Of Military and Jihadi ----- Some One and Some thing
(Muhammad Anees Hanif, Karachi)
Each time I see Mufti Abdul
Qavi arguing with Veena Malik or with With Ali Saleem a.ka Begum Nawazish Ali
about their unacceptable ways , I ask myself as to what message does it send
across or Mufti Naeem asking our so-called intellectuals( who were once all
leftists till Soviet Union fell to the students of the same Mufti Naeem ) to
define extremism, and in return our so-called intellectuals demanding the Muftis
and political mullahs to speak a word or two about the Taliban, I sense that
something is missing in the debate, someone isn’t on the table and the fight is
going no where.
Let’s just find this some one and something.
The very day we created Taliban, i.e. in 80’s; we created them to rule
Afghanistan and the Tribal Belt and branded them as our strategic assets.
Taliban were in Afghanistan and the mentality was every where, even in Muree ( a
tourist destination). The mentality was all supported by our military junta (the
real rulers of Pakistan) and was taught to our children, even in schools and was
termed as our national aim, so much so that Bhutto was celebrated only because
he gave us the nukes and OIC Conference. Mujahideen were our local heroes, and
those who sent their children to Kashmir and Afghanistan were lauded , if not
every where, at least in their muhallah. Poor common man ( the one we all hate
now) gave blood, toil, tears and sweat willfully. But Lo and behold, Just when
the 80’s generation was out there, all prepared to execute the minutes necessary
to attain this national aim, our famous General U -turn Musharraf wanted them to
forget all about the AIM (no matter it was right or wrong) , matters of ummah do
not concern us and we shall all raise and believe in the slogan of “Sub se
pehlay Pakistan” . Those intellectuals, who were once branded as traitors (some
of them were even exiled) were back and back on a free media, all ready to
support the U-turn.
Common man is perplexed, as I am, when I watch
Mufti Abdul Qavi arguing with Veena Malik…………… Mufti naeem………………………to say a word
or two about the Taliban…..
THE SOME ONE who is NOT ON THE TABLE whenever Taliban are discussed is
Pakistan’s Military Junta who created the monster and mentality and common man
complied. They must explain it to common man whose son died while fighting in
Kashmir that his son is a Martyr or a bomb blowing terrorist.
The SOMETHING that is not on the table is that why we are branding all the
Maderssa- going, beard-sporting section of our society as Taliban? If we make
fun of their mentality, the mentality that our own establishment gave them and
write off this whole section of society as Taliban. Taliban will only increase
in numbers……
Let’s bring this SOMEONE against the common man .
SOMETHING will follow…….