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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