Whenever Pakistan faces a deepening economic crisis, it resorts to verbal exchanges, raising disputes with India to distract its people. Pakistani rulers blame India for all their problems. However, the real reason for their plight is their unreliable character. They are unable to manage Pakistan’s economy, resulting in the worsening economic plight of ordinary Pakistanis. The Pakistani public sees Imran Khan as a better option. Protests are raging in most provinces, but Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif and Army Chief Asif Munir remain unabashed in their self-praise. Blaming India for any failure seems the easiest thing for them. The reality is that the government lacks the strength to confront the discontent and opposition of the Pakistani public. Recently, a long march was held under the leadership of Imran Khan’s sisters, demanding his release. Imran Khan’s party was in power in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which the Pakistani government has dissolved. The Chief Minister was arrested and Governor’s rule was imposed there. Mobile services were suspended in several districts, including Peshawar, and a state of emergency was imposed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Pakistan gained independence along with India, but today, every inch of it is grappling with poverty. The conflict between the federal government and the provincial governments there has reached a dangerous point. Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif dissolved the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government, citing terrorism-supported conditions and law and order issues. But the question is: where will such strictness be applied? The protests in Balochistan are unmanageable, a full-blown war-like situation exists with Afghanistan, and people in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir are taking to the streets demanding basic necessities like flour and pulses. The Pakistani army is resorting to repression to control them. Citing the example of Indian-occupied Kashmir, the people blame the Pakistani government for their plight. However, instead of addressing this, Pakistan, seeing its position in jeopardy, shifts its blame to India. By nurturing notorious terrorists like Hafiz Saeed, Pakistan fosters terrorism, yet blames India for terrorist activities. It has recently blamed India for the insurgency in PoK and is also accusing India of being an Afghan ally in the ongoing conflict with Afghanistan. The perpetrators of the Pahalgam massacre came from Pakistan, but Pakistan, claiming innocence, portrays itself as a victim of terrorism. The Indian Army destroyed terrorist bases in Pakistan in Operation Sindoor, but Pakistan is re-establishing them with financial aid. This country may not have enough money to buy flour, but it certainly has enough to nurture terrorism. The overly ambitious Army Chief Asif Munir and the weak Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif want to keep Imran Khan out of power at all costs. Now, someone should ask them how a neighboring country becomes the accused in a domestic conflict? There is still time for Pakistani rulers to recognize that a friendly India could prove more beneficial to Pakistan than an enemy India, but their arrogance is such that they have closed their airspace to India. Instead of providing food to their people, the rulers of this brainless country are pushing for the formation of an Islamic NATO so that if Pakistan is attacked, Turkey and Saudi Arabia will come to its aid. However, both are prioritizing their trade and refusing to escalate hostility with any country. Isn’t it time for Pakistan’s rulers to stop falsely blaming India for all their troubles and take the initiative to establish trade relations with India?
Voices of Protest Grow Louder in Pakistan
