Duluth News Tribune: M. Imran Hayee.
In America, where freedom prevails and the literacy rate is 99 percent with 40 percent of the population possessing college degrees, fact-checking is a common routine, especially during the heated presidential election campaign. The fact-checkers around the country have been working diligently this fall to untangle candidates’ arguments and claims, some of which have been convoluted and twisted.
In contrast, in a country like Pakistan, where freedom is not a celebrated value and the literacy rate is 57 percent with only 6 percent of the population having college degrees, fact-checking is a rare phenomenon — even when big lies are imposed on citizens.
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The Taliban attempted to kill Malala to quiet her mission. To its surprise, Pakistanis showed an unusually strong and united reaction of revulsion against the Taliban and its cowardly act.