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Musharraf's Army Losing Ground in Insurgent Areas |
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By Griff Witte and Imtiaz Ali, Washington Post Foreign Tuesday,November 13, 2007 |
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Rise of the Neo-Taliban, Part I |
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By Syed Saleem Shahzad Asia Times Online / November 13, 2007 |
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The Political Emancipation of Pakhtuns |
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By: Pakhtun Khan
Pakhtuns have to realize what they have to do in order to stand on their own feet. The immediate goal for the whole Pakhtun nation is the visible economic independence and real political freedom. However the principle of "First deserve then desire" is the main hurdle to get freedom from the exploitation of visible and invisible forces both in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Pakhtun nation has to prove their worth to become a free and independent nation capable of deciding their own fate and have to put an end to all forms of control over their lives and destiny. Any nation that desires to get politico-economic emancipation has to satisfy the following pre-conditions.
The first pre-requisite is consensus on a cause. A common cause unites a nation and synchronizes the collective intellectual and emotional energies of a nation. In case of Pakhtuns the common cause is freedom. The freedoms to live, learn, earn and yearn for life of honor and dignity. The practical proof of seriousness towards the achievement of freedom will be the demonstration of unity in diversity and collective mentality. The principle of scientific pluralism dictates that variety is the spice of life and hence despite of different and diverse views and opinions a nation striving for freedom should be able to work jointly to achieve a goal. Secondly a nation should have collective mentality because all collective efforts need sacrifices from the individuals of a nation. The national interest of Pakhtuns lies in the unified effort for freedom from the economic exploitation and political hegemony of establishment in Pakistan and from those of western powers in Afghanistan.
The second pre requisite is the presence of scientific nationalism. There are two types of nationalism: Historic and Scientific. The salient features of historic nationalism are hero-worship, personality-cult, nostalgic fanaticism, racial prejudices and tribal norms. Historic nationalism has always been exploited by the imperialist powers for their own nefarious designs. History tells us how the three-tier nomenclature of historic nationalism viz (1) leadership, (2) cadres (worker) and (3) pressure has been manipulated by the imperialist powers. The imperialist powers either buy the loyalties of leaders or even kill them. They tempt or bribe the workers to break their organogram and hierarchy. The public pressure of a nation is diluted or even counteracted by amplifying the sectarian differences present in the nation like the projection of two religious groups in Khyber Agency. Consequently historic nationalism has been falling prey to the trap of enslaving a nation and exploiting its resources. On the contrary scientific or radical nationalism is based on the principles of science, technology and industrialization for the emancipation, progress and prosperity of a nation instead of personalities. Scientific nationalism is futuristic. Masses themselves are considered to be the heroes in scientific nationalism. Historic nationalism despite of its emotional appeal indirectly helps status quo which is the first target of all imperialist forces. Scientific nationalism on the contrary is the biggest challenge to status quo as it considers the creative potential and innovative intuition of a nation to be the only force which can bring a change.
The third pre requisite for freedom is what I call the correct Input or effort. The philosophies of history which have been discovered by social scientists like Ibn-e- Khaldoon, Arnold Toynbee, Marx etc are infact the corollaries of a higher law of Nature which governs the individual and collective behaviors of mankind. That law is the Input-Output law, which states that "There is no Output without Input". Freedom is nothing except the output of human efforts. All those nations desirous of freedom have to know those inputs which will result in the required output. First deserve then desire is the dictation of the input-output law. This simply means two things: (1) The leadership must have the capability to deliver and (2) the nation should posses the ability to endeavor. Leadership can only deliver if its word and work are synchronized and reflects a scientific vision which means a vision based on the laws of nature as embodied in science and technology. A scientific vision guarantees the progress of a nation towards freedom. Input-Output law dictates that a nation has to go through various stages of social and psychological evolution before it gets mature enough to secure its freedom. Laws of nature always offer biological, psychological, environmental and geographical as well as socio-politico-economic challenges to a nation in order to test and train it for achieving freedom. These hurdles can only be overcome by possessing and more importantly discovering science and creating new technology.
If a nation is ready to overcome the challenges and able to tolerate the hardships which come in this way then the nation is destined to achieve freedom. Never has it happened in history that a nation desiring to come into power achieved their goal without deserving it. If a group or nation is desirous of getting freedom then it has to deserve it first by fulfilling its preconditions. There is no reason why the struggle of freedom from the national and international imperialist forces will not be fruitful for the economically deprived and politically oppressed masses of Pakhtun nation if they satisfy the pre requisites for it. |
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Pakhtun National Movement |
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By: Pukhtoon Khan
The proud land of the Pakhtuns has become a playground for national and international forces playing political chess in order to safeguard their vested interests. The major players in the game are Secret agencies, Al-Qaeda, CIA and Religious theocracy (Taliban and MMA).
The Pakistani secret agencies are transforming the Pakhtun heaven on earth to a living hell by detonating bombs in Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan and targeting their "political" rivals. The secret agencies namely ISI, IB and MI are no more national institutions but are playing the roles of watchdog and the creators of law and order situation especially in Pakhtun land to justify and stabilise military dictatorship.
They are working for the most influential but hated political party headed by the army chief. This party called army has the ability to outsmart any political force by any and all means beyond all moral, legal or ethical limits.
The result of creating law and order situation is weak security and instability which gives the impression to the external world that Pakhtoon land – which is the prime target of secret agencies, is no more the land of heavenly peace and tranquility.
The burning and bombing activities by the secret agencies in the Pakhtun land is diverting the attention of the Pakhtun masses from provincial autonomy to merely a question of survival and peace.
The biased and criminal acts by the secret agencies are hindering all progress and development work in Pakhtunkhwa and are indirectly helping the governments of PML (Q) and MQM – the fabricated and the fascist parties respectively due to their unethical allegiance and support for the dictatorial regime. |
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