I
congratulate all my country fellows out there for keeping this cause of 'freedom for Indian held' Kashmir
alive since last 60 years.
That's an
incredibly long time. A lot has changed since then. We couldn't keep East
Pakistan, but thank God we don't celebrate a Bangladesh Day to claim our
right back on it. We are also not sure, which parts of the remaining Pakistan
we would be able to keep, and which ones we wouldn't. And how many more days
we'll be celebrating in future for the lost causes? For instance, a Sui Gas Day some time in near future, to claim back
our right on Balochistan? Or a Karachi Day for the freedom of an 'MQM-terrorised Karachi’?
Kalabagh dam or Mangla dam days, to claim back our freedom to produce and use
electricity? There is one thing we could be quite sure of though; we have a thing
for the lost causes.
And here comes the million dollar question: among the current fiasco we are having in this country, is Kashmir really a cause worth
fighting for?
In the lessons of distorted history we study at
schools, we're only told half the truth. After partition, Hari Singh, the ‘procrastinating’ Maharaja of
Kashmir, knew that time was running out and his Muslim peasants were revolting
against him. We are told that Maharaja, ‘in order to keep his rule, conspired
with Indian government.’ Help was sought and Indian troops were deployed in
Kashmir to control the insurgency.
But
we're never told the other side of the story. On October 23, well before the Indian
troops were deployed, British trucks and jeeps of the Pakistan army, loaded with
some 5,000 armed Pathan Afridi, Waziri and Mehsud tribesmen, crossed the Kashmir border. And they headed east along the
Muzaffarabad-Burmula road that led to Srinagar itself. That 'Invasion' of
Kashmir from Pakistan will long be called by Pakistan a 'purely volunteer
action' undertaken 'spontaneously' by 'furious tribesmen' rushing to the aid of their
oppressed 'Muslim brothers.' But the truck, petrol and drivers were hardly
standard tribal equipment. And the British and Pakistani officers, all along
the Northern Pakistan route these 'tribals’ used, knew and supported that
violent October operation. The operation in which Pakistan seems to have hoped to trigger the
integration of its so called 'paradise on earth,' Kashmir into the nation.Bushra
19:20 hours
Thursday 6 February 2014
6 comments:
I DO NOT agree with your article here. You have completely ignored Haq-e-Khud Iradiyat of Kashmiri Muslims, who are oppressed by India Forces since decades.
I'm not denying the violation of humans rights there, I'm only talking about Pakistan's less than helpful role in the Kashmir conflict. Besides, I think if an independent plebiscite is ever held in Kashmir, Indian Kashmiris would not decide for becoming part of Pakistan. I rather fear, if given a choice, the Kashmiris of AJK would not go for Pakistan either - considering the current state of bad governance and lack of basic utilities in Pakistan.
Since the beginning of the recent uprsing in 1990 Kashmiris are demanding and end to Indian forced rule. no journalists, human rights and humanitarian organizations, or tourists were allowed to enter occupied kashmir until very recently. The real story will be told only when Indian occupation forces have left Kashmir. The extent of torture, killngs and rapes of Kashmiri people by Indian forces are already creating a new record of atrocities. It shall shame Hitlers death squads. Tgang-rapes, burning of entire villages and crops, destruction of economic life of whole communities and genocide of the Kashmiri people are everyday affairs.
You've presented it badly and very sarcastically here but you're probably right. It's time to let go. We've done all we can and screaming silently into the night is not going to change things. Continuing on with this struggle, however righteous, at this point will probably cause more hardship to the people of Kashmir than accepting their fate and reconciling to it.
The solution is starting everyone in the face now. We just have to have the guts and the common sense to accept it.
@Fauzan, thanks for agreeing to the idea. You're right. We should accept it as it is, at least now. Around, this being sarcastic or harsh, I apologise but that's my way of writing. They say truth is bitter, anyway!
@anonymous, again, not denying human rights violations and atrocities there. Am just pointing out Pakistan's unhelpful role in the mess. Leaving the bigger problems at home, we can't just poke our nose in our neighbours concerns!
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