The unusual ceremony at UN headquarters on the 16th birthday of Malala Yusufzai has created ripples in many minds. People are wondering why the western world has shown so much sympathy to Malala while ignoring the screams of pain and cries of help by millions other young girls suffering at the hands of many different types of tormentors. The following video link which I have just watched is an example:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151535774803097
To start with, Malala became famous in the West because she was the child star of a NYT documentary "Class Dismissed" about Pak Army operation in Swat. The link is given below:
http://www.nytimes.com/video/2009/02/22/world/asia/1194838044017/class-dismissed-in-swat-valley.html
Whether the film maker had links with CIA or there were other factors is another matter.
The 16th birthday has special significance in the life of a western girl becase it gives her three significant rights:
1. The right to quit further education after the compulsory 16 years.
2. The right to work full time for full pay without being called child labour.
3. The right to sleep with any man of her choice without getting married.
Obviously Mala would not be very enthusiastic about the first right as she seems committed to further education.
If it was the launch of her working and earning career then starting at the UN General assembly which is the top of the world one wonders whicg way it will go? There seems no "UP" after that.
As for the third right, it would certainly be highly objectionable for a Muslim girl and if her benefactors have any ideas in that direction, they may be disappointed.
If the British and US diplomats are trying to use her to provoke the Taliban, it is a bad move as it will bring misery to the helpless thousands of Malalas in northern Pakistan and further geopardize any chance of negociated peace.
The Pakistani permanent representative at UN was conspicuous by his absence from the party. Was he invited to introduce Malala?
Another question is from where did the shawl of Benazir come, and what was the object of projecting it?
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151535774803097
To start with, Malala became famous in the West because she was the child star of a NYT documentary "Class Dismissed" about Pak Army operation in Swat. The link is given below:
http://www.nytimes.com/video/2009/02/22/world/asia/1194838044017/class-dismissed-in-swat-valley.html
Whether the film maker had links with CIA or there were other factors is another matter.
The 16th birthday has special significance in the life of a western girl becase it gives her three significant rights:
1. The right to quit further education after the compulsory 16 years.
2. The right to work full time for full pay without being called child labour.
3. The right to sleep with any man of her choice without getting married.
Obviously Mala would not be very enthusiastic about the first right as she seems committed to further education.
If it was the launch of her working and earning career then starting at the UN General assembly which is the top of the world one wonders whicg way it will go? There seems no "UP" after that.
As for the third right, it would certainly be highly objectionable for a Muslim girl and if her benefactors have any ideas in that direction, they may be disappointed.
If the British and US diplomats are trying to use her to provoke the Taliban, it is a bad move as it will bring misery to the helpless thousands of Malalas in northern Pakistan and further geopardize any chance of negociated peace.
The Pakistani permanent representative at UN was conspicuous by his absence from the party. Was he invited to introduce Malala?
Another question is from where did the shawl of Benazir come, and what was the object of projecting it?
