Massive floods across Pakistan | Thousands Killed

[DGMO]

He dare not get anywhere near the locals, they'd throttle him.

 

[blain2]

He dare not get anywhere near the locals, they'd throttle him.

He picked his hometown because the crowd would be less antagonistic. The reality is that Zardari can't do anything without being called out on it. Even if he was in Pakistan when this calamity occurred, he neither has the right kind of administrative skills nor the leadership "maada" to galvanize the nation to help out. Essentially a lame duck President who can't get anything right. The PM is just as sorry as his President.

If it were not for the Army and the religious charity organizations, Pakistan would be even worse off. Hopefully the NGOs are getting their act together...state support (aside from the Armed Forces) is abysmal.

 

[Imran Khan]

jooooooooooty lao jaldi gaoon walo

 

[OTTOMAN]

Jutoon kay bhoot, batoon say nahin mantay.

Alas, media cannot cover any more shoe hurrling

 

[Dazzler]

The corruption level is so high in present regime that our best friend China is away from us in this time of need, also include Saudi Arab and many traditional allies.

 

[DGMO]

Essentially a lame duck President who can't get anything right. The PM is just as sorry as his President.

Agree. Both are not what one calls 'figureheads'. Leaders galvanize and inspire, both lack the ability to do just that.

One is tainted and will never be taken seriously by the majority of the populace, whilst the other is seen as his 'pittu' and won't be able to shake of that tag.

 

[Usama86]

Dawn & Geo have been reporting that in the next 24 hrs Jacobabad can be hit by floods and the water is only 6-8 kms from Shahbaz air base. They say that the Air base has been evacuated and all equipment moved to safety. Now isnt this air base the home of our new F-16s? I heard in varius interviews that this base was massively upgraded into a state of the art facility. Hope any loss is avoided. Anyone has news on the issue? I tried to search the net but couldnt come up with the story.

 

[Nahraf]

Jacobabad is quiet far from Indus river near Balochistan border. I don't think it is in imminent danger. This must be precautionary evacuation only.

 

[dbc]

The corruption level is so high in present regime that our best friend China is away from us in this time of need, also include Saudi Arab and many traditional allies.

I'm not sure I understand, what does corruption have to do with assistance from China and Saudi? The need of the hour is emergency services,food,water, shelter and medical assistance.

 

[Cloakedvessel]

Pakistan has generally a bad image in the West. They associate the country with terrorist and Taliban. There is the fear that donated money will go direct to the Taliban. Further, there is a lack of media attention. Foreign journalists aren't eager to go to Pakistan, because it's not safe there, in some parts it's pratically a war zone.

 

[mohan goyal]

the president of pakistan has given a wrong signal by visiting UK. people think that even if their president is not concerned why should we. this is my personal opinion.

 

[Jigs]

The corruption level is so high in present regime that our best friend China is away from us in this time of need, also include Saudi Arab and many traditional allies.

China has been actively involved in this. Saudi Arab has also allocated 100 million for aid/relief work in pakistan. Not sure what you mean by corruption.

 

[Meengla]

the president of pakistan has given a wrong signal by visiting UK. people think that even if their president is not concerned why should we. this is my personal opinion.

BS argument!

This writer picked up the fury against Zardari by the Pakistani blogspace and is piggy-backing on that. Most Western citizens don't know and couldn't care less who is Pakistan's president so long as they are assured that no more Faisal Shahzads are coming from Pakistan and no more 7/7.

By the way, what a wonderful blogspace it is! They have managed to diverted countless combined hours/days into Zardari bashing ('the shoe') rather than coming up with alternate plans for water management.

Oh, did Zardari stop people from doing the kind of en masse mobilization witnessed by average Pakistanis post Oct. 2005 earthquake?

Yeah, he probably did. Come to think of it, he probably also caused the plane crash in the Margallah.

 

[DGMO]

the president of pakistan has given a wrong signal by visiting UK. people think that even if their president is not concerned why should we. this is my personal opinion.

That had a profound knock-on affect, as I know many white English folk were saying 'it can't be that bad if he's over here'

Then there's the general bad press we get. Terrorism, anti-West etc.

But I'll tell you what I think has had the biggest effect, and this is crucial: when the Cameron-Terrorism comments were getting round-the-clock coverage, Shahab-i-Millat decided to burn Cameron's effigy. This was at most a group of 15-30 gathered in Karachi buring one effigy. 15-30 out of 170 million people.

However, that image of Cameron's effigy being burnt got coverage in every UK paper I picked up, or website I scanned. There was plenty of hysteria that 'Oh my God, they're burning Cameron's effigy now'

So can we reasonably expect the British nation, who are generous and good-willed to dip into their pockets and donate to a nation that burns its Prime Minister's effigy, and that so fresh in the memory?

Exactly, I didn't think so either.

 

[linkinpark]

Despite Cameroon's statement UK are the leading donor of AID for Pakistani floods