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Dinner in Malmo
"What do you think will happen now?" asked the soft-spoken Jamila. We were sitting in a restaurant in Malmo, Sweden. She had recently returned from Pakistan after spending three wonderful months in Bagh, helping the victims of an earthquake, which has been forgotten by most Pakistanis due to the unfolding of a political drama of high stakes. Jamila is a Swedish-born daughter of Pakistani immigrants."Nothing new," said Dr Jamal. "The same old game will be replayed. Perhaps, with more violence. Many lives will be destroyed, then the new rulers or the same old rulers will get busy with the task of plundering the country." "Don't be so hopeless," Jamila said with youthful energy. "I cannot stand this anymore. Wherever you go in Pakistan, people speak in the same way. I have never experienced such hopelessness in my entire life. There has to be a solution." Posted by: john frum 2007-09-14 |
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