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With Nawaz Sharif flying to London reputation of his government, which
for treatment, Khan’s campaign against has already suffered the Azadi March of
Nawaz Sharif, a three-time prime min- a religious outfit Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam
ister, appears to have flopped. He forgot (JUI-F) led by Fazlur Rehman and sup-
that he is neither Zia-ul-Haq nor Z.A. ported by the Opposition.
Bhutto. Zia, the military dictator, could The deteriorating situation in Paki-
get irrepressible genius of the country stan may become a huge tragedy for the
hanged by manipulating the judici- Indian sub-continent. The army may
ary, because he hailed from Sind. The unleash violence against the other non-
Punjabi-dominated army controls Paki- Punjabi people, the Muhajirs, Sindhis,
stan, whether it is judiciary, legislature and the religious minorities like Hindus
or media. and Sikhs.
Unlike Bhutto, Nawaz Sharif has
sizeable following in Punjab, which has The choices
more than 80 per cent representation in With the worsening of the economic
the army and its intelligence wing ISI as situation across the borders, there
well as in the paramilitary troops; there- appears to be only two choices for the
A Cricket Guru was for a United India: fore, even General Musharraf, a Muhajir Indian government; firstly more strict-
Imran Khan has to realise that even today from Azamgarh district of Eastern Uttar ness on the borders to stop entry into
most of the Muslim population in India, Pradesh in India, who had ousted Sharif, the country, secondly, allowing only
Bangladesh and Pakistan, including his could not get him assassinated. On the Hindus, Sikhs and Christians from
ex-wife Reham Khan, a devout Muslim of Pakistan to enter India. The officials
the Deobandi school, is against commu- of the home ministry argue that since
nalism. He also needs to reminded that With Nawaz Sharif Muslims have created a homeland, Paki-
more than a century ago, Tufail Ahmad stan, they cannot claim entry in India on
Manglori (1868-1946), an ace cricketer of flying to London for the plea that their forefathers belonged
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan’s Muhammadan treatment, Khan’s to India.
Anglo-Oriental College (MAO) College, A large section of activists, journal-
Aligarh, was aggressively campaigning campaign against ists, writers and intellectuals across the
against the Muslim League’s separatist Nawaz Sharif, a three- country are opposed to the proposed
politics. He also wrote comprehensively legislation, which undermines the secu-
against separate electorates introduced time prime minister, lar character of the Indian state. It smells
during the colonial era. communalism at a time, when Muslims
Reham Khan, who has a large number appears to have are fed p with the radical Islam and
of admirers in Pakistan, India and United flopped. He forgot that there is a long list of pro-India Muslims
Kingdom, had exposed political inepti- within Pakistan as well as in Canada
tude of Imran Khan. In her book, she had he is neither Zia-ul-Haq and United Kingdom. They admire the
warned that he would be a political dis- nor ZA Bhutto ascendency of Narendra Modi in the
aster if he ever becomes prime minister. Indian politics and consider him a true
Indian, who does not want to be indulg-
Maligning Sharif other hand, Benazir Bhutto, daughter of ing in appeasing any community.
Imran’s efforts to frame Sharif and other Z.A. Bhutto, was killed in a blast during The choice before the Indian govern-
politicians in corruption cases appear to the Musharraf regime. The culprits are ment is how to stop and tackle the new
have back-fired. The entire world knows still to be booked. wave of refugees from Pakistan, who
that in Pakistan, the civilian govern- The 69-year Sharif has been allowed believe in united India had have suffered
ments function under the control of the to fly to London under a judicial direc- the partition for the 73 years. The pro-
GHQ, the army headquarters. It is also tion, which overruled the government’s posal to implement the National Registry
true that military dictators and their sup- demand of furnishing indemnity bond. of Citizens (NRC) goes against the dream
porters have already siphoned off huge Meanwhile, Sharif’s daughter, Marriyum of united India. With the end of the two-
funds from Pakistan to lead lavish life in Auranzeb, who is also the spokesperson nation theory, the NRC becomes irrel-
Dubai and London. In this backdrop, his of the Pakistan Muslim League (Noon), evant. It is yet to be seen how the people
repeated statement that he enjoys con- has intensified campaign against Imran and government in India tackle the hu-
fidence of the army has weakened his Khan. He is holding big rallies across man tragedy, which may erupt any mo-
political position as an elected leader. It Punjab. Instead of taking up political is- ment in our immediate neighbourhood.
has only exposed that he is just a novice sues, Imran Khan, is ridiculing Sharif’s
in the jungle of Pakistani politics. illness. It may impact adversely on the LETTERS@TEHELKA.COM

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