History of Intolerant political culture in Pakistan

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Re: History of Intolerant political culture in Pakistan

@Jolie

But that’s like that everyone, it’s just in Western countries, they have a mature political structure and established system and therefore the politcal mud slinging from parties doesn’t look too bad. I must also add that decolonisation was an ugly, ugly business.

Did the modern day Pakistan ever had a genuine political culture to define any ethos? Had democracy was given a chance, perhaps things would’ve been much difference. We had plenty of political experiments but never a political culture.

I would also say people of Pakistan are either easily impressed or disappointment, they are quick to form hardline judgements over minor things. I clearly remember during elections time, you made a pretty big deal about Imran referring to NS as ‘O Miyan Saab’ - despite both men belonging to the same age group and sharing a bitter-sweet history. Imran was unjustly criticized for that whereas in Britain - one of world’s oldest and greatest modern democracies - the PM can call opposition leader sitting right in front of him a ‘turkey’ and no one would get so massively upset and emotional. Imagine had the same banter taken place between NS and Khureed Shah? I guess after saying that, I am just proving that Pakistanis are quite intolerant and tragically lack a sense of humour. Things can only be black and white, there’s no in-between.

There have been lots immature things in Pakistan’s politics. Shaikh Rasheed’s statements about Benazir, Benazir’s mimicry of Shuja’at Hussain, Arbab Rahim’s beating in Sindh Assembly, Ayub Khan kutta slogans by public at large, have been some popular actions in Pakistani politics.

I’m personally against these things and as you referred Imran Khan’s ‘Oye Miyan Saab…’ I didn’t like it or don’t like it today, because I perceived IK as mature and was not expecting all this from him to cheer up the crowd like his opponents. In a polarized society, we need to promote respecting the rivals and their views without going to lower level like them.