[mukto-mona] Re: (SPN) Toronto Star recommends me for a seat in the Senate!

Dear All,   I am genuinely happy to read this news. Tarek is doing great in Canada. I hope it materialises. But, as I relocate in my memory Tarek Fateh of the 1960s -70s and the vibrant NSF of those years, I start wondering how different our own Senate of Pakistan would have looked, had men with strong commitments such as Tarek been among us and in our own Senate, instead of the bunch of political castaways from direct elections to the National Assembly finding alternate accommodation in our Senate!    B.M.Kutty   --- On Mon, 12/22/08, Tarek Fatah <tarekfatah@rogers.com> wrote: From: Tarek Fatah <tarekfatah@rogers.com> Subject: (SPN) Toronto Star recommends me for a seat in the Senate! To: "Socialist Pakistan" <socialist_pakistan_news@yahoogroups.com>, "CMKP" <cmkp_pk@yahoogroups.com>, mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com Date: Monday, December 22, 2008, 6:00 PM Good people, When I saw my scowling face on the front page of the Toronto Star this morning, I crossed my fingers, thinking, what have I done now. To my astonishment, I read that the Toronto Star has recommended that Prime Minister Harper appoint me to one of the vacant seats in the Canadian Senate. Here is the Toronto Star's reason why I qualify to be a Senator: Tarek Fatah: A prominent spokesperson for secular and progressive Muslim issues who would bring a much-needed unique perspective to the Senate. A Toronto resident, he is the host of a weekly cable TV show, The Muslim Chronicle, and has written extensively for Canadian newspapers and magazines. He founded the Muslim Canadian Congress in 2001, a moderate group that has advocated for separation of religion and state. More at: http://www.thestar. com/article/ 557229 BTW, I am in good company. Others nominated by the Toronto Star include, Celine Dion, General Rick Hillier, Maude Barlow, David Suzuki and Bruce Cockburn. Tarek

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