STRENGTH OF OUR COUNTRY
THE PAKISTAN ARMY

The whole world after it

In our Islamic history, the Head of the Government, was also Head of the Army. There was no bifurcation. The Caliphs, the Sultans, the Kings, all headed the Army of that Nation. That is why the decisions for the country were based on its defensive needs, and the requirements of the times. When the Army was thrown in Civilian hands, it would have been fine, if the system had brought forward the best and the honest of the society. But the present systems always bring the most corrupt and the most imbecile at the head of affairs and that person further recruits the most imbecile of the society to do his bidding. No sane man would work against the country and its national interests. That is why insanity prevails in the political system.

Quaid-e-Azam had no self-interest, he only made the national interest his own interest. And that thing was followed by some of his (not all) trusted comrades. It may not suit the western minded persons, but all Martial laws (hardly a martial law) brought stability to the country, and only went wrong, when they aligned themselves with a group of politicians to give a civlian face to their rule. What Field Marshal Ayub Khan did for this country, no other political ruler (after Quaid-e-Azam) has done so far. The list is endless, but the best part is that he made Pakistan succeed in all fields. He did not neglect development anywhere.

The funny part is that even today the man on the street (take a poll) favours (and we hear them daily) a Khomeini like renaissance in Pakistan  by a Military intervention, to ruthlessly erase the negative out of our society. And it looks that would be the final solution, when airports would be closed and no corrupt person allowed to run away or go into remote caves and feudal villages.  And then our crossings filled with quick justice. This is not for me to say, the people honestly believe that themselves. Is that anti-Islamic? The Quran itself tells us to erase the ‘Sharrar’ out of existence. If the Army cannot take the recourse of the backing of the Quran, will they trust a Constitution made by a Non constituent assembly. The Quaid himself is on record multiple times that we will be governed by the Quran itself. The world singing of heroes of those who oppose Pakistan in letter and spirit. It is time to rise Pakistan! My advice to Pakistan Army, interpret the Quran again and again. You will come to a valid answer. And you will find a legal cover for it too.

READER’S FEEDBACK
CENSORING VALID OPINION

Not the job of editors

All experience it. You read something in the newspaper,  you do not like it. You write a letters to the editors, thinking that he will impartially print your opinion. It is really never so. Everything is by plan. Opinions are censored even before they are written.

I try to write a Comment on international pages representing the Pakistani point of view. It is not even composed when it is erased. And if it is placed, it goes out the minute it is there. You modify the language lest that there is any objectionable matter there. Nothing. It is not that at all. You can abuse anybody as long as it is in line with jounalistic policy.

In Pakistan the proper LETTERS TO THE EDITOR never get published. For just as the active journalists, the man editing the letters is also under the payroll or influence of some lobbies. Nothing good for the country can get through. The shame of Planet Earth is enormous. The much hyped FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION never finds expression in reality. The loser is Planet Earth itself.

In Pakistan I wrote letters the Editor all my life. Hardly a few got published and that they did, when the editor knew me personally. Again an influence operating not the reality of opinions. I met a number of persons who say their names are on the banned list of the editorial page. Often they circumvent that by writing under pseudonyms. Sometimes even that does not work.

Who benefits with bad news and opinion about the country all the time? The enemies, of course. But the illiterate people are better off. Their views are not influenced by this malignant groups of people. They get the reality mainly from their parents, friends, as well as the environment. And here gossip does operate too. But our people, contrary to belief, have great common sense. They know enemies by instinct even before the word is passed around.

An anti Islamic view for instance is in vogue that the moon and the stars configuration is the same as it was in 1947. Ripe for more partitions. This kind of bloody crap is fed to us all the time. The actual reason to break our morale in ourselves. But there is one thing still with the people which keeps them intact and that is the Holy Quran itself. It will make people rise through all ordeals of life.

EMBARRASSING TO IMAGINE
FAILING THE WILL OF ALLAH

Fearing Failure

Your father expects things from you. You are afraid to fail him. Your mother expects other things. You are handicapped not to fail. Your sisters, your brothers! Your friends! Everyone. But all these you can perhaps forgo, but can you forgo Allah? I think the acutest embarrassment is in thinking that you might fail Allah.

It is not fear of hell, it is not fear of Fire that matters. It matters to feel that Allah gave us a challenge in life and we failed him. It would be acute shame to be there somewhere and to be told that you never did what was expected of you. And there is the ultimate matter, failing yourself.

A TURK GIRL IN LAHORE
ONE WHO RODE LIONS

Sister of Governor Ayaz al-Najm

History moves with a momentum all its own. A Turk boy slave bought in Ghazni by Sultan Mahmud Ghaznavi grew up with talents surpassing many of the royals of his times. Sultan Masood sent him as a chaperone, with his son Prince Majdud to administer Lahore. In a short period Ayaz had made Lahore a city of Culture. Everything which went in the Muslim world came here. Intellectuals, poets, artists, calligraphers, wood carvers, carpenters, architects,  lace makers , in fact Baiqai list 200 types of professionals who came to make Lahore, Lahore.

A lady, we do not know her name, but we are told that she was either a sister or a cousin of Ayaz was invited also to come to Lahore. It was she who gave the ladies touch to the cultural developments here. Sultan Mahmud was very much in love with her but his courtiers had advised him not to marry her. History does not tell us if the marriage took place or not. At that time the environment of Lahore was full of lions. The Lahore Fort of Mahmudabad also had a collection of lions and lion tamers. It is said that this Turk girl used to ride a lion on her way to the court and as she would pass the street, people would cheer her up. It was a Royal custom of the times. People would shout SHER DE BACHI, that is daughter of lion. This phrase is such a stereotype in our culture, that even today, any brave girl is referred as Sher de Bachi.

Today Lahore boasts of all types of women population. From the extreme conservative to the extreme modern, we have all of therm here. Where Saudi Arabia does not allow women to drive cars (very anti-Islamic), we have women of Lahore driving motor cycles, including police women. Not many but they are there. Lahore girls have been not only flying aeroplanes, but also teaching flying to pilot learners. They are in the fore-front of the women revolution of Pakistan. Indeed they are Sher de Bachis in all ways.

COW RIOTS IN LAHORE 1845
BUTCHERING THE BUTCHERS OF LAHORE

Mohalla Kasab Delhi Gate area

The KOOKA sect was formed by one Baluk Ram in the year 1845. A carpenter named Ram singh inherited the position. They were interested in going back to the Pristine qualities of their religion. The Sikhs and the Hindus joined hands in this tirade and in 1845 a number of Butcher shops were raided in Lahore and some Butchers put to death. The aim that there should be no dispLay of beef meat at Butchers shop as it was against their principles. The British were in a quandary as what to do. Full control of Lahore was not in their  hands yet. The young puppet Dallip Singh was being groomed for complete take over. The  Cow riots as they were called were becoming more and more destructive.

An ultimatum was issued to the KOOKAS to mend their ways and they kept quiet for some time. But it was a mum before a storm. By 1871 the riots had spread to Amritsar, and a group of 12 Kooka assassins butchered again a group of Muslim Butchers. The British were in no mood to accept the challenge to their authority, and the Kookas were ruthlessly pursued and captured by them. Out of perhaps a following of fifty thousand Kookas, 300 kookas weree taken into custody, and quickly executed by the authorities. Everybody believed that it was an excess but that excess unless controlled would have left a scar on the reigning policy of thew British. Anybody disturbing the status quo was a risk to their rule.

The people who think that there is no Two nation theory, should wake up to the fact, that even in Lahore, there were separate Mohallas of the Hindus and the Muslims, and nobody dared to traverse the domain of others. And this division was always there. The theme of the Hindu mohallas was very different from the Muslim ones. The ‘SHARM’ or ‘HAIYA’ we talk of was alien to the Hindus living here, and strangely it is reported by many people of that time, that literally the Hindu girls were naked from the top and wearing flimsy dress from the bottom. It was indeed a threat to the culture of the Muslims. And this invasion of the undressed person is something we see in our media today, and forget that it was always so. Sex was one of the way to reach the Divine reality in that religion. In the Muslim area the approach was totally different. That is why Quaid e Azam gave us the famous saying about the two nation theory, which we will repeat later on of the people.

SULTAN MAHMUD AND AYAZ ABU-NAJM
THE CALUMNY OF IRANIAN SOURCES

Sacred turned profane by propaganda

Sultan Mahmud Ghaznavi was a puritan Muslim. He is termed a Hanafi, termed also as a Karramite, and even a Shafite in the school of Islamic thought, but essentially he was a kind of Muslim, whose only reference was the Quran itself. This was resented by many.

In 1005, a band of slaves were brought to the market in Ghazni. There was a sick Turk boy in the lot, and Sultan Mahmud felt great compassion for him. Not only was the boy bought, but sent for care and education under his supervision. The boy Ayaz Abu-Najm was son of Ademaq, and very adept at things. Very soon he acquired great proficiency in everything and became an asset for Sultan Mahmud.

It was after the death of Sultan Mahmud, that his son, Sultan Masud also patronized Ayaz, and recognizing his great skill, sent him as a chaperon (could a characterless person have been chosen for this) to his own son, Prince Majdud to Lahore. The Prince was a young child of eight years,, and it was Ayaz who governed Lahore. Within a short span of time, he made Lahore, Lahore, and to this day his contributions stand up in time. The fact is that many sources count Ayaz as the founder of Lahore itself.

There was a sister of Ayaz Abu-Najm (some historians think she was a cousin), and Sultan Mahmud was in love with her. He consulted his courtiers on the possibility of marrying a slave girl and the courtiers advised against this union. The history of Baihaqi is lost in many volumes, otherwise we would have learnt more about this girl. There is a great possibility that Sultan Mahmud may have married the sister of Ayaz Abu-Najm. This girl used to ride a lion in Lahore and is remembered as SHER DE BACHI to this day. A figurine of hers is in the collection of Chughtai Museum. More about her later.

The Iranians resented the advancement of Islamic values made under Sultan Mahmud. The Caliph of Islam had himself patronized Sultan Mahmud and bestowed many titles on him. The world had rejoiced at his victories. Not being able to speak for 500 or 600 years, the Iranians could restrain themselves no longer, and innovated the calumny of a homosexual relation between Sultan Mahmud and Ayaz Abu-Najm. A more ridiculous thing cannot be imagined by any sane mind. The character of both was without blemish, and this kind of accusation, to be made after five or six centuries is fit for laughter only.

The character of Ayaz Abu-Najm was so much without blemish, that he is loved to this day in Lahore. A mausoleum destroyed by the Sikhs, where only a grave was left, was repaired by some persons on a private scale, and today his ‘barsi’ death anniversary is commemorated by a dedicated group of people. If there had been a blemish in his life, today after a 1000 years, people would not have loved him as much as they do today.

BAHADUR SHAH OF MOCHI GATE
THE FIRST ANTIQUE DEALER OF LAHORE

An amazing man in history

History itself has a short memory. What is known as fact in one age, becomes a mere legend in another. Every day we get things. Only the great events are left to remember. And then those events have interpretations.

My uncle used to talk about Bahadur Shah of Mochi Gate Lahore all the time. He had a shop, and he had a thought. He knew how to collect things and he needed to sell them. My uncle used to tell me that England as well as Europe are full of things supplied by Bahadur Shah. And the record is easy, for his seal ‘Bahadur Shah Mochi Gate’ is on back of many of those things.

There were two ancient astrolabes in our house. And somehow Bahadur Shah got wind of them. He persuaded my grandfather Kareem Baksh Mimar to give both to him. They perhaps lie now in some foreign collection, unknown as to the source of them. As Kareem Baksh belonged to the family of Ustad Ahmad Mimar Lahori, what to say was the background of both the astrolabes?

We even now have miniatures with the seal of Bahadur Shah on them. A photograph of his exists in international archives. He is worth remembering. He was a man of vision. A 7th century rarest mathematical manuscript of Euclid was with him and lies now in a foreign collection. Another famous manuscript with five Behzad and Behzad School miniatures was with him too. Then the same was bought by Jalal ud din and Elahi Baksh publishers of Kashmeeri Bazaar Lahore. It went places till it is said to have reached the collection of Mian Fayyaz, the famous UBL banker, who became a collector in Lahore. People are remembered by what they did. Dealing in historical artifacts, Bahadur Shah stands forgotten with time. This is homage to the memory of a man long gone from the history of Lahore.

ACCELERATING TRENDS
THE ATTACK ON PAKISTANI IDEOLOGY

Yes, love Pakistan or leave Pakistan;

Let us force you to exit Pakistan

The bravado of attack on our Ideology is increasing day by day. The input of dollars has increased too. Journalists are moving into bigger cars, bigger eating sprees on M.M. Alam road, and endless shopping on the Defense Malls. And the thing called the brain receding, with migraines, of late drinking bouts of imported alcohols. Yes, this crowd is shameless and their shamelessness is increasing in direct proportions to their attack on Pakistan.

The puppy of an often quoted delusional Prime Minister wishes to see a Christian govern Pakistan. I too wish Vatican to be governed by a Muslim priest one day. But chances of Vatican having a Muslim priest are better than Pakistan having a Christian Prime Minister. Other journalists are reputed to be attacking Quaid e Azam in a new way. Accusing the founder of the country to be changing all the time, a  new idea has been floated. Do away with the ideas of the father of the Nation all together and make new ideas based on the instruction of destructive foreign lobbies, Amazing. If this is not unconstitutional, then what else is? Sou-Motto anybody!

Why Pakistan pains people so much? Something in Pakistan is very valuable. Our Nuclear assets! No. Our faith in Allah. Our love for Islam. Our love for the prophet (PBUH). Such people cannot realize the beauty of KHUDI and how much it is attached to our masses. Pakistan Forever!

IS MOVING FROM PAN ISLAMISM
OF DR ALLAMA IQBAL EVEN POSSIBLE?

Wishful thinking of some

The Pakistani sentiments are under-rated by the media. A class representing foreign lobbies is ever at work to sway us away from our love for Islamic values. And a rich and corrupt class would not care less. But it is the people of Pakistan, that sway of millions, who  are emotionally attached to Allah and Allah’s command as Quranic Laws. Of course the Mullahs have muddled the values of the masses, but the essence, the perfume of Islam is around us all the time. And no one should forget that. We can all sacrifice everything we have for Allah and that is hundred percent the truth.

Dr Allama Iqbal did not impose his thoughts from above. He was no Greek arm chair thinker. He mixed with the crowds in direct talks in schools and mosques and got feed back of the people. He read the Quran as it was meant to be read without the baggage of a 1000 year of Persianization. He communicated with the people, and knew the pulse of their feelings.

On the other extreme was Faiz Ahmad Faiz. In political poetic revelry (allergic to Pakistan from day one according to his own writings), he could not even write a NATIONAL SONG for Pakistan (a fact noted by many scholars). Lived many years outside Pakistan by choice, and did his best, aligned with the sentiments of Indians across the border. So Iqbal and Faiz were poles apart.

A journalist gives us the following words that we have failed to evolve from Iqbal’s Pan Islamism to Faiz’s nationalism. Probably his desire. The day we do that Pakistan is dead. Yes, dead. One of only two major countries in the world based on Ideology, Pakistan is no ordinary state. Attack on it is natural. It is a threat to the exploitation of humankind by the ruthless neo-cons of the world. Their only desire to extinguish the flame of Islam forever. Try you may, this is an Eternal Flame, nourished by our sweat and blood. Millions lost their lives for Pakistan, millions can lose their life when it comes as a threat to their country. Forget this pseudo meany lot of cannibals, look at the real Pakistan. The Pakistanis who has the resilience to survive the onslaught of the capitalistic mind with faith in the promise of Allah, that he would provide for them. Pakistan Forever!

IS ‘BEYOND QUAID’ POSSIBLE?
NOTHING BEYOND QURAN EXCEPT IJJTEHAD

Permanent and consensual values

When Pakistan was created, the foreign lobbies had to devise strategies. The very first strategy was that since Quaid was such a popular leader and his character above reprove, destroy him by proving him to be not Islamic in character at all, but some sort of believer in secularism. For that various ruses were adopted, and even that figure of Justice Munir turned out to be a mere fraud, as proven by researcher Saleena Karim, as well as others, before her. The best biography on the Quaid’s struggle is of course the book on same by G.A. Pervaiz  (Islamic adviser to the Quaid himself) of Lahore.

When the secular ruse was proving to be becoming thinner and thinner, now a new ruse has been devised and farthings pretending to be pounds, are taking on the Quaid himself. Such zeros cannot overturn our hero, but they are under compulsion of their financial backing to say what ever their Masters are saying. The aim to destroy the Ideology of Pakistan. And after that to destroy Pakistan itself.

The sad part is that these rogues of our society have no knowledge of the Quran at all. In fact in urge to imitate their foreign Masters, they are actually atheistic and agnostics most of them. And even if they have some knowledge of the Quran, it is what non believers have already fiddled with in conception. The Quran gives some permanent values and THOSE CANNOT BE CHANGED BY MAN. The Quran also speaks of IJJTEHAD, and that means anything outside the permanent values, Man can aspire to modify or change with consensus of majority,and that is the democratic spirit. These are simple rules and easily understood by all. The confusion is generated by the Seculars and the Mullahs, both two sides of the same coin, and being financed by foreign lobbies.

Of course Quaid e Azam did not want Pakistan stuck in some status-quo, but what did he preach? Did he say the dream of Pakistan is stuck somewhere? The Quran does not get stuck at all and recomends change with changing times, by thinking and pondering over matters. But only of certain things, not everything. The dream of Pakistan is that it is the first step towards the reconstruction of religious thought in Islam and the renaissance was to be of consistent nature. And who destroyed this renaissance? Petty people with petty requirements, unlike any democratic spirit, they had no love for the masses of Pakistan. Love Pakistan or leave Pakistan, or we will make you exit Pakistan!