Another Day, Another Blunder, this best describes the events that unfolded last night at PAF Faisal Base. I don’t care about the nationality of the cursed terrorist nor do I care about their motives. However, what I do care about is the fact that this was the 4th direct attack on one of the branches of the institution that is responsible to uphold our national integrity and protect us from our enemies. Since my childhood I have been told that India is our enemy and our Army, Navy and Air force is here to stop them and protect me from their evil deeds. All my life I have believed in this notion no matter what the situation was.
I believed in this notion despite the fact that I saw my children being shoved in a cramped school van and I saw “their” children going to school comfortably in large army trucks. I believed in this notion despite the fact that I saw my wife travelling like an animal in a minibus and I saw “their” wives comfortably commuting in a luxury vehicle with a security squad. I believed in this notion despite the fact that I saw people dying miserably in government hospitals and I saw “them” going abroad to get pills for erectile dysfunctions. I believed in this notion despite the fact that I counted my money while earning it and before and after spending it and I never saw “them” present their budgets in the parliament or assembly.
I believed in this notion despite the fact that I travel on a motor bike and I see “them” traveling in nothing less than a Pajero or Land Cruiser. I believed in this notion despite the fact that I paid taxes and Sales tax on everything and I saw “them” buying subsidized food that was Sales tax free. I believed in this notion despite the fact that I was stuck in this scorching heat, because of V.I.P movement, with my daughter pleading me to get her away from the sun and I saw “them” comfortably sitting in their high priced, imported, air conditioned cars accompanied by an entourage of security vehicles. I believed in this notion despite the fact that most Pakistani’s do not have their own roof over their heads and I saw “them” get plots, apartments and bungalows, absolutely free from DHA, before and after retiring.
I believed in this notion despite the fact that people are dying on the streets without committing any crimes and I saw “them” spent billions of rupees on their own security. I believed in this notion despite the fact innocent civilians are dying in suicide attacks and I had seen “them” creating those same suicide bombers 20 years ago. I believed in this notion despite the fact that I have to suffer through load shedding, street crimes, merciless inflation, no health care, absolute ridicule and I saw "them" get 60% share in the National Budget. I believed in this notion despite the fact that now no country allows my work or immigration visas and I saw “them” traveling on a British passport. I believed in this notion despite the fact that "they" are responsible for my security and I saw “them” protecting “National Interests”.
I believed in this notion despite the fact that the entire Hotel Mehran road was closed because the “chief” was in the guest house. I believed in this notion despite the fact that they let the bald devil go free when instead he should have been hanged for good. I believed in this notion despite the fact that they allowed every corrupt soul back into Pakistan, absolutely guilt free with all their previous criminal records erased. I believed in this notion despite the fact that we agreed to let Raymond Davis go free. I believed in this notion despite the fact that Osama was found hiding in Pakistan.
I believed in this notion despite the fact that most of the most wanted people were able to score a safe haven in Pakistan. I believed in this notion not because I feared that I might be labeled as a traitor for speaking against “them” but because I truly believed in this “institution” and its abilities.
But now, I refuse to buy it, and I choose not to believe in it. You knew very well that the C.I.A/RAW/Mossad/TTP/Al-Qaeda/Any Other Secret Agencies were up to no good, and yet you continued to sleep. Even after three consecutive attacks in the same month, you still chose to hit the snooze button and pretend as if nothing has happened. Now it’s your turn to believe and get disappointed in the end. You can still choose to believe that your are fooling the nation and continue on with the loot and plunder but the reality is that the end is near, nearer than you actually anticipated.
