Bikash Choudhury
Genesis of
Pakistan was backed by sectarian violence in British India and its inception carried a gigantic
human tragedy in both sides of the borders of India & Pakistan . In last sixty plus years India has
accepted inevitable but sad partition of the country on religious line and
focused on socio, economic and political development of its people with
creation of robust institutions and made peace with itself. Now, after getting
a State and Territory for majority Muslim Population of British India; why Pakistan still remain a very volatile region
in South
Asia ?
Recent massacre of tiny school students at Peshawar has drawn Global attention to
fratricidal war within Pakistan . It remain unanswered why Muslims
slaughtering people pursuing Islamic faith in such large numbers and in such an
organized manner. Obama administration has chosen to reward Pakistan with one billion dollar aid to
control terrorism; however, it has been observed violence has generated more violence
and terror groups get more recruits. Terrorism can be managed or controlled
when we eradicate the mindset that propels young people from offering
themselves as ‘suicide bombers’ to kill innocent people. We should create
environment where life & lives gets celebrated not death & dead bodies.
Pakistan has turned into a ‘confused state’
and that remain the main stumbling block against its consolidation and growth.
In one side it consider itself as ‘Islamic Republic’ and in other side it hold
on to its liberal and secular ethos of ‘Hindustan ’. Terrorism and violence in Pakistan is the manifestations of deeper
conflict that exist about the genesis and more profoundly ‘the idea of Pakistan ’.
It has become an ‘a priori’ globally that Pakistan has become the
fountain head of terror all across the world as the 9/11 in New York and 26/11
at Mumbai was conceived and executed from Pakistani soil and dreaded Osama Bin
Laden was eventually found in the luxurious shelter of Pakistan Army & its
spy agency-ISI. That is not all; ISI was credited with the murder of its own
Army Chief & then President of Pakistan Ziaul Haq and American Ambassador
to Pakistan . Pak Army still sponsor terror
group to conduct murderous attack on Indian soil of Jammu & Kashmir. Pakistan claims to be the victim of Global
terror while it also aid terrorism from its soil. It is not an irony; but, hard
reality that ‘violence’ as the State policy of Pakistan has also consumed many
a tall political leaders in its grip at different points of time in its
history; however, no attempt has been made to resolve its ‘conflict inside’
that continue to take a heavy toll of its institutions that now make Pakistan
one of the dangerous place on earth and a ‘Rogue Nation’ that does not function
as per its rule of law.
Idea of Pakistan needs little alteration to become a
vibrant Nation once again on the back of its creative and hard working people.
It has to first drop its tag and pretensions of a ‘Islamic’ Nation which it is
not in spite of its majority of people pursuing Islamic faith as its founding
fathers designed a Muslim majority secular Nation for better Governance &
Development of its people. Pakistan should come out of its Identity
crisis and concede its century old ‘Hindustan ’ identity in which it would find Mogul emperor Akbar
a secular King ruling over entire Indian continent for over half a century
having a majority of its people following ‘Hindu’ religion. Emperor Akbar was
equally admired by his Hindu & Muslim subjects then and even at present; as
the Monarchy State had no religion of its own and both faith prospered
economically and culturally on their respective merit; which needs to be
emulated by Pakistan to have a tryst with its destiny and nip the global
terrorism and Islamic fundamentalism in its bud. Once this is done, the three
top Institutions of Pakistan Viz., Civilian Government, its Armed Forces and
Judiciary would function as per their respective objectives in the rule of law
while clipping the wings of its spy agency-ISI from meddling in politics and
thus bringing much needed peace and prosperity for people of Pakistan sooner
than later. This is easier said than done; however, if the Diaspora of Indian
Sub-continent and Obama led USA administration make a common cause
on this issue then before long Pakistan could walk firmly on a new path
towards real progress & development and our World could become much safer
to live in. Shall we?
(Author
socio-economic-political activist from India )
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