Nothing Seems To Be Left Of Islam In Islamic Country Pakistan

By New Age Islam Staff Writer 23 May 2023 Even The Term Jungle Raj Would Be Inappropriate For Pakistan ----- The 'Poet of the East' Allama Iqbal had sowed the seed of the idea of Pakistan by proposing that a confederation of Muslim majority states in the north west of India should be given autonomy so that the Muslims could work for their economic and political prosperity. He egged Mr Jinnah on to take up the cause of the new state within India and gradually the idea of Pakistan evolved. Though Iqbal 's defenders say that he did not proposed an independent and separate state for Muslims carved out of India, they cannot deny that the seeds of separatism in the Muslim mind was sown by him and the idea of a separate state which was later called Pakistan grew out of the seed of separatism. Iqbal's proposal of a separate state for Muslims came from his fear of Hindus and he had argued that after the independence, the Muslims would be in a minority and so they would be dominated and suppressed by the majority community. Today his idea of a separate state for Muslims has proved wrong. Pakistan has proved to be a failed state. Pakistan is in a total mess. A civil war like situation prevails in the country. The country is in a debt trap with its foreign reserves below $ 3 billion. The regime change at the instance of the army last year has proved disastrous because of the bad governance of the PDM government. Imran Khan's government was toppled by an unholy nexus of army and the PDM, an alliance of different political parties but has not been able to provide political stability and economic relief to the country. To make matters worse, the Shahbaz government and the Election Commission off Pakistan have failed to hold elections to the Punjab and Khaibar Pakhtunkhwa assemblies despite the Supreme court order to hold elections, within 90 days. The deadline ended on 14 May, 2023 and the government and the Election Commission are facing contempt of court charges but the judiciary appears to be too helpless to take any step against the two. Imran Khan has proved to be the goliath to the all powerful army. The Shahbaz government and the army do not find the courage to hold the elections for the fear that he might come back with a majority as a recent survey has revealed that Imran Khan is the most popular political leader of Pakistan and his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf is supported by 70 per cent population. Therefore, The Shahbaz government-Army nexus wants an Imran-free Pakistan. For that, two attempts on Imran Khan's life have been made within the last few months. He has expressed his threat perception and to avoid any fatal attack on him, he has got manufactured a special head cover in the form of a box which covers his entire head including his face when he had to be physically present in the court in connection with a case. It is not only farcical but at the same time unfortunate for a country which boasts of being Islamic that its former Prime Minister has to arrange for his own security in this manner and the courts express their helplessness in this regard. Another unfortunate and farcical aspect of Pakistan's police and judicial system is that more than hundred FIRs have been registered against Imran Khan and he has to be present at one or the other court to seek bail. And the number of cases increases without his knowledge. No politician in Pakistan knows when an FIR would be lodged against him and when he would be arrested or kidnapped. The hundred plus FIRs against Imran Khan have been lodged only within the last few weeks. The leaders are arrested soon after they come out of the court after getting bail in a particular case. Senior PTI leader Fawad Choudhary ran back to the court to evade rearrests after getting bail from the court as he saw the police approaching him. Other PTI leaders were not so smart or lucky. They got bail from the court, came out and were rearrested. The courts have been helpless. The violent protests of PTI workers and supporters on May 9-11 was the fallout of this harassment of their leader Imran Khan and the misgovernance of Shahbaz government. The enormity of the violence and defiance of the protesters was so that a number of army officers refused to take orders of their seniors and crack down against them. They were protesting against Imran Khan's arrest. But the army launched a crack down on the suspect protesters involved in arson and vandalism in army installations and offices. In its crackdown, the Pakistan army crossed all limits of ethics and broke all rules itself. It has so far arrested about ten thousand people. Many have been reported missing. Women and girls have been allegedly tortured in custody. Dr Yasmeen Rashid, a 70 year old cancer survivor and a senior PTI worker has been arrested and booked under terrorism related cases though in the videos she is clearly heard as asking protesters not to enter the army area. One PTI supporter Khadija Shah, who was present at the protest site but was not involved in vandalism said her whole family had been arrested because the police could not arrest her. Another PTI activists Sanam Javed and Tayyiba Raja were arrested and got bail after a week. The police had dragged her by her hair. They said that while in custody, they were misbehaved. The crackdown continues and the family members of suspects are being picked up and tortured. There are some journalists and intellectuals also who have been arrested, rather kidnapped for speaking against the government or the army. The popular journalist Imran Riaz Khan was first arrested by the Punjab police and then kidnapped by 'namaloom'(unidentified) persons. In Pakistan, Na Maloom is referred to the army. He is still untraced. The Lahore High Court summoned the IG Punjab and the Chief Justice asked him about his whereabouts. The IG said he does not where Imran Riaz Khan was because the police had released him. He then guessed that Imran might have gone into hiding and so when someone goes into hiding himself, it was not possible to find him, he said. The Chief Justice broke into tears at his helplessness. However, he gave the police two days' time to produce him in the court. Two days have elapsed but he is yet to be produced in the court. However, reports hint that he is safe and may be released soon. The Ghazwa -e-Hind fame intellectual of Pakistan, Oriya Maqbool Jan has also reportedly been kidnapped by ' Na Maloom ' persons after he wrote a column against the establishment. But, interestingly, there is no hue and cry for his release. Coming back to Imran Khan, he has put up the kind of resistance against the army, no political leader could do before. It has become the political norm in Pakistan that if a political leader challenges the authority of the army, he is forced to flee the country and take refuge abroad. Nawaz Sharif had to take asylum in Saudi Arabia. He came back after few years but was again forced to take asylum in London. Pervez Musharraf was also made to flee Pakistan, was convicted in treason charges and died in Saudi Arabia. Those who do not flee Pakistan are assassinated. Benazir Bhutto is one of them. Imran Khan is made of a different stuff. He says he will at no cost leave Pakistan. Last week, the establishment reportedly even arranged for an airplane for him to give him a safe passage but he refused to accept the offer. The government then spread the theory that 40 terrorists were hiding in Zaman Park, Imran Khan 's house and then conducted a search operation. Nothing came out of it. Now the government says that Rs,14 lakh have been due on Imran Khan as property tax. And if he does not pay it in a couple of days, his house would be sealed. It should be noted that 90 days have lapsed and the government of Punjab has lost its constitutional status. In short, Pakistan is in a state of chaos and lawlessness. The Supreme Court and the High courts have become laughing stocks. The police and the Army have hijacked the whole system. They do whatever they want. Some journalists in Pakistan say that there is a jungle raj in Pakistan. In reality, calling it even a jungle raj would be inappropriate. Even in the jungle, there is an order. 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