Pakistan has no genuine history or ideology

 Pakistan has no genuine history or ideology. It is not the country of a single nation but a multi-national state. It was created in the name of religion, but no country can be built merely on the basis of religion; it should have been run as a confederation. This state cannot function without democracy. If you do not recognize the identities of nations, if you do not give them the right of self-determination, the right of ownership, and the right of sovereignty—if you deny the people the freedom to choose their representatives, to use their vote, and if you impose restrictions on their right to speak, write, and listen—then how can you expect nations to remain silent?

Here, equality of nations is not recognized on the pretext that “Pakistani is one nation and one identity.” But the real question is: how can the five-thousand-year history and civilizations of these nations be erased for the sake of a seventy-eight-year-old history? In such conditions, the circle of Bengal is being repeated. After the creation of Pakistan, the Bengalis realized that the actual owner of Pakistan was in fact a single State; therefore, they sought separation. You inflicted atrocities upon them, and now you expect to maintain relations, even though they placed three conditions—one of them being that the Islamic Republic of Pakistan must officially apologize. In such circumstances, running this state is impossible. This country will break into pieces. Balochistan has already reached the “no return point,” and perhaps with time, the Pashtuns will also reach the same decision, because you have created a state within the state. Now, in Pashtun, Afghan, and Baloch homes, children grow up learning hatred against the state from the very beginning.

In this state, neither lawyers nor arguments have any standing; only a general runs the country. He decides who becomes MPA and MNA, and even rewards himself with grand dummy titles such as “Field Marshal.” Taxes have turned into outright extortion. The arrest, imprisonment, release, and even targeted killings of political workers are all tied to the orders of a colonel. The courts hold no value. The Mines and Minerals Amendment, the 26th Constitutional Amendment, laws placing political workers at the mercy of the CTD, throwing not only the 18th Amendment but the entire Constitution into the dustbin—these are their open admissions. How long can this continue?

The issue has now gone far beyond that of Baloch missing persons. Recently, a Baloch youth protested abroad holding placards that accused the Pakistani military of harassing women in the most sensitive ways. And the state did not care at all. If these allegations are false, then where is the denial and where is Interpol? And if they are true, then why? Why should the people not listen to and believe these charges? Did your soldiers not commit mass sexual crimes in East Pakistan?

In this country, democratic parties must realize that powers must be taken back from the military and that a democratic system—not a “Punjabi Empire”—must be established. Will issues be solved merely through bargaining with Muslim League Nawaz and People’s Party? Will the issues of Baloch and Pashtun Afghan nations be resolved through laughter in their company? Will these nations be satisfied with their so-called politicians? Absolutely not. People no longer trust courtiers and compromised political parties. It is impossible. The implementation of Article 6 is only possible when there is a democratic government. Therefore, all policies must be corrected from the very beginning. The restoration of democracy is the greatest necessity of the present time and circumstances; otherwise, conditions will further deteriorate.

Since the era of Zia, foreign policy has been entirely in the hands of the military. Are you not ashamed of your Afghan policy? If you conduct operations, you kill the Taliban. If the Taliban are not yours, then why did you bring and settle them here? Where is that barbed wire with which you turned Afghanistan into an enemy country? Was stripping an Afghan diplomat naked and handing him to America not enough? To make one Afghan government de facto and replace it with another, and then make the second de facto and bring a third—was this not obedience to America? Is the official meeting of the Chief of Army Staff with the President of the United States not a clear admission that the Prime Minister, ministers, and advisers are nothing more than employees? Inviting Marco Rubio to Pakistan and, without taking nations into confidence, placing all resources and reserves into his lap—was the Assembly or the Senate informed? If not, then who runs the state?

The economic policy too lies entirely with this institution. Where are the reforms? Will these problems be solved by the PSDP? If yes, then why are they not being solved? Are the courts not legally enslaved? In Balochistan, under the names of DHE, forests, A-areas, and master plans, are lands not being grabbed? In southern Pashtunkhwa, is extortion not being taken under the name of fake BLA? In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, do drones not fall on homes daily? Which welfare state drops drones on its citizens and kills their children and women? Allocating the entire budget to defense and plunging the country into terrorism— is this a failure, or pre-planning? All these actions indicate one thing clearly: reforms in police, judiciary, education, and health cannot be brought by a bureaucracy that itself is powerless.