DPC opposing opening up Nato routes
The Difa-i-Pakistan Council (DPC) rally that started from
Lahore, stayed at Gujrat overnight and finally held a meeting outside
parliament building in Pakistan’s federal capital.The meeting was addressed by
some of the stalwarts belonging to banned religious outfits, among these the
most prominent was Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, Lashkar-e-Teba
fame.
The entire proceedings went very well because at no point either
the provincial government headed by PML-N or the federal government led by PPP
made any attempt to stop the rally. However, attack at an army camp in Gujrat
spoiled the entire game. It was certainly not a reward to the government for
providing a safe passage to the leaders and the participants of rally.
Lahore is the stronghold of PML-N and Gujrat the home town
of Pervez Elahi, Deputy Prime Minister and Ahmed Mukhtar, ex-defence minister
and presently heading ministry of water and power. PML-N chose not to
participate in APC held earlier but fully compensated. PML-N has often
attracted criticism for having deep-rooted relations with some of the banned
religious outfits.
The number of people attending Islamabad meeting were quoted
from as low as 15,000 to as high as 30,000. Creation of an elaborate stage, assembly
of such a large number of demonstrators and appearance of leaders of banned
outfits in ‘red zone’ raise a question, what was the federal home ministry and
capital police doing?
One of possible explanation could be that the ruling junta
to which PML-N is also a part has realized the gravity of situation, extreme anti
United States sentiments among Pakistanis and just wanted to avoid any
confrontation. The demand for pulling out Pakistan out of US proxy war in
Afghanistan is on the rise
It is becoming difficult for the ruling junta as it can’t
satisfy the domestic constituency on supporting the US, which is no longer
considered a friend. Most of Pakistanis strongly believe that the United States
has been playing the most active part in creating Indian Hegemony in the South
Asia. An impression is being created that Pakistanis are mercenaries fighting
Proxy US War in Afghanistan and India a major trading partner of the United
States.
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