14 August, Independence day?

Broadcaster, Mustafa Ali, announcing the creation of Pakistan on radio at 12 AM, August 14, 1947

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY PAKISTAN!

Everyone should be treated equally and with respect!

I wasn't actually born in Pakistan, but I grew up there. Well, thinking how I was about five years old, when I moved to Pakistan as a Refugee with my whole family! I didn't know much about Independent Country and how it is different from others... though today looking at Pakistan and how it has been manipulated by some Politicians, it makes me really angry as well as unhappy. I remember when I was young; I was free to go wherever I want in Pakistan! My whole family were able to live independently in Pakistan, but now... it's a different story, now we all live in fear, the question is always in our minds "Will I be the next Target?"

Now, as a teenager, I shouldn't be thinking about death, being killed and not even about fleeing Pakistan forever! But, since Pakistan is getting more dangerous second by second, I am afraid of the consequences of not being a "Sunni Muslim" Hell! Even Sunni Muslims are sometimes killed! On 14 August, Pakistanis Celebrate the Independence Day. Although they celebrate with joy that Pakistan is a "free" country, but many will disagree. I do. What really makes Pakistan a free country? Thousands upon thousands are being killed brutally by the so-called "Taliban" and the Government of Pakistan, they don't even do anything. Let's put it this way, they don't give a flying FUC*!  

66 years ago, Mr Jinnah (the founder of Pakistan) said something, unfortunately, in today's Pakistan, no one seems to care, especially the "Mullah Republic" of Pakistan.

You see the founder of the Nation; the founder of Pakistan, Mr Jinnah, said something important, though now, it has been forgotten! Everyone needs to have equal rights and they all deserved to live in Pakistan. As you can see in the picture above, the quote shows what Mr Jinnah wanted from all Pakistanis, he wanted that no one should be left out. It is not the case in today's Pakistan. In today's date, only Sunni Muslims belong to Pakistan. If you're a Shia/Shiite Muslim, Hindu, Jewish, Christian, Ahmadi, Sikh, Wahabi, Maseehi, Parsi; or any other person, you're basically cruelly murdered by the Taliban. Your fault you ask? Well, why aren't you a Sunni Muslim, you should be killed for that! (Typical mind-set of Taliban in Pakistan)

Whenever there is a bomb blast in which many Shias/Shiites are martyred, the government of Pakistan doesn't even condemn it! Why? How is being a Shia/Shiite makes them different than any other Pakistani? The whole village of poor Christians are burnt; only ashes and lost hopes are left! Why isn't the government doing anything? Another attack on Hindu temple and many innocent lives are wasted in hate! Why is the government silence? An Ahmadi child is brutally assassinated! Why is the government sleeping in Peace?  

Image dating back to August 2012 shows Pakistani Sikhs buying national flags and badges from a roadside stall for Independence day!

↑ They are Pakistani and Proud! Everyone should be 

treated equally!

Targets: First, it was Ahmadi, then Hindu and then Shia... will you be next?

The 80s witnessed a new tide of killings and persecution, the Ahmadis were already being persecuted by the state, but then came the Shias/Shiites for whom it has been open season since the 80s, they today call it Shia/Shiite Genocide, and hardly a day passes in this country when a Shia/Shiite is not shot dead for being a Shia/Shiite. The state has always been numb and never showed a concern about the killings of Shias/Shiite, when a few are shot dead, no one cares, when a big number is killed in a bomb attack, the President, the Prime Minister would just condemn it by sending a message to the Press Information Department that would forward it to the media channels.

Today the Ahmadis are not allowed to call themselves Muslim, they’re not allowed to call their worship place a mosque, they are not allowed to call the call for prayers Azaan, they are not allowed to preach and propagate their faith, they are taken to courts on the simple allegations like they have a Holy Quran in their worship place, their sacrificial animals are snatched away, many have been maimed and killed for the mullahs keep on inciting hatred against them. They are not even allowed to rest in their graves which are often desecrated by the bigots.

The tale of the Hindus and Christians is no different, they’re very poor and backward, the state didn't do anything to uplift them, they are persecuted under the blasphemy laws, they are forcibly converted, in 2011 the minister for Minorities. Shahbaz Bhatti was shot dead in broad daylight in Islamabad for he wanted to bring into light the misuse of blasphemy laws, he had always been a defender of the rights of minorities but in this country sane voices are silenced, all dissenters are killed. Salman Taseer, the governor of Punjab was killed by a policeman who was supposed to protect him and should have been ready to die for him, Taseer’s only crime was to show his support for a Christian lady who was accused of blasphemy. What happened in Joseph Colony, Lahore is not an event of the past, the poor Christians of that area lost their houses after a fight between two drunken men belonging to Christian and Muslim communities.

 

We should be treated equally. We should all be living peacefully!  We're all Pakistani no matter what our Ethnic Background or Religious Faith is!

The Hindus of Sindh are considered to be the original inhabitants of Sindh, they have been living here from time immemorial but today, they are leaving the country, most of them are moving to India and they also blame extremism and discrimination among the major factors behind their migration. The Barelvis or the Hanfis make up a majority of Pakistanis, they were the followers of Sufi tradition and were staunch believers of the message of peace and co-existence, and they are also being killed by the takfiris who consider them to be Mushriks. 

Looking at this alarming situation, one wonders when a minister and a governor can be shot dead in Islamabad in broad daylight, a Christian girl can be accused of blasphemy by making a false case against her by the mullahs, Shias are killed on daily basis because the mullahs call them Non-Muslim, Ahmadis face a general hatred and their persecution has been legalized by the laws, all this points at the road we are going on!

  

Courtesy for some of the text : https://www.facebook.com/Abolishing.Hate?fref=ts

Please read this regarding Ahmadi Mosque and the Attack: http://blogs.aljazeera.com/blog/asia/are-all-pakistanis-equal


Aren't Shias/Shiites Pakistani? (especially Hazaras) : http://blogs.tribune.com.pk/story/16314/are-sit-ins-and-protests-the-only-way-to-be-heard/ 

About how Hindus are being treated: http://blogs.tribune.com.pk/story/11079/why-the-silence-for-persecuted-hindus/

Thanks for reading. I know it is a long post but words can't describe the situations of the minorities living in Pakistan. Let there be peace and joy, not only in Pakistan but in the whole wide world! Take care x

 Peace not Pieces!