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Saturday, July 31, 2010, Sha`baan 18, 1431 A.H |
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| Cameron’s outburst
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Muhammad Tahir Khan |
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| David William Donald Cameron offered anti-Pakistan remarks in a tone like the erstwhile British colonial rule in the Indian city of Bangalore on Wednesday. He even ignored sensitivity while speaking against Pakistan in India.
The Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh was not even so hostile against Pakistan when he talked to reporters in the presence of his visiting ‘distinguished’ guest in New Delhi the next day. What more Mr Cameron wanted Pakistan should do? What prompted the British Prime Minister to spit out his anger at Pakistan while in India? Many will not welcome remarks against a country while visiting a third country.
Western leaders are loosing support in their respective countries for their invasion of Afghanistan as deaths of their troops and spending of billions of dollars are fast changing public opinion. Nine years have passed since thousands of US forces have launched war in Afghanistan and now some 150,000 troops from over 40 countries are fighting only one group – the Taliban. But they could not defeat the group despite using all their military might. This may be the main reason for Cameron’s remarks against Pakistan.
The U.S, Britain and their NATO allies are in a mess how to defeat their enemy in Afghanistan. Their victor seems to be very difficult if the current rate of deaths of foreign troops continues. June was the deadliest with 102 deaths including 60 Americans. July is also the same. Reports from Kabulsaid Friday that three US troops died in blasts in Afghanistan, bringing the death toll for July to at least 63 and surpassing the previous month's record as the deadliest for American forces in the nearly 9-year-old war.
On the other hand anger among Afghans is fast growing against the foreign forces as they are killing civilians in air raids, ground attacks and even rash road accidents across Afghanistan.
Reports say that police fired into the air in Kabul on Friday to disperse a crowd of angry Afghans who shouted "death to America," hurled stones and set fire to two vehicles after an SUV was involved in a traffic accident that killed four Afghans on the main airport road.
The British and Americans political and political leaders have adopted the habit to shift blame of their failures in Afghanistan to Pakistan and Mr Cameron said in India that “Pakistan exports terrorism” to Afghanistan and the world. He ignored deaths of thousands of Pakistanis in attacks and some 40 billion dollars losses in the so-called terror war. Almost every city of Pakistan is unsafe. Even in Islamabad we have over 100 checkpoints on main roads to check and the capital city is like a jail due to roadblocks and barbed wires. We had not seen these stupid blockades before Pakistan joined the U.S-led war.
What more Cameron asks for? Pakistan’s Foreign Office first reaction to Cameron remarks was a disappointment to many in the country. But later the leadership in Islamabad realized how objectionable the remarks of the British Prime Minister’s had been. Prime Minister Gilani spoke about Cameron’s statement after the opposition PML-N raised the issue in the Senate. Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi also issued an appropriate statement which covered the earlier weak Foreign Office statement. There are good news – reported cancellation of the visit of top ISI officials to Britain over controversy Mr Cameron has initiated and delay of the visit to the UK of President Asif Ali Ali Zardari. It is the time to be aggressive if Western leaders come up with statements like Masters.
Our leaders should act in line with the sentiments of the people of Pakistani. The rulers should not keep in mind political expediencies if others disrespect Pakistan.
The rulers should tell them the blood of Pakistanis has the same worth like others. We are no more a Colony of anyone. We are a sovereign nation. |
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