muse
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Consider Swat: the military drove them out but no improvement in governance was offered to alleviate the conditions that made its people desire an alternative to Pakistani rule in the first place..
This is a canard - Army's job is to kill the enemies of the nation and state - and we should consider seriously whether those with seemingly unlimited funds, and who promote "Hold and build", whether they do so, based on positive experience. We should be careful when dealing with the lazy and confused arguments that the author offers and should avoid the traps the author's logic leaves for us:
The only true liberals and seculars of the country are the people of Pakistan who continue to vote for non-religious political parties. They understand that choosing even a putatively liberal and secular party is better than handing over the country to those who stand for the imposition of their version of a religion
Then the author also offers:
Following the good riddance from Ziaul Haq, courtesy his love for mangoes, our ‘liberal’ leaders did not lift a finger to repeal the barbarous blasphemy laws. Both the military and civilian rulers failed to resolve the problems facing the common man. And when some young people in Balochistan rose up against the injustices in their province they were made to simply disappear from the face of the earth. These are the acts of self-serving rulers and not those of true liberals.
Note again, the confusion -- Blasphemy laws have not been repealed because it's bad politics in the atmosphere where the enemy has not been defeated by the Army, notice we are silent on "courageous" politics - then the author mixes the entire issue with the affairs of Balochistan - is Balochistan also a Wahabi insurgency?
So which is it, Liberals who vote for the secular parties are bad guys, who keep the lunes at bay??? or Liberals the bad guys who are ineffective politicians?? And yet win votes of those Liberals who keep the lunes at bay??
It's just a poor reasoned piece