ehsan
October 22, 2013, 7:10pm
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Re: The end of the past … Pakistan of 50/60/70s!
A great read … interesting, anecdotal and colorful. do not ignore it by labeling it a “rant from a liberal fascist” …
that Pakistan of 50/60/70s was definitely a much better place both culturally and religiously than what we have today. It was a more fun place with space to breathe for everyone. even religious activities were celebrated with much more zeal, fun and openness. What we have today is a suffocated environment in which any type of fun is considered sin except praying and going to mosque. Going to mosque and to pray is absolutely fine but labeling others as mushrak, sinful is wrong.
we want a pakistan in which I can tell the tebleghi guy to mind his own business when he knocks at MY DOOR and ask me to go to mosque … and I want government and society to be on my side not his side! I wan a land where minorities are not targeted/harrassed and called names and labelled as non-msulims and what not. Equal rights for everyone where a qadyani/Christian/hindu can be my president or prime minster as well if he deserves.
These wahabis, salafis, doebandis and tableghis under arab influence have destroyed the social fabric of our Muslim society in sub-continent. We are not dry ARABS..we had our own way of celebrating our social life and our religion. Give me MY Pakistan back! I thought Imran khan will be that force of change but…deep sigh
The end of the past - DAWN.COM
Pakistan of 60’s was awesome. peaceful, people were treated with dignity, there was unity, everyone was a Muslim and Pakistani. Now we are neither Pakistani nor Muslim, we have become Punjabis, Sindhis, Balochis and Pathans and then we are Shia, Sunni, Bralevi, Deobandi and God knows what. It would be nice if we become Muslims and Pakistanis again.