Stop calling people "illiterate" PTI

Dear PTI walas,

Kindly stop calling people "jaahil" / "illiterate" who did not vote for you cos these are the "jaahil/ illiterate" you did *NOT* bother to campaign for.

Its not just classist but its absolutely derogatory and demeaning to the people who did NOT have the same privileges as you!!

You *NEVER* campaigned for farmers who are the agricultural backbone for this country.

You *NEVER* campaigned for people who lived in occupied lands cos their homes in villages were washed away in water and they had no where to go.

You *NEVER* campaigned for people who live on the streets.

You *NEVER* campaigned for people who live on fixed income salaries

You *NEVER* campaigned for people who worked on daily wages, who traveled in local buses; who fed their 10 children on less than $1 a day

You *NEVER* campaigned for people in interior Sindh who live without proper education for their kids, who work in bonded labor, who are trapped into feudal system.

You *NEVER* campaigned for people in Balochistan most of whom are fighting for Azad Balochistan cos their rights were ignored for 65 years.

These are the "jaahils/illiterates" who make more than 70% of Pakistan; these are the people whose needs are equally important.

Your campaigns were always around "torn jean clad urbanites" who have never worked in their lives except feeding off away on their parents money.

You were more interested in throwing in urban elites and having some pop concerts or showing off to some chick how "rad* you are...

Rigging happened across Pakistan, it always has and it always does.

Stop making fucking martyr out of yourselves cos you are nothing close to one and only delusional.

Pakistan is not a FASCIST state, its a REPUBLIC, its a DEMOCRATIC state, learn to live with people differences cos I am not observing people from KP who voted for ANP and calling you names.

When you are grown up and out of your mama's basement then you can talk about *REAL CHANGE*

Club Aria - another racist shithole

I was the only woman of colour in that whole place when this incident took place. Trust me when I say this, I know Peterborough is an epitome of racism where so much happens that its absolutely invisible but this was absolutely disgusting; so this is what I ended up writing to the owner of the establishment, Lang Freeman [He has not bothered to get back to me with any kind of response]

Last night was the second time I visited Club Aria and before that I used to be more or less regular person at Splice but this is one of the most ridiculous things that happened to me tonight.

Just before we start off with the conversation, I usually go dancing but I never drink. I have never touched alcohol. I think most North American do drink but I grew up as Muslim, and I like to preserve that part of tradition where we dont consume alcohol aka I have never consumed alcohol in my life.

One of his bouncers escorted me out to speak with me, he started off with extremely racist assumptions about myself where he started off with;

"I dont know if its a cultural thing for you people but East Indian people like yourself...."

"How East Indian people have a cultural odour problem.."
 

Other than that certain assumptions were made about my personal hygiene, which were unsubstantiated on one hand, and were stated as racist stereotypes about an ethnicity that I was assumed to be.

"Indian people like yourself should be using deodorants.."

He further added that the reason he was doing this because the "guests" who were less than 10 on the dance floor before midnight, complained about the "odor".

At that point I was fuming in rage as I have never been dealt by anyone in such a racist and disrespectful manner at any business or establishment.

First of all, I am Pakistani and second of all, thank you for not noticing as I stood there in rain trying to digest what was sent my way when I was not remotely anything as such.

I was told by this bouncer that "I should go home and get a deodorant" and I told him that I would rather leave cos this is absolutely disgusting.

This bouncer was just one step away from saying, "Oh you are brown and because this is a white space, you should leave"
or

"hey your brown skin is just making all the white people here uncomfortable"

Rather than that they choose to make this huge elaborate story about "hygiene" & racial stereotypes cos obviously it is so fucking cool to do so and I am sure they have got away with it in the past.

I was alone and the only woman of colour in that whole place when this incident took place.

Rest assured I wont be spending my money at this club ever again. I am not sure if you care about racism by your staff towards your customers but I find it highly repulsive and I am reporting Club Aria to all the appropriate reporting authorities.

Fuck them and their racism!

Website: www.clubaria.ca
Twitter: @aria_inc

Addendum: May 13 - This is what the disaster management of shitty club does, when they cant respond they turn you into a drunk.. LMAO.. guess what I have never touched alcohol in my life. I didnt grew up with alcohol and I dont keep it in my home and I dont drink it with my friends.

http://www.chextv.com/News/LN/13-05-13/Alleged_Racial_Slur_at_a_Peterborough_Nightclub.aspx

May 14 -  Statement which I recieved from Aria's owner
According to them, I have gone from "drunk" to "drunk-like", hello abstainer here, never did/do drugs, alcohol and all that jazz not even a cigarette

This is what I wrote them back:

"No Sir, this correspondence is not over, I was dancing on my own, and I was not harming anyone. I have never had drink in my life and I was not drunk.

Your bouncer ......, explicity told me that "I need to go and get a deoadrant" and "East Indian people have an odour problem" I told him that I would rather leave because this was despicable.

There were less than 10 people on the dance floor at 11:30 ish and I did not interact with any of them. You might have staff which are non-canadian and you might be an Arab that does not makes you less of racist for covering it up for your staff and it also does not makes you less of "businessman" protecting his business so that no one can point you out.

I saw the statement Club Aria released to Chex TV that "I was drunk" and "we have not interviewed the bouncer", well great to see your prejudice right there.

I am taking you to Human Rights Tribunal and I do not care if I get anything out of it.

P.S. Do not teach me about loving and caring for Peterborough when its people and establishments like Aria make it unbearable for other people
 

Fashionably racist - Pakistan

As a Paki-Canuck, and an advocate of race equity, it always breaks my heart when I come across racist garbage from Pakistan .. and trust me when I say this I come across such shit a LOT!

Pakistan, born out of colonial empire has still not de-colonized itself.. rather it has nurtured itself into neo-colonial white washed state where it picks up all the garbage left by the white people! And people who end up embracing those ideals fashionably and making them mainstream are no other than elite garbage of Pakistan, who can't do much, expect flaunt around their money to proof their self worth.

I am not a brand person and I am honestly not aware of whoever is this shitty, racist, slave-loving Amna Aqeel. I dont follow fashion designers especially not Pakistani ones and the following example is the reason why...

 It goes on

 And on

For those who dont know, Pakistani awam (people) have always had a deep hypocritical desire to be like white man, no matter how much they pretend to hate them on the basis of cult leadership of religion. Their actions speak otherwise via different trends. There can be seen extreme desire of skin whitening, to hipster culture, to following famous brand and so on [ you see, our people suffer from a loss of identity.. they still havent recovered from the partition of United India since 1947.. still dont know where do they belong?!? ]

Racism & slave fetishism is not just limited to the fashion industry of Pakistan but it is wide spread, another great example is of Salman Ahmed, the wannabe guitarist of sufi-rock band Junoon [the guy is a nutjob if you ask me and yes my opinion is biased ]

See.. garbage.. absolute garbage and when you call them out on their racism for appropriating history of slavery then they get to be sexist with you cos thats the only thing they are good at...

Obviously the only way hipster trash can get away with his racism by calling you a "pussy cat" and also using the classic line in the book;

"My friend is black so I am oh-so-not-racist!!"

But obviously if white man can choose to flaunt his white power then why cannot his wannabe white wash hipster trash?!?

Elections: Test of abusive relationship between State and people

Today's post is by Mariya Suhail, she is a local businesswoman from Lahore and lovely woman. She is a supporter of PTI and she is currently working as a volunteer and educating people on their voting rights in the community. You can reach her on Twitter @mariyasuhail
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Today I spoke to management at my dad's factory about why they are voting AGAIN for PML-N....and in the end I realized that they are a classic example of individuals stuck in an abusive relationship! I swear the same old excuses:

-Well he broke my rib bone again but look he gave me a bouquet for Valentines. (Yes there is loadshedding for 15 hours but see he gave me RING road/motorway/Metro bus)

-I want to give him one more chance as he promised to not hurt me again (Yes PML-N did not perform well in last 5 years but I want to give them one more chance as they promised to change...)

-I have invested so many years in this relationship so I will give him one more chance (Yes, PML-N has been in power so I am hoping that my patience will pay off this time)

-See its not his fault..but xyz is to blamed for his abuse towards me (PPP was in power and not PML-N! Poor PML-N suffered because of the corruption of PPP)

-Why are you finding these fault in my partnership only...look at other marriages (Thank God Punjab is not like Sindh or PML-N like MQM)

-I promise to leave this relationship if he abuse me again (This is the last chance I am giving to PML-N...after that I will never vote for them)

Whatever the outcome of the election is....I hope that the young generation never end up in abusive partnership!

Riverview Middle School and incompetency of government officals in New Brunswick

Today's blog is based on the most bizarre story emailed by one of my readers. The person in question has received undue harassment from government official. This can be described as a clear abuse of power by officials in authority just cos the person in question was an "exotic" specie [term which has been used to describe the person who faced harassment at the hands of RMS administration]. She did not receive assistance from her union members, from NBHCR and from Ombudsman office which is an absolute fail. There has been no record kept by the officials for the so-called investigation and this has caused undue stress and violated rights to harassment free workplace.

Here is a summary of this 5yr ordeal; in May 2007, a female employee and male employee of Riverview Middle School in Riverview, New Brunswick were accused, in meetings, by two administrators at RMS of alleged ‘unprofessional conduct’ during their personal time at a Community Fund Raiser.  

Grace Belliveau was accused of ‘unprofessional conduct’ between another employee, Peter Stuart, while Mr. Stuart was not accused of the same ‘unprofessional conduct’. They were not told specifically what actions they did to be labelled as ‘unprofessional’. After few meetings, Stuart informed the Principal, that because she had used the term ‘unprofessional’ he would be contacting his Union. He states her [principal] reply was that contacting the Union was not necessary as the administration were just letting him know what people in the community were saying about him. Mr. Stuart claims she did not address her own behavior of trespassing into his personal life and questioning him or the actions of her Vice Principal in accusing him of ‘unprofessional conduct’ without describing the conduct.  

Mr.Stuart and Ms.Belliveau state that if this alleged unprofessional conduct was indeed a work matter then why wasn’t there a proper investigation and paper work filed? The VP disciplined Ms.Belliveau for allegations of conduct that took place during her personal time and created no paper work to accompany the disciplinary actions. When some of her co-workers,  who were also at the fundraiser, learned of the actions of the administrators, they said, if you guys were ‘unprofessional’ then so were we.  They were also upset that these administrators were trespassing into personal time and not describing what the allegations were that warranted the work term, ‘unprofessional’.  

As a result of these actions, Ms. Belliveau filed a Human Rights Complaint on the grounds of racialized sexism. The administrators at RMS went after her and disciplined her with no investigation while telling Mr.Stuart it was not a work matter and accusing her of ‘unprofessional conduct’ between him, but not accusing Mr.Stuart of ‘unprofessional conduct’ with her.  Ms. Belliveau states that after the investigation by the NB Human Rights Commission, the Human Rights Investigator attached a Supporting Document Report to the back of the case analysis report.  She emailed the Investigator asking if the School District received the same contents?  The Investigator informed them affirmative. 

At this time Ms. Belliveau informed the investigator she was told by 3 employees of the Commission- 2 officers and a lawyer, that the procedure at that stage is the SDRs are for the Commission and not the District.  Later on Ms.Belliveau learned that a request for permission of release must be made before releasing a SDR. After having several failed attempts at trying to receive proper clarification from SDR for rebuttal, Belliveau filed a complaint with the Ombudsman in 2010 reporting the unlawful disclosure and the falsification of a document to cover up the disclosure. She also asked for another investigation by a different investigator due to this incompetency.

"In 2010 the Ombudsman of NB, Bernard Richard, was made aware of all the illegal activity [investigation/wrongful termination] as he received a copy of this Narrative Report-- in the second meeting he said they were on the fence and had a hard time making a decision."

Two years after, the Ombudsman tells her “the Commission made no administrative errors” and to contact the Privacy Commissioner [this is the most bizarre thing I have heard all day]

"I contacted Francois Levert in early 2012. I informed him I expected a Recommendation to the HRC; to conduct another [proper, legal] Investigation. In late 2012, he notified me in writing; “the commission made no administrative errors” and directs me to the Privacy Commissioner"
 
In March 2013, Belliveau asked Ombudsman assistant for a report of the investigation that lead to his findings. In April she was told there is no investigation report and the letter she received is the “report format”. 

This is one of the most bizarre things I have had the misfortune of reading as in mishandling and misuse of power of a governement offical. I think this happens a lot back in Pakistan where public officials take advantage and misuse their power in small/large towns. But I was not expecting incompetency at this level. No one provided a final report to her complaint or did proper investigation; witnesses she provided were not interviewed like they didnt tell her on wht grounds she wasnt helped out etc.

At present, Belliveau has been on sick leave with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and relies on friends and family to avoid filing bankruptcy. She is currently waiting to hear from the new Ombudsman so that they can provide details into their decision so that the decision can be appealed properly.