Mr Kugelman’s article is very good but likely to fall on deaf ears.
CHANTILLY, VA, US: Mr Kugelman’s article is very good but likely to fall on deaf ears. This newspaper may have English-speaking people here (I use the qualification flexibly) but judging from what one reads I would not consider them to be particularly enlightened. Some of what I read here is both shocking and embarrassing to me as a Pakistani. My sister’s Facebook page was full of venom and abuse directed at her over this issue because she expressed regret over the man’s abduction.
Not surprisingly, the wife of my former neighbour, who is an ex-USAID official and spent many years in Africa, refused to let him apply for a USAID job in Pakistan. Her fear has been realised.
Meekal Ahmed
Published in The Express Tribune, August 17th, 2011.
