[ ::: ♥Keep_Mailing♥ ::: ]™ PAKISTAN WITHOUT ISMAILIS

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Posted by Alishba Kzar

Little bit about the Ismaili community I grew up in,

which was targeted today in Karachi, killing 43 innocent people and 

        leaving numerous wounded:

If it weren't for the Ismailis

1. Pakistan wouldn't have cutting edge medical facilities which

comply with the international standards of health care -

I'm talking about the Aga Khan University Hospital;

2. Pakistan wouldn't have affordable, world class private education,

scholarship funds, free workshops, and curriculum development if it

weren't for the Aga Khan Education Services Pakistan;

3. Pakistan's historic landmarks like Baltit Fort and other locations

would've degenerated into rubble if it weren't for the

 Aga Khan Historic Cities Support Program;

 

4. Pakistan would have no secure lodging and conference spaces for

 international investors and diplomats if it weren't for the

Aga Khan Tourism Promotion Services Serena Hotels;

 

5. Pakistan wouldn't have had ANY natural disaster management

especially in remote areas near the Himalayan ranges if it weren't for the

Aga Khan FOCUS Pakistan initiative;

 

6. Pakistan's youth's employment rate would still be in the gutter if

it wasn't for the Aga Khan Economic Planning Board;

 

7. Pakistan wouldn't have had any concept of liberal arts if it wasn't for the

Aga Khan University Faculty of Arts & Sciences

 

8. Pakistan's economy would still be in the gutter if it weren't for

Ismaili investors and business owners;

 

9. Diseases would still be rampant if there were no blood and

free vaccination drives conducted by

AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL!

 

10. The world's perception of all Muslims as terrorist burka conservative

 homophobes would've still been maintained if it weren't for the

liberal and progressive representation by

Ismaili on international forums;

And these are just SOME of the things the invisible Ismailis and

the Ismaili leadership has done in Pakistan. I haven't even discussed the

work of AKDN in Canada, Egypt, India, Tanzania, Kenya, France,

the UK, and so on.

Hell, Pakistan wouldn't even have existed if Jinnah, born in

an Ismaili family, and the Aga Khan III hadn't worked for it.

THIS is the community that was shot dead straight in the f

ace today in Pakistan. THIS is the community that is hated so

passionately in Pakistan.

This is the community, which is known as "the community that welcomes smile,"

 that was forced in to grief-stricken mass-hysteria.

This is the community whose kids were forced to watch their parents

 being shot in the head for simply having peaceful beliefs different than

 the mainstream violent Jihadi Islam.

 

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