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India-Pakistan |
Footprints: Losing daughters |
2018-05-28 |
[DAWN] PAKISTAN usually features in the headlines of Italian media for stories related to terrorism and religious extremism, but that hasn’t been the case lately. It is, instead, stories of violence against women that have brought the land of the pure under the spotlight once again. Stories that depict an image of Pak women as weak victims, abused and tortured physically and mentally by patriarchal families and a compliant society. If you ask anyone in Italia if they know any famous Pak women, they won’t hesitate in naming Malala Yousafzai ...a Pashtun blogger and advocate for girls' education from Mingora, in Swat. She is esteemed as an ambassador of international good will, even though she can't go home lest some fellow in a turban shoots her in the head again... , Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, Benazir Bhutto |
Posted by:Fred |
#4 have brought the land of the pure I checked the original article: the writer did indeed refer to Pakistan as the land of the pure. All this time I thought it was our little joke. |
Posted by: trailing wife 2018-05-28 14:25 |
#3 She signed on to be co-opted by the same people who shot her. Sad. |
Posted by: M. Murcek 2018-05-28 11:44 |
#2 You could have left it at “Italian media accurately depict Pakistani and Muslim culture”. |
Posted by: CrazyFool 2018-05-28 09:11 |
#1 It leads Italians to look down on Pak culture, tradition, and, worst of all, the people, making the process of integration even harder. Maybe they also read about Pak grooming gangs in Britain? |
Posted by: Frank G 2018-05-28 09:05 |