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Ulema-e-Islam Fazal and Jamat-e-Islami whether he was circumcised, because
boycotted the session as they were not Bhutto’s mother was a Rajput Hindu
happy with the new laws. woman.
The Pakistan Bar Council has ex- Bajwa is expected to obtain maxi-
pressed concern over the manner Par- mum foreign aid i.e. in terms of dollars
liament is expediting the extension to the and military equipment following the
poresent incumbent army chief. It stat- killing of the Iranian general. He claims
ed,” Giving extensions to incumbents in that he has told the Americans that Pa-
any institution creates perception of in- kistani soil cannot be used by any non-
dispensability and weakens institutions. Pakistani force to attack other countries.
Personality-specific legislative and poli- Few will ever accept this statement on
cy measures go against the spirit of a rep- its face value. The enthusiasm among
resentative democracy. Transitions are the politicians also reveals that liker Zia
important for institution building and and Musharraf, Bajwa too would ensure
creating viable institutions,” Its chair- huge financial investment in the country
man, Amjal Ali Shah in his statement ob- in coming months.
served, “the legislation process failed to The US leadership is aware of the Pa-
address basic issue regarding the neces- kistani need and greed. The Sunni Paki-
sity and desirability of extending service stanis do not have any love for the Shi-
of chiefs’ terms in office. The statement asm sect of Islam followed by 95 per cent
said: “Our history is replete with exam- Iranians. They have already subjugated
ples of the damage done by extending or expelled Shias of Pakistan., though in
terms of powerful office-holders. In the In recent years, China has colonial India, Shia Muslims were in the
third term of a democratic cycle, the mis- forefront of the movement for India’s
takes of the past should not be repeated”. become the largest military partition. Also, in killing people, Paki-
He further asserted that the doctrine of equipment supplier to stani army is known for its brutalities. If
necessity used to justify and legitimize they could decimate three-lakh Sunni
extraordinary measures should have no Pakistan, relegating US to Bengali Muslims in 1971 and violate their
place in a democratic dispensation. In four lakh women, they will not hesitate
this context, Reham Khan’s observation the second position among against the Shias of Iran. For them, the
that the politicians are celebrating the military hardware suppliers, Russian occupation of Afghanistan dur-
mourning procession of the democracy, ing 1979-89 had been a huge fund raiser
because it will ensure power sharing but during Imran Khan’s and had boosted political power of Zia-
with the defense establishment in which meeting with Trump in July ul-Haq, the being the front-line state
people have hardly any role, though ti against terrorism, Musharraf too was
may harm the future of the country. 2019, both sides agreed to able to obtain huge western financial aid.
'reset' the relationship In recent years, China has become
The central position the largest military equipment supplier
Reham Khan’s observation appears to be to Pakistan, relegating US to the second
more focused when she says that Gener- the two wings of Pakistan remained to- position among military hardware sup-
al Bajwa has proved his political instinct gether. In 1971, its majority province East pliers, but following Imran Khan’s meet-
much better than his predecessor, both Pakistan revolted against its military rul- ing US President Donald Trump, on July
Zia-ul-Haq and Pervez Musharraf. Zia ers to become Bangladesh. However, the 21, 2019, in the White House. Both sides
had to send his Prime Minister Bhutto military remained the pivotal political agreed to ‘reset’ the relationship between
to gallows and Musharraf had to exile force in the truncated remaining west- the two countries and agreed to the re-
Nawaz Sharif. In case of Bajwa, he enjoys ern wing of Pakistan. Another ambitious sumption of military aid to Pakistan.
unlimited power and recognition with- army chief, Zia-ul-Haq, took over power Both the Pakistani military establish-
out dethroning a civilian government. in Pakistan and got its first elected Prime ment and the politicians are preparing
The present day, India and Pakistan, Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who had for the “happy days” again with US strike
were mothered in the white womb i.e. also appointed him superseding other near Baghdad’s international airport kill-
House of Commons, when the British generals, conspired successfully getting ing Soleimani, a US-designated terrorist,
Parliament enacted the India Independ- his mentor hanged in a cooked-up mur- along with six others. It is also known
ence Act 1947, paving the way for the der case on April 5, 1979. Zia-ul-Haq got that in his fight against ISIS, US and
birth of twin states based on the religious the hanging done under the supervision Soleimani had been allies for years.
divide. In spite of hate mongering against of one of his confidant military officers.
the secular India, Islam could not keep Zia also got Bhutto’s genitals checked, LETTERS@TEHELKA.COM

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