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I am based in Pakistan... a medium sized Muslim country sitting between Afghanistan and India.

Most of the world thinks that Pakistan is an extremist terrorist state (notice I did not use "Muslim terrorist" state). People in the West think that all people in Pakistan are uneducated, blinded by extremist false religious teachings and anti-West. This my friends is not true.

Pakistan has always been a moderate country, where, though religion is an important part of our culture and life, it is not something that dominates our minds all the time.

Most people in Pakistan work hard to earn their wages, life for an average Pakistani is not easy, in fact it's very hard.

Women in Pakistan have their rights... yes you heard me correctly. If you know a bit about Pakistan, you would know that Pakistan is the only country where we have had a female Prime Minister twice in our short history as an Independent country. This something which even USA has not experienced in the last 200 plus years.

Women hold many top key positions in government and politics in Pakistan. In the Pakistan military, women are not only recruited in the education and medical corps but also in fighting arms (battalions). We have women fighter pilots as well as women commercial pilots flying the latest passenger aircrafts around the globe.

In some remote and backward villages, an isolated incident against women may occur once in a while. Which is dealt with by the government / NGO / Human Rights groups. Unfortunately at times the incident is blown out of proportions by poor media reporting and militant / hostile entities that may be from within the country or may be from outside the country.

The fact of the matter is that we are trying to increase awareness through education. As the remote villages become more accessible through road and railway networks, such issues would be dealt with more effectively.

Terrorism in Pakistan is the biggest threat. A threat for the people of Pakistan. Although most people around the world think that Pakistan is the biggest producer of terrorists, the truth is that we are the biggest victims of terrorism. Pakistan came under terrorist attacks when the militant fighters from Afghanistan fled from Afghanistan and entered Pakistan under the guise of refugees. Today the North Western parts of Pakistan are badly infested with foreign terrorists. They have taken people of these regions hostage. But our Government and Military are constantly trying eliminate and eradicate such militant insurgents from Pakistan's territory.

The recent peace deal in the Swat valley in Pakistan is a widely criticized issue. The Western nations think that we have given in to the demands of the terrorists. That is absolutely ridiculous. We have only made peace with the Pakistanis who the US and NATO had wrongly declared terrorists. These people are Pakistanis and have nothing to do with Taliban or Al-Qaida. Just because they have beards and wear turbans does not make them extremists. Anyway, ever since these people's demands have been met (Which basically means that they wanted Sharia or Islamic system of justice) they have not only stopped fighting, but have also declared carrying or display of weapons illegal. These people have also assured the Pakistani Government that they will fight extremist insurgents, report to the government if any foreign terrorists is seen in the Pakistan's territory and defend Pakistan from all threats.

Recently, Swat valley administration has started looking in to redeveloping tourism and making it a safe tourist location like it used to be two years back.

Even USA is looking at the possibility of talking to Taliban in Afghanistan. USA has realized or at least beginning to realize that classifying all Afghans as Al Qaida is not going to work. It was the blind war by the USA that started creating anti-America sentiments across Afghanistan and Pakistan. America has to realize that terrorists take advantage of such flawed policies and exploit it for their own advantage. USA has to isolate the militants by befriending the locals. Just like Pakistan is doing in the North Western areas (FATA).

As a Pakistani I want the people across the world to please understand that Pakistan is not a terrorist state, we do not produce terrorists, yes these used to be freedom fighter training camps which were setup by USA / CIA to fight Soviets. These camps received direct aid (financial and weapons) from USA. On top of that Pakistan was also supporting millions of Afghan refugees. It is true Pakistan received financial assistance at the time but hundreds and thousands of these refugees never left Pakistan after the war. This had a huge social, economic and cultural negative impact on the people of Pakistan.

After USA stopped helping / funding these training camps, fighters (mostly Afghans, Uzbeks etc.) started using their weapons, fighting skills against Pakistanis in the form of killings, assassinations, kidnappings, bank robberies etc. They were further used by external agencies belonging to hostile neighbors to do damaging acts towards Pakistan.

Today the organized groups of fighters armed with latest weapons, vehicles and enough ammunition and fuel to wage war against an Army is not a coincidence. These militants are trained soldiers getting funded to fight against Pakistan. They are fighting someone else's proxy war. Someone sitting across the borders.

As a Pakistani I appeal to all citizens of planet Earth, please stop this hatred towards other nations, religions, castes, cultures, creeds...

We have only one enemy and that is the only enemy we need to worry about... it is hate. When we destroy this enemy, all other problems on our tiny blue planet will automatically come to an end. Religion, skin color, cultures etc. are all superficial things. It is the real humanity that is what makes us humans and as humans we must learn to act unlike animals.

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