Comments on: View from US: Spirit of superbia

By: gary

gary — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 21:13:53 +0000

When the world is exploring other planets for mineral resources, most muslims are busy with their religion and its interpretation.

By: sfo

sfo — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 17:46:48 +0000

For a few seconds, i was there – looking down at the rally and the queen, at the tea party where she must have smiled politely and in front of Abdus Salaam's tombstone when radicals disowned him, even though he was perhaps the only Pakistani till date to receive a Noble.
It was a harsh article, written beautifully, with enough gentle caution and a rude kick!

By: M.T.Hasan

M.T.Hasan — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 16:43:59 +0000

A SELF-RESPECTING NATION SHOULD HONOUR ITS HEROES NO MATTER WHAT THEIR CASTE,CREED ,GENDER OR RELIGOUS AFFILIATION.PROF.ABDUS SALAM IS CERTAINLY ONE OF OUR GREATEST SCIENTISTS AND AT PRESENT THE ONLY NOBEL LAUREATE THIS COUNTRY CAN BE PROUD OF AND SHOULD BE REMEMBERED AS SUCH.

By: P.R.Koduri

P.R.Koduri — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 11:59:39 +0000

Not all is lost if LUMS can be seen to be unafraid of the right wing medieval forces and indeed establish the Chair in honor of Prof. Abdus Salaam. Let the function is attended by the luminaries in the Government and say a few words of gratitude for what the Professor had done for the South Asian Community of Scientists in his lifetime.
When the plane landed in Pakistan with the coffin bearing the body of the Professor there were none from the then government of Pakistan to receive him at the airport. One can only hope that things have changed from the times of Zia (Zulmat ko Zia kya kehna!) when he decreed that Khuda be banned and only Allah be used when saying Khuda Haafiz!

By: Socrates

Socrates — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 11:18:44 +0000

The disrespect showed to Abdus Salaam is an indicator of how corrosive Islam has been for Pakistan. Pakistanis are of overwhelming Hindu heritage. their culture is South Asian, Hindu. Hindu scriptures were written in Pakistan, India and Bangladesh. Because of geopgraphical and topographical reasons there were no boundaries. What i called the Indus culture was also the culture of North India. the writer of the Sanskrit grammar was a Pathan named Pannini. Then came the Arab system called Islam. It was an attempt to cure Arab society. It did not. It has been even worse for Pakistan. Pakistanis are now single mindedly trying to forget all vestiges of their Hindu past and trying to become full fledged Arabs.

By: salim mastan

salim mastan — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 05:07:32 +0000

Quad e Azam, Allama Iqbal,, Agha Khan, sir zafarullah khan, Nishtar, Ch Khaliq umZamman, Liaquat Ali Khan, DrSalam, Iddi, Altaf Hussain of Dawn, Hakim Saeed, Mohammed Ali Habib of Habib Bank, Dr israr , Nur Khan, A H Kardar, Aq khan,Sadikeen , Razzak Dawood, Nusrat Fateh Ali, 1973 Islamic Confrence , Cosajee, Aziz Ahmed,Gen retd Khizalbaksh ,Abdullah Haroon, Sh Zahid Bin Nayan, Shah Faisal, , Ayub Khan, Imran Khan, Shahid Afradi , Roshan Khan , 1960 hockey team Rome Olympics, Pakistani scientist an Engineers ,agha hasan Abidi, Dr israr, 1992 world cup cricket, the list goes on and on
Nations are built on great selfless people. Honor each one of them, and produce more. And make Pakistan great, and RICH. , Salim Mastan

By: A.A.Noorani

A.A.Noorani — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 03:11:37 +0000

If Dr .Salam had remained in Pakistan, he never would have acheived what he did staying out of Pakistan. Pkistan's contribution in making Dr. Salam a Dr. Salam is zero.

By: Wajid Zain

Wajid Zain — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 00:33:16 +0000

Very readable and well written.
Those were good days that should be recalled with affection and even pride.

By: Naveed

Naveed — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 00:01:16 +0000

Next time, I visit LUMS, I will pay my respect to Professor Abdus Salaam. He brought laurels to Pakistan where as many millions of Muslims brought disgrace to Pakistan. May Allah bless his soul.