Sunday 10 June 2012

Apology, Physical Abuse And Rehab



The news making rounds today include the news of a German minister who is being criticized for avoiding to pay customs duty on a carpet bought in Afghanistan. He bought the carpet while in Afghanistan on an official tour and could not manage to get it on flight back. Afterwards he got the head of German spy agency to bring it with him. The minister -Dirk Niebel who heads the Ministry of Economic Cooperation And Development- even sent his driver to airport to pick up the carpet.


Now this is amazing and funny especially when looked at from the point of view of a Pakistani. Corruption is rife in our politics. So much so that we use the idiom he is the 'proper / real politician' in our daily life of someone who somehow manages to have his way and and gets what he wants with the mix of diplomacy and bribery.  I came across an article about Pakistani (yes we have made it our own by the mastery we have acquired in it) corruption: Pakistan's Culture Of Honourable Corruption.


Coming back to the original news; the latest to be heard is that the minister in question has offered an apology. There we go again! I know perfectly well what you are thinking: that no apology is offered in Pakistan. Well! This is how we are - I mean this is how we Pakistani public are: We just let things go and then we criticize them when they get out of hand.


As far as apology is concerned the US Commander has apologized for the deaths of 18 Afghans. But nothing seems to be forth-coming in Pakistan's case though Zee News says that both countries are working on a possible apology wording.


Now come towards the most serious news of today! And that is that the security personnel accused in alleged rape case in DG Khan is yet at large.


Five women went on a recreation trip to DG Khan at one of their relation's house and then they went to Fort Monroe where the security personnel, on the pretext of checking, took them to the police station and allegedly abused them physically. A team ordered by Chief Minister Punjab is probing the matter. These men are likely to hand themselves in today.


The last one which I find important is the news that Pakistan Cricket Board has employed the services of a psychologist for help in the rehabilitation of Muhammad Aamir - the fast bowler.


Muhammad Aamer who got embroiled in the spot-fixing scandal of making deliberate no-balls along with the then captain Salman Butt and fast bowler Muhammad Asif was released from jail in February this year. The psychologist Maqsood Babri has been hired to make Aamir's return to international cricket as easy as possible in a way that will not cause him psychological problems in the future.

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