QUETTA HOSPITAL BLAST : PAKISTAN ON THE BOIL

QUETTA KILLING : PAKISTAN ON THE BOIL

Quetta Terrorist attack on 08 August 2016, has brought to the fore the ongoing war between Nawaz Sharief and General Raheel Sharief. The primary reason is the kickback dividends arising out of CPEC ( China PAkistan Economic Corridor). According to this agreement, China has committed to spend $46 billion to develop this 3000 kms long corridor, stretching from Kashghar in Xinjiang province of Western China through GILGIT - HUNJA of POK to Gwador sea port on the Arabian Sea in Balochistan. But most critics think it was only transfer of outdated technologies and techniques by China. Some say that China was going to take control of Balochistan, which is very rich in Oil & Natural gas along with rich mineral deposits such as Gold, Iron Ore, copper, etc. Whatever, control of CPEC has become a bone of contention between Civil Govt and Pakistan Army. This is also being resented by people of Balochistan and as such Quetta Blast. Army believes this is the reason for terrorist attack.

We must know that Balochistan has been fighting for independence since 08 April 1948, when it was forcibly merged with Pakistan. The Khan of Kalat (Present province of Balochistan) was forced to sign the Accession document on 08 April 1948, though both the houses of Kalat Parliament had declared independence in 11 August 1947. How strange accession of Kashmir to India is not considered legal, while Accession of Kalat is! Government of India, should bring it out. We must note that Balochistan was independent for Eight months before it was annexed by Pakistan. Freedom movement since then has been going on.

If one listens to Pakistani commentators on Quetta blasts, some of them are blaming it as Failure of Army. Some are pointing fingers at Nawaj Sharief Government. It is also claimed it might have been engineered to divert attention from Panama Papers, where Nawaj Sharief's relatives are blamed for money laundering. However, there is a view point that General Raheel Sharief , COAS of Pakistan Army, does not like Prime Minister Nawaj Sharief's closeness to Narender Modi, Prime Minister of India. He wants Panama Papers leak investigations. He has to retire in Nivember 2016, which Nawaj Sharief does not want him to do so. It seems, some days back there were posters in 13 cities of Pakistan, urging General Sharief not to retire. Most political commentators think it to be an army job. There is, thus, an internal fight, which might have led to this Quetta blast. The way Kashmir issue has been blown up by Nawaj Sharief, he might be wanting army to get involved with Indian army .

But most of the Pakistani vernacular press are towing the line of Pakistan Army to day that Quetta incident was the job of Indian RAW. Such an proof less prejudging points towards a more sinister game being played by the Army. It is very interesting that without any investigations, they have conveniently blamed RAW. Chief Minister of Balochistan blamed RAW within an hour of the incident and Army is also blaming RAW. So what is going on?

While blaming RAW for blasts in Quetta , Pakistanis are forgetting as to what they were doing in Indian Kashmir. PM of Pakistan declared a Kashmiri terrorist as a Martyr and ordered observing of Black Day in Pakistan on July 19,2016. He now goes on to become the voice of OPPRESSED PEOPLE OF KASHMIR. Then, let India and Narender Modi become the voice of the oppressed people of Balochistan. Let Akbar Bugti, killed by General Mushareff in 2007, be declared as Martyr. Obviously, it is tit for that. India might not do it but this is expected as a return gift.

Pakistan's military planners and Politicians do not realise that having spent more than 3 trillion dollars on Kashmir since 1947, India can not afford to lose Kashmir. They do not understand if Kashmir was India's weak spot then, Sindh, Balochistan and KPK are Pakistan's vulnerabilities. If Pakistan wants to support Kashmiri movement then why should it cry if India does for Sindh and Balochistan.

Unfortunately, Pakistan's General's are only interested in perpetuating their hold over Pakistan. They can not see beyond their noses. They sell Pakistan to foreign bidders. First it was USA and now it is China , who use it as a STRATEGIC CONDOM.

Logic demands that 2016 can not be 1947. A lot of water has flown in the Indus since 1947. Pakistan and its General's must realise the ground realities. They must stop this swan song on Kashmir and get down to developing its country.

In any case, they must understand that Globalised world is heading for a border less concept where, city states would emerge as the intra dependent economical nodes. Over the next 50 -70 years concept of the nation state would be dead. They can continue to make their life miserable for something which will never be theirs,

Post "knowledge and Information Age", mankind is pushing into Cosmic era, where today's "continent hopping" would be replaced by "Galaxy hopping". Religious and geographical boundaries would have NO meaning then. It is time to make your people capable of hitching on to Cosmic Era band wagon rather than fighting for dead concepts of 19th Century.

To think of fighting a nuclear war and taking away Kashmir is the most idiotic thought. If and when Nuclear war takes place, survivors would envy the dead. Perhaps, General's of Pakistan and the media commentators of Pakistan have not educated the people on the catastrophe of a nuclear war. One 12 KT Bomb had killed 70,000 people and 2 Lakhs became living dead. The Little Boy ( Hiroshima) and the Fat Man ( Naga Saki) seemToys today. The lethality of modern bombs is much more. So let us talk sense and face reality.

Finally, my own interpretation is that internal conflict of Pakistan might turn into an Indo- Pak skirmish. India should be ready for it. Pakistan Army has been able to fool the general public on Quetta Blast. A normal man in Pakistan should think, why should not India do same to Pakistan what she does to India? Always crying for Bangla Desh would not take Pakistan anywhere. It was a geographical accident of 1947, which got corrected in 1971. India and others were mere actors. No body can destroy Pakistan, unless it wants to be. Hope good senses prevail.