Open Letter: Will Election 2013 Rigging Evidences be Ignored

“In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful”

Open Letter
To, Honorable Justice Fakhruddin G. Ibrahim
Election Commission of Pakistan Secretariat, Constitution Avenue, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan

Subject: Will Election 2013 Rigging Evidences be Ignored?

Asalamo Alykum,

It is a trend that the loser party of the elections says that the elections were rigged and such claims may be ignored. But what if credible evidence is floating among the public of such a rigging? Will the rigging allegation still be ignored? Will Election 2013 rigging evidences be ignored?

It must most certainly be in your notice that currently the media is surging with evidences of massive rigging in the current elections. The rigging included,

• Pre-poll bullying as reported by PTI’s Abrar-ul-Haq, prior to elections
• Bullying at polling stations, forcing people to stamp a certain party or not allowing them to cast their vote
• Providing people pre-stamped ballot papers
• Destroying cast votes
• Self-stamping massive ballot papers

There are personal statements and video evidences of the above rigging. The worst of the rigging has taken place in Karachi and then Lahore. Why are the law-enforcing agencies helpless against the mafia of Karachi? How long will they remain helpless? To what extent will they remain helpless? Some politicians have been caught rigging red-handed in Lahore. Why are they walking around scot-free now? And if some polling stations have been caught rigging, what is the assurance that other polling stations of the same area were not rigged?

When we recall the last speeches of the election candidates, Sir Imran Khan seemed very calm and hopeful and gave a clear analyzing criterion for people to think about before they vote, while Mian Nawaz Shareef seemed extremely anxious and was resorting to desperate bribery and desperate pleading to vote for PML-N. How come the election results do not match the expectation of either of the two politicians?

Please bear in mind that people resort to revolt when the law is being violated and on top of that the law-enforcing agencies remain mute upon the violation. If Pakistan witnesses a revolt in the near future, the responsibility of it lies with the authorities for their inaction.

Conducting free and fair elections is the responsibility of Commission of Pakistan, in coordination with the police and other law enforcing agencies. It is also their responsibility to take action against any form of rigging.

We demand for re-elections, at least in the polling stations against which there is evidence. The witnesses and evidence bearers should be given full confidence and security. They should have direct access to you and their identity should remain absolutely confidential, known only to you. These re-elections must be conducted under the central surveillance of cameras visible to you and on-ground army monitoring.

Honorable Justice Fakhruddin, people have trusted you much for these elections. It is unto you to fulfill that trust. You would certainly not like to lose people’s trust in you. And in the Hereafter, you will be answerable to Allah Almighty as well. Do you think you will be able to face Allah Almighty with a clear conscience?

Wsalam,
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Open Letter: 'Value Voting' in Future Elections

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Open Letter
To, Honorable Justice Fakhruddin G. Ibrahim
Election Commission of Pakistan Secretariat, Constitution Avenue, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan

Subject: Value Voting’ in Future Elections

Respected Sir,

Asalamo Alykum.

You must have heard of Allama Iqbal’s famous poetic verse about democracy,

Jamhooriyat ek tarz-e-hukoomat hae jis mae Bando’n ko gi’na kartae hae’n, tho’la nahi kartae

True Islamic governance is by Khilafah, where a leader is selected by a group of wise men based on his piety, wisdom, intelligence, strength, capability, foresightedness and such qualities. This leader is called the Khalifah. The entire Muslim nation then takes an oath of allegiance to him. The Khalifah governs the Muslim nation according to Islamic laws and values. Also, the Khalifah stays the Khalifah till he is performing well, be it one year or ten years and he leaves when he ceases to perform well, be it one year or ten years. Indeed, that is very logical.

Since the Khilafah is not existence for the time being, we have to make do with democracy temporarily. However, there is no reason why we cannot improvise it and bring it as close to the ideal system as possible. One of the pillars of the ideal system is selection based on knowledge and wisdom.

In the current democracy, the vote of an illiterate and a literate have equal value. Although it is possible that an illiterate person happens to be a wise person, yet education generally helps in boosting one’s thinking power and critical thinking. As is the scenario in Pakistan, poor and uneducated people are financially manipulated to cast ‘instructed’ votes, especially in the villages where the feudal lord plays god and the central government writ is very loose. Uneducated people are also brain-washed to vote by caste association. Sometimes people vote for the stupidest reasons such as ancestral association and good looks.

Finally, let it be noted here that in Islam, the first and foremost education compulsory for a Muslim is religious knowledge and the highest factor to be rated when selecting a person for a public-post is religious knowledge, practical practice and consciousness of accountability, called Taqwa. It might appear to someone that whether to pray or not to pray is a personal issue, but the physical rituals of Islam are in one dimension a test and measure of person’s sense of duty, which is extremely important for a public-post.

Hence, I would request the ECP to introduce ‘value voting’, such that an uneducated person may have a vote-value of one, an educated person’s vote may have a vote-value of two and a person having both worldly education and religious education may have a vote-value of three.

If the champions of democracy have a problem with such an alteration with democracy, ask them why selected members of the UN have the veto power? Ask them why they stay mute upon the monarchy of oil-rich countries like Saudi Arabia? Ask them why the election victory of religious-political parties was not accepted in Al-Jazair and Palestine? Is democracy supposed to deliver results or are results composed and then backed by democracy?

May Allah Almighty give you the strength to apply your position of power well such that the reforms you make may become Sadqa-e-Jariya for you in the Hereafter. Wsalam.

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Open Letter: No to Atheism Promotion by Media

“In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful”


Open Letter
To, Chairman PEMRA,
PEMRA Headquarters, Mauve Area, G-8/1,
Islamabad 44000, Pakistan

Subject: No to Atheism Promotion by Media

Respected Sir,

Asalamo Alykum,

It has been noted that our dramas, talk shows and public messages are moving in the direction of promoting non-religiousness, secularism and atheism.

These attitudes, thoughts and conversions are shown as being cool, broad-mindedness and freedom of thought and speech.

Indeed Allah Almighty says,

“There is no compulsion in religion. True guidance has been made clearly distinct from error. Therefore, whoever renounces 'Taghut' (forces of Shaitan) and believes in Allah, has grasped the firm hand-hold that will never break. Allah, Whose hand-hold you have grasped, hears all and knows all.

Allah is the Wali (Protector) of those who believe, He brings them out of the depth of darkness and lead them into the light. As for the unbelievers, whose wali (protector) is Taghut (forces of Shaitan), he takes them out of the light and leads them into the depths of darkness. As a result they will become the companions of the Hell fire and shall live therein forever.”

[The Holy Quran, (2) Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 256, 257]

But the criminal truth is that this Quranic verse is only half-quoted and misquoted severely. It is quoted in a way which portrays as if it is okay either ways with Allah Almighty, whether you follow His Commandments or not. There is no chastisement either ways. Whereas that is a gross twisting of fact. What the holy verse very clearly intends to say is that Allah Almighty does not force human beings for their thoughts and actions. They are free to choose their paths and then should be ready to face the consequences of their choice.

Allah Almighty has blessed you with a position of power and authority. I would request you to issue ethical guidelines for the media outlets and not allow them to spread misguidance amongst Muslims and non-Muslims alike. They must only convey the correct holy message and not contort it.

May Allah Almighty bless your efforts in this world and the Hereafter. Wsalam.

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Open Letter: Ethical Guidelines for Drama Scripts

“In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful”

Open Letter
To, Chairman PEMRA,
PEMRA Headquarters, Mauve Area, G-8/1,
Islamabad 44000, Pakistan

Subject: Ethical Guidelines for Drama Scripts

Respected Sir,

Asalamo Alykum. Pervaiz Musharraf liberated the media from the shackles of any running government’s self-centered and self-praising solo reporting. It was a good thing, and it was the very thing which played a pivotal role in ousting him out because his intentions and ideology were not good.

Many among the public created a public hue and cry over the vulgarity swarming into our dramas, advertisements and even comedy shows, after the media liberation. It is not the issue of the programs being Indian, Western or Pakistani. Vulgarity is vulgarity, be it under any citizenship. And vulgarity is vulgarity, be it in skirts, jeans or shalwar kameez. Because a rose by any other name would smell just as sweet and a thorn by any other name would prick just as hard.

However, the reply that Pervaiz Musharraf gave in a humorous tone was that, pasand na aye, tho channel change kae dae. I hope today he is doing the same at the unexpected turn of events since 2008, being reported on the media.

Sir, the point I am trying to make is that we reap what we sow. Pervaiz Musharraf did not care for the concerns of the people and the recommendations of religion. He let stem vulgarity on the media. Allah Almighty has His own way of teaching people a lesson, in a language then that they understand.

Today our dramas are showing stories which are corrupting the youth and teaching them lessons which we would never want them to learn. Why do we show bunking school and college as a cool thing to do while we would never want our children to bunk? Why do we show teenage couples eloping from home as heroic while we would never want our teenage boys and girls to elope? Why do we show extra-marital affairs as a natural reality while we would never want our spouse to even think about it?

Smoking, drinking, physical relationships out of marriage and similar vices are portrayed as a non-issue and people who have a problem with them are the ones who have ‘hang-ups’.

The words pregnancy, abortion, illegitimate child and such terminologies are being used so openly that little children have learnt to pronounce them and question as to what these words mean.

I request you to set a standard guideline regarding script, dialogues and costumes that all television channels must follow for all their shows. It would be better if dramas are allowed to be made based on real stories only, because then the lesson derived is also a true one, and not the individual opinion of an individual mind. Further, the teachings of Quran and Sunnah must be kept in mind while rounding off stories and no unIslamic ideology should be propagated into the society.

I hope you make use of your position wisely and leave behind a tradition which will be reward-earning for you in this world and the Hereafter, Ameen. Wsalam.

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Open Letter: Arabic Language should be Compulsory in Academic Curriculums

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Open Letter
To, Dr. Sania Nishtar
Federal Minister for Education and Training
Room No. 101, 1st Floor, C Block, Pak Secretariat,
Constitution Avenue, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan.

Subject: Arabic Language should be Compulsory in Academic Curriculums

Respected Madam,

Asalamo Alykum. English, being an international language and hence a necessity, is one of the two official languages of Pakistan. More and more official and academic scripts are being converted to English to create uniformity of the official language being used across the country. I have no objection to it as uniformity helps cut disparity between English-medium and Urdu-medium students.

Arabic, on the other hand, has the mere status of being our ‘religious’ language. Israel, one of the strongest countries of the world today, has Hebrew, its religious language also as its official language. Their official documents, academic books and signposts are all in Hebrew. Hebrew is very similar to the language Arabic. If they can do it, we could have done it too.

However, it would be too much to ask for at this point in time.

What we can ask for is the revival of the Arabic language in our academic curriculum. The teaching of Arabic language is consistently being neglected and reduced in teaching for the past many years.

Our knowledge and recognition of Arabic has become so low that we do not even understand the script of the five daily prayers we say, the little supplications we make on different occasions and the recitation of the Holy Quran. We do not know what we are reciting.

Most of us look down upon the acts of sorcerers, who recite unfathomable wordings, commonly known as jantar mantar, and expect results. We Muslims today, are no better. We recite our prayers, supplications and the Holy Quran just like jantar mantar, that is, without knowing its meaning, and expect Allah Almighty to answer our prayers.

It is not sufficient to pay lip-service to our religious scripts and memorize a few translations without being able to connect them to the original Arabic wordings. We should be able to understand the Arabic words individually as we recite them.

I request you to inculcate the teaching and learning of Arabic in our academic curriculum right from playgroup all the way up to the highest educational level, just like English and Pakistan Studies has been made compulsory.

May Allah Almighty reward you in this world and the Hereafter, Ameen. Wsalam.

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Open Letter: Scrutiny of Election Candidates under Article 62, 63 is Perfectly Sensible

“In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful”


Open Letter
To, Honorable Justice Fakhruddin G. Ibrahim
Election Commission of Pakistan Secretariat, Constitution Avenue, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan

Subject: Scrutiny of Election Candidates Under Article 62-63 is Perfectly Sensible

Respected Sir,

Asalamo Alykum. I must congratulate you on your performance of implementation of Article 62-63 of the Constitution. It was certainly a challenging task to take it up and the ECP would now need to hold out all of its guts to see it through. For it is bound to meet a fiery resistance by those who are very ignorant Muslims but thought they could become politicians and lead the Muslim nation into the 21st century.

I am not supporting the implementation of Article 62-63 because I am a religious bigot, but because I give religion its due place, that is, the basis of any political, social or religious infrastructure as was the Sunnah of the Holy Prophet Pbuh. And I would have supported Article 62-63 had I been a Christian, Jew, Hindu, or of any religion, for religion is the supreme guidance from God to man. People are welcome to choose their religion, but some religion they must choose and behave by it. Yes, I am strictly against secularism and atheism. It is the height of being insensible should any human being believe that there exists a world but no god and that a social creature was created but no guidance was given to it or was given guidance in the personal sphere of life but not in the public sphere.

The in statement circulating against Article 62-63 these days is that, ‘How can one judge a person’s Faith by a set of questions or memory-based questions?’ Perhaps they do not know that the first examination of Faith in the grave will also be a viva session conducted by the two Angels, Munkar and Nakeer. Will they ridicule them too? I would certainly not like to be in their grave then to face the consequences.

Questions about Salah, Zakah, Fasting, their constituents and practice are not personal. These practices are the pillars of Islam and the election nominees are presenting themselves for public offices. They are answerable to us about their practice of Islam. A Muslim who does not practice the five basic pillars of Islam is like a building with broken pillars. No sane person would like to stand by it.

Bureaucracy candidates sit the CSS exam without grunting or grumbling. Nobody objects to the questions of general knowledge, IQ questions and memory-based questions. Thereby, every Muslim must have some basic, compulsory knowledge of his/her religion. I am quite sure that the questions posed were as simple which any five-grader Muslim could have answered, but our godforsaken politicians have become so intoxicated with corruption, greed and lustful lives that their memory has failed them on the basics.

How can any Muslim not know how many compulsory prayers are there in a day? Or how many Rakas are there in each prayer? Or how many compulsory Fasts are there in a year? Or the percentage of Zakah? Or the recitation of Surah-Fateha, the small surahs at the end of the Holy Quran and Ayat Al-Kursi from memory?

In the time of the Holy Prophet Pbuh, even the hypocrite Muslims dared not skip Salah and other obligatory rituals because it was considered an out an out rebellion to Islam. Today, it would come as a total surprise to us if any politician is found to say five time daily prayers in the mosque.
Complimenting this basic knowledge and practice of Islam, the election candidate must have a clean financial record which would prove his honesty in public matters.

It is reported about Imam Bukhari that once he travelled a long distance to hear a Hadith narration. However, upon reaching the person’s house he witnessed something; he saw that the person was beckoning his horse to come towards him with a dish which was actually empty. Imam Bukhari thought to himself, ‘How can I trust a person who lies to his dependant animals?’ So he chose not to trust the Hadith narration of this person and returned home.

Further, it would be good if the election candidate has apt education and/or experience of political science, public affairs, international relations and any other required field. Perhaps there could be an aptitude test prior to acceptance of the nomination papers.

Every job position of the world has some prerequisites to it. Is the work of a politician non-existing or so worthless that no educational criteria or aptitude is required for it? Even in prehistoric times, aptitude was a prerequisite to any job position. Recall,

“The king said: ‘Bring him to me; I will take him for my special service.’ When Yousuf had a talk with the King, he said: ‘From now on, you have an honorable place with us, and you will enjoy our full confidence.’ Yousuf said: ‘Place me over all the resources of the land. Certainly I know how to manage; I have the necessary knowledge.’” [The Holy Quran, (12) Surah Yousuf, Verses 54-55]

Last but not the least, yes certain matters of a person’s life are personal. However, we must draw a line as to how much of it can be ignored and how much of it must be taken notice of. For example, do you think it is fair to allow such people to hold public offices who conduct hidden marriages and then later do away with the woman? People do not know whether that woman is dead or alive and the poor woman’s father is bewildered and hunting around for his daughter. I do not think so.

The nonsense of objecting to Article 62-63 is historical as when Prophet Musa AS and Prophet Haroon AS presented the message of Allah Almighty’s sovereignty to Pharoah and requested him to let go the enslaved Bani Israel with them, he accused them two of trying to become the new leaders of his land. [The Holy Quran, 7:110, 10:78] Today, application of Article 62-63 is being accused of selective filtering and pre-poll rigging or that somebody is trying to play God. Nobody is trying to play God, but it is the collective duty of Muslims to see that Allah Almighty’s Commandments are not being violated. While the religious scholars, being scholars have the academic right to pass moral judgments just like a doctor has the right to pronounce a human being sick.

In the Urdu literature, the situation can be put analogue to the proverb, Naach na janae, Aangan tera. It means, if there is some fault in someone’s capability, s/he will instead turn to accuse the circumstances.

Never mind and carry on, Sir. Article 62-63 of the constitution must be implemented in letter and spirit and must never be abolished. Allama Tahir-ul-Qadri may not have entered politics yet, but he certainly has the feather in his cap of changing the face of Pakistan’s politics for good starting from this year as many of us never even knew about this constitution clause. May Allah Almighty give the Election Commission of Pakistan and the Supreme Court of Pakistan the will, determination and power to implement Article 62, 63 of the Constitution squarely in these elections and always, and bless them for it, Ameen. Wsalam.

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Open Letter: Ten Years of Aafia Siddiqui's Imprisonment

“In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful”

Open Letter
To, CJ Iftikhar M. Chaudhry
Supreme Court, Constitution Avenue, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan

March 30, 2013

Subject: Ten Years of Aafia Siddiqui’s Imprisonment

Respected Sir,

Asalamo Alykum, Today, it is full ten years since Aafia Siddiqui was abducted. She, along with her children, was abducted from Pakistan. She surfaced in Afghanistan. And she is being tried in USA?

She is portrayed to have had links with ‘terrorists’, but she has not been prosecuted for any kind of terrorist activity or aid, rather she has been prosecuted on the grounds of shooting an American soldier. This is ridiculous. Sir, during abduction and captivity, what is a person supposed to do? Sit around amiably and wait to be further abused?

2008: Escaped detainees of Bagram jail have reported that they used to hear lamenting screams of a woman during their captivity and one of them identified the picture of Aafia Siddiqui as ‘that woman’. The horror emanating from her imprisonment conditions gave her the name the ghost of Bagram jail.

An added horror of the Aafia Siddiqui case is that all basic human rights and Geneva Convention’s legislation is being severely violated in her treatment as a prisoner. She was detained without a charge, her children suffered for no crime at all, her family was kept uninformed, her interrogators were not honest with her, she does not have legal defence of her choice and she was and still is being physically, mentally and sexually tortured. Her five years in Bagram jail, she was kept in a men’s facility with no privacy or dignity.

Sir, you are in a position to understand the intricacies of law better than ordinary people. As common people, we understand that Aafia Siddiqui, being a Pakistani national, being picked up from the Pakistani soil and committing a shooting (if any) during captivity has a full right to be tried here in Pakistan, not anywhere else. This is also endorsed by the international Geneva Convention.

Sir, please collaborate with all those national and international people sincerely interested in the freedom of Aafia Siddiqui and find a legal and unchallengeable way out, be it a Prison Exchange Program or an unconditional release.

The request is also for all other illegally detained prisoners abroad whose details can be found with Ms. Amina Masood, Defence of Human Rights (www.dhrpk.org).

Sir, we have full faith in your sincerity, commitment and sense of responsibility towards your position and the Grace of Allah Almighty upon you. Wsalam.

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Open Letter: Who Will be the Next Chief Justice

“In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful”

Open Letter
To, Chief Justice Iftikhar M. Chaudhry
Supreme Court, Constitution Avenue, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan

Subject: Who will be the Next Chief Justice?

Much Respected Sir,

Asalamo Alykum,

Indeed 16th March 2009 was a glorious day in the Muslim history when the struggle of one courageous man with the support of his comrades and nation reigned supreme and Judiciary was restored over night.

It was a most amazing Movement. It was organized, bloodshed-free on part of the participants and achieved its goal in the short span of two years. The credit goes to your courage, your fellow support and the awakening of an otherwise sleeping nation, all by the Grace of Allah Almighty.

With regrets I would like to mention here that we as a nation are proving to be quite selfish in nature. For there are other campaigns and movements running in our surroundings by some very brave and much aggrieved individuals, but very few of us participate in them because we feel that the problem does not concern us. Whereas in the case of the Restoration of Judiciary Movement, people participated because they felt it was to their benefit ultimately, other than inspiration from you.

Also, while PML-N had a key role in churning the wheels of the movement towards success, its involvement was also self-oriented. PML-N had been half-hearted and dubious in participating in the periodic calls of the Movement, but when President Zardari dissolved the government of Punjab, the Sharif brothers jumped in and took the lead of the movement and escalated it to success.

However, what worries me now is the future. For the past four years, the nation has been looking towards you, writing to you and approaching you for almost all big and small matters. Some of the issues were not even directly related to the Judiciary, but people approached you because they trust you and could hope for some direct or indirect action on your part to resolve whatever issue. Consequently, you must be a thorn in the eyes of corrupt, unjust and evil people amongst us, and I am sure they just cannot wait for your tenure to be over so that they can get rid of your suo motos and justice.

I know institutes must be policy based and not personality based, but nonetheless it is humans after all who ensure that a policy is being followed in letter and spirit. Corrupt people are very good at twisting and playing around with words and facts to legalize evil acts. Your tenure will be completed in the coming year 2013. With due respect, I wish to know, what is the procedure of a new chief justice being appointed? How will it be ensured that a plot is not already on its way to bring in a corrupt Chief Justice through a ‘legal’ procedure who will play puppet to the evil forces?

Sir, you know the law and the procedures inside out. You would also be knowing the runner-up candidates’ true character and colors. I am not asking you to play favoritism or politics, but only justice once again. Please do this lasting benevolence on this nation, that is, to conform the selection procedure such that it ensures that a just, brave and pro-Islamic Chief Justice is selected for the coming term and always. May Allah Almighty bless you, Ameen.

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Open Letter: Global Conspiracy Against Pakistan 2013-2014

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Open Letter
To, CJ Iftikhar Muhammed Chaudhry
Supreme Court, Constitution Avenue, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan

Subject: Global Conspiracy Against Pakistan 2013-2014

Respected Sir,

Asalamo Alykum. What I have to say is not news for anybody and nor is it a secret. Rather, it is an open secret. Pakistan became a nuclear power by the Grace of Allah Almighty and in the curtain of the Afghan-Russia war, backed by America.

However, no country except Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and the UAE recognized the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan after the Russians were defeated and Taliban, who were the primary freedom-fighters, took charge. It was no secret that America was unhappy with the Taliban taking charge of Afghanistan. As has happened in the past, Americans expected the Mujahideen to fight and die and them to take control after the victory via a puppet government, thereby getting a strong political and economical foothold in South Asia.

A second disappointment or rather a challenge that America had to face post Afghan-Russia war was a nuclear-equipped Islamic Republic of Pakistan. What to do about it now?

The solution to both problems came in the happening of 9/11, which gave America an excuse to attack Afghanistan. Osama bin Laden was accused without proof and when Mullah Omar offered to trial Osama bin Laden in the Muslim Courts, America refused and attacked.

Simultaneously, media reports started building up saying that the Pak-Afghan border was a safe haven for Mujahideen, now renamed as ‘terrorists’. Pakistan, or rather Pervaiz Musharraf succumbed to the American pressure and joined the so-called war-on-terror by giving logistic, intelligence and military support. Despite the fact, no arms were picked up against the Pakistani Armed Forces until the year 2004 when FATA began to be bombarded too, unfortunately, by our own forces. One sorry soldier of our air force, when he saw his bombing make women and children run screaming out of their homes hither and thither, timidly asked his senior, ‘Sir, why are we attacking these people?’ To which he got the noble reply ‘Tujhe kya?’ meaning in effect, ‘It is not your headache…’

The reactionary attacks further escalated when the Lal Masjid happened in 2007, with a sharp rise in suicide attacks.

Let it be noted here that many Pakistani Armed Forces personnel have resigned honorably from the armed forces on account of Pakistan participating in the so-called war-on-terror. Similarly, many soldiers refused to carry out the Lal Masjid operation.

On the other hand, when tensions between Pakistan and India escalated in 2008, after the Mumbai Attacks, and a threat of war was hanging imminently in the air, the Taliban leadership wrote a letter to the Chief-of-Army Pakistan vowing their unconditional support to the Pakistani army should a war take place between Pakistan and India.

This proves that the Taliban are not anti-Pakistan but anti foreign, anti-Islamic agenda, alliances and operations. Also, there is a difference of approach between the Pakistan Taliban and Afghan Taliban and Al-Qaeda. The latter two consistently tell the Pakistani Taliban that, for the sake of Muslim unity, integrity and strength, not to attack the Pakistani Armed Forces, even if they are siding with the enemy and doing the wrong thing.

Then, in 2009, Pakistan made the horrendous mistake of allowing foreign security personnel like Blackwater into Pakistan. What was Pakistan’s perception, understanding or motive upon this, I do not know, but it was a sure, defeating mistake. If the idea was to employ them to tackle the attacks by the TTP, well then it was a mistake upon a mistake. The solution was to get out of the so-called war-on-terror, like Turkey had politely excused after a parliamentary debate and consensus, but not to put the other foot in the murky waters as well and sink further…

The months and years after have seen a steady rise in bomb-blasts, particularly remote-controlled ones, in civilian public places, one of the first of which was in Moon Market, Lahore. One can understand, although one may differ, the objective of a TTP attack on the Wah Cantt Ammunition Factory as one of the attackers from FATA said, ‘When our localities are bombarded and we pick up the remains of the bombs and overturn them and read ‘Made in Pakistan Ordinance Factory – Wah Cantt, Pakistan’, we are infuriated…’ but for what insane reason would Taliban attack civilians and civilian places?

I do not believe that these suicide attacks, remote-controlled bombs or gun-firing at civilian gatherings are the works of Taliban, albeit infiltrated individuals. And neither are these sectarian killings. Sectarian violence is usually preceded by a sectarian dispute, and none of the sect-targeted massacres in the previous year have had any prequel.

Sir, as the foreign armed coalition has started its exit from Afghanistan in 2013, and as they are targeting to completely withdraw by the end of 2014, Pakistan is in serious danger. America itself, along with India and Israel, have their bloodshot eyes focused on the nuclear defence as well as existence of Pakistan.

All this terrorism, minus the attacks by the TTP, are being done by Blackwater and the likes of them, including local hirings such as Dr. Shakeel Afridi of Quetta and Dr. Amjad (Dr. Aafia Siddiqui’s ex-husband). This nation will witness a sharp and steady rise in minority, sectarian and ad hoc riots in the coming months, as this is all pre-planned.

Sir, I request you on an emergency basis to call a meeting of the relevant offices of Pakistan and even the political parties out-of-government, to discuss this precarious situation. Specific foreign forces are conducting organized terrorism in Pakistan so that it can be declared a failed state and necessary to be denuclearized. They would not even stop short of disintegrating Pakistan, as we know that new geographical maps have already been drawn.

I request you to include the various related parties on this discussion forum such as the FATA chiefs, TTP, leaders of religious sects and groups and leaders of separatist movements in Balochistan and Sindh, for example Syed Jamaluddin (www.dividepakistan.blogspot.com). Their grievances, which have lead to their present approach, must be removed with solid steps in terms of power delegation, resources sharing and development in all sectors of life. It should materialize as ‘better late, than never’ and not as ‘too little, too late’.

I know that our religious groups can sometimes be very rigid and uncompromising, for example in their demand of implementing their version of Shariah, right here, right now. We need to reach a consensus of at least starting the implementation on undisputed and welcome issues such as Qisas, female inheritance, inflation-reduction and so on. I also know that aggrieved human beings, who have either been deprived or targeted, are charged with emotions and do not want to apparently betray their martyrs by reaching a concensus. We need to create an understanding that no blood spilt for a purpose goes waste. The negotiations today are the fruits of their martyrs’ blood, while the big reward lies with Allah Almighty after all.

As far as the situation in Karachi and elsewhere is concerned, there should be a shoot-at-sight order to anyone brandishing a gun. Full-stop. The religious and political groups need to be told that there are criminals, double agents and mis-guiders disguised amongst them who float ideas among their group which might be technically correct in some particular pretext but are incorrect in spirit and disastrous in the present situation. They need to cooperate in identifying them and eliminating them.

Lastly, the Interior Ministry, or whoever is responsible for issuing visas to foreigners should present a complete list of all foreigners issued visa since 9/11. Each of them needs to be scrutinized critically, especially employees or contractors of the foreign diplomatic office and foreign NGO’s. All those who cannot describe an explicit job description for themselves should have their visas canceled and be deported immediately.

Last but not the least, as Muslims, we love our army, our Mujahideen and Pakistan, as it is the fort of Islam. Please make peace between them as our sovereignty lies in their unity. It will be the achievement of the century in the Muslim world. May Allah Almighty bless you, Ameen. Wsalam.

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Open Letter: Character Pass for Election Candidate by Article 62 and 63 of Constitution

“In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful”

Open Letter
To, Honorable Justice Fakhruddin G. Ibrahim
Election Commission of Pakistan Secretariat, Constitution Avenue, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan

Subject: Character Pass for Election Candidate by Article 62 and 63 of Constitution

Respected Sir,

You are greatly respected among the political circles and media, and on behalf of this respect, we trust you to be a fair, reliable and practical person.

One does not necessarily have to be a member, follower or fan of Allama Tahi-ul-Qadri, to second his demand of effective implementation of Article 62 and 63 of the Constitution for election candidates. It is an absolutely just demand.

To sum up the character requirements of an election candidate, a person has to be fulfilling the basic tenants of Islam, to be abstaining from major sins and have a clean financial record.

This may be detailed as being a Muslim, performing five times daily prayers, submitting Zakah duly, Fasting in the month of Ramadan and going for Hajj if the preconditions make him/her eligible to do so. The major sins from which one is supposed to abstain include Shirk, murder, Zina, theft, and some others.

However, the deep issue at hand is that majority of our politicians are corrupt as human beings and corrupt as Muslims, and hence they would certainly not want this character scanning procedure in order. They know they will fall out of the election system and hence they are humoring Allama Tahir-ul-Qadri upon the demand of Article 62 and 63, to make it look like the demand of a simpleton, amateur or one having ulterior motives, while it is a very intelligent demand as it roots out corruption at the root level.

Hence, as a citizen wishing to see clean politicians governing our land, I request you to implement the Articles 62 and 63 practically and effectively by character analyzing the election candidates on character clauses which are measureable and undisputed. For example, it is undisputed in Islam that a Muslim has to say the five obligatory prayers in a day. It is measureable as well. The Friday prayers can be testified by the mosque Imam and the daily prayers can be testified by the immediate family. If a Muslim does not fulfill his basic obligation to Allah Almighty, how will he honestly fulfill his obligations to the state and people? If he is not responsible and disciplined in his personal life, how will he run the affairs of the state? I hope this request will be looked into seriously and drafted into an effective, practical pre-election procedure, with lawmakers and religious scholars of various school-of-thought on board. Wsalam.

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What is Happening in Balochistan?

“In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful”

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To, CJ Iftikhar M. Chaudhry
Supreme Court, Constitution Avenue, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan

21st February 21, 2013 – 10 Rabi-us-Sani, 1434 H

Subject: What is happening in Balochistan?

Respected Sir,

Asalamo Alykum,

Sir, what exactly is happening in Balochistan? Are we all set to part with Balochistan like we parted with East Pakistan? And then Sindh will follow?

For a lifetime we have been hearing stories that the Balochi people are turning rebellious because they are being cheated of their natural resources and fair share of development. Then we heard that Indian and other foreign agencies are fanning anti-Pakistan sentiments in Balochistan. And now masses are being massacred in the name of sectarianism.

Once again, what exactly is happening in Balochistan?

The preliminary question stands; for what good reason have the Balochis been kept deprived? Resentment and rebellion are natural consequences of it. Indian or any other agency can only raise anti-patriotic sentiments amongst a people if they have a factual resentment to exploit. We ourselves have provided them that root cause. And now, the massacres, being a human catastrophe in itself, are providing more grounds of total breakdown. The Baloch ‘freedom-fighters’ want the army out of Balochistan, while the targeted community want the army to take over Balochistan. It’s a mess.

Who is doing this massacre? Is it really sectarian violence? Or is it the foreign agencies doing it? Or is it being allowed to ensure that the army’s presence remains ‘required’ in Balochistan?

Whatever the truth is, it is downright cruel. It is cruel to play with human lives to set some religious, social or political order.

One could come up with numerous illuminating Quranic verses and Ahadith on the sanctity of life, fair play and religious tolerance, but the crude issue at hand calls for mere common sense to know that blasting away masses simply because they belong to a different religious ideology is the height of unreligiousness. It is hard to believe that any religious group would endorse or promote this approach.

However, let us believe that some religious group is doing so, as claimed by some among the authorities. Then, are our authorities so helpless that they are able to name this group, know its location and yet are not able to disfunction it? Our authorities cracked down on the sincere, die-hard Mujahideen of the Afghan Jihad era, loading them into containers and shipping them off to America, for some controversial event that happened in America, and yet they are unable to crackdown on groups fanning sectarianism within our own country?

Why? Is it then true that our authorities want to keep religious outfits at hand to make use of whenever needed for defence? Are they scapegoats? Is it a very sorry situation indeed. It is a story of selfishness, exploitation and misdirection.

The solution to this complex problem is really very simple. Firstly, give the Balochis their due rights in terms of natural resources, funds and development. It is said that the development budget of the entire province of Balochistan is equal to the development budget of the capital city Islamabad alone! It is very unfair, indeed. Islamabad could do with a few less flyovers and Balochistan with a few more simple roads. Add to that health, education, industry, infrastructure, entertainment and other developments.

Secondly, cleanup Pakistan of all foreign agents. They have been allowed into Pakistan by our own authorities under foreign pressure and our own confused motives. We are getting dollars in lieu, some military equipment and a thought-up defence against India. What are we intending to defend against India? Pakistan? Will there be any Pakistan left to defend by the contorted line-of-action we are following? As per the media circulation of a person named Syed Jamaluddin (www.dividepakistan.blogspot.com), Pakistan is on the verge of a break-up within the next two years and according to him, even the army knows this. I do not know the political standing of this person, or how authentic his reports are, but surely the premonition is disastrous, if it happens.

Thirdly, redefine our direction, orders and loyalties. We should have kept a hotline with Allah Almighty, His soldiers and His friends, and not some foreign country with its own vested interests. Praise be to the character, loyalty and bravery of the Taliban, who despite being beaten out by our own authorities upon the American instructions, wrote a letter to the Chief of Army Pakistan in 2008 when Pakistan was under threat of war from India after the Mumbai Attacks, saying ‘We, the Taliban, shall fight shoulder to shoulder with the Pakistan army incase India attacks.’ Why does Pakistan keep such a loyal force at bay, and waits for American ships to arrive for help, which never came in history and thus proved their disloyalty? As Allama Iqbal puts it,

Qaum Mazhab sae hae, Mazhab jo nahi, thum bhi nahi
Jazb-e-baham jo nahi, Mehfil-e-Anjum bhi nahi

Meaning: The galaxy of stars is alive and holding its high positions due to the gravitational forces of the universe. If this gravitational force ceases to exist, the entire galaxy of stars will collapse. Similarly, the core force behind the glory of the Muslim nation is Islam. If Islam is extinguished from our ideology, life and outlook, we will collapse as a nation; which is exactly what has happened.

We are still a nation who loves our army for their noble vocation, but it becomes difficult to do so when the orientation of the army shifts away from Allah Almighty and Islam towards gods of the Earth and consequently, gross mistakes are made, like when a compass is read wrong during travel. We must keep it in mind that a Muslim soldier is a Ghazi or a Shaheed only if he is warring to raise the flag of Islam. Any other flag stags him to a state of Ignorance, uselessness and an unworthy end.

‘He is not one of us who proclaims the cause of tribal partisanship; and he is not one of us who dies for the sake of tribal partisanship’. [Sunan Abu Daud]

Well, what are we going to do about Balochistan? Are we going to save it or are we going to continue blindly on the path of definite dismemberment of Pakistan and lose an important foothold, Pakistan, the only nuclear strength of the Muslim nation? Poor Muslims, they celebrated worldwide and congratulated each other when Pakistan became a nuclear strength in 1998, thinking and hoping that we will come to their defence too. Little did they know that strength without Faith is like a bow without an arrow. Wsalam.

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Celebrating Valentine's Day is So Uncool

“In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful”

Open Letter
To, Chairman PEMRA
PEMRA Headquarters, Mauve Area, G-8/1, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan

12 February 2013 – 01 Rabi-us-Sani 1434 H

Subject: Celebrating Valentine’s Day is So Uncool

Respected Sir,

Asalamo Alykum,

Sir, have we no identity, no ideology and no ethics of our own?

Why should we celebrate Valentine’s Day which has its roots neither in our culture and nor in our religion? Are we so vacant intellectually, emotionally and spiritually that we have to poke around into other people’s culture and history and pick out vague myths to celebrate whose authenticity itself is at question mark?

There are three myths uncertainly associated with the origin of Valentine’s Day. First, a Saint struggled against the ban of matrimony for soldiers by the Roman Emperor of the third century. Second, it was an attempt to ‘christianize’ a pagan, Roman fertility and coupling festival by the name of Lupercalia. Thirdly, it was believed by the English and the French that February was the beginning of the mating season which added strength to February, the fourteenth. Nevertheless, it was around the middle-ages that February 14th formally became associated with ‘love’ and picked up the trend of being celebrated.

All these traditions wipe out the weak justification arguments that Valentine’s Day is simply about expressing love, love for anybody, be they parents, children or friends. No, it’s not the case. Valentine’s Day is definitely about romantic love.

Well, for the decent mind, romantic love is definitely a worthy emotion but in the cloak of privacy. It does not need to be flaunted on TV channels, radio programs and roadsides. If I love somebody, rest assured I have enough personal communication channels today to communicate it to that person without the whole world being made an audience to it.

Further, the expression for such a love is recommended for married couples and not unmarried individuals. Or are we all set to make Zina a cool thing to do?

Last but not the least, are we heading towards a ‘free’ society where it is increasingly embarrassing to even walk down to the grocery store for one would see couples in romantic entangles on the street benches?

“Those who love to spread vulgarity among the believers will have a painful punishment in this life and in the Hereafter. Allah knows and you do not know.” [The Holy Quran, Surah Al-Noor, Verse 19]

Or is it, in fact, all about economics? With the onset of February, the advertizing agencies get new ads to produce, the flower-chocolate-gift shops get more business and the media has a new mantra to play?

“Shaitan threatens you with poverty and prompts you to commit what is indecent, while Allah promises you His forgiveness and bounties, and Allah has boundless knowledge.” [The Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 268]

Allah Almighty has put you in a position of power and, with due respect, you shall definitely be questioned about how you utilized this position of power; to uphold Islamic values or to demolish them? Please, discourage all Valentine’s Day related programs, advertisements and campaigns. Wsalam.

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Shahzeb Murder: Block the Misuse of Deeat Law

“In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful”

Open Letter
To CJ Iftikhar Muhammed Chaudhry

6th February 6, 2013 – 24th Rabi-ul-Awwal, 1434 H

Subject: Shahzeb Murder: Block the Misuse of Deeat Law

Respected Sir,

Asalamo Alykum. May Allah Almighty bless you for taking sue motto action upon the murder of Shahzeb Khan of Karachi by Shahrukh Jatoi and acquaintances. It was a great job to get back Shahrukh Jatoi from Dubai to Pakistan. Well done.

However, there is this rumor floating now that the Jatoi family have forced Shahzeb Khan’s family to concede to a Deeat settlement for Shahzeb’s murder. They have forced them by threatening the lives of the two sisters of Shahzeb Khan.

I am sure you must be knowing this, yet I wish to bring to your attention that a Deeat settlement is not legally valid under pressure of any kind. And in the prevailing security environment of Pakistan, especially Karachi, Shahzeb Khan’s family may not be able to express the threat and black-mailing daggered at them by the Jatoi family for fear of it actually happening.

I also wish to remind you of an episode heard from the Islamic history, that once during the great Caliph Umar RA’s time, the Muslim nation faced a severe tide of famine. During this period, Syedna Umar RA suspended the stated Islamic punishment for theft, that is, to cut off the hand, in view of the dire circumstances and possible consequences.

I plea to the Supreme Court to take up these two points with renown, practical and trusted Islamic Jurisprudence Institutes, like Lal Masjid, Dar-ul-Uloom Deoband and/or Al-Azhar University, and call for the temporary suspension of the Islamic Deeat Law under the current circumstances of jungle’s rule and lawlessness and its consequent misuse. If this misuse is not checked immediately, it will set a very bad precedent for criminals with a rich background to kill at the drop of a hat and then ransom the much craved justice.

Sir, please, the nation is already bleeding with the freedom escorting of Raymond Davis by some of our authorities. The blood of Faizan, Faheem, Ubaid-ur-Rahman is still fresh in our hearts. Let not their deaths be in vain. Let not Shazeb Khan’s death be in vain. Please, block the misuse of the Deeat law. It is due unto us for the salvation of humanity.

"O men of understanding! There is security of life for you in the law of retaliation, so that you may learn self-restraint.” [The Holy Quran, (2) Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 179]

Please hang the culprits of Shahzeb Khan in public so that they may become an exemplary lesson for all the useless, hot bloods of our society.

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Let Kashmir be an Independant State

“In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful”

Open Letter
To, The Political Parties of Pakistan

01 February, 2013 – 19 Rabi-ul-Awwal, 1434

Subject: Let Kashmir be an Independent State

Respected Leadership,

Asalamo Alykum. It has been sixty-six years to the independence of Pakistan and still there is no solution to the Kashmir issue. India cannot imagine letting go Kashmir and neither can Pakistan. The ones to suffer are the Kashmiris, who live in constant fear, instability and persecution.

Why cannot Kashmir become an independent state comprising of the Indian-administered Kashmir and the Pakistani-administered Kashmir?

Pakistan has not much to lose in this solution because, by Islam, all land under the Muslim rule is one single empire. It does not matter if it is punctuated by mountains, rivers or another country. The ‘country nationalism’ introduced to the Muslim nation after the First World War was a foreign idea aimed at breaking the Muslim strength for good. It is an absurd idea. We are humans, not animals. We define our identity by ideology and not geography, and hence all Muslims are one nation. If the Arabs still call a non-Arab ghareeb and yateem, it is their ignorance and error. How can a human being have a different mindset just because s/he was living on the other side of the Pak-Iran border or any other Muslim-to-Muslim border?

‘He is not one of us who proclaims the cause of tribal partisanship; and he is not one of us who dies for the sake of tribal partisanship’. [Sunan Abu Daud]

The East and West Pakistan arrangement failed due to the insincerity and injustice of our ruling elite, and a proof of that is the political situation of Balochistan, Sindh and Southern Punjab today, which are not separated by any distance, yet they are brimming with separatist nationalist movements. It was not the distance that caused the break-up in 1971 but political selfishness and prejudice.

If we give-in a little and make a move for an independent Kashmir by letting go of Pakistani-administered Kashmir and calling for India to release the Indian-administered Kashmir, it will in fact add a state to the Muslim states of the world.

Also, Pakistan can hope for a humane distribution of water from a ‘brother Islamic country’, Kashmir.

If Pakistan gives in, India should not be able refuse it either. The international community would, or should, demand it of India. It is the responsibility of the Pakistani politicians to put forward this proposal to the international community in the best possible colors. Wsalam.

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