The ugly truth

For some days I have been thinking of a few interesting scenarios that happened to us as a nation.

Scenario 1:

A few years back there were continuous killings of Shia minority throughout the country. Shias all over Pakistan used to condemn it in general discussions, facebook and staging formal protests. The protests were exactly the “Pakistani way” i.e. burning and destroying valuables private and public property on the way.

The reaction to it was like this:

1.       Liberals condemned it on Facebook. That’s all.

2.       There was a dislike from Barelvis for this targeting but they were silent.

3.       Deobandi/Ahl-e-Hadith kind of people (in general) felt it’s no big deal. Some were even happy with it and openly used to say that Shias should limit their activities to inside their mosques and Imambargahs and not get out of it.

4.       Shias protested against it.

Scenario 2:

Then time changed and military forces started operation against militants all across the country and started killing them.

The reactions followed:

1.       Liberals condemned it on Facebook. That’s all.

2.       Barelvis were silent, sometimes happy with what was going on.

3.       Shias were very happy with that.

4.       Deobandi/Ahl-e-Hadith protested against it and they had “emotions” for those who get killed no matter they were terrorists or not.

Scenario 3:

Then time further changed and Mumtaz Qadri (Barelvi) got hanged following are the reactions:

1.       Liberals were happy and some posted on Facebook to support it. That’s all.

2.       Deobandi/Ahl-e-Hadith were happy. They condemned the protests by Barelvis and one sentence was very commonly used “Allah inko hidayat day”.

3.       Shias have a dislike but they were silent.

4.       Barelvis still protesting on a large scale.

My conclusion of this situation is:

1.       Liberals are kind of losers. They only can write some Facebook posts and they think the responsibility is over. If you start discussing with them they don’t have any in-depth knowledge of what they actually believe.

2.       All the three major sects in Pakistan are bunch of hypocrites. They condemn a thing that happens to them but appreciate it when it happens to someone else.

3.       Specially in case of protests if you are protesting and setting fire to public property you think it’s the right thing to do but when someone else does it then “Allah inko hidayat day”.

4.       People who discuss issues of national interest knows nothing about how much their monthly grocery costs but they will still link everything to the new economic policy set by the USA for getting oil out of Iraq and invading Iran to destabilize the Gulf region and hence approaching towards Saudi Arabia so Pakistan can be destroyed. Well that’s like the typical conversation nowadays.

I would only say “Allah ham sab ko Hidayat day”.