Showing posts with label Being patriotic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Being patriotic. Show all posts
Thursday, October 15, 2009
On Lahore attacks
An acute, large scale war with clearly defined enemies and an end result is better than dying chronically.
Saturday, May 30, 2009
'Taliban' exposed
Major General Athar Abbas, spokesman military and DG ISPR has said that Taliban are using weapons of NATO and that foreign agencies are training and supplying weapons to them. (Source)
Now those taliban phobic 'enlightened moderates' would still not raise their voices against these foreign hands. They will still fail to see that the same people are helping taliban who are asking Pakistan army to fight against them. They will still not realize that it's the people behind taliban who are a threat to Pakistan's nuclear assets. They still won't understand that fighting taliban wouldn't do any good unless you fight with people sending taliban.
If you want to get to rid of a tree, you don't waste time and money cutting the branches; you cut the roots. Branches sprout again.
Now those taliban phobic 'enlightened moderates' would still not raise their voices against these foreign hands. They will still fail to see that the same people are helping taliban who are asking Pakistan army to fight against them. They will still not realize that it's the people behind taliban who are a threat to Pakistan's nuclear assets. They still won't understand that fighting taliban wouldn't do any good unless you fight with people sending taliban.
If you want to get to rid of a tree, you don't waste time and money cutting the branches; you cut the roots. Branches sprout again.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Bake sale
A novel way to help Swat IDPs. We sold home made pizzas, cakes, cookies, pies, burgers, sandwiches and chana chaat and were able to collect Rs. 21,000 in one day. All for Swat people.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
1-5 blast
As they came in the emergency of Mayo Hospital one after the other...
Targeting police serves a special purpose. It scares them, along with the common people. Many policemen might have abandoned their job because of this and many of those who had thought of going in the police department might have given up their thoughts. Result: a still weaker and lesser police, local thieves and criminals getting brave, shattered law and order, chaos, collapse. Target achieved.
3-3-9
30-3-9
27-5-9
9
Targeting police serves a special purpose. It scares them, along with the common people. Many policemen might have abandoned their job because of this and many of those who had thought of going in the police department might have given up their thoughts. Result: a still weaker and lesser police, local thieves and criminals getting brave, shattered law and order, chaos, collapse. Target achieved.
3-3-9
30-3-9
27-5-9
9
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Tit for tat
An Indian Colonel, one Harish Puri's letter to General Kiyani was painful and infuriating. The reply by a Pakistani was analgesic and euphoric. Here I post both the letters. They are really interesting. Note the similarity of words in both, specially in the beginning.
An open letter to General Kiyani
Dear Gen Kayani,
Sir, let me begin by recounting that old army quip that did the rounds in the immediate aftermath of World war II: To guarantee victory, an army should ideally have German generals, British officers, Indian soldiers, American equipment and Italian enemies.
A Pakistani soldier that I met in Iraq in 2004 lamented the fact that the Pakistani soldier in Kargil had been badly let down firstly by Nawaz Sharif and then by the Pakistani officers' cadre. Pakistani soldiers led by Indian officers, , he believed, would be the most fearsome combination possible. Pakistani officers, he went on to say, were more into real estate, defence housing colonies and the like.
As I look at two photographs of surrender that lie before me, I can't help recalling his words. The first is the celebrated event at Dhaka on Dec 16, 1971, which now adorns most Army messes in Delhi and Calcutta. The second, sir, is the video of a teenage girl being flogged by the Taliban in Swat -- not far, I am sure, from one of your Army check posts.
The surrender by any Army is always a sad and humiliating event. Gen Niazi surrendered in Dhaka to a professional army that had outnumbered and outfought him. No Pakistani has been able to get over that humiliation, and 16th December is remembered as a black day by the Pakistani Army and the Pakistani state. But battles are won and lost – armies know this, and having learnt their lessons, they move on.
But much more sadly, the video of the teenager being flogged represents an even more abject surrender by the Pakistani Army. The surrender in 1971, though humiliating, was not disgraceful. This time around, sir, what happened on your watch was something no Army commander should have to live through. The girl could have been your own daughter, or mine.
I have always maintained that the Pakistani Army, like its Indian counterpart, is a thoroughly professional outfit. It has fought valiantly in the three wars against India, and also accredited itself well in its UN missions abroad. It is, therefore, by no means a pushover. The instance of an Infantry unit, led by a lieutenant colonel, meekly laying down arms before 20-odd militants should have been an aberration. But this capitulation in Swat, that too so soon after your own visit to the area, is an assault on the sensibilities of any soldier. What did you tell your soldiers? What great inspirational speech did you make that made your troops back off without a murmur? Sir, I have fought insurgency in Kashmir as well as the North-East, but despite the occasional losses suffered (as is bound to be the case in counter-insurgency operations), such total surrender is unthinkable.
I have been a signaller, and it beats me how my counterparts in your Signal Corps could not locate or even jam a normal FM radio station broadcasting on a fixed frequency at fixed timings. Is there more than meets the eye?
I am told that it is difficult for your troops to "fight their own people." But you never had that problem in East Pakistan in 1971, where the atrocities committed by your own troops are well documented in the Hamoodur Rahman Commission Report. Or is it that the Bengalis were never considered "your own" people, influenced as they were by the Hindus across the border? Or is that your troops are terrified by the ruthless barbarians of the Taliban?
Sir, it is imperative that we recognise our enemy without any delay. I use the word "our" advisedly – for the Taliban threat is not far from India's borders. And the only force that can stop them from dragging Pakistan back into the Stone Age is the force that you command. In this historic moment, providence has placed a tremendous responsibility in your hands. Indeed, the fate of your nation, the future of humankind in the subcontinent rests with you. It doesn't matter if it is "my war" or "your war" – it is a war that has to be won. A desperate Swati citizen's desperate lament says it all – "Please drop an atom bomb on us and put us out of our misery!" Do not fail him, sir.
But in the gloom and the ignominy, the average Pakistani citizen has shown us that there is hope yet. The lawyers, the media, have all refused to buckle even under direct threats. It took the Taliban no less than 32 bullets to still the voice of a brave journalist. Yes, there is hope – but why don't we hear the same language from you? Look to these brave hearts, sir – and maybe we shall see the tide turn. Our prayers are with you, and the hapless people of Swat.
The New York Times predicts that Pakistan will collapse in six months. Do you want to go down in history as the man who allowed that to happen?
The writer is a retired colonel of the Indian army who lives in Pune. Email: hbpuri@hotmail.com
The response by a Pakistani.
Dear Mr. Puri,
Sir, let me begin by reminding you of the quip that made rounds all over Asia, right after the 1965 Indo-Pak war: To guarantee defeat, an army should ideally have Indian Generals, Indian Officers, Indian Soldiers, Israeli Equipment and Pakistani enemies.
An Indian Air Marshal that I personally met, told me that in the 1965 war, one Pakistani pilot, brought down 6 Indian AirForce Jets, in less than 60 seconds. Israeli Air Force pilots under Indian command, he said, would be the most hilarious combination possible. Indian Officers he argued, were more into Bollywood Actresses, Killing innocent people in Kashmir and getting their asses kicked in Mumbai by a bunch of amateurs.
As I look at the moments of numerous defeats that Indian Forces face every day in Kashmir, against a bunch of Mujahideen, with an ultra-equipped army of 700,000 troops, I can’t resist recalling his words. The second is the moment when the world witnessed in the war of 1965, the graveyard of 100, 200 no 600 Indian tanks not far from your border.
The surrender of any army is no doubt a sad and humiliating event. And to think of the signing of the Tashkent (ceasefire) agreement to end the 1965 war, after which your Prime Minister Shastri died of heart attack, entertains me with rolls of laughter. The fact that India was once again planning to attack Pakistan in 1986 (during the reign of Gen Zia-ul-Haq) under the wise leadership of Rajiv Gandhi; Rajiv Gandhi, the then PM of India, during his conference with the Indian Generals and top brass of India (to finalise the details of the attack) receives a call from Gen. Zia ul Haq where he reminds Rajiv Gandhi that he also has the copy of the file of plans lying on his (Rajiv Gandhi’s) table for discussion, and then Gen Zia flies all the way to Jaipur (and meets the Indian PM during a cricket match) to return that copy, as a courtesy to the Indian PM to remind him that we might’ve been sleeping, but we’re NOT Dead! – sometimes makes a cunning smile cross my face. That some wars are lost even before they’ve started, is not only shamefully mortifying, but a serious blow to the entire establishment; and is simply a lesson that is taught only once.
I always thought that the Indian Army was far superior to the Pakistan Army, in terms of their Artillery, Infantry, Fighter Fleet and weaponry systems (being provided to them exclusively by Israel), however, President Jiang Zheming reminded us recently in 2002, when India was once again planning to attack Pakistan – that he had never known soldiers more pusillanimous (meaning cowardly) than those that represented the Indian Army. He was of course referring to the fleeing incident of the 1962 Indo-China conflict, where Indian soldiers fled the battleground, and in their haste to “run away”, forgot their weapons, which China later returned to India (it is also said that Chinese army cleaned, polished and removed the rust of the arms being used by Indian Army before returning them). Such total surrender, disgrace, and fleeing the battleground, by men who call themselves “soldiers”, is astonishingly humiliating yet funny.
I have been an analyst, and it beats me how my counterparts in India have been unable to understand the Asamese Freedom fighters, the Kashmir Freedom Fighters, The Naxalites etc. etc. (the list may fill up a page), in over 60 years, and keep on blaming Pakistan for all their woes. Moreover, how the Hindu Extremist parties like the RSS have opened up training camps in densely populated urban areas, training Hindu extremists to burn people alive, and to bring down landmarks as significant as the Babri Masjid, without raising any eyebrows in the Government. Is there more than meets the eye?
We are told that it is tough for your army to counter “your own people”, like the extremists of Bajrang Dal, Vishwa Pareshad and RSS. Whether it be burning of thousands of Muslims alive in Gujrat, or be it the genocide of Christian minorities in Orissa, your security forces simply stand and watch the mass murder of innocent unarmed people.
Mr. Puri, it is imperative that without any further delay, we recognize our enemy. I use the word “our” advisedly because the threat of BJP (which is fully backed by the types of Narindra Modi and parties like RSS, VP and BD) coming into power in the upcoming elections – and putting our borders under serious jeopardy, is quite imminent. Additionally, your army consists of several serving officers like Col. Purohit, who exhibit hostility and hatred towards Pakistanis by bombing innocent civilians in trains (Samjhauta Express). What is more, the BJP did not mind mass murdering people in Mumbai during November last year, simply to prove its point that the Congress Govt. was a major failure, and during the upcoming elections, BJP must win. And framing the “Pakistani terrorists” was the easiest part, because a similar hostile viewpoint is maintained by a vast majority of Hindu population in India.
You remind me of one Pakistani journalist being killed by the so called Taliban Pakistan? Well, ever heard of the Journalists who were “MURDERED IN COLD BLOOD” by Israelis, not by shooting them down with bullets, but by running tanks over them. God knows how many such journalists have been run-over, murdered by Indian Extremist parties in the name of nationalistic planned killings. But believe me, there still are some sane voices in India like Arundhati Roy and Amresh Misra, and it is about time you started thinking rationally and instead of suppressing their voices, gave them some room to express their thoughts, so that BJP does not hi-jack India once again.
Ok, anecdotes aside, on a serious note:
What would you say if we asked you what took the “Indian Commandos”, the Indian NSG and the Israeli Commandos, 60 long hours to control only 10 terrorists who had hijacked Mumbai in less than 60 minutes? You were trying to save as many hostages you say eh? To avoid casualties to the max, isn’t it? Why didn’t the Indian Govt. simply drop bombs over the Taj & Oberoi hotels, (and let’s not forget the Nariman house, where your Israeli friends were busy cooking broth for Pakistan). And you shamelessly suggest we wipe off a complete region just because its got a few black sheep? Ok, it seems to us, Mr. Puri, that either you are not and have never been a part of the Indian Army, or they retired you early due to your childish, infact amusing approach towards solving problems. As to why we decided to stop the operation against these Terrorists of Swat is something beyond your comprehension, and it would be highly recommended for you to stop giving advise to people with more than twice as much experience as you might have. Haven’t you heard the phrase “it is better to remain quiet and let people think you’re a fool instead of speaking up and confirming it”.
As far as the flogging of the girl in Swat is concerned, to which you have attributed your whole letter to our General (COAS), its a fake story. Even if it were true, it is mere punishment. What do you call the burning alive of human beings? This is a far worse threat and insult to humanity than any one could imagine in the 21st century!
Not only the NYT, but the Pentagon, Tel Aviv and Delhi have also expressed their opinion of Pakistan’s collapse in next six months. It doesn’t worry us much, because the sooner we learn about our enemies, the better. Nonetheless, it also clearly tells us about the forces at work in Pakistan trying to tear it apart. But we assure you, that even if we DO break (GOD Forbid), we’ll only break into 4. Think of what will happen if BJP takes over India and starts openly suppressing all the minorities in your population of over 1 billion people. India will break into countless pieces, just like the USSR.
A nice stunt you’ve pulled there, and I completely appreciate it. I hope that you shall equally enjoy our response to your “well-versed” letter. Keep the comedy coming, this is good for the future of both Pakistan and Bharat friendship.
Yours,
Chokore Paratha
An open letter to General Kiyani
Dear Gen Kayani,
Sir, let me begin by recounting that old army quip that did the rounds in the immediate aftermath of World war II: To guarantee victory, an army should ideally have German generals, British officers, Indian soldiers, American equipment and Italian enemies.
A Pakistani soldier that I met in Iraq in 2004 lamented the fact that the Pakistani soldier in Kargil had been badly let down firstly by Nawaz Sharif and then by the Pakistani officers' cadre. Pakistani soldiers led by Indian officers, , he believed, would be the most fearsome combination possible. Pakistani officers, he went on to say, were more into real estate, defence housing colonies and the like.
As I look at two photographs of surrender that lie before me, I can't help recalling his words. The first is the celebrated event at Dhaka on Dec 16, 1971, which now adorns most Army messes in Delhi and Calcutta. The second, sir, is the video of a teenage girl being flogged by the Taliban in Swat -- not far, I am sure, from one of your Army check posts.
The surrender by any Army is always a sad and humiliating event. Gen Niazi surrendered in Dhaka to a professional army that had outnumbered and outfought him. No Pakistani has been able to get over that humiliation, and 16th December is remembered as a black day by the Pakistani Army and the Pakistani state. But battles are won and lost – armies know this, and having learnt their lessons, they move on.
But much more sadly, the video of the teenager being flogged represents an even more abject surrender by the Pakistani Army. The surrender in 1971, though humiliating, was not disgraceful. This time around, sir, what happened on your watch was something no Army commander should have to live through. The girl could have been your own daughter, or mine.
I have always maintained that the Pakistani Army, like its Indian counterpart, is a thoroughly professional outfit. It has fought valiantly in the three wars against India, and also accredited itself well in its UN missions abroad. It is, therefore, by no means a pushover. The instance of an Infantry unit, led by a lieutenant colonel, meekly laying down arms before 20-odd militants should have been an aberration. But this capitulation in Swat, that too so soon after your own visit to the area, is an assault on the sensibilities of any soldier. What did you tell your soldiers? What great inspirational speech did you make that made your troops back off without a murmur? Sir, I have fought insurgency in Kashmir as well as the North-East, but despite the occasional losses suffered (as is bound to be the case in counter-insurgency operations), such total surrender is unthinkable.
I have been a signaller, and it beats me how my counterparts in your Signal Corps could not locate or even jam a normal FM radio station broadcasting on a fixed frequency at fixed timings. Is there more than meets the eye?
I am told that it is difficult for your troops to "fight their own people." But you never had that problem in East Pakistan in 1971, where the atrocities committed by your own troops are well documented in the Hamoodur Rahman Commission Report. Or is it that the Bengalis were never considered "your own" people, influenced as they were by the Hindus across the border? Or is that your troops are terrified by the ruthless barbarians of the Taliban?
Sir, it is imperative that we recognise our enemy without any delay. I use the word "our" advisedly – for the Taliban threat is not far from India's borders. And the only force that can stop them from dragging Pakistan back into the Stone Age is the force that you command. In this historic moment, providence has placed a tremendous responsibility in your hands. Indeed, the fate of your nation, the future of humankind in the subcontinent rests with you. It doesn't matter if it is "my war" or "your war" – it is a war that has to be won. A desperate Swati citizen's desperate lament says it all – "Please drop an atom bomb on us and put us out of our misery!" Do not fail him, sir.
But in the gloom and the ignominy, the average Pakistani citizen has shown us that there is hope yet. The lawyers, the media, have all refused to buckle even under direct threats. It took the Taliban no less than 32 bullets to still the voice of a brave journalist. Yes, there is hope – but why don't we hear the same language from you? Look to these brave hearts, sir – and maybe we shall see the tide turn. Our prayers are with you, and the hapless people of Swat.
The New York Times predicts that Pakistan will collapse in six months. Do you want to go down in history as the man who allowed that to happen?
The writer is a retired colonel of the Indian army who lives in Pune. Email: hbpuri@hotmail.com
The response by a Pakistani.
Dear Mr. Puri,
Sir, let me begin by reminding you of the quip that made rounds all over Asia, right after the 1965 Indo-Pak war: To guarantee defeat, an army should ideally have Indian Generals, Indian Officers, Indian Soldiers, Israeli Equipment and Pakistani enemies.
An Indian Air Marshal that I personally met, told me that in the 1965 war, one Pakistani pilot, brought down 6 Indian AirForce Jets, in less than 60 seconds. Israeli Air Force pilots under Indian command, he said, would be the most hilarious combination possible. Indian Officers he argued, were more into Bollywood Actresses, Killing innocent people in Kashmir and getting their asses kicked in Mumbai by a bunch of amateurs.
As I look at the moments of numerous defeats that Indian Forces face every day in Kashmir, against a bunch of Mujahideen, with an ultra-equipped army of 700,000 troops, I can’t resist recalling his words. The second is the moment when the world witnessed in the war of 1965, the graveyard of 100, 200 no 600 Indian tanks not far from your border.
The surrender of any army is no doubt a sad and humiliating event. And to think of the signing of the Tashkent (ceasefire) agreement to end the 1965 war, after which your Prime Minister Shastri died of heart attack, entertains me with rolls of laughter. The fact that India was once again planning to attack Pakistan in 1986 (during the reign of Gen Zia-ul-Haq) under the wise leadership of Rajiv Gandhi; Rajiv Gandhi, the then PM of India, during his conference with the Indian Generals and top brass of India (to finalise the details of the attack) receives a call from Gen. Zia ul Haq where he reminds Rajiv Gandhi that he also has the copy of the file of plans lying on his (Rajiv Gandhi’s) table for discussion, and then Gen Zia flies all the way to Jaipur (and meets the Indian PM during a cricket match) to return that copy, as a courtesy to the Indian PM to remind him that we might’ve been sleeping, but we’re NOT Dead! – sometimes makes a cunning smile cross my face. That some wars are lost even before they’ve started, is not only shamefully mortifying, but a serious blow to the entire establishment; and is simply a lesson that is taught only once.
I always thought that the Indian Army was far superior to the Pakistan Army, in terms of their Artillery, Infantry, Fighter Fleet and weaponry systems (being provided to them exclusively by Israel), however, President Jiang Zheming reminded us recently in 2002, when India was once again planning to attack Pakistan – that he had never known soldiers more pusillanimous (meaning cowardly) than those that represented the Indian Army. He was of course referring to the fleeing incident of the 1962 Indo-China conflict, where Indian soldiers fled the battleground, and in their haste to “run away”, forgot their weapons, which China later returned to India (it is also said that Chinese army cleaned, polished and removed the rust of the arms being used by Indian Army before returning them). Such total surrender, disgrace, and fleeing the battleground, by men who call themselves “soldiers”, is astonishingly humiliating yet funny.
I have been an analyst, and it beats me how my counterparts in India have been unable to understand the Asamese Freedom fighters, the Kashmir Freedom Fighters, The Naxalites etc. etc. (the list may fill up a page), in over 60 years, and keep on blaming Pakistan for all their woes. Moreover, how the Hindu Extremist parties like the RSS have opened up training camps in densely populated urban areas, training Hindu extremists to burn people alive, and to bring down landmarks as significant as the Babri Masjid, without raising any eyebrows in the Government. Is there more than meets the eye?
We are told that it is tough for your army to counter “your own people”, like the extremists of Bajrang Dal, Vishwa Pareshad and RSS. Whether it be burning of thousands of Muslims alive in Gujrat, or be it the genocide of Christian minorities in Orissa, your security forces simply stand and watch the mass murder of innocent unarmed people.
Mr. Puri, it is imperative that without any further delay, we recognize our enemy. I use the word “our” advisedly because the threat of BJP (which is fully backed by the types of Narindra Modi and parties like RSS, VP and BD) coming into power in the upcoming elections – and putting our borders under serious jeopardy, is quite imminent. Additionally, your army consists of several serving officers like Col. Purohit, who exhibit hostility and hatred towards Pakistanis by bombing innocent civilians in trains (Samjhauta Express). What is more, the BJP did not mind mass murdering people in Mumbai during November last year, simply to prove its point that the Congress Govt. was a major failure, and during the upcoming elections, BJP must win. And framing the “Pakistani terrorists” was the easiest part, because a similar hostile viewpoint is maintained by a vast majority of Hindu population in India.
You remind me of one Pakistani journalist being killed by the so called Taliban Pakistan? Well, ever heard of the Journalists who were “MURDERED IN COLD BLOOD” by Israelis, not by shooting them down with bullets, but by running tanks over them. God knows how many such journalists have been run-over, murdered by Indian Extremist parties in the name of nationalistic planned killings. But believe me, there still are some sane voices in India like Arundhati Roy and Amresh Misra, and it is about time you started thinking rationally and instead of suppressing their voices, gave them some room to express their thoughts, so that BJP does not hi-jack India once again.
Ok, anecdotes aside, on a serious note:
What would you say if we asked you what took the “Indian Commandos”, the Indian NSG and the Israeli Commandos, 60 long hours to control only 10 terrorists who had hijacked Mumbai in less than 60 minutes? You were trying to save as many hostages you say eh? To avoid casualties to the max, isn’t it? Why didn’t the Indian Govt. simply drop bombs over the Taj & Oberoi hotels, (and let’s not forget the Nariman house, where your Israeli friends were busy cooking broth for Pakistan). And you shamelessly suggest we wipe off a complete region just because its got a few black sheep? Ok, it seems to us, Mr. Puri, that either you are not and have never been a part of the Indian Army, or they retired you early due to your childish, infact amusing approach towards solving problems. As to why we decided to stop the operation against these Terrorists of Swat is something beyond your comprehension, and it would be highly recommended for you to stop giving advise to people with more than twice as much experience as you might have. Haven’t you heard the phrase “it is better to remain quiet and let people think you’re a fool instead of speaking up and confirming it”.
As far as the flogging of the girl in Swat is concerned, to which you have attributed your whole letter to our General (COAS), its a fake story. Even if it were true, it is mere punishment. What do you call the burning alive of human beings? This is a far worse threat and insult to humanity than any one could imagine in the 21st century!
Not only the NYT, but the Pentagon, Tel Aviv and Delhi have also expressed their opinion of Pakistan’s collapse in next six months. It doesn’t worry us much, because the sooner we learn about our enemies, the better. Nonetheless, it also clearly tells us about the forces at work in Pakistan trying to tear it apart. But we assure you, that even if we DO break (GOD Forbid), we’ll only break into 4. Think of what will happen if BJP takes over India and starts openly suppressing all the minorities in your population of over 1 billion people. India will break into countless pieces, just like the USSR.
A nice stunt you’ve pulled there, and I completely appreciate it. I hope that you shall equally enjoy our response to your “well-versed” letter. Keep the comedy coming, this is good for the future of both Pakistan and Bharat friendship.
Yours,
Chokore Paratha
Monday, March 30, 2009
Sigh...
No one knows about the investigation of the 3/3 attack, if at all it is being carried out. Similarly people will forget 3/30 attack in due time. No one will ever know who did it and the culprits wouldn't be captured let alone prosecuted.
Stupid Rehman Malik's stupid remark that Baitullah Masood's group is involved strengthens my view that it has been done to pave way for America. This is to reinforce the idea that Taliban have got a strong hold in Pakistan and that America needs to come and wipe them out. They are going to pay $1.5 billion per year. Thats not for nothing. This money is to shut the mouth of those officials who say that they condemn American attacks. America is already talking about Quetta. Taliban have fled from Afghanistan to FATA, from FATA to Quetta, soon it will be Punjab and Sindh. And America WILL attack Quetta but slowly and smoothly, just like the attacks in FATA were declared mistakes in the beginning and then these mistakes became regular. Obama is poor guy. He is weak. As I said when he was elected that there would be NO change in America's policy. Her advancements wouldn't stop. She wouldn't quit Afghanistan or Iraq in near future. And that she would try her best to get Pakistan. But will the Pakistanis allow her to get them that easy? Lets see.
Stupid Rehman Malik's stupid remark that Baitullah Masood's group is involved strengthens my view that it has been done to pave way for America. This is to reinforce the idea that Taliban have got a strong hold in Pakistan and that America needs to come and wipe them out. They are going to pay $1.5 billion per year. Thats not for nothing. This money is to shut the mouth of those officials who say that they condemn American attacks. America is already talking about Quetta. Taliban have fled from Afghanistan to FATA, from FATA to Quetta, soon it will be Punjab and Sindh. And America WILL attack Quetta but slowly and smoothly, just like the attacks in FATA were declared mistakes in the beginning and then these mistakes became regular. Obama is poor guy. He is weak. As I said when he was elected that there would be NO change in America's policy. Her advancements wouldn't stop. She wouldn't quit Afghanistan or Iraq in near future. And that she would try her best to get Pakistan. But will the Pakistanis allow her to get them that easy? Lets see.
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
To the martyrs
I'm not a writer but I still had this block. I couldn't write. And now suddenly I have a lot to write about.
A friend broke the news to us in the university. We showed the obvious reaction. With this attack on Sri Lankan players I thought the sports in Pakistan are over too. First they tried to bring an end to cultural activities by attacking the Arts Festival.
The only autopsy labs in Lahore are in our university, King Edward Medical University. All bodies are brought there. When we heard that they had brought the bodies of the Liberty carnage victims, we ran off to see them. There were six Edhi ambulances parked in the garage of Forensic Department, one body each. I stood there for a long time. There were people, two groups. One, the relatives and colleagues of the deceased, crying, shrieking, in deep shock. If I could understand one word that they were uttering, that was ALLAH. The other was the spectator group, not crying apparently, but their faces showed what they felt. From a few of them I could hear the word 'India'. Then there were the passers by who came, saw and went indifferently, again apparently. Some were coming back from Al-Karim Bakery; eating sandwiches and patties and drinking juices and I was like 'WTF, can't they just stop eating for a while, at least when they are passing by the ambulances? Can't they just stop there for a while and show that they feel, that they care, that they are human beings too? Can't they stand there and offer Fatiha, console the crying and show some solidarity? Can't they stop laughing for a while?' Or was it just me? Do I feel too much? Some people would say, 'kya hai yaar, roz hi to hota hai ye sab kuch, theek hai jo hona tha ho gaya, kya karain ab, move on.' I made this little over there
One of my friend's eyes welled up, I saw our Forensic demonstrator crying. Then I heard the siren of another ambulance and I thought, 'Oh no, another.' A guy asked a policeman who survived, 'None of the attackers were killed?' He replied, 'It takes a little while to load the rifles, we didn't even have time for that.' But I salute those martyrs who, as soon as they heard the firing, came out of their vans and surrounded the bus which was carrying the Sri Lankan players. This is exemplary braveness. I saw their blood, dripping from the edges of the ambulances and on the stretcher, gore, which had now become semi solid, black. Only if I could preserve it, the blood of the martyrs.
Later, Dr. Sajid was taking our class in his office. His cell rang. I could tell that someone just told him what had happened. He said after hanging up,
'Congratulations, Sri Lankan team has been attacked.'
'Yeah, we know Sir'
'Kitnay afsoos ki baat hai, agar ab bhi government na bolay to lanat hai in pe'
'Exactly Sir, this is so clear who has done it'
'Khair dafa karo, lets get back to the topic, so pyogenic meningitis has an acute history of headache, fever and vomiting while the history of tuberculous meningitis extends over weeks and months....you know Pakistan ke mukaddar main foj hi likhi hai, we can't go in normal way' Then he concluded his lecture way before time.
On my way back home the roads were deserted although, it were the rush hours and usually it takes my about 40 minutes to travel 12 kilometers. I must have reached back in half the time. There was harsh wind blowing which caused the leaves from the trees to fall down all along the Mall and Canal Road. It was cloudy. Water in the canal was stagnant; it flows otherwise. I felt they were all protesting. Pathetic fallacy? Is it just me?
A friend broke the news to us in the university. We showed the obvious reaction. With this attack on Sri Lankan players I thought the sports in Pakistan are over too. First they tried to bring an end to cultural activities by attacking the Arts Festival.
The only autopsy labs in Lahore are in our university, King Edward Medical University. All bodies are brought there. When we heard that they had brought the bodies of the Liberty carnage victims, we ran off to see them. There were six Edhi ambulances parked in the garage of Forensic Department, one body each. I stood there for a long time. There were people, two groups. One, the relatives and colleagues of the deceased, crying, shrieking, in deep shock. If I could understand one word that they were uttering, that was ALLAH. The other was the spectator group, not crying apparently, but their faces showed what they felt. From a few of them I could hear the word 'India'. Then there were the passers by who came, saw and went indifferently, again apparently. Some were coming back from Al-Karim Bakery; eating sandwiches and patties and drinking juices and I was like 'WTF, can't they just stop eating for a while, at least when they are passing by the ambulances? Can't they just stop there for a while and show that they feel, that they care, that they are human beings too? Can't they stand there and offer Fatiha, console the crying and show some solidarity? Can't they stop laughing for a while?' Or was it just me? Do I feel too much? Some people would say, 'kya hai yaar, roz hi to hota hai ye sab kuch, theek hai jo hona tha ho gaya, kya karain ab, move on.' I made this little over there
One of my friend's eyes welled up, I saw our Forensic demonstrator crying. Then I heard the siren of another ambulance and I thought, 'Oh no, another.' A guy asked a policeman who survived, 'None of the attackers were killed?' He replied, 'It takes a little while to load the rifles, we didn't even have time for that.' But I salute those martyrs who, as soon as they heard the firing, came out of their vans and surrounded the bus which was carrying the Sri Lankan players. This is exemplary braveness. I saw their blood, dripping from the edges of the ambulances and on the stretcher, gore, which had now become semi solid, black. Only if I could preserve it, the blood of the martyrs.
Later, Dr. Sajid was taking our class in his office. His cell rang. I could tell that someone just told him what had happened. He said after hanging up,
'Congratulations, Sri Lankan team has been attacked.'
'Yeah, we know Sir'
'Kitnay afsoos ki baat hai, agar ab bhi government na bolay to lanat hai in pe'
'Exactly Sir, this is so clear who has done it'
'Khair dafa karo, lets get back to the topic, so pyogenic meningitis has an acute history of headache, fever and vomiting while the history of tuberculous meningitis extends over weeks and months....you know Pakistan ke mukaddar main foj hi likhi hai, we can't go in normal way' Then he concluded his lecture way before time.
On my way back home the roads were deserted although, it were the rush hours and usually it takes my about 40 minutes to travel 12 kilometers. I must have reached back in half the time. There was harsh wind blowing which caused the leaves from the trees to fall down all along the Mall and Canal Road. It was cloudy. Water in the canal was stagnant; it flows otherwise. I felt they were all protesting. Pathetic fallacy? Is it just me?
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Reasons to be proud of
*Lahore Grammar School (LGS) has won the Asian Regional Space Settlement Design Competition 2009 organized by NASA in India. The team comprised of two Indian schools too. They brought home a trophy which has an actual meteorite fixed in it. Wow! Congratulations LGS. Thank you for making us proud. (Source: Dawn)
*A Pakistani student, one Saad Waqar, has set a world record by securing highest marks in maths and physics in A-level exams. (Source: Nawa-e-waqt)
*Ali Moeen Nawazish of Rawalpindi has brought worldwide recognition to Pakistan by blazing his way into the Guinness Book of World Records, clearing 23 A-Level subjects and securing A Grade in 21 of them. The previous record was 13. (Read more and on Wikipedia)
Congratulations and thank you all! :-)
*A Pakistani student, one Saad Waqar, has set a world record by securing highest marks in maths and physics in A-level exams. (Source: Nawa-e-waqt)
*Ali Moeen Nawazish of Rawalpindi has brought worldwide recognition to Pakistan by blazing his way into the Guinness Book of World Records, clearing 23 A-Level subjects and securing A Grade in 21 of them. The previous record was 13. (Read more and on Wikipedia)
Congratulations and thank you all! :-)
Friday, January 16, 2009
Height of stupidity
"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." (Albert Einstein)
Sorry Mr. Jinnah, we are ashamed...once again.
Sorry Mr. Jinnah, we are ashamed...once again.
Monday, December 22, 2008
Being in war
I don't want war, no one does. But I've frequently imagined my self in it, like in those second world war movies where I and other companions are hiding in a destructed place in some old building killing any enemy who passes by. :-D And today I heard the fighter planes flying across.
I was having lunch when I heard the first one. The sound was so clear and distinct from the regular passenger planes and those two seater training planes that fly daily above my house. Then there was another. Mom came in, contended, smiling. Before she could say anything, I asked to confirm, 'Mom those were fighter planes right?' (Just a day before she was relating the 1971 war and how there were black outs at night and how they used to hear the fighter planes.) She replied in affirmative still smiling. When I heard another, I ran out hurriedly to see it but couldn't. Later I heard on different TV channels that people went on their roofs raising slogans of Allah-o-Akbar and in favor of Pakistan Air Force. My aunt told that she was in a market when the planes passed and that all people in the shops came out on the road and started looking up at the sky. No one was afraid.
I've been seeing planes in my dreams for the past couple of days. I saw one being hit by a missile and falling, like a mile away from me. :-D Though the wars would now be very advanced, planes and missiles and all that and the actual participation of common people without training seems difficult, as was possible in older times, and I don't know how many will be left after a week or two of war this time, but God forbid if such a time comes that the government has to ask for the recruitment of common people, then we will go and fight. :-) We will fight for Pakistan.
I was having lunch when I heard the first one. The sound was so clear and distinct from the regular passenger planes and those two seater training planes that fly daily above my house. Then there was another. Mom came in, contended, smiling. Before she could say anything, I asked to confirm, 'Mom those were fighter planes right?' (Just a day before she was relating the 1971 war and how there were black outs at night and how they used to hear the fighter planes.) She replied in affirmative still smiling. When I heard another, I ran out hurriedly to see it but couldn't. Later I heard on different TV channels that people went on their roofs raising slogans of Allah-o-Akbar and in favor of Pakistan Air Force. My aunt told that she was in a market when the planes passed and that all people in the shops came out on the road and started looking up at the sky. No one was afraid.
I've been seeing planes in my dreams for the past couple of days. I saw one being hit by a missile and falling, like a mile away from me. :-D Though the wars would now be very advanced, planes and missiles and all that and the actual participation of common people without training seems difficult, as was possible in older times, and I don't know how many will be left after a week or two of war this time, but God forbid if such a time comes that the government has to ask for the recruitment of common people, then we will go and fight. :-) We will fight for Pakistan.
Thursday, December 18, 2008
The other world: Pakistan and Youth
Aik roz subah sawairay meri beewi iqbal ne muhjhay jagaya. wo sakht ghabrai howi thi. us ne honto per ungli rakhi howi thi.
Mumtaz Mufti, Alakh Nagri
Mera bazoo pakar ker wo mujhay baramday main le ai. wo dekho, us ne sehan main bichay howay takht ki taraf ishara kia. takht per Aksi (Mumtaz Mufti's son) betha tha. us ka chehra doosri janib tha.
Main isay sihan main baithay dekh ker hairan howa. is liye ke wo kabhi sehan main na baitha tha or subah sawairay kabhi nahi jaga tha. in dino so CSS imtehan ki tyari main masroof tha, is liye raat ke aik do bajay tak parhta rehta tha.
behar soorat main Aksi ke kareeb gaya.
is ne mu mor ker meri taraf dekha. khof se meri cheekh nikal gaye. is ka mu sooja howa tha. chehra masakh ho raha tha. ankhain surkh theen or yoon jal rahi theen jaisay koilay dehaktay hain.
mujhay khof zada daikh ker us ne apni abnormal kaifiyat ko dabanay ki shadeed koshish ki jis ki wajah se us ka chehra or bhi bhayanak ho gaya. bola, kuch bhi nahi abu kuch bhi to nahi.
kuch to hai, mainay kaha.
nahi nahi, wo bola, koi khas baat nahi. aik aam sa mushahida hai. jo pakistan ke nojawano ko ho ga. ap ko bhi ho ga.
aik mushahida aik vision, wo bola, pakistan ki aanay wali azmat ka vision. raat ke pichlay pehar sooraj meray kamray main ghus aaya. us wakt us main hiddat nahi thi, sirf noor hi noor tha. main chaka chond ho gaya. abu, wo sooraj simat ker pakistan ban gaya. ye keh ker wo khamosh ho gaya. der tak chup chap baitha fiza ko ghoorta raha. us wakt us ke chehray per diwangi ke asrat bilkul numayan thay. kuch der ke baad us ne meri janib mu mora bola, abu ye mushahida bohat so ko ho ga. sab is ka tamasha karain gay.
wo phir khamosh ho gaya.
kuch der baad bola, aap pakistan ko nahi jantay abu, nahi jantay. us ki awaaz phati phati thi jaisay koi dara howa ho, sehma howa ho. aap nahi jantay wo kehnay laga, laikin main janta hoon, mainay apni aankho se dekha hai, laikin main bata nahi sakta ke kya dekha hai. isay bayan nahi kia ja sakta, sirf mushahida kia ja sakta hai.
wo phir khamosh ho gaya or tiktiki bandh ker fiza main dekhnay laga, jaisay beetay howay ko phir se beet raha ho.
abu, wo phir bola, pakistan ne duniya ki rahnumai karni hai. duniya ko rasta dikhana hai. ab main civil servant hoon. mujhay pakistan ki chakri ata kar di gaye hai. bohat so ko ye chakri ata ki jaye gi, bohat so ko. ab mujhay mutalia karna hai, mutalia, mutalia, mutalia
us din ke baad Aksi k mamoolat badal gaye. us ne namazain parhni shuru kar dee
Mumtaz Mufti, Alakh Nagri
I never looked at CSS and government service this way. That's a thing of honour. Those who get it have a chance to get their world hereafter made beautiful. Medicine can also mean the same too. Just depends on the person and his 'niyyat'. This book gives another objective of doing M.B;B.S. Serving Pakistan
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Testing testing...
After the success of American 'mistakes', now presenting the Indian 'mistakes'. Why did these mistakes never occur in the past seven years? Why just after the rising tension? And why did these mistakes occur at two separate times? Why did the PM had to say just a day before that we hope that they won't launch an air strike? (They were expecting it, surely?). What wrenches the heart more is not the attack per se but the response of the our 'leaders'. Everyone here is shouting against the violation but those in the government. Not a single strong, aggressive statement while their counterpart is taking advantage of this very leniency perhaps? Threatening to strike the 'terrorist' spots in our land, backed up by the west. Couldn't the President today, while assuring the world again to act against the terrorists also assure the his nation that Pakistan will retaliate with full force against any external incursion? Just this simple statement would have meant a lot. We, on the other hand, as a faithful dog, have already begun to obey their orders by launching an operation against Jama'at-ud-Da'wah without any proof.
I've always longed to see miracles. But I see this miracle here: the existence of Pakistan for the past sixty one years. It's creation doesn't seem such a big deal in front of how Pakistan has survived in the past years.
I've always longed to see miracles. But I see this miracle here: the existence of Pakistan for the past sixty one years. It's creation doesn't seem such a big deal in front of how Pakistan has survived in the past years.
Thursday, December 11, 2008
American control?
Dad said he thinks that Americans have got some, if not all, control over the nuclear assets of Pakistan. That is why India is being so fearless. Well, that scared me a bit. But I want to remain optimistic. I want to think that it's just because of the very weak and irresponsible leadership that every one putting pressure on us. Atomic bomb is the only thing we have. That gone, then every thing gone. But that is not supposed to happen. No.
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Destroying the first line of defense
I feel sorry for ALL those killed in the Mumbai carnage. Even the Indians have no proof of Pakistani involvement in the Mumbai attacks as yet and this video goes on to say that ISI is behind EVERY terrorist attack in the world. Why they are all after ISI, I found my answer from Gen. Hamid Gul. He said that ISI is the first line of defense of the country. Destroying ISI would mean depriving a person of his ears and eyes and thus making it easy for the predators to attack. Let us for a while believe that ISI IS behind every attack in the world. Then thinking it from another perspective, I say that ISI is the most powerful organization of the world. It can do whatever it wants, anywhere it wants. And all other intelligence agencies of the world are so inferior to it that they never get the slightest idea of what ISI is upto.
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Another 9/11
Javed Chaudhry said that when the former president Musharraf had decided to resign he started meeting various journalists, one of whom was he. Musharraf told him that the Americans are fearing another attack like that of 9/11. They think that its plan is being devised in Pakistan and if such an attack does occur the Americans will need no other reason to strike. They will do to Pakistan what they did to Afghanistan.
Now that would be the best way for America to invade Pakistan and perhaps after killing millions of people they might say, 'Oops, there aren't any terrorists here. It was just a mistake, we were misguided.' I don't understand what problem have they got from Pakistan. If they were that committed, that friendly, that sincere they would have tried to make the Pak-Afghan border more secure, they would have tried to educate the people of FATA, they would have to make FATA and NWFP developed states by opening education institutions, industries etc. But they just want to kill people. And now that they are trying to enter Gen. Hamid Gull's name in the list of terrorists, I have no doubt left that they are not our friends. What problem have they got from a retired Deputy General of ISI who just sits and appears on the talk shows. Is it because he is anti American? It being the case, half of the world stands terrorist!
Now that would be the best way for America to invade Pakistan and perhaps after killing millions of people they might say, 'Oops, there aren't any terrorists here. It was just a mistake, we were misguided.' I don't understand what problem have they got from Pakistan. If they were that committed, that friendly, that sincere they would have tried to make the Pak-Afghan border more secure, they would have tried to educate the people of FATA, they would have to make FATA and NWFP developed states by opening education institutions, industries etc. But they just want to kill people. And now that they are trying to enter Gen. Hamid Gull's name in the list of terrorists, I have no doubt left that they are not our friends. What problem have they got from a retired Deputy General of ISI who just sits and appears on the talk shows. Is it because he is anti American? It being the case, half of the world stands terrorist!
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
On the foot steps of America
Even if they hadn't called it their 9/11 it would have reminded me of the event, not because of the hugeness of it but because of India's reaction to it: blaming Pakistan without any evidence so blatantly, demanding people and threatening to strike Pakistani areas. (But it will not, seriously, I don't think they have enough courage). And now I have no doubt left in my mind that India has not accepted Pakistan up till now and that they can't miss any opportunity to hurt/blame/strike Pakistan.
One of the ways to guess the culprit of an event is to see who gets the maximum benefit. Looking at the Mumbai event I think India has got the most benefits and Pakistan is in all disadvantage.
*They are getting sympathies from all over the world and this is a plus point politically.
*The Kashmir problem which was emerging in a new way and was gaining strength has been totally sidelined. Obama announced to play the role of arbitrator in the Kashmir issue and India's reaction was worth watching. They immediately sent a group to America to give briefing to Obama and his colleagues about the Kashmir issue. They have got rid of it for the time being.
*BJP has got political advantages as the elections are coming by. As was in the news that BJP distributed pamphlets saying 'If you want to get rid of terrorism then vote for BJP'
*Another advantage went to RAW. When the Samjhota Express incidence took place, India immediately blamed Pakistan for it. Later investigations showed that their own Colonel was responsible for burning down 62 Pakistanis alive and who had contacts with RAW. This Colonel was convicted and some terrorism squad was investigating the case. Luckily for the Colonel all the members of the team, including their head, were killed in Taj Hotel.
*They have got yet another reason to blame and threat Pakistan. America and India both have said that if Pakistan doesn't do something about the terrorist (as if what it is already doing is not enough) then they will attack the terrorist places inside Pakistan.
Pakistan on the other hand has all the disadvantages due to these attacks. The only benefit I see is that this incidence has showed once again that who is a friend and who is not, which the Pakistanis tend to forget very soon.
One of the ways to guess the culprit of an event is to see who gets the maximum benefit. Looking at the Mumbai event I think India has got the most benefits and Pakistan is in all disadvantage.
*They are getting sympathies from all over the world and this is a plus point politically.
*The Kashmir problem which was emerging in a new way and was gaining strength has been totally sidelined. Obama announced to play the role of arbitrator in the Kashmir issue and India's reaction was worth watching. They immediately sent a group to America to give briefing to Obama and his colleagues about the Kashmir issue. They have got rid of it for the time being.
*BJP has got political advantages as the elections are coming by. As was in the news that BJP distributed pamphlets saying 'If you want to get rid of terrorism then vote for BJP'
*Another advantage went to RAW. When the Samjhota Express incidence took place, India immediately blamed Pakistan for it. Later investigations showed that their own Colonel was responsible for burning down 62 Pakistanis alive and who had contacts with RAW. This Colonel was convicted and some terrorism squad was investigating the case. Luckily for the Colonel all the members of the team, including their head, were killed in Taj Hotel.
*They have got yet another reason to blame and threat Pakistan. America and India both have said that if Pakistan doesn't do something about the terrorist (as if what it is already doing is not enough) then they will attack the terrorist places inside Pakistan.
Pakistan on the other hand has all the disadvantages due to these attacks. The only benefit I see is that this incidence has showed once again that who is a friend and who is not, which the Pakistanis tend to forget very soon.
Monday, December 1, 2008
My strength
The enemies of Pakistan. They give me strength. Yes, they do. They give me reasons to love my country even more. Whenever they attack Pakistan, whenever they try to defame Pakistan, whenever they talk bad of Pakistan they make me proud of my country.
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Rock night: three blasts
The enemy has succeeded in what it wanted exactly. It is crippling the people mentally. It is isolating Pakistan. The blasts at WPAF were an excellent success to further tatter the image of Pakistan and to prevent any foreigners coming here again. That would be the end of all the activities in Lahore. Cultural or sports or other. People are already afraid, now they will be even more. Mum and Dad straight away prohibited me from going to the festival today which I had a plan. We are smoothly and fast heading towards a big war.
To Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan, with love
I always wondered why we lack scientific minds. A part of the answer might be that because of what we do to the very few such people that we have. We hand over our neuro-scientists to America and we lock up our nuclear scientists. Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan is an asset. People say that he should have been made the president of the country. But I think that he should have been allowed to continue research work. He should have been allowed to establish universities, attract students to this his field and deliver lectures throughout the universities in the country. He should have been allowed to transfer his knowledge to the relevant people and to create minds like his. He should have been awarded with money and all the facilities that our non deserving ministers get to receive.
Even if he were involved in any nuclear trafficking, he should have been defended because he is OUR OWN. Being a Pakistani the government should have tried to cover up his faults and mistakes if there were any. As regard the accusations of other countries, if the government was not able to deny them straight forwardly, it could have handled the situation in a political and diplomatic manner. Like giving statements that 'we condemn it and we will conduct a trial' and actually not doing it or something like that.
Dear Dr. Khan,
Please forgive us, for what we did to you. Our heads are bowed and we are ashamed. We are just not aware or may be we are just too selfish. May Allah give you courage and health and make you able to produce like-minds and do more for the country.
Even if he were involved in any nuclear trafficking, he should have been defended because he is OUR OWN. Being a Pakistani the government should have tried to cover up his faults and mistakes if there were any. As regard the accusations of other countries, if the government was not able to deny them straight forwardly, it could have handled the situation in a political and diplomatic manner. Like giving statements that 'we condemn it and we will conduct a trial' and actually not doing it or something like that.
Dear Dr. Khan,
Please forgive us, for what we did to you. Our heads are bowed and we are ashamed. We are just not aware or may be we are just too selfish. May Allah give you courage and health and make you able to produce like-minds and do more for the country.
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