Visit Pakistan: It’s a Blast

Pakistan: Like the 7th century, but only a short flight away

June 9th, 2011 | Author: We Are Government

Source: Un Dhimmi

Who said there is no humour in Islam?  Even though a large percentage of the work done at Undhimmi involves the gruelling task of highlighting Islamic atrocities and the people in the West who excuse and enable this behaviour, a story will occasionally come along that can introduce a bit of comedy into what we do.

When we first stumbled on a government sponsored site promoting the “growing industry” of tourism in Pakistan, we were sure it had to be a joke.  In what must be the tourism industry’s greatest global failure at an attempted rebranding, Pakistan is presented as an exotic year round destination for both cultural enthusiasts and nature loves.

According to the site, Pakistani tourism is “based on its diverse cultures, peoples, and landscapes.”  Aside from centuries of history and “ancient civilization ruins”, Pakistan’s geographical wonders and biological diversity are packaged for a variety of hikers, ramblers, and assorted western eco-tourists.  So, just like the Lake District then.

Unfortunately, amongst all of the descriptions of polo festivals in hard to reach mountain villages, the one activity at which Pakistan excels is not even directly mentioned.  According to thereligionofpeace.com, Pakistanis were able to stop playing polo and organizing film festivals long enough to carry out 31 separate terrorist attacks in the month of March.  Of course, there were quite a few, so we could be forgiven for miscounting.

Even though that works out to an average of one a day, the spacing was such that one full week was free of known attacks, while the first day of the month was the most active with five deadly attacks in a period of 24 hours.  In total, the "Religion of Peace™ ushered a total of 216 unwilling victims into the hereafter.

The statistics however only explain a small portion of the intricate, cultural tapestry that is Pakistan.  While much handwringing about the treatment of Moslems dominates the media, Mohammed’s followers were busy showing the rest of the world how they handle religious minorities.

Sunnis, for example, were able to take out ten Sufis on the 4th of the month; Shiites were also able to bask in the beauty of some Islamic interfaith dialogue when they were attacked on the 25th and 13th leaving 13 and nine casualties respectively.  When talking about interfaith dialogue in Pakistan, we absolutely cannot forget the Christians: because they certainly never do.  In a story that has become frighteningly mundane, an attack on a church on the 22nd killed two.

The attack that produced the most fatalities was, ironically, an attack on the funeral procession of the wife of a delegate from the Peace Committee that took out 43 poor souls; the wife, incidentally, was killed earlier in a separate terrorist attack.

We have no doubt that Pakistan is endowed with natural beauty.  But how exactly are tourists to differentiate between the “ancient civilization ruins” mentioned on the website and any of last week’s market bombings?  What is the correct way to enjoy cultural diversity where sectarian differences ensure that a Pakistani undertaker’s work is never done?

This is not just an exercise in Schadenfreude; it serves to underscore a fact that should be obvious to anyone who is paying attention.  By any reasonable measure, Pakistan is a failed state that will not be welcoming a wave of western tourists eager to take in the sights and sounds of Waziristan anytime soon.

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