American diplomat speaking in Urdu - Former Ambassador Teresita Schaffer

Former American diplomat and now Director of CSIS South Asia program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Teresita Schaeffer, says that whatever that's happening in Pakistan was in a way expected. Not because of some conspiracy theories but because of the conditions within and on the ground in Pakistan. Ambassador Teresita Schaffer joined CSIS in August 1998 after a 30-year career in the U.S. Foreign Service. She devoted most of her career to international economic issues with a focus on South Asia. Ambassador Schaffer speaks many languages, and the best part is that one of those languages... is Urdu.

The story can also be viewed at voanews.com
http://www.voanews.com/urdu/2007-11-08-voa12.cfm

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• speaking Urdu
• CSIS
• Teresita Schaeffer

[rencrow]

wow mashallah she's good.

[PersonOfBook]

she was speaking like Benazir, isn't it?

[siespanol101]

@yuandeye I speak Swedish, English, Spanish and some French and in Swedish we do add English words though not even 5% like Urdu but in Spanish and French less then 0.5% English in the language

If people so badly want to preserv Urdu then modernise it already

[Buildingblox17]

I wish I could speak 2......2 of these basicly impossible languages for me to learn......Russian, and Urdu......... Um...... Ciao? Lol I speak English and I am learning Italian. :P

[MrBlackberry427]

@yuandeye there is a reason for it man..

[saeedulhassan]

@yuandeye you are right..

[ppsen]

Mashallah!! Chashm e Baddoor!!

[yuandeye]

@saeedulhassan DEC 18, 2011. For instance, Chines, Spanish, Russian, Polish, Arabic, Italian, German, FRENCH Korean, and may others....They do NOT fiddle with foreign words....it is the sicken habits of Indians and Pakistanis public, Bollywood and ignorant Politicians, professors and those good for nothing who punctuate with English words.

[davidshazusa]

Americans are many face lizards, they are not for Democracy but they are like British or Spanish or Italian Imperialism.............Americ­ans are dirty Imperialist, dirty Pigs

[LetsLearnArabic]

Rated lady

[WordsofIce]

I love how fluent she is! One doesn't come across people who take the time to absorb and understand a language so completely!

[himanshuyardi]

I ve lived in the usa and Urdu is introduced more and more in american colleges , I thought that maybe they found Urdu a beautifully language but they are teaching Urdu to people to be alert of Pakistani Islamic terrorists