Monday, September 29, 2014

Our Irresponsible Attitude and Conspiracies of International Powers Against Pakistan!!!

Pakistan Army is Willing to Abide by the Constitution
               The propaganda against Pakistan for supporting terrorists and extremists started with the Soviet invasion in Afghanistan and the resistance Soviet had to face in Afghanistan. Statements of Indian rulers at that time and propaganda of Indian Electronic Media against Pakistan Army and ISI was started. At that time even USA had never imagined that undeveloped and powerless Afghan Nation would stand in front of world’s 2nd Super Power. Although USA had established training camps near Peshawar to start resistance against communism that had already penetrated in the educated part of the society limited to the urban area only, in these camps hatred against communism was injected in young Afghans having inclination towards Islam. All these preparations were against Communist Afghan govt. Neither USA had imagined that Soviet Union will infiltrate her forces into Afghanistan nor she had any idea that her trained Afghan students would stand in front of Red Army as Mujahideen. When Soviet Union was challenged by these Afghan Mujahideen, she thought that her heavily mechanized army and aerial power would crush the resistance within few weeks. But Red Army was shocked when within few weeks more than 20 soldiers were killed by the Afghan resistors. Afghan Jihadis appeared just like as a ghost, killed Soviet soldiers and disappeared in the dark of night. Now the problem was not continue or reinforce the capture of Afghanistan but the capability of the Red Army that was in question on the international level. In the initial six months Afghan Mujahideen kept their activities limited to the dark of night but afterwards they started attacking Russian army and its convoys in the broad day light as well. As a reaction KGB and RAW started remote control bomb blasts in Pakistan, neither Markets, Railway Stations, Bus Stands nor public places were spared in these terrorist attacks. Moreover, enemy propaganda machines started blaming Pakistan for terrorism. In order to hide their terrorist activities in Pakistan, few Indian analysts even said that Pakistan army has crossed the border to attack Soviet Army.
Book of Hussain Haqqani against Pakistan Army

               Till that time USA had not directly involved in war against Soviet, however, Afghan resistance termed as terrorists in Eastern Europe and India were termed as Mujahideen by USA, Europe and Pakistan. World was divided in t two parts;  in addition to Afghanistan and India, Arab states especially Libya and Iraq influenced by Soviet Union started opposing Afghan Mujahideen. Before invasion in Afghanistan, Soviet Union had captured Eastern European and Middle Eastern States but she had not faced any resistance. Europe and USA also had no courage to challenge imperialist designs of Soviet Union. When USA got dead sure that Red Army had been trapped by Afghan Mujahideen, she offered support to Pakistan despite opposing the Martial Law of General Zia-ul-Haq; this offer was turned down by General Zia ul Haq.



               Defeating Soviet Union was a nightmare for Europe and USA but Afghan Mujahideen realized the world that passion to defend freedom at the cost of lives makes one strong enough to clash with the bigger enemy equipped with lethal weapons. Favors of USA and Europe for Afghan Mujahideen were not without any reason; they had realized that if Mujahideen are supported have the capability to crush Red Army.
 
Book written in 1995; Abbotabad had been especially mentioned in this book
               After defeat of Red Army in Afghanistan and dismemberment of Soviet Union; US policy against Pakistan was changed; she started believing Indian propaganda against Pakistan’s nuclear weapons. Why did Afghanistan suffering with Civil War got the attention of CIA and USA in the reign of Benazir Bhutto? Why did America feel the need to establish Taliban? What was the dispute of oil and gas pipelines to the warm waters? When and why CIA started taking ISI as a competitor and hurdle in US plans for South Asia? Before 9/11 tragedy why CIA officials made countless secret visits to Kabul? Why George W. Bush was declared as winner through Court’s interference while he has lost the elections before 9/11? Why India had to lick the dust for attack over Pakistan despite of all of her efforts before attack on Afghanistan? Why Pakistan and China were in a hurry to complete Kashgar to Gwadar trade route? Why propaganda against Pakistan Army and ISI is not coming to end? Internally and externally many books containing propaganda against Pakistan army and ISI were being written; why did a specific Pakistani Media group attacked Pak Army and ISI openly? Many such like questions are raised  by younger generation of Pakistan. Youth asks that why did the Balochistan died internally as well as internationally with the exposure of reality of a single media group?


               There are many books that may be quoted but “Crossing the Rubicon” written by “Michael C. Rupper” has the answers to the most of these questions especially on page number 103-122, Chapter No. 8. Astonishingly after Hussain Haqqani’s book “Pakistan Between Mosque and Military” published in 2005 in which he challenged the “Objectives Resolution” why was he chosen as Pakistan’s Ambassador to USA, because during his appointment he issued bulk visas to US assassins or terrorists of Black Water, country faced target killing, bomb blasts and his appointment proved  devastating to the nation. Is this a coincidence that a book written in 1995 in German Language titled “FEINBILD ISLAM” which was translated as “The Next Threat” into English; was mutilated against Pakistan in its translation for increasing extremism, Pakistan army was targeted in this book as well, moreover, it has title cover similar to the Hussain Haqqani’s above mentioned book. In both books in Pakistan army has been shown as doing Parade under the shadow of Mosque while in the other picture soldiers have been shown going to offer prayers in uniform. American Think Tank, Smith Richardson has claimed that it paid $100000 for writing the above mentioned book. Moreover, on the back cover of the book a special note had been written regarding picture of Pakistani soldiers,
               “Cover shows Pakistani soldiers on their way to the mosque in Abbotabad

               Now question arises, why only ABBOTTABAD? Had CIA planned in 1995 to stage the drama of recovery of Osama Bin Laden from Abbotabad on 02 May 2011? Why all these coincidences are happening regarding Pakistan and Pakistan army? Just because the real target of enemies is to weaken and break up Pakistan Army? Now traitors within Pakistan had also joined enemies, just because with the procurement of Nuclear Power, Pak Army had made defense of Pakistan undefeatable by developing the latest Missile System? Now enemy had invented this solution to weaken Pakistan by spreading internal chaos, sectarian clashes, weakening economy and weakening Pakistan internally to such an extent that Pak army gets entrapped into it?








Written by Khalid Baig,
Published in Daily Nawa-i-Waqt,
Date: 26 September 2014.

Saturday, September 27, 2014

Pakistan Army Facing War Against Terrorists and Destruction of Floods!!!

Pakistan Army in Action for Relief Work
                Important reports from India are that water level in dams at Indian Held Kashmir had dropped to more than half of their capacity; apparently this report was leaked out in the scenario of the floods in Indian Held Kashmir but in fact this report tells the story of the devastating floods in Pakistan. If we carefully examine these floods; it has effected Pakistan in two ways; 1) crops over the thousands of the acres were destroyed, hundreds of people lost their lives. Property of billions was destroyed, while, majority of flood effected people belong to that chunk of society who are already living at or below poverty line; whose total assets are their cattle, mud houses built from life savings and household items bought from savings or items bought for dowry of their daughters. All these assets of these poor people were wiped out by the floods. Cattles which were saved from floods were sold by flood affected people at low prices in order to avoid further loss lest cattle may die due to non availability of fodder. Second problem Pakistan had to face due to these floods was extra burden of rescue and rehabilitation of flood affected people over Pakistan army already engaged in war against terrorism in North Waziristan. In tribal areas Pakistan army is facing terrorists funded and trained by USA, India and other anti-Pakistan powers; these terrorists armed with modern weapons and latest information about movement of Pakistani troops from CIA and RAW. Moreover, unprovoked shelling and attacks over Pakistani chek posts by Afghan National army has also become a routine. In addition to this, it is the army who is responsible to look after one million Internally Displaced Persons as the result of Operation in North Waziristan. Army is also responsible to safeguard big cities from floods, rescue people in flooded areas, provide relief goods, provide medicines and food; all this is not less than war at any front against the enemy. In this water war engineering and logistic department of Pak army is busy day n night, along with other units, CMH staff is also busy, the persons who witness all this process can tell you better that how soldiers play on their lives to save their countrymen in natural calamities as well as attacks by enemy.
              
Strangled in Water

               As I belong to Multan, where during every high level flood, roads linking Multan and Muzaffargarh and Sher Shah and Doaba flood dyke are to be blown up in order to save Multan and Muzaffargarh after which the flood water once again joins the river towards Head Panjnad. But this years flood water was such that flood dykes had to be broken from four points after which water pressure decreased after few hours; this is a clear indication that India had not released extra water but used water as a weapon against Pakistan. If we look only at the Multan region, more than 4000 soldiers were responsible for rescue work while more than 20000 soldiers kept busy in packing relief packets, getting food cooked and distribution of food in the relief camps. Seven helicopters and staff of Army aviation along with boats and sailors of Pakistan navy rescued people from the flood waters to safe places. Moreover, extra troops are deployed for protection of soldiers busy in relief work and flood dykes. In this way large number of troops get engaged just like they are in war due to floods.
 
Helpless People Calling for Help
               Is not this possible to increase depth of rivers by removing the silt? Is not it possible to construct lakes near the important bridges and headworks that have threat from floods to store extra flood water and utilize it during draught. Cannot such concrete spill ways be constructed that can support flow of flood water? Cannot we shift population from flood affected areas to schools after declaring holidays in schools while during Eid schools are closed for ten days? Keeping in view the devastation of floods every 2-4 years it seems we are still living in the 16th century; this is extreme of the political government’s apathy and powerlessness of the public. Just consider the tragic incident of drowning of a wedding procession; how the happiness of two families was converted into tragedy. A Naib Subedar of Pak army lost his life while evacuating the drowning participants of the wedding ceremony; he embraced martyrdom in such a way that he was holding a woman in his one hand while an innocent girl in his other hand.
Bridegroom Drowned in Flood Water

               In such a situation when Pak army is at war against foreign funded terrorists in tribal areas, water war launched by India and busy in protection of borders from the both sides; a specific media group and few leaders of ruling party are criticizing Pakistan army. Current political crisis is creation of politicians and it is politicians who have to find the solution. One of the causes of current political crises is sluggish decision making of current govt. which has forced whole country into political chaos. If no hurdles had been created in registration of FIR over murders in Model Town Lahore against the accused as per the will of legal heirs of deceased, election commission had taken steps in times as per its rules over rigging elections than situation would not have deteriorated to protest demonstrations and sit-ins in Islamabad. Javaid Hashmi blames it over army. Army had no role in removal of the barriers installed in front of Minhaj-ul-Quran that were fixed there over the orders of the Lahore High Court, army had not asked provincial govt. or Police to target unarmed protestors with live bullets, army had not stopped Election Commission from holding investigations over rigging in 4 constitutes in Lahore. Limiting protestors to Lahore was also responsibility of political govt. however, when protestors reached Islamabad, they started blaming Pak army as “Script Writer”. Few politicians while going to the Parliament taunted troops deployed on security of Parliament to bring protestors within the Parliament as they (troops) had brought them into Islamabad. After this army was forced to give explanations after explanations.

               Would our Politicians and Politically elected representatives of the nation like to answer that before their coming into power, army had to give explanations over Indian, Afghan and US allegations while now army had to give explanations internally as well that Army has no role in Politics…





Written by Khalid Baig,
Published in Daily Nawa-i-Waqt,
Date: 19 September 2014.

Sunday, September 14, 2014

Need to Revise Relations with India after Worst Water Aggression!!!


               Month of September makes us remember the aggressive Indian attack over Pakistan when on the night of 6th September 1965; Indian army trespassed into Pakistani boundary. This was not a sudden attack; a very influential politician of Pakistan was fully aware of this attack over Lahore. The night attack by Indian army was not only repulsed by brave soldiers of Pakistan army at the cost of their lives but they also took dozens of Indian army soldiers including 2 Indian army officers as Prisoners of War. On the guarantee that there will be no resistance from Pakistani side, India attacked Pakistan. The guarantee was so much certified that Indian govt. announced on Indian radio and all the newspapers early in the dawn of the 6th September 1965 that “Indian army had captured Lahore and Indian Army Chief would celebrate victory in Gymkhana Lahore in the evening”. The news broke by Indian Radio and newspapers of 6th September 2014, are the evidence of the conspiracy finalized between India and a Pakistani politician which was prepared to make Pakistan army surrender in front of Hindu Indian army. This conspiracy had the support of USA as well because in 1962 Pakistan had denied to provide airbases of Eastern Pakistan to India during China Indian war; this denial was against American plan laid down against China.

               Without informing and taking formal permission from Pakistani Foreign Ministry; Major General Sarfaraz, Garrison Commander Lahore ordered few units of Pakistan army to take up the defense line and make bunkers on Lahore boundary ahead of 6th September. Moreover, troops were ordered to use civil trucks in spite of military trucks for their movement. These bitter realities including visit of American Diplomats to US Embassy in Pakistan on 5th September 1965 in Indian Jeeps along with Indian drivers to Lahore via Wahga Border (despite of provision of transport by Pakistan on border) have been highlighted various times. Indian drivers arrived US embassy in Lahore via Wahga, GT Road Batapur, Shalimar Garden and Lahore City and returned to India. On the way they did not observe any emergency, movement of troops or sign posts fixed for guidance of military convoys. What else evidences was required by India that when Indian troops would cross the border they will not face any resistance and Indian army will take Pakistani soldiers sleeping in their barracks. Due to such certified guarantees, with mutual consent of Indira Gandhi, Indian Defense and Information Ministry a draft of announcement that Indian army had captured Lahore was handed over to International and Local media in advance. Indian newspapers published the news with the pictures of Shalimar Garden that Indian army had established its headquarters in Shalimar Garden Lahore because 6 Indian spies who visited Pakistan under the garb of Indian drivers of American Diplomats confirmed that India had only to set the tables in Gymkhana Lahore to celebrate her victory against Pakistan.
 
Fighting against terrorists on one hand and facing artificial floods on the other
               Despite of population, manpower, resources and help of traitors within Pakistan, India failed to fulfill her conspiracy. In the way lions of Pakistan army repulsed Indian attack one would hardly find examples of such professionalism and bravery. The biggest attack of tanks over Sialkot by India army is termed as the second biggest attack after World War in which India used her full power of Armor but she had to lick the dust. 

One of the tragedies of Pakistan is that we had never been united to investigate the reasons behind any big conspiracy. 

Principally, role of those unseen powers in 1965 war should have been investigated who tried to stop Pakistan army from preparing for Indian aggression despite of movement of Indian troops towards Pakistani boundary in the name of maintaining the expression over International community that Pakistan is a peaceful country. It is impossible to hide the news of movement of troops towards border; even in the time of the swords a sudden attack was impossible, whereas, here Indian Prime Minister Shastri was threatening to attack Pakistan, Indian troops were moving towards Pakistani boundary. Who was that influential political figure who forced Pakistan army to stay away from border and arrange sports festival at Lahore Garrison in order to show the world that Pakistan does not want war?

               In 1965 India attacked Pakistan and was defeated; ceasefire was to be signed in Tashkent, Foreign Minister of Pakistan who drafted the deal of Tashkent made such rumors of Tashkent pact that the victory over India was suppressed under these rumors of Tashkent pact. Nation stood up against Ayub Khan that he lost the won war on the table (while Ayub Khan had not drafted or signed the Tashkent pact). Ayub Khan who laid foundation of the Five Year Economic Plan national development, country entered into Industrialization. Copying this Five Year Economic Plan many countries of far east attained the goal of development and we ousted Ayub Khan from power ignoring the elements responsible for 1965 war. As soon as these elements came into power they reversed the development and industrialization by nationalizing the industry. These were the rumors of secrets of Tashkent which supported India to fulfill her conspiracy against Pakistan in 1971. This was the result of the conspiracy which was prepared by the few traitors within Pakistan to insult Pakistan with defeat, insult Pak army with surrender and neutralize it and make Pakistan slave to India. This conspiracy was repulsed by Pak army in 1965 but in 1971 due to the traitors of motherland Pak army failed to face this conspiracy as Pak army was being termed as “Usurper (Ghasib)” and a gulf between nation and army had been created.

People of Upper Punjab effected with flood

               Democracy or military dictatorship is not the actual problem; the problem is defense from India. 

Our defense policy had been always focused at defense of Pakistan from ten time’s bigger enemy within limited resources and budget. The pivot point of Pakistan’s nuclear capability is also defense against India. One can easily compare the media houses who are busy in brain washing Pakistan to forget about Kashmir, Siachen and Sir Creek disputes and start friendship with India over insulting terms while few journalists like Majeed Nizami preached that Ideology of Pakistan is the base of defense of Pakistan and vowed Pak army to be prepared against any Indian aggression, although, they were few in number, however, they remained superior to those singing chorus of Indian AMAN KI ASHA for dollars they receive from India. India can never become friend of Pakistan or Pakistani public; this has been proved by the havoc wreaked by current artificial floods in Pakistan. Where are those journalists, intellectuals and singers of chorus of AMAN KI ASHA with India? Where are those foreign funded NGOs who were brain washing Pakistanis for slavery of India and claiming Pakistan army as one of the biggest hurdles in the way of friendship with India?



               On the night of 5-6th September 1965, India attacked Pakistan and she had repeated the history by dropping water bomb over Pakistan. On the night of 5-6th September 2014, India opened gates of her dams without informing Pakistan which pushed flood water of more than 0.7 million cusecs into Pakistan. In 1965 this was Pakistan army who wrote the history of valor and bravery with the blood and once again in 2014 this is Pak army busy in saving the public encircled by flood waters. Chief of Army Staff is seen standing side by side to the troops fighting against terrorists in Northern Waziristan or supervising rescue operations for flood effected Pakistanis. Higher officials of Pakistan army are busy in preparing plans to safeguard flood bands and evacuation of effected people to safe places; because, this is also a water war imposed over Pakistan by eternal enemy. Pak army was already planned for such water aggression; not only army but nation is also aware that our rulers had never taken step to protect Pakistan from Indian water bomb. Our rulers having investment in India does not take her as enemy while international analysts have warned Pakistan various times that India can create problems for Pakistani by stopping the water of Pakistani rivers and releasing millions of cusecs water from her dams anytime; which would result in nuclear war between both countries.

Pak Army soldiers evacuating flood effected people

               Everyone is well aware of the elements and parties who are always against construction of any dam especially Kala Bagh Dam. These are the elements who blame Pakistan army as Punjabi army and Ghasib Army. At present when Pak army is facing terrorists on one front and flood waters on other, a media group is busy in propaganda against Pakistan, bitter reality is that this media groups is supported by the elements in the govt. Nation should consider the devastation of the floods and take it seriously that what would be our future? Should we surrender in front of India because few political figures and a media group has interests linked with India, stopping water of our rivers India can create floods anytime in Pakistan, should we fear India or revise our relations with her? Should Pakistani nation get united to prepare for a final war???




Written by Khalid Baig,
Published in Daily Nawa-i-Waqt,
Date: 12 September 2014. 

Monday, September 8, 2014

International Game Plan against Pakistan and Internal Political Unrest..!

Asma Jahangir nominated by India as a member of fact finding commission for human rights violations in Sri Lanka

               National tragedies does not happen at once; they are being hatched years along. Venom of nepotism, corruption, hoarding, undue profit, bribery, incompetence, arrogance of temperament and desire for absolute power is present in all nations, tribes or human groups especially in those persons who either have government or control over other or relatives of Chiefs in powers etc. If power or control is in the hands of those who fear god or have their conscience alive than all these evils are suppressed and human subjects enjoy peace. In contrast to this if power is in the hands of the person suffering from Pharoahism then all these human weaknesses become uncontrolled evils which satisfy the ruler suffering with these human evils while society becomes a hell and humanity suffers.
 
History of PKR VS USD
               If we look at the history, it is full of such stories when the rulers claiming to have control over fate and lives of their subjects made it harder for their subjects even to breathe. Creation of god was divided into families of rulers and slaves. The blessings of nature that were necessary for life were made fate of rulers while poverty and lack of self-respect was made fate of the subjects. Pharoah like rulers denied right of education to their subjects as awareness might awaken the slaves, enlighten them to their rights. However, whenever human conscious was awakened this ended in revolutions. After countless loss of human lives, human conscious concluded that only democracy is such a system that may safeguard against further loss of lives by giving equal rights to everyone. This was the dawn of the democratic governments. Foundations of political parties were laid in order to accomplish the goal of democratic system which resulted in the end of the monarchies.
 
Protestors Sitting in Camps in front of Parliament
               On the basis of this democratic thought Muslims of sub-continent started the campaign of a separate homeland based upon the Two Nations Theory under the leadership of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah. However, Pakistan became orphaned due to death of Jinnah after short time of independence and control shifted to those who were facilitators of English before independence of Pakistan. On the advice of English these servants of British govt. joined Muslim League numbering in masses. Perhaps for these elements Mr. Jinnah had said that he has some corrupt elements along with his as well. Whatever had been done and is being done in the name of democracy is no more a secret; the fruits of democracy for Pakistanis like increasing poverty, unemployment, destruction of economy, increasing internal and external debt over national treasury, devaluation of currency, however, wealth of elite class is increasing by leaps and bounds and these scandals of corruption have now made its place in the international media as well. Was this Pakistan dream of Allama Muhammad Iqbal? The current Pakistan, in which every happiness and facilities belong to the elites and slavery fate of common man generation to generation. They say Pakistan has a Constitution but its articles that clarify the basic rights of general public are never implemented; Constitution of Pakistan guarantees protection of life, property and prestige to everyone, makes government duty bound to provide facilities of health and education equally to everyone; but poor are being denied these rights that have been declared by the Constitution of Pakistan. Because the feudal mindset controlling the democracy in Pakistan can never tolerate the equal rights for poor. In Pakistan democracy and Constitution has become a tool in the hands of corrupt politicians and this is the result of high jacking of democracy in the hands of elite class to protect their own damn interests that we have been trapped in a dead end. The protests that started in 14th August 2014 and remained peaceful for 2 weeks have now become violent. Few people have lost their lives while injured number in thousands and still there is no apparent hope for any solution. How will nation get out of this situation? Every Pakistani who has some thinking not only seems worried but confused as well. Right after the Elections of 2013, a political party expressed concerns over results of four constituencies and demanded recounting of votes but ruling party did not give any attention to these demands. When these demands were converted into a torpedo; elected party accepted demand for investigations of rigging in four constituencies but these demands had become valueless for the protestors. But painful aspect is that army which had kept itself away from politics since 2008 is being blamed for political disputes created by arrogance of few politician by Indian funded AMAN KI ASHA brand media group.
 
Corps Commanders Conference held in Rawalpindi over current Political situation
               Army is being in war against terrorists in Northern Waziristan which have not only support of India, Afghanistan and other foreign powers but from the elements within Pakistan as well. Terrorists attack Pakistan from Afghanistan in the form of troops and Afghan National Army provides support to these terrorists to cross border by unprovoked firing over Pakistani Military Check posts. Not only this; puppet Defense Minister of Afghanistan is threatening Nuclear Power. On the Eastern side of the border under the same game plan Indian army had violated ceasefire more than 140 times in last three months; one Pakistan protested over these violations India started propaganda against Pakistan and beating old triumphant that Pakistan is supporting terrorists (trained by RAW) for terrorism in India in order to exploit international community especially Indian community. UN observers are fully aware of these violations over LoC and Working Boundary by Indian forces but international media at the beck and call of few international powers did not pay any attention to the reports of UN observers but give importance to Indian propaganda. That is why more than 5 Indian Channels having international viewership have launched a propaganda campaign from last 10-12 days over protests in Pakistan that Pak-Army and ISI are behind these protests. Under the influence of such propaganda US had issued statements twice that she is against change of govt. through violent protests. Pak army had not given any expression of not accepting orders of govt. After the AMAN KI ASHA brand media group and its propaganda over Baluchistan and Pak army was unveiled and it had to get silence in order to avoid public reaction; but now once again propaganda on the same lines as of the mainstream India Media has been started against national security agencies especially Pak Army fighting against foreign funded terrorists in North Waziristan on one hand and facing the problem of rehabilitation of Internally Displaced Persons on the other hand. In such a situation nomination of famous (notorious in proper words) Pakistani Lawyer and Human Rights worker (who is blind to indian violations of human rights in Indian Held Kashmir and other parts of India) Mrs Asma Jahangir for investigations of alleged human rights violations and pre-judicial killings of Indian trained terrorists i.e. Tamil Tigers by Sri Lankan forces and govt. for restoring peace and law and order in Sri Lanka.
 
Eastern Part of Sri Lank which was targeted by Indian trained Tamil Tigers for creating a separate state
               Despite of being a small country of the region; Sri Lanka always supported Pakistan against India and Pakistan always supported Sri Lanka to crush Indian supported Tamil Tigers terrorists on diplomatic and moral fronts. Defeat of Tamil Tigers is known as defeat of India on international level. This war has ended 5 years ago but India had been struggling to take revenge from Sri Lankan army of her defeat by blaming Sri Lankan army for human rights violations and working for last five years for start of investigations or case against Sri Lankan govt. by UNO. Asma Jahangir along with other two persons was nominated by India. Sri Lankan government, media and public are concerned over the tone of Asma Jahangir in an interview to BBC after her nomination for investigations against Sri Lanka.  Asma Jahangir has warned Sri Lanka that if Lanka creates any hurdle in the investigations, denies access to public etc. for human rights investigations commission to know the facts then consequences would not be in favor of Sri Lanka. Sri Lankan government was expecting that Pakistani government would stop its citizen from creating problems for Sri Lanka or at least express indifference to her statements. But silence of Pakistani Foreign Ministry and government had made Sri Lankan govt. pessimist; Sri Lankan intellectuals had pressured their govt. to revise its policy over Indian Held Kashmir and Pakistan against India. Few Sri Lankan columnists had tried to remind Pakistan that when players from all over the world had denied to visit Pakistan due to threats of terrorist attacks it was Sri Lanka who sent its Cricket team to Pakistan and as a punishment for visiting Pakistan, Sri Lankan team had to face life threatening terrorist attack in Lahore but in spite of such a big tragedy Sri Lanka had never changed stance for Pakistan.
 
Prabha Karan; Chief of Indian trained Tamil Tigers receiving Guard of Honour from Tamil Tigers in India
               Those of us who are aware of arrogance, attitude and emotions of Asma Jahangir for India can imagine that what would be the effects of her investigation report over diplomatic relations between Sri Lanka and Pakistan. How will India exploit this report against Pakistan while Indian newspaper are already claiming that Pakistan army supported Sri Lankan army in human rights violations against Tamil Tigers (RAW trained state terrorists) and baseless and fabricated allegations of Asma Jahangir against Pakistan army in Swat operation are also on the record. In the light of this situation and expected report of Asma Jahangir, Sri Lankan President had planned his visit to Pakistan which was cancelled due to protests in Islamabad. Now this is to be contemplated by Pakistani government, media and public that what would be the consequences of revision of diplomatic relations by a time tested friend like Sri Lanka…

 




Written by Khalid Baig,
Published in Daily Nawa-i-Waqt,
Date: 05 September 2014.