Shameful violation of ethics and morality
NEWLY elected Prime Minister of Pakistan and his delegation of Federal Ministers and parlia mentarians were subjected to the most crude and ugliest form of heckling by the PTI supporters when they entered the premises of the Masjid-i-Nabwi in Madina on their first official visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The Pakistani delegation included Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Miftah Ismail, Shahzain Bugti, MuriamAurangzeb, Khawaja Asif, Choudhry Salik Hussein, Dr.
Khalid Maqbool Siddique, and Mohsin Dawar and they were there at the invitation of the crown prince Mohammed Bin Salman.
Just as the Pakistani delegation enteredthe holy site to offer prayers they were confronted by an organized crowd of PTI workers and mobbed by them with loud slogans of “Chor Chor” This abhorrent behavior in one of the holiest and sacred sites of Islam has brought condemnation from all over the world specially from renowned Muslim scholars and political leaders from the entire Muslim world.
This vicious and ugly attack on Pakistani officials is without doubt shameful and without precedence.
Since his ouster from power the former Prime Minister has adopted a dangerous policy of inciting violence, intolerance and divisiveness in the country and his larger than life ego is taking the country towards anarchy and civil war.
He needs to mend his ways and rein in his violent supporters’ hell bent on proving themselves more loyal to the throne than the king himself.
To fulfil their political ambitions, The PTI loyalists even forgot the sanctity of one of the holiest places in Islam to fulfill the wishes of their lord and master.
They forgot that at this holy site people dare not even raise their voice but the PTI stalwarts have managed to damage the identity and soft image of Pakistan.
This incident orchestrated by the PTI is a new low in our politics and is beneath contempt and worthy of being called the most shameless act ever seen in our turbulent political history.
The reaction of the PTI leaders in Pakistan was shameful and embarrassing instead of condemning the incident they proudly and jubilantly flaunted it as a great victory and show of support for Imran Khan and even after all the negative reactions from all over the world they do not have the decency to condemn this barbarism and disregard of respect in the hallowed grounds of Madina.
Since after a humiliating defeat in Parliament in the form of a no confidence motion Imran Khan and his supporters have taken leave of all sense of decency morality and even normal political ethics.
They are hell bent on creating chaos, turmoil and violence. Pakistani society has been radicalized to dangerous levels and this shameful scripted act in Madina has crossed all boundaries of decency and parliamentary norms.
It appears that Imran Khan and cohorts do not have the grace and decency to accept their defeat in a sporting manner and prepare for the next elections.
The President refused to take the oath of office from the newly elected Prime Minister and the Punjab Assembly has been turned into a fish market with the PTI appointed governor Punjab simply refusing to accept the new reality in the province and even violating his oath of office by refusing to accept the judgment of the high court.
They are demanding immediate elections because the case of foreign funding is now in its final stages and it appears to be going against the wishes of the PTI and the likelihood that the PTI could be barred from taking part in any future elections.
Imran Khan is guilty of introducing foul language and abuse in public speeches and political discourse.
He made a start with vicious slander and then resorted to ugly name calling and now it has spiraled down to harassing and intimidating political opponents.
He is now openly encouraging violence and foul language against anybody who dares to challenge his political views.
The former Prime Minister keeps shouting from the roof tops his love for Islam and his efforts to realize his utopian dream of Riasat-i-Madna.
He has shown open support and backing for extremist religious organizations like the TTP and the TLP so where is his love of Islam and respect for the holy prophet when he has not uttered one word of condemnation for the ugly incident orchestrated by his supporters and followers in Madina?
He is planning to bring this country to a state of violent anarchy because he cannot accept any dissent from any quarter.
He is now on the rampage because his dubious claims of an international conspiracy against him were solidly proven to be wrong and baseless.
He has not accepted the fact that he lost on account of incompetence and bad governance. The PTI chairman and his supporters are now engaged in the unholy act of subverting democracy and introduce some form of a neo fascist dictatorship with a religious hue, they believe in violence and do not accept the right of all citizens to engage in just and fair political process.
—The writer is Professor of History, based in Islamabad.
