No Justice My Lord: Dr Aafia Convicted!

It was around 1am in Pakistan while may be 2pm down in New York, but for one women, her family and her children it was all over. The jury based on no fact handed down “guilty” verdict to Dr Aafia Siddiqui, linking her to all the 7 charges filed against her. Shock, ashamed and broken it took me nearly 10 hours to sit down and write something, because all along the way through Chowrangi and other forums, we all in vain begged the US public to open their eyes and save themselves from a disgrace like this but like many other facts, its evident that they have chosen for themselves the inheritance of “wild Viking or Mongols”.

            With this conviction the US judiciary must have woken up George Washington from his peaceful asleep, because until now his soul was under the impression that US brutalities and imperialist policies have yet not polluted the mainland as if Iraq, Afghanistan, Guantanamo and earlier Hiroshima do not fall in their jurisdiction. Freedom, justice and equality is what we know about US and French revolution, but from now on its time to change the theme of this history. There is no justice in their court room, as the fools sitting there never asked the agencies under which law she was arrested, what about the horrific time she spent in Afghanistan’s famous Baghram prision and later her shifting to New York? These living Nazi’s never mentioned the 2 childrens of her who went missing and still unaccounted. I must say that after this verdict the US marines must be given a lock and a chain to guard their weapons too, because a lady can snatch it, turn them into donkey’s and later fire the same weapon on them(ofcourse it was a cover up as later the official account of the witnesses never matched).

            Terror to eradicate terror can only be engineered by the US think tanks, because all along the way the theory of winning hearts and mind has been sidelined. The most advanced nation can kill upto a million in Afghanistan and Iraq in order to take revenge of 3000 of its people, and still call it a war against terror, amazing. None of us ever appreciated the acts of 9/11, but what about the 9/11 unleashed on us every day??? If our life means nothing to you, fear a time when it will be the same on your side but ofcourse we haven’t sunk into evil age that much. The 8 years of Bush were seen as a tragedy for Americans by us, as it was perceived that like Musharaff here you were not represented by your leader, and it was a 1 man show. But now this dilemma of “black man in the white house” has proven that they are in no mood to wash away their sins. All they want is to turn this world into a battle filed, where instead of nations entire civilizations come against each other in an eternal war. Obama “the liar” is worse than Bush even, as he has played with the tools of morality to enhance the same agenda. This injustice right under his nose shows his future aspiration, and I bet that the chain of events paint a picture more horrific than the one we witnessed in the past.

            That was for the Americans but how could I leave the Mir Jaffar of Pakistan, Mr Musharaff. Just for the blessing of his masters he sold people like Aafia to these merchants of death. I wonder what he feels today at his luxurious apartment in London. Let the history repeat itself and a day should come where his daughter comes to him and ask the question which we have been forced to ask. The present regime, the entire leadership can relax too with their shameless power and authority, because from my side being silent is a bigger crime than the one committed by the executor. Its not about whether Aafia was involved with Alqaeda or not, but its easy for me to say today that with this act in my eyes and so for the 180 million Pakistanis she has been proven innocent. She has served much more than the crime she never committed on ground, a family lost, a mother deprieved and a nation left heart broken. Whether she gets now 100 years in sentence, she has written her name in the history books. I just wish if Iqbal was here today, what a master piece he would have written like the one he did for Fatima Barnawi.

            When justice fails, it takes every thing with it. The “prisioner 650” is not a criminal, she is an outstanding person with an excellent track record, but above she is a human, mother and a daughter. We can celebrate our life normally by saying we have nothing to do with her, but just ask yourself if silence is the answer, next Aafia will be whose daughter, sister or mother? Allah will decide her fate but we have been disappointed greatly, and my tone is so harsh because I never expected this from the so called West full of values. We beg you to wake up from this dream based on “realpolitik” and return to the values which are human atleast.

            To you Aafia, we are ashamed of ourselves as a nation…………………..

Family and Politics Don’t Run Well Mr Sharif?

Love it or hate it, the magical hand which seemed to be backing the Sharif duo has some how disappeared. No one else is to be blamed than Mr Sharif himself and it is rightly said that “time and tide wait for none”. His shyness from taking active role and playing like a sissy infront of the President in the name of democracy has already served us nothing. In Pakistan it is usually said that a real change in political environment is never achieved without the blessing of any of these three A’s,, namely Army, America and ofourse our Arabian friends. The magic of either PML-N or the Sharif himself is a far cry now as the one we witnessed in the case of restoration of judiciary. Carrying on with the Tripple A even the news was already in the air back then that Mr Sharif required a call from Rawalpindi before embarking on that journey. From my side his delay and his reluctance to make a final move on the presidency has greatly disappointed the masses along with the other stake holders.

The recent episode in Mansehra NA 21 polls is a perfect example of how novice he becomes some times in his career. His self centred decision of awarding the ticket to Capt Safdar brother was the only cause of this upset, which happened right in the political power house of PML-N. This is not all. The grievances are much greater in Rawalpindi as well. Betrayal is the talk of the town after they left us with 1st Haji Pervez and now with Shakeel Awan. One wonders in the league of champions like Javed Hashmi, Khawaja Asif and Tehmina Daultana, where has Mr Sharif discovered these people.

The blessing of US and Army is undoubtedly shifted from him for the time being. In the past few years it was already believed that somehow Mr Shahbaz, Khadim e Alla and his son Hamza has taken over the reign of the party as well as the region Pml controlled. Unlike the big boss, he is a determined person whose potentials are well displayed. But the recent incident of his Chief Secretary along with the Governor dilemma has put him too in an awkward position.

With this party too going out of business, one feels that a big surprise is in the making somewhere around the corner.

Will Taliban Return!!

 

Walking past those streets where a few months back terror reigned in the shape of so called “Taliban”, one is surprised to see how the life is returning at an amazing pace. Children filled with hope, elders praying for a better tomorrow and so in this way life is moving toward what we term as “normal/survivable”.
But back in the mind a sense of desperation is also taking place. Being a student of history and International Relations, we are accustomed to follow the past trends in order to justify the coming future. Unfortunately these calculations in this case have given me an answer that I never want to see “practically true”. Somehow we have “bad omens” in our dictionaries that we totally sideline, terms or situations which have become somehow “Tabboo”, never to be discussed again. Something like the “Friday that comes on a 13th”, the return or the slightest possibility of Taliban making a return has become such a topic in our corridors of power. I was involved in a conversation with a native a few nights back, who has witnessed this episode first hand and unlike others posses a deep insight into these affairs.
When I raised my apprehension on this matter, his reply somehow sent waves of terror through my nerves. In simple he said what I quote “ With the top guns hiding up there and there money trail(financial backing) still active….dont be surprised if they return this time around with tanks even!!”. His and mine prediction are not based on mere theories, but in reality this is what that practically happened just across the border. Every year a term “spring offensive” was coined by the allied forces when out of no where, the Taliban use to make a come back and set again every thing in motion.
Ofcourse the melting of snow and natural refuge ”green and deep jungles” gave them what they lack all along the winters. So by not keeping “our eyes and ear shut”, it is high time that this threat should be taken seriously. I say this because on the land scape of politics this priority is no where insight, all we can see is judiciary locking its horn with the executive, which in return has moved into a specific crowd to cry about the misdeeds done with him, the opposition waiting for nothing more than a mid term so that they can flex their muscles, an army which has fought like lions all along the way but definitely overstretched and above all an “axis of devil” of outside forces waiting for another chance to come for the kill.
Like always, my blame rests on the establishment which is yet to come out with a convincing report regarding “who/ why/ how” supported these forces, externally and internally and as it hasn’t been out officially, I will not jump to my decision regarding who was behind it. May be it is time to take a second look on this matter for those sitting for this task.

Blood Thirsty Karachi!!

Nothing new,, but like always its heart breaking. Once again the streets of Karachi have turned into the “Wild Wild West” spree,, with no one to be held accountable or responsible for this onslaught. The city of lights is a far cry now,, as the setting of dusk sends shock waves to the natives.

No matter which page of history you turn of this unfortunate settlement,, all you see is grief. Even passer by write off the place where a life becomes cheaper than a steel bullet,, let alone those who are caught up in this misery. But once again like so many painful events of our history, there is no clue to the culprits. The new round of violence triggered by the aftermath of Ashura blast is getting serious after every passing day. The political parties, their grass root domestic politics based on voilence, ethnical differences and above all an invisible hand has gone completely out of control. New commitments for cooperations, crack down on these mafia’s and similar stuff is all that we hear time and time again. From my side not one but all parties in Karachi are terrorists, as in one  way or the other they have used this forsaken trend for their own benefits. Its not about Lyari, Rehman Balouch or some one else……rather its about the paradigm and the approach which is framed to manage a city which holds the key to this land’s future.

Both the city administration under MQM and provincial stetup under PPP have failed miserably. It’s as pathetic as there performance when we see them calling each others rapist, bandits and murderer on national television, while the very next day for some exchanged dollars they are again “BHAI’s”…..pathetic.

I am sure that the Nazim will some how come up with another award claiming himself to the “guru of governance”,, yet never answerable to the fact that under his domain hundreds die every year in the name of rivalries, petty mobiles and robberies. Instead of calling army to clean up the street,, it is the right time to start an investigation again into the May12 massacre,, by the highest court in order to settle the score. From the justifications of the administration it seemed that it is a crime to ask them regarding there responsibility,, as they have treated the media recently.

This new wave of target killing has somehow overshadowed the blast inquiery, or is it infact triggered for this reason alone?? With this thing proved that it wasn’t a suicide bombing a debate started regarding the “would be” culprit of this act. On this forum it was equally painful to hear certain revelations that this whole drama was to evacuate a few prized shopping areas……amazing. On the other hand I have firm belief that Karachi is under the red eye of an agency that we usually term as “black water”. From different sources this thing has floated in the media that around this city and within its premises this organization has been given the platform with the due consent of some local and high up circles. Doesn’t matter if it is true or not,, the internal loopholes is what the external force wants,, and rest assured that not one but many such loop holes were given by us. CJ…the people of Karachi wanted justice…..thats why they gave more sacrifices that any other city in Pakistan. Don’t let them write you off as another person who never risked to challenge the dark law of this land……….

May Allah shower peace to every corner of this land….Ameen!!

Happy New Year 2 All

From Truth Denied we wish you a very happy 2010,, May Allah fulfills all your wishes and grant you hapiness that you have desired…….special prayers to the land of pure, Pakistan……May this year bring peace and prosperity to Pakistan….Ameen

BB and her Silent Assassins!!

Two assassinations in two different era’s but with so much commonalities! Even if I was not the believer of the theory “History repeats itself”,, the assassination of Benazir Bhutto and John F Kennedy made me a firm believer of this. To my surprise when I started looking for motives, the execution and the actors involved in them, my belief became more stronger than ever.

Both being versatile, inspiring and committed made the same mistake…….going against the norms of dirty politics internally and externally and what a coincidence that their assasins left a trail which became a dead end after every new turn. First the crime scene……multiple shooters. In both the cases it has still remained a mystery that who fired the decisive shot. Where in Dallas an open ride, slow speed and the absence of secret service sealed JFK’s fate, at Liaquat Bagh an unplanned route with a sudden mob, no backup squad and a long distance shooter/hit man turned the tide. The commonalities are long and precisely the same all along the way.

For JFK Lee Oswald and Jack Ruby went to the grave with the mystery key while for BB Baitullah, Khalid Shahanshah and Rehman Dakait played this part. The postmortem, doctors account and the official versions gave a clear matching profile for both the leaders/victims. I mean how can the history be so cruel yet identical. The motive behind the killings is another twist in the tale. JFK, being bold and courageous, held the button for the whole international power structure in his hand while BB was perceived to be the ice breaker of the so called “ Great Game of the Region”. Kennedy denied his enthusiastic nuclear ambitious lobby a show down in 1962 Cuban missile crisis, reached out to USSR in an unthinkable “Peaceful Co-Existence Move”,, both being the pills too bitter to swallow. This followed by his agenda over Vietnam sealed his turn as not only the President but also as a living human. With BB it was no different. Being in exile and away from public sentiments she got trapped between a dictator and his backers across the Atlantic. Once back she knew that with her burden of legacy, she could not please her guarenteers. She was from the masses and that’s how she wanted to be. The difference is only here that in my view JFK was never of the view that his own agency will take him down but in BB’s case she was aware that her SILENT ASSASINS have got nearer to her.

Both were tragedies of the highest magnitude. US went on to commit its biggest stupidity of an all out war in Vietnam and nuclear pile up only to realize 10 years later (1973) that both paths lead to no where. For Pakistan only 2 years have passed but it seems that the architects have planned a pay back on much severe terms. We are at war with an enemy which is neither our own (As we don’t own them) nor it’s a foreign perceived element ( As our government considers it a sin to name foreign intruders). The governance or the foreign policy has neither the reflection of BB(roti, kapra aur makaan) nor it has any fruit for the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. A bitter truth.

For long I kept on sorting a question regarding the real/silent assassins of Ms Bhutto. I was stuck in a dilemma which is faced by a rabbit…….when he has to choose between a loin and a crocodile. Was it the one who executed the killing and his fellows scattered around the globe or is it the deliverers who were suppose to guard her values? I mean like the situation of the rabbit I was hanging by the wire and ultimately I went toward entity……..her deliverers. They were to fight for her and those 180 million for whom she used to fight. Five year term, top offices…..this was already decided for her, but she went against it. So how can this be the merit of guarding her will?. Her assasins are here, right within us and some abroad too, but the fear of the whole revelation has stopped their identification. UN probe or any other can find nothing, and it is well known to every  one asking for it. It is simply to delay it for a better day when no one will have the time to question it. How unfortunate that we lost such a brave woman, with her unmatched dedication and wisdom in this way……..from Liaquat Ali Khan to Zulfikar A Bhutto, all along the path we have been deprived but undoubtedly it’s the BB’s loss which has become the turning point.

May ALLAH  rest her soul in peace and give us courage to ask ourselves for who and which purpose she sacrificed her life………Ameen!

HAPPY BIRTH DAY QUAID

The nation salutes you on the unmatched comittment and vision for all of us……….in these 62 years one can say with pain that we had only two posession to be proud of……..

1 Pakistan and 2ndly you………may Allah grant you athe best place in heavens and with your vision and principles we get out of our pains…….

Ameen!!!

Obama’s Upsurge: A Reward To Taliban & Al Qaeda

Well I believe that unfairly in the past week, the news centre stage was captured by Obama receiving Noble Prize solely(though there are still masses like me who are wondering where is the nobility in his reign until now?). In my view this event somehow sidelined the “medal of recognition” unofficially awarded by Obama to Taliban and Al Qaeda after his decision to send in some 35,000 more troops to Afghanistan in view of his newly found “Afghan Solution”. With the “change” in mind and a time span of over an year, one is left amazed by the outcome of his move. I have no doubt that the “War President” Bush would have opted a path no different from the one chosen by the gentlemen in question. For the oldest democracy it seems to me that very tactfully they have been entertained by a smoke screen of “Black man in the White House”.

Sitting 10,000 miles away I feel it uncomfortable to ask questions which infact masses in US would have asked there executives. Till now we have heard that US and its allies have failed due to the incompetence of the Afghan government, lead by Hamid Karzai. Its corrupt practices, a lack of authority and will to tackle war lords and foreign inclination have contributed the most to the perception that these allies were “invaders rather than liberators”. The best example of this notion is the recently held polls for presidency. First it was a fraud of highest level and later a stain on democracy when a single man show ensured Karzai a second term( I wonder why Mugabe was so opposed in Zimbabwe if this is the merit). All independent observers have given a red signal to Afghan democratic process and it is fully evident that the unpopular leadership is the real hurdle in allies success in Afghanistan. Having said this, the most “noble person of the year” has given his verdict by sending in more troops, as if US marines have changed there occupation from fighting to good governance. To the enemies of Allied presence in Afghanistan there cannot be a better excuse than this while they look for new recruitments for the upcoming surge. Don’t you call it a reward? Atleast I have been greatly impressed by this wisdom.

The surge did play its part in Iraq for many reasons which are totally inverse from the case study in Afghanistan. There Shiite Militia and its supporters went underground not because of troops arrival but more because a majority representative government came into power,, silencing there grievances. While in Afghanistan we have a Pakhtun at the top,, but else the whole story is of “neglection”. The additional troops will do little to turn the tide for US in Afghanistan, but for sure a change will again be seen in mainland America. The celebrations are on as it is believed that US and its Western counterparts have survived the recession,, but many still calculate that the “eye of the storm” has yet to strike. In simple words both Afghanistan and Iraq will prove as a “bleeding wound” for the Americans. Fortunately or unfortunately even if this thing come into play,, many theorist will have to revisit there work on democracy. With Soviet defeat and collapse above all other reasons it was debated that there was no voice to question the policy makers as it was communist and single party system,, this isn’t the case in America.

They have the right, resources, platform but still they have opted to remain “deaf and dumb”. At the award ceremony in Geneva(I believe this was the place) I was given a laughter by Obama’s “Just War Theory”. He sounded more like Genghis while he exclaimed “I fight wars to guarantee peace for my people”. May be one day I will write more on US “Just War in Afghanistan” and I believe that only naming it have send clues toward me. I mean ofcourse it is a just war that you ruin 2 generation first in “proxy wars of your own” and later invade with a simple objective “ we are here to stay no matter what happens”. I mean this is how you fight just wars where you have “humans” in a state which wasn’t seen after the “holocaust” i.e Guantanao and Bagram without them given a fair trial. Leave the trial aside, it hasn’t been decided that the whether 9/11 was an inside job. Except Osama’s own acceptance that he was behind it what other proof do we have( and that too when many believe Osama’s role as no other than the famous Lawrence of Arabia). Away from Afghanistan it is also a just war because US lied to the whole world about Iraq’s WMD,, but don’t blame CIA as I read somewhere that they mistakenly took some camel skeletons in the desert as “new age scuds”……..human error. Again, why are you silent out there? Why don’t you ask those whom you pay for these adventures?,,

else only one sentence to sum it all “time and tide wait for none”

On A Rampage: Mosque Attack in Pindi

With the yesterday episode of a well planned attack on a mosque in Rawalpindi which left scores of worshipper dead………it seems that the last frontier of insanity have been crossed by the terror troops. One cannot grasp the reason why a mosque has to be the target,, although its not the first time.
The loss of life in this carnage is immense, and ofcourse it has left the atmosphere of “twin city” in disarray. For long we have been hearing that the terrorist are on the run and these are the acts in desperation…..as they put it. But in the back of my mind I am left with a disturbing question………GHQ, Lahore, Peshawar…………..are we underestimating the magnitude of these terror forces…………..have they really been pushed to the wall or they have intentionally vanished behind a “smoke screen”……..
To this note how can we forget that the top terrorist of them all…………claimed to be dead or severely paralyzed managed to make his presence felt by slipping into Afghanistan and later verified it by a phone call…………The relaxation is eident on behalf of our agencies as it seems they have written of TTP as a “blast from the past”. Yesterday’s attack inside the cantonment shows a security lapse……although in Pakistan this is one mistake which no one will accept.
I am haunted by the image of President Bush aboard a US warship in 2004 proudly claiming that we have ended the “main theatre of war in Afghanistan and Iraq”………while even in 2009 troops are rolling to these areas to counter the threat. Like always I would like to say that the efforts of our brave martyrs should not be wasted with loopholes like we saw yesterday……..the threat is still there with its whole magnitude and it is time to reassess the situation before it gets out of hand. A strong “international diplomacy” is required to wrap up this mess as the real hub is not Swat or Waziristan…….but the “terror funding paradise” across the border to the West!!

Thanks For Waking Up Gordon Brown?

As if the passenger van for “alqaeda/osama phobia” was somehow vacant these days,, British PM Gordon Brown has decided to fill it up. Out of no where he saw a dream at his 10 Downing street residence where he was guided by a reliable source that Osama Bin Laden is in Pakistan………….Indeed this is 1 piece of info for which like Obama he deserves a Noble Prize……….for US President the category was “unseen moral values of change” while for Mr Brown it can be nothing more than “ a visionary without any wisdom”………..awesome achievement.

            This comes simultaneously with a report published earlier that in 2001 at Tora Bora……….US and its allies intentionally or somehow unintentionally gave up an effort which would have caught Bin Laden,, while he was trap there. Ofcourse one can say that both CIA and MI6 have made a ground breaking discovery by locating his footsteps after 8 years…………that’s what you call a top spot intelligence agency……….rubbish.

            Mr Brown why don’t you let the people of Britain know about the inquiery report into the Iraq war your government undertook,, and whose disclosure became such an issue that its content were decided to be kept “confidential”. Atleast unlike your dream visions that report will be based on facts and figures. Just stop fooling your people with allegations like these. You are no different from Tony”liar” Blair who like an efficient Poo**e towed the line from across the Atlantic.

            The real catalyst/ precursor/ trainee or supporter of all this mess is US and UK itself. For 8 years they have been sitting ducks in Afghanistan waiting paving way for the whole region to collapse. On there hands stains of bloods are dripping,, of millions of Iraqis and Afghanis that there conquest have swallowed. It is to be seen till how long the masses out there will be given the “doses” of this Al Qaeda/ Osama vaccine to keep them mum. Atleast some one has to stand up from the so called “ torch bearers of humanity” to ask there policy makers for accountability,, or else like Mongols you will be remembered as nothing more than a civilization on rampage……………..