Malala Yousafzai among Nobel favourites - Page 5

Muhammad Ali Chaudhry · #41 Thursday, October 10, 2013

Okay , may be Pakistani nation will be delighted with Nobel prize being awarded to Malala YousafZai .

But , at the same time the questions are ;

1. What is the credibility of Nobel Prize for Peace in last recent years ?
2. Is there any merit on which Malala Yousafzai comes , to take a prize ?( it is funny when you are nominated for Nobel prize for having a bullet on your face)
3. Okay , if she gets a Nobel prize , then what is its link with Pakistan? ( Again , it is hilarious that there is not any Peace in Pakistan , and she is getting a nobel prize for peace )

So , why are we really discussing this issue , as it has not got any advantage for us !!

shahidalileghari · #42 Friday, October 11, 2013

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Originally Posted by Werewolf

I totally agree with Arain and Last Island.

I think Foreign powers have planned something grim for Pakistan in the future by doing these unreasonable and illogical things like malala day and nobel peace prize etc... i am pretty sure that there is some evil design in their minds..

They have themselves killed thousands of MALALAs in drone attacks etc and the number is still on the rise... may be it is their face-saving tactic...
God knows better..

Dear America does not give the Nobel Prize.It is given by sweden and it has nothing to do with world politics.

Werewolf · #43 Friday, October 11, 2013

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Originally Posted by shahidalileghari

Dear America does not give the Nobel Prize.It is given by sweden and it has nothing to do with world politics.

no offense, but, that's quite immature of you dear.

leave it, i don't take part in unfruitful arguments.

i presented my point of view, you can present yours, without quoting me.

take care.

shahidalileghari · #44 Friday, October 11, 2013

Dear what you know about nobel prize?who give it?who are the committee members? For your knowledge Nobel Peace Prize nominations are secret and they are not shown.Who said to you that malala is nominee for nobel peace prize? sorry to say but this shows your immaturity.

Last Island · #45 Friday, October 11, 2013

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Originally Posted by shahidalileghari

Who said to you that malala is nominee for nobel peace prize? sorry to say but this shows your immaturity.

NBC
Time
Telegraph
USAToday

Keep yourself updated.

Qasim Mahmood · #46 Friday, October 11, 2013

Malala, is not only a name, a girl or a daughter of Pakistan, but it is a phenomena about two schools of thought one is in favor of girls education and the other is not. And only Taliban are not against education of girls in Pakistan or Muslim world there are many other people who are doing the same job. It is a fact that no one politician raised voice against bombardment of schools in FATA and KPK but to score some political gimmicks.
My words will end with the saying of the Holy Prophet,
That "Education is Mandatory on Every Muslim Man and Woman" then how can anybody put ban on it.

shahidalileghari · #47 Friday, October 11, 2013

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Originally Posted by Last Island

NBC
Time
Telegraph
USAToday

Keep yourself updated.

They don't say that these are nominations.These are speculations.officially nobel peace prize committee do not reveal the nominees or who nominated them for 50 years.Read this.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...ontenders.html
This official statement will make it more clear.
http://nobelpeaceprize.org/en_GB/nom...inations-2013/

Shooting Star · #48 Friday, October 11, 2013

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Originally Posted by shahidalileghari

They don't say that these are nominations.These are speculations.officially nobel peace prize committee do not reveal the nominees or who nominated them for 50 years.Read this.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...ontenders.html
This official statement will make it more clear.
http://nobelpeaceprize.org/en_GB/nom...inations-2013/

As if there is no other way to find out if not revealed officially.

These are not mere speculations.

Extracts from your sources:

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A sociology professor in Sweden has recommended NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Professor Stefan Svallfors said that Snowden's revelations about United States and British government mass surveillance programs had 'helped to make the world a little bit better and safe".

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A Russian advocacy group claims to have nominated Putin for the peace prize because he “actively promotes settlement of all conflicts arising on the planet.”

Obama and Aung San Suu Kyi used to be discussed as potential candidates and guess what, they won the prize.
Jahan aag hoti hai dhuwan bhi waheen se uthta hai.

shahidalileghari · #49 Friday, October 11, 2013

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Originally Posted by Shooting Star

As if there is no other way to find out if not revealed officially.

These are not mere speculations.

Extracts from your sources:

Obama and Aung San Suu Kyi used to be discussed as potential candidates and guess what, they won the prize.
Jahan aag hoti hai dhuwan bhi waheen se uthta hai.

what I wanted to say that these are not official nominations. As nominations are sent to nobel prize committee and they don't reveal it to anyone. Upto this point they can give to anyone whose name we may not have heard but you can say that there are some potential candidates.

Invincible · #50 Friday, October 11, 2013

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Originally Posted by aniqa hashmi

definitely not sir but please tell me one thing you said
Malala voiced against illiteracy, militancy and terrorism through might of Pen.
now if anyone who raise voice against the points above mentioned, will won this prize????

i told it earlier appreciation of her struggle is good but raising her too much is not good
i think from the the last two weeks or may be more than it i am continuously reading news about malala on 3rd page of Dawn e paper.....malala is getting this now malala is getting that award now...sorry to say this all showing just"Dal main kuch kala hai"

1.Every deserving person should be nominated for this Prize.

2.I am casting pearls before swine by welcoming her nomination yet am sharing another article which may clear up your doubts about her.

Article:- Daughter of the soil

Malala Yousafzai is a true daughter of the soil. She has risked life and limb to promote the cause of education, the cause of women, the cause of children, the cause of non-violence, the cause of democratic freedoms, the cause of universal human rights. We should laud her brave efforts. Instead, some misguided Pakistanis are condemning her as an “agent” of the West.

Much of the hostility stems from two factors: a distorted image of the Taliban as some sort of anti-imperialist Islamic warriors, and the anti-American public rage in the country. Therefore, anyone who opposes the Taliban in any way, especially from a Western platform, is seen as an American-stooge or CIA agent. The irony is that many who hate Malala’s “success” – she is a candidate for the Nobel Peace prize – would give an arm and a leg to be part of the “American Dream”.

Several conspiracy theories are rife. According to one, the Malala “drama” was staged by the Pakistan Army to justify an operation against the TTP, This is absurd: the Pakistan army has been conducting continuous operations in Swat and Waziristan since 2007 and has lost over 3000 soldiers to the terrorists. According to another, the CIA staged the incident to justify renewed drone strikes. Ridiculous. The US has been raining Hellfire missiles from drones on the Taliban since 2004 and President Obama has announced drone strikes as an integral element of US counter-terrorism strategy for the next decade. Neither the CIA nor the ISI need to hide behind little Malala’s skirts to justify their war against terrorism. Their own death toll at the hands of the Taliban is sufficient to spur them on.

Some powerful vested interests have also helped spin such conspiracy theories. Maulana Fazal ur Rehman is mortally scared of the TTP. He desperately wants a peace deal with them. So he is anti-Malala because she is a symbol of resistance to the Taliban. Raheela Qazi of the Jamaat-e-Islami has gone so far as to fabricate “facts” – a picture of Malala with the ex-Af-Pak US envoy Richard Holbrooke taken in Pakistan several years ago cites Malala as hobnobbing with “US military authority” (who will point to pictures of Qazi Hussain Ahmed and Munawar Hassan with similar US “military authorities”?).

It is also conveniently forgotten that Malala was a national heroine much before she caught the attention of the global community at the UN. Several Pakistani TV channels and papers had already lionized her for fighting the right causes. Indeed, that is precisely why the TTP sought to silence her, much like it did several journalists who tried to expose their criminal and barbaric ways. If she had died, she would have been counted as no more than a number among the forgotten 40,000 victims of TTP terrorism. But in defying death, she has become an icon for worthy universal causes like education and the rights of children. At home she was a virtuous girl who evoked public revulsion against the TTP in the same manner as the video of the anonymous woman who was publicly whipped by them in Swat several years ago. Abroad, the international community gave her a standing ovation because she symbolized the spirit behind the UN’s charter of universal human rights and non-violence. Her heroes – Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King, Gandhi – are global icons of peace, truth and reconciliation. The UN doesn’t need reminding by Malala that the TTP and Al-Qaeda are terrorists.

Some people ask why Malala, rather than anyone else from among the hundreds of female victims of the TTP, is a darling of liberals and democrats at home and abroad. The answer is simple: Malala has been bravely, consistently and publicly in the forefront of the struggle for children’s rights and democratic freedoms in Swat. No other name except hers came to mind in this context before she was attacked. And when she was fighting for her life, it was natural for the media at home and abroad to focus on her and elevate her to a status that is larger than life.

Indeed, it was the Pakistan government and military that decided she should be moved swiftly to a hospital in the UK for treatment. Circumstances rather than any conspiracy compelled this decision: the Pakistan military has an existing arrangement with Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham from where some doctors were already visiting Pakistan and volunteered to treat Malala in their facility. Newspaper reports stress the fact that Malala’s family only agreed to go abroad after President Asif Zardari insisted on it and ordered the Pakistan High Commission to give a sustenance job to Malala’s father.

Malala Yusufzai is a heroine because of her many qualities of spirit, courage, eloquence and simplicity. Above all that, she stands and speaks for the finest human rights and freedoms of civilization. We should salute her out of a sense of shared values and pride instead of berating her out of self-loathing, envy or rage.

By: Najam Sethi.

http://www.najamsethi.com/daughter-of-the-soil/

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