Why Mukhtar Mai Matters

The NGOs and their local agents take interest in Mukhtar Mai`s case for two reasons:

1. It gives them better exposure to their master puppeteers i.e. Western anti-Muslim agencies and think tanks.

2. Taking up an issue with Mukhtar Mai`s case does not pit them against the dictator - i.e. the muscle that enforces their agenda.


As compared to Mukhtar Mai no NGO or any of their agent has taken any interest in the case of Nazish Bhatti who was gang raped by police officials in Sialkot couple of months ago. Despite the fact that Nazish Bhatti and her father threatened to self-immulate themselves in front of the legislature there is no NGO taking up her case; and that is because of two reasons:

1. The case has less or no exposure in front of their Western masters. So why waste breath.

2. And the main reason is that, that taking up Nazish Bhatti`s case will pit them against the fascist dictators machinery because it is the government officials that are involved in the gang rape of this unfortunate girl. Why demoralize the muscle that enforces their agenda.

Is Meerwala in the Muzzafargarh area?

The ruling feudal of that area is a man named Ghulam Mustafa Khar. He was, amongst other things, the Chief Minister of Punjab at one point. Khar, and others like him, are a perfect example of the two-faced existence that such feudals practice........

Khar has a daughter who is a supermodel. She writes for liberal magazine(s), including issues like women`s rights. He also has a son, who allegedly threw acid on a girl. Apparently, the case was dropped due to pressure by Khar. Khar, himself, has gone through eight or nine wives. However, if you see him speak on TV, he will seem like the most urbane and progressive politician........

These are the individuals who are the real culprits. Nothing happens in their areas, without their permission and influence. No panchyat. No gang-rape. Nothing. And until the are disintegrated and any group/party they represent disenfranchised, nothing will change.......

The way to solve such problems is to look at the collective cause. So that such events do not occur, to begin with. Once they have occured, then all one can do is admire the courage of someone who speaks out. But that does not solve the problem.......

The root cause of such events is the jagirdarana/feudal based system in Pakistan. Invariably, an overwhelming amount of such events occur in feudal Punjab and feudal Sind (don`t know about Baluchistan). They cannot occur without the approval of the local MNAs and MPAs, because they are the ones who control the areas, and influence the panchayats. It is in their interest to keep this system going, so that they don`t have to give up their influence to federal laws.........

I saw an interview of an MPA in Sind on BBC. Someone was passing a similar decision in a Jirga, in his area, regarding a woman having an alleged affair. He approved of the decision, on camera. The BBC reporter asked him, how in the world he could approve such a decision, against a woman. He talked about tribal traditions etc. etc.

This whole system needs to be dismantled. There is no place in Pakistan, where I have lived, and seen first-hand, where woman are more of a commodity than in feudal Pakistan. Not urban Pakistan, not religious Pakistan, not non-feudal rural Pakistan, nor military-Pakistan.

As long as this powerful feudal group dominates the politics of Pakistan, nothing will ever change for future Mukhtar Mai`s. They project themselves as progressives in Lahore and Karachi. However, in their own areas, the practice the extreme form of repression and backwardness. In fact, I am surprised the MNA of the area wasn`t able to suppress this case, through political influence...........

Does anyone have the name of the MNA and/or MPA of the area, where this incidence occured? It would be interesting to see who he was ,and whether he initially tried to suppress this..............And whether he authorized the panchayat, to begin with.........I would also be interested in finding out where his own daughters study, etc.......

Re: # 17

Shoresaab,

Thank you

Dear Ana,

I think you are mixing Mr Harish Gurumoorthy from Hyderabad with Harimau Iyer... totally different people mind you... Mr Gurumoorthy by his own admission is here to shut up everyone who speaks critically of his ``wrinkly bharat mata``. He is incapable of any self criticism.

I concede your point about Jay.... Jay outlines a number of points that pricks the pakistani patriots and has outlined some critical issues about Pakistan. If he was a PAKISTANI he would be a first rate patriot... but given his obsession with Pakistan as an Indian, I am afraid it is reflective of a very different mentality.

Mukhtarai mai`s effort is heroic,in view of the back ground she came from.If the guilty have been punished ,and this is publicised in the the villages where jirga law is still practiced,it should serve as an exampe for others.