awan4ever
Chief Minister (5k+ posts)
Winston Churchill once said,
You have enemies? Good. That means youve stood up for something, sometime in your life.
A slightly simplified or altered version of this quote goes as A person who has no enemies never stood up for anything or anyone.
It may be universally true but for Pakistan, I reshape the quote to; If youve never been called a Kafir, traitor, RAW or MOSSAD Agent, it means youve never stood up for anything.
And today Ill confess what makes me liable to be labelled any of the aforementioned terms.
I am a traitor for I chose to speak.
I am part of the Fifth column of the enemy for I ask of the Armys budget to be accounted for and known to the nation. I am a RAW Agent for it agonizes me to see the selective genocide being carried out in Balochistan by no one else but this countrys own security appratus and agencies and so I clamour against it.
I am a MOSSAD Agent for I refuse to bear the hypocrisy that compels me to vociferate against brutal killings of innocents in Iraq, Palestine and other places and the foreign intereference in my country but remain in intended oblivion regarding the disgusting exploitation and toying of Afghanistan, by a doctrine of the Military Establishment namely Strategic Depth that calls for the support of criminals and militants in that country to secure some vague interests of this country as percieved by those who execute it.
I am a Kafir for I protest against the Hudood Law that recognizes rape as some kind of sport in whose occurrence an audience must be present to prove it happened or else the raped will be punished.
I am a traitor for I question the silence of Pakistans urban journalists on mass murders of Baloch, Hazara, Tooris & other oppressed groups..
I am a renegade for I challenge questionable customs, traditions, myths and practices that have made this society and many lives rot away for too long.
I am a Kafir for I dare to reclaim my religion from the Mullahs. I am a disbeliever for I admire Abdus Salam and Sir Zafarullah Khan and have the audacity to express my rightful desire for them to be honored by all. I am worthy of being consigned to hell because I do not judge and determine who is a Muslim, to what extent and who isnt. I am a disbeliever because somewhere in my confabulations there may be secularist undertones.
I am a treasonist for I gladly rip away the locks imposed on my lips by orchestrated patriotism that shuns the voice of my conscience from translating into words of concern for what happens in this country of mine.
I am a MOSSAD Agent who doesnt recite and repeat the venom-filled and delusional words of a hatemonger like Zaid Hamid.
I am a RAW Agent trying to constantly ruin the countrys image for I draw attention to the misery of minorities in Pakistan in hope of the people realizing the importance of the well-being and freedoms of those to whom the white of our flag is dedicated.
I am a traitor for I chose to speak up. I am a traitor for I am a Pakistani with an awakened conscience.
Lack of success does not justify the crime of silence in the face of criminal, arbitrary power. ~ Eqbal Ahmad
~ Hafsa Khawaja
http://hafsakhawaja.wordpress.com/2...i-am-a-pakistani-with-an-awakened-conscience/
You have enemies? Good. That means youve stood up for something, sometime in your life.
A slightly simplified or altered version of this quote goes as A person who has no enemies never stood up for anything or anyone.
It may be universally true but for Pakistan, I reshape the quote to; If youve never been called a Kafir, traitor, RAW or MOSSAD Agent, it means youve never stood up for anything.
And today Ill confess what makes me liable to be labelled any of the aforementioned terms.
I am a traitor for I chose to speak.
I am part of the Fifth column of the enemy for I ask of the Armys budget to be accounted for and known to the nation. I am a RAW Agent for it agonizes me to see the selective genocide being carried out in Balochistan by no one else but this countrys own security appratus and agencies and so I clamour against it.
I am a MOSSAD Agent for I refuse to bear the hypocrisy that compels me to vociferate against brutal killings of innocents in Iraq, Palestine and other places and the foreign intereference in my country but remain in intended oblivion regarding the disgusting exploitation and toying of Afghanistan, by a doctrine of the Military Establishment namely Strategic Depth that calls for the support of criminals and militants in that country to secure some vague interests of this country as percieved by those who execute it.
I am a Kafir for I protest against the Hudood Law that recognizes rape as some kind of sport in whose occurrence an audience must be present to prove it happened or else the raped will be punished.
I am a traitor for I question the silence of Pakistans urban journalists on mass murders of Baloch, Hazara, Tooris & other oppressed groups..
I am a renegade for I challenge questionable customs, traditions, myths and practices that have made this society and many lives rot away for too long.

I am a Kafir for I dare to reclaim my religion from the Mullahs. I am a disbeliever for I admire Abdus Salam and Sir Zafarullah Khan and have the audacity to express my rightful desire for them to be honored by all. I am worthy of being consigned to hell because I do not judge and determine who is a Muslim, to what extent and who isnt. I am a disbeliever because somewhere in my confabulations there may be secularist undertones.
I am a treasonist for I gladly rip away the locks imposed on my lips by orchestrated patriotism that shuns the voice of my conscience from translating into words of concern for what happens in this country of mine.
I am a MOSSAD Agent who doesnt recite and repeat the venom-filled and delusional words of a hatemonger like Zaid Hamid.
I am a RAW Agent trying to constantly ruin the countrys image for I draw attention to the misery of minorities in Pakistan in hope of the people realizing the importance of the well-being and freedoms of those to whom the white of our flag is dedicated.
I am a traitor for I chose to speak up. I am a traitor for I am a Pakistani with an awakened conscience.
Lack of success does not justify the crime of silence in the face of criminal, arbitrary power. ~ Eqbal Ahmad
~ Hafsa Khawaja
http://hafsakhawaja.wordpress.com/2...i-am-a-pakistani-with-an-awakened-conscience/