Posted on 01/02/2018 11:29:25 AM PST by nickcarraway
At a revolutionary school in Pakistan, Durkhanay Banuri dreams of becoming military chief, once a mission impossible for girls in a patriarchal country where the powerful army has a severe problem with gender equity.
Thirteen-year-old Durkhanay, a student at Pakistan's first ever Girls' Cadet College, established earlier this year in the deeply conservative northwest, brims with enthusiasm and confidence as she sketches out her life plan.
"I want to be the army chief," she tells AFP. "Why not? When a woman can be prime minister, foreign minister and governor of the State Bank, she can also be chief of the army staff ... I will make it possible and you will see."
(Excerpt) Read more at emirates247.com ...
Yes, and she was assassinated...................
I think that’s misleading. She was forced to leave the country for corruption. Then about ten years later George Soros forced the U.S. State Dept. to pressure Pakistan to let her back in. She was killed, who knows who was behind it. I do not believe it was Musharraf. I think Soros may have been using her to take Musharraf out.
Pakistan’s big problem is either Islam or the Patriarchy. I guess we’ll go with “Patriarchy” because if you say their problem is Islam, they’ll kill you.
When I was 13 years old I dreamed of pitching in the major leagues.
“She was killed, who knows who was behind it.”
Yep. Assassinated ten years ago last week. Still unsolved.
http://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2018/01/02/10-years-benazir-bhutto-assassination
"Can be something" and "can be any good at it" are two entirely different things.
Girl, you’ll be lucky if you graduate before they kill you.
Yeah, but their dream is achievable. Hahahahaha...
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