General Assembly speeches make headlines and Imran Khan's made some real good headlines today (the following day). Despite making headlines, these UNGA annual heads of state speeches fizzle out before creating any effect in tangible terms but does IK's speech break that barrier, remains to be seen. However, whatever has transpired so far, is unprecedented. A speech well articulated in diction, manner & message having all ingredients for considerable impact in short and long term. PM set the tone of Kashmir issue by taking the bull by the horns.
Was he posturing well? Hell yes and why not, he is a leader who likes to stay a move ahead of his enemy. Muhammad Ali Jinnah was the greatest exponent of it. He would unfold Hindu's next move before execution. He saw through them. He was at the top of his game. Its no comparison, just a leaf out of Jinnah Sahab's repertoire.
Back to the speech.
Was it brankmanship? Big fat yes and why not, if there is remote possibility of being pushed against the wall, preempt. There are no other rational alternarives in the face of an enemy who is going berserk with newly found Hindu fanaticism. Hindu Extremism is on the rise. Hindu nationalists are xenophobic and love war-mongering. It serves Modi's political model really well. Is India resilient enough to withstand current tide of extremism? Doesn't look like that and time shall tell.
People in general don't seem to understand or don't want to understand that that current Kashmir situation may have serious consequences. There are two possible scenarios:
One that 370 is revoked by Indian Supreme Court but under RSS mentorship, extremist Hindus have developed a taste for mob lynching. As if this nation needed more extremist traits. Was it not enough that they carve stones & wood and worship them. In this time and age athiest have a better line of argument then Hindus admitting that they can't disprove God's existence either. Under the circumstances, no judge would risk being lynched. In fact, no one in India can withstand current typhoon of Hindu hooliganism.
Why are they so insecure? Hindus experienced freedom after a very long time. Barely 72 years of freedom after over thousand years of slavery, mostly ruled over by Muslims before British. It seems there are deep, deforming scars on Hindu soul, hence the monster of extremism is running wild.
Two that sooner or later, Kashmir explodes. May sound like a doomsday scenario but nothing short of it meets the situational criteria. If state of India doesn't budge from its stance which it won't in any case, then what choice is left with Kashmiris? We can't control their reactions. Things will escalate, even if Kashmiris don't escalate, India can repeat Pulwama type episode. In every scenario things are more likely to escalate than not. And if that be the case, we need to go all out to prepare for it. Wherein, speech was just one little step in the right direction. I would have liked PM to have directly addressed Indian nation for once not to play with fire. This might just have been an attempt to segregate fanatic RSS ideology from few normal people in India.
Way forward is obvious, remain one step ahead of the enemy, expose his plan before he executes it. However, unlike, situation before partition when all stakeholders had political solution in sight, current scenario may go beyond political domain. We should brace ourselves for that.
Only Allah knows the whole Truth.
True sir. May Allah help Pakistan and Kashmir
ReplyDeleteHe dealt with the burning issues. No doubt it was best address ever deliverd by Pakistan PM. After zulfiqar Ali bhutto.
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