Bharat Rakshak

schinnas wrote: KSA breaking off its sponsorship of TSP would be the best possible outcome. Nothing enrages an Arab than backstabbing which Pukis are indulging in now after accepting the Saudi dole outs with both hands. Pukis are doomed if they go and doomed if they don't!

shiv wrote:Did we post the news that the terror boat of Dec 31 2014 owner was a Paki called Imam Bheel?Didn't see it if it was posted

We are fighting a fight for Pakistan.”This is an oft repeated statement from politicians, military personnel, bureaucrats and journalists.Let me tell you unequivocally, we are losing the fight for Pakistan.In our attempts to salvage an archaic idea of Pakistan, an idea relegated to the back shelves of the global landscape, we are losing the Pakistan that we have.We will not win this war in North Waziristan, we will not lose this war in Lahore, we will either win or lose this war in the minds of our countrymen. Yes, that is what they are, our countrymen, and every single one of them should matter more to us than any idea of Pakistan that was conceived a century ago.If we have any hopes of saving Pakistan, we have to let go of the idea of Pakistan. Neither the sub-continent, nor the world needs a separate homeland for Muslims. We need a country where people can live freely regardless of their creed, caste, religion or political affiliation.The emergence of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has convoluted any concept of an ‘Islamic state’. The global landscape simply has no space for such a transcontinental organisation. The ISIS harkens to the dream of a Muslim Ummah but the state structure prevalent around the world simply does not allow for one.
Every Muslim country around the world has its own vested interests. They make decisions based on those interests rather than any religious association. Upon the creation of Pakistan, leaders and the military establishment of Pakistan extensively wrote to Muslim countries with the idea of forming a Muslim block led by Pakistan, but even 60-years ago, the idea was not broadly welcomed.
The world politics fundamentally changed post 9/11, yet the narrative in Pakistan failed to change with it. Pakistan’s establishment failed to anticipate the changing landscape. Following Zia’s policies during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, we once again formed a precarious partnership with the US. A partnership of deceit, double-cross and unreliable allies, it may be a personal badge of honour for the bureaucrats to successfully outwit a global superpower but the embarrassment caused to the country may be irrevocable.Pakistan has been called a failed state, a terrorist state, yet our narrative continues to be the same. The jihad discourse promoted effectively to galvanise our countrymen during the wars with India continues to dominate the narrative.
The raison d’etre of Pakistan is a Muslim homeland. However, the same Islamic narrative that united us against India, has now divided our own country. The global Islamic narrative has been hijacked by terrorist outfits, and with Pakistan failing to radically redefine itself in the modern world, it has allowed its own narrative to be hijacked by them too.The thing about monsters is that you can create them but you cannot control them; it is the same with ideas. Unfortunately, we not only created monsters, we also provided them with the ideas, giving them the legitimacy to exist. We are now finally fighting the monsters but we are not still fighting the ideas.
We harken to this mystical idea of ‘Quaid ka Pakistan’, a never-ending debate as to how exactly Quaid-e-Azam wanted Pakistan to be. I too have my own conception of what I feel Quaid wanted Pakistan to be, but ideas are not born in a vacuum. They emerge out of the historical epoch.Unfortunately, Quaid’s historical epoch is over.Many of Quaid’s ideas are still relevant and fundamentally important but they should be applied for those reasons rather than the fact that those ideas belonged to Quaid. He was a great man but we are not ordained to follow every single word of any of our forbearers.When you have stories glorifying Ilmuddin, a man revered by Quaid-e-Azam and Allama Iqbal for killing an alleged blasphemer, then you should not be surprised to find that Mumtaz Qadri is a national hero.
The story of Ilmuddin defines who we see as our heroes, and if Ilmuddin was a hero, then so was Qadri. And the retelling of these stories in this light will ensure our future will see many more such heroes.
The very existence of Pakistan is defined in terms of the violence of partition. As a nation, we have become apathetic to violence because we grow up reading about millions of death before even lunch time. At home, our television informs of us of hundreds more.It is important for people to know their history but the politics of language heavily pollute the narrative of language. The death of Muslims during partition is heavily highlighted whereas Muslims who committed killings of non-Muslims is glorified.In my own research in Lahore, I met people who were extremely proud of the number of people killed by their family members during partition. During and post-partition, people in both India and Pakistan enjoyed impunity to commit mass violence against who they perceived to be the ‘other’. Unfortunately, these violent crimes have never been addressed hence they continue to repeat themselves in Bangladesh, Kashmir, and Balochistan.Any movement for self-determination in the country is tinted with our constructed memories of the partition. The glorification of both the martyrs and the killers of non-Muslims in the partition narrative ensure Pakistanis are ever ready to take up violence to protect what they perceive Pakistan to be. And this is where the problem is.The hammering of the idea of unity further amplifies the problem by the perception that a multiplicity of ideas is against the fundamental virtue of Pakistan. The matter is only made worse for minorities and non-Muslims. And every single story that we tell within this paradigm, only perpetuates the core problem. Even if it is something as coincidental as our flag, our flag is basically a piece of art. An artist’s rendition of the idea of Pakistan; an aesthetic choice rather than the objective definition of our country. However, the strict demarcation of the flag between the non-Muslims and Muslims is highly problematic.Why is it that non-Muslims only have the white portion, which is completely separate from the rest of the flag?In isolation, these things may mean nothing but collectively, they all add up to form a narrative that we have all subconsciously internalised. We take these things as given but we are surprised when the inevitable consequences of perpetuating such a culture play out.If we do not forego our fascination with our past, we will lose our future.If we do not let go of all our individual ideas of how Pakistan should be, and continue to fight against each other for our piece of land, then there will be no Pakistan left to fight for

Jhujar wrote:Here is one Paki trying thinking To save Pakistan, we have to let go of the idea of Pakistan

Is jahaaz ke kaptaan aur unka amla aapko khushamdeed kehte hain. Hum 20,000 feet ki bulandi par pravaas karte huwe, inshallah ek ghante aur tees minute mein Karachi pahunchengay.

And just for the joy of hearing such exquisite Urdu (a huge turn-on), I chucked the flat bed, and sat on a narrow seat in the first row of a tired looking PIA aircraft. The carpet was damp (courtesy of the water seeping out from the washroom), the armrest was dilapidated, the wallpaper peeling.

Three years back, I made my Pakistan debut. I braved my way through fear, concern and anguish from friends and folks who were convinced that I was on crack.
They had the right idea
I mean, heard of someone saying he’s visiting Pakistan on holiday?

After boot camp of the worst kind at the visa office in Delhi, I was ready to swap Pakistan for Peru. But an emotional sucker like me gladly fell for the coaxing from loving Lahori friends, one of whom I had met in the course of work in London. (So deep was the love that I began observing a roza every Ramazan — the Laylatul Qadr one.)

As I sat in an aircraft that looked ready to fall apart, a million thoughts zoomed in and out of my head. Was this for real? Was I for real? Had I lost the plot? Was I ready to get bombed, kidnapped or gunned down?

I was en route to Lahore (via Karachi), a city I had heard and read so much about. Most North Indians like us are blessed with forefathers from Punjab.
So North India == Punjab??

My great grandmother was from Lahore. I remember Mr Bachchan telling me about his mother’s early days in Lahore and Rawalpindi. Something about Lahore draws you to it — call it a raw cultural charm or an inexplicable kind of exotica.

After suffering PIA, I finally landed in Lahore, gripped by palpable excitement. The city where Bhagat Singh died, where the Ravi flows and where the declaration of the Indian independence was passed.

Lahoris are unequivocally hospitable. Their undying spirit of hard partying is infectious. I felt like I was at a pumping Ibiza bash that was happening behind closed doors.

Old Lahore was a treasure to traverse, like Delhi or Amritsar. Everything’s the same. Only the sign-boards are in Urdu, not in Hindi. We’re one race. One can’t but help think about the tragedy of partition.

The city has a heart. A deep one. It extends the warmest embrace. It loves unconditionally. It feels like a home away from home.
Someone forgot to tell the Hindus, Sikhs, Christians and Ahmedis that messag

I returned to Mumbai

In one piece. Untouched, unscathed. I was thronged by curious friends excitedly waiting for me to unravel the Pakistan enigma. I said it was a crazy, fun-filled ride.

Incidentally, I’ve returned to Pakistan thrice to relive it. From being a mad-hatter venturing into ‘enemy’ territory, to turning into an unofficial goodwill ambassador of Pakistan in my city, it’s been a helluva journey.

Let’s say Alhamdollilah to that!

The writer has been in top media and entertainment corporations in Bollywood for over a decade

shiv wrote:

schinnas wrote: KSA breaking off its sponsorship of TSP would be the best possible outcome. Nothing enrages an Arab than backstabbing which Pukis are indulging in now after accepting the Saudi dole outs with both hands. Pukis are doomed if they go and doomed if they don't!

Are you talking about countries with one iota of shame or with any semblance of conscience? Khud-khushi is as productive and decidedly more fun than the hopes you have expressed. Soothias will keep funding our neighbouring Pookias. They are all a shameless bunch of mofos who are such egregious buggers running their countries in such a preposterous way that they depend on each other. They would all collapse like the skeleton of a desiccated turd if they did not do that.

ramana wrote:Maybe now the houbara will get some respite from Arab sheiks annual hunting.

partha wrote:

ramana wrote:Maybe now the houbara will get some respite from Arab sheiks annual hunting.

..and some wimmens as a result.

China has both financed and constructed the port because it opens up a route for transporting Middle East oil by a 3,000-km long land route from Gwadar port to Kashgar, the northwestern Chinese city.

The TV report further added that oil from the Middle East could be offloaded at Gwadar and transported to China by rail and road.

The Chinese-run Gwadar deep-sea port will commence operation formally from this month, starting with fish exports to Gulf countries, said Gwadar Port Managing Director (MD) Dostain Khan Jamaldini.

According to Jamaldini, Chinese authorities were almost done with their planning exercise and had shared their plan with port authorities.

Peregrine wrote:
The TV report further added that oil from the Middle East could be offloaded at Gwadar and transported to China by rail and road.

Falijee wrote:Malik lauds Sania's feet

But one reader's comment says it all : "What is your contribution ??? You cannot even make her live in Pakistan ...!!

UMERApr 15, 2015 11:19am: They look so much like cousins.

schinnas wrote:

Peregrine wrote:
The TV report further added that oil from the Middle East could be offloaded at Gwadar and transported to China by rail and road.

Cheers

JE Menon wrote:http://www.dawn.com/news/1175652/bilawal-banished

Blow one, blow all, blown out ... don't know if this was posted here. Apparently the jackass of larkana is now braying in London.

habal wrote:Sheikh Rasheed was heard saying in an interview a day or two ago:

yeh Gandhi ka India ya Nehru ka India nahi hain .. yeh Modi ka India hain aur Suran Singh ka India hain ..

btw this Suran Singh is a Pakistani legislator from KPK from PTI. But being non-muslim he is also Indian in a paki's eyes.

ramana wrote:

JE Menon wrote:http://www.dawn.com/news/1175652/bilawal-banished

Blow one, blow all, blown out ... don't know if this was posted here. Apparently the jackass of larkana is now braying in London.

Maybe bonding with Rahul Gandhi who is also missing.

After all rumor has it they are cousins.

LokeshC wrote:If at all one thing this drama makes clear to me is:
Arabs are nuke/non-nuke nude. soothia begging its bhadwa pookia and pookia making soothia a well deserve ch()()thiya all points to how bad things must be for the *-thiyas of the dejjerts.

Falijee wrote:Chief of Army Staff (COAS) warns foreign states, agencies against involvement in Balochistan

QUOTE: Chief of Army Staff warned foreign states (code for India?) and international agencies ( code for United Nations/ Human Right Watch?)...

Comment: East Pakistan sceneario repeating itself ?

ramana wrote:Falijee, One of forum tenets is not to drive traffic to Baki sites.(Reduces internet traffic and based on hearsay keeps your computer safe from viruses).
So if you find something interesting post it with a link(avoids copy right issues)