Abdullah Mustafvi
One can easily comprehend with a cursory look upon current scenario that a well thought out multi-pronged propaganda campaign is being vigorously pursued against armed forces of Pakistan by few dubious circles. Ethnic or linguistic fuel suits them the most for igniting fire of hatred against ranks and files of armed forces. The most predictable aim of hatred base campaign is to sabotage the successes achieved by armed forces in highly complex war against terrorism. Retreat of Indian sponsored terrorists , as a result of consistent operations conducted by armed forces, has been a big blow the master minds sitting in New Dehli. Traditional adversary India , under Modi led regime, has pumped in enormous resources to stab the armed forces with the dagger of ethnic hatred. Extraordinary activism of dubious organizations like PTM in terror ridden tribal belt adjacent to afghan border is nothing but exploitation of governance weaknesses or failures to malign the armed forces.
Reportedly during a public meeting at Bannu, firebrand MNA has uttered extremely hateful and irresponsible remarks against armed forces by criticizing the ongoing process of fencing at Pak-Afghan border. Who doesn’t know that fencing affect India and its sponsored terrorists the most . It is an open but bitter reality that PTM leadership , especially manzoorPashteen, always remains tight lipped over causalities or sufferings of Pashtoons in the hands of afghan government. It is obvious that ill intended neighbors like India and Afghanistan,who always remain on toes to take on anyexploitable opportunity, poses multi-dimensional threats to Pakistan .Protest over Mehsud youth’s extra judicial killing eventually gave birth to an ethnic movement which later transformed in an organized forum having target audience mostly in tribal areas .With its stage always open for raising controversial slogans against the armed forces and repetition of the baseless allegations usually propagated by the arch rival enemy India and puppet Afghan government, the forum of PTM provided enough indicators about the hands controlling its strings. Over a period of time foreign sponsored agenda substituted the initial slogans of justice for family of Mehsud youth .This meaningful shift in stance and demands coupled with anti state social media troll sufficiently exposed dubious elements operating in the ranks and files of PTM. Matter turned more obviously complex once number of protests were staged abroad with highly hateful slogans against state institutions. Suspicions got strengthened with the disclosure of eye opening facts that most of the social media accounts, involved in hate mongering against Pakistan, were being operated from India and Afghanistan .While having no soft corner for the perpetrators involved in heinous extra judicial killings, state should not lose sight on thoseelements which have gradually transformed the protest into an ethnic cum anti state agenda.Karachi , for decades, has remained a battlefield of militants who played havoc with the peace while dancing over the drum beat of ethnic slogans . So called national political parties had been actively patronizing the militants to gain ascendancy over rivals by gaining control of various parts of the city through exploitation of ethnic hatred. How the foreign hands exploited the situation by moving the strings in their favor is no more a surprising disclosure today . Old aides of ‘Altaf the Absconder’ divulged all the dark chapters openly in front of national media . Shocking stories surfaced at international media as well which eventually exposed the real face of the culprits . RAW’s connection with ethnic militants was undeniable ! Destabilizing Pakistan through ethnic clashes has always remained one of the many lethal objectives of our enemies . This dirty game was successfully played in East Pakistan and now the stage is being set in tribal areas , urban Sindh and Balochistan . 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 in Karachi .Similar negative efforts are being made nowto fully exploit the ethnic card against state institutions .Protest staging in war torn areas as well as abroad sufficiently snatched the mask of humanity from the faces of foreign funded puppets. Abusing and threatening the armed forces by dubious jokers might demoralize the troops , who happen to be in the forefront of complex war against Indian sponsored terrorism. Political leadership, specially ruling party members, should adopt zero tolerance policy towards artificial hate mongers who are trying to become an overnight ethnic super star by propagating cheap themes against armed forces. As it worked effectively for India in East Pakistan yesterday , the weapon of ethnic hatred is being used, again with full force against armed forces, by Indian agencies. Venomous speeches by so called activists in Bannu rally should not be left unnoticed by the government .Involvement of two MNAs in foreign sponsored campaigns is an issue which should not be buried deep in the secret vaults of the state. Overstepping of two legislators from legal and constitutional boundaries, to malign armed forces, is a serious issue warranting stern punitive matter following prompt investigations.
