Thursday, November 1, 2012

Why Pakistan Is Hated (A Commentary)

Why Muslims And Chinese Hate Pakistan -- Musings

Pakistanis evoke highly negative emotions worldwide, including in Muslim majority countries, says a US survey. Not just the elites but the common Pakistani too is culpable in the country’s spectacular failure.

It has never been easy being a Pakistani. Pick a terrorist act committed anywhere in the world and chances are it has Pakistani fingerprints all over it. In many places, the word ‘Pakistani’ is a four-letter word.

So it must be a nasty kick in the guts for the Pakistanis to learn that their only allies, the Chinese, as well as the majority populations of several Muslim countries, including Egypt, Tunisia, Jordan and Lebanon, see them as a bunch of baddies.

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My Comment:
Regular readers of this blog know that I have never been a fan of Pakistan, and even a fiercer critic of U.S. military and financial aid to that country .... and do not get me going on finding Osama Bin laden in the country. Having said all that .... it's good to know that my views are at least shared by a majority of Muslims around the world, as well as by Pakistan's neighbors.

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