One should wonder why all of a sudden so many pied pipers have appeared from nowhere. If one is holding an Azadi March followed by an indefinite sit-in in Islamabad, the other is leading an Inqilab March also followed by a sit-in in the capital. If these marches were not sufficient, then another jumps in to hold a Million March to show Pakistanis’ solidarity with Gazans. How come all these so-called leaders have chosen this time to distract and derail the whole system?
Pakistan army is already engaged against a faceless enemy in tribal areas. Despite a full force attack, terrorists’ leadership has fled to safe havens while most of their foot soldiers have melted away in neighbouring areas. In other words, despite tall claims that the counter attacks from terrorists are imminent, it’s just a matter of time and opportunity.
We don’t see any long march or rallies in support of soldiers scarifying their lives in tribal areas and elsewhere. There are no long march or rallies against attacks on religious and sectarian minorities, no protest against evil customs such as Swara or Vani (wherein young girls are married to opponents to settle tribal disputes), no rallies against under-age marriages, no long march in support of weak segments of society?
Are we justified to assume that these pied pipers are just fooling the nation with hollow slogans and the real purpose of these long marches and rallies is to distract the nation from eliminating the evil forces from tribal areas?
MASOOD KHAN
Jubail, Saudi Arabia
