[khan]

Is Britney Spears moving to Pakistan?-Pakistan-World-The Times of India


ISLAMABAD: What is it about Pakistani men that glamorous women from the West find so irresistible? The latest rumour of pop singer Britney Spears possibly converting to Islam and moving to Pakistan with her companion Adnan Ghalib has set off a debate among women in the country.

The grapevine is abuzz with twice-divorced singer Spear's romance with little known Ghalib, a man of Pakistani origin. Spears, according to Britain's Sun newspaper, wanted to fake her death and embrace Islam and move to Pakistan and start a new life!

Ghalib, 35, who works for a photo agency, is being described as "a gold digger" whom the "lonely" and "vulnerable" Spears cannot do without.

According to media reports, Ghalib's respectable Sunni Muslim family in Birmingham is so horrified by his antics that they have disowned him.

"His parents Ghalib and Saghra are devastated. This week his dad gave him an ultimatum, 'Give up Britney, or you are dead to me,' which Adnan ignored," a friend of Ghalib was quoted as saying.

But much before Spears, there was Jemima Khan, the glamorous daughter of a millionaire who married the much older cricketer Imran Khan against her family's wishes and moved to Pakistan. Their marriage did not last and she was back in London with her two sons in less than a decade.

The romance of Diana, the Princess of Wales, who reportedly found her "Mr Wonderful" in a Pakistani cardiologist in London, is another case in point.

Hasnat Khan decided not to marry his love because of the great cultural divide. Unfortunately, his marriage to a woman of Afghan royalty did not last reportedly because of his Diana connection.

Sehr Naqvi, a homemaker, said, "I think Pakistani men are more committed and, of course, the Pathan genes hold them in good stead. Britney Spears is hardly a good example - well, she could fall for anyone - but we have had Jemima and Diana too falling for Pakistani men."

With the news of Hasnat Khan breaking his silence over his "affair" with Diana, the topic is hot at dinner tables.

"May be he didn't speak about Diana because his own marriage was not working out. We learnt that he has separated from his wife of 18 months just yesterday. But he seems still so much in love with Diana," Naqvi said.

Like Naqvi, many feel Diana and Jemima were good news for Pakistan, but they can do without Spears.

"I can imagine how the orthodox amongst us would react. I can almost see a fatwa against Spears coming," said Shazia, Naqvi's 22-year-old daughter.

Shahida Haq, another homemaker, wondered what is it about Pakistani men that make them so "special" to Western women.

"Look at the way they treat our women. I think they are so chauvinistic and full of themselves. I wonder what these women find attractive in them?”

"May be they should launch their charm offensive on Pakistani women. That's something we women will never complaint against," Haq chuckled.

[ChotooMotoo]

ummmm..... first I don't think any of that is true. Second, I heard that that guy was Afghan, not Paksitani. Third, if it is true, I think it's far more likely she's going to get away from her family, and get her hands on cheep drugs. Fourth, why would she convert to Islam just to go to Pakistan, she doesn't have to convert to anything to go to Pakistan, or even marry that dude (if that's what he wants, which I think is unlikely).

So all in all, it sounds like a load of crap.

[Aryan_]

[ChotooMotoo]

Aryan_ said:

Remind us who you married?

But my marriage was semi-arranged, and I never knew my husband before I converted to Islam. Everything happened AFTER I converted.

[GOTFIVEONIT]

[Revert]

The article is a few months old and total BS..for one that kid is Afghani not Pakistani..

[GOTFIVEONIT]

Revert said:

The article is a few months old and total BS..for one that kid is Afghani not Pakistani..

i could have sworn he was pakistani. maybe i had assumed it based on his name. you know afghani's dont look down on desis for having brown skin, the way arabs do. maybe its from centuries of being part of the mughal empire, and similar customs and costume, plus so many had lived in pakistan during the russian occupation, which is why they tend to think that way.

[Variable]

And here I was thinking good for her, it sounds like her downward spiral would only be fixed by something major like converting to Islam and moving to some place far away.

[Salika]

White people like Pakistani men.

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GOTFIVEONIT said:

i could have sworn he was pakistani. maybe i had assumed it based on his name. you know afghani's dont look down on desis for having brown skin, the way arabs do. maybe its from centuries of being part of the mughal empire, and similar customs and costume, plus so many had lived in pakistan during the russian occupation, which is why they tend to think that way.

A simple google would have cleared it up for you bro. ALso your sig is so Haraam..just an FYI

Fortune Favours the Bold is Fortis fortuna adiuvat in Latin which mean the Goddess Fortuna helps those who are strong and brave and such.

reading is fun..so is Latin..well not really..thats why i forgot most of what i learned...

[Variable]

Salika said:

White people like Pakistani men.

... and girls

[jigglypottamus]

d) None of the above.

The grass is just greener on the other side, that's all. When they've had their fill of Pakistani men, they'll go gorge themselves on those impressive Mongolian or Tanzanian studs.

[Timbit]

What's wrong with Pakistani men? You can't generalize.
But maybe these people just like them for who they are. Geez. Love and all that, you know?

I always find it funny when people say Jemima and Imran Khan's marriage didn't last. Still a pretty good run. A decade isn't anything to scoff at. Plus, you can't ever say why somebody's marriage broke up... you weren't part of it.

I'd marry Imran Khan.

[marjanih]

khan: Why glamorous western women find Pakistani men so irresistable?

Never in my life have I ever heard any Western women [outside of Islamica] ever mentioned how irresistible or attractive Pakistani men are when discussing the attractiveness of men of different ethnicities.


shadha-

[Jamroll]

I think it's because of our biryani-stained shirts, luscious greasy locks, and our spicy B.O.

Viva la B.O.!!!

[zakk]

mmmm eau de biriyani

[Jamroll]

zakk said:

mmmm eau de biriyani

Pour homme. The new fragrance by Calvin Khan.

[jigglypottamus]

shadha said:

Never in my life have I ever heard ...

quoth the globetrotting teenybopper.

[wheelworks]

IbnMardhiyah said:

quoth the globetrotting teenybopper.

You never miss a chance to put yourself above and act better than someone else do you...

[Jamroll]

shadha said:

khan: Why glamorous western women find Pakistani men so irresistable?

Never in my life have I ever heard any Western women [outside of Islamica] ever mentioned how irresistible or attractive Pakistani men are when discussing the attractiveness of men of different ethnicities.


shadha-

Maybe they're not partial to spicy B.O.?

Jokes aside, I've seen that in the U.S., the Indian and Pakistani stereotype is a heavily accented geeky store clerk - non-threatening, a bit of a joke, and wiggles his head a lot.

In the UK, that used to be the desi stereotype about 30 years ago. Now, it's more like, "oh crap, there's Pakistanis, they're gonna nick my phone and wallet, and kick my head in!"

As you can see, a real step-up in the stereotype foodchain.