Mensagem enviada em 28 de Dezembro de 2009 por Syeda Henna Babar Ali, Presidente do Centro do PEN do Paquistão:
Peace requires tolerance and a large heart to accomodate difference. It means we need to understand the hardship of others, to feel compassion what others suffer and the price they pay so that others can have peace. Pakistan has known no peace since 1979, this year there have been 470 bomb blasts and several thousand people dead, families destroyed, property destroyed. We all want peace, we want the war on terror to end and we want the terrorists to leave our country forever. We will have no peace while there is poverty, inequality, huge disparity of income, lack of opportunity for the masses, illiteracy and a public educational system which does not teach critical thinking or analysis and does not develop the full intellectual capacity of young minds. The youth of Pakistan is bright, young, promising and vibrant, they want a better future for themselves and their country, they want peace, harmony and a good life for themselves and their families just as the developed countries of the Western world, Asia or the Middle East. Yes, we can bring peace to Pakistan through a better system of education, which will empower the youth, encourage them to become young entrepreneurs and create jobs for themselves. Prosperity brings hope tolerance and PEACE.
Peace requires tolerance and a large heart to accomodate difference. It means we need to understand the hardship of others, to feel compassion what others suffer and the price they pay so that others can have peace. Pakistan has known no peace since 1979, this year there have been 470 bomb blasts and several thousand people dead, families destroyed, property destroyed. We all want peace, we want the war on terror to end and we want the terrorists to leave our country forever. We will have no peace while there is poverty, inequality, huge disparity of income, lack of opportunity for the masses, illiteracy and a public educational system which does not teach critical thinking or analysis and does not develop the full intellectual capacity of young minds. The youth of Pakistan is bright, young, promising and vibrant, they want a better future for themselves and their country, they want peace, harmony and a good life for themselves and their families just as the developed countries of the Western world, Asia or the Middle East. Yes, we can bring peace to Pakistan through a better system of education, which will empower the youth, encourage them to become young entrepreneurs and create jobs for themselves. Prosperity brings hope tolerance and PEACE.
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