Isn`t The Time Going In Altaf Hussain`s Favor Again?

“The biggest tragedy is not accepting those who chant ‘Pakistan Zindabad’, said MQM Pakistan`s leader Dr. Farooq Sattar while addressing a press conference in Hyderabad few days ago https://www.geo.tv/latest/114391-Biggest-tragedy-not-being-accepted-despite-chanting-Pakistan-Zindabad-Farooq-Sattar . His statement is important after he had disowned Altaf Hussain`s criticism to the country and taken over the command of MQM in order to show its loyalty with Pakistan.

Everybody knows that Altaf Hussain, while addressing the people observing hunger strike, bashed the military establishment and refused to chant “Long live Pakistan” because, according to him, the country had been Talibanized (radicalized) and also for the reason that the Urdu speaking community had not been provided justice. 

MQM founder and leader`s words caused an outburst in Pakistan. Strong criticism in the form of protests, resolutions and even the threatening banners saying, “Jo Mulk Ka Ghaddar hay, Wo Mout Ka Haqdar hai (Traitors of the country deserve death) http://pakobserver.net/traitors-of-country-deserve-death-banners-placed-in-
karachi/.

Pak Army Chief General Raheel Sharif condemned the speech vowing, “We will not accept such a thing at all”. 
He also instructed the DG Rangers Sindh to take stern actions over it. 

The use of force for ransacking MQM`s hunger strike camp, arresting party workers & leaders and also sealing & bulldozing MQM`s offices (including its headquarter) was carried out following the same order.

Just like the military establishment, political and religious leadership too reacted the same way and demanded to give Altaf Hussain an exemplary punishment terming him a traitor. There was so much pressure on MQM`s other leaders in Pakistan that they had no option, but to disown the party founder over the matter and also to present a resolution in the Assembly against him https://www.geo.tv/latest/113342-NA-unanimously-approves-resolution-against-MQM-founder . 

Neutrally speaking, if the issue was Altaf Hussain`s any objectionable word or a statement of August 22`s speech, then it is a bitter fact that there are so many political and religious leaders who have passed even worse remarks against the democratically elected governments, parliament, judiciary, armed forces and even their country Pakistan. Why did we not see so violent and abusive reaction against them as well? Why only against MQM and Altaf Hussain? 

Further, if Altaf Hussain some words were not really acceptable for Pakistan Army as an institution, why have all the acts of high treason by army chiefs (in the form of military coups) been cordially accepted by it? Is that not the sheer violation of Article 6 and its sub-clauses?? 

Logically, Altaf Hussain`s critics must not have ignored the background and the amounting anger in MQM`s workers and voters regarding the continuously arbitrary arrests, enforced disappearances, extra-judicial killings and, on top of all, the deliberate ignorance of the political government and the judiciary over the victimization which actually led him to that stage.

Because if he is maligned merely on the apparent meaning of the slogan without seeing its context, then will it be wrong to consider the reciprocally chanted slogan, “Pakistan Zindabad” (Long Live Pakistan) by the rivals as full support to the increasing Talibanization (radicalization) and also to the prevailing system in the country where only the people of Punjab (belonging to one specific ethnicity) are considered patriotic and superior while the rest are inferior and branded as traitors? 

The extremely offensive and filthy outpouring against Altaf Hussain indicates that it was not the matter of patriotism with Pakistan, but the enmity and xenophobia against him. 

It is an undeniable fact that All India Muslim League (AIML) got a separate state (Pakistan) for the Muslims of sub-continent (un-divided India) not by having defeated the British army as well as the Hindus and Sikhs, but by way of a political and legal struggle. 
The struggle for the rights of Muslims, turned into the movement for a separate state following the slogan “Batke Rahega Hindustan___Leker Rahengey Pakistan” (We will divide India to get Pakistan), which was not the result of a stress or anger, but was chanted as a policy by the Muslim leaders and their supporters. 

Keeping in view this, question is, was (the Quaid-e-Azam) Muhammad Ali Jinnah (as the founder of Pakistan) or any other Muslim leader at any stage abused, threatened or branded as a traitor by the Hindus expressing patriotism with their land? 

Similarly, did the British Viceroy Lord Mount Batten ever pressurize the AIML leaders to part their ways from the party head Muhammad Ali Jinnah after the demand for a separate piece of land for Indian Muslims? Was it difficult for then viceroy to enforce any “minus-one” formula for AIML like the Pakistani military establishment did against Altaf Hussain??  

All this shows that the British rulers as well as the Hindus eventually afforded the demand of All India Muslim League and ALLOWED it to get a separate country for Muslims. But, in contrast to this, the reaction to Altaf Hussain`s speech clearly indicates that the Pakistani establishment is not in a mood to let the leader of aggrieved community even express his anger over the victimization that his people had been facing for decades. 

Pakistani establishment might be of the view that by pressurizing MQM `s representatives to keep distance from their leader and also by presenting a resolution against him in the parliament, they have completely negated Altaf Hussain`s statement.

However, the fact is the way state machinery was used against MQM and also the kind of hatred and racism expressed for its founder in Pakistan, they have endorsed each and every word of Altaf Hussain that the Urdu speaking is being victimized on ethnic basis and that no one is ready to treat them as equal citizen of the country. Dr. Farooq Sattar`s above-quoted statement is an example of the same.  

Therefore, if the long-pending issues and the grievances of Muhajirs are not addressed and resolved at the earliest, the rulers will have to hear nothing, but the echo of Altaf Hussain`s same speech from the mouth of every victim of their racism. And, this time, it will not be spontaneous resulting from anger or stress, but deliberately as a policy.