From: zaheer@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Imrana Zaheer)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.pakistan
Subject: Re: Pakistan is the place to live
Date: 15 Apr 92 14:46:47 GMT
Reply-To: zaheer@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Imrana Zaheer)
Distribution: usa
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX
Originator: zaheer@daisy.cc.utexas.edu


In article <1992Apr7.000601.19207@athena.mit.edu> anajam@athena.mit.edu (ADIL NAJAM) writes:
>
>In the continueing string, "Pakistan is the place to live, not xyz.." 
>Ms. Imrana Zaheer writes:

 Excellent article. This was an unplayable delivery from the genious 
 from Pakistan. Thank you very much. Even before reading this article
 I had great respect for Mr. Adil's perception. However I beg to say
 that there are a few points in the article that need some elaboration. 


>Having said that, I must add that loving Pakistan does in no way demand 
>that we love Karachi (or any other city/region) any less..........As the
>deceased Pir from Sheikhupura might have told you, in this case you
>can love both Ceaser and Rome equally.


Yes I agree to that.

>Naveed Memon has already done a good job of defining why Karachi **IS** 
>in fact a mini-Pakistan.......this may have been one of the few occasions
>when Shah Sahib (i.e Ghaus Ali Shah) was correct.  If any one city
>
>|>  But the question is whether Karachi is mini-Pakistan or not?
>|> 
>has to be in the affirmative.

My point sir, was that if KArachi is mini-Pakistan then if anyone loves
Karachi, the model of prototype(Pakistan) then loving Karachi means 
obviously that one loves Pakistan as a whole. Hence if Ms. Rutgers 
lays emphasis on loving karachi then I believe she obviously loves
Pakistan as a whole. It is as simple as that.


>However, the subject of this post is not Karachi.......it is PAKISTAN.
>I presume that the same was true of Salman's original post.
>
>Karachi is indeed a micro-organism of Pakistan
                     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 I guess the usage of this word here shows what a great observer Mr. Adil
 is. Initially I fail to understand the usage here. So I referred to my
 books on biology and science that I studied in A-level. To my great
 dismay I was able to figure out the resemblance between one microorganism's
 life and Karachi. I salute your genious here. If we carefully examine the
 life cycle of Bacteria we would find that the life cycle of Bacteria can
 be sub-divided into four main phase:

 1. Ideal Phase: the bacteria do not grow in number as they are
    becoming used to the new environment.
 2. Growth Phase:
    The bacterias grow rapidly as consume more food and reproduce at a
    high rate due to abundance of food availability.
 3. Stationary Phase:
    The bacterias do not increase in number as the food is just enough to
    keep them alive and not reproduce.

 4. Decay phase:
    It is in this phase the bacterias die out rapidly as they do not have 
    enough food to remain alive. The death is rapid as in order to live
    the bacterias start their feeding on their fellow bacteria. 

 
 Now if compare the history of Karachi we can also see atleast three 
 distinct phases.

1. The period from 1947 to 1965 can be accounted as the ideal period
   for Karachi.
2. The period from 1966 to 1984 can be accounted in the growth phase
   for Karachi.

3. The period from 1984 to 1986 can be counted as the stationary phase

4. The period from 1984 to present can be counted in the decay phase.
   It was during this period that we had the bloodest battles in
   Karachi between all the communities. Industries moved away from
   the city to Punjab and NWFP. Businessmen closed their business
   from karachi and moved to some sfae place other than Karachi
   because of fear of their lives at the hands of their brothers.


  WHAT A RESEMBLANCE? Now my question is if Karachi is mini-Pakistan
  then are other cities of PAkistan experience the same what Karachi
  has experience during the last ten years.

  Any comments Mr. Adil. And no flames please!

 I hope I have not provoked any person on the net by my article. If so I 
 apologize and to you Ms. Rutgers[:-)] I sincerely.


Pakistan is place to live!

Imrana[Apney leay to sub he jeetay hain is jahan mein,
       ho zindagi ka maqsad auroon kay kam ana]
                                               Zaheer


P.S. The above verse does not refer to Mr. Adil Najam.

 Just wondering where is Ms. Rutgers these days?