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A Passionate Defense Of Mr. Durrani; Ahmed Quraishi’s Response

 

I received this very interesting defense of Mr. Durrani and the Zardari government. It bears all the classical hallmarks of what the spokespeople of this government say when they defend their pro-U.S. policy. See the defense and the rebuttal. It is important to stop the spokespeople of this government in their pants.  I call them the ‘graduates of U.S. government-linked think tanks’, sent to Pakistan to teach us how to run our country and what strategic interest is good for us and which one is not. If we want to listen to these people, then we had better accept a direct American-Indian occupation of Pakistan hands down.

 

THE DEFENSE

ARTICLE ID: 572
ARTICLE TITLE: America’s Foot Soldiers In Islamabad: Durrani’s Firing Reveals How Pakistan Is Penetrated At The Top
BY: Mariam (email withheld for privacy@gmail.com)

COMMENTS
Following the exit of Mr. Durrani from the PM’s team, it is understandable that this episode would invite wide ranging comments for the way it was handled. However, the whole plot drawn by Mr. Quraishi is a little over the top, especially since the reason for Mr Durrani’s exit has been clarified both by the PM and by Mr. Durrani himself. He was shown the door because he did not take the PM into confidence before making important information public. Similarly, assertions regarding Sherry Rehman’s confirmation of investigations related to Ajmal Kasab’s identity is an irresponsible presentation of facts. Sherry Rehman is a federal minister and as a government spokesperson, it’s her job to provide official information regarding government matters. Members of the government do not ‘volunteer’ information and this is the difference between her and Mr. Durrani who acted in his individual capacity while Sherry Rehman followed the obligations of her job as the Information Minister. It makes sense if we consider the foreign office’s statements after the Information Minister’s. It is clear that the govt. had decided to make public its investigations regarding Kasab’s identity. Whether it was compelled to do so after Mr. Durrani’s statement or it did that for any other reason, is another matter. What is clear was that there was no clandestine message exchange activity going on, contrary to the impression being created here. It is strange that despite being a victim of terrorism, we in Pakistan continue to protect the terrorists who use and abuse our soil to carry out mass massacre across the globe. Of course, nobody agrees with the way the Indian government has responded to the Mumbai attacks, but burying our heads like ostrich would not help us address the issue that has been threatening our stability for three decades. Even the ISI that this article is enthusiastically protecting has publicly admitted that it is terrorism, and not India, that is the biggest threat to the country.

 

THE REBUTTAL

 

Dear Ms. Mariam,

 

Thank you for a passionate defense of Ms. Sherry Rehman, Mr. Durrani and the current government. You accused me here of ‘enthusiastically protecting ISI’ and then accused Pakistan by saying, ‘We in Pakistan continue to protect the terrorists.’  It is for your information that we in Pakistan are not protecting the terrorists, contrary to what the Zardari government says.  Terrorists are being sent to Pakistan from Afghanistan, where the real masters of President Zardari, Ambassador Husain Haqqani and, yes, Mr. Durrani, are based, i.e. the United States.  Terrorism in Pakistan was introduced around 2005. Sure we had some smalltime sectarian groups fighting among themselves before that year. But today we have well trained and well armed terrorists whose weaponry and financing is sometimes superior to what our security forces have. Terrorists who continue to receive endless supplies of sophisticated weapons and money despite being blockaded by our military in the border areas with Afghanistan. Our American friends and their new allies, i.e. Karzai regime and India, are also feeding terrorism inside Balochistan. What’s the purpose of our American friends from doing this? The overriding aim is to weaken the Pakistani military and its intelligence services in order to stop Pakistan from retaining any influence beyond its borders, especially in Kashmir and Afghanistan. Why? Because U.S. wants to rearrange things in this area in a manner where India is empowered to serve U.S. interests, and to keep China and Russia out.  Balochistan is being destabilized so that China is unable to use Gwadar to dock its naval and commercial ships there. It is shameless how the Zardari government is cooperating with Washington and with Karzai and India in achieving this aim. Mr. Durrani, Mr. Haqqani and this government is enthusiastically marketing the American line [Pakistan’s biggest threat is terrorism, control ISI, re-train the Pakistani army to fight insurgencies, etc.].  But please tell your friends in this government that Pakistan has its legitimate strategic and security interests in this region and Pakistan and its people will protect these interests. The last thing we need is a bunch of Pakistani turncoats, fed and groomed in U.S. think tanks, coming to teach us how to live in our own region.

 

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