A Letter To President Musharraf

Re: # 44

``One does not have to side with mullahs to see that killing of fellow citizens by their own army was a criminal act``

Wrong.

Killing is wrong anyway, but within the current legal framework in most countries, consider that you have a hostage situation, and you try to negotiate, and then the hostage takers open fire on the law enforcers, and kill a few law enforcers, and refuse to surrender and be arrested....I`m sorry, but people get shot for way less in even Canada or US.

So the government was justified within its legal framework to take action.

-thinking

Khadija,
Very well-written and beautifully expressed with all the straightforwardness of a Panzer blitzkrieg. There is no doubt about your anger, your sadness, your outrage, and your message. By stating the following you made a powerful conclusion and slammed the ball squarely in his court:
``And if, in all good conscience, you feel that you cannot stand in the line of fire, will you make way for someone who can?``

I just hope that your application for a Canadian visa has already been successfully processed.

You also said:
{`` You have been quoted as having said that ``I will order action if the media promises it will not show dead bodies.`` Is image your only priority? ...
Mr. President, if you, who as the chief of the army staff, has taken a firm stance about not abandoning your uniform, if you could not control these militants then how do you expect us to stand by you?...``}

Khadija, I think that everyone, including you, is misquoting the poor misundersood simpleton of a general. He meant to say:

`` I will remove my uniform if the media promises it will not show my naked body.`` LOL If this incompetent, cruel, and bloodthirsty dictator was not a murderer, he might be as funny as Omar Sharif (the one from Lalukhet).

well lookie here...the indigenous freedom fighters of the lashkar-e-toiba 2.0..Now if I point out that the JD is a front group for the LeT or that Hafeez Saeed is the leader of a state department terrorist group, some people will call it pak bashing

The irony is thick...the LeT jihadis were indoctrinated with a steady pakistani government propaganda about the hindoos killing muslims and destroying mosques...and now the jihadis are accusing their masters of doing the same...

Funeral prayers for Lal Masjid victims: More than 10,000 people attend JD-organised funeral

* MMA demonstrates outside press club, claims govt covering up ‘mass murder’
* IJT holds funeral prayers at PU

Staff Report

LAHORE: More than 10,000 people offered funeral prayers in absentia for victims of the Lal Masjid operation at Jamaatud Dawa’s (JD) Jamia Masjid Al Qadsia in Chauburji on Friday. AFP reported more than 20,000 men, women and children in attendance.

JD chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed was seen crying during the prayer, which he led. Earlier, he told worshippers during his Friday sermon that the operation was an operation against every mosque and religious seminary in Pakistan. This was the largest prayer of its kind in the city.

MMA protests: On the appeal of the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA), thousands of people protested the government’s crackdown on Lal Masjid earlier this week. The protestors urged the Supreme Court to take suo motu notice of ‘state terrorism’ to avoid a civil war. They urged the government to step down in wake of the operation in which scores of people including soldiers were killed.

The protestors alleged that the government was covering up the mess it had made of the operation. They claimed that hundreds of men, women and children had been killed, but that the government had enforced curfews and prohibited the media from entering the area to hide its misdeeds. Clerics denounced the operation against Lal Masjid during their Friday sermons. They also denounced the government’s attitude towards religious people. They demanded President Pervez Musharraf resign because his government had failed to protect the life and property of the people of Pakistan.

The MMA (Lahore chapter) demonstrated outside the Lahore Press Club. Liaqat Baloch led the protestors. A large police contingent was deployed around the press club and traffic was halted during the protest.

Punjab University: The Islami Jamiat Talaba (IJT) also offered funeral prayers in absentia at the Punjab University. An IJT release stated that more than 4,000 students, teachers and PU employees attended the prayer.

#19 by rf786 on July 13, 2007 1:14pm PT
{``Dear Writer,
...Being a Pakistani with no dual nationality, residing in Pakistan yet asking for a vote on alcohol in a country that has yet to reverse reprehensible blasphemy laws, what gives? ``}

Bismillah Bhai,
Don`t tell me you missed her wonderful and well-disguised sarcasm? She is saying that we all know Mushy and his advisors were three sheets to the wind when they made the decision to storm the Lal Masjid. She is also saying that we Pakis desperately need legalized alcohol to cope with the actions of a government and a dicator who are intoxicated with both alcohol and absolute power.

This is so powerful, so intense, and so effective that I am surprised that a Pakistan lady, without being of dual nationality, can write so well and so effectively. After all, we have expatriate Pakis in the US, who claim to be professors of one thing or another. These imposters, who flaunt their ignorance of Urdu, could not write decently in English, even if they were requesting a list ditch act of clemency from the Governor, while they were facing imminent execution.

The irony is thick...

JD chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed was seen crying during the prayer, which he led. Earlier, he told worshippers during his Friday sermon that the operation was an operation against every mosque and religious seminary in Pakistan. This was the largest prayer of its kind in the city.

Here is another irony..Hafiz Saeed is originally from India :))

Re: # 18

``If similar actions were taken by, let’s say, a religious minority (say Christians of Pakistan kidnap a Mulla and make him parade naked), the entire Christian population of Pakistan will be slaughtered and no one will be writing a single letter to Mr. President. There will be no editorials in TV and papers. It’s not the loss of life one is concerned about, it is the life of a certain faith that has consumed the nation of idiots``

Whilst following this drama I noticed that the most frequent sentence used by everyone is:
``Muslims shouldn`t kill muslims``. ``A compromise should have been found``.

Is this really meant? If it was meant, there would be a similar outcry upon the beheadings/stonings/honor killings/etc of muslims.

It`s ok for goat`s to encite murder of innocent muslims with suicide bombings.
What`s happened to the ``Muslims shouldn`t kill muslims`` ???

The driving force isn`t the cost of muslim lives... It`s the bearded goats and their self-serving religious interpretations and dictates.

This needs adding to the book:
``Use any means to protect your muslim butt``
(Al Burka. Paragraph 420, verse 10 numbri)

#51 by stuka on July 13, 2007 5:15pm PT


Here is another irony..Hafiz Saeed is originally from India :))


dayum...

here`s more irony...gandhi is from india too...you know..the gandhi who, wccording to manto, is responsible for the islamic radicalism in today`s pakistan...

Re: # 9

Please ignore masadi`s post #6, because he usually has selective thought patterns and mostly uses circular logic. In this post he conveniently forgets that it was Zia-ul-Haq who approached for weapons from President Regan to counter the Soviet aggression into Afghanistan. When the US asked for money for those stringer missiles for the Mujahadeen, Zia approached Saudi Arabia for the money. Most Pakistanis conveniently forget that it was the Mujahadeen who fought bravely against the Soviets, and not the Taliban. Madeleine Albright, Secretary of State under the Clinton Administration, brought Taliban into power just to counter the Iranian influence in Afghanistan.

July 13, 2007

Khadija Malik Hassan
Somewhere City
Pakistan

Dear Khadija,

I am in receipt of your very special letter and would like to acknowledge the same. I have not received anything written with such warmth and affection since a no-good individual called Beej wrote to me a pairavi letter on behalf of a suspicious lawyer who had a few no-good things to say about me – but we won’t talk of those things here so as not to hurt the feelings of the parties concerned!

You see, my dear Khadija, you need to get one thing clear. I never wanted to rule – although many have drawn that erroneous conclusion, especially after my glowing Referendum (Thank you very much, my dear Pakistanis – Pakistan Paindabad!). I did not want to rule, in fact, all I wanted to do was to retire from my cushy army job to perhaps another cushy after-army job. But duty called – and I answered – even though that NS fellow never wanted me to.

As you know, we khakis put duty above everything else – we place it on the highest pedestal we can locate and offer our dua to it first thing every morning, for we must always do our bit to protect the motherland – and that dua is the best way to do it – and it is free!

If we did not put our duty before everything else, how do you expect us to award those medals of valor to each other?!

And like somebody in America said – “we have nothing to fear but fear ourselves” – accordingly, we have realized that Pakistan has nothing to fear but the Pakistanis – and so we do our best to protect Pakistan from the same!

I only wish you had sent your letter directly to me instead of to the whole world! I wonder why. (There is that slim possibility that you are trying to get a visa to the USA and your letter is the first step in the direction. Okay, if not the USA then – as a poor second choice – to Canada (but don’t tell that DM guy, he will start crying again!) or even – Lord forbid – to the UK! And if none of those places work out, hey, there is always down under! BTW, I am already married so don’t try any dora-baazi on me! Mrs. Mushy won’t be receptive to a number two in the house. The children’s spots are also filled, so adoption is out – even our pet dog is still in the prime of life! Sorry, no vacancy!)

It is incorrect to say that just because you are a Pakistani, you are no foreigner. You see, most Pakistanis are foreigners in lands which are not Pakistan – AND lands which are Pakistan! We live in an age of enlightenment when we broaden our outlook and make no distinction between Pakistanis and foreigners – at whatever level! Take that GWB for example – he may be the president of the USA, but we will never treat him any less than any ruler in our country! And it is a highly moral stand – you see, my dear, he is an elected leader, which automatically makes him more legitimate than most leaders of our land!

I am sorry you have no dual nationality or assets abroad. Life is tough for those who lack those resources. But sorry, I can not help you – we would like our countrymen to become self-sufficient and it is a good idea to set up a good example! So go set up a good example for the youth of our country – by fending for yourself! Like I said before – Pakistan comes first!

Regarding those children killed in Jamia Hafsa, you should wait till the dust settles – many of those that you designate as children but happened to have thick beards!

To fill that void in your shattered heart, I would like to send you an autographed copy of the Ghauri-I, Ghauri-II, Ghauri-III, and Hatf-IV missiles – so your little heart will swell with so much pride that you will never miss anything. And those pictures will never die.

Don’t be misled by the 1,200 number. The actual number of casualties is a lot less in that mosque.

It is just that like all desis – we can not resist a good deal when we see one and the vendors were offering a volume discount! So, even if we don’t need those coffins today, it is only a matter of time – you see my dear, unlike those infidels across the border –every citizen of our land will surely depart in one! A volume purchase assures us Pakistanis of our basic right!

Your mention of the demon lover leads me to believe that you are of marriageable age. Your heart-felt anguish at the prevalence of whorehouses also leads me to believe that things have not moved well for you in terms of prospective suitors. I will be happy to send in a couple of very eligible bachelors – in khaki, of course!

Yes, those houses of ill-repute are a serious threat to our country – just imagine the scores and scores of ablaa Pakistani naaris who would have to beg for alms because no decent Pakistani male will marry them because all the decent Pakistani males will be too busy visiting those whorehouses – especially those run by foreign ladies! I admit that our Pakistani young men are so vulnerable and innocent when it comes to resisting the charms of foreign women – even of those across the border! I promise to look into this serious problem at a high priority level – right after my second referendum!

My concern about not showing dead bodies on the media is genuine, of course! It is like this my dear – if it does not show, it never happened, and even if it did – who will tell?! (Not you, I hope!)

Your remarks on the patriotic ISI are most unwarranted! Do you have any clue how hard those folks have to work?! Do you have any idea how many individuals they have to keep track of?! How many politicos they have to watch for and collect data necessary to disqualify them from hoodwinking the innocent Pakistanis by running in elections and getting themselves elected?! You dears are so innocent, my dear! Who is more credible – the brave ISI knights in shining armor or a bunch of mullahs in burqas?

I am glad you liked my autobiography. I realize it is not everybody’s cup of tea. In particular, I think it could have been made a bit more interesting. I thought of hiring this Beej fellow for that job – but changed my mind when it appeared that he would have cut out most of it and simply expanded one small section into a thousand page thriller on my old flame – that Bengali girl! Ahhhhh!

I am sorry I seemed to have disappointed your expectation of being a good dictator. But never fear for this can be easily remedied. Make sure to vote in the next referendum and I will make a much better dictator the next time! Really!

I hope my lengthy explanations above can help you develop a better perspective on life, like you requested. But stay off the bottle – or you will end up like that HP fellow! Like you said yourself, there is always a choice!

I am aware that you want a free press, you want an independent judiciary, you want a strong executive, and you want legislators who are loyal to the COUNTRY, not a theology, philosophy or political ideology.

Absolutely! I am all in agreement.

In fact I consider it my duty to provide you all of those things. We even do so in the most efficient manner – you get all of it rolled into one – and don’t be fooled by its khaki cover!

It is like a one-stop shopping!

Hope to hear from you again!

And again!

Sincerely,
P. Musharraf
(Just call me Mushy)

``Mr. President, are you not aware how many whore houses operate in the capital? Are you not aware that in every sector of Islamabad alcohol is readily available? Has none of your 40 advisors as yet brought this to your attention?``

And these are the issues that merit attention of the government... not poverty, illiteracy etc... Here is essentially the long and short of the matter...

I essentially agree with yasser here!

What is the big deal about alcohol being available in Islamabad and why should that worry the federal government. It is a local issue and the local admin should deal with it.

These two mullahs were demanding that the government should for all intents and purposes change the constitution and enforce sharia instead of the laws that manage the country now. They were basically asking to change the whole court system-supreme court, high court and other law enforcement. And what they were offering in lieu of that? The Jungle law where a few, based on how they interpret the sharia Laws, control the law enforcement. The way they implemented the Sharia showed how much respect they had for Chaddar and Chardiwari.

Is it not true that that both mullah have claimed that they have suicide bombers ready to take on the government? Is it not true that they had claimed that have the arms to defend themselves. Is it not true that 10 Law enforcers died and many more injured because the mullah supporters in the Lal Mosque were armed and used those arms against the army?

I still think that army should have handled the situation differently or perhaps should have taken care of it when the whole thing started. But for the life of me, I don`t understand this groundswell of sympathy for these gangsters who controlled a Mosque and madrassah and took over a library by force.

The thing that we need to understand is that like the army, the Pakistani mullah whether of the Jamaat Islami aka Al qaeeda kind or the MMA kind, is not looking to promote their philosophy via the peaceful means or the democratic means. For all practical purposes like the army in Pakistan, the mullahs are gangsters. The Gangster mentality makes them indulge in what Sultan Rahi made famous: the BarRak. That barRak makes them do things way beyond their capabilities.

The Lal Mosque fiasco has shown one thing clearly that Pakistani don’t want Sharia in Pakistan. Pakistanis don’t want Islamic laws in Pakistan, Pakistanis don’t want these stupid mullahs running the country, and Pakistani don’t want anything to do with these Burka wearing gangsters.

I have looked at all the pictures and I can clearly see that the public just refused to listen to the MMA protest. The number of people showing in protests clearly showed which way Pakistani are headed and it surely is NOT The mullah way.

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#57 by HP

These two mullahs were demanding that the government should for all intents and purposes change the constitution enforce sharia ...

This is a totally misinformed comment. Sharia is already envisaged in the constitution. Lal Masjid was merely agitating for its `implementation`.

``I would have loved to see the money spent on “Operation Silence” used instead to provide clean water, medicines and medical aid to the flood victims. ``

Khadija, Pathetic is the only word to describe your above quote. Will you say that the money spent on training the jihadis and sending them to kashmir also could be spent on providing drinking water.

It is sad to see all of you so worried about lal masjid when about 90 dead bodies are collected every day by Edhi foundation in karachi, those killed in the shia sunny battles.

To talk about human rights of the jihadis, is to talk about the animal rights of rats spreading plague.

Your article is simply pathetic.

Khadija,

Living in pakistan, with all of the good of pakistan in mind, did you write an open letter when Mukhtan Mai was raped and no one was arrested for it.

May be it the cries of the dying jihadis, allahu akbar that woke you up from teh rip van winklian sleep.

Now that you are awake, look around, look at the 2000 odd madrasas teaching hatred.

Can you write an open letter to Mullah Asghar, the man released after the hijacking of the indian aircraft to stop his hate campaign.

You should have been honest to yourself and asked for a high paying job from mushy, that you are educated in the US, or did you come back in a chartered flight payed for by the pak govt.

My dear Khadija,

Thank you for your letter and I could not read past the first paragraph. It is sad to see that some one who can write in English has no dual citizenship, no asset abroad.

Even since the madrassa study was equated with university degree, all the positions in the army and in the public service where a universuty degree is required has gone to the madrassa graduates. Now I know that they all are jihadis.

As you know, the pak govt has created a Jinnah Chair of islamic studies ...i dont remember the name of the university...i know it is in the us, all responses I got were from the madrassa graduates.

I know that since the chair is in the US, knowing only urdu could be a disadvantage.

Hence I have not filled the chair, I myself was waiting to go there once I finish my job here, and as you know I have written a book, that too in English.

I liked the writing, and I am offering you the Jinnah Chair.

here after, when you write to me you will not have to repeat the sad story, write at the beginning.

Your own president

Musheraf Mohajir

( I was born in India, that is why I like people who can write in English)