“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.
From,
[Name/Initials], [Location]
[Date]
Print and post to,
1. Sir Imran Khan, H. 2, St. 84, G-6/4, Embassy Road, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan
2. Sir Munawar Hassan, Mansoorah, Multan Road, Lahore, Pakistan
3. Mian Nawaz Sharif, Jati Umra, Raiwind Road, Lahore, Pakistan
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May Allah Almighty bless you...Ameen!
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