Malala Yousufzai attacked

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5000 soldiers dead and this is what we have to show for it? Thats something to be proud off? They have never, the establishment that is, gone after the Taliban with any sincerity. They always hit and run, allow them to regroup and continue. Those 5000 soldiers are as much the victims of their own govts policies as they are of the Taliban.

Conventional war was tried? Where? North Waziristan is Taliban central, why haven’t they gone after them there? They attack them in small engagements everywhere else so as to give the impression that they are actually fighting, but in reality they simply drive them out only to allow them to return in some other guise.

The Pak govt and Army, didnt do anything tho stop Fazlulah, even as he and his men were terrorizing the people of Swat. Instead, they gave him free reign over the territory, and even gave to every one of their demands. It was only after the same Taliban decided to invade buner that the establishment decided they had to do something.

A few prominent terrorists is better then no terrorists at all. The Pak govt can do what they like, but this is Pakistans responsibility, not the drones. The govt has to fight this some how, and currently they are not.

The Pak govt and Armies responsibility is not diminished by inaction by Americans on the Afghan side. American inaction in taking out Fazlullah is not an excuse for govt apathy and inaction on the part of Pakistans govt.

There is no confusion here. The fact that these Taliban have survived despite the murderous rampage they have been on, hiding in Pakistan, and we know where, and there having been no sincere concerted effort to defeat them by those who’s responsibility it is, condemns them, the establishment, by default.

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^ You have hit the nail on the head :k:

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But then who's going to do it? PPP was clearly not upto dealing with the menace despite it's stand against extremism. PTI (confused on the issue) won't do it, PML-N (mullah leaning) won't do it.

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Incensed by Malala attack, jirga declares war on Taliban – The Express Tribune

Incensed by Malala attack, jirga declares war on Taliban

Nepkikhel Aman Jirga chairperson says they won’t rest until terrorism is wiped out. PHOTO: EXPRESS/ FILE

SWAT:
Incensed by the attack on teenage child activist Malal Yousafzai, a local jirga has declared war on Taliban until the elimination of militancy from the picturesque valley.

The valley wriggled out of the clutches of Taliban following the 2009 military operation against notorious militant commander Mullah Fazlullah aka Mullah Radio who claimed responsibility for the attack on Malala.

“The attack on Malala Yousafzai and other girls was a cowardly act which should be condemned on every platform,” Saifullah Khan, the chairperson of the Nepkikhel Aman Jirga, told a news conference at Swat Press Club on Saturday.

“The attack shows that even children are not safe from the evils of terrorists. But we clearly extend our message to anti-Pakistan elements that such cowardly acts will not deter us from fighting against terrorism,” he said.

Khan added that the Nepkikhel Aman Jirga had stood firm in the battle against terrorism. “We invite the entire nation to stand with us against terrorists. We have made countless sacrifices for the restoration of peace and we are ready to render more for maintaining peace in our region,” he said.

Criticising the attack on schoolchildren, Khan said if the Taliban were bold enough, they should dare to come out of their hiding holes and fight.

“It is not bravery to attack innocent children. They are only defaming Islam, Pakistan and our nation in the name of their own version of Islam,” he said.

Khan said it was the responsibility of the entire nation to stand by them and keep a vigilant eye on extremist elements and inform the authorities accordingly.

“Maintaining peace in Swat is our collective responsibility and we will fight to our last breath for peace. We also demand the government arrest Malala’s attackers and award them exemplary punishment,” he added.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 14th, 2012.

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Denial, confusion and obfuscation | DAWN.COM

Denial, confusion and obfuscation

EVERYONE it seems has questions this week.

Some are of the stupid variety. What kind of human being would shoot a 14-year-old? Answer: a monstrous one. And there are a lot of monsters here.

How can anyone call themselves a Muslim and do this? Answer: Because they believe they are the true Muslims, not the weak-kneed moral relativists who pretend to be Muslims. A true Muslim does what needs to be done for the glory of Islam.

What kind of society teaches people to kill little girls trying to get an education? Answer: a sick and troubled society. A society that is in denial of the sickness in its midst.

Other questions are asked with a sly innocence. These are the more malign ones.

Why can’t we condemn all violence, by drones and by guns? Haven’t we had enough of killing? Can’t we now find a more humane way of ending the violence? Why don’t we try and understand this mindset instead of trying to destroy it?

These are malign questions because they are asked with a specific purpose.

The purpose is not to end jihad and violence, but to enable it, to perpetuate it, to make Pakistan the custodian of Islam, to create the perfect Islamist state in an imperfect world.

The trick the men with the malign questions have perfected is to sound reasonable.

See, we’re here on TV, talking things out, making our case, condemning all violence, trying to do our bit to make Pakistan peaceful and calm.

We all live here, we’re all the same. Let’s learn to understand why this is happening to us. It’s the Americans. It’s the Jews. It’s the Indians. Get rid of their influence and the wayward souls here will return to the fold.

They’re right about one thing: we all do live here. But we’re not the same, we don’t want the same things, and the men with the innocently asked but malign questions are not on the side of those asking in fear why this is happening to us.

Denial, confusion and obfuscation have meant that the difference isn’t as obvious as it should be.

Surely, both sides are well-meaning, people will ask. Surely, we can figure out a way to all live alongside in peace and happiness, people will say.

Yes, we could. But not if the rules are set by the other side.

Denial, confusion and obfuscation have meant that Pakistanis are not clear there is a continuum from the religious right to violent Islamism. It is not a difference of kind, only of degree.

The religious right creates an enabling environment for violent Islamism to recruit and prosper. And violent Islamism makes state and society cower and in doing so enhances the space for the religious right. One feeds off the other and together they grow in strength.

Denial, confusion and obfuscation have meant that the continuum from Jamaat-i-Islami to Al Qaeda, from Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam to the Taliban is barely recognised, let alone understood.

If there is outrage at that statement, at conflating the two, that is a testament to the success and deep-rootedness of the denial, confusion and obfuscation.

The mullah of today is the same as the mullah of yesterday. What’s changed is that the mullah of today has his goal in sight and the means to achieve it. The means is the continuum from the religious right to violent Islamism — one feeding off the other and together edging closer to their goal.

For years now, the problem of Pakistan has been seen as a problem of the state. But perhaps what it really is is a problem of society. A decrepit and broken society whose decrepitude and brokenness the denial, confusion and obfuscation have masked.

There is surely a problem of the state too. A certain poverty of imagination and moral bankruptcy have fashioned a state that can no longer do what is right and necessary.

It’s not always about complicity and sympathy. Often it’s just about fear. In Balochistan, I have wondered why the state doesn’t just take out the Lashkar-i-Jhangvi killers. After all, there can’t be more than a few dozen of them.

I asked and asked until someone finally offered, “They’ll never forget. You take them on and eventually they’ll get you. Maybe while you’re serving, maybe when you’re retired, but they will get you and probably your family too.”

The same question I’ve asked in KP and Fata. Why can’t they wipe this out? This isn’t a foreign army operating; these aren’t alien areas; yes, it was always going to be a slow grind, but why are the results so obviously patchy? Ask and ask and eventually — after theories and philosophies of missing holistic strategies and drivers internal and external — an answer comes. “Because they don’t know. They don’t know if that’s what’s really wanted. And because they don’t know, they’d rather live to see another day, to go back to their families.”

The state is a broken project. The foot soldiers are fearful because the high command is locked in denial and the certainty of old ways.

But perhaps it is society that is broken too. A society that laments its misfortune but can’t see the cause. A society that sees evil in its midst but never its facilitators. A society so manipulated by denial, confusion and obfuscation that the grotesque can masquerade as salvation.

Mercifully, the violent Islamists aren’t very bright. The shoot a little girl, they flog a teenager, they do terrible things that make Pakistanis recoil in horror.

But perhaps they can afford to not be very bright. Because they have the men with the innocently asked but malign questions.

They have the mullah to deny, confuse and obfuscate and lull society into believing the problem is without when it really is within.

The writer is a member of staff.

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Twitter: @cyalm

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Peace Med911

That was a very passionate exchange. Look my only stance on this matter is that of information … How we obtain that information and how we verify that information … I am no Taliban sympathiser and if I were to side with either Malala or Taliban (provided we accept the current hype) then my stance is to side with the person who wants to promote education for women. But you see this is not an attack on a girl because she is rallying for education … It is an attack on a girl, that furthers the cause of the US, by creating more animosity against the Qabaili people.

You only need to look at the history of the situation and the consequences to make that assessment. The history is before the Taliban came in to the region was that the region was held and controlled by the Qabaili people … It was fairly safe and open to tourists who came in from Pakistan. There was a mutual respect of the tribals with the regime, but the regime has always wanted to gain full control of the country … These drone attacks on the Taliban in Pakistan are really the latest tactics to get full control of the country.

One way of getting that control is to make the enemy appear to be irrational and unable to come to a sensible compromise. Whereas the ones who don’t want the compromise are the regime …

The way they achieve this is to create anger … Their drones and careless bombings are in my view intended and the damage caused is intended too … The families of the Tribals leaders are being taken out in these strikes … Then what do you think they are going to do? Islamically they have a right to respond by attacking the attackers themselves, but these Tribals are not Islamically motivated … They are interested in taking the draconian approach … They had their children killed, so in return they kill children of those who are siding with the West.

Perhaps they are not trying to kill Malala because she wants to be schooled. Now we are told the Taliban don’t agree to female education … How do we know? They bombed the schools … Perhaps that is their twisted response to another incident. You see we don’t know what motivates them… Not from their mouths … We don’t know why … We don’t want dialogue … Because we don’t want to compromise this time … The Pak government’s stance is clear they don’t want to interact with them … For all we know the Pak government/external infiltrators could be bombing the schools to create more negative feelings towards the enemy. I say this because I have no idea how the Taliban can be executing such effective strikes without being taken out themselves and secondly where are their supplies coming from?

Then the timing … Why did it happen then? Do you think if IK does get to the Waziristan region would he then be able to find out something that we otherwise do not have access to through current media channels.

I’m not prepared to say “yes” to taking out a so called terrorist community without hearing from their own mouths a press conference … With journalists present for every corner to ratify the notion that there truly is no choice but to engage in full fledged war … Then instead of doing drone strikes send in the army and take over the region … Suffer losses too … But that is what the army is for … This drone tactic, is not right, is long drawn out, children and women are being killed … When or if the Pak army go in they MUST not harm a single woman or child … Unless of course they are being attacked by them …

But even before the army go in … We must be clear that there is no way to calm down this situation … And send the US and their drones back home … In either case …

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There are two things here which need clarification. First of all you say that if she had been attacked for furthering the cause of education you would have supported her, lets say for a second she was furthering some other agenda, did she deserve to be killed for that? Secondly do you want to equate Qabaili= taleban. Are you sure that the people of Swat want to live under taleban?

Who do you think is responsible for killing 40000 people in the country?

before the taleban, the area was fully under control of Pakistani government, now the people over there in large numbers hate Pakistan for letting their area to fall under the tyrannical rule of taleban. Taleban are not that innocent as you pose them to be.

Most of the tribal leaders or maliks as they call them have been taken out by the taleban (not drone strikes).

Who is blowing schools in FATA and other areas? Americans or Pakistani Army? Hundreds of schools have been blown by them in the affected areas, the way how they propagated education in Afghanistan is also in front of us, so no illusions.

How come you dont believe the people who are against education, and claim proudly after each event to be innocent and Pakistan or Americans (twisted conspiracy theory) to be behind blowing up schools in Fata.

They have been carrying out subversive activities as per the timing of their choice, they dont need any one’s advise in that regard.

Some people wont agree even if they come on TV and claim that they are behind the attacks, as then some other conspiracy theories will start like the guy has been pressurized etc.

Are suicide attacks justified? After all they have killed more people as compared to the drones.

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Interesting article regarding the struggle of tribes against taleban tyranny…

The silent heroes of war against Taliban | DAWN.COM

**PESHAWAR: A number of political leaders, writers and chieftains of different tribes of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and tribal areas gathered few weeks ago at a jirga in a local hotel and made lengthy speeches about the heroic past of Pakhtuns and the miseries they faced in recent years.
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**A young man, sitting quietly in a corner, was listening to the speakers, who were talking about the tribal elders killed by militants. Many at the gathering did not know that the life of this young man, Gulab Akbar Khan, was also shattered by militancy. He was perhaps one of the many silent heroes of the war against Taliban.
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**Shy at first to tell what changed him from a labourer to chief of his tribe in Darra village of Bajaur Agency, his friend-cum-bodyguard encouraged him to speak.
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**Gulab Akbar Khan, in his 30s and father of a child, was living a simple life. He used to work in Karachi as a labourer and visit his hometown Darra in the month of Ramazan. But then his life was changed forever.
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**One day, in 2008, when he was sitting with his uncle, chief of Salarzai tribe in Darra, his father and some other relatives in the hujra, more than a dozen armed Taliban forced their entry into the male guesthouse.
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**The armed Taliban wanted to burn the hujra like they had done to the houses of other tribal chiefs, who did not join them and remained loyal to the government.
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**On refusal to submit to the Taliban’s power, a fight and shooting started. Gulab, who had not been carrying any arm, tried to push away a Talib and held his Kalashnikov with his bare hands. He got injured in the fight but militants killed 10 elders of his family. Thus he was made chief of his tribe to continue to resist Taliban.
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**“Life has become so tough now. I have lost my dear ones and militants continue to target me,” said Gulab, finally opening up to tell about hardships of his life in a militancy-hit area.
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Life is not the same for him after becoming a tribal chief at such a young age when there are no elders to guide him. However, he said that he would not leave his village.

**He might be a silent hero of this war against militants but he is following the example of many other Salarzai tribal elders, who lost their lives in the fight against Taliban instead of submitting to them.
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**According to media reports, although Pakistani forces announced back in Feb 2009 that the tribal agency was free of militants, people like Gulab still feel that they are under threat.
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**In April 2011, Salarzai Qaumi Lashkar chief Malik Munasib Khan and three of his colleagues were killed in a suicide attack when they were returning from a jirga. In the same year in May, a suicide bomber killed a tribal chief of Salarzai, Malik Tehsil Khan, in Pashat area. He was one of the senior leaders of the Salarzai lashkar.
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The Salarzais, who have been fighting against militants, may have lost pioneer leaders of Quami Aman Lashkar like Major (retired) Haji Fazal Karim and many others, who had not come forward like Gulab to tell about their struggle against militants, they need to be supported.

Recently, a chief of a peace committee in rural area of Peshawar refused to continue to fight alongside with government forces against militants for what he called indifferent attitude of the government. However, Gulab does not have any complaints.

“The government has provided me with security,” said Gulab, a man of few words.

**“Life is like a living hell,” he said when asked how it felt to be a young tribal chief. He said that after losing his elders and surviving remote-controlled bomb attacks almost every month, life as a chieftain was not as exciting as it seemed.

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I heard or read somewhere that the journalist Salim Safi got a phone call from Taliban accepting responsibility for Malala attack.

Can't they trace the caller and pursue the perpetrators ?

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the same thing qazi is saying

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but the regime has always wanted to gain full control of the country ... These drone attacks on the Taliban in Pakistan are really the latest tactics to get full control of the country.
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conspiracy theory

One way of getting that control is to make the enemy appear to be irrational and unable to come to a sensible compromise. Whereas the ones who don't want the compromise are the regime ...

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way they achieve this is to create anger ... Their drones and careless bombings are in my view intended and the damage caused is intended too ... The families of the Tribals leaders are being taken out in these strikes ... Then what do you think they are going to do? Islamically they have a right to respond by attacking the attackers themselves, but these Tribals are not Islamically motivated ... They are interested in taking the draconian approach ... They had their children killed, so in return they kill children of those who are siding with the West.
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so demanding school and education is siding with west ? at one place you said that schools are being bombed by agents of army ? then why taliban are angry and killing school going children ?

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Perhaps they are not trying to kill Malala because she wants to be schooled. Now we are told the Taliban don't agree to female education ...** How do we know? They bombed the schools ... Perhaps **that is their twisted response to another incident. You see we don't know what motivates them... Not from their mouths ... We don't know why ... We don't want dialogue ... Because we don't want to compromise this time ... The Pak government's stance is clear they don't want to interact with them ... For all we know the Pak government/external infiltrators could be bombing the schools to create more negative feelings towards the enemy. I say this because I have no idea how the Taliban can be executing such effective strikes without being taken out themselves and secondly where are their supplies coming from?

Then the timing ... Why did it happen then? Do you think if IK does get to the Waziristan region would he then be able to find out something that we otherwise do not have access to through current media channels.
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again perhaps ,may be , twisted truths response . you dont trust a modern age pakistani army lead by educated officers but ready to believe in stone age criminals and cut throats
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I'm not prepared to say "yes" to taking out a so called terrorist community without hearing from their own mouths a press conference .**.. With journalists present for every corner to ratify the notion that there truly is no choice but to engage in full fledged war ... Then instead of doing drone strikes send in the army and take over the region ... Suffer losses too ... But that is what the army is for ... This drone tactic, is not right, is long drawn out, children and women are being killed ... When or if the Pak army go in they MUST not harm a single woman or child ... Unless of course they are being attacked by them ...
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what makes you believe that pak army will kill children and women ? how pathetic you are not ready to call savages mulla radio and company as terrorist.

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But even before the army go in ... We must be clear that there is no way to calm down this situation ...** And send the US and their drones back home ... In either case ...
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not before this area is settled and writ of the pak govt fully established . once these savages are killed or surrendered there would be no need of drones.

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I wish and pray that all your advice and prescription is heeded by Pakistan soon.

If and when that happens, will you also do another favour - being an Indian, and advise India to free the oppressed Kashmiris also.

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Malala hi Kyun?

؟

وسعت اللہ خان
بی بی سی اردو ڈاٹ کام، کراچی

یہ بات درست ہے کہ ملالہ یوسف زئی کو سر آنکھوں پر بٹھانے والوں کو ڈرون حملوں میں اپاہج اور ہلاک ہونے والے سینکڑوں بچے یاد نہیں اور میڈیا کو صرف ملالہ سے مطلب ہے۔ اس کے ساتھ زخمی ہونے والی شازیہ اور کائنات کے بارے میں کوئی فکر اور ذکر نہیں۔
بالکل اسی طرح جیسے مغرب نے گذشتہ پانچ سو برس سے ایک انیس سالہ ان پڑھ فرانسیسی دہقانی لڑکی جون آف آرک کو سر پر چڑھا رکھا ہے۔ حالانکہ برطانیہ اور فرانس کے درمیان سو سالہ جنگ میں لاکھوں مرد، عورتیں اور بچے مرے۔ ہزاروں عورتوں کو جون کی طرح مشرک ہونے کے جرم میں پادریوں نے چوکوں میں نصب چوبی کھمبوں سے باندھ کر زندہ جلا دیا۔

یکن پاپائے روم نے ان میں سے کسی کو جون کی طرح ولی کا درجہ نہیں دیا اور شیکسپئیر، والٹیئر، بریخت، برنارڈ شا نے بھی اپنے ڈراموں کا کردار بنایا تو صرف جون کو۔
کیسا ظلم ہے کہ دوسری عالمی جنگ میں ہٹلر کی مزاحمت کرنے والے فرانسیسی حریت پسندوں کو اپنا مزاحمتی سمبل بھی پانچ سو سال پرانی جون آف آرک میں ہی دکھائی دیا۔حالانکہ جون آف آرک کے ساڑھے تین سو برس بعد انقلابِ فرانس کو ممکن بنانے میں لاتعداد لوگوں نے لہو دیا۔ مگر مجال ہے جو کسی نام نہاد فرانسیسی لبرل یا مذہبی قدامت پسند یا بائیں بازو کے دانشور یا دائیں بازو کے کسی نسل پرست نے اس نا انصافی پر کبھی احتجاج کیا ہو۔ سب کے سب آج تک جون آف آرک کی مالا جپ رہے ہیں۔توبہ توبہ توبہ۔۔۔
اور اقبال کو دیکھو۔کم از کم انہیں تو معلوم ہی تھا کہ تیرہ سو سالہ مسلمان تاریخ میں ایسی سینکڑوں بچیاں اور خواتین گزریں جنہوں نے غزوات سے لے کر صلیبی جنگوں تک اور مراکش سے ہندوستان تک مسلمان مردوں کے شانہ بشانہ دشمنوں سے لڑائی کی، اگلے مورچوں تک اسلحہ اور خوراک پہنچائی، زخمیوں کا خیال رکھا۔ مگر صد افسوس کہ اقبال کو بس انیس سو گیارہ میں طرابلس ( لیبیا) کے محاذ پر اطالویوں اور ترکوں کی جنگ میں زخمی غازیوں کو مشکیزے سے پانی پلانے والی ایک گیارہ سالہ بچی فاطمہ بنتِ عبداللہ ہی یاد رہ گئی ۔

فاطمہ تو آبروئے امتِ مرحوم ہے، زرہ زرہ تیری مشتِ خاک کا معصوم ہے۔
اور یہ تئیس سال کا لونڈا بھگت سنگھ کون ہے ؟ ایک بگڑا ہوا ملحد مارکسی انارکسٹ جس کے ہاتھ ایک انگریز پولیس افسر کے خون سے رنگے ہوئے تھے۔ جس نے لیجسلیٹو اسمبلی میں بم پھینکا پھر بھی ہندوستان اور پاکستان میں کروڑوں گمراہ اسے آزادی کا ہیرو سمجھتے ہیں۔
حیرت ہے کہ جناح صاحب کو اٹھارہ سو ستاون میں پھانسی پانے والے ہزاروں ہندوستانیوں میں سے کوئی یاد نہیں رہا۔ وہ بھی انیس سو اکتیس میں جذبات کی رو میں بہہ گئے اور جیل میں بھگت سنگھ اور اس کے ساتھیوں کی بھوک ہڑتال کی حمایت کرتے ہوئے یہ تک کہہ ڈالا کہ بھگت سنگھ کو بھلے آپ کچھ بھی سمجھیں لیکن وہ اپنے مقصد کی سچائی پر یقین رکھتا ہے اور اس جابرانہ نظام سے تنگ لوگوں کی بیزاری کا نمائندہ ہے۔
اور نہرو کو تو دیکھو جسے انگریزوں کے خلاف نہ منگل پانڈے کا کلمہ ِ بغاوت یاد آیا اور نہ رانی جھانسی کی بہادرانہ شہادت۔ اگر یاد رہا تو بھگت سنگھ جسے نہرو نے کھلے میدان میں دشمن کو للکارنے والا جری قرار دیا۔
ٹھیک ہے مان لیا بھگت سنگھ بڑا ہیرو تھا مگر اس کے ساتھ پھانسی چڑھنے والوں میں راج گرو اور سکھ دیو بھی تو تھے۔ ان کا ذکر کوئی بھگت سنگھ کی طرح کیوں نہیں کرتا۔ ان پر کسی نے کیوں ڈرامے نہیں لکھے، گیت نہیں کہے، فلمیں نہیں بنائیں، یادگاری ٹکٹ اور سکے جاری نہیں کیے۔
اور تو اور بھارتی پارلیمنٹ کے صحن میں بھی بھگت سنگھ کا ہی اٹھارہ فٹ اونچا تانبے کا مجسمہ لگایا گیا۔ کوئی پوچھے کہ راج گرو اور سکھ دیو کا کیا قصور ؟ چلیں بھارتیوں کی مرضی جو چاہے کریں مگر غضب خدا کا یہ پنجاب حکومت کو کیا ہوا کہ اس نے بھگت سنگھ کی پھانسی کے اسی برس بعد لاہور کے شادمان چوک کا نام بھگت سنگھ چوک کردیا۔ کیا اسے تقسیم کے وقت شہید ہونے والے لاکھوں لوگوں میں سے کوئی نام یاد نہیں آیا۔ بے حسی کی اس سے بڑی کیا مثال ہوگی۔

اور لو تازہ ترین ظلم دیکھو۔ مشرقِ وسطی میں شاہی، فوجی اور سیاسی استبداد کے خلاف گذشتہ سو برس میں ہزاروں لوگ جدوجہد کرتے ہوئے شہید ہوگئے۔ لیکن آج کروڑوں بے وقوف سمجھتے ہیں کہ وہ عرب سپرنگ جس نے گذشتہ دو برس میں الجزائر سے بحرین تک ہر آمر کو ہلا دیا۔ تیونس، مصر، لیبیا اور یمن میں حکومتیں الٹ دیں اور لاکھوں شامیوں کو موت کے منہ پر تھوکنے کا حوصلہ بخشا اس کی ابتدا تیونس کے ایک چھبیس سالہ سبزی فروش محمد بوعزیزی کی خود سوزی سے اٹھنے والی چنگاری سے ہوئی۔ اس سبزی فروش کے لیے تیونس کی نئی حکومت نے ڈاک ٹکٹ جاری کیا اور برطانوی اخبار ٹائمز نے اسے دو ہزار دس کا مین آف دی ایئر قرار دے ڈالا۔
ایسا کیوں ہے کہ سات ہزار برس کی تاریخ لاکھوں قربانیاں دینے والوں اور ایک سے ایک ذہینوں سے بھری پڑی ہے لیکن ان لاکھوں میں سے صرف سقراط، جون آف آرک، شیکسپئیر، لیونارڈو ڈا ونچی، فاطمہ بنتِ عبداللہ، آئن سٹائن، بھگت سنگھ، چی گویرا، مارٹن لوتھر کنگ، محمد بو عزیزی جیسے پانچ چھ سو لوگ ہی ہمیں یاد آتے رہتے ہیں؟
بات شاید یہ ہے کہ تاریخ ایک مسلسل گیت ہے جسے ایک سے ایک سریلا میسر ہے۔ مگر ایک خاص فضا اور موقع پر ہزاروں لاکھوں میں سے کسی ایک کا سر ایسے لگ جاتا ہے کہ چھت پھٹ جاتی ہے، شیشہ تڑخ جاتا ہے یا بارش ہوجاتی ہے۔ یوں وہ سریلا اور سر اجتماعی یادداشت کا حصہ بن جاتا ہے۔
ورنہ تو یہ بحث کبھی ختم ہی نہ ہو کہ ملالہ کے ساتھ دیگر سینکڑوں ہزاروں زخمی بچے کیوں یاد نہیں آتے۔ بالکل اسی طرح کہ جنہیں صرف عافیہ یاد ہے انہیں امریکیوں کے ہاتھوں عقوبت خانوں میں رسوا ہونے والی سینکڑوں عراقی اور افغان عورتیں اور پاکستان کی گلیوں اور سڑکوں پر عریاں گھمائی جانے والی لڑکیوں اور قبائلی علاقوں میں سر قلم ہونے والی ادھیڑ اور بوڑھی عورتوں کے نام کیوں یاد نہیں ؟؟؟ ایسی بحث میں نا ملالہ کا کوئی بھلا ہے نا عافیہ کا۔۔۔
اکثر ہماری آنکھیں تعصب کے موتیے سے دھندلا جاتی ہیں اور ہم سمجھتے ہیں کہ منظر دھندلا ہے۔ اگر موتیا صاف کروا کے چشمے کا نمبر بدل لیا جائے تو مسئلہ با آسانی حل ہو سکتا ہے۔

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i am simply giving my moral support to govt and people of pakistan in their fight against terrorists of talibans .

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UAE medical team arrives in Pakistan
to assess Malala's condition

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ABU DHABI: A special UAE medical mission arrived in Pakistan on Sunday to evaluate Malala Yousafzai's injuries and to facilitate her safe transfer to a medical facility outside of Pakistan.

"The attempt on Malala's life was not only an attack on a defenceless child, it was an attack on her and every girl's right to a future unlimited by prejudice and oppression. Her assailants must be universally denounced and brought to justice. Malala bravely confronted extremists in their attempts to ban girls from attending school. We must all stand with Malala in promoting tolerance and respect," said General Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces.

Malala received severe injuries from an assassination attempt last week in the Swat Valley.

UAE officials have been working closely with Pakistani authorities to arrange for the specialised care and Malala's transfer is being coordinated closely between the two governments.

WAM

Commendable gesture by the UAE. It's a highly sophisticated and modern air ambulance whose crew include six specialist doctors apart from paramedics. In case if Malala is kept in Pakistan, it has been decided that the ambulance will stay in Pakistan on standby until she is stable.

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So what you are saying is that the American inaction against terrorists that are right under their nose is acceptable but they are more keen to get rid of the ones on this side of the border and in doing so are killing more innocents than terrorists. Shouldn't they be taking care of the terrorists that are on their side or are they turning a blind eye towards them. Lets assume Pak army and govt were totally incompetent and couldn't handle or capture Fazlullah, what is stopping the American in doing so. After all they can spot all the terrorists in Pakistan and send drones to kill them, how convenient they cant find and send drones on their side of the border. Something is not quite right.

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good news is that she is showing signs of improvement and making steady progress. InshaAllah, she wouldnt have to go to abroad for the treatment.

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its really sad to see how some people here believe in conspiracy theories more than the facts. For them, Taliban are just kha ma kha badnaam, its actually Pakistan army and the state who are carrying out these brutal attacks on US directives. just amazing!

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***Incensed by the attack, the Swat Peace Jirga has declared war on TTP until the elimination of militancy from the Swat Valley.

*****SWAT: Incensed by the attack on teenage child activist Malal Yousafzai, a local jirga has declared war on Taliban until the elimination of militancy from the picturesque valley.

The valley wriggled out of the clutches of Taliban following
the 2009 military operation against notorious militant commander Mullah Fazlullah aka Mullah Radio who claimed responsibility for the attack on Malala.

“The attack on Malala Yousafzai and other girls was a cowardly act which should be condemned on every platform,” Saifullah Khan, the chairperson of the Nepkikhel Aman Jirga,** told a news conference at Swat Press Club on Saturday.

“The attack shows that even children are not safe from the evils of terrorists. But we clearly extend our message to anti-Pakistan elements that such cowardly acts will not deter us from fighting against terrorism,” he said.

Khan added that the Nepkikhel Aman Jirga had stood firm in the battle against terrorism. “**We invite the entire nation to stand with us against terrorists. We have made countless sacrifices for the restoration of peace and we are ready to render more for maintaining peace in our region,” **he said.
Criticising the attack on schoolchildren, Khan said if the Taliban were bold enough, they should dare to come out of their hiding holes and fight.

“It is not bravery to attack innocent children. They are only defaming Islam, Pakistan and our nation in the name of their own version of Islam,” he said.
Khan said it was the responsibility of the entire nation to stand by them and keep a vigilant eye on extremist elements and inform the authorities accordingly.

“Maintaining peace in Swat is our collective responsibility and we will fight to our last breath for peace. We also demand the government arrest Malala’s attackers and award them exemplary punishment,” he added.

Incensed by Malala attack, jirga declares war on Taliban – The Express Tribune

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Don’t know what to make of this story. Rashid is either paranoid or has an inflated ego? This is the story of a man who went to the US from a village in Pakistan, worked as an estate agent, got rich, gave his daughter good education (and now wants to come back but only to satisfy his ego and show off to people) but somehow during all those years living in the US never learned basic manners or how to treat lowly paid waiters and staff (throwing a plate like that in a 5-start restaurant was disgusting).

What happened to Malala is tragic indeed but to use the attack on her by a bunch of extremists as evidence that women are not respected in Pakistan is gross exaggeration and misrepresentation of reality. How you treat women will depend upon (as in any other society) your background, upbringing and education and in most sensible, decent educated Pakistani families women are given the love, respect and importance they deserve and people are very supportive of their education. I don’t deny that there are problems among certain segments or sections of the population but this man is overreacting and his attitude smacks of arrogance.
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I want my daughter to love my faith, so she will not visit Pakistan**
(http://dawn.com/2012/10/13/i-want-my-daughter-to-love-my-faith-so-she-will-not-visit-pakistan/comment-page-5/#comments)

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One of my friends claims that he tried to see her as he runs a welfare organization, he says that her face is bloated/darkened and have bleak chances of survival, he also said that the reason to not send her abroad for treatment was another "strategic" move.