Comments on: Libraries in Islamabad, Part 2 http://uzair.nairang.org/articles/2007/02/22/libraries-in-islamabad-part-2/ Where Uzairs Roam Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:11:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: SMA http://uzair.nairang.org/articles/2007/02/22/libraries-in-islamabad-part-2/#comment-10449 SMA Thu, 22 Feb 2007 15:33:31 +0000 http://uzair.nairang.org/articles/2007/02/22/libraries-in-islamabad-part-2/#comment-10449 <p>Sorry I never got around to doing this. :)</p> <p>Who's the letter going to be addressed to?</p> Sorry I never got around to doing this. :)

Who’s the letter going to be addressed to?

]]> By: David Blackie http://uzair.nairang.org/articles/2007/02/22/libraries-in-islamabad-part-2/#comment-10443 David Blackie Thu, 22 Feb 2007 09:45:18 +0000 http://uzair.nairang.org/articles/2007/02/22/libraries-in-islamabad-part-2/#comment-10443 <p>I note your comments about the British Council. The organisation makes much of its role of providing opportunities, and the fact that it is a charity, but your description of it as a recruiter for expensive examinations and university degrees (for which they charge the universities very large sums of money) points up what it has now become. In a blog not long ago I reported on how they were undermining Pakistani local enterprise to line their own pockets. http://dblackie.blogs.com/the_language_business/2006/11/wiping_out_agen.html</p> <p>Good luck with your libary campaign.</p> I note your comments about the British Council. The organisation makes much of its role of providing opportunities, and the fact that it is a charity, but your description of it as a recruiter for expensive examinations and university degrees (for which they charge the universities very large sums of money) points up what it has now become. In a blog not long ago I reported on how they were undermining Pakistani local enterprise to line their own pockets. http://dblackie.blogs.com/the_language_business/2006/11/wiping_out_agen.html

Good luck with your libary campaign.

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