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Islamabad International Airport no more!

Posted: Jun 21, 2008 Sat 05:28 am     Views: 349    Interacts: 4

Thats right! Its now being renamed Benazir Bhutto International Airport.

Name changes galore!

- Rawalpindi General Hospital renamed Benazir Bhutto Particular Hospital
- The famed Murree Road renamed Benazir Bhutto Road
- Pakistan renamed Bhuttostan (just kidding!)

Now BB was arguably the most corrupt leader in the history of Pakistan. And it wasnt just the giant corruption of $1.5 billion for which she and her husband were convicted, it was also the petty theft of national treasure from museums so their palace in UK could be adorned. The fact that she was a thief cannot be changed by the unfortunate incident of her being gunned down.

I had proposed a more deserving name for the Islamabad International Airport. I had suggested that it be named Mullah Omar International Airport. And here is why:

While Bhutto is credited with taking billions from Pakistani treasury, it were Mullah Omar's actions that resulted in the influx of billions of dollars of american aid into Pakistani treasury. It were his actions that resulted in western countries lowering tarrifs on textile and other exports from Pakistan, thus boosting our economy. The foreign reserves of Pakistan which had shrunk to a few hundred million dollars before 9/11, rose to more than $10 billion since then, thanks to Mullah Omar's decision to not handover Bin Laden.

Yes, its not politically correct to name an airport after Mullah Omar. But Mullah Omar did more for Pakistan than BB.

Now is the time to give credit where it is due!


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Posted by Simon_Templar on Monday June 23, 2008 04:30 pm
A strange phenomenon surrounds the Bhutto family. Rational, educated and well-informed people who can give you the entire dossier of felonies on the Bhutto family, combined with choice cuss words, will get tears in their eyes and choke-up when they run a clip of BB on TV. She wasn't kidding when she said that people were trying to kill her. We didn't believe her. We thought she was just playing politics. Even after the first attempt on her, she didn't run back to Dubai. She went ahead, risking her life, when she had billions in the bank to live out a life of luxury abroad. Now she's really dead and somehow all of us, are jointly responsible for it.

Shame on us.

Sure, she may have looted the country, just like those before her, but she did come back and she did face the crowds, she did stand in front of the bullet-proof enclosure (unlike our 'commando' president) and she did stand out of the jeep to lift the spirits of the 'jiyaley'. She did go to gaoths (villages) and sit down with sweaty, smelly women and take their fly-covered, disease-ridden children in her laps and played with them. Not like that Shaukat Aziz, who remained in the boardroom, taking pensions from the poor and handing out wads of cash to his millionaire friends. And now having broken the bank, he's off to greener pastures.

Yeah, BB might have taken a few dollars, but she had qualities of a leader. The ability to lead, motivate, give vision and faith to the hopeless masses. Whatever energy Pakistan has today, it's thanks to BB's (much maligned) IPP deals 15 odd years ago. You can't bottle this, or go buy it in a store. A leader (good or bad), is something we in Pakistan, have stopped growing, like everything else.

Posted by Tazeen on Monday June 23, 2008 12:34 am
Pakistan shall not be renamed Bhuttoistan (it would be too controversial)but it shall be no more be Islamic republic of Pakistan. It would be something like Shuhda-e-people's party DEMOCRATIC republic of Pakistan
Posted by peshawaree on Saturday June 21, 2008 06:19 pm
SSSssshhhh!koi hay,atif dear itna such acha nahi hota,kiukay ye is qoum ka wateera raha hay kay jisay chahay uttha lay jisay chahay gira daay,aur ab dekh lo altaf hussain he ko ,os nay quied azam kay baray may india may kharay ho kar ye tak keh dya kay 'quied azam nay pakistan bana kar beeswee sadi (20th century)ka sub say bara blunter kia' aur aaj os jaisay ko bhee leader kaha jata hay,aray ye qoum shaukat aziz jaisay made in usa ko P.M banwa dalti hay,Tum kia baat kar rahay,kia zardari kay P.M HOUSE may ghorho kay istabul qoum ko yaad nahi?Mr 10 percent kon thaa?khud baynazeer kay apni bahi murtaza ko kis nay marwaya?surray mehl tu zardari ka nahi tha na? phir kiu es na aaj waha rehaysh rahki howee hay?aaj judges ki bahali may sub say bari rukawat kon bana howa hay?kaha hay jamhuriyat kay champion?aray dear tum yu naam badalnay ki baat kartay ho,zara thehr jao abhi tu presidencey may ghuhray bunday gaay.Saray PAKISTAN ko apni jageer banaya ja ay ga.Mujhay tu dar kahi mulk ki tamam public latrins kay thaykay bhee zardari sahb kay khahthay may naa perh ja ay.Aur rahi BIBI ki shadat ki baat,tu wo issue tu osi din band ho gaya tha jis din Zardari sahb nay dubai may beth kar POSTMORTEM ki ijazat daynay say inkaar kar diya tha.ab goli lagi ya liver?kon janay?leader tu HITLER aur MISOULINNI waghayra ko bhee mana jata hay.apni apni choice kai baat hay tum kis ki baat ka bura na manao
Posted by kaptain on Saturday June 21, 2008 06:13 am
But for that Mullah Omar has to die 'in' Pakistan to get a street in his name..

that 'in' should confirm Shahadat not in an accident; not simply being hit by a Khota rairi by surprise...

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