AIDS does not exist in Pakistan?

Official statements that there hardly any AIDS patients in Pakistan. Admitting that there is AIDS in the country would mean the acknowledging that there are gays, drug addicts and there is sexual promiscuity. Being gay is treated as vicious crime, for a woman to be found out to have premarital or extra-marital relations with someone would automatically turn her into a criminal including the person or persons with whom she had any such relations. Most of the time the existing law in the country help in falsely accusing a woman or any man – for ulterior motives.

Not revealing figures as to how many people have died of AIDS will not make the disease go away, ignorance is not bliss – it is fatal. Mentioning a condom leave its use is simply out of the question. The advertisement are too vague to make any sense. Sex education is prohibited, because it is assumed that it would result into turning students into sexual predators. AIDS cases are camouflaged, cause of death of an AIDS patient is obscured and some other reason is given. The official policy is deny everything. All this applies does not apply to those people who are rich and powerful, they can do whatever they like because no one can touch them.

Apart from AIDS there are all the other Sexually Transmitted Diseases, which are never made public. Young men visit brothels without the slightest awareness of the consequences. They do not use condoms, because they have no idea how to use them and they do not know what the benefits are. Prostitution is rife in the country but no one cares report how many people are really in this profession. There are no records of the number of drug addicts.

Drug addiction soared after 1977 when prohibition on alcohol beverages was imposed and lasts to this day. If the prohibition on alcohol beverages had not been imposed, the number of drug addicts would be much less. Because there are drug addicts and the cannot afford to pay for new syringes, utilise old ones – which can result in become infected with AIDS. Drug addicts in order to support their habits will go to any lengths, even prostitute themselves and could very well come in contact with someone suffering from disease.

Absolute openness about such issues is simply out of the question. We are living in age of obscurantism, bigotry, fanaticism, hypocrisy, greed and extreme savagery. AIDS is not something anyone discusses because it is too embarrassing to talk about, even if the lives of people are stake. There is no way such matters can resolved easily.