Unfortunately, those who once visit any foreign country never cease to appreciate it. They admire the Middle East for its cleanliness but often lament their salary packages. For them, Europe, America and Australia are ideal places due to the abundance of wealth.
They praise the law and order, good income and living conditions there. But why are we forgotten in his-tory? We must acknowledge that their entire economic engine was driven by the exploitation of our people. During European colonization, they looted the entire world at an unimaginable level.
According to Al-Jazeera, they plundered $45 trillion dollars from the golden sparrow (Indo-Pak subcontinent). In the book “An Era of Darkness,” Shashi Tharoor vividly describes their story of theft. Before the arrival of the East India Company on the shores of Bengal, 23 percent of the world’s GDP was controlled by the Mughal Empire. These invaders plundered to such an extent that, upon their departure, the subcontinent constituted less than three per-cent of the world’s GDP. The literacy rate in India plummeted to a jaw-dropping level. The 27 percent share of world trade before the British Raj dropped to a mere two percent.
They simply extracted riches from us and initiated their industrial revolution, exploiting their own people in the process. During the Bengal famine, four million Indians perished. Churchill cal-lously rejected aid by asking, “Has Gandhi died yet?” All blessings to democracy, which in-troduced fake human rights to them. Just imagine, those who speak fervently about human rights are silent on the Gaza issue. Otherwise, they never cease to demand that Pakistan en-sure the welfare of Afghan refugees. It implies that only the lives of their people matter; oth-ers are treated as insignificant. America has the highest gun violence in the world. Did Paki-stan massacre 51 innocent people in Christchurch, New Zealand? In the name of the Cold War, they initiated the Afghan Jihad and created terrorist organizations in the West.
Pakistan did not bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In this modern era of technology, it’s unfortunate that they still engage in spreading fake news. While they portray Hamas, a terrorist organization, negatively, Israel is portrayed as defending its sovereignty under the leadership of Netanyahu. Undoubtedly, we have many problems in our motherland, but we must understand that all these issues are the gifts from the plunderers of India.
They introduced bureaucracy and institutional systems. They created unsolved fault lines all over the world while presenting themselves as the sole protectors of human rights. They have pushed us back into a new era of neo-colonialism. Supporting them further strengthens their dominance over the world. These issues continue to be a thorn in our side. We can address our issues; this is a transition period. A renaissance is only possible through the power of our people. We need to demand education and policymaking and correct ourselves.
While we talk about laws, we often break them. For instance, if the government mandates wearing a helmet, we know it’s a lifesaving instrument, yet many refuse to wear one. We need to hold ourselves accountable for the destruction of our beloved homeland. —The writer occasionally writes for the national press, based in Daska.
