will prove to have a positive impact on girl's education in the troubled areas of the world, where access to education is a challenge.

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