I was in Pakistan for 2 weeks in early September and observed NA 120 elections by myself and was shocked to see some of tactics employed by our army establishment to divide votes. Out of no where and overnight, 2 new parties were created with unlimited funds. Even worst, look at the agenda of those 2 parties’ candidates.
One was openly romanticizing and eulogizing “a condemned, executed murderer” Mumtaz qadri and threatening Nawaz sharif being qadri’s murderer as part of its election campaign. I personally heard some of their speeches but if you dont trust me, videos have emerged where “religious leaders belonging to this group energising near-hysterical crowds using hatred-filled slogans openly declaring that next year’s election is about mumtaz qadri and namoosae rasallat issue alone”. Unfortunately, some PTI factions were supporting this narrative to ensure PMLN votes get divided. very sad.
Similarly another group under direct patronage of declared terrorist hafiz saeed, whose group has “openly hailed Osama Bin Laden as a hero” and still remains 200% committed to jihad in Pakistan and beyond Pakistan, also had a complete free hand in this by-election in Lahore. they were also attacking nawaz as modi/trump ka yaar.
Fine, attack Nawaz…i have no problem with it but is this the way? these both groups were spreading so much hate among masses. they were radicalizing masses, to no end. who is responsible for this other than army establishment? and if you think, it is not army, i can only pity. who else was behind these groups? PMLN? PPP? PTI? ofcourse not.
imagine what will happen when these 2 groups will field their candidates in every constituency in Punjab in 2018 elections promoting “do jihad everywhere in the wrold”, “kill anyone on name of namoos rasalt”, “taliban are mujahadeen”, “bin laden our hero”, and so on. imagine how will it destroy the social fabric of our society which is already rotten and toxic.
but our army Establishment is busy in these cheap tactics to divide PMLN vote bank without realizing long term consequences to the country itself. whats even more sadder is the fact that balanced moderate folks keep their mind shut on this issue just because of their hatred for PMLN. how sad! wake up guys, after 80’s so called afghan “jihad”, another institutionalized-backed radicalized disaster in making.
PD nay apna faraz ada kar diya hai by warning this nation on time, but obviously no one will listen to him..