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……………..

EID MUBARAK PAKISTAN

Heartiest Eid greetings 2 all of u……………..

May Allah bless this land of pure with a  day like Eid every day……….

And for our troops fighting in Swat and Waziristan….we are proud of u nd u r with us on this occasion………

 

A Presidential Address or A Shock Mr. President?

Tragic…..Disappointing……Shocking…….these are the three words I could gather for the Presidential address that I heard yesterday. Logically their was nothing in the whole episode which should be termed as presidential,, rather it was simply a party address from that top platform.
In every nations history the real test of leadership and vision comes when they are in crisis. In 1965 we have Gen Ayub and his speech which gave a new patriotic life to the whole nation,, for Americans one cannot find a better example than President Roosevelt inspiring address after the Pearl Harbour. Not long ago our PM Gillani delivered a speech which was no less than the other I named before the start of Swat operation. But against I am left with the same question: What was that yesterday?
The top office and party chairmanship could never have run parallel as it was debated earlier. A symbol of the federation, supreme commander of the proud Pak Army addressing in this manner….amazing. I am still pondering what was it all about. There was no point in the whole speech which can be termed as the high point. A rare public appearance(infact it wasn’t public at all) had nothing for the nation in itself. The telephonic(relayed) adress from London makes sense but from President house is out of logic.
So what do we have in our baggage right now. An army which is fighting a battle which can nearly change the whole existence of our state,, a nation which is roaming everywhere to find flour, sugar and electricity, the whole country turned into a shooting gallery by the outside spy agencies and all we have to say is that please don’t trust what has been told about me?
There are 3 main features of the speech I would like to take up. The first is undoubtedly a “card” whose smell was evident everywhere. Where unity has nearly vanished from our foundation, the top office playing this trick can only be termed as “suicidal”. There is only 1 card which has to be played and that is “Pakistan card”. For years we have feared two things namely ethnicity and sectarianism. But it seems that for some this still remains as the most glittering offer. Let it be clear that we have lost our half part(now Bangladesh) because of Yahya’s pathetic vision of divide and rule. With Balouchistan in nearly foreign hands,, NWFP burning with an insurgent war and Southern Punjab tipped to be the next frontier against terrorism can we afford an adventure like this? Masses hold the power but they can be mislead quite easily.
The second point is regarding an effort that was made to give a “specific colour” to the whole ongoing episode by linking it with the vision of an outstanding leader. Was Bhuttoism ever confined to the corridors of power and the foreign guarenteers? Is this what Z A Bhutto did in his career? He is remembered for the recovery of a shattered nation, he is remembered for the International image he built for a struggling nation, he is remembered for being the heart beat of the masses; a leader who had his grip on the pulse of the masses, he was remembered for his visionary acts for Islamic unity……..which attribute is parallel with today’s top office?
The third point can be nothing more than the fear of justice. Media is nothing. “Political Actors” like “ghairat brigade” are nothing. It is only the truth which is feared at that place. I never heard Bush calling Micheal Moore a traitor for calling 9/11 a lie. So how come a comment on NRO or leadership can make Dr Shahid, SHaheen Sehbai and many like them traitor. There is no corporate state in Pakistan in terms of GEO or Jung. It is only the public trust on these so called actors which have made some powerful characters fearful of them and this was evident in the speech from start till the end.
With this said it still remains what was really missing from the whole episode…….let me term it 1 by 1.

Place or Platform: A President,, a neutral by constitution defending himself in a political gathering

A Vision: Unfortunately with all those powers in the hand of the top office and the fate of Pakistan hanging by the thread………….their was nothing for Pakistan.

A Logic: PPP is the symbol of the federation……right? So why was the show limited to Sindh. With government in centre this should have been a grand feast but intentionally it was limited to a province to play its card………totally wrong.
Anyhow this seems to be enough for today. But I would urge you to please interpret this episode for me as I feel I understand nothing what it was all about?????

HERE COMES THE PAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!

So the Pandora box is finally open,, and as expected we have been revealed to the list of “nobles among us” whom we have never given the credit…………”the NRO Brigade”. Before the list was made public which is undoubtedly a bold but compelled move,, many of the beneficiaries have made this land there exclusive domain and  after the list and their deeds are now public,, many voices have been raised to recheck the ECL list as soon the will be on their way out along with their baggage.

            At this stage I have to some extent realized why this NRO BRIGADE never protested the ever increasing US influence inside Pakistan, like their entry and exit from out territory. Ofcourse they have kept it as a tool in case they had to face the ECL(jokes apart).

            Anyhow with PM Gillani’s statement things have taken a new turn. Till now most of the observers were of the view that somehow Mr Zardari will manage to draw all the PPP support behind him on this issue. With Gillani offering resignation even if his wife secured relief under NRO,, a burning ball has been thrown to the top office. NRO suspension was natural and expected. But the real drama will begin once the make and break will start. The refusal of many top office bearer from resignation has landed the whole political scene in doldrums. If the president will stay immune(hardly possible under the present circumstances) his brigade will not let him eat the fruits of their deed alone.

           

The judiciary holds the final blow, and with the voice of masses  echoing “we want to seek truth” things will definitely head for a serious direction. Anyhow like before I have always emphasized that a leadership whose power rests in “a foreign capital” rather than its own people will face the music. The revelation of names was just a trailer, the real episode will commence when we will come to know regarding the cases been set aside.

            Being a neutral entity the biggest fear to any Pakistani will be the “MINUS ALL”. This democracy, well many would argue its legitimacy was a blessing after the era of Musharaff, but like always our politicians whether in power or in opposition have let us down. There is still a chance left for them to undo their sin by removing “black sheeps” among themselves. Else with the situation prevailing inside and around our borders, and the way masses are fighting over sugar and flour you don’t need more to create a situation like that we witnessed in 1917 Russian revolution. Its anybody’s guess who will be our Lenin this time around………………….

FAZALULLAH IN AFGHANISTAN?

Not long ago the news has started floating that the barbaric TTP Swat commander Fazalullah has informed international media that he is safe and sound inside……Afghanistan. To add more spice it has been confirmed by a reputed international media organization that the number used by Fazalullah has been traced back to Afghanistan. Till now the biggest achievement we got in this drive against terror was the conquest of Swat and its adjoining areas,, where lately Fazalullah and his mislead forces had gone on a rampage.

 This is a great set back for those who have clamed victory until now. All we use to hear was that he was under siege, in a bad shape and his arrest was around the corner. But it seems that with the aid of a smoke screen he has managed to escape. In any case his network has been greatly destroyed, his aides either dead or captured. Impressive performance isn’t it?? But this should not deviate us from the point I want to raise here. To my surprise the US embassy strongly contradicted reports that a US army helicopter has flown from Bagram to collect a special cargo from inside Waziristan, just on the eve of “RAH e NIJAT”. This cargo was none other than TTP Leader Hakimullah Mehsud. The allegation is nothing new,, it follows a charge sheet presented by Pakistani army to General Mullen where our forces had protested the relocation of allied check posts just before the operation started. This relocation,, as proved with time was none other than to give these mercenary forces a clear gateway to flee the offensive,, in order to be back for destruction in the next few months.

Join every thing together and one is left guessing either of the 2 things………. 1) For 8 years you Americans have dragged us into this? 2) How more will we appease them in order to set our neck free? Till now I have always opposed one school of thought which remained undecided whether this is our war or not? But today I feel may be I have become a part of a different school which thinks whom we have pleased since 9/11?? The day our military ended the barbaric hold of Swat from Fazalullah’s men, I had one thing at the back of my mind. We have fought against a force which is funded from outside(no specified name I will mention),, launched on a specific agenda to destabilize us and after Swat there line of strength has been broken,, agreed.

 Now having said this not me but the entire like minded were urging the government to release the evidence, foreign links bla bla that have been retrieved from the TTP of Swat. In other word as I mentioned in my last work “ A Costly Miscalculation In War Against Terror”,, the final frontier in this war will be the diplomatic disclosure of these assets, including its full access to Pakistani media. But ofcourse like always a government driven by moral justification rather than national interests,, they found it better to hide them under their seats and this is the trap where we find us today. I still remember the words of a martyr’s father who said on camera” Let them send there own sons out there to realize what it feels”……………

I write this last paragraph just to make it evident that the spirits of our forces and there dedication has been tested,, and ALHAMDULILAH they have surpassed the most well equipped force in this guerilla showdown( Allied forces in Afghanistan)…… The war as we believe is funded from bases in Afghanistan so how can you end it while conquering Waziristan? Again the enemy has struck in the cover of friendship. For them we are equal to what they revealed in the Kerry Lugar Bill. Why to let our generations suffer for a foreign agenda……………in no way I want a message to be conveyed that we have fought a wrong enemy,, our struggle was right while we fought the militants but to achieve the final push we have to differentiate between a friend and a foe……….those who are bent on sending a “complimentary note” to the US for Kerry Lugar or those who have willingly allowed them to carry arms in Islamabad are out to doom us all. The Americans have dragged the whole war into our land just to save there tail. It is time to let them understand that may be its not only our future but their too which depends on this war. This double agent role needs to be exposed. Atleast don’t let us be fooled by our own people. We have the right to know who we have to fight for. Else we are digging our own grave by keeping the facts close to our chest!

A Democratic Gilgit- Baltistan!

Well it seems that the government has added a feather into its empty basket of constructive acts – firstly by coming up with a package for Gilgit Baltistan along with the renaming of the area(although this has invited the wrath of Kashmiri leadership for not taking them into confidence) and 2ndly by holding the elections without any severe law and order situation(as this is the biggest priority in the prevailing time). I have stopped short of giving them the full credit of introducing true democracy in the hilly mountains because of the fact that even before the voting ended, eye brows have been raised regarding the transparency and fair conduct of the election.

Whether its pre poll or post poll, there have been severe allegation leveled against the PPP lead setup mainly by the opposition(PML-Q) and its own allies(MQM). Till the time I have written this stuff, it is clear that PPP has conquered the mountains of Gilgit Baltistan(well it remains to be judged whether by hook or crook).

There shouldn’t be any surprise in this regard. Don’t mix up the situation in mainland(I mean the center) with the results of GB. I say this because of two reasons

1) PPP has won the hearts by the initiative it has taken in this regard and they naturally had the edge

2) Being deprived for so long, one cannot expect the GB natives to produce an upset as it will definitely hit them hard in terms of the package they are expecting.

No need to go into the story of why PM Gilani (A unanimously elected PM as he claims) went on to address the gathering at such a crucial stage and in his granted power promised so much that it was considered a rigging. For the GB natives we wish u well for the dawn of democracy in your area and we sincerely hope that unlike us, you feel proud of it.