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Posted by admin in CURRENT EVENTS on December 13th, 2023
False consolation for Kashmiris
Commemorating Human Rights Day:
False consolation for Kashmiris
Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai
Chairman
World Forum for peace & Justice
Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai
December 9, 2023
On December 10, 2023, the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is being celebrated. December 10 commemorates the day in 1948 when the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Mr. Antonio Guterres, the Secretary General of the United Nations said that “Human rights are the foundation for human dignity, and the cornerstone of peaceful, inclusive, fair, equal and prosperous societies…They are a unifying force and a rallying cry. They reflect the most fundamental thing we share – our common humanity.”
Dr. Volker Türk, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said, “On this Human Rights Day, we reaffirm the universality and indivisibility of all rights, as we stand up for human rights for all.” He added, “Human rights is a force to reckon with, not because it serves the interests of the powerful, but because it has captured the imagination of the powerless…And so I will endeavour to promote advances in all human rights, without distinction, in every region, and across all UN activities.”
Besides, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the world body has adopted ‘Geneva Convention’ its ‘Additional Protocols’, (1949) and International Criminal Court (ICC) (1998) for a single purpose: to defend protect, and safeguard the human rights of all. The basic human rights provisions of the Geneva Conventions including the ones protected under Common Article 3 of the conventions are non derogable in the sense that they must be respected even in times of international and non-international conflicts, international disturbances, and foreign occupations.
The preamble of the ICC states that ICC is “mindful that during this century millions of children, women, and men have been victims of unimaginable atrocities that deeply shock the conscience of humanity” and “recognizing that such crimes threaten the peace, security and well-being of the world.”
It is tragic that civilized nations have fallen from their lofty calling: namely, human rights for all mankind. There is a sad commentary on the state of human rights all over the globe. It is the job of all human rights defenders to jump-start that moral evolution.
George Bernard Shaw, world renown political philosopher was prophetic when he said in 1940’s that “Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love.”
The presence of the ‘Universal Declaration of Human Rights’ ICC and other human rights instruments offer no consolation for the people of Kashmir because its framers have not lived up to its spirit, at least applying it selectively to suit the objectives of certain powers.
The people of Kashmir are simply perplexed as to how to interpret such joi de vivre. Over seventy-five years have lapsed since the adoption of this Declaration, but the people of Kashmir have not seen an iota of change in the human rights situation in Kashmir. For worse may be but never for the better. The latest phenomenon of settler colonial project has brought Kashmir to the brink of genocide, as articulated by Dr. Gregory Stanton, Chairman, Genocide Watch before the United States Congress on January 12, 2022. Such international treaties are meaningless for the people of Kashmir, or Palestine or for any other people who do not see their application, or even a negative mention to those who ride rough shod over them with total impunity while enjoying the good graces of some of the members of the world community to aspire to a high moral station above others.
According to the definition of ICC, tens of thousands of Indian soldiers and scores of India officials are guilty of crimes against humanity in Kashmir. The crimes committed by 900,000 Indian military and paramilitary forces in Kashmir are a daily feature of Kashmiri life. According to Arundhati Roy, India’s legendary novelist, the 900,000 Indian soldiers have made Kashmir the largest militarized zone in the world. Indian army has organized and employed violence against civilians to create deep fear among the general population to advance the political and religious agenda of a Hindutva ideology. Does anyone seriously believe that Under ICC Statue, a single Indian soldier or an official would ever be prosecuted before the ICC? Of course NOT. India has sneered at international law for decades and the international community has just yawned.
Too often, the international community closes its eyes to the brutal reality of Kashmir because of India’s hegemony in South Asia and its potentially attractive consumer market. As a consequence, the moral suasion that could jolt India into recognizing its international law obligation to accede to self‑determination in Kashmir is blunted.
The world body and saner elements in American policy agencies should take a leaf out of the warning of Arundhati Roy, “Kashmir is the real theatre of unspeakable violence and moral corrosion that can spin us into violence and nuclear war at any moment. To prevent that from happening, the conflict in Kashmir has to be addressed and resolved.” Huff Post, Mar 1, 2019
We call upon the United Nations to use its influence in putting an end of human rights violations especially when the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is being celebrated with great pomp. The UN needs to do more than celebrate anniversaries if it is concerned about ensuring peace, stability and security in South Asia.
Dr. Fai is also Secretary General, World Kashmir Awareness Forum.
He can be reached at: WhatsApp: 1-202-607-6435. Or. [email protected]
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Posted by admin in CURRENT EVENTS on December 7th, 2023
Mahboob A. Khawaja, PhD.
“Rational questions require rational answers.”
How do you dismantle temptation and compulsion of evil from an egoistic sadistic mind? How do you prevent tyranny of evil causing moral, intellectual and political deprivation leading to bombed and flattened humanity across Gaza? The UN Security Council reflects a dead-ended culture of thinking and action to “save the humanity from the scourge of war” and manifests incompetence to its obligations under the Charter. The Five so-called superpowers symbolically discuss the crisis which warrants urgent remedial action for peace and preservation of human lives but are engaged in fanaticism of debates against the wishes of the global community urging for a permanent ceasefire, return to normalcy and protection of the vulnerable civilian population. According to the UN some 1.8 millions people forcibly displaced by Israeli bombing and military actions across Gaza.
The US and some of the West European leaders giggled and watched the genocidal events happening during the insane bombing of Gaza. Effective leaders know their moral and intellectual strength and weaknesses and never use military options as the sole strategy of political hegemony. Contrary to the lesson of history, America and Israel view war as a favored strategy to conclude a finished answer on Palestine. If America and West European wanted, the war on Gaza could have been averted into a peace dialogue. While an unbridgeable disconnect is noticeable, Western leaders rely on making fake statements about the Two States solution. Most often impressionistic predicaments are not grounded on solid evidence supporting people’s lifelines in Gaza and occupied West Bank in Palestine. The indiscriminate bombing of Gaza destroyed all the basic norms of human civility, decency and survival of the civilian masses. American and West European leaders claimed Israel’s “right to defend itself” but defy the logic of honesty to assert the same right for the people of Palestine. Their irrational doctrine affirms the presumption for Israel to continue the war against an oppressed people for over 16 years in Gaza. Tyranny is always powerless and transitory as Israelis and Palestinians live in fear of mutual annihilation. This could only be transformed into benevolence and justice through a peaceful dialogue and not to tyranny of continued occupation.
War against Besieged Masses and Urgency to Restore Normalcy
“It’s Not The ‘Israel-Hamas War’, It’s The Israel-Gaza Massacre” (Information Clearing House: 10/15/23), Caitlin Johnstone clarifies the catastrophic events: Stop calling it the “Israel-Hamas war”. It’s the Israel-Gaza massacre. Calling it the Israel-Hamas war creates the false impression that this is a war that is directed exclusively at Hamas when it’s really an ethnic purge that’s directed at all Palestinians in Gaza. https://informationclearinghouse.blog/2023/10/15/its-not-the-israel-hamas-war-its-the-israel-gaza-massacre/
The WHO- Geneva warns of the ‘tsunami of diseases’ in the making if immediate preventive measures are not taken to remove the rubble, dead bodies and restore functional hospitals and increased supplies of fuel, clean water, foods and well being of the displaced people. While the US and West European leaders offer lip service, canons of fairness demand equal treatment of both parties to the conflict. Palestinians are worthy of human dignity and rights as are the Israelis”, and “Two States – Israel and Palestine.” “Gaza: War on We, the People and Arab-Muslim’s Shame”
To unlock the claimed impunity, the UNO or the ICC should call for an investigation to the violations of the Geneva Conventions of Humanitarian International Law and crimes against humanity. The UN-Security Council failed to stop the madness of war against highly vulnerable civilian population in Gaza. As of now according to the UN reports, some 15,000 civilians killed , some 30,000 or more injured and some 6,500 or more children and women killed during the month long Israeli bombing campaign. It is reported that 1,147 Israeli were killed on October 7, when Hamas attacked the Southern region of Israel and approximately 1,000 Israeli soldiers wounded according to the Haraatez newspaper. One wonders how do you justify war on the civilians, hospitals, schools and places of worship across Gaza? Please see more by this author: https://www.uncommonthought.com/mtblog/archives/2023/10/31/the-war-on-gaza-humanity-is-being-destroyed-by-the-madness-of-war-and-inept-leadership.php
The Spacious Earth is a Trust not to be Bombed and Destroyed
We live on Earth that sustains all forms of living things, yet human ignorance, arrogance and insanity are at work to destroy the essential foundation of our own lives. Weapons of wars are the weapons of mass destruction being used without any sense of accountability. We, the people are rational beings with a choice of righteousness and wickedness to act in human affairs. Do we the mankind have any collective sense of responsibility and accountability to protect the Earth and its imperatives in life?
“God is nearer to you than your jugular vein”, and “Fear God” and ‘do not violate the covenants of peace and trust on earth’, the Divine reminders (Quran) echoes the messages conveyed by Prophets Abraham, Moses, Jesus and Mohammad. Human glory lives in the conception of good and righteousness, not in wickedness and genocidal plans. The Earth is a living entity and is meant for us – the human beings, not for bombardment and destruction. The Divine warning (Chapter 7: 56: The Quran), is self-explanatory:Do no mischief on the Earth after it hath been set in order, but call on God with fear and longing in hearts ; For the Mercy of God is always near to those who do good.
More specifically, the Quran (2: 83-84) and Torah remind the generations of Israelite:
And remember, We took a Covenant from the Children of Israel (progeny of Jacob), Worship none but God; ….shed no blood amongst you, Nor displace people from your homes: and Ye solemnly ratified, And to this ye can bear witness.
If the Israelite believe in God and Torah, human blood should not be shed on a precarious scheme to expel Palestinians from their ancestral homes. Arguably the War on Gaza substantiates the wide range of evidence to forcibly displace the civilians from North to South, genocidal acts of bombing and “crimes against humanity” impacting the unprotected population, bombardment of hospitals, stopping of foods, fuel, medicine, water and attacks on places of worship. While a ceasefire pause in place, Israeli forces continue to raid the West Bank, Janine and kill targeted civilians and children in the occupied region. This dreadful culture of thinking and action will diminish all peaceful prospects for reconciliation and the Two States solution.
What is the end game after the planned destruction of Gaza?
America and Israel just want to see the hostages freed and continued occupation of Gaza for some time. Logic and Reason is tainted by Israeli extremist political ideology to maintain war and violence by all means. Paranoid and vengeful egoistic Israeli PM Netanyahu would opt for more conflicts to ensure his political survival and extremist’s agenda to drive Palestinians out of Gaza into the unknown. Most Arab leaders are the puppets of Western imperialism. Do the Arab-Muslim leaders have a vision and plan to restore normalcy to Gazans and to pursue a Two State Solution? We, the Conscientious People of the world call for an immediate formulation of an International Peace Team comprising of the US, EU, Russia, China, Israel and Palestine to stop the war and organize a dialogue for a permanent ceasefire and peacemaking.
Dr. Mahboob A. Khawaja specializes in international affairs-global security, peace and conflict resolution and has spent several academic years across the Russian-Ukrainian and Central Asian regions knowing the people, diverse cultures of thinking and political governance and a keen interest in Islamic-Western comparative cultures and civilizations, and author of several publications including the latest: One Humanity and the Remaking of Global Peace, Security and Conflict Resolution. 12/2019.
Posted by admin in CURRENT EVENTS on December 7th, 2023
Leadership of the Kashmiri American diaspora, led by the World Kashmir Awareness Forum, and leadership of the African American diaspora led by the Sierra Leone Muslim Jamaat co-hosted an interactive panel discussion under the title of, “Unity Across Continents”, calling for Civil Rights Actions at the local and global levels to alleviate the suffering inflicted on the people of Kashmir by the Indian occupation forces during the last 76 years.
Imam Teslim Afghali expressed his appreciation to the leadership of World Kashmir Awareness Forum for choosing Sierra Leone Muslim Jamaat for the Kashmir awareness event. Imam Afghali said ‘I believe it will be very interesting interactive discussion this evening. Let me begin by emphasizing the significance of the topic of the discussion this evening. Let us listen to our guests from Kashmiri American community with open mind and give them utmost attention. As we know that Kashmir dispute is an old issue which began in 1947. Kashmir is known as paradise on earth because of its beauty, natural scenery, snow covered mountains, diverse forestry, historical monuments, handicrafts and local hospitality.
Imam Afghali added that both India and Pakistan have recognized the right of the people of Kashmir to decide their future. It will not be difficult for us coming from African heritage to understand the pain and suffering of our Kashmiri brethren. We are here to discuss various facets of the issue of Kashmir from human rights and cultural perspective and historical context. We want to foster an understanding among our communities. Recognizing the similarities between African experiences with of Kashmiri American diaspora is essential. As Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. famously said, ‘Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.’
Imam Afghali informed the audience that Prince George County has unanimously adopted a resolution, calling it, ‘Kashmiri Muslims Remembrance Day.’ We need to thank the members of the County Council for their support. Imam Afghali urged the audience to become the part of the peaceful struggle of Kashmir because human rights are universal right, they are Islamic rights, Christian rights and above all they are God given rights. Let us join hands with our Kashmir American diaspora community.
Dr. Ghulam N. Mir, President, World Kashmir Awareness Forum & Chairman, Kashmir Diaspora coalition and its Board Member Dr. Imtiaz Khan, Professor of the George Washington University expressed their deep gratitude to the host community and its remarkable leadership for hosting the event and showing solidarity with the Kashmiri Muslim community. Dr. Mir recounted the historical Poonch Massacre and the most horrifying Jammu Genocide of 1947 in which Indian military along with the Hindu Dogra forces of Maharaja Hari Singh killed 237,000 Kashmiri Muslims and forced over half a indigenous Muslims across the border into the newly created Pakistan. Dr. Khan recounted the horror of massacres and gang rapes, including the most heinous gang rape of Kunan-Poshpora in which 70 women of two twin villages were gang raped by Indian soldiers for which they were never accountable to the Indian government or the international community.
Dr. Mir drew the attention of the audience to the atrocities and denial of the basic human and political rights in Jammu and Kashmir by the Modi Government since it abrogated Article 370 and 35-A on August 5, 2019. With such unconstitutional and illegal actions, the Modi government abolished Kashmir’s internal autonomy, abrogated all freedoms of the state of 13 million residents and reduced the entire state of Jammu and Kashmir into the so-called Union Territory governed by a bunch of draconian laws meant to silence the Kashmiri Muslim majority.
Dr. Khan enumerated and condemned the Indian occupation, the illegal land grab and repression of political leaders and human rights defenders like the most renowned Kashmiri human rights defender, Khurram Parvez who has been imprisoned for over two years in an Indian jail purely to silence his and other voices in Kashmir.
The Kashmiri leaders present in the dialogue proposed to strengthen the ties between the Sierra Leone Jamaat and the Kashmiri American diaspora going forward with frequent communication and sharing of social and religious ties to advance the cause of peace, harmony and social justice here in the diaspora and back home in Sierra Leona and Kashmir. There was a warm reception to this proposal from the host community. The WKAF considers the Sierra Leone Muslim Jamaat as its first Ansar brothers and sister community in Maryland USA.
Dr. Mir also mentioned that Mr. Andrew S. Jacobson, main organizer of the event could not eb here due to his unscheduled important meeting in New York City.
Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai, Secretary General, World Kashmir Awareness Forum who was also present said later that this unity across continents is a totally new experience which will prove helpful to get our point across to an entirely different audience. African Union, Dr. Fai added comprises of 56 countries, with GDP of 3.6 trillion dollars. How can Kashmiri diaspora ignore such a vast continent? The people of Kashmir need to benefit from the experiences of our African brothers and sisters.
Dr. Fai mentioned to take a leaf from the wisdom of Nobel Laureate, Bishop Desmond Tutu who prayed in October 2008 for peace, justice and stability in Kashmir. Bishop Tutu added that peace in Kashmir will not be established through the barrel of gun but through dialogue and negotiations.”
Two distinguished guests from Turkey also attended the event. Dr. Cihangir Irisbilir, President, Istanbul-based Divan Research and Education Association (DREA) & Brother Sinan Celikkol, Businessman and Vice President of DREA & Chairman, Ship and Construction Investments, Istanbul. Dr. Irisbilir said that the event proved to be a captivating session, spotlighting the long-standing plight of the people of Kashmir. I felt very happy to see the African community in Washington pleading the case of Kashmir, Dr. Irisbilir added.
Posted by admin in CURRENT EVENTS on December 1st, 2023
Leaders Stabbed the Nation
| To Fellow Pakistanis, – URGENT Our country and all of its mainstream lifelines are mismanaged, systematically corrupted and its essential energies drained out by the few neo-colonial families; the nation-building was ignored and more thugs, indicted criminals called politicians have undermined its futuristic sustainability. I have a bigger view of our national affairs from North America. You know for years that as a scholar in global affairs, I am truthful, honest and do not subscribe to any political affiliation in Pakistan. Therefore, you must understand the exceptional urgency of affairs and do your best to raise your voices of REASON for the best of our nation and its future-making. It seems that few mindless Generals once again are indulging in a monstrous scheme of things to undermine our national freedom, security and nationhood. They HAVE NO UNDERSTANDING OF TIME AND HISTORY AND CRITICAL CHALLENGES WE FACE AS A NATION. They could surrender again as they did before without any accountability. Therefore, this sadistic authoritarian MARCH must be stopped and our country must be returned to responsible and a legitimate system of political governance. OUR ENEMIES HAVE READY MADE PLANS TO HIT US AND MAKE US REDUNDANT – BE AWARE THAT I AM TELLING YOU THE TRUTH AS A RESPONSIBLE FELLOW PAKISTANI. There must be an elected legitimate govt in place in our country at the earliest. Every second counts, and any intentional delay will undermine our security, our national freedom and a sustainable future. A govt overwhelmingly operated by few egoistic Generals is evidence of the failure of our political governance, national freedom and sustainable future. It is a completely disdained culture of failure in all parts of the body. Some of you have served the nation with devotion and sincerity. As a fellow informed Pakistani, I ask you – I request you to please realize the urgency of TIME in our history and make your presence known in public that you support a fair election by all genuine political parties including the PTI, and that Imran Khan must be set free immediately to participate in a fair national election. Your indifference could harm our national freedom- it is that important under the challenging circumstances. Please WAKE-UP and be heard to realize that our national freedom and Pakistan’s future must be protected by the new young, educated and intelligent generations of people, NOT the old neo-colonial guards subservient to foreign masters. A navigational change appears challenging under the circumstances but is logically possible.Mahboob A. Khawaja The Author |
Monday, August 14, 2023 6:47:51 AM
The Times
Mon Aug 14
Pakistan: How Neo-Colonial
Leaders Stabbed the Nation
The Nation Lost its Credibility and Strategic Direction
Pakistan’s Neo-colonial elite continued to ruthlessly purge any public dissent against the most hated and most feared ones. The British Raj debacles are hidden in the new freedom of the few against many. Reflecting on the current political fault lines originating from Pakistan, one could pinpoint the unrestrained egoistic political drive to domination as the major source of evil. Rationally speaking, honesty, piety, evil and moral values are not the ingredients of the Nature of Things but essentially shapes, forms and practices of human behavior. Pakistan and all other Asian and African nations colonized by the British, French and other Europeans remain colonized in thoughts, systems and institutions. The British by design failed to deliver the truth of national freedom to Pakistan and India in a universal spirit of political responsibility. Pakistan fell victim to political conspiracies and military interventions losing its ideological originality and intellectual capacity for nation-building, new system of political governance and independent future-making. Lacking truth and trust in their plans and policies, the Pakistani neocolonial elite arrested Imran Khan, the former Prime Minister and jailed him on fictitious political charges aimed at depriving the nation from a free and fair election. Within one year there are reported to be 150 political geared cases registered against Imran Khan. Their actions represent desperate political absolutism submerging Pakistan into a highly uncivilized and destabilized nation of the few former landlords patronized by foreign Masters.
Violent assumptions of freedom plagued with tyranny and corruption reassure the foreign Masters continuing financial and military support to the Army, the Civil Service and systems of political governance for their allegiance to British imperialism now replaced by American political hegemony, US-AID and military domination. This institutionalized betrayal and deception is nothing new to the cause of national freedom. The Europeans subjugated the masses to “divide and rule” and viewed the ‘subjects’ as unequal less than human beings at the ballot box or to stand beside the colonial Masters.
When the US occupied Afghanistan in 2001, Pakistani Generals according to the NY Times (May 18, 2007), were paid by the US to act on its behalf – abduction and killing of thousands of Pakistani and Afghani nationals to fill Guantanamo Bay Prison. Nobody knows why Musharraf now dead enthroned 200 new Generals; why he put the Chief Justice under house arrest; why Dr. Afia Siddiqi was sold to the US and how he and 12 others spent alleged 2B bribe dollars given by George W. Bush for help to bomb and destroy Afghanistan. Please see “Pakistan: Politics of Betrayal and Deception.” Uncommon Thought Journal: 4/12/2022. “Pakistan, Planned Political Chaos: Imran Khan a Victim of Hope for the Future”, Global Research: 11/06/2022; “British Colonialism and How India and Pakistan Lost Freedom” https://www.globalresearch.ca/british-colonialism-how-india-pakistan-lost-freedom/5765810 and https://ms-my.facebook.com/Uncommon-Thought-Journal-161860380533165/photos/4916004181785404/ Uncommon Thought Journal: 1/01/2022; and “Pakistan in Search of Freedom and Security”, Uncommon Thought Journal and Global Research:
Why was Imran Khan arrested again and Jailed?
Evil has its power and evil mongers expose their frustration, tyranny and repression by haunting Khan and his supporters. Imran Khan is the leading democratic party leader favored by the people. In April 2022, in a coup-like political game changer operation at the Assembly, few of the Generals led by Bajwa installed highly controversial and criminally indicted figures like Shahbaz Sharif, Bhutto, and others to please the US and its vested strategic interest in South West Asia. Imran Khan, a new generation educated person, wanted to opt for political changes in Pakistan’s external relations and reshape Pakistan’s exclusive reliance on the US towards a more balanced relationship with Russia, China and other Middle Eastern nations. His PTI party alleges American intervention in the political coup against him and removal from office. Strangely enough, Khan often spoke of political changes but missed the reality in policies and practices. Was Khan so naive about his own plans and weak political and intellectual strength to be removed from office undemocratically by his opponents? Few of the Generals and Sharif brothers feared that Imran Khan could return to power and hold them responsible for corruption, looting of the treasury and egoistic political belligerency. If Imran Khan was conscientious and acted diligently, he could have called an early election to undo the political conspiracy. Was he misinformed by some of his own dubious party stakeholders?
In “Pakistan Leaders or Criminals”, you will discover how Bhuttos, Zardari, Sharifs and General Musharaf – these thugs stole billions and billions to own properties in the UK, France and Spain. The Thinking People of the New Generation view them as the most corrupt, crime riddled monsters who will never come to terms with reason and honesty to reflect on their own wrongdoings. They never imagined–how the present and future generations will remember them? Comparatively, Imran Khan had about four years of uncorrupted politics. He did not kill anybody nor rob any banks and was keen to have legal accountability for the stolen wealth and political killings. But political governance was infested with corrupt figures of the past. He needed educated people of new ideas and ideals to devise strategic action plans for political change. Perhaps Imran Khan had the vision for a new Pakistan but he failed to materialize its manifestations.
If an individual has the natural gift of Faith, Reason and Reality, he/she can counteract the false force of exploitation and intellectual subjugation and rediscover the individual consciousness of human spirit and body to be an important force of change and reconstruction of the societal hubs. While political cynicism is endemic, Pakistani masses view Imran Khan – an outsider of corrupt politics with great deal of optimism and integrity, and hope for a new beginning, free of political corruption paving opportunities for sustainable change. Khan and his PTI supporters allege that few Generals and Shahbaz Sharif were involved in his assassination attempt during a march to Islamabad.
For Nation-building, Few Generals, Sharifs and the Masses live in Conflicting Time Zones
The Generals, Sharif brothers and Bhuttos were not part of the Pakistan freedom movement, they have no relationship to the imperatives of Islam, ideology of Pakistan or its future-making. They are fast becoming a liability on the conscience of the educated and intelligent new generation of Pakistanis for change and adaptability to a sustainable future. The nation-building needs people of new ideas and honesty and proactive vision, not the Generals, not the Sharifs or Zaradri – the indicted criminals and known thugs.
Pakistan is fast becoming a dead-ended entity of moral, political and intellectual landscape. Truth telling is maligned and persecuted by the ruling elite. The British changed the sub-continent in 90 years, but Pakistan after 75 years has no viable system of political governance. Its home-grown enemies and traitors like ZA Bhutto, Ms. Bhutto, General Yahya Khan, Zardari, Sharifs and General Musharraf were more harmful than foreign enemies. These impostors are seen as scum floating on a torrent. Pakistan lives in limbo with a missing legitimate system of political governance and accountability and system of law and justice.
Pakistan lost its natural capacity for change and progress under the military dictators and continuous martial laws with missing public institutions of knowledge and participation, hope for a navigational change and democratic values ruptured forever. Nations cease to exist when educated people of new generations who could have replaced the old and redundant guards leave the country and never return to build the nation. Young educated generations embark on migrating to Europe or America and never come back. It is an irresistible necessity of time and truth that those in power must be warned and listen to voices of reason and political necessity for change and truth for restraint and civilized behavior. You may find ideas and ideals in“How to Change Political Culture of Corruption and Rebuild the Future?” 2/16/2019: Pressenza, NY. (https://www.pressenza.com/2019/02/pakistan-how-to-change-political-culture-of-corruption-and-rebuild-the-future/). Tyranny of any kind is always powerless and transitory and it must end for the beleaguered masses of Pakistan. At the moment, few Generals and their accomplice Sharif brothers and Zardari are bent upon destroying public thoughts and vision for political change, reformation and organizing free and fair elections. They have acted dogmatically and vengefully to imprison Imran Khan. The masses and history will haunt them for an inescapable accountability. If the Generals and their accomplice thugs and indicted criminals do not listen to the voices of reason for a free election and continue to perpetuate classical military control, We, the People and history will judge them by their actions, not by their claims.
Dr. Mahboob A. Khawaja specializes in international affairs-global security, peace and conflict resolution with keen interests in Islamic-Western comparative cultures and civilizations, and author of several publications including the latest: One Humanity and the Remaking of Global Peace, Security and Conflict Resolution. Lambert Academic Publications, Germany, 12/2019.
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