Forum Pakistan

What would you say if I told you I've been there many times before and after that first visit, knew that I was completely safe and protected? Do you understand that what you see on the news is not the norm? The things you hear about in Pakistan, with "leaders" (HA!) ordering innocent women to be raped happens in tribal areas, going completely against Islam. The government is trying to crack down on them, and if you watched GeoTV or any other news outside of the US, you would see that there are shootouts between terrorists and the Pakistani military.Do you think that if you were to visit the country's you bash, and learned they were not what you saw on TV, that your mind would change? I remember getting on my former inlaw's nerves because I kept asking to go see the desert I had seen on the news, and they said "Will you stop asking alreadY??? There is no desert here!!" (After the 9th time that hour). Are stereotypes really that hard to change?For the record, I am a white American born woman. I am half Irish and half German. I don't look Pakistani at all. I don't have to cover my face. Many women don't even cover their hair over there and to see a woman in "bedsheets" (also known as the abaya that I just love wearing) is a very uncommon thing there. The people were freed from the Taliban. They were under their rule, and fought back. Now the men don't have to fear being shot for going to the mosque if they don't meet those boneheads' requirements.

I'd tell you to have a nice trip and send me a postcard.

Attending terrorist school?

There's a $50 million bounty on Bin Laden. Might be worth your time to look for him while you're there.

C ya

I love my friends from Pakistan. Never would I bash them. Go ahead & enjoy your trip. Take some pics & share them, please, when you return.

you like it there so much.. get a one way ticket and dont come back

media hypes everything they would have u think that america's cities are battlefields as wel if it bleeds it leads.

Have fun.

have a good trip