Jihadi mindset of our ruling Class.

Since creation of Pakistan our ruling class always used religion symbols as a tool to unite and keep an identity of Pakistani state on religious basis not on ethnic nations identities despite Pakistan is multi culture and multi language state in which different multi ethnic identities are living since centuries and  before  creation of Pakistan .

Its dilemma that despite sheer warning by Pakistani founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah  don’t  mix religion with political affairs of state, Pakistan first Prime Minister Liquat Ali Khan  officially indoctrinated religion role in state affairs and shaken the foundation of Jinnah dream to run affairs  on secular basis  .  

Pakistan formative phase leadership since creation of Pakistan did historical blunder in their decision making to run affairs of new born baby state on religious basis and hypocrisy of British last imperial viceroy Mountbatten and hardliner congress leaders Valli Bhai Patel  and Nehru  treachery and not stopped bloodshed during partition further pushed Pakistani formative phase leadership to seek help from religious ideology and strengthen role of  religion to unite new born baby state nation  on religion ideology.  

Pakistani pre partition Sindhi feudal lords Muslim league leaders, late Syed Ghulam Murtaza Syed (GM Syed) stalwart of formative phase leader of Muslim league was involved in Sindhi Muslim riots and Urdu speaking salart class who after depriving from privileges of state after Mughal Empire played a key role fomenting religious hatred and wanted an independent state on two nation theory rather keep a secular identity in Pakistan.      

Pakistan is still in search of an identity and still ruling elites fail to do nation building of Pakistani people as a nation and rather bringing genuine reform in state structure  Pakistani ruling class both civilian and military leaders mix state interest with their own corporate interests and to  pro long their rule .

Pakistan Muslim league during formative phase of Pakistan was popular party among Sindhi and Urdu speaking ethnic nations.  Punjabi who later dominated in decision making of state affairs, majority of their political class was in unionist party but when congress announced land reform they joined Muslim league and when Marxist leader Choudary Iftakhir emphasized upon land reform he was sacked by top leadership of Muslim league that time. 

After getting independence and mostly in decision making of state affair our ruling elites preferred and made decisions which caused division further among people of country.

Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah during visit to East Pakistan when declared Urdu as a national language, Bengali Muslim protested it and kept their identity on language not on religion and later got independence from Pakistan on Bengali  language basis . Disintegration of eastern wing of Pakistan from west wing was lesson for our rulers comprise on feudal, civilian and military bureaucracy but they could not learn lesson from history and trace our history with an identity of religion and glorify Arab Muslim ruler who plundered and looted wealth of sub-continent and never came in sub-continent to spread philosophy of Islam of last messenger Holy Prophet Peace Be Upon Him.   

After gabrlitar operation failure, Ayub Khan military dictator handed over power to another military dictator Yahiya Khan and after Ayub departure, he promised to hold free and fair election. According to Pakistani historian and writers like late Eqbal Ahmed and other an independent writers that Yayaha Khan secretly supported Jamat-e-Islami and other conservative religious parties and funded their leaders to rig the election and military dictator was confident that neither Bhutto/ Mujeeb nor other secular parties will win election. Pakistani military class including clergy, feudal and bureaucracy were not ready to accept mandate of Awami league after Indian intervention  Awami league in bloody civilian  war got freedom from west Pakistani leaders .

   After defeat in  east Pakistan,   military  had decided to transfer power to Bhutto civilian leader and founder of PPP who founded political party on slogans of Roti Kapra and Mukan (Bread, Cloth and Shelter) but after getting power  ZAB continued  legacy of his predecessor ruling elites of Pakistan and galvanized religious role in state affairs and shown appeasement to clergy class especially Jamat-e-Islami   demands further incorporating role of Jihadi mind in state internal and external policies.

It was civilian leader late Zulifqar Ali Bhutto who indoctrinated Jihadi role in foreign affairs of the country and invited Afghan religious leaders , Ahmed Shah Masooad , Gulbdian Hakmatyar and trained and funded them against Afghanistan ruler Dawood government . Late ZAB was victim of his own policies and he nominated Jihadi mind hypocrate general as army chief of Staff  and bypassed other senior military officers and later same Jihadi mind military dictator hanged him and later continued his mission further strengthen role of  Jihadi mind in state institutions and further polarized Pakistani nation on sectarian and on Jihadi mindset .     Zia-ul-Haq military dictator Jihadi mindset has deep roots in Pakistani society and in state intuitions and later when he was died in mysterious airplane crash our ruling leaders continue his legacy of Jihad and when PPP slain chairperson Benazir Bhutto came into power she failed to bring any change in Jihadi mindset of our state and when she tried to follow her own policy she termed as a  security risk for country. 

Defender of Zia-ul-Haq legacy not only compelled her to continue Zia Jihadi mindset policies and further strengthen Jihadi culture and nor PPP slain chairperson nor popular Punjab base leader Nawaz Sharif or so called enlighten military dictator Perveiaz Musharraf who had ruled on eight year brought up any fundamental change in Jihadi mindset of our state  .

      After post cold war era Pakistani ruling class dominated by security establishment continued legacy of Zia and never run affairs of state on rational decision making nor strengthen pluralistic democratic values and to do nation building of state on secular basis and giving legitimized rights to their own people enshrined in the constitution.

9/11 was a great opportunity for liberal military dictator Perveiaz Musharraf to take bold decision but his hypocrisy and lust of power like secular late Bhutto to prolong his rule further strengthen role of Jihadi culture and took cosmetic steps and did not bring genuine reform in state structure to contain menace of Jihadi culture in state affairs.

 Today Jihadi forces are great danger for security and integrity of the country and due to non coherence policies of ruling class both military and civilian they are attacking on army installations, educational institutions, killing army jawans, officers, innocent people and wants to impose their own obstructive and outdated tribal ethos on name of religion .

Dilemma with our ruling class that they always deceived their own masses and never implemented pro people development policies , today religious extremists groups are gaining popularity among poor people and middle class people because of ruling elites failed to provide them justice, economics equality, health, shelter and education and protection of their lives and properties and war cannot alone win with simple military strategy.

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