General’s Dress Code Confusion

stuka #17 So I missed the one about ``Mushy the fierce Baluch tribesman``. My loss I guess. ;-)

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stuka:

kamran shafi is a poor man`s naseerullah baber. (bb`s int. minister in her second stint).he is all talk and no action. naseerullah baber on the other hand, single handedly took on mqm --one of the most destructive forces in paki politics-- and beat it to an inch of its pulp. and not only that, but he did this in some style. with my own eyes, i saw him driving around in a white `86 corolla and in a white shalwar kameez, on the streets of karachi during the the height of mqm insurgency with only his driver as his guard. and btw, until it became politically incorrect to do so, gen. baber openly claimed credit for creation of taliban. and if you believe the friday times (which i do), taliban rewarded gen baber by giving him a couple of two thousand five hundred year old statues of buddha that were a part of kabul`s museum.

btw this also my criticism of gen musharrif. that he also a lot of talk and very little action. and if he is really a patriot as he so often claims, he should then show some balls and hire gen baber and give him a free rein to take on criminals masquerading as politicians. and top of this list would some of our religious leaders. and i also wonder why g.w. does not give mush this advice. perhaps you being the resident republican can shed some light on this.

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Naqshbandi...

The question is not `why not`... but the question is why should it be a Law? I love Shalwar Qameez but does that mean we should make it a law that everyone has to wear shalwar. Why should everything become a law...

This is what people like you don`t understand ...

-Manto

``In photos flashed across the world you have the simply dressed Indians peaceniks in their saris and kurta-pajamas and in their midst Pakistan’s president in his army khakis.``(Daudpota)

I cannot believe how stupid this army man is -- strutting like a peacock in a military uniform among the civilian doves of peace!!!!

but then again-- what can you say about an imbecile mind that could concieve something so stupid like Kargil -- or a Dimwit General who ran over his very own country just to save his 10 cent job -- the man must be forgiven for being a third rate uniformly uniformed MORONIC EGOMANIAC.

``Was this intentional or mere carelessness?``

neither -- as they say in Persian: naishe aqrub nu uz paye keeN ust -- muqtazaey tabeetush eeN ust

the man is built a fool

manto ji -- please do not put words into my mouth;

shalwar kameez is universally recognised as Pakistani national costume

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so why shouldnt our leaders wear it?

(as for beards/amamah--there is nothing wrong with that either--infact it is noble and a Sunnah--and our identity IS as Muslims primarily BUT i didn`t say make these 2 compulsory BUT I do think shalwar kameez should be.)

Well if we ARE going to emulate anyone in dress who better than the Blessed Prophet, the Best of Creation himself (upon him be peace); that is inifinitely preferable to aping US fashions (for example).

``Our Mushy by contrast, has only two outfits: Mushy the Commando, and Mushy the Western Gentleman. ``

TAhmed

Guess you did not follow the referendum as closely as I did. I saw Mushi the Baluch, Mushy the Pathan etc. :)

Faisaluno: I didn`t get the gist if your post to Arjun. What about Kamran Shafi? I think hr is a good writer though there was an unseemly argument between him and this author who lives in DC (forgetting his name) over Mushahid Hussain.

``indian and pakistani so called ``elites`` have a level of mental slavery and inferiority complexes vis-a-vis the West which is mind-boggling.``

All our politicians wear their local dress. India does not have a ``national`` dress.

I am reminded of Saddam who seemed to have a larger wardrobe than all the Barbie dolls of the world put together: Saddam the Commando; Saddam the Arab Sheikh; Saddam the English Gentleman; Saddam the Playboy; Saddam the Pious Haji.

Our Mushy by contrast, has only two outfits: Mushy the Commando, and Mushy the Western Gentleman.

Lets hope Mushy gradually relinquishes power of his own accord to the elected representative, and thus never has to put on the latest outfit awaiting Saddam: that of the jailbird.

Has anyone read Ghulam Abbas`s `Hotel Mohenjodaro`?

I think he envisaged Naqshbandi like characters way back in the 1960s...

Yes... Naqshbandi why not make it a law to make all of them have beards as well and all the women to wear Hijabs and Burqahs? But the problem is what are you going to do with the paintings and photos of the clean shaven founder of the nation wearing saville row suits?
I suppose the science of computer graphics can be used to alter the face of the founder of the nation in retrospect... but why bother with all of that... While we are at it, why not change the founder of the nation as well?

I vote for Ala Hazrat or Maudoodi as the new founder of the nation, Arabic ammamah as our new national dress, and black burqah for all women!!!

That will show the world that we Pakistanis are a proud nation...

hey arjun_m:

not surprisingly, your inability to find an outlet for your problems at home is now beginning to have an effect on your mind. this week for instance, you have forgotten to post kamran shafi`s column. bad mistake since the last three lines of his last column are the finest he is is ever written. no harm done however since we are a pretty easy going lot and we are willing to forgive and forget. however, please make sure that this does not happen again. and do please post that column and dont forget to highlight the last three lines.

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