Pakistan: Of judges and generals: Rebuttal to Gamal Nkrumah of Al Ahram

Of judges and generals:The uncertainty of Pakistan’s political future argues for action, writes Gamal Nkrumah

It is sad that journalism has fallen so much at Al-Ahram since the days of Mr. Husnain Haikal. The story shows a lack of historical knowledge of Pakistan and only peripheral knowledge of the political process of Pakistan. Pakistanis are always amazed, hurt and confounded to see so much anti-Pakistani rhetoric coming from Egypt. This is endemic of all Egyptians who are not taught anything positive about Pakistan. Someone needs to do his/her homework. I wonder why such shoddy “journalism” is published by a great world-class newspaper. Mr. Gamal Nkrumah article is factually incorrect, and this writing is typical of Egyptian anti-Pakistan writings published in Al-Ahram. Mr. Nkrumah’s writing has several errors in it, is biased and presents only one side of the picture. Mr. Nkrumah’s biased analysis has serious flaws and has factual errors in it. The sad fact is that many of your readers may read this dribble.

Mr. Nkrumah says “Pakistan is not that easy to read” Perhaps a real journalist would present both sides of the story, and not write an article based on other newspapers.

Egyptians living in glass houses should not throw at others. This strange pontification is coming from the land of “Ikhwan-ul-Muslimeen” and a series of selected dynastic leadership. The entire planet knows that Cairo is sitting on a power-keg called “Islamic Brotherhood” and has been exporting this theocratic terrorism to Palestine, and Lebanon and to Afghanistan. Egypt best known exports of course is known to the world as Ayman Al-Zahaeri. Since your country is the beacon of “democracy” why is it that this dynastic democracy elects leaders usually from only one family and the world “jokes” that it would elect a monkey if it were put on the ballot of the current Egyptian party. What qualifications does the new “prince” have to run a country? or a failed airline pilot? Your false sense of programming kicks in to treat the “ajami” with contempt!..bigotry shows!

It was amazing to see “mighty and dynamic” eulogies for India a country that is sending terrorists to Pakistan and making problems for Pakistan by supporting the Baluchis. The world must be blind not to know about the religious incarceration of 50 million Hindu White widows, the millions of disenfranchised Dalits (Untouchables), the 150 million subjugated Muslims, and the swath of huge lands owned by the Naxalites rebels. What about the democratic rights of the state of Hyderabad (destroyed in a police action), and the rights of the Asaaamese? Naxalites? Mizuram? India’s horrid interference in Baluchistan is state terrorism and will be paid back in kind. China and Pakistan and Bangladesh will teach the lessons. India has failed her population and kept South Asia in penury. China and Malaysia have provided their citizens with a decent standard of living. Pakistanis will work out their problems. Don’t worry and don’t pontificate. The best development in Asia was NOT achieved by India, but by China, Taiwan, Korea, Singapore and Malaysia. A discussion on reasons why external powers imposed leaders on small countries is well known. Perhaps it is the uneducated, illiterate, teeming millions in India that have been making stupid decision that have kept India as one of the poorest countries in the world.

For all of President Musharraf’s faults, Pakistan is forging ahead with a 7% growth rate and record foreign reserves. Pakistan is the fourth largest state in the world, and a nuclear state advancing at a phenomenal rate of economic growth. She has motorways that can only be the envy of South Asia, and is building bullet trains and huge new cities in Baluchistan and Sindh. Pakistan is attracting huge investments in automobile and technology. Just in the past few weeks Dubai based companies are investing $26 Billion Dollars in two islands. Pakistan’s FTA with China will be a boon to Pakistani and Chinese industrialists. Pakistani universities are churning out 50 times the number of doctors and engineers than Egypt. While you enjoy your life on charitable donations, Pakistan is industrializing fast. Pakistan produces everything under the planet-from tanks, to cars to planes to machinery.

What action are you recommending, creating an autocratic state like Egypt or creating a Mubarak dynasty?

Pakistan will move ahead and is moving ahead.

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