Mamu Posted May 16, 2010 Posted May 16, 2010 GUJJAR KHAN: The rise of a Pakistani-born Briton to become the first Muslim woman named in a British cabinet has given Pakistan something to cheer after weeks of introspection and blame over the failed New York bombing. Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, the Conservative Party's chairwoman, has been named minister without portfolio by Prime Minister David Cameron in his new coalition government. In Pakistan, a country where many fear they are being stigmatised as “terroristsâ€, people are jubilant over her appointment. Born into a modest family which migrated from Pakistan's central town of Gujjar Khan to Britain in the 1960s, Warsi has been involved in politics since her college days. Newspapers prominently published photos of Warsi standing in front of 10 Downing Street and television channels interviewed her proud relatives and family friends in Gujjar Khan. Warsi runs five vocational training centres for orphaned girls in villages near Gujjar Khan through a women's charity. Cameron visited Gujjar Khan with her in 2008. “We feel proud that she is from us,†said Hina Shaukat, a student in a vocational training centre in Bewal village near Gujjar Khan. Eight girls sat around her, busily sewing. Warsi's appointment could not come at a better time for Pakistanis distressed by the arrest of Faisal Shahzad, 30, a Pakistan-born US citizen accused by US officials of driving an explosives-laden car into New York's Times Square on May 1. Shahzad's case is not the first linking extremists in the West to Pakistan. British authorities have said most of the al Qaeda plots against Britain are rooted in Pakistan. Three of the four terrorists who carried out suicide bombings on London's transport network in 2005, killing 52 people, were also of Pakistani origin. “There is an urgent need to find out why terrorists of all sorts in every nook and corner of the world are either Pakistanis or of Pakistani origin,†the liberal Daily Times wrote. Pakistan has been a breeding ground for militancy since the late 1970s, when it supported the US-backed fight against the Soviet invasion. Its lawless ethnic Pashtun tribal belt on the Afghan border has become the global hub of Islamist militancy after thousands of al Qaeda and Taliban fighters fled the US-led war in Afghanistan. Warsi's appointment has come as a national morale booster. “At a time when there is an impression all over the world that all terrorism emanates from Pakistan, Sayeeda Warsi's appointment is like a breath of fresh air,†said Warsi's cousin, Nusrat Mubashar. “If some people are involved in terrorism, it does not mean that every Pakistani child is a terrorist,†Mubashar said. It is sad to say the least -- that there is just an IMPRESSION. And that too the cousin of this minister. Wow! to say the least. I can easily count more than 60% of all major acts of terros in the world having a direct relationship with Pakistan. If that is just an impression --what would be a FACT for these Pakistanis -- god only knows. God Bless Britain ! -- With a cousin of your minister like this -- get ready to get bombed left - right and center. I am freakkin glad that these morons get elected in Britain and not in USA.
Clarke Posted May 17, 2010 Posted May 17, 2010 What the eff ? She's born in Yorkshire as per wiki and there's so much love for her ? As opposed to Mehmood Qureshi dismissing that wannabe bomber as an American citizen :haha:
Guest Gunner Posted May 17, 2010 Posted May 17, 2010 She is baronness of Dewsbury. I went there once to eat on boxing day, I have never been so terrified in my life. Its a complete shytehole of a place. I can imagine her getting elected in a place like that since the population is almost entirely Pakis. :haha:
Sachinism Posted May 17, 2010 Posted May 17, 2010 She was on Question Time when Nick Griffin was on, many Muslims took a dislike to her, saying she represented them poorly. :dontknow:
Clarke Posted May 17, 2010 Posted May 17, 2010 She was on Question Time when Nick Griffin was on' date=' many Muslims took a dislike to her, saying she represented them poorly. :dontknow:[/quote'] Conservatives ~ center right. Which means support for Afghanistan war and no liberal love for 'multi-cultural-ism'.
Gunner_Mania Posted May 17, 2010 Posted May 17, 2010 Baroness Warsi became a minister simply because there were fery few women on the cabinet. In comparison to the Labour government this was turning out to be an all male dominated cabinet. So Teresa May & Baroness Warsi became Ministers.
Jadoo Posted May 18, 2010 Posted May 18, 2010 Baroness Warsi became a minister simply because there were fery few women on the cabinet. In comparison to the Labour government this was turning out to be an all male dominated cabinet. So Teresa May & Baroness Warsi became Ministers. Yep, she is purely there to make up the numbers. I'm surpised they could not find some else.
Gunner_Mania Posted May 18, 2010 Posted May 18, 2010 Yep' date=' she is purely there to make up the numbers. I'm surpised they could not find some else.[/quote'] They couldn't because there isn't any. Don't even know a single women MP from the Lib Dems. Caroline Spellman and Cheryl Gillan have now been added as Secretary of State for Env, food & rural affairs and Wales respectively. Barones Warsi on the other hand is yet to be awarded a portfolio.
Guest Gunner Posted May 18, 2010 Posted May 18, 2010 ^^As compared to this Baroness, who was really very powerful, http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/jan/15/shriti-vadera-profile
Pioneer Posted May 18, 2010 Posted May 18, 2010 Ok, lets get to the bottom line Is she hot? Aw you bet
Gunner_Mania Posted May 19, 2010 Posted May 19, 2010 She certainly I think was the first one to use the railings at No.10 as coat hanger:) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1278350/Baroness-Warsi-uses-No10-railing-coat-hook-poses-photo.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
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