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Eight years of Four M's: Musharraf, MQM, Muslim League and Mullah

Pukhtoon Khan January 13, 2008

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#7 Posted by Urstruly on January 14, 2008 8:55:40 am
The list of M's is quite accurate but it is missing one very important L. The name of this group can also start with another M, but I do not think Chowk's policy will allow it to print. This "L" stands for the Liberal Fascists. While all other M's are just charlatans or as it is called "Lotas" in urdu, but liberal fascists are the one who had been and are the ideological allies of this vicious dictator. Unfortunately Liberal Fascists are armed with higher education and have quite a clout in the media, propaganda machinery, and the NGOs etc. just like Lotus Eaters, their job is to misguide the common public. They are the first line soldiers of the global colonialism, whose job is to prepare the minds of people for an eternal slavery. In the name of the so called "Enlightened Moderation" they are the one who tried to convince everyone that the real democarcy is one in which fouj is on top, and why it is necassary that this vicious, incompetent, and corrupt dictator should stay on top. They are the one whose hands are red with the blood of Pakistani citizens; whether it is the Islamabad School massacre or the gencocide of Pakistani citizens in Baluchistan, Waziristan, and Swat. They are not only an accessory to the murder and crime against the people of Pakistan but they are the one who through their false propaganda create monsters out of innocent human beings to jsutify their crime. They are the one who are the true M's here.
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#6 Posted by tahir on January 14, 2008 8:49:29 am
You said:

The worst case scenario is a nightmare – a situation wherein the nuclear weapons will be in the hands of religious extremists who were politically represented by MMA, trained by ISI and taught by JUI’s demagogues in the past. It will be a disastrous situation wherein the whole region will depict a picture of ashes if the rule of these M's continues.

I say:
The Yankees and it's monkeys are selling exactly THIS to the scared public. Why would our forces see their own shop closed? They would never allow their stool pigeons to fly that high! The birds produce bird droppings only when ordered. Now think again.
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#5 Posted by rf786 on January 14, 2008 7:26:03 am
Nothing new, writer is simply venting frustration and Chowk staff are obliging.
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#4 Posted by chaltahai on January 14, 2008 6:18:59 am
What is the need for this article? Manto and others have alluded to this for years now. Either come up with a solution or stop suggesting the obvious.
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#3 Posted by MantoLives on January 14, 2008 4:11:10 am

Excellent Article... but I beg to differ ... as someone whose family has been in politics for 80 years first in the Muslim League and then in the PPP... on your description of the Punjab Unionist Party Reincarnated as Muslim League.

The name Muslim League is a convenient legitimising tag that the Military ruler uses to legitimise his in vogue version of Punjab Unionist Party incarnated.

The real Muslim League died the day the erstwhile Unionists (under the banner of the Establishment's "Republican Party") banned and crushed it.


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#2 Posted by majumdar on January 14, 2008 3:13:10 am
Khan sahib,

Interestingly many Hanud Injuns believe that India is being done in by four Ms too- Marxists, Mullahs, Missionaries and Macaulayites. I tend to agree with their diagnosis on the first three but being a "Peon of the West" type person strongly disagree with on the fourth being a bad type. Without Macaualy sahib, we Injuns still wud have been junglees.

Btw, it was interesting to see you quote Mr. CWM, I thought that Masadi sahib was the only one who had heard of the guy, but it seems that he is rather more well-known.

Regards
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#1 Posted by laddu on January 14, 2008 12:12:03 am
Simple commonsense solution to defang all these-

declare Pakistan as a Secular , Democratic, Liberal State.

De-recognize political parties with Religious agendas.
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