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And further, sir, I agree, we are a population. But even populations have rules and values. I think, we are only a herd of sheep and the shepherd just doesn’t give a f***.
(and this is only an English translation of what JC said in the last few lines of his instant article)

Cheer up, sir.

“I am just trying to make a point specifically about the presidents, prime ministers and army chiefs we have seen in Pakistan.”

I fear we have miscommunicated I get the feeling that you think that I was disagreeing with you. I wasn’t. I just wanted to add that there is ideological indoctrination (which, again, I add, is not specific to Pakistan but everywhere). But even with that fact, I agree with your comment.

PUBLIC RALLY -SUNDAY 16 DECEMBER 2007, 1pm

Norton Hall, Ralph Rd, Alum Rock, Birmingham 8

Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf has announced that he intends to lift the state of emergency on Saturday 15th December 2007 and call elections in January 2008. President Musharraf was forced to step down as army chief amid mounting domestic opposition and international pressure.

Members of Birmingham’s Pakistani and Kashmiri communities have called a rally On Sunday 16th December to debate the current crisis and show their support to the people of Pakistan in their struggle for democracy. The recently established Pakistani Solidarity Campaign has organised the rally and invited representatives from human rights organisations and prominent leaders of Pakistan’s political parties. The rally will also be addressed via live telephone links from Pakistan by Imran Khan, leader of Pakistan’s Tehreek-e-Insaf, Asma Jahangir, Special Rapporteur of the UN Commission on Human Rights, Ayesha Siddiqa, distinguished author and critic of Pakistan’s military, Nusrut Javed, a banned journalist who currently conducts his show on the streets. The rally will be chaired by Naeem Malik (Pakistan Solidarity Campaign) and will include the following invited speakers:

WAJID SHAMSUL HASAN, Pakistan People Party (Former High Commissioner to UK & Advisor to Benazir Bhutto), RAJA JAVED, Pakistan Muslim League (N) (Secretary General – West Midlands) SIBGHAT KADRI Q.C, Chairman of UK Lawyers Committee for Human Rights and Justice in Pakistan, KHALIL AHMED, Tehreek-e-Insaf (President West Midlands Branch), MUKHTAR DAR, South Asian Alliance and SALMA YAQOOB, Birmingham city councillor for Respect,

Naeem Malik Chair of the Pakistani Solidarity Campaign said:

“We are very concerned by current developments in Pakistan and want to show our solidarity with our families and friends back home. The PSC is non aligned to any political party and is seeking to support the people of Pakistan in the struggle for freedom and democracy. The rally gives an opportunity to our communities to discuss what’s happening and question the respective parties about their manifestoes for change”

The Pakistani Solidarity Campaign is seeking to build the widest support possible for democracy in Pakistan by campaigning around the following demands:

* Restoration of the constitution as of 3 November 2007
* Restoration of the Supreme Court judges
* Release of political prisoners
* An end to media censorship

-Ends-

PRESS & MEDIA CONTACT:

Naeem Malik on 07721427690 or Mukhtar Dar on 07736923865

e-mail: pakistansolidaritycampaign@yahoo.com

And even in spite of all of this, you have Pakistanis, who have thought for themselves, gone above and beyond, and are critical of the flawed and deeply ideological instruction they have received. That these Pakistanis exist proves your critique that there isn’t an Aurangazeb in every ruler, politicians, leader, or anyone of influence in Pakistan.

I am just trying to make a point specifically about the presidents, prime ministers and army chiefs we have seen in Pakistan. All have been extraordinarily hungry for power to point they want to control every institution in the country including the judiciary. Both Zia-ul-Huq and Musharraf were made chief of army mainly because the prime minister at the time felt they would be completely subservient to them. When the Shah of Iran visited Pakistan, Zulfiquar Ali Bhutto who was the prime minister at the time was reported to have remarked while introducing Zia ul-Huq:

“Meet my new Army Chief. He is totally loyal to me. If I ask him to stand, he will stand. If I ask him to sit, he will sit. If I ask him to salute, he will salute. With him as the chief, the Army is in safe hands.”

Little did Bhutto know that his new compliant military leader would turn the gun on him and have him executed. History repeated itself with Nawaz Sharif and Pervez Musharraf a few decades later.

I’m not saying that there aren’t informed Pakistanis who raise objections to this kind of bahaviour; obviously there are as we have seen them make their protests over the last few weeks. I wonder if history is going to repeat itself again. That remains to be seen.

- K.K. Aziz. (2004) The Murder of History : A Critique of History Textbooks used in Pakistan.

- Nayyar, A.H. & Salim, Ahmad. (2003) The Subtle Subversion: The State of Curricula and Text-books in Pakistan – Urdu, English, Social Studies and Civics. Sustainable Development Policy Institute.

- Pervez Hoodbhoy and A. H. Nayyar. Rewriting the history of Pakistan, in Islam, Politics and the state: The Pakistan Experience, Ed. Mohammad Asghar Khan, Zed Books, London, 1985.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Pakistan

Silly me, I forgot to add how the Mughal Empire is demonized and continuously portrayed as “alien” and “foreign” in India.

“Its children are taught in school that Aurangazeb was the greatest ruler the Indian sub-continent had ever produced. Lurking inside every Pakistani ruler, military or politcal, there is an Aurangazeb.”

I agree with your critique, but I do think it’s important to point out that Pakistani children are taught extreme patriotism, uncritical religious acceptance, and exams testing their “respect” and “reverence” of Pakistani leaders and the army. There are Pakistanis who have studied the content of curriculums and written about what I just stated above. So while I agree with you that it’s a gross generalization to say something like “Lurking inside every Pakistani ruler, military or politcal, there is an Aurangazeb,” and even a politically charged statement, it’s not incorrect to say that what there isn’t some level of indoctrination about the military mixing in politics, religious nationalism, patriotism, chauvenism, and yes, the glorification of the Mughal Empire in the subcontinent. It should be noted that in India, you see a mirror like movement in education as well, w/r/t to Partition, Mughal rule, Muslims, etc (this includes the secularists’ contribution to education, ie “Partition was a mistake!” which is something most Pakistanis do not agree with, and the Hindu Right as well, with their “saffronization” of history and reading of contemporary events).

And even in spite of all of this, you have Pakistanis, who have thought for themselves, gone above and beyond, and are critical of the flawed and deeply ideological instruction they have received. That these Pakistanis exist proves your critique that there isn’t an Aurangazeb in every ruler, politicians, leader, or anyone of influence in Pakistan.

And he has installed loyalists in other posts as well, like the Supreme Court, which flies in the face of having any independent branch which exercises independence and a check and balance. Mush’s octopus-like reach into every institution in Pakistan, while putting a lid on those who have protested against him (NGO’s, human rights activists, lawyers, judges, journalists, etc) is going to be hard to remove.

But look at it this way. In India, the Emergency was similar (though the difference that has to be pointed out is that there wasn’t an army hold over India as it is in Pakistan) but somehow, people were able to supercede that to certain extents. And even then, all that happened under Indira the dictator hasn’t been rectified today.

God bless all of us

Very good analysis here.

Look at the way the PResident Musharraf assures of the Army bcking in the video. I only dread this will come to haunt him some day.