Carl's post:My initial post April 2011I am always completely pessimistic about Pakistan having any chance at all given the Pak Army and the feudal elites. But after reading some of your comments I should be thinking more often that Pakistan is filled with people like that ambulance driver and policeman in Karachi that were profiled in the TV special I forgot the name of.
Peter Oborne, one of the UK's best reporters IMHO, has been in Karachi, Pakistan's commercial capital and a huge city beset with problems:
His report is based on following an ambulance driver, employed by a charity and a shorter period with a police inspector, who states:In the last 60 years the population of Karachi has risen from 300,000 to nearly 20 million. The pressure for homes, water and food - compounded by high levels of unemployment - has lead to furious conflict between the rival ethnic groups, with around 1300 people killed in gangland violence last year.The title of the thread comes from his closing comment - worth fast forwarding to, if twenty five minutes cannot be spared....at least 100 of his officers have been killed in the past year.
The film clip on: http://www.channel4.com/programmes/u...ld/4od#3180510
The written summary is on: http://www.channel4.com/programmes/u...2011/episode-4
The links do work in the USA and a SWC viewer responded:__________________They should stop making cop shows about Americans and make cops shows about Karachi cops. That was something.
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