63 million Pakistanis sign anti-terror petition - proclaim 'Yeh Hum Nahin'

Posted on October 13th, 2008
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In a gesture that has attracted record participation from
ordinary Pakistanis, 63 million citizens — a third of the
terror-battered country’s population — have signed up to a
unique anti-terror campaign. Billed as the biggest lobby effort
anywhere in the world, Pakistanis signed a petition called “Yeh
Hum Naheen (This is not us)” in a four-week period. It is seen
as the strongest signal yet from Pakistanis — one could almost
call it the cry of a nation stained with shame — that they
don’t want fundamentalism or terrorism to be known as the
Pakistani way of life.

The campaign apparently ensured that most of the signatories
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