Removed Hindu Festival @ Sukkhar

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thanks for the info Priya

Pakistan is a multi-cultural society,,,u can find holy places of Sikhs,Hindus,ChristiansParsis and Buddhism very much protected and well preserved by ppl and govt of Pakistan,,,

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It is a good fortune that atleast you have accepted some good things of pakistan.Let me inform you that Islam has ordered to respect other religions,to protect their religious & Holly places.Even it is the responsibility of the Muslim rullers to allow full liberty to those in minority & therefore you will hardly see any kind of a discrimination in Muslim majority countries eg.Pakistan,UAE,other Arabic countries etc.but the other way round!!!!!!!!!!!!!?.

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If you mean it so really I appologise for that.I have to mention that I am too sensitive when comes to Islam & Pakistan therefore may be I over react but I have also quality realise my mistakes.It is also therefore happening because of your some ambiguious posts.Anyway we can discuss more senseably. Laughing

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mushytail wrote:

I'm baffled by your preasumption and saying 'at least' because I have been very vocal about how well the rights of minorities are protected in Pakistan. This annual festival for my Hindu community is an excellent example. Interesting thing for us is that Pakistan's media ignores any such items.

While the Pakistan at large is a very tolerant country and there are no issue with Muslims, ...

We need to work together to preserve the Pakistani culture & its heritage which is based upon tolerance for last 60 years !

Priya

well said mushy,,,this is wat v require now

mushytail wrote:

I'm baffled by your preasumption and saying 'at least' because I have been very vocal about how well the rights of minorities are protected in Pakistan. This annual festival for my Hindu community is an excellent example. Interesting thing for us is that Pakistan's media ignores any such items.

While the Pakistan at large is a very tolerant country and there are no issue with Muslims, ...

We need to work together to preserve the Pakistani culture & its heritage which is based upon tolerance for last 60 years !

Priya

thats so true, hope your indian brothers and sisters ever accept this and try practicing the same in their country, and show a bit more tolerance for muslims, christians and other minorities.

just thought of throwing a treat to mushytail's post:

Monday, June 9th, 2008
News Source: www.daily.pk

Sunday, 08 June 2008 - In the picturesque surroundings of Kakul, Abbottabad, in NWFP, stands a quaint colonial building housing the prestigious Pakistan Military Academy (PMA).

I'm consequently surprised to hear about the scene the PMA witnessed two years ago—as the sound of Azaan echoed in the PMA, a cadet in his room rolled out the jainamaz facing the west. His mate, however, turned to his own sacred corner, where symbols of Sikh religion were gathered.

Their prayers over, they returned to their chores, oblivious of the history they had created in the academy. This is Pakistan, the land where rampant strives to squash the remaining semblances of religious tolerance.

It wasn't that the PMA proscribed other forms of worship; there simply hadn't been a Sikh cadet till then.

Narrating this stirring story is Hercharin Singh, Pakistan's first Sikh officer and a symbol of the changing face of its army. Now 23, dressed in a smart khaki uniform and sporting a solitary star on his shoulder, Lieutenant Singh cannot help suppress the sense of pride he feels whenever he passes his juniors and the response is a smart salute to him!

He and I are sitting in the posh Officers Mess of Malir cantonment, Karachi. Providing us company are Capt Danish in his Ranger's uniform and Capt Aneel Kumar, both Hindu doctors of the Combined Military Hospital. Capt Danish is considered the first Hindu officer to have been drafted into the Pakistan army.

They display verve as we talk, and listen in rapt attention to the experiences of each other in the army. Says Singh about his PMA days, "At times I used to wonder what I had landed myself into. I stood out like a sore thumb and many of the cadets had never seen a Sikh in flesh. I had a tough time because of my appearance. Others — Hindu and Christian — at least look like 'ordinary' cadets."

For nearly two years, We had been relentlessly seeking access to Singh and the two Hindu officers. It took months of persistent lobbying by ISPR's Director-General Gen Athar Abbas before the army agreed to allow an interview with the three officers. As Col Atiq coordinated to fly to Karachi last week, new obstacles kept surfacing. Lt Col Idrees Malik in Karachi had to implore his superiors to grant permission to Singh to miss a day's class in the course he's taking, and bring out Capt Danish from interior Sindh.

At the officers' mess, amidst smiles and show of palpable pride, Singh begins his story from the day his romance with the Pakistan army was sparked. Like all poignant stories, it was ignited with a chance glimpse and an irrepressible tug of the heartstrings. Nearly three years ago, he and his friends decided to apply to the prestigious National College of Arts (NCA) in Lahore. On their way they passed an army recruitment centre. Something was felt, perhaps. "But no-one had any idea of a Sikh being allowed entry into Pakistan's military institutions," Singh recalls.

Singh was granted admission to the NCA. But he decided to visit the recruitment centre and made inquiries. He was told the law didn't proscribe Sikhs from the army. Singh promptly submitted an application, arousing curiosity at the centre about the "Sikh who wants to join the army." He was selected, in the process grabbing headlines countrywide. But his family was opposed to his joining the army. The elders wanted him to head the business of his father who had died years ago. And Singh's mother believed a career in the army would shame the family. Shame? "All our lives our community had been ridiculed and humiliated. Especially in the electronic media Sikhs were portrayed as drunks, womanizers and villains. My mother said that I wouldn't be respected and this would bring shame to the family."

At the PMA, the callow, sensitive Sardarji was baffled to hear some ask him to convert to Islam. "I wondered, what kind of people are these who are not happy with the way I am and offered to convert me. I didn't mind jokes about Sikhs because these are so common," he says. At Kakul, sensing the irritating inquisitiveness of other cadets, he decided to ensure his religion or culture was not compromised. After all, he says, "My sergeant told me that I was free to follow my religion and that everything would be done to make me comfortable."

It was quite clear that the strict and strenuous rigors of the military had in no way broken the spirit and over confidence of Sardarji or his two Hindu colleagues. The Pakistan army has really changed in more than one ways. They are now producing officers who are literally wearing their religion on their sleeves with pride, and the self-confidence of speaking to the media for hours is a change from interactions that this writer has had with young officers over the decades.

http://www.sikhnet.com/daily-news/si...-pakistan-army

nice work,,,uqwaraich

Can we see more of the Sardarji, when he went through training in kakul.

has mushy deleted her mails herself?????????

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	Can we see more of the Sardarji, when he went through training in kakul.