Some Jokes

there was a huge hearth quake in Pakistan, about one million killed, America sent soldiers to help and recover bodies, united nation sent lots of tent and blankets, europe sent lots of midicine and doctors, in here Britian did not want to left behind the others so Britain sent one million pakistani replacement back home.

Crying Baby

The young father was pushing the crying baby down the street with what appeared to be absolute calm and self-assurance.

People on the street could hear what he was saying as he passed.

"Take it easy, Nasrudin," he said. "Don't let it get you down, Nasrudin, you will soon be safe back home. Things will be all right, Nasrudin, if you just keep calm."

One motherly type woman waiting for a bus, heard and saw the young father and said to him, "I think you are wonderful the way you are taking care of the baby."

Then she leaned over to the baby and said, "Now, don't cry, Nasrudin, everything is going to be all right." "LADY," said the father, "YOU HAVE GOT IT ALL WRONG. HIS NAME IS TOMMY -- I AM NASRUDIN."

Perfect Girlfriend

I recently attended a meeting of the International Singles Club here in Silicon Valley. I met a Chinese woman who was a dentist.

She had perfect teeth, which started me thinking: All dentists from all cultures apparently have perfect teeth.

So, I am looking for a gynecologist for my next girlfriend

Get Me Another Lawyer

Defendant: Your Honor, I want you to appoint me another lawyer.

Judge: And why is that?

Defendant: Because the Public Defender isn't interested in my case.

Judge (to Public Defender): Do you have any comments on the defendant's motion?

Public Defender: I'm sorry, Your Honor. I wasn't listening.

Hazara children in traditional dress

Biography: Dr Sima Samar

Afghan physician Sima Samar (born 1957) was internationally recognized for her human rights activism, especially on behalf of Afghan women, when she was appointed one of five deputy prime ministers in Afghanistan's new government in December of 2001. The appointment as women's affairs minister was the most senior position ever held by a woman in her country, and Samar's outspoken advocacy of women's rights incurred the wrath of many of her conservative male counterparts and countrymen, cutting her political career short. Undaunted, Samarcontinued her lifelong crusade by chairing the Independent Afghanistan Human Rights Commission.

Samar was born in February of 1957, in Ghazani,Province Jaghori District of Afghanistan. Her father, Qadam Ali, was a civil servant and her mother, Khurshid, was the first of his two wives. One of eleven children and a member of Afghanistan's Hazara ethnic minority, Samar learned early on the meaning of sexual and racial inequality.

Hazara people

The Hazāra are a Persian-speaking Asiatic people residing in the central region of Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan. The Hazara are predominantly Shia Muslims and are the third largest ethnic group in Afghanistan. Hazaras can also be found in large numbers in neighboring Iran and Pakistan, primarily as refugees, and as Diaspora around the world. Their native homeland is referred to as Hazarajat.

Hazara people's long suffering

First they fled fighting against occupation forces from the old Soviet Union. Then they came here to escape a vicious civil war.

The coming of the Taliban 12 years ago saw religious persecution intensify. And now they are running away from hunger, winter and American bombs.

The Hazara people of Afghanistan are its most culturally distinct, and most persecuted. Their gentle Mongolian features set them apart from other Afghans; so does their adherence to the Shia sect of Islam.

So long as they bomb, only the Taliban get food

Khadija

Traditionally they live in the central Afghan province of Bamiayan, and in southwest Kabul. And Jaghori District Now most are in exile, many in Quetta's Hazaratown district.

Dr Kasim Waheedi is typical of his people. He is slight in stature, generous and well-educated. He has lived in Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan and now Pakistan. And he is trying in his own small way to help his people cope with exile - he runs a primary school.

"Under the Taliban, life was unbearable for us," he said, reeling off a grim list of places where Hazaras have been massacred by fanatical Taleban commanders ready to use any excuse to kill Shia Muslims.

Dr Kasim Waheedi says.

"I came here earlier and watched as the Taleban were founded, so I realized that many, many more Hazara people would come to Quetta . That's why I run this school."

Prayer

The distinctly Shia call to prayer sounds as Mafila is speaking, summoning the faithful to a nearby mosque, or Imam bargha, as the places of worship are known in this branch of Islam.

The sound is more plaintive, and occasional Persian words are heard amongst the Arabic of the Holy Koran.

I have seen no food, I have seen only hungry children

Khadija

After prayers, five women file into the open courtyard of the building and resume spinning wool into yarn - a job that earns a dollar a day. Khadija is 45, named after the first wife of the Holy Prophet Mohammed. That Khadija was a successful businesswoman whose camel caravans traded up and down the Arab world of 1300 years ago.

Her modern namesake is destitute, an escapee from Kabul with an 80-year-old husband and four children to feed on a pittance.

When I tell her that some British political leaders have suggested that enough food is getting into Afghanistan - despite the bombardment - she gets angry and shouts at me.

She says

"I have seen no food, I have seen only hungry children," she said. "Someone died of hunger in this mosque that time. Where is this food? Where is this relief?

"So long as they bomb, only the Taleban get food. We Hazara people always suffer. Always. When will that ever change?"