Samad Khurram Zinda Bad
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Pakistani Student Snubs U.S. Ambassador, Payback For Attack
In the full glare of the media, Samad Khurram refused to receive an award from Anne Patterson.
None of the Pakistanis in the hall joined him or gave him a standing ovation.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan—A Pakistani student, Mr. Samad Khurram, today has done
what the Pakistani government is afraid to do so far: Snub the U.S.ambassador in the Pakistani
capital for the cowardly U.S.attack against our military on
the border with Afghanistan.
Samad, a student of law at HarvardUniversity, was in Islamabadto receive a shield of
achievement from Anne Patterson, the U.S.ambassador.
But instead of
sucking up to the U.S. ambassador, like many Pakistani officials choose to do, Samad had on his mind the blood of over 30 Pakistanis, half
of them soldiers, who were killed on the soil of their homeland on June 10 when
the Americans sided with Karzai thugs, also known as the ‘Afghan national
army’, and used massive air power to target a peaceful Pakistani border
post.
Ms. Patterson
was attending a special ceremony organized at the National Arts Gallery by a
privately owned Pakistani school. The school had invited 188 of its former
students who received scholarships to study at various American colleges and
universities. Parents of the students were present, along with Mrs. Zahida Kiayni, the wife of the
Chief of Army Staff Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kiyani.
Ms. Patterson
and other U.S.embassy officials were shocked and
embarrassed when Samad walked to the stage to receive
his award but then announced he was refusing the honor to protest the
unprovoked American violation of Pakistani airspace and the murder of innocent
Pakistanis.
A shaken Ms.
Patterson smiled sheepishly and tried to make the best out of an embarrassing
moment.
According to
the Associated Press of Pakistan, the official news agency, this is how the U.S.ambassador responded:
“The
American ambassador, responding to the protest of the student, said Americahas deep regrets on the
incident. She said Americais proud to have him (Samad Khurram) in USAfor study, adding, “The
only way to remove the misunderstanding is to exchange ideas and views.”
Ms. Patterson
had a point there. We need to put our position out to the Americans in a clear
way. Samad did just that. He did not boycott the
ceremony. He attended it and made sure he rebuked the U.S.ambassador in the full glare of
the media.
The unfortunate
part is that no one present in the huge hall of NCA joined this nationalist
young Pakistani in his gesture. At the very least, Pakistanis present in the
hall should have given him a standing ovation.
The other
unfortunate part is that none of the 80 or so Pakistani news channels
highlighted the incident. Why did we allow private Pakistani channels in the
first place? Wasn’t it to project Pakistani position to the world? If
this was the Indian media, if this was the Chinese media, if this was the
Iranian media, if this was the Arab media, if this was Turkish media, this
incident would have been repeated at the top of every news bulletin for the
day.
I hope some of
the defeatist ‘liberal’ Pakistanis working for television news channels
might be reading this. If you know someone there, please admonish them. I know
plenty myself. But I work for one. I don’t own it. Never will.
It is sad that
ordinary Pakistanis will always be more nationalist and patriotic than their
so-called ‘liberal’ intellectuals and their non-intellectual
politicians.
But Samad Khurram, no matter what, we
are proud of you.
I urge my
fellow nationalist Pakistanis to email Samad and
congratulate him. His email is samadkhurram@gmail.com
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Bravo Mr. Samad Khurram!
Gre@t
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Congratulations Mr. Samad Khurram, and thanks for you courageous act against the barbarianism of the “ONLY TERRORIST IN THE WORLD, THE US”
Mr.Samad Khurram..you have made us proud!
Its the deep feelings in our heart which we could not speak out..but you’ve done it……
Great work…..wish…that everyone in the auditorim should have joined hands with you!
but it takes the time to start!
Good luck!
PROUD TO BE PAKISTANI
it is a really work of great love to homeland
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Samad… I don’t have words to appreciate what you have done.. I applaud your courage and conviction.. turning down US$49000 engineering scholarship of one of the best universities in the world located in one of the world’s most powerful country and being handed over by the ambassador of the most powerful country… Dude … you Rock…
I can wish or dream of a day when our corrupt leaders coming from a corrupt system can have only an ounce of a moral value and strong characterthat you have shown, Pakistan can become the greatest country on the face of this earth..
You have shown the way… Its not about coming giving speeches.. saying nice words in front of the crowds…and thatz it.. Its about actually going out there and actually do what you strongly believe in…
Dude .. you are the long lost spirit of Pakistan… you are the 1st drop of rain which is going to breath new life to the true spirit of Pakistan…. You are better than all these corrupt politicians, feudals and poliitcal mullahs.. You truly have shown the way …
I can go and on but this will do it for now…
..
Samaad…you are great..we all proud of you.what u did, that every pakistani wants to do except our politicians…i say salaam to u and ur parents
Dude;
YOU R GREAT
SALAMS TO YOU AND YOUR COURAGEOUS ACT
ALLAH MAY BLESS YOU
Great Man. Congrats.
Samad, I am word less to appreciate what u have done, wish that all of us should have the same courage.
God bless u and ur parents, we r all proud of u.
Samad brother..u have done a great job.. v r proud of u.. Jazak-Allah
Great my dear…great…mashaALLAH…we all are really proud of you…may ALLAH PAK bless you with the ‘real’ success and moral strength.
I want to congratulate you..for what you have done, i.e, refusing hte harvard scholarship and protesting ina most peaceful and yet a strong way!!!
what you have done is something that our leaders ought to do!!!! for what they are doing is selling thier own country to the americans!!
but i was amazed at the students’ reaction present there at the hall with you at the time of the ceremony… they should have at least clapped for ur bravery, if not giving you a standing ovation…this shows how weak we are!!! but if we have ppl like you…there is a hope!!!
I, too, belong to the tribal areas, i.e; S.Waziristan, and my heart weeps at the terrible situation of my own ppl….
We are very proud of you and we’re with you!!!
aneela3@gmail.com
Buddy i know the Secret service have taken you up, and they would be torturing you in many ways. i am sure you have the strength, courage and faith to hold on. Your heroic act makes me remember our great ancestors. You have earned your Heaven. Allah and His all support is with you.
Love.
Samad Khurram, u r great !!!! the students from all over the world must look at to ur action. money will be nothing, if it could hurt our honour. sallut !!!!
Samad You have done a great job , we all ( including my office mates) are proud of you, refusing scholarship is your personal matter for which you have shown a big heart but doing this for the prejudice of your country is something inexplainable, this is reaslly awesome and my true wishes that Inshallah you will get much much better future prospects than this scholarship.
Well Done and Good luck !!
WELL, DONE SAMAD. YOU HAVE SLAPPED ON THE FACE OF OUR SHAMELESS AND BAE-GHAIRAT RULERS AND THE SO-CALLED LEADERS, WHO HAVE NOTHING BUT APOLOGIES FOR THE AMERICONS.
Salaam Ho Tum Ko…
Its our belief That Shaheeds are alive in their grave. I think they may be smiling and praying for you. Becuz out of 140 miilion + Pakistani you are the only one who did it. I salute you Bro. You have shooked all of us.
Samad you are so brave, All Pakistani should proud of you. Pakistan needs you like brave and copetent People.
Haazaron saal Nargis apni be noori pr rooti hy,
Kai baras baad chaman my hota hy aik deeda war peeda.
We r proud of ur thinking dear, we want to live with peace b/c we r muslims.
[PEACE]
Please read my article on the same issue from following path
http://www.kashifhafeez.com/mazameen_large.php?path=2008-06-23&img=kh_articles/large/2008-06-23.gif
What is being acheived by doing so? He is forgetting the scholership 4K-5K students in the US? Why he did not denied that?
There might be have been a better protest some where else if he wanted to do instead of gaining popularity through such cheap act. He agreed to particupate in the ceremony and came to it, came to stage and did it on the stage. Should I call it a protest or a dishonest and rude behaviour ?
Best idea would be that when he is in the US he goes to washington and protest in front of US congress. Yes,, his student visa will be cancelled and sent back .. Now would be a Hero.. But stop for a moment.. you can’t afford it.. So please stopp doing this crap.
Your people are not united .. your leaders say some thing different to you… your people vote for that.. you are not representing.
Look at your home first.. correct it then go outside. Thank you Mr.
To “Also Pakistani”,
Dude…there could have been millions ways for Samad to register a protest in a dignified and respectable manner… Is there any comparison of protesting
in front of your home crowd and media with protesting in US… Home is where things are going on…Home is where people need to wake up and see and learn, there are betters way to protest then just do suicide bombing and blow away the whole Hall of people… An average Pakistani who isn’t that educated or intellectual
now knows in some shape or form what Samad has done… They now know that other than killing,blowing up every thing, burning things down there are other more
meaningful ways to register a protest in a more effective way….
If I am a soldier in the trenches defending my country on the front line and if I know what Samad did, do you have any idea how proud will I feel doing my job..What boost this can be for me..
I ask you a question…Remember Iran’s president visit to a University in US last year..Remember how the Dean and the students treated their guest speaker who came to their university on their special invitation… Samad didn’t say any bad words to honorable ambassador neither he said any hate related to thing US people..Question is who is better Samad’s response to unnecessary and unprovoked aggression against our troops on the front line or US University’s response to their guest..
I have seen people saying that it was US tax payers money that Samad has used for his scholarship… Well…hellooooo.. the bombs and bullets that killed our
soldiers also came from same tax payers money… I know for sure American people are good people but I think how their money is spend they have no control over…The
same way Pakistani mother will feel the pain for the loss of his soldier son, I believe American mom will also share the same pain for Soldier son’s death…If our soldiers had crossed the border and killed 13 US soldiers “by mistake”, can you imagine US’s response.
So dude wake up… It takes time for a nation to built-up and we are doing remarkably well in that…
salam….samad khurram zinda baad maashah ALLAH very bravo
we proud
well done
Khuram you rocks buddy
this is what our leaders should do …..
I really don’t have words to honor you with
May Allah give you the best in this world and Akhrat
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Dear Khurram…
Hope this message will find you in best of your health & prosperity. I must say that u gave the right direction to the whole nation to be act like a nation.
My best wishes & prays are with you.
Allah aap ko himat oar istaqamat ataa farmaay oar aap k waldain k darjaat buland farmaay (Ameen)
Allah Nabi Waris.
LaIlaHaIllAllah Muhammad-ur-RasoolAllah.
Samad refused the award as a protest on the recent cross border attack by Americans in Mohmand Agency, which resulted in the death of 20 Pakistani soldiers and still many more are missing.
We Expect the same from CJ
CJ is a hero in this movement for being the protector of “missing persons”. Now what moral stand he has for receiving medals from a US institution, when all missing persons are missing because of USA. The constitutional movement raised a lot of voice on civil rights. Now what bout greater civil right violator in the world?. Cant he see Guantanamo bey?, the institutionalization of torture in CIA abduction cells in Europe?