Pakistan has always been a staunch ally and supporter of Arab countries especially Palestine. Pakistan constantly provides aid and moral support to the Palestinians against the Israelis as well as support for the Iraqis. But when it comes to reciporcating the Arabs just go behind our backs signing business contracts and investing in India and remaining silent whenever we get into a confrontation with India. We should look after our own interests because it is clear that the Arabs dont give a **** about us. What do you guys think? Correct me if I’m wrong about anything
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Yes, they should continue. The leadership that signs contracts with our enemies, have to go answer in their own graves. We have a brotherhood to defend. What will u answer when we are asked in our graves…“Where were you when the innocent civilians dying in arab world needed your help???”
http://www.gulfnews.com/opinion/columns/world/10054097.html
The gradually emerging protests against Israel in parts of Pakistan illustrate a two-pronged challenge for pro-US rulers such as Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf.
On the one hand, pro-US regimes in the Muslim world are bound to feel the political consequences of the latest turmoil in the Middle East, where a totally disproportionate use of force by the Jewish state has thrown the otherwise remote hope of a roadmap leading to peace completely in tatters.
On the other hand, irrespective of how much condemnation comes from pro-US regimes, their ability to come clean remains increasingly in question.
There is no way that the US can isolate itself from responsibility for Israel’s incursions into Lebanon, notwithstanding one well publicised peace initiative after another.
The so-called smart and precision bombs as well as missiles which continue to rein upon Lebanon and parts of the Occupied Territories are indeed MADE IN AMERICA.
US President George W. Bush’s recent defence of Israel’s action as “defensive measures” obviously will only offend the many across the Islamic world who have ample reason to denounce the US.
As the war in Lebanon gains not only momentum but causes much more bloodshed at an unprecedented pace, the political fallout for the surrounding region is much too obvious.
Even the widely publicised trip to the Middle East by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice would inevitably fail in one respect: that of containing the fast rising anti-Americanism.
At such a difficult moment of despair, what should pro-US leaders do? The answer to that question is indeed mired in complexity.
Given the oft repeated tendency of the Bush administration to flex its muscles and use force for tackling foreign policy challenges, the message from Washington is clear. A government which falls too out of line from the US runs the risk of American retaliation.
Hence, defying the US is not easy. However, given the fast worsening circumstances in the Middle East, pro-US leaders such as Musharraf must consider three important policy choices.
Pan-Islamic view
First, Pakistan must not only vigorously condemn the continuing atrocities in the Middle East but also be seen as an active proponent of united action by Muslim countries to combat this menace.
The promotion of such a pan-Islamic view is indeed the only way for the Muslim world and pro-US Muslim governments to begin distancing themselves from the US and come closer to the public’s mood.
Second, there has to be a reorientation of the ways in which pro-US countries have so far blindly fallen in line with Washington’s agenda, to promote its so-called war on terror.
Pakistan has taken the lead in this area, despatching thousands of troops to its regions bordering Afghanistan.
In return, Pakistan has received generous US economic assistance and political support. But Muslim countries now must take a unified position of drawing a line between freedom movements and militant onslaughts, and must be prepared to press that point in their dealings with Washington.
For too long, they have only given lip service to the cause of pan-Islamic unity.
Finally, Islamic nations must take a unified position on the future of Israel’s relations with them.
Countries such as Pakistan in the past year have tried to break the ice with Israel through contacts at forums ranging from appearances of leaders before gatherings of the American Jewish Congress to discreet visits to Israel by individuals from the business community and other professions.
The latest conflict has amply demonstrated that such a soft approach to eventual normalisation of relations with Israel just doesn’t work.
The ultimate key to a solution lies only with Israel’s acceptance of the rights of Palestinians to a fully independent state, rather than a vassal state created with limited sovereignty under the Palestinian National Authority.
In the struggle to secure independence for the Palestinians and bring enduring peace to the Middle East, progress will always be unsustainable as long as the US continues to arm Israel with lethal weapons that eventually get rained upon areas surrounding the Jewish state.
Farhan Bokhari is a Pakistan-based commentator who writes on political and economic matters.
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Its a good thing that people Malik will never get to make decisions for Pakistan
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^ its bad people like you are.
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maybe thats why we have the highest growth rate in Asia at 10% a year
or you much rather move to Somalia and live under the new radical Islamic regime
It will be pretty hard for you to come to gupshup since Televisions are banned there and given their IQ I am pretty sure they will mistake a computer monitor for a TV
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The present arab leaders must go...one or the other way...thats it...
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fully agree:) ............
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Pakistan, and any other country should voice for the rights f lebanese and for their safety and to try and end the idiotic and barbaric attacks by Israel which are hurting innocent civilians.
This does not mean that we d something as foolish as throw our weight behind idiots like Hizbollah. Our sympathies should be with the lebanese people.
Hizbollah's sugar daddies aka syria and Iran are sitting in a corner themselves, why should Pakistan get involved in someone else's mess?
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present arab leaders must go, this includes leaders of groups ike hamas and hizbollah.
and its not just arab leaders that need to go, Irans aytollahs have been a royal pain in the neck for the entire region, dickin around everywhere, they need to be slapped around and nuetred errr neutralized.
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When exactly have the Arabs supported us on issues that matter to us like Kashmir
Even Yasser Arafat and PLO were always pro-indian than pro-pakistani
Nasser even said in 1955 that Suez Canal was as much a part of Egypt as Kashmir is to India.....
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nope.
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Hahhahahahaha, Yeah Pakistan rox man! 
We’re “prospering” alright.
On a side note, Pakistani Army should support Lebanon, and end this once in for all.
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agree
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Can anyone give a Chronological Comparison list of what support Pakistan has provided to the Arab countries and vice versa.
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And the sympathies of the Lebanese people lie with Hezbollah. If you can't understand that, then we don't need your token sympathies.
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and what about Pakistan's literacy rate?
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no Pakistan Army should not support the Arabs in their Land issues with Israelis.
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and its not just arab leaders that need to go, Irans aytollahs have been a royal pain in the neck for the entire region, dickin around everywhere, they need to be slapped around and nuetred errr neutralized.
Hizb, Hamas & Iranian leaders are rooted in their folks...while the most other arab leaders not...howzzzzzzzzat... :)
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It's not even funny now. I've been listening carefully to the news reports in the world media about this Middle East conflict [the Israel/Palestinian one as well as the most recent one] and there's one eerie thing which always surfaces whenever the journalists interview the locals in the area. When the Palestinians are questioned, they go fairly along this monotone "Israel conquering the lands of us Arabs, we have right to defend" and so on. When asked about the problems and how they can be resolved they go like "The Arab world should help us". The real conflict is actually seen through the prism of the Arab ethnicity. The Arabs are reneging the treaties they signed with the Jewish leaders decades ago. Given their historic and present record, where everything in their mind is defined by two phrases - Arab and non-Arab, Pakistanis will be absolutely insane to defend them or even more idiotically take sides in any of their conflicts. We should go the way of Turkey and distance ourselves from these folks. Those preaching in the mosques to go demolish Israel are absolute idiots who're living in a fool's paradise, little knowing that the whole conflict is of the Arabs doing themselves. I'm sure our Turkish brothers will know.