Author: Saki Nama

Writer.

The New Disorder

Two wrongs don’t make a right. If I suggested that Talibans are Yazidis, it doesn’t mean that Americans / NATO were Hussainis. You made idiotic analogy on your own. I said “Afghanistan is going from worse [under America] to worst [under Taliban]”. I have written against the wrongdoings of America. From Syria to Yemen to Iraq to Afghanistan. Multiple times. Particularly on collateral damage and drone strikes. This War on Terror was an ugly idea. But the issue started when we wanted to become a part of it. In the 1980s, we became part of the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan. We provided our services [which I referred to as ‘pimping’] to America and Saudia. We got dollars in return for providing training camps, human resources, Dollar-funded-Jihadists, routes to Afghanistan, and our intelligence. Then came 9/11. We again provided our services – yes, pimping – to our usual masters. We again provided air bases, routes, human resource, and intel. The only difference was everything. Then we were killing those that we made. We became anti-Jihadists. We were pro-collateral-damage. We abducted people. Sold them for bounties [exact words from Musharraf’s book]. And made billions. According to WikiLeaks, General Kayani made a deal in America and he urged them to enhance the drone attacks. We lost billions on one side but we made billions as well. The public lost billions, but a specific elite class made billions. Papa Johns’ laid its foundation exactly at those times when the whole country was bleeding. Do you know who gave a bad name to “Jihad”? Pakistan’. Pakistan had turned the word “Jihad” into “terrorism”. With the short-sighted-policies for dollars, Pakistan has hurt the image of Islam in the worst possible way globally. Now coming to Talibans. Yes, they are Yazidis. Anyone who is Zalim is Yazid. Anyone who enforces and kills innocent people is Yazid. And anyone who supports Yazidis is a Zalim. What is an Islamic State? Now this “Islamic State” in itself is a terrorizing combination of words since the rise of IS or ISIS. What have we made of this religion? But let’s dig out how Prophet Muhammad PBUH designed His state of Medina: • Prophet Muhammad PBUH reached Medina after hijrat in 622 AD. He gradually started working on His community. With verses coming from Allah, He laid the foundation of an Islamic society. Read “Islamic Society”; not a state. • It is also to note here that God’s way is the evolutionary way. Not the revolutionary one. God sent hundreds and thousands of prophets. Various books. And in the end, when he finalized the Prophet-hood on Muhammad PBUH, He finalized it gradually. o 40 years before He was told that He is the last Prophet. o 23 years for Quran. o Evolutionary. Not revolutionary. • Gradually, Medina became a Muslim majority state. But it didn’t become a theocratic state. Jews, Christians, and idol worshippers remained in Medina and they had complete freedom to follow their religious teachings. • Non-Muslims were treated and trialed according to their own religion. • The State of Medina remained completely secular and no religion was declared as the religion of state. Medina didn’t become “Islamic State of Medina”. • Educated non-Muslims – who were caught in war – were asked to teach Muslim students. • Women were doing business. The wife of the Prophet, Khadija RA did business even before formation of State of Medina under the Prophet PBUH. • ‘Constitution of Medina’ was implemented to maintain peace and harmony in the region. • The constitution maintained and ensured religious freedom for all. The constitution also maintained that stakeholders from all backgrounds – Muslims and non-Muslims – will participate during formulation of foreign policy. • And there was no ‘Blasphemy’ against non-Muslims or Muslims. The Prophet PBUH had a very clear idea of the state. There were no ifs and buts. There were no grey areas. People were free. Wars were defensive. Mecca was taken-over without a single drop of blood spilled. Amnesty for all was granted in every possible scenario. But then, the Ummah gradually changed the religion. Altogether. Blasphemy became a common tool against the weak. Clear concepts became confusing. And then those subjects, which religion didn’t touch, were taken up by the Ummah. Topics like modern equipment, music, singing, business, etc. Quran is completely silent on the topic of music. You may have your own strict views on music but objectively speaking, Allah didn’t call it haram. Allah didn’t talk about it in Quran. He, perhaps, left it on you. But Ummah called things haram. All the practices which kept the Molvi in-charge of the faithful, were enforced. Taraveeh is enforced even with the idea that fasting is dependent on it, though religion never insisted on it. But Taraveeh keeps a Molvi’s position intact. Same goes for Zakat, fitrana and everything. These Molvis do not talk about education, human rights, women rights, rape, child abuse, government, corruption of the elite, etc. It’s going to drag if we start going topic-by-topic. Anyway. With centuries, and with some staunch religious scholars, the religion became orthodox. It became powerful, as well as enforcing. Powerful rulers used it to conquer lands. Powerful soldiers used it to take bounties in the form of wealth and women. Powerful scholars used it to make shrines around them. Powerful landlords used it to keep their weak laborers in line. Hence, it became a tool. And then came Pakistan. One of the only countries in the world which was formed on religion. Perhaps this idea is also enforced as its founder was a modernist and all against the idea of a theocratic state. But the state was soon taken-over. Jinnah died in an ambulance. Civil rulers were gradually taken in control. And the state became militarized within the span of a decade. It is a military state since then. A security state. Always in danger. Sometimes it is in danger due to external threats. Sometimes internal. Sometimes, it is safe but the religion is in danger. But the truth is, the custodians of the state are in danger because of their never ending greed. These war-mongering-custodians made proxy outfits within and without. One of them were Talibans. And here comes the topic. You can confuse it with “Good Taliban” and “Bad Taliban”. You can confuse yourself and you can confuse people around you. But actually, there is no confusion. These men who mock religion with their violence against men, women and children are not followers of the Prophet Muhammad PBHU. Prophet Muhammad PBUH never did that. Because of terror of these Talibans, common people are running for their lives, riding planes madly, and falling. Squads of Talibans are making people leave their homes in terror and fear. Prophet Muhammad PBUH never did that. The beasts threaten men without beards and women without burqa. They enforce religion. They enforce themselves on weak people. Prophet Muhammad PBUH never did that. These Talibans use blasphemy as a tool to kill people to make a terrorizing environment. Prophet Muhammad PBUH never did that. These people kill those who sing and dance. Prophet Muhammad PBUH never did that. Prophet Muhammad PBUH never did that. Prophet Muhammad PBUH never did that. Prophet Muhammad PBUH never did that. When Prophet Muhammad PBUH entered Mecca, people were made fearful that a huge army is coming to takeover and kill everyone. Yet, entered a Man with the weapon of sympathy. Weapons were dropped. Amnesty was raised. Truce and a pact were made. All were forgiven. Even those, who hurt Prophet Muhammad PBUH and His family fatally. Every single one was forgiven and granted peace. Yet, you, unknown of your religion and your Prophet PBUH, are happily welcoming transgressors who behave like followers of the Prophet PBUH, but actually they are the enemies. You, blind followers of a security state, are brainwashed to the core. You cannot even differentiate between right and wrong. Yet you are stupid enough to make “good ones” and “bad ones” out of a crowd of beasts. By the way, playing Hamid Gul won’t make you victorious. Hamid Gul’s own hands were bloody with his games of decades where hundreds and thousands of people died. But those – you – were sleeping when choppers entered into the heart of the military city of Abottabad. The two choppers came, did an operation, bombarded a home, and took Bin Laden with them. The great intelligence and military didn’t even know about the operation until the choppers were out of the country. Or may be they knew. But knowing is more embarrassing and cowardly. Isn’t it? You may think you win with your snakes but you didn’t. You were taken by balls various times and you couldn’t even retaliate or get a sorry. But you kept on playing with weak people inside and outside the Durand Line. Ending this with ‘Manaqib al-Imam Ahmad’ by Ibn al-Jawzi; p.397: When Imaam Ahmad bin Hambal was imprisoned, one of the prison guards came to him and asked him: “O Abu ‘Abdillah! The hadith that is narrated regarding the oppressors and those that aid them – is it authentic?” He said: “Yes.” The prison guard then said: “So, am I considered to be an aide of the oppressors?” Imam Ahmad replied: “No. The aides of the oppressors are those that comb their hair, and wash their clothes, and prepare their meals, and buy and sell for them. As for you, you are one of the oppressors themselves.” Mind your thoughts and words carefully. If you cannot call an oppressor an oppressor, it is better to keep quiet and know it in your heart at least. But if your heart isn’t pumping the right flow of blood to your brain, then keep on chanting the narrative that the state has commissioned in your brain. You are done, already. There are no ifs and buts. There is no grey area. It is crystal clear. At least for me.

Lionel Messi

Prior to 2011, I knew nothing about football. I always thought of it as 22 men running after a ball madly. Faking injuries. Diving. Striving for penalties rather than scoring. And, I thought it as an artless game.

Then I got Xbox.
After some shooting games, came EA’s FIFA. With Messi on cover, I started playing online with ‘Barcelona’; which became a bad habit. I was addicted to online FIFA for years on Xbox. Mind you, I was a very good competitor.
With Xbox came curiosity for the real game and La Liga.
That transformed into actual love for FC Barcelona. La Liga. UEFA. Tiki Taka. And everything of Barcelona. Puyol, Xavi, Iniesta, Dani Alves, Alba, Mascherano, Busquets, Pique, Villa, Valdes, Neymar, Suarez, and Messi. From Pep Guardiola to Tito Vilanova to Luis Enrique.
And #Messi.
While watching his games in evenings, nights, and late-late nights; I fell in love with him. With Messi, Barcelona won everything. All the titles. Big fishes from all the other leagues were caught and ripped apart. They became undefeatable.
And then came Messi vs. Ronaldo rivalry. A treat to watch. Two giants in two rival clubs, Barcelona and Real Madrid. El Clasicos became another treat to watch. I used to wait for El Clasicos as kids waiting for Eid.
Being a huge fan of Messi, I don’t hate Ronaldo. Both are aces. And we are lucky to watch these two live in our lives. But comparing two, Messi is centuries ahead of him. Ronaldo is a goal scorer only. Messi assists goals as many as he scores. He makes the game. he dribbles around half line and dribbles inside the box. Messi is an artist of his own kind and there is none who can be compared to him.
On head to head statistics – mostly in El Clasicos – Messi and Ronaldo has the following numbers:
Number of games: 35
Wins: Messi 16; Ronaldo 10
Goals: Messi 22; Ronaldo 19
Assists: Messi 12; Ronaldo 1
Anyway.
A lot of memorable games. 2-1 win against Manchester United in 20
10-11 in Champions League final.
4-0 win against Real Madrid in 2015.
6-1 historic comeback in 2nd leg against PSG.
5-1 against Real Madrid in 2018.
92nd minute goal by Messi against Real Madrid and that infamous “shirt celebration” so that Bernabeu may never forget him (picture of this post).
And they will not.
Messi has paid back Barcelona more than they invested on his health and insurance.
672 goals. 288 assists for Barcelona. 10 La Liga. 4 Champions League. 7 Copa Del Rey 3 Club World Cup. 6 Ballon d’Or. 6 European Golden Shoe. No one else has these numbers. No one.
And with that, adios to Spain with a disappointing season of 2020-21. With the humiliating defeat from Bayern, and poor management since Luis Enrique’s departure, it was bound to fall this hard.
Other than World Cup 2014’s final, this is heartbreaking. Barcelona and La Liga won’t be the same without him.
But a new beginning is here. In pursuit of art, I will follow the artist wherever he will move.
I hope it would be Manchester City as Pep Guardiola is there. And with that, there will be something new to look for. English commentary. English crowd. And Lionel Messi. Another Golden Boot? UEFA title? Ballon d’Or? Shirt celebration in Manchester? Who knows.

Ending this with a British blogger who was once driven to question whether Messi was better at football than anyone else had ever been at anything else. In this view, Messi’s true competitors are Mozart, Napoleon, and Da Vinci.

After Noor

She wanted to make her point with a placard in Aurat March. Then she was beheaded. Murdered. Buried. Making her point with a tombstone. Yet, the ‘Qamars’ and ‘Oryas’ are as ugly as they have ever been.

The other one stayed for 10 years with four children in a toxic marriage. Tortured for a decade and then murdered ultimately. What else was expected there? The only blessing in her life could have been a divorce.

Then another one was fatally shot by her husband. He shot his kids too.

Then another one.

And another one.

Some reported. Some un-reported. Some viral. Some ignored. Regardless of class or illiteracy. Or literacy.

A chain reaction of dead bodies. Of dead bodies we hush up. Of dead bodies we prefer over divorces.

Do you even know how beautiful divorce is? It is as beautiful as marriage. Both the concepts are divine and are from up above the sky.

But you – a staunch believer – prefer blood. Why do people of religion prefer blood? Blood here and there and all over the pages of history.

Men, in general, are animals. All the wars were waged because of their egos, greed and lust. Sometimes they battled in the name of religion and other times in the name of land.

All the current affairs are catastrophic because of men. Here and there. Be it a guy with a gun in New Zealand Or Dick in Iraq or Rumsfeld with his WMDs or a whole Military Junta looking for blood and blood money all the time. Men.

Besides, we have our own existential crises. We hush things. A kid is raped; hush. A woman is raped; hush. Raped and killed; hush hush.

So, we reject. We reject the domestic violence bill. Rulers have a whole nation to exploit. Military has unidentified people to exploit. What do common men have? Homes. Women and kids at home. So, rejected. No need to report or curb domestic violence.

Council of Islamic Ideology (CII), which is neither Islamic nor Ideological; has all the expired and irrelevant minds sitting to discuss the fate of women and kids. This council has no women but it decides their fate. Such a pity.

Ideally speaking, these expired old minds should be discarded. ASAP. The illiterates with no modern and developmental education should never be part of any council.

Anyhow. Here we are. In a domestic blood bath. Where women and kids are found in morgues. With the expectation that they will be safe in the Hereafter, (not in graves though) we say our goodbyes.

But you, not-my-friend, with Oryaniat in your mind, Qamaraniat in your words and Abbasiat in your intellect, you are the scum of this part of the world. That’s why we are poor and pathetic in comparison to the world.

Now let us come to the institutions.

As I always say, the curse of this country is the establishment; both military and civil. The CSPs of Islamabad always make a mockery of themselves as soon as there is a crisis. The lady from PSP went to the crime scene. Had a photo session. Said some loud words. No gloves or forensic gear. That’s it. Job done. Well done.

Twitter and Instagram have made these dumb people crazy. They just want to stay relevant all the time with lectures and photos and photographers. The result: see their actual postings. What are they delivering to the public? How good is their reputation? Or how bad?

Islamabad has the finest CSPs in Twitter Town. One after another. Noting and putting up. Taking charge. And delivering shit by rotating the fan at its fullest.

Well, well. Mesmerizing. With innocent dead bodies, with character certifications in high demand, with sensational murder stories, drugs and weapons; we are living in a dark world of errors.

Errors. Where religion is in law, judiciary, lectures, PM’s words, military morale, and everywhere; yet there is no justice.

Errors. When CII is trusted with domestic violence bill when no member of CII is a representative of women.

Errors. When irrelevant and dumb bureaucracy is more active on Twitter than at their desk.

Errors. When victim blaming comes before anything else. When character is demanded from a mutilated dead body. When empathy is dependent on religion and character of the deceased.

Errors.

We did this. We made it this way. Fake blasphemy charges can lead you to jail for a decade. 23 strikes on a woman with a knife can get you released in 3.5 years. But hush. Rapists are hushed with their rapes. Kids are buried. Women are buried. Tombstones are erected.

Funeral and Fateha should be for the ones living here in the dark world of errors.

There must be hangings. Capital punishments. For all the men who killed women. For all the men who raped kids and women. That’s it. A country should get rid of such monsters without wasting money on their survival in jails and prisons.

Just hang them after a speedy and transparent trial. Get rid of them. Courts must provide verdicts within a span of 3 months.

But laws. We have different laws for different classes. You can kill and get away with it OR you can kill and be punished. There are laws for both. The debate on it may lead to blasphemy.

I don’t have anything else to say but to beat the old drum again and again. It’s hard to be a woman anywhere in the world but it’s hardest to be one in South Asia. And Pakistan is a living hell. Sometimes, I feel, those girls who are aborted before they are born, are lucky. Yes, you can beat my words and my sick mind.

But you are sick.

Your society is sick.

Your homes are sick.

Your culture is sick.

Your schools are sick.

Your religious halls and madrassahs are sick.

Your past is sick. Your present is sick.

You are existing in an existential crisis and your whole existence is sick.

Not all men but all men are sick. Because one way or the other, we are part of the problem.

P.S. All the ladies out there, please do not trust men in such vulnerable times in a sick society. If you are afraid and alone, join other ladies. Talk to them. Don’t put your trust and weakness in a random chat or a rendezvous or a soon-to-be-asshole. Have your own club where men are not allowed. Keep us away for your own good.

Letter for M.

I have been writing a letter for the last few days, so was away. A letter for M. After failing – inside and outside the court – I tried again to make a way for M but obviously, there are hurdles. There are villains. It’s a family. Pretending to be Corleons but not. One is a law-man (a DSP), yet not a law abiding citizen at all. He once used his position against the court orders. I could make it hard for him but I didn’t. Because this is personal. Strictly personal and hence strictly fair. There cannot be a foul play from my side. There never was. Not before, not during, and not after. But I am at the explaining-end because I am the alienated-parent. I started writing and it went on. 11 pages. Single spacing. 11 font size. I could still go on and on and on to make my point but the point is you cannot make a point at all. When everyone on the other side has their eyes closed and their ears shut, you cannot make a point. So, I was threatened. Again. With death threats. With people following me and stuff. Pretty bogus. It’s been 8 years and no one has laid a hand on me and it is very very disappointing. Anyway, I have completed the letter. It’s harsh at places and polite at other times. M is my daughter. But it’s not like that. She has created me in fact. She was born and I was reborn. She has made me, me. She has given me words. She has given me blood to bleed. She has given me pain to nurture. And she has told me how to wait and how to embrace. While I was writing the letter and avoiding the state; women were bleeding. Women were being shot. Being beheaded. Being killed. Being raped. Being humiliated to the extent one cannot even imagine. At one point is an urge to see my daughter. I remember the meetup in court in 2014 after 16 months of pleading – inside and outside the court. Finally, I was able to meet M and she was unable to recognize me. Imagine this. The person who means the most to you, doesn’t recognize you. Anyway. The letter is written. For the purpose of making a point. Points. And for a purpose to be on the record. For her. For them. For everyone.

Won’t Let That Pass

Still. Victim blaming. Not someone ordinary, but the Prime Minister of Pakistan.

You know how much we have progressed in the last two decades? Let me elaborate.

4 regimes back, the President (direct military dictator) said that women get raped in Pakistan to settle abroad. He’s settled abroad though. No pun.

4 regimes later, the Prime Minister (indirect military stooge) says that men get tempted because of women and their clothes.

So, here we are. Sick. Frustrated. Desperate. Absolutely unconscious.

Look at the recent events. A boy was was blackmailed and raped by a 70-year old molvi. Then there is another case of gang-rape of a delivery boy in Islamic University. No female is involved, yet it’s the clothes.

Maybe it’s the beards? Who knows?

Yes, we cannot generalize. Rape has no specific demographics. But madrassahs and their molvis are the hub of rapists. On one hand, they chant slogans in the streets regarding religion. On the other hand, they are the ugliest blasphemers who rape kids in sacred halls. In mosques. In homes. On prayer mats. Using the same hands with which they hold the Verses.

Yet, they roam free. A rare event takes them to the police station and then they are free again. To rape. Again and again. Without mercy and without any fear of the Hereafter which they sell to us all the time.

Sometimes, I feel like they know there is no Hereafter. There is only here. Them and their lifestyle and their filthy existence.

Do you know why and how rape happens?

It’s not what Imran Khan has said at all. Imran Khan is a misogynist and an apologist with zero sense on a lot of topics. I wish he should have let that question pass. Better to shut up then to vomit.

Rape happens when you have unquestioned and undue power. It happens in dictatorial environment.

It happens when a molvi knows he can keep the kid past evening. It happens when a teacher far off knows that he can beat the hell out of a kid and no one will complain. It happens when a man knows that he can rip a woman apart and no one will care. It happens when a man knows that he/she will bear it secretly. It happens when a man knows he/she has nowhere to go. It happens anywhere when the situation is not democratic but dictatorial.  In a democratic environment, rape will have lesser chances.

The ugliest cases of rape and child molestations have been found inside sacred halls. Be it any religion. Yogis and temples have their own stories. Monks have their own. Priests and churches have their own. Molvis and Madrassahs have their own. All examples where one man (or men) have absolute power over others.

I am not targeting religion. But the religiosity is too weak to be defended at times. And when the spokespersons of the religion are men like Mufti Aziz and Imran Khan; you are in deep hell. The guts they have are dangerous.

He had a girlfriend. He had a daughter from said girlfriend. The girlfriend went to court to prove his fatherhood. The fatherhood was proved, but the father eloped. Today, that father, tells the whole nation that a man is tempted by a woman’s dressing.

Someday, he will say that men are tempted by kids. As young as newborn. And animals. Cats. Hens. And women. Dead or alive. On bed or in grave. Men are tempted.

The other day, people were saying that I was defending prostitution. No, I wasn’t. But I do believe that prostitution is a buffer. It is because there is a demand in the market. It is what it is and it has been since ages. Perhaps the oldest profession in the world. You do whatever, this profession is going to stay beyond you. So, the developed nations have taken it as it is, and have made laws accordingly.

The countries where prostitution is legal, have lesser rape, sex trafficking and sex crimes.

The countries where drugs are legal, have lesser drug abuse, trafficking, and bootlegging.

Google this and read some research-based articles. But I know, we are too behind to even comprehend these things.

But who can shut our Prime Minister on this? This is not the way a PM should utter nonsense. This is not the way to talk about half of the population. This is no excuse to rape. Victim blaming should end. At least from the men in charge of the town.

We are yet to be born. We have yet to become conscious. We are still centuries behind in basic human development. Roaming around the lamp for centuries, like moths, and dying. Over and over.

Post Script Notes:
  1. I didn’t mention democracy and dictatorship at state level but in instant environment. Madrassahs and village schools have more of dictatorial environment. Particularly madrassas where molvis have so much power and authority over kids.
  2. Democratic country has nothing to do with it. I clearly stated that you cannot generalize and I also mentioned churches, temples, monasteries (by monks) categorically.
  3. I didn’t say rule of law can eliminate this problem. I mentioned rape has no demographics clearly. Plus, this is exactly the argument that capital punishments won’t resolve this issue (though I believe every convicted rapist must be hanged. Simple.).
  4. Lastly, child rape cases are exceptionally high in Pakistan. Sahil’s report averaged 8 child abuse cases per day last year. 
  5. You all have your ifs and buts. And that exactly is the problem. 

Abuse in Sacred Halls

Didn’t write on molvi riding a molvi. Behave, he’s a Mufti. He can oust you with a fatwa.

It’s a sensitive topic. It isn’t a Christian couple you can kill at will for blasphemy. It’s Maulana and his usual business of arse. They tell you about graves and jinns and hell and volcanoes and snakes and spiders.

Yet they ride. A high ride. Followed by free fall. Inside the sacred territories. Where non-Muslims cannot drink water but molvis can…

Religion. The biggest industry of the country. Bigger than Bahria and at par with patriotism.

Brothels and whores are better than these scums. Well, they always are. Manto always said that they do their business, never hurt others and – above all – are not hypocrites.

Even pimps don’t sell religion. They sell bodies and they don’t hide under any banner. They know they are in the sin business and they accept what they are doing.

Sin. It’s an art actually. Its a no-no. No no. Defined and undefined. Accepted and ridiculed. A spark in the mind. A circuit. And it trips.

Anyway.

This is perhaps the ugliest reality we are facing in this country. Of kids being raped and murdered. As commonly as anything.

There was a movie – Spotlight – based on true incidents where a small team of investigative journalists go deep into a child abuse scandal of a priest of a Catholic Church. By the end, the abuse was found everywhere. In every state of America and beyond. Till Rome itself.

As we cannot make movies, we live in denial. We cannot expose problems. We cannot make dramas. Topics of blasphemy, actual history, failures in wars, the dissection of events, maulanas, military stuff, religion, etc. are banned topics.

You can stop movies. But you cannot stop tapes.

This is the child-abuse-capital of the world. This is heaven for all the pedophiles. Ugliest country to be born and raised in. Don’t doubt that.

Realize and accept the problem without ifs and buts. That’s the first step towards recovery.

Heaven and hell are both here. Denial and hell here won’t lead to heaven there. Evolve!

Budget 2021-22 – Behind the Scenes

Do you know what is happening with the upcoming budget (particularly the development – taraqqiati – budget)?

Do you know what the plan is and how all the MNAs and MPAs (particularly in Punjab and KPK) are being cooled down with the new methodology adopted under “District Development Packages”?

Have you noticed that all the whispers of fights within the ruling elite are gone? No more talks of forward block in town, at least for now, and at least till the budget revelations.

Let’s get into it.

The resources are the same. Say we had Rs.100 for 20 projects in FY 2020-21. Out of those 20, 10 were fully funded and completed.

Now, with the same Rs.100, we are planning for 90 projects in FY 2021-22. Almost 70 of them are non-feasible.

Do you know how this system of development (ADPs) is going to crumble?

Thousands of “new” projects are going to be part of ADP in the coming financial year, without thousands in pipelines as “ongoing” already.

On the directions of Chief Ministers of the two provinces, the bureaucracy is all ready to succumb to orders. As they have neither spine nor future insight of what they are going to leave for the people.

At the moment, P&D Boards and Finance Departments are on way to one of the biggest robbery of the country. All under blue collars. In air conditioned halls. With the nodding ‘cream’ of the country.

With more projects in the pipeline, doesn’t the number of potential projects to be completed go down?

There are still projects across Pakistan, which were initiated more than a decade back, and are yet to be completed. Most of them were too expensive and too big to be handled by the ‘democratic’ regimes that followed.

So, this time, we are going to have a budget which is going to look elegant to everyone. With so many development projects. New roads. New schools. New dispensaries. New hospitals. Most of them non-feasible. Most of them adjacent to the already under-utilized ones.

This is for the MNAs and MPAs, particularly of Punjab. To make them happy that their projects will be part of the ADP portfolio and they will be able to cut ribbons right before the next general elections.

But NO.

With not enough financial resources, most of these projects will remain incomplete. They have no ground to stand. But, just for the sake of parliamentarians to be happy, to be with the government; the government is going to rob not only this generation, but upcoming generations as well.

The cost to complete current projects in future years (aka MTDF) – is going to be in trillions of Rupees, which the provinces of Punjab and KPK cannot even cover in the next 2 decades. This burden will be on the public. The public which is yet to gain consciousness of their futures being robbed.

Relax! You can’t do anything.

The bureaucracy, which has the mouth and all the words to talk when it comes down to them, is not going to take a stand. They are going to go against their own junk of policies and laws. Because they follow orders. Just like they want the orders to be followed. Without question. Without sense. Without any strategic foresight.

To be honest, they don’t have the sense to go that far in thinking. They don’t have any idea of the future. They will do meetings, long meetings, longer ones, with engaging gibberish and zero output.

Establishment – civil and not-civil – is the curse of this country.

They won’t resign. They won’t apologize. They will get this mess done with all the aristocratic manners. And you cannot make impactful noise.

So, calm down. Snooze all the alarms. Let your dreams take you to Naya Pakistan, all along the watchtower, where the joker is having a talk with the thief.

Hello from His Highness

There are always disagreements on religion, politics, culture and every other thing. That’s fine. Agree to disagree. But there are things which are oddly amusing. 

Some of the comments on the posts are, “are you seeing the hidden agenda?” Another one is, “do you know who is behind this page?” Some comment with the knowledge of the unknown like, “he is sitting abroad”. Sometimes, the vagueness is like, “this page is being foreign funded”. “Thank you, I am unfollowing your page”. And my personal favorite, “this writer has some serious mental issues”. 

First of all, you’re welcome. The pleasure is all mine. 

No, I don’t have an agenda. At least not hidden. If I did have one, I would have opted to write in Urdu to reach the masses. I don’t. I don’t want to and I don’t intend to. 

No one is paying me. There is no AdSense (or whatever those clicks-based-stuffs are) on my website. It’s a simple website with my words on it (not all of which are posted on the Facebook page). There is no funding and I don’t desire any. I want to write as freely as you are free to unfollow this page. 

No, I am not sitting abroad. I however, quite enjoy this idea of people guessing my locality, stupidly. Although, why is there a problem if someone is sitting abroad? People go abroad. It’s normal. Some for education, some for work, some for safety, some to party, and some to run away from their local responsibilities. People have reasons.  

Anyway. I am not abroad. Not my taste. Was there once – for education – but am back. 

I know the taste of being a second-class citizen abroad. Being a Muslim and that too from Pakistan is a thing not liked by the West. In buses. In trams. At airports. In stares. In looks. In avoidance. So, it isn’t my way to live like that in a land where I cannot have cheap cigarettes with the freedom to throw buds at will. 

You don’t know the pleasure of throwing the bud out in the air like Tyler Durden; while smoke is still in your lungs – heaven inside. If you do know it, you are as free as His Highness. 

Nevertheless, I can relate to how people here feel when they are treated as second-class citizens; based on religion, caste, creed, and ethnicity. We don’t like Africans and Chinese here. We don’t treat Christians, Hindus and any of the non-Muslims at par with us. Even our government hiring is ugly when the post of janitor is specifically mentioned with a particular religion. 

Deviation.  

Then there are those who think I have some mental issues and some personal problems with Pakistan and Islam. Well, I may have mental issues. Never got checked. Maybe someday. You and me. Me and you. Unhappy together with a shrink. 

Having personal problems with Pakistan and Islam is somewhat a true allegation. I am a Muslim and I am a Pakistani. So, yes I am personal about Islam and about Pakistan. And I have problems with wrong interpretation of the religion and the doctored history of Pakistan. So, yes. There are problems and they are personal. 

And the person behind this page! 

Lo and behold! His Highness. The one and only. And not yours truly.   

This page is just a page, without any will in particular. Maybe to inform. Maybe to share knowledge. Some literature. Some personal views. And some personally owned and created stories. Nothing more.

Imagine! If this page is deactivated, what will exist? Maybe some ideas, some information, some knowledge. Not a person or a brand. That’s the ultimate dream. That’s a V for Vendetta kinda thing without Natalie Portman.

Give Tyler Durden a Guy Fawkes mask and that will be His Highness. Please, be seated. 

I do receive lovely and beautiful messages. Thank you. I try my best to reply to every single message I receive / read; even when people abuse and accuse.  

I know there are people who disagree and don’t like my views. It’s completely fine. Even when you disagree harshly. That is one of the purposes of life: to co-exist with all the disagreements. Agree to disagree. 

But those amazing ones – mentioned earlier in the post – are the ones who give His Highness a chance to enjoy some good smirks. You are an asset. A national liability though, but an asset for me. I learn from you; to not become you. 

Before leaving: there are actually people who challenge the things I have learned. So, I unlearn, unfreeze, and re-learn. People come up with strong counter-arguments and sometimes with strong objective information. So, yes. You people help me as much. 

Thank you for all the guesses and the love and the hate and the accusations and the appreciation and everything. 

Stop rolling your eyes. No one finds a brain that way. 

Palestine 2021 – A Perspective from Pakistan

PREAMBLE

An agricultural country which has recently accepted Zakat and Fitrana of rice from the Arabian Desert; is asking the Ummah to stand up and fight for the Palestinians.

Well, standing up is right. One should always condemn the wrongdoings – at least verbally – if nothing else can be done. Every one of us should call out Israel for its atrocities, terrorism, colonialism, and violence. But for us, Pakistanis; without any comparison to other nation states; we have to answer some personal questions while we stand for the Palestinians.

This is going to be a long one [3 chapters] as I was doing a lot of reading on this topic and was trying to figure out where we stand and where our flaws are. So, let’s start:

CHAPTER I OF III: HISTORY

In the not too distant past, the region was mainly known as Jerusalem, which is the capital city of Israel today. This land had civilization for thousands of years before Christ.

Alexander attacked it. Romans had numerous conquests. Constantine conquered it. Before Islam, Jews and Christians ruled this land and had various wars and conflicts.

Caliph Umar RA conquered Palestine in 637 AD – 5 years after the demise of the Holy Prophet Muhammad PBUH. Some great Muslim sahabas were part of this conquest including Abu Ubaidah Ibn-e-Jarrah, Khalid bin Waleed, Amr bin al-Aas among others.

According to one narration, Caliph Umar RA declined to offer Namaz in a church after the siege, to set an example of the righteous path, so that later Muslims would not find excuses for converting churches into mosques. [Some nurses did the opposite in a church of Lahore. Lesson forgotten.]

In 661 AD, Palestine fell under the Umayyad Caliphate. The Abbasids in 750 AD. The Fatimid in 970.

And the Crusaders in 1099.

Kingdom of Jerusalem – Palestine – was conquered by Crusaders in 1100.

In 1187, Saladin defeated crusaders and established control in the region.

The Third Crusade started in 1189 under Richard who recaptured major parts of the region by 1192 and had a truce with Saladin on Jerusalem. Saladin died in 1193.

In a long bloody history of the crusades, Jerusalem fell under different hands. Crusades ended in 1291 and Mamluk period started which lasted till the Ottomans came and conquered Palestine in 1517.

By the end of the 18th century, Napoleon conquered Palestine after a series of attacks.

By the 19th century, Jews from different parts of Europe started to settle in Palestine. That was the time when Ottomans were again in power in the region. Jews – at that time – were working to make their permanent settlements in Palestine, Syria and Egypt.

On April 11th, 1909, Tel Aviv was founded in Jaffa.

Ottomans were defeated in World War I (1914-1918). While there was Khilafat Movement in the Sub Continent, the caliphate was abolished by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. He was hated by the Muslims of Sub Continent and was also hailed as a visionary by some. Jinnah was his great admirer as he knew Ataturk is laying the foundation of a secular state.

Balfour Declaration was issued in 1917 by the British government. According to this declaration, the British announced establishment of an independent Jewish state in Palestine. Authors of Balfour Declaration were Walter Rothschild, Arthur Balfour, Leo Amery, and Lord Milner.

Remember, Palestine was part of the Ottoman Empire in 1917. The war in Palestine between Ottomans and British was in full force till the end of WWI. Palestine remained part of Britain from 1922 till 1947-48.

After WWI, the settlement of Jews in Palestine remained intact. The Great Arab Revolt (1936-1939) was an uprising against this settlement. However, it failed and the British were able to suppress the revolt.

On November 29, 1947; a formal resolution (Resolution 181) was adopted by UN General Assembly for formation of Israel by dividing Palestine between Arabs and Jews. The resolution was passed with 33 votes in favor, 13 against, and 10 abstentions.

On May 14, 1948, Israel declared independence. Hence, the State of Israel was formed. A long forgotten dream of Jews came true on the blood and soil of Palestinians.

Right after Israel’s declaration of independence, Arab-Israeli War began when Arabian countries – including Saudia, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, and Yemen – attacked Israel. It was aimed to liberate Palestinians but it was a strategic failure. The Arabs were defeated. The State of Israel sustained. In fact, they occupied more land after the war. In the end, Palestinians suffered more from this war.

In 1967, Six-Day War was fought between Arabs and Israel when Egypt, Syria, Jordan, and Lebanon attacked Israel to liberate Palestinians. This war – like the previous one – resulted in failure too. Israel expanded further. Palestinians suffered more. And the Arabs were crushed again.

Arabs did try in subsequent decades but they had no long-lasting success. In 1973, Syria and Egypt attacked Israel and captured Sinai back from Israel.

THE PARTITION PLAN OF 1947 & GRADUAL EXPANSION OF ISRAEL

Israel was proposed and established on a partition plan which was adopted by UN General Assembly (Resolution 181). UN proposed the plan and after all the undue processes, Palestine was divided as:

  • Gaza (or Gaza Strip) and West Bank for Palestinians
  • Rest was for Israel.
  • Jerusalem was declared as separate entity. Corpus Separatum.

However, today’s Israel is much bigger than the partition plan mentioned above. Today, Palestine is nothing but a scattered state with refugees and unsettled aboriginals. Due to the failed Arab attempts (mentioned above) and support of Western power to Israel, today’s map of the region is completely different from the actual partition plan.

There are numerous major settlements of Zionists in West Bank. Both Gaza and West Bank are nothing more than prison states. All routes (air, roads, water) are under control of Israel. Permits are required to travel within and around. Permits are even required to enter Al-Aqsa to worship.

CHAPTER II OF III: THE SACRED LAND & CURRENT SCENARIO – 2021

The current situation occurred when forced settlers were entered in Sheikh Jarrah and Muslims were stopped from praying in Al-Aqsa. But that is not the entire reason.

There were times when Christians conquered and ruled Jerusalem. There were times when Jews did. There were times when Muslims did.

Israel was forced into Palestine by the UK and Western powers on the eve of World War I when the Ottomans lost. It was settled illegally, though with a formal UN resolution. Gradually, with the use of force and terror activities, Israel took hold of all of Palestine except Gaza and West Bank. Palestinians are now prisoners in their own homes because of the power and terrorism of Israel.

Palestine or Jerusalem is home to all the Abrahamic religions. This part of the world remained at war and in conflicts throughout history and it will remain so in the foreseeable future. It is destined to suffer as it is a sacred land for three major religions of the world.

The solution to Palestinian problems is none at the moment. All these years, with monopoly in suffering, Palestinians were unable to do anything substantial. Resistance should continue, but the Arabs actually did more than their actual power to liberate Palestinians. They did it thrice by initiating wars. Even today, various countries, particularly Iran with her bold stance, has stood against Israel’s hegemony.

When Israel was not even properly established, the Palestinians were clueless. From 1922 to 1947 was the time when it should have taken through strong resistance by the locals under a leadership. No one is going to give them freedom on a plate. No one can, at the moment.

Just a while back, Arab countries were gradually formalizing their relations with Israel. In 2020, Bahrain, UAE, Sudan and Morocco established diplomatic relations with Israel. Many countries, including Saudia, have covert relations with the Zionists.

A recently exposed investigative piece by Al-Jazeera exposed Bangladesh’s military relations with Israel. Pakistan too had its secretive relations with Israel during Zia’s regime, mentioned clearly by Charlie Wilson.

You may dislike this, but Iran is the only country from the Muslim world which has stood boldly against Israel consistently. It didn’t bow down to the US and always gave Israel some nightmares.

Cuba, North Korea, and Venezuela are the three other countries which vehemently oppose Israel. These three countries have no diplomatic / formal relations with the Zionists.

Around 31 countries in the world have no relations with Israel. However, out of these, many do have covert relations.

But nothing is solving the ugliest human rights crisis. The UN is numb. So as many other organizations. Those who were calling for ‘Freedom of Speech’ are also dead somewhere around Charlie Hebdo. Al-Jazeera stood tall and let us hope it will stay strong among the impotent press of the world.

Hypocrisies are being exposed with the rising death toll in the largest concentration camp of the world.

A thing to understand: the difference between Zionist and Jewish. Zionist is a person who is in favor and pursuit of an independent Jewish state with whatever means necessary. Be it violence or terrorism. The blood of all the dead Palestinians is on the hands of Zionists. You cannot blame this on all the Jews. There are Jews who are against this terrorism and have been very vocal. You will see Jews standing against Israel. I can give you one example of Abraham Gutman – a journalist – who vehemently opposes all the violence by Israel. And he is hated and abused for his righteousness by the Zionists.

Before ending this part, let me write correctly that:

  • All those praising Hitler and atrocities of Germans against the Jews during WW-II are despicable.
  • Israeli Zionists are as despicable as the Nazis once were.
  • All the liberals – anywhere around the world – supporting Israel’s violence against Palestinians, are not liberals but scumbags.

CHAPTER III OF III: PAKISTAN, PAKISTANIS, AND HYPOCRISY IN AND ON BLOOD

Pakistan and Israel. Two countries of the world founded in the name of religion. Two countries of 1947 origin. Came out of the British Empire. The two have so many things in common but let’s not go into that for the time being.

Pakistanis are on social media since this new wave of violence by Israel against Palestinians. Calling the Ummah to stand. Abusing the rulers for not doing anything. Abusing the west. Abusing the east.

Well, the Ummah did stand. And fought. And lost. In 1948. In 1967. In 1973 (Yom-e-Kippur). They were not only defeated but crushed within 06 days. It was Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon, and other Muslim countries, including Pakistan, who aided against Israel.

But again you cry that the Ummah is doing nothing.

The Ummah can’t do anything.

The Ummah has nothing. Not even Ummah itself.

Before you jump into the Caliphate, wait!

Islam didn’t present a political system comprehensively. It just presented ideas of democracy and secularism – yes democracy and secularism – and nothing much besides that. It gave principles but not a complete system in itself. The Muslims were supposed to use their brain to move ahead.

The Caliphate was not an Islamic system. It was based on nepotism. Family dynasties flourished. The bloodshed under Caliphates – particularly of Muslims by Muslims – is beyond comprehension.

Karbala is one of the examples of how corrupt and corruptible – like all other systems – was the system then. It didn’t even leave the House of Prophet Muhammad PBUH.

So, don’t Caliphate here. And don’t Ummah here. One is outdated and the other doesn’t even exist.

There was a dialogue in a Lebanese movie “The Insult” that no one has a monopoly on suffering. That was what the Lebanese said in a court to the Palestinian. No one – neither Jews of WW-II nor Palestinian since 1947 – have monopoly on suffering.

But we – Pakistanis – do have a monopoly on hypocrisy.

We don’t talk about hundreds of thousands of people killed in Yemen because Saudia killed them and we get our pimping dollars from them. We managed the army for Saudia to kill kids in Yemen. And we just got rice from Saudia. So, we don’t talk.

By the way, just to write the figures:

  • 30 were killed in a bomb blast in a guest house in Puli Alam, Afghanistan on April 30th, 2021.
  • 85 were killed – mostly school girls – in a bomb blast in school in Kabul, Afghanistan on May 8th, 2021.
  • 12 were killed in an explosion in a mosque during Friday prayers in Kabul on May 14th, 2021.
  • Though the violence has decreased in Yemen, yet the basics are denied. Tens of thousands of people will starve to death this year in Yemen.

So?

We don’t talk about men, women and kids being killed in Afghanistan. Because we have our own political philosophies. Of good men and bad men. Of snakes. We don’t talk.

We don’t talk about education camps for Muslims in China. Hundreds of education camps with thousands of Muslims being ‘educated’. We don’t talk about them because we don’t know about anything that happens in Uighur. Or Mainland China.

We talk about Kashmir. That’s business. That’s our philosophy of life. It gives direction to our budget and priorities. It makes us a security state.

And we talk about Palestine.

After the Ummah’s failure within 6 days, we want the UN to do something. Why would the UN do something? What interest does the UN have in you? None. You have nothing to offer. No research. No budget. No scientists. Funding to the UN by the entire Ummah doesn’t even count to pennies in comparison. But yes, we want the UN to do something for us because we failed and our OIC is impotent.

As said earlier, Ummah doesn’t exist. In fact, it never existed on the political platform of the world. Ummah means brotherhood. It’s like alumni of the same university – i.e. Muslims following the same Book and the Prophet PBUH. It’s an affiliation. It is not what is portrayed here in Pakistan.

Ummah: Saudia is killing Yemen, Talibans are killing Afghans, ISIS is spilling blood in Syria, Uighur is never spoken of, Iran and Saudia play proxy wars in Iraq and Syria, Kurds are fighting for their rights from Turkey, Turkey has its own political preference against Saudia, Pakistan has its hand in Yemen and Afghanistan. Muslims against Muslims. Is this Ummah? This is Ummah.

  • This Ummah cannot come together on deciding a unified Eid day.
  • This Ummah cannot offer Namaz the same way. They don’t even know the exact way the Prophet PBUH offered Namaz. This is the practice the Prophet PBUH maintained 5 times a day for decades yet we don’t know.
  • This Ummah has its own sets of kafirs and momins. A kafir here can be a momin there and vice versa.
  • And this Ummah has its relations with Israel. Some despise it and some make a trade out of it.

You can praise Mia Khalifah and Bella Hadid; and curse Malala (neither a fan nor a hater). As you are misguided about history, your love and hatred is also misguided. Doesn’t matter. Why Malala said it that way is not going to solve issues. She is not your PM. Or anyone’s PM. She is not COAS. She does not hold any political office. Yet, you blame her for her tweets. It’s only your hatred. And that’s ok; you hate her. Fine. But this is not the way towards any resolution.

FORESEEABLE FUTURE

There were people who fought even when they couldn’t achieve their target. Imam Hussain. Che Guevara. Bhagat Singh. Nelson Mandela. Maximillian Robespierre. Malcolm X. Jinnah. And many others.

They all were different on different stages against different fascists but they didn’t wait for others. They didn’t beg. They planned. They stood. And they fought. With whatever means necessary. With or without a victory.

The solution is long-term. And it is evolutionary.

First, make yourself better. Grow economically. Enhance educational standards. Improve your healthcare system. Research more. Nurture scientists, philosophers, ideologists, thinkers, and rationalists. Follow religion but excel in it with Ijtihad. End these dogmas and orthodox ideas. Get your funding priorities straight. Get out of all the wars of the world and focus on yourself until you are someone with influence.

Get out of ghosts. Get out of graves. Get out of tombs. Get out of these people who sell and make a living out of religion.

Read. Think. Unlearn. Re-learn. Evolve.

Revolution and wars are not your way. Evolution is your way. It took 23 years for the religion to be bestowed upon you; evolution. The Holy Book was completed in over two decades; evolution. Evolve. Learn. Grow. Become someone so that you don’t have to beg others to stand for your causes. Become someone to become an impactful voice.

End this hypocrisy. Empathize above religion and ethnicities. I feel for Palestinians not because they are Muslims but because they are humans. Like there are humans suffering in Burma, China, Kashmir, Yemen, Egypt, Africa, India, Syria, Iraq, and Pakistan.

We just got rice from Saudia. An agricultural country getting donations of rice from a desert peninsula. Shame! We are succumbing to new downfalls every year. We are falling, yet we want the world to behave according to our wishes.

Caliph Umar RA declined to offer Namaz in a church in Palestine. Remember that? And what were the nurses doing in a church in Lahore? Wasn’t that blasphemy? Or do we have monopoly on blasphemy too?

Voice must be raised. No doubt. But it must be raised without hypocrisy. And one must remain realistic too.

And before asking our neighbors and the world to mend their ways, we need to mend our ways. A kid of a missing father lost his mother recently. Did we offer him his father back? Did we give him justice? No.

There are people suffering in our country. Are we offering them justice? Did we offer justice to the brutally killed family in the Sahiwal massacre? Did we give justice to the families who suffered by the bullets of Raymond Davis? Did we give justice to the parents of the APS incident? Did we give justice to the 444 murders of Rao Anwar? Everyday kids are raped and killed here. Everyday people are dumped here. People go missing here on a routine basis. People are dying of hunger. There are severe discriminations in different parts of this country. There are grave human rights violations in our own home.

We need to get our house in order before we point fingers at the rest of the world.

Till then, your hypocrisy is at your disposal. The choice is yours: to become someone. Or to remain nothing.

P.S. OCTOBER 2023

400 Israelis dead. Says Guardian.

500. Says BBC.

Maybe 800 would be the number of Fox.

How hardly these numbers are hitting the consciousness of humanity? Such numbers or dead bodies never mattered on the other side.

Planes could bomb the hell out of the Gaza Strip and it never mattered. Day in and day out missile strikes won’t raise an eyebrow. But now, the retaliation for the sake of freedom and justice is hurting.

This mess in the complete land of Palestine is an American mess. Just like the mess in Ukraine is also an American mess. You cannot become an innocent kitty after provoking violence and strategic war moves in foreign lands for years just to be “shocked” by the “militants”.

Iraq perished. Afghanistan perished. Libya, Yemen, Syria suffered. In land. In seas. In drowning boats with mothers and kids. Never mattered. A little mourning for a day and then preparations all the way for another calculated massacre.
Palestinians aren’t militants. They are freedom fighters. Less in power. Less in ammunition. But nevertheless.

In times like these, in this division, you must stand with the one who is standing for the right cause. The one who is powerless. Homeless in its own home. Yet trying to stand against tanks with a gun. Against the mighty powers.

May Palestinians find their way to peace and freedom. With whatever means necessary. The two-state system could work without discrimination and violence. If not, then may it be the Palestinians’ way. Amen! 

Crocodile Tears

Crocodile tears. That’s what you all are shedding for Palestinians. You hypocrites.

Your Prime Minister goes – every now and then – to embrace the butchers of Yemen in Saudia. With military support. For blood to spill.

Around 40 people – mostly young girls – died in a bomb blast in Kabul. You have our share in that massacre. Because blood is on your hands too.

You loved snakes. Good ones. Bad ones. Playing with Dollars in one hand and dead bodies on the other.

Cunning hypocrites.

A woman died of heart attack. She was asking for justice for her husband who was missing for last three years. Leaving behind a daughter. Fatherless. Motherless.

Did you cry?

That’s one of the thousands of stories of missing people.

Sahiwal Massacre happened. Rao Anwar’s 444 happened. Ehsan Ullah Ehsan happened and unhappened. So much happened inside your home when you were snoozing and yawning.

Over 70,000 were murdered here. As collateral damage. While the business of ‘War on Terror’ was on play; generating revenues worth of billions.

People were sold to US. Musharraf wrote that in his book. As bounties. For Dollars.

Did you mourn then? Or were you moaning?

Anyway.

Don’t cry now. Don’t waste your crocodile tears. Stop nurturing snakes first. Stop killing and missing your own people. Stop supporting the good old bad guys in the neighborhood.

And feel pain for everyone.
For Yemen. For Uighur. For everyone.

But first of all, for people at home. Because from home starts your domain to which you will be answerable to Allah on the Day of Judgement.

So, save your tears and have some mercy on yourself.