The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born
By A Khokar • Aug 15th, 2009 • Category: Politics • 24 CommentsThis was 14 August, our Independence day. Day passed hung between despair and hope—in tears and laughter, full of emotions and enthusiasm. I was thinking that Pakistan is an Ideological State. The theorist set forth the rules that in ideological states it is a system of beliefs or ideas which, operates through “ideological State apparatuses” like schools, media, judicial and legislative institutions, etc to governs the lives of its people. This system constructs a specific illusory “reality” that masks any other existing and preferred socio-cultural contradictions found around the world in other nations.
Pakistan carries a specific ideology carved by the founder of our nation— Quid e Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah who created this unique land for we Pakistanis in pursuance of the dreams once built by Sha-er e Mushriq, the poet of dignity and Inspirations— Ilamma Muhammad Iqbal. In the light of guide lines given by the founder the power relationship of ideology is wielded by the patriotic “national ruling bloc” and its Constitution set on the foot prints of founder’s directions. Ideology factor in Pakistan is affected at its grass root level not only by its ideological force but also by the consent of the ruled living in this dreamland.
In any new born nation first few decades— is the most crucial period of their infancy in their history and nations remain vulnerable to their internal and external threats. All the countries found on ideological base have many more enemies to face. Ironically, Pakistan has been attacked thrice by our eastern neighbour— to run it over and with the aim to subjugate us. Western borders are equally under constant threats of subversive activities directed by our enemies against the integrity of Pakistan.
The armed Forces of Pakistan consider themselves’ the cream of the nation and the patriot saviour of this country. They strongly believe that they are the only force which can uphold the integrity of this nation.
They find that the politician when ever have the rein of this country in their hands were found playing up with the country and its assets. They invariably saw them discriminating the poor masses and indulging in plundering and looting of national assets. Almost all the top line politicians are known to have amassed their wealth abroad along with their estate and properties. Europe and especially London happens to be the favourite resort of these fugitives.
Pak armed Forces are the strong fifth largest Army in the world. But the perpetual and unending state of political anarchy found in the country has been a matter of concern for the strong military command and they have always found themselves in very awkward situation. Being the guardian of the nation this can be said that they had the wish that country be run fairly and with their consent. But prevalent chaos and desperation has often forced them to take the rein of this country in their own hand. General Ayub khan, Zia Ul Haq and later General Pervez Musharraf, they all took over the rein of this nation amid acute chaos and confusion created by the politicians. They had the earnest desire to bring about the basic changes in the society and put this nation on a progressive track.
After every take over they always got hold of special technocrats, who could bring the required changes in society. Although under military regimes, democracy and political life has never flourished— rather it suffered acute setbacks on international level but country invariably progressed leaps and bounds under military regimes in all other fields otherwise.
General Pervez Musharraf chalked out a specific programme and spent some 8 years to build this nation on his planned lines and when he saw that his product was ripe and ready, he planned to hand over and genuinely he did so. But somehow, this has wilfully been labelled by taking over parties otherwise. Hand over was correct but the man had sensed the ulterior motive of people who were taking over and his 3rd November emergency case is specially hyped up to tick the man on constitutional default and to charge him for treason. Strange enough— no judicial or political circle is levelling up a case or has objected to his initial take over in 1999 or his other subsequent legislations and presidential orders.
Unfortunately under the circumstance prior to his departure, somehow his 3rd November action could not be duly ratified by the parliament. Otherwise he could have not been challenged. Fore going of all other actions of his takeover in Supreme Court recent judgement and Charging him for his ‘only’ vulnerability of 3rd November is a sheer absurdity. In between the lines of the verdict of Judgment— only the keen eye will find that where as this judgement is political motivated, vindictive and a self serving judgement to save the skin of other abetting parties; but on ground—- Musharraf action of 3rd November of declaring emergency is mere an outcome of his desperation and mistrust for denying an exit to the man and not an act of treason by any standard.
Civil-Military Joint Ventured government is the only solution.
To run some smear campaigns or to malign our Army and its generals or level up the cases of treason against them are not justified because they believe to be the patriot and sole and sincere saviours of this nation. They are not the one who may commit any treason. They know how to lay their lives for the sake of this nation and they do so. These smear campaigns may end up as futile efforts. These practices are sheer absurdity and utter miscalculation on the part of certain groups with their vested interests. It wouldn’t lead us no where till we find such patriot and maestros among politician who can also come up at par and level up to the demonstrated ambitions of Army Generals and can demonstrate the capability of leading this nation from the front. But it is for sure that ‘those beautiful ones are not yet born’.
Pak armed Forces are the sole saviour of this nation. They deserve not to be isolated or left out in the cold. It is evident that our Military has also attained good skills and mastery in civil affairs and when we find now that our foundations are crumbling in real sense;—- wisdom must prevail.
Under the circumstance this country can only be best run on the bases of ‘Civil-Military Joint Ventured Government’ only. Military can be given a specific portfolio like Defence Ministry for the time being in government —- and why not?
Otherwise Choudhary Shujahat of PML-Q will prove right to say that no Judgement or legislation may put a stop or deter the move of ‘one Jeep and two trucks’ of military to come and take over in the future.
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Jab bhi chamman ko zarrorut parri, Khoon e jigar Humara lutta
Ab kehtay hain; Yeh chamman Humara hey; Tumhara naheen
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The one who forgets history is a wretched creature.
You wrote that “Pakistan has been attacked thrice”. For ages, Muslims have been adept at mispropaganda…don’t repeat the cunning designs again.
Read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wars_and_conflicts_between_India_and_Pakistan and you will know who attacked who.
Go to any neutral site and they will tell you clearly who was the evil instigator here.
The one who forgets history is a wretched creature.
You wrote that “Pakistan has been attacked thrice”. For ages, Muslims have been adept at mispropaganda…don’t repeat the cunning designs again.
Go to Wikipedia and search for Wars_and_conflicts_between_India_and_Pakistan and you will know who attacked who.
Go to any neutral site and they will tell you clearly who was the evil instigator here.
Mr Jay writes
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‘The one who forgets history is a wretched creature—like Mr jay and there are many more like Mr Jay in India that they want us to believe that whenever India took the route of invasions of pakistan—they did it because—- they are in love with Pakistan.
The dismemberment of Pakistan and detaching the eastern part of Pakistan. Earlier on Kashmir debacle. the 1965 war, 1971 invasion and the Cargil issue.—– The haul marks of love and effection of India?
And off course continuation of onslaught on our western borders in order to destabilize Pakistan and declare it the epicentre of terrorism (the old beaten cliché and rhetoric) by means of subversive activities in Pakistan, instigating the separatist in Baluchistan—- are all reflection of—-great love—of Loving Pakistan.
And yes there is a common street slogan in India: Pakistan; I am loving it?
Do you think: Pakistanis are rabid fools?
It is Pakistan internal issue that we are discussing here and India is not our topic. I know that your aim of intrusion is to divert the subject and mislead the common readers.
Anyhow you are well come to contribute on the theme of topic which I believe will not be positive in any case.
Khokar Sahib, we are champions of “absurdity and utter miscalculation” and have proved our propensity to snatch defeat from the mouth of victory many times in the past. Our this ability (disability) alone is reponsible to keep us from moving forward.
@Khokar
Since u asked its my duty to respond. Yes we think Pakistanis are rabid fools.
Just answer one thing……u say politicians have amassed vast wealth. What abt the army. Then why was Ayesha Siddiqa’s book “Inside Pakistan’s Military Economy” banned in Pakistan. It talks about how Army has been exploiting the economy.
You r rabid fools becoz u ppl have no guts to stand up against the army and bend over as when the army demands.
@5
We are a democracy, even if a nascent one!
Yaa, u r, but only till the next dictator takes over. ur civil society has no guts.
Pakistanis may not be called as rabid fools because Pakistan enjoys a presence of its freewheeling media in the country and can be said as freest of all in the world.
There is nothing big about this book. The book named as ; The Military Inc; Inside Pakistan Military Economy is hers an academic piece of work for which she used Pakistan as case study. She herself claims that this book is not a political thriller; rather it carries a broader issue of civil-military relationship in Pakistan.
So called military economy; the way she put is not something big either except that it is a charity like organization called Fauji Foundation, an organized to provide jobs to some of the retired army personals that they usually retire very early at their prime age between 36 years to 40s.
Whereas, it is believed that this book is full of exaggerations contained in it, with intent to malign a sacred institution of Pakistan. It also undermines the sovereignty of country for which this book was restricted. Anyhow she has been unable to present the evidences in support of her exaggerated claims when confronted.
An insight of subject sensational— but phony issue can be found in the Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Excerpt:
“REFUTTAL TO AYESHA SIDDIQA
Dr Ayesha Siddiqa’s ‘The Military Inc.’ is a book deflective of reality, highly derogatory and against the very notion of sovereignty. Dr. Ayesha Siddiqa left no opportunity to magnify and exaggerate the limited and partial presence of MILBUS competing in Pakistan’s broad based expanding economy. It’s amusing to note that Dr Ayesha Siddiqa wrote a whole book, to malign a system (MILBUS) whose worth does not exceed 0.8% of Pakistan’s free market economy.”
Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayesha_Siddiqa_Agha—
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This is Pakistanis own choice they way they like to govern or be governed. Why Mr. Indian is found; Paraie Shadi main mirza dewana… here.
Anyhow if India has the best democracy and it is claimed that democracy is where people say matters and democratic government is which listen to its peoples.
Then—there are some 100 separatist groups in India operating and demanding their autonomy and freedom from the vicious Central government Raj—- then why they are not listened to and given their freedom. Is it a fake democracy in India or people are not up to mark….?
Killing arson and looting is on all over India to seek freedom. Pakistan does not want to see an disintegrated India as neighbour but cracks are there and showing.
Dear Hassan Amin,
You are right. Pakistanis are not apologists. We are what we are—– and I am what I am. If it is a nascent democracy— it’s our democracy. We own it.
Pakistan is land of righteous peoples. Who can excel us—- Pakistan is the only country that against all the odds its people have the courage to admit what is done wrong. Who can beat us that when recognised—-our fault. We can sacrifice our own kith and kin but to achieve a cleansed society. It is our move on a long journey toward purity.
After all what has been done in Swatt and in Waziristan. It is Cleansing of the extremist for the betterment of own society. Almost all have been exterminated. They happen to be back sheep but were they not our own peoples?
Kaisay dukhoon kay mousam aaey; Kaisi aag lagi yaroo
Ab sehraoun say latay hain– phooloun kay Nazraaney loug
Hahaha,
Yaa cracks r showing………r u talking abt India or Pakistan.
And yaa, hasn’t ur country already disintegrated once…….:D
Ohh, is it really being done by ur army or is it the drones who u can’t even control. n they keep killing poor Pakis.
@11
India disintegrated in 1947, didn’t it? It was the worst disintegration of any country in centuries! Hope this Indian fellow doesn’t disagree here.
By the way you Indians haven’t still recovered from the shock of the 1947 partition. After all, your Hindu fanatic leaders dreamed of ruling the “Akhand Bharat” once the Brits departed. However we poured cold water on their dreams.It is an odious reality that Hindu fanatics amongst you have never accepted the reality of Pakistan and therefore never missed any opportunity to harm our interests despite that we Pakistanis have always extended a hand of friendship. Think over it dude.
@12
Its Pak-US strategic cooperation against terrorism. Our army provides them the intelligence and their drones do the work for us.
You Indians need not to poke your noses into our matters. We are an independent democratic country, not a poverty stricken Indian province like Bihar. Mind your own business!
The author rites : “It is evident that our Military has also attained good skills and mastery in civil affairs”..
Military is supposed to master civil affairs? What a pity!
About the wars, each and every one of them was started by punjabi army!
here is a Dwan column on Air Marshal Nur Khan’s truthful version of 1965 war:
http://www.dawn.com/2005/09/06/nat2.htm
EXCERPTS (CUT AND PASTE, NOT EDITED!!!) :
“The performance of the Army did not match that of the PAF mainly because the leadership was not as professional. They had planned the ‘Operation Gibraltar’ for self-glory rather than in the national interest. It was a wrong war. And they misled the nation with a big lie that India rather than Pakistan had provoked the war and that we were the victims of Indian aggression”, Air Marshal Khan said.
“This would have held the hands of the adventurers who followed Gen Ayub. Since the 1965 war was based on a big lie and was presented to the nation a great victory, the Army came to believe its own fiction and has used since, Ayub as its role model and therefore has continued to fight unwanted wars — the 1971 war and the Kargil fiasco in 1999, he said.”
“In each of the subsequent wars we have committed the same mistakes that we committed in 1965″.
The author writes : “It is evident that our Military has also attained good skills and mastery in civil affairs”..
Military is supposed to master civil affairs? What a pity!
About the wars, each and every one of them was started by pakistani army!
here is a Dwan column on Air Marshal Nur Khan’s truthful version of 1965 war:
http://www.dawn.com/2005/09/06/nat2.htm
EXCERPTS (CUT AND PASTE, NOT EDITED!!!) :
“The performance of the Army did not match that of the PAF mainly because the leadership was not as professional. They had planned the ‘Operation Gibraltar’ for self-glory rather than in the national interest. It was a wrong war. And they misled the nation with a big lie that India rather than Pakistan had provoked the war and that we were the victims of Indian aggression”, Air Marshal Khan said.
“This would have held the hands of the adventurers who followed Gen Ayub. Since the 1965 war was based on a big lie and was presented to the nation a great victory, the Army came to believe its own fiction and has used since, Ayub as its role model and therefore has continued to fight unwanted wars — the 1971 war and the Kargil fiasco in 1999, he said.”
“In each of the subsequent wars we have committed the same mistakes that we committed in 1965″.
If that was, then why have ur leaders spoken against using drones time and again.
That’s only an eyewash to appease the extremists!
Come on dude why are Indians like you hellbent on portraying us as your enemy. Honestly speaking, I never want any destruction of India. I never think bad about India, because it is the land of my ancestors. I still yearn to visit India someday, to see my relatives there. And there are countless here who think like me. But it hurts when some Indians like you make obnoxious remarks about our country, our nation. Every country has its shortcomings but that in no way justifies a blanket condemnation for an entire nation.
We are living in the 21st century. Haven’t we learnt enough from history? What have we gained from our wars? Our people are among the most poorest in the world. According to UN, half of the world’s poorest like in India. And the situation isn’t good either in Pakistan. Can’t we divert the resources that we waste on war games towards the development of our people?
Think positively dude! Build new bridges, instead of blasting the existing ones.
correction in prev comment: Its ‘live in India’ instead of ‘like in India’ in the 2nd last paragraph. Apologies for the typo