Islamabad diary Friday, June 26, 2009 by Ayaz Amir
If the present fight against the Taliban leads to a new Pakistan, it is worth fighting and winning. But if our ways don't change, if our ruling elites remain as corrupt and self-centred as they have always been, then doubts will arise whether the blood being shed was worth anything. The Taliban are a threat to our way of life. But the Taliban, it bears remembering, were the product of our folly, the general staff and our military intelligence agencies (ISI and MI) chasing shadows and fantasies at the altar of muddled strategic theories.
Two things must happen at once if Pakistan is to even approximate to the republic of our dreams: the first steps towards a common education policy--one syllabus, one set of books, one medium of instruction, one examination for all Pakistani boys and girls, from the highest mountains to the shores of the Arabian Sea; and a heavy emphasis on public transport--a revitalisation of our railways, the discouragement of the automobile industry and more and better buses for the general public.
And if Pakistan is to become a modern republic we will have to revisit the morality tales of that prince of hypocrites, General Ziaul Haq, whose preaching and enforced piety, added to his Afghan follies, gave us first the 'mujahideen' and then the Taliban. America tried prohibition and what did it get? Secret drinking and organised crime centred on the alcohol trade. It is common knowledge that many of our leading doctors of the faith are closet imbibers. Whom do we deceive?
All power to the people and an end to all unconscionable privileges for an already pampered elite: this is the only way to make sense of the war against the Taliban.
Read the full article at: What are Pakistan Soldiers dying for?
Lessons for India
If the corrupt Politicians do not mend their ways soon the revolutionary forces like the Naxals, Maoists, Rebels, and Terrorists will take thousands of lives of our jawans, policemen and citizens. There is great lesson for India if war on Terror and Taliban is to succeed in India; as we discern the true picture being revealed in Pakistan.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Taliban State of Pakistan
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