PAKISTAN IN CRISIS

PAKISTAN IN CRISIS
A THREAT TO WORLD PEACE
By Dr.Khurshid Alam. Dated 10th Nov.2009 khurshidalam5@hotmail.com
Pakistan is in crisis. With every passing day the crisis are deepening. This is the only point that people of every shade agree. But no one is ready to take responsibility but waiting to offer the shoulder to a third party.
The grip is tight and the problems are political, economical and a horrible guerrilla war in its own boundaries. It is threatening the very foundation of the country. This war has been declared against the country by our own military intelligence agencies. The person, who is responsible, was given red carpet sends off by the present government.
The type of war, the army is fighting is 100 times more difficult than a conventional war. The army is chasing the shadows that have roots in all section of the society. This is army VS a frame of mind that can only be won if the whole nation is behind the army.
Virtually it is not the case. All sectarian parties particularly the JUI (F) and Muslim leaguers with any alphabet at the end are against the war. The logic behind is obvious that for electoral victory the importance of MULLAH and MILITARY is a guarantee to the corridors of power. In this type of war the internally displaced person is another social problem.
The war machine is consuming most of the resources to roll on. And those who have been internally displaced need to be helped and looked after. They are the real victims of our unaccountable rulers of Islam Abad.
In the country there is no political system, to steer the country out of economical bankruptcy and political mudslinging, which is going on hand in hand with the war. The fall out of the war are gaining ferocity, continuity and strength. The army kills those who want to stay in their homes, as their home and hearth have been made battlefield by their enemies in Islam Abad. If they flee they are internally displaced begging for help. They are massacred at home and outside for the survival of a country where the King of Raiwand is even refusing them their identity.
To me, it is an immoral question, if some one asks another person how to address his mother and how she should be dressed up. But to those who have no moral value it may not be some thing of significance.
Nawaz Sharif and his spokesmen carry fire and water both in their angles of mouth. They are in a great hurry that their C.O.D. should be adopted without waiting for the burial of 73 constitutions. It hurts us really in the core of our heart that the democrats like Javed Hashmi and Khwaja Sahib starts defending Nawaz Sharif.
Whatever the reservations, we may have about the incumbent government, but the alternative is worse and dreadful.
To be a political leader, one has to go through a process. Recruitment by a military dictator in a foundry can be a short cut to acquire more wealth but not make a politician. Politicians are not made but it is the by-product of a political process.
The incumbent government is creating crisis after crisis for itself and even do not take it’s allies in to confidence. It is neither presidential nor parliamentary system in its present form but the alternative is dreaded one.
The opposition is refusing to take its seats in the house, nor ready to play a role of a constructive opposition. Apparently they justify their impotent stand to block the third party but the secret contacts are in progress and hardly miss a chance to destabilise the government.
It is a political and moral bankruptcy to cash on self-imposed exile or to try to add the achievement of the black coat movement for independent judiciary to his credentials. Khwaja sahib might be true that the present government needs a push for every action but we have seen the tenure of NAWAZ MIAN as well. Who believes in bulldozing the minority like a white elephant?
Mian sahib should be frank to tell the people that he either cannot take part in election due to Saudi pressure or he is not competent to play the vital role of the leader of opposition in the present difficult circumstances. It needs courage and strength of moral make-up. He is the second leader of the league to surrender to a military dictator; the first one was barrister Qayum.
It is a bad luck of Mian Sahib that the military is busy in the most difficult task to fight and eliminate the beastly guerrillas. There hidden shoulder is available, but the user is not free at the moment. The bad governance owes its futility to the leader of the house and opposition equally.
With shattered economy and no political system in place the nuclear capability has become a liability and source of international concern. If India is not criticised it is because of the domestic policy. Secondly the huge gap of political acumen of the politicians of the two countries cannot be ignored.
The non-democratic parties cannot give birth to a democratic a government. The biggest question mark on our political stability is the holding of important meetings on national issues by our political leaders in foreign countries like London, Emirates and Saudi Arabia. Our so-called champions of democracy trust the Arab autocratic sheikhs more than their own people. It is the height of character defect. Every second day the political pimps start running between the power brokers and then some how the situation is taken care of.
Muslim Leagues of all shades and the sectarian parties think that by accepting the American aid with the present conditions is surrender of national sovereinigty. They are amnesic themselves and think the same about the public. They are in this assuming that we have still some shreds of sovereignty.
The country was half mortgaged with American since the days of Liaquat Ali and Musharaf, the vicious autocrat, completed the deal. His “yes sir” was so spontaneous that the state department was taken by surprise according to American press. All the subsequent aids were attached with the same type of conditionality but the deals were done in GHQ.
Still those who claim that Pakistan is dearer to them than their faith and life, they are humbly requested to bring one third of their wealth so that we return the loan. The deeds should speak louder than words.
We hate this begging bowl, which has been given to us by our own political leaders, who looted the wealth of the country during their tenures. When Mian sahib joined Zia government their family stake was two foundries and now they are about 24. It was news for me to hear on Pakistan TV that he is under loan of his son. Gandhi said and I quote,” if you look after your needs this world is a heaven but if you look after your greed’s the same world becomes a hell.”
I went through the article appeared in the New Yorker. There is hardly some thing new. Musharaf agreed to all these issues, even the attacks by drown from Pakistani soil. The Americans worry does not stem from the threat posed by Al-Qaeda and Taliban but from the rogue elements inside the Military establishment and civil bureaucracy supported by sectarian political parties and all shades of Muslim leaguers.
It is not a hidden fact but an open secret that this sort of group was inducted in military establishment during crooked ZIA. He had the tacit support of Saudi Arabia. He floated the ideology of fundamentalism and hatred for other religions in armed forces. He is on record about his philosophy while addressing a press conference. I am a witness to it. My ears and eyes cannot cheat me.
He openly said that if Israel minus Judaism is not thinkable so is Pakistan without Islam. The irony of the fact was that one of the allegations against Late Wali khan was that he has allegedly said that Pakistan is an Islamic Israel.
We cannot cocoon ourselves from the rest of the world. People do remember the words and actions of our dictators. It is beyond any shadow of doubt that these rogues have infiltrated our army and majority of them are in ISI.
The American have shown their concern about them. It doesn’t matter how many thousand of army Jawans or Officers are involved to protect our nuclear assets but it needs few men of that mental framework, to create havoc. That’s the reason that American is investing in those, who are protecting these assets.
We should not be oblivious to the fact that remotely it is possible. Let us not chew words but to say loudly and clearly that if a non-elected government in USA could use it against the elected Japanese government, after the surrender of Japanese, any vicious, wicked and irresponsible person can use it. I am sure that Pakistan cannot provide foolproof guarantee to the world.
If GHQ can be attacked and Pentagon can be hit, the fear of the destruction of the world cannot be ruled out. The world has become the unsafe place, after the disappearance of the counter devil, resulting in turning the cold war in to a hot war. The whole world is aflame
In our country, we are faced with the monsters. According to our military intelligence they are hardly 4 thousands in number and have engaged our two divisions of force. Americans on the other side of the Durand line face the same situation.
As I pointed out in my previous article that there is nothing in the stores of weapons, even of super power, to fight a frame of mind. With loose command they are nowhere but are everywhere. We have to be logical before we say something.