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An Open Letter to Jemima Khan

Farzana Versey July 20, 2004

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#30 Posted by malik99 on July 20, 2004 10:00:11 pm
Urstruly - you wrote ``Well, she brought me the glass of water and said ``lay pee mar``. ``

hmmm...well, my expert opinion is that she may have had higher standards and may have been disappointed that it was you, and not some other gabroo javaan with big moustache, who asked her for water. If I were you, I would have asked for another glass, just to make sure.

But then, my expert opinion also says that many times girls in Sialkot use these kinds of words in an endearing way (or at least that is what I would like to think). Having grownup in a house where my mother routinely referred to me with this phrases, i can attest to that. Just for future reference, other endearing phrases are ``golee khaan joga``, ``mur jaan joga``, ``phuRkee joga`` to name a few.

Regarding Pindi`s poondi quality, you have indeed touched upon a point few poonds know.
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#29 Posted by nb on July 20, 2004 6:49:30 pm
what is wrong with you farzana? why are you angry with her?she tried her best. the existence she had in pakistan didn`t match her london life anyway-as she grew older, she must have realised, not for me. she`ll always be in the news, her money and connections ensure that, she didn`t need to marry imran for that.
women in the west do have more choices, i`m afraid, farzana. no getting around that.
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#28 Posted by nb on July 20, 2004 6:49:30 pm
jemima lived through power cuts, in a joint family. give her some credit, please. why is it the woman`s fault, farzana?
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#27 Posted by ana on July 20, 2004 6:49:29 pm
{. . . .I have been told that women in your part of the world at least have a choice. Do you realise that these choices are dictated by male yardsticks?}

and other sticks as well, pun intended. :)



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#26 Posted by kaurasach on July 20, 2004 4:38:42 pm
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#25 Posted by Godot on July 20, 2004 4:38:42 pm

sri, 15

``what makes a nice aryan woman to marry monkeys and gorillas is beyond me.``

What`s actually beyond is intelligence from you. Imran Khan is an aryan and Jemima a semite.
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#24 Posted by ana on July 20, 2004 4:38:42 pm
i still think hamid mian is much better at satire than solitude is. if #18 was even meant to be satirical. *rolls eyes*

some of the men`s responses are typical. . .

and of course it is a personal matter. . .except that this marriage was between a very public pakistani figure, and an equally controversial british woman. i suppose that solitude will be cheering loudly that a gori will now unhijab herself and wear tight-fitting clothes. but this article is hardly about any of that. divorces happen. . and some of us know that only too painfully well. some of us have seen what it is like for independent women to lose their identities for the one they `love` and then lose the one they `love`. khair, who thinks about that, when afterall, one `divorces happen` and two, `jemima never deserved imran in the first place.`?

when all that is said and done, and the british press has had their heyday and some chowkies have made all sorts of implications from her being a brat to her being a whore, the fact still remains that we don`t know for a certainty what the hell jemima has experienced. blonde power jaye bhaR maiN!
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#23 Posted by solitude on July 20, 2004 4:38:42 pm
Its the Indians` Fault

You guys have spoilt the living daylights out of women like Farzana and she does not tire of stabbing her own country in the back.

Such disgusting and treacherous behaviour is a crime in Pakistan and we hang people for that (like the ba_tards who are trying to assasinate our President).

Now she is not satisfied with bi_ching about India she must come onto a Pakistani board, wax lyrical about Pakistanis (and we know why she is doing it because our men are hot and she can`t get la_id in India even if she blindfolded the gigolos).

However Ms. Versey`s ``brown-skin`` complex is just a little too psycho for Pakistani tastes. I mean we hear of all kinds of disturbed people from India whining about the British and White people and frankly we don`t give a damn. However some loser in India who converts to Islam from some pathetic street sweeping cult of a sect feels that they can behave dishonorably. Its all the fault of the Spinach eating pansies across the border.

We already have way too many Indian Muslims who want to secede from Pakistan and form their own country. These people seem to never have found out about what it means to be a good citizen. Parcel her over and we will wed her to Altaf Hussain`s boot.
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#22 Posted by nikki7777 on July 20, 2004 3:31:30 pm
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#21 Posted by Summaiya on July 20, 2004 3:29:18 pm
I think it`s a personal matter. Their marriage just didn`t work out. It seems both tried their best but couldn`t get anywhere. I just hope the kids don`t turn out confused about their identity or start hating their father...
I think the children are much more affected in polygamous or divorce situations.

Regards.
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#20 Posted by kaurasach on July 20, 2004 3:29:17 pm
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#19 Posted by solitude on July 20, 2004 3:02:04 pm
Farazana you are an INDIAN!

Do not comment on Pakistani affairs.

Infact since you like kissing Pakistani Arse so much why don`t you just move out of India and come to good ole Pakistan. Our men will be very glad to tame you into a good Muslim woman.

But no. You would rather hang around the slums of India because it makes you feel better and then come to a Pakistani board and talk poorly of the country you should be patriotic towards. Relieve yourself of this misery. Just move over the border and we will teach you how to be patriotic.
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#18 Posted by harimau on July 20, 2004 3:02:04 pm
Did Imran Khan attempt the ``talaq-talaq-talaq`` approach to the divorce or did he go to a Domestic Relations court? Does the latter count in Islam? Would he have to follow it with the triple-talaq?

Inquiring minds want to know.
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#17 Posted by Urstruly on July 20, 2004 1:20:07 pm

malik

yaar I hate sialkot, since the time I got stuck at the infamous railway phatak for three hours while in a baraat. The hungry hosts who were waiting for the baraat for the past half a day were not very hospitable any more. I asked a damsel, whom I thought was giving me eye, for a glass of water. Well, she brought me the glass of water and said ``lay pee mar``.

I used to like the painted girls of Islamabad until one day I went for site seeing aka poondi with my friend Lala from Chak 99 gaaf bay of Faisalabad. I noticed that Lala has been quite silent for a while. I asked him about his opinion about the local girls to which he responded in a quite dejecting tone ``Eh! BeemariaN``. I was quite shocked at his reply and asked him for reason for such disdain. He pointed me towards a girl who was coming out of a shop wearing a choori daar payjama and said ``enj lagda eh jewaiN lafafay vich taraaN paiyaaN hondia ne``.

The real beauty is just few miles away from Isl in Rawalpindi. As a matter of fact the whole potohar pleateau is just breath-takingly beautiful - I mean girl wise.
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#16 Posted by momin257 on July 20, 2004 1:15:57 pm
It is no big deal that a divorce has happened; the only reason why this news finds place is because of the celebrity status of both Imran and Jemima.

Well, I do not see any reason for us questioning Mr. Khan`s personal live. And why does a piece such as Mr. Khan visiting palmists has to come under the news. It is none whatsoever.

We need to thank Imran the cricketer and see what Imran the politician can do rather than complaining all the time.
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#15 Posted by malik99 on July 20, 2004 12:50:53 pm
Urstruly - You wrote ``I would advise men with feeble heart (like me), never to bring a Siraiki girl to say to you ``taiN baRa lobhi haiN`` ``

ouch!! just the mere reading of this phrase hurt right in my heart. Ursutruly, please! next time you write such a heartbreaking phrase, please put a warning note : ``Not for feeble hearted``

Ok, so given that our Imran is pretty feeble hearted - I suggest that if he wants simple beauty, he should go to Mianwali. If he wants beauty with finesse, he should visit Sialkot. And if at his age he is still into ``pure passion play``, then Lahore is the best. And if he can`t get over his taste for european delicacies, then Islamabad has a lot of white girls in not-so-white skin.
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