‘I am not Afraid’

This is a famous line spkoen by one of the former President of Pakistan. The General was not afraid of anyone. He was a lion, a tiger and every metaphor personified of bravery, courage and valor!

He stood up in face of the super powers of the world, he could never have stooped so low as to sell his neighbouring country to the super power of the world. He was not afraid of anyone saying that they will bomb his country and send it to the stone age instead he made that super power kneel before him.

He was sooo brave that no one ever dared to kill the innocent civillians via drones in his country. He never allowed armed political group of the biggest city to take it a hostage on his behalf while he danced in the capital calling it a power show.

The General was very polite and very humane. He never bombed any figure. He never burnt anyone with white phosphorous and put their remains in the gutters of the city. He showed the utmost tolerance to everyone who questioned everything he did.

He is still not afraid and will face false accusations and court trial and the verdict without any fear.

The Controversial Election!!!

We live in a strange world where you are not allowed to question the institutions, and the leaders of political parties. And if you, by any chance, question the role of the army/establishment, you automatically become a traitor.

The recent events leading to the Elections that are to be held on 25th July, are very shady and murky. Some of the things that have happened are questionable. The recent bomb attacks make one wonder that how come we have not seen them in previous years and suddenly the intelligence agencies are limp and can’t prevent them. How can they let it happen or is it part of a larger design?!

We have seen at least 6 to 7 statements from the most prestigious institution of our country, saying that they will not interfere in the elections. Why is there a need of soo many reconfirmations that they will only provide security and not anyyhing else. Last time during elections, the institution in question assisted the rigging in poling stations in Karachi which made one of the political party to boycott the elections while one asked for re-poling in one station(as they have always been shortsighted). It was not long ago that we might forget that easily.

There are so many instances where the television shows have been blocked and were not allowed to air their programs, the banners of political parties removed, and police firing at political party offices that one wonders if this is not engineered already. One wonders if this really is a free and fair elections or not.

The latest verdicts of courts also seems to be a part of larger designs. Rao Anwar is set free!!! What , in the name of God, are they doing. Justice Shauket Siddiqui claiming army’s interference in judicial system. One wonders if whatever he is saying is true. But then when Hanif Abbasi’s verdict came, the courtroom had at least 7 fauji jawans inside it. What were they doing there??

It is like how Musharraf made some impulsive decisions and landed in a pit. It feels as if some kind of desperation is working behind all those events that are leading us to question each and every move. Elections have always been a big affair in Pakistan but this time around, it is getting dirtier by the day!

Last but not the least; if you question judiciary, you are pro-Nawaz, if you question army, you are a traitor, if you question PTI, you have blasphemed! And if you support any religious party, you are a hypocrit bound to burn in the deepest pit of hell. You are not allowed to have a perspective, a different view… May be you do are satisfied with any narrative that is available. Things are not just me and against me… There are more things in life that one needs to think about.

Aur haan dams charity se nahin bantay!

Election 2018

I thought things would never go worse during the last elections but I guess I was wrong. This is by far the worst ever election that I have come across in my entire life. I wonder how could one sink soo low just to get in power. We have broken all the records of dirty politics this time.

I have not been able to sleep well for the past month. This politics is actually getting on my nerves; good thing I am abroad or I would have lost it completely. Political campaigning has been reduced to name-calling, and cursing and slandering. It has become a norm for people to give bad names to the opposing party members and leaders and almost kill one another over it. Recent events of torturing animals is a new low. It just raises questions on our mental stability.

Elections have always been a bloody event in Pakistan. Recent bomb blasts have left us all baffled. What is going on. The Mastung bomb blast was the biggest one since the APS event. This raises a lot of questions on the ‘best institutions’ of Pakistan. How can they call themselves world’s best when they couldn’t stop it. A lot can be said about the way media is projecting the whole situation and how there still are censorship policies from the upper end.

A lot have been said about all other things that have been happening too… Some are just unfathomable and leave you dumbstruck as to what are the leaders thinking and where are we heading towards. There are a couple of things that can give you an insight as to what to expect from the people;

1. I have talked about it over and over again that, we, as a nation are suffering from personality cult syndrome. We think our leaders are like gods, who cannot err. If you question any of their decisions or acts, you come under heavy bombardment from their followers and you are left without any rational answer. The questioning makes you an enemy, some rival or person of some other political party who is disrupting the calm and sleek flow of things. We see our leaders as flawless human beings, we can not tolerate a single word that questions their decisions or actions.

2. Like Sarte’s book ‘Colonialism and neocolonialism’ points out that this colonialism is a system where the colonist and the colonized can not break from the system because they fear that they will not be able to run things without this capitalistic way of running things. The colonized are given things like a begger is given some alms, while the colonist have taken over all his land and capital. After 70 years of Independence, these leaders actually act like colonists and have made people into believing that they will starve and will be nowhere if these leaders are gone. The politics of fear- of losing this colonial system, still grips the central poltical merry-go-round of the country. The colonist really never left as these leaders still go the colonial father whenever they are in trouble.

3. It aches my heart to say this but the root cause of every problem that we are facing today is because we have left our Book. In the Quran it says that Enter in your religion and submit ‘completely’. We have been following into the footsteps of the BaniIsrael as they only accepted whatever part of Torah that suited them and left whatever that did not. We, as a nation, have become the same. We follow the Quran only where it suits us and leave the teachings that are not convenient for us. We have created a line in our religion where we think that it is only a personal affair and not something as a whole, as a society, as a nation. We have stopped saying whatever that is bad,bad and whatever that is wrong, wrong and whatever that is good as good. And we have left each other alone as to let them do whatever they want to do… So much for live and let live policy.

In the end I will leave with one last note. When casting your vote do not just look at the person. A person who should lead your country must be Sadiq and Ameen which doesn’t only mean that he is not financially corrupt but also not morally corrupt. Because Sadiq and Ameen means, according to the Quran, someone who is not morally corrupt also. Hazrat Yousuf (a.s) wanted Aziz to know before going to the King of Egypt (and the whole of Egypt, though he says that Allah knows but still this was the way things should be done) that he was not a Khaa’in.