Destiny

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The philosophical approach to peace by different philosophers may have different wordings but the bottom line is the same harmony in a person and between living individuals. We have to hate hatred to start journey of global village and stop tagging different blood at different rates. It has created a havoc in the world.

"The word Peace is derived from a Latin word Pax. In Hebrew it is called shotum and Islam it is called salam. Peace is an internal feeling and is the ultimate precursor for making any effort to build peaceful societies, the corner stone for the universal peace."

"Peace is intra-personal, interpersonal and international phenomenon and is a great human virtue. Pacification is the core characteristic. In peace there is no victor and the vanquished but all parties are equally victors."

"The patience to listen to others and accept the difference of opinion increase the depth of tolerance and leaves no room for interpersonal friction. It creates harmonious atmosphere  to provide the opportunity to lay the foundation of building humanity with social justice and human dignity." In our society the intolerance stems from this very fact that we speak but refuse to listen. Listening increases knowledge, and knowledge in turn increase tolerance. Tolerance leads to harmony. It is a chain of broken results in confrontational society and anarchy. Logic looses value and every glittering thing becomes gold.

"It may be called the state of harmony in the absence of conflicts. In my view this is an incomplete definition. Peace without cultural and economical justice carries no meaning. The peace in a graveyard is no peace but silence of death. Knowing the Pakistani mentality their perception of peace does not fit in the philosophical frame of peace."

"While violence can be described to turn an orderly process or life into a disorderly state with a big element of fear. Fear can end a conflict but with complete disregard to human natural aspirations. This is what exactly going on our land. In peace there is mutual love and affection while in violence and force there is underlying hatred and resentment"


"It is a peaceful co-existence between "living" individuals without denial of the right of those having different opinions and perspectives. Those who cannot understand English must be knowing the difference between the two Urdu words. Skoon, and sakoot."

Every nation has Its own top priority. Nation with historical background always wish to locate and shape its own destiny. Nation without destiny and tomorrow has no right to exist. Our destiny is lying in PEACE.  Peace is the mother of progress and prosperity.

Fifty percent of our population is living in forced exile to earn bread and butter due to political and financial exploitation of our resources by the local exploiters, state tyranny and bloodletting induced in our political body by our historical enemies. For political animosity with khudai khidmatgars Jinnah punished the whole Pashtun nation and so the subsequent despots followed the footprints.

Let it be clear "to those to whom it may concern" that we don't need motorways and bullet train in our national grave yard. To live with dignity is our human right and if we have to die it should not be the choice of others to choose the mode of our killing. We believe in life for all with mutual respect. "Toddlers should not teach us how to walk." Stalin said one death is a tragedy many is statistics. We don't want statistical deaths any more. We Pakhtuns have to start the process to stop this statistical exercise.

The Chinese tour was tailored for the development of Punjab. No doubt it was a great success. We congratulate the king and crown prince. But we are not ready to be guinea pigs any more. Nor our leaders should give chance to others to use us as gun powder in power struggle.

Democracy will remain a dream in present geographically imbalanced Pakistan.. The establishments(civil and military) with judiciary and journalist hail from the same constituency, share the same historical values and tomorrow. Their process of thinking is at harmony with each other, diagonally opposite to the interest of smaller federates. This would have been better if we would have followed  Pakistan resolution and had a union of states of  the republic of Pakistan.  They have not accepted the changes in the constitution and Ms. Kashmala is on record.

The recent decision of supreme judiciary is an anti federation verdict, the judiciary is in the same boat with PML(N). Past record of Mian Sb is incompatible with federation. The election commission is deeply divided on the decision as the reliable sources say but it was their impotency to surrender their authority to a partisan judiciary.

"Violence breeds violence and instigate the other party to use counter violence. Non violence breeds love and make the other to surrender. Hate cannot be removed by hatred but love and tolerance can transform the enemy in to a friend. It is weapon having no destructive quality. Abdul Ghaffar Khan used to explain that violence has always a bigger and vicious counter violence but there is no counter to non violence.

Human being is the second most destructive animal to an elephant. But elephant destroy the local nature and when it comes to the human beings they destroy the globe and grossly destroy the humanity. The prosperity and human growth requires a climate of peace.

I have a gut feeling that Pakistan establishment is not interested in real peace if they are then why they are asking for a stake in sovereign country, Afghanistan ? The perception of non interference and peace does not fit in to the mind frame of Islam Abad . Is it not against the UNO charter? There are other solid reasons too. Whatever international importance Pakistan is enjoying at present strained situation is due to unstable and war torn Afghanistan.

The birth of Pakistani Taliban and the emergence of a new political force in Pakistan claiming to protect Pakistan and Islam have targeted KPK, Baluchistan, and Sindh. Doesn't it stinks foul while these ground drones have most of their centres in Punjab? It is not in the interest of Pakistan to loose international nuisance value and shut the only one thriving industry of terror.

Afghanistan must pursue their strategy of peace with Afghan Taliban with the preconditions  to stop violence and build Afghanistan that belongs to all of us irrespective of the fact who is the ruler as for as it is by Afghans, of Afghans, and for Afghans. The more we are fractured the more we will be dictated.

USA must realise that they must stop beating around the bush. It was their foreign policy that united right wingers in Pakistan. They should talk directly to PML, sectarian organisations and the secret agencies of Pakistan establishment, they hold the key to the insurgency on the eastern side of Durand line and fuelling fire in Afghanistan. The situation has changed, Zardari didn't enjoy the support of the forces that mattered.

It is unfortunate that recognised nationalist forces have lost their political say by loosing elections thanks to their provincial government and impotent provincial party organisation that was plagued with corruption. It is for the first time in our history that our youth revolted against the nationalists in spite of a great struggle by our artists and writers to hold it. "The only force to be commended". In addition the nationalists are divided and oppose each others more than their enemy, showing their love for national destiny. Their personal interests are far sacred to them than national destiny.

The silly demand of theocracy in Pakistan for Americans to vacate is equal to provide them safe exit. All foreign elements must vacate. Al Qaeda being the mother organisation and the  poisonous mushroom growth around it are all interwoven when it comes to terror. They must go or be eliminated which ever suits Americans and Pakistan. The building of Afghanistan, KPK, FATA and southern Pakhtunkhwa is the moral duty of those, who destroyed it.

But it is distressing that while we are on fire, British and US fire brigades are running to Lahore and 09 in Karachi. USA and UK share in the crime against humanity and destruction of Pakhtuns belt. And equally the nationalist forces.

27/7/13