Malicious propaganda against Pak

The Guardian’ in its issue of 14 June 2009 has published an extremely damaging story against Pakistan. In this account, Kapil Kamireddis, an Indian journalist assets that Pakistan’s fight against the Taliban is just an illusion. To him, the world might think that it is a battle for Pakistan’s soul, but, according to his assessment, this is far from reality and the generals in Rawalpindi are not very sure for victory.” A little short of using provocative language against Pakistan, the writer makes his readers believe that nothing could deter Islamabad from continuing with its policy of patronizing Islamic extremists.

To substantiate his argument, he mentions about the release of Hafiz Saeed, who is allegedly determined to destroy India. He said Maulana was detained after last Mumbai’s incident and has recently been released under orders of Lahore High Court. Kapil, in the article under review, clearly misinterprets the Two-Nation Theory as the basis of Pakistan. In the process, he distorts historical facts about Kashmir and East Pakistan and elaborates his point by declaring that the Pakistan, that was created in 1947, had ceased to exist in 1971, with the emergence of Bangladesh. He makes us believe that seven million East Pakistanis were mercilessly slaughtered by the Pakistan Army in 1971. To bag all credit for India, he claimed that it was secular India, with its forces led by Non-Hindus, which timely intervened to liberate East Pakistan from the clutches of West Pakistan. To cause greater damage to Pakistan, Kapil indicates division among Pakistan’s provinces from Karachi to Peshawar and concludes that within the near twenty years, Pakistan will no longer exist.

The author now focuses his attention on public support behind Pak Army and the subsequent rejection of the Taliban style of Shariah. He concedes that this view is amply expressed by the leaders of various political and civil societies, especially religious scholars. This gives ample proof that majority of Pakistanis are moderate and they stand for moderation instead of extremism. The Taliban, by and large, lost their public support, in view of their anti-social activities such a beheading, kidnapping, burning of girls schools etc. It is primarily due to such ill-conceived, dastardly acts that even tribal peoples have now started realizing that these militants Taliban wanted to impose rule of terror under the cover of Shariah.

It was primarily due to these high handed activities of Taliban that people of Swat, Dir, Buner had refused to accept their version of Islam and they preferred to support the Pakistan Army. These even preferred to live in camps rather than following the dictates of the Taliban. By and large, people of these areas have shown unity in backing the on-going military operation.

From the one-sided prejudiced account of Kapil’s narrative, one can very easily make out that after the lapse of much than six decades, India has not whole-heartedly recognized the existence of Pakistan and anti-Pakistan elements have been making overt and covert efforts in destabilizing the country since 1947. In the process, three full-fledged wars have been imposed on Pakistan.

To worsen matters, in violation of Indus Basin Treaty of 1947, India has caused suspension of rivers’ water to Pakistan. To display extreme high-handedness, India has annexed Kashmir illegitimately and has refused to hold plebiscite in the valley. By doing this, she has denied the right of self-determination to the Kashmiris. These are some glaring examples of India’s hostile attitude towards Pakistan. It is a matter of great concern that India’s secret agency “RAW” has unashamedly placed Pakistan on its hit list. In 1971, in response of Indira Gandhi’s orders, RAW mobilized all its resources by exploiting political turmoil of East Pakistan, which RAW had created through its agents. These agents had provided Bengalis, arms and ammunition for carrying out guerilla activities against Pakistan’s defence forces. This agency had played a very dirty role in the dismemberment of Pakistan.

Viewing Pakistan’s predicaments from another angle, it is sad to note that India has been consistently fanning flames of insurgency in the Frontier Province and Balochistan. In these areas, ‘RAW’ has planted its own agents and also it has established a number of terrorist training camps. Armed insurgents are ‘posted’ to these places to create lawlessness. Of late, these terrorist activities are now taken a very serious turn. Pakistan has now virtually plunged into total anarchy and it finds itself in the total grip of lawlessness. In the recent past, the country was seen in the severe grip of suicide attacks. By all calculations, India’s secret agency “RAW” is responsible for all these terror activities. Pakistan must remain in a state of complete alertness to guard against nefarious designs of its awed enemy – India.


Col Ghulam Sarwar (R)
Email: colghulamsarwar@hotmail.com