The safe and unsafe in Pakistan

by Waseem Altaf

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Genuine scientist, Abdus Salam who later won a Nobel Prize in physics took refuge in Italy for he was unwanted and unsafe in Pakistan.

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Fake scientist, Abdul Qadeer Khan, who stole nuclear designs from the Netherlands and traded nuclear secrets and illicit technology across several continents, took refuge here for he was “wanted” and safe in Pakistan.

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The conscientious and courageous judge namely, Pervez Ali Shah who had convicted and sentenced Mumtaz Qadri, the murderer of ex-Governor Salman Taseer took refuge in Saudi Arabia for he was unsafe in Pakistan.

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Khalid Sheikh Mohammad, the mastermind of 9/11 terror attacks took refuge in Rawalpindi, for he was safe in Pakistan.

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After police foiled a bomb plot to blow up his house in Lahore, the moderate Islamic scholar Javed Ahmad Ghamdi took refuge in Malaysia for he was unsafe in Pakistan.

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Ramzi Yousaf, who was involved in 1993 bombing of World Trade Center and a plot to kill Pope John Paul II and plant bombs in passenger planes flying out of Bangkok, took refuge in Islamabad for he was safe in Pakistan.

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After receiving death threats, Owais Sheikh, the lawyer of Sarabjeet Singh, the Indian spy incarcerated at Kot Lakhpat jail Lahore, took refuge in Sweden for he was unsafe in Pakistan.

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World-renowned master terrorist Osama bin Laden, took refuge in Abbotabad, for he was safe in Pakistan.

How ironic that those we should be proud of as a nation feel unsafe here while those we should be ashamed of feel safe in this country!

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