by Aqil Sajjad
In his latest column, Ayaz Amir has lamented the fact that we remain so mired in our internal bickering that we fail to take note of important developments in the rest of the world, especially in our own neighborhood. He points out that India’s cold start war doctrine was formulated in April 2004, but we have remained totally oblivious to this development and its implications for Pakistan for these last 6 years.
Unfortunately, what could otherwise have been a purposeful and honest article for raising these very pertinent issues, has again been turned into a non-serious exercise in point scoring. If important happenings in the world pass us by, and we do not ‘behave like a people with a modicum of understanding at their command,’ (to use Mr. Amir’s own words), it is partly because analysts like him take little interest in highlighting such issues. After all, if the cold start doctrine was developed in 2004, then Ayaz Amir also did not write about it all these years until last Friday. Yet, instead of being a bit introspective, Mr. Amir had his usual ‘holier than thou’ tone, only lecturing and ridiculing others, but not pausing for a moment to think about his own role.
The most disgusting bit in his recent piece, was yet another cheep-shot against the judiciary. While suggesting that our media should have permanent correspondents in Kabul and Delhi, he remarked: “My Lord Chief Justice, famous now for his suo moto initiatives, could consider taking notice of this strange proclivity”. Mr. Amir, could you not hold off on this below-the-belt remark, for a change?
Also, a bit of humility and introspection about your own duty as a columnist and MNA would not hurt. When was the last time you wrote something constructive? When was the last time, in your capacity as an MNA and a key member of PML-N, did you push for some legislation or governance reform? Less verbosity and a bit more substance from you, would do all of us some good, sir.
@aqil sajjad
similarly you were also in denial for so long and never objected on Ayaz Amir’s writings until he started showing some sense (according to his point of view). This is the biggest problem with pakitanis that we are hypocrite by nature. We only want to hear and read what we like and once the same person changes his opinion, we are willing to put a dagger on is throat.
Number scoring is quite clear when you don’t raise this issue in Assembly and resort to media for your opiniated deliberation. The norm of the society calls for that every criticism should be associated with suggestion, else, that criticism has no value at all. Almost all opposition leaders are doing only criticism and Mr. Ayaz Mir is no exception.
I have heard him saying “if the present government does not mend its direction, I am afraid, Military would take over”. This is a camouflaged way of inviting the heavy boots. When he was just TV anchor in Musharraf regime, day and night he raised voice against dictatorship.
And why worry about what India is doing. We already have host of problems in our hands, please clean the house first and then look outside. That is what China did and that too quite successfully. Only internally strong Pakistan can meet the outside challenges. What Mir saheb is trying to impose the “horrible” design of India is just an attempt to put the cart before the horse.
@ khalidhumayun
It is very easy to point a problem, so what is your solution to “clean the house first,” or “make Pakistan internally strong”?
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