At the Lahore ijtemah (gathering) of his party he spoke glowingly of the idea of ‘qataal-fi-sabeel-Allah’ – the mass cutting of heads in the way of the Lord, or to serve the cause of righteousness – righteousness as understood by the likes of Syed Munawwar Hasan. This is exactly the philosophy of not just Al-Qaeda and the Taliban but of the Islamic State of the Most Revered Caliph Al-Baghdadi. Without ‘qataal-fi-sabeel-Allah’, said this mufti of Islam, there could be no Islamic revolution. What the government should be doing, what it should have done, is to wrest the initiative from Imran Khan by (1) moving fast on the Model Town inquiry and letting the axe fall where it would; (2) announcing local elections; and (3) announcing electoral reforms. But movement requires life and vigour. From a patient dazed and stretched out there can be no such expectation. When our ‘hidden forces’ moved against Geo network, the local cable operator in Chakwal got a call from someone from ‘khufia’, asking him whether Geo was being shown. He said yes. The next day he got another call and when he said it was still being shown, the caller asked, “tenun ajey bhi samajh naye aayi?” You still haven’t understood? He was quick to disconnect the network. The same question can be put to the government regarding the Musharraf trial... “tuanoo hun bhi samajh nahi aaye?” You still haven’t understood? The government says it has survived the opposition onslaught. If being buffeted by the winds from all sides is anyone’s idea of survival, what would extinction look like?
Posted on: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 06:31:25 +0000
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