Will the West judge a Muslim woman’s liberation by how closely her clothes measure up to the western notions of dress? The burqa, as a sartorial choice, is no more or less relevant than bikinis and mini-skirts.
One expatriate Pakistani e-mailed a television channel to ask why anyone should contribute to flood relief to save Pakistanis when they were, in any case, killing each other.
The last thing this country needs is biased reporting by Pakistan-bashers in the western media, says Azam Mahmood, as he picks holes in the Fox News story, “Pakistan or Pornistan?”
There is a way of addressing tragedy, disaster and violence. And it is unfortunate that those who need to be the most sensitive at such times end up being the most insensitive.