ABDULLAH MUSTAFVI
Pakistan cannot afford persistent ignorance on sensitive matters heating up gradually beneath the surface like a volcano. Complexity increases manifolds , as in our case , some of the internal matters apparently looking like a routine occurrence cast an unusually larger shadow on society than the expectations. Poor governance coupled with inefficiency on part of ruling elite provides sufficient stuff to ignite the public sentiments . Then , we have ill intended neighbors, always on toes, to take on available opportunity to jolt the national integrity by fanning any inflammable event . Post murder scenario of Mehsud youth in Karachi has once again exposed our exploitable weaknesses ! Problem starts from the ruling quarters where no concept of governance exists for the masses . Political influences on police have largely compromised the writ of state and crimes flourish in cosmopolitan city with thick patronage of those who are actually responsible to safeguard the masses from the criminals. Extra judicial killings or fake encounters are not a new phenomenon in Karachi ! Likewise meaningful inaction and silence of the authorities on such serious issues speak volumes about the quality of governance. Protest after Mehsud tribe youth , however , appeared as a new trend not much expected by the trigger happy police officials presently at large after being accused for staging a fake encounter . While having no soft corner for the perpetrators involved in such heinous killings, we should not lose sight on the factors which have gradually transformed the protest into an ethnic agenda. Karachi has remained a battlefield of militants who played havoc with the peace on the drum beat of ethnic slogans for decades. So called national political parties had been actively patronizing the militants to gain ascendancy over rivals by controlling the areas on ethnic basis. Poor governance and malicious interferences in Police perpetuated the socio-ethnic disorder at a rapid pace . Unstoppable bleeding of Karachi is the outcome of decades long ignorant approach and unwise policies of major political stake holders . How the foreign hands exploited the situation by moving the strings in their favor is no more a disclosure today . Old aides of ‘Altaf the absconder’ divulged all the dark chapters openly in front of media . Likewise the untold stories surfaced at international media which eventually exposed the real face of the culprits . RAW connection with ethnic militants was undeniable ! Destabilizing Pakistan through ethnic clashes is one of the many aims of our enemies . This dirty game was successfully played against us in East Pakistan and now the stage is being set in Karachi . In the past , death of an urdu speaking girl in a road accident was exploited to an extent that it turned in to a mohajir – pushtoon ethnic clash . Now , the efforts are in way to exploit the murder of Mehsud youth to stage a wide scale ethnic uprising against the state . Sanity should prevail in all quarters and no time be wasted in useless verbose . There is a need to keep an eye on meaningful offers being extended by Afghan leaders to Pakistani pushtoons . Surprisingly , Aghan government , whenever approached for return of her 3 million refugees, loudly expresses inability to accept them back but when finds a slight opportunity to install ethnic disorder in Pakistan she turns meaningfully efficient . Sane minds in Pushtoons precisely understand the hidden agenda behind the fake offers made by Afghan leaders . People of KPK and FATA have suffered the maximum in war against terror and their sacrifices would be endorsed with golden words in the pages of history . Terrorists playing havoc with the blood of Pushtoons are presently sitting in the lap of Afghan Unity government and living on the feed of RAW. Who doesn’t know that Afghan rulers have no grip over area and no authority to take an independent decision against the wishes of their masters . In this scenario , whatever is being fed to simple Pushtoon youth in the name of their rights is nothing but a venomous theme to perpetuate anxiety , hatred , violence and disintegration in our fragile social order . Ruling elite responsible in Islamabad and Karachi should sit together , by keeping aside the political differences , to formulate a cogent set of actions to deal with the situation . Gradual build up of ethnic tensions and frequent acid pouring from across the border must not be ignored in present complex scenario.
