I was talking to an 11 year old girl who is visiting us currently from Pakistan. I was asking her what she wants to be when she grows up. She replied, that she wanted to be a doctor. I kidded with her and said, "Don't you want to become a lawyer." She looked at me and asked me why. I said , "Well than you can become the prime minister of Pakistan one day. An overwhelming number of leaders of countries happen to have legal training. Well that is what I think, anyways.
As soon as I had suggested the prime minister position to her, a shocked expression passed her face and she exclaimed, "But I do not want to go in to the army."
For a minute I thought she was joking but then I realized that all through her childhood she had seen Dear President Pervez Musharraf at the head of the country and she had concluded that only army got to run affairs in a country.
Food for thought. Interesting what the new generation in Pakistan assumes as normal state of affairs?
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