NAWAZ SHARIF TRYING TO SPARK ETHNIC AND REGIONAL HATRED TO SERVE THEIR NARROW INTERESTS TO MAXIMIZE VOTES IN THEIR RESPECTIVE CONSTITUENCIES
Clash in the Punjab University is being portrayed as the clash between Jamiat and the Pukhtoon Students, which is not true. Keeping aside who caused this to happen, it was clash between Islami Jamiat Talba and Pukhtoon Students Federation, a student wing of the ANP.
Pukhtoon Nationalists cannot be given the mandate to represent ...the entire Pukhtoon students, but same was the target of the former Vice Chancellor of PU with the implicit understanding of the Sharif Government. Fast and furious allegations by Rana Sanaullah against Jamiat tells the whole story. For its narrow objective of self-interest, the Sharif Government has the target to divide the nation on regional and ethnic lines to maximize its votes in Punjab.
Clash in the Punjab University is being portrayed as the clash between Jamiat and the Pukhtoon Students, which is not true. Keeping aside who caused this to happen, it was clash between Islami Jamiat Talba and Pukhtoon Students Federation, a student wing of the ANP.
Pukhtoon Nationalists cannot be given the mandate to represent ...the entire Pukhtoon students, but same was the target of the former Vice Chancellor of PU with the implicit understanding of the Sharif Government. Fast and furious allegations by Rana Sanaullah against Jamiat tells the whole story. For its narrow objective of self-interest, the Sharif Government has the target to divide the nation on regional and ethnic lines to maximize its votes in Punjab.
This is not a new phenomenon for Nawaz Sharif. The same was done in the case of Kalabagh Dam, in his earlier government. He played a fixed match with the nationalists of Sindh and NWFP to spark controversies on it. Due to this Kalabagh Dam Project had to be abandoned. Nawaz Sharif and the Nationalists won, but the nation lost a huge reservoir of electricity, and we are facing the consequences of electricity shortage.
I would like to bring the historical fact that the Kalabagh Dam project had already been kicked start during Zulfiqar Ali Government, and NESPAK had started designing the project. Wali Khan started campaign against this project during the Zia Regime and Nawaz Sharif further worsened the situation, when he came into power in 1988.
Now again, both ANP and Nawaz Sharif are in hand in glove, and have started the same game to ignite regional and ethnic hatred. The reason being that both are feeling their popularity to decline.
Igniting ethnic hate and regional tensions are dangerous for the integrity of the country and we all need to understand this.
I would like to bring the historical fact that the Kalabagh Dam project had already been kicked start during Zulfiqar Ali Government, and NESPAK had started designing the project. Wali Khan started campaign against this project during the Zia Regime and Nawaz Sharif further worsened the situation, when he came into power in 1988.
Now again, both ANP and Nawaz Sharif are in hand in glove, and have started the same game to ignite regional and ethnic hatred. The reason being that both are feeling their popularity to decline.
Igniting ethnic hate and regional tensions are dangerous for the integrity of the country and we all need to understand this.
by Rzi Mallick
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