Upcoming Paki Elections: Important to Global Community.

melodious

If ya pray, ya better start sending some vibes over to Pakistan. Their electoral outcome could have more impact on us than most of us realize...

If ya think with an open mind and are atheist, then do what ever it is ya do to ensure a safe outcome...

Bomb Kills 25 at Pakistan Election Rally
By ROBERT H. REID – 8 hours ago

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide bomber blasted a political gathering Saturday in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least 25 people, wounding dozens and stoking fears about security surrounding this month's parliamentary election.

In the south, an estimated 100,000 supporters of Benazir Bhutto turned out for her party's first major election rally since her assassination on Dec. 27. Bhutto's widowed husband told the crowd he had a responsibility to save the nation from President Pervez Musharraf's rule.

Also Saturday, riot police in the capital of Islamabad fired water cannons and tear gas against hundreds of lawyers protesting the detention of the deposed chief justice.

The violence underscored the deep tensions in Pakistan as the nation heads toward the Feb. 18 elections, which are meant to restore democracy after eight years of military rule. But campaigning has been overshadowed by Bhutto's killing, which U.S. and Pakistani officials blame on Islamic militants.

The blast occurred inside a hall where about 200 people had assembled for a political rally in the town of Charsadda in turbulent North West Frontier province, where Islamic extremists have been battling government forces.

The rally was organized by the Awami National Party — a secular organization which competes against Islamist parties for support among the ethnic Pashtun community.

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jIE0IUn4WIiaMBpjG8SI_6H5RXzgD8UMVUBO1

jlew24asu

that place is a ticking time bomb.

darkcrow

it really doesn't matter who wins as either side will still provoke its neighbour India over the Kashmir issue and Pakistan's own inteligence services are very close to Islamist terrorist organisations and fund them heavily.

dunkman

the word 'Paki' is a highly derogatory term...

darkcrow

dunkman wrote:

the word 'Paki' is a highly derogatory term...

nicely pointed out. i missed that. been called that a few times. funny how confused racists get when i explain to them i am neither from pakistan nor a muslim

harmless_little_f***

dunkman wrote:

the word 'Paki' is a highly derogatory term...

Yeah I freaked when I read that.

PJGARDEN

Really????? I hear Pakistan people use it all the time.

FinsburyParkCarrots

They say "Pak", which is very different.

chime

harmless_little_f*** wrote:

Yeah I freaked when I read that.

Me too

melodious

dunkman wrote:

the word 'Paki' is a highly derogatory term...

my mistake then....and i send my humble apologies....i made an edit in the orginal title;

redrock

PJGARDEN wrote:

Really????? I hear Pakistan people use it all the time.

You hear wrong....

darkcrow wrote:

funny how confused racists get when i explain to them i am neither from pakistan nor a muslim

:eek: You're not?!?!?!?!

PJGARDEN

redrock wrote:

You hear wrong....

No. I even have emails from a couple of my friends where they have said it. They use it all the time.

LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun

is their a book of ethnic/racist slurs somewhere? i'm confused. so Pak is ok but Jap isn't, but Paki is bad, but Israeli is ok?

we really need to standardize our insults.

macgyver06

melodious wrote:

If ya pray, ya better start sending some vibes over to Pakistan. Their electoral outcome could have more impact on us than most of us realize...

If ya think with an open mind and are atheist, then do what ever it is ya do to ensure a safe outcome...

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jIE0IUn4WIiaMBpjG8SI_6H5RXzgD8UMVUBO1

but lets not forget... if we continue this war on foreign countries and the governments war on its citizens... we wont even have to worry about pakistan.

Cosmo

I have long felt that Pakistan is the potentially most dangerous country in the world... regarding the U.S. They are teetering on becoming the next Taliban controlled Afghanistan... a Taliban controlled Afghanistan... with Nukes.
That's why I wanted to kick our fucking President in the ass for funnelling our taxes in weapons and support for that asshole over there. Those weapons are very likely to be turned to bear on our own troops some day.
The enemy of our enemy is NOT our friend!!! We need to get that through our thick numbskulls. Recent fiascos with Bin Laden and Saddam Hussein should have taught us those lessons. I feel like getting Bush in a headlock and punching him repeatedly in the face for this... but, I'm afraid of the Secret Service.

darkcrow

redrock wrote:

You hear wrong....


:eek: You're not?!?!?!?!

easy tiger lol

melodious

follow thy heart