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Unread post Sun Dec 21, 2014 7:04 pm
Shimatoree Senior Moderator

In the 13th century, Jalal-ud-din Khwarzam Shah fought against the Mongols led by Ghengiz Khan alone and when he came to India under al-Tutmush…he was denied any help under the guise of REAL POLITIK.
History has not forgotten him though with the passage of Time…very few people today even know of his name.
Fast forward to the 20th Century………everyone in Pakistan rightly condemns the forced occupation of Palestine by the Jews of Europe in forming the satiate of Israel. This in effect has given rise to the birth of many armed political organizations and policies put forth by many Muslim countries.

In the case of Pakistan, there is another OCCUPATION of a Muslim land which no one talks about……..the Ughir lands of Sinkiang by the Chinese Han communist govt. A distinct Muslim people with their own land and culture have been reduced to pariahs in their own land and thanks to the riches of the Chinese and Pakistan's dependence on them, NO PIP SQUEEK is ever heard about this massive land grab. Now that Sinkiang has been found to have tremendous amounts of OIL, well it is unlikely that the Ughirs will ever get a FIAR shake either from the Chinese or from their co-religionists in Pakistan or Saudi Arabia.

Those REAL POLITIK considerations of yesteryear apply to today too.

In state of bondage, as is known,
The shift of conscience is quite sure.

Unread post Mon Dec 22, 2014 6:28 pm
Shimatoree sahib;

In the age of hypocrisy, intellectual honesty is the Caviar we can ill afford. We mostly remember a 'sanitised' version of history - a version retro-corrected to make it more palatable and fit better with the awkward jigsaw of our unconscionable lives. Real Politik is more than a word; it's a prison from whence escape is impossible - do you want to know why? It is hard to escape from a prison which is locked from the inside. We are prisoners to our own hypocrisy and lies as were our so called leaders before us.

China is our great "friend"; it sells us all and sundry especially when we do not have the money to pay upfront. One thing you have got to understand about China; it does not get involved in our internal affairs; no matter who is in power in power in Pakistan from Bhutto, Zia, BB and all the way to the Nawaz Sharif today. China has little interest in giving us a lesson on political morality; its main purpose is to make money - its best costumers are the ultra corrupt of Pakistan because few questions are ever asked about the deals being cut. Did you every notice when you were walking around Jinnah Super Market recently how the whole market was flooded with cheap and tacky Chinese goods? A few years back I asked a shopkeeper were was all the made in Pakistan stuff. His reply was that no one is able to compete with the Chinese! Our 'great' friendship with Chinese has come at a cost; the death of industry in Pakistan so lets not start talking about far away Ughir people and Xinjiang.

The narrative of the last 3 decades in Pakistan is; the more Islamic education we have, the more we adhere to Islamic principles and the moment we have an Islamic government in Pakistan; all our problems will go away miraculously. This is the worst example of intellectual dishonesty I can think of and it shows that we lack the depth to think about our troubled lives in a complex and actionable manner.

At the risk of being honest; people who cannot sort their own problem should stop looking for Caviar to put on their toast.
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