Sikandar Noorani
IT is an undeniable fact that India, under ultra-extremist RSS’ cult, seems more than ever desperate to destabilize Pakistan through overt and covert means. Besides patronizing Afghan based proxies to conduct hardcore terrorist attacks deep inside Pak territory, India has been actively supporting linguistic groups to spread separatist tendencies by fuelling hateful sentiments. East Pakistan model of exploiting the fault lines always fascinates the trigger-happy decision makers in New Delhi. Massive rise of violent linguistic terrorists in Sindh during the decade of 80s actually kept Karachi under siege for about three decades. Similar style and hateful violence was brought in play to disturb the dynamics in Baluchistan. Time revealed that all such destabilizing moves were conceived, financed and executed with massive support of New Delhi. Not much ago, Indian connection of absconder Altaf Hussain was exposed in broad day light. It turned so obvious that founder of MQM Altaf Hussain, who happened to be in the mask of a king maker politician, was recently seen in a video clip openly appealing Indian PM Modi to attack Pakistan. Separatist terrorists undertook hardcore attacks against armed forces and LEAs in Baluchistan which could never be possible without military grade equipment and expertise. Indian National Security Advisor openly divulged New Delhi’s venomous designs to strike Pakistan by hiring terrorists. Pakistan cannot afford to remain oblivious from this bitter fact that politicians pressing demands for a particular linguistic community, like Altaf and Shaikh Mujeeb, were traditionally found hand in glove with New Delhi. Sub-nationalist politicians from Sindh, Balochistan and the KP are no exception to this trend.
It was Pundit Nehru who set this dangerous anti-Pakistan course for India immediately after the partition in 1947. Heavy investment was made to spread the linguistic hatred among the Bengalis, Balochs, Pashtoons and Sindhis. Right from the outset in, Pashtoon factor was exploited by India through Afghanistan to fan the separatist tendencies against Pakistan. This worked well for India in East Pakistan where blunders of unwise rulers enhanced the process of disaster manifolds. We have seen similar oblivious response in mega city Karachi which practically remained under siege in the hands of gangsters patronized by top political parties. Karachi was entirely at the mercy of a London-based absconder who maintained his shadowy control over the city through almost untouchable goons. Poor residents of Karachi took a sigh of relief once the exposure of Indian connection eventually brought an end to this dirty game. End of this deadly game in Karachi has sunken heavy Indian investment. Side by side, gradual success against Indian sponsored terrorist groups in the KP, including erstwhile FATA, and Balochistan, has largely rolled back all coercive plans of New Delhi. Arrest of RAW operative Commander Khalbhoshan Jhadev, a serving naval officer, brought greater embarrassment for India on many accounts. A stable, peaceful and economically prosperous Pakistan is not acceptable to India at any cost. In order to put Pakistan back on the path of disaster and destabilization, India has started resurrecting dead giant of Pashtoon card. Mysteriously a movement surfaced on the political canvas with a demand of justice for the bereaved family of Naqeeb Ullah Mehsood suddenly transformed into a Pashtoon pressure group. PTM has started playing all notorious tricks to malign the armed forces of Pakistan as it was done in the past by leaders like Mujeeb and Altaf. Unfortunately, just like past, careless handling of political leadership has provided enough exploitable space to PTM.
A failure or flaw in governance, pointed out by PTM or any other group, should be dealt or rectified by the ruling party. At this moment, PTM’ leadership is over exaggerating the problems of war ridden erstwhile FATA by directly maligning the defence forces of Pakistan. This false blaming by PTM against armed forces clearly proves that masterminds of terrorism, sitting in New Delhi, have launched an attack to sabotage the Pak successes in war against terror. Surprisingly, so-called sympathizers have never uttered a single word on the plight of Pashtoons suffering in Afghanistan. Resilient Pashtoon masses are well familiar with treacherous ways of foreign sponsored sub-nationalist jugglers. It is an established fact that politicians perpetuating linguistic hatred always pursue venomous agenda dictated by their foreign masters. People of the KP and Balochistan had already been deceived, in the past as well, on hateful linguistic themes. There had been terrorist training camps and subversion centres on Afghan soil, in the decade of 60 and 70, where Baloch and Pashtoon youth were pushed on the path of violent criminal struggle against Pakistan. Old comrade and an insider Jumma Khan Sufi, in his book titled ‘Fareb-e-Na-Tamam’ has revealed numerous eye opening facts about treacherous politics of sub-nationalist jugglers. If PTM persistently alleges Pak Army in the middle of the battle, it is equivalent of pressing terrorists’ narrative dictated by none other than New Delhi. Most apparently, PTM is a revised edition of those Indian fabricated puppets who had already found their place in the dustbin of history.
—The writer is a free lancer who often contributes in national news papers.
