by B. R. GOWANI
“Pakistani Army Comander in the Eastern Command, Lt. General A. A. K. Niazi, signing the Instrument of Surrender in front of General of Officer Commanding in Chief of India and Bangladesh Forces in the Eastern Theatre, Lt. General Jagjit Singh Aurora. 16th December, 1971.” PHOTO/Mukto Mona
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Pakistani Military has almost always played
a commanding and ruinous role in Pakistan
either through direct takeover of power
or indirectly through pulling strings
the majority ethnic group Bengalis
over 50% of the population
demanded their just rights
and so the Army went on a rampage
killing and raping their fellow citizens
India intervened and Pakistan lost
Bengalis emerged as Bangladeshis
over 90,000 Pakistani soldiers
became POWs or prisoners of war
it was the worst humiliation inflicted
on Pakistan’s “Muslim” warriors
who had embarked on one of their mis-jihads
Pakistan Peoples Party’s Z. A. Bhutto
the newly elected leader of the dismembered country
instead of showing the defeated military
its proper place in the barracks
sent it to crush the Balochi people
in 1977, the Military grabbed power
and in 1979, Bhutto was shown the coffin
almost after 40 years
not only the military
but all the armed forces
intelligence agencies
and the government
has faced a similar humiliation
the only difference:
then the army was intoxicated
with hatred for Bengalis and Hindus
and didn’t expect such humiliation
but this time
there is a serious disunity
among all the agencies and forces
80 US jihaidis entered Pakistan
and killed Osama and others in the military vicinity
and everyone is pretending ignorance
it’s unbelievable that no one
in the Pakistan establishment knew about it
so this time around
the disgrace is imposed on all
with the connivance of few
who didn’t mind it
for the continued aid
there will be assassination attempts
the US says
that during the attack
if it had faced any counterattack from Pakistan
then the Navy Seals had orders to fight back
its nice to boast such rubbish
but the real scenario is dangerous even to imagine
if Pakistani forces had attacked the Navy Seals
would one of the US carriers in the neighborhood
or the planes in Afghanistan have fired missiles?
How many missiles?
What if all the Navy seals were killed?
ironically, this time too
PPP is in power and Bhutto’s son-in-law is in power
but is very weak
a public lynching of the involved and uninvolved bastard generals
is the only way to avenge this humiliation
and to put Pakistan on a respectful and democratic track
B. R. Gowani can be reached at brgowani@hotmail.com