After 9/11 when we started eradicating religious extremists , this whole period of 10 years from 2004-2014, we let these surkhas have an open field to play. ln the cover of 'enlightenment moderation' they not only ridiculed our religious thought process through e-media but also connected it to our Military's past and present role in country's affairs.There was a time the main issue discussed over news channels was Hudood ordinance like they had no other news and ZA Bhutto's anniversary was celebrated like he was the only reformist Pakistan ever had. The debacle of Musharraf and how he left the system just worsened it to a new low.All that didnt really produce any new surkhas but it definitely gave way to a wave of ethno-fascism.It came in through the ruling parties PPP/ANP/BNP who are far from being called a surkha yet they use their values for their international projection and relevance.All in all not only did they maintain their subtle socialist outlook but also kept the west happy.At the back end they funded uber-nationalists,criminals and nasty student unions who would later be used as a wild card when and where needed whether its Uzair Baluch or Manzur Pashteen or many others we haven't even heard about..
These student organizations BSO,PSF and others the surkhas reached out to are also somewhere in the hierarchy.They are pawns of our naudero and charsadah politicians and they are being facilitated by surkha launchpads like LUMS that is surprisingly the biggest receiver of US educational grants.
See it in a bigger canvass.Protests happening, in Lebanon,Iraq,lrann and PAkistan. Fazlur Rehman might be back soon on the roads and these student organizations imagine if they join the madarsah students and do havoc on provincial level something Fazl is weak at .We have already seen liberal twitter handlers supporting Fazlurehman. So if you connect the dots they are preparing for Fazlu rehmans next adventure and will try to act as a force-multiplier. This might be just around the corner .The powers in international arena want IK to put a halt or slow down key OBOR projects and for that they might have promised Ik/military a lot, a lot than one could imagine, that includes a commitment on Kashmir or Khalistan things that can make India cringe and also a big chunk in
BUILD Act ( IDFC ) the upcoming US version of BRI/OBOR/CPEC.Pakistan has to choose if they will fall for this US stick and carrot policy or walk its own road. Moving the CPEC authority to a person like General (R)Asim Saleem Bajwa has sent shivers across and that can be seen in the recent desperate speech of Alice Wells so they will react.
Pakistan should prepare for fresh protests which will come soon anytime after December 5th. Shut Fazls mouth,prepare how to disperse the protests even before reaching the capital and ban student bodies for now to avoid a successful plan B.
@Foxtrot Alpha @The Eagle @HRK