[Pak-Media] The Gaddafi they are not telling us about

The media has successfully painted Gaddafi as a hard-core dictator, tyrant
whatever you want to call him. However, the media as usual has also failed
to show the kind, giving Gaddafi we never heard of. Gaddafi unlike most
dictators I will refrain from naming them has managed to show his humane
side, the very side we dream of seeing in other dictators who just talk and
talk.

I consider Libyans lucky to a certain extent and one wonders with the new
democratic rule they cry for will it improve or worsen life for them. Yes,
Gaddafi has spent millions of Libya`s money on personal ventures but is the
average Libyan poor? We know others who take a country and destroy it until
you feel like there is no hope of restoring this country… looting some
prefer to call it. Did Gaddafi loot Libya in any way? *

Now let us get to the unknown facts about the Libyan dictator Muammar
Gaddafi

1. There is *no electricity bill* in Libya; electricity is free for all its
citizens.
2. There is *no interest on loans*, banks in Libya are state-owned and loans
given to all its citizens at 0% interest by law.
3. *Home* considered a human right in Libya – Gaddafi vowed that his parents
would not get a house until everyone in Libya had a home. Gaddafi's father
has died while him, his wife and his mother are still living in a tent.
4. All newlyweds in Libya receive *$60,000 Dinar* (US$50,000) by the
government to buy their first apartment so to help start up the family.

5. Education and medical treatments are free in Libya. Before Gaddafi only
25% of Libyans are literate. Today the figure is 83%.
6. Should Libyans want to take up *farming* career, they would receive
farming land, a farming house, equipments, seeds and livestock to kick-start
their farms – all for free.
7. If Libyans cannot find the education or medical facilities they need in
Libya, the government funds them to *go abroad* for it – not only free but
they get US$2,300/mth accommodation and car allowance.
8. In Libyan, if a Libyan buys a *car*, the government subsidized 50% of the
price.
9. The price of *petrol* in Libya is $0.14 per liter.
10. Libya has *no external debt* and its reserves amount to $150 billion –
now frozen globally.

Great Man-Made River project in Libya… $27 billion*

11. If a Libyan is unable to get *employment* after graduation the state
would pay the average salary of the profession as if he or she is employed
until employment is found.
12. A portion of Libyan *oil sale* is, credited directly to the bank
accounts of all Libyan citizens.
13. A mother who *gave birth* to a child receive US$5,000
14. 40 loaves of *bread* in Libya costs $ 0.15
15. 25% of Libyans have a *university degree*
16. Gaddafi carried out the world's largest *irrigation* project, known as
the Great Man-Made River project, to make water readily available throughout
the desert country.
Which other dictator has done much good to his people besides

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Tariq Khattak,
Columnist, Feature Writer,
Editor Pakistan Media Group &
Editor Commerce, Pakistan Observer,
Ali Akbar House, G-8 Markaz, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Cells: 0300/0333-9599007, Ph. 051-2852027/8. Fax 2262258

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Email: Tariqgulkhattak@gmail.com

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