 | According to the Paks, anyway... |
LAHORE: Pakistan is the most important country for the US, Europe, China and Japan and any distinction against Pakistan will cost the countries considerably, said Dr Mubashir Hasan, former federal finance minister and noted human rights activist, while talking to Daily Times about American President George BushÂ’s recent visit to South Asia, especially Pakistan.
| Another one suffering from delusions of adequacy... |
Dr Hasan, who is also a founding member of the Pakistan-India PeopleÂ’s Forum for Peace and Democracy (PIPFPD) and the Punjab Pakistan Peoples Party-Shaheed Bhutto (PPP-SB) president, said Pakistani President Gen Pervez Musharraf and BushÂ’s meeting in Islamabad was a success.
| Yeah. Both parties got out alive, for different reasons... |
Giving quite a different view than other people on the American presidentÂ’s visit, Hasan said Bush had taken a great risk by visiting Pakistan and it showed that Pakistan was important to the US.
| Since all the turbans for miles around wanted to kill him, I'd say that's an accurate statement... |
“The American president took a great risk, although Washington had declared Pakistan a high-risk area and this shows Pakistan’s importance not only to Bush, but also his wife Laura Bush.”
"Laura, what are you doing?"
"I'm thinking about Pakland, George. It's so important to me!"
"Go to sleep! It's 3 a.m.!" |
“I am glad that Bush made no announcements like the ones he made in India and this is because he understands that Pakistanis dislike America,” he said.
| Kinda hard to miss the fact, isn't it? I'm still trying to figure why so many of them come here. |
“The more Bush praises Pakistan, the more people would dislike Musharraf.”
| Ohoh. So that's why he wasn't oozing with kind words. It wasn't that he can't stand the place, or even the idea of the place, but had to go since he was going to be in both Afghanistan and India... |
The more publicly the US announces assistance to the Pakistani government, the people of Pakistan would think that the government was a friend of the US, a country that people are against politically.
| So we should cut off all aid, just to make them happy? It's a sacrifice, but I, for one, am willing to make it. |
“Musharraf and Bush’s joint message contained all the points that Pakistan had raised at the meeting, but the question is how and when will the US government remove sanctions on the sale of weapons and restrictions on Pakistani experts,” the doctor said, “As far as America’s generosity to India is concerned, the results are yet to come.” |