Word: pakistanisã
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...During my weeklong stay in Lahore, I was repeatedly alarmed by upper-class Pakistanis??€™ nonchalance and misplacement of priorities. Throughout my stay, I attended one opulent wedding (but heard about many more), replete with lavish decorations and a bejeweled bride. Such grandeur has increasingly become the norm; anything less is looked down upon. People seem to be spending millions on weddings—not out of joy, but out of a desire to one-up the last celebration they have attended...
...through the Islamic world. In November of last year, Bush ally Gen. Pervez Musharraf declared a state of emergency in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, suspending that state’s constitution and silencing the dissent that arrives, organically, with true democracy. The one-time reformist hope for troubled Pakistanis??€”opposition leader Benazir Bhutto ’73, long in exile—came to a tragic end in January, when the former Prime Minister was assassinated on campaign in Rawalpindi. The media attention that swirled around Bhutto’s murder only contributed to the chaos, casting...
...Furthermore, the Muslim contingent, composing over 95 percent of British Bangladeshis and Pakistanis??€”or about 3 percent of the British population—is increasingly at risk of radicalization if the situation does not change. Independent research from the Center of Immigration Studies laments the likelihood of disadvantaged Muslims becoming involved with organized crime groups, and the possibility that they will be jailed and exposed to religious radicals during their time in prison...
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