Inborn Foes of Pakistan

Hosh Ruba (hosh.ruba@gmail.com) April 8, 2009

We are strange people. We are foes of ourselves. We live in interesting times. Our mainstream leaders have sold us out. Society has slipped the moorings of truth and is steered by megalomaniacs. As Aristotle first of all said, "Those nations who ignore history are doomed to repeat its tragedies." It is not trivial to understand the current situation of Pakistan. Lahore and Manawan attacks, chaos in Swat and tribal agencies of our north-west frontier and all kind of instability in other parts of Pakistan are a few examples that can make things more complicated. I shall give you a view from history back in 1969 - which explains who are the planners direct or indirect - behind generating this chaos in Pakistan. A famous and honest Pakistani bureaucrat, Qudratullah Shahab, wrote the following in his autobiography, SHAHAB NAMA, in page 778. I have translated this from Urdu to English:
In 1969, when I was a member of the executive board of UNESCO, one of my friends from Poland was angry that Russia is influencing Poland against the will of polish people. The Poles were against the Soviet bloc and they didn't like the Soviet influence in Poland. But the Polish government was a client of the Soviet Union. My polish friend was one of the senior and experienced foreign affairs officers of his country. One day during a chat and discussion he said, Although Russia and America are enemies but on some issues they become friends. I was surprised and asked, For example? He said, For example, PAKISTAN. I was stunned. I requested him to explain. On my request he explained, It is a reality not hidden from the whole world that the Pakistani military is one of the highly disciplined and professional militaries in the World. And that REALITY is not acceptable to both countries, I mean RUSSIA and AMERCIA. 1. 2. 3. RUSSIANS are looking towards AFGHANISTAN RUSSIANS are looking towards ARABIAN SEA RUSSIANS favor India and want to support that country

But the Pakistani military is the main obstruction in the path of all these

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three RUSSIAN objectives. And 1. 2. AMERICA's real and original faith is with ISRAEL AMERICA wants friendship and alliance with INDIA

America is a friend of Pakistan in name only. And the Americans know very well that only the Pakistani military and Pakistani nation can confront American designs. And that the Pakistani army and nation have the passion to fight as well if attacked. So the PAKISTANI MILITARY is the main OBSTRUCTION in the path of American objectives. INDIA also does not like the Pakistani military. In this way, the decimation and destruction of the Pakistani military is the main objective of RUSSIA, AMERICA and INDIA. Thats why they all want to weaken the Pakistani military and the Pakistani nation, destroy it and to make it useless. But how will they achieve this combined goal? I asked. He laughed and then said, They shall engage Pakistani army in civil and government matters as much as they can for a long period by pushing them to take over governments.

Then Qudratullah Shahab comments:

This conversation took place in 1969. At that time neither the Soviet Union had invaded Afghanistan nor was Bangladesh movement started. Out of 17 years of independence, 13 years have gone to MARTIAL LAW. And I am in fear may be those American, Russian and Indian objectives are about to complete...

We can understand very well from above excerpts. In 1969 after that discussion and chat of Qudratullah Shahab with his Polish foreign secretary, we had martial law of 1974 by General Yahiya, martial law of 1977 by General Zia and martial law of 1999 by General Pervez and now Americans are demanding Pakistan Army to do more and do more. Thank God, General Ashfaq Pervez Kiyani and current Corps Commanders are resisting. The following was reported by Bronwen Maddox in daily The Times London edition on March 28, 2009:
Pakistan Army Chief General Ashfaq Kiyani creates new set of problems; any strategy to tackle the Afghan-Pakistani border will depend on the willingness of the Pakistani Army to hold its side of the line.

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Inborn Foes of Pakistan When we read all the news headlines coming from Washington and its allies the Af-Pak policy continuously developing pressure on Pakistani Army and ISI - suicide attacks in mosques and imam baras, suicide attacks on security forces, current security situation in NWFP, efforts to deteriorate peace deals in Swat and Bajaur, promotion and activities of TTP against Pakistan, intelligent use of Pakistani media to propagate engineered ideas to our people - then everything becomes clear that who want instability in Pakistan. My conclusion: The enemies of Pakistani Army, directly or indirectly, are behind these attacks. Facts reinforce my belief that we need a new way of re-engineering the Pakistani State. Both the elected governments and the old fashioned military coups have failed. General Musharrafs coup was probably the last chance to re-engineer the Pakistani State and this chance was wasted. The constitution needs an overhaul, political parties have become family ownerships, and politics have become monopolized. Feudalism needs to be eliminated by the force of law in Punjab, Sindh and Balochistan, more administrative - NOT linguistic based - provinces need to be created, ethnic and/or linguistic based parties proscribed, politicians banned from direct contact with foreign governments, and the nation needs to focus for at least a decade on economic development and education without wasting energies on politics. All of this can only happen through a creative new arrangement where a group of strong, committed and learned Pakistanis are invited to lead a non-elected government, backed by a plan and by the force of the Pakistani military. Events are confirming that this may be the only option left if we want to create a stable politico-socioeconomic system in Pakistan where real democracy can flourish and the military is not forced by circumstances to intervene in the civilian setup again in the future. We will have to create this setup. We cant wait for time to resolve the problem.

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