Pakistan and America’s Changing Policies

Pakistan’s government has repeatedly accommodated the Americans, both their army and their government leaders. America, on the other hand, has started treating Pakistan as an enemy and is taking steps against it. (Just look at the Raymond Davis and Osama bin Laden incidents.) Osama had not lived here for five years, yet they have been saying this to put more pressure on us. On May 27, U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton, following in the steps of the U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mike Mullen, began issuing warnings and threats to us. Then, they cancelled $8 million in aid to us. Alleging that ISI was funding him, they arrested Syed Ghulam Nabi Fai, the head of a Washington advocacy group fighting for the freedom of Kashmir.

The U.S. has urged Pakistan to give Americans unlimited access to work here and has also stated that it does not want its citizens to be subjected to Pakistani laws. Pakistan did not violently protest the arrest of Ghulam Nabi Fai; rather, it has adopted a strategy of bringing changes in its laws and policies. Before the Ghulam Nabi Fai incident, Pakistan refused to grant three Americans access to Peshawar. They wanted to enter Peshawar without getting permission from the Peshawari government, and their goal, of course, was to spy there. No matter how many sophisticated electronic weapons they may have had, they would need to be in Peshawar to successfully carry out their missions.

Though America says that it does not intend to leave our side, they have, in fact, already done so. Soon after 9/11, they decided that India, not Pakistan, would be their strategic ally. In the name of friendship, since 9/11, they have damaged Pakistan as much as they have been able to. They have killed ten times as many people on our soil (both soldiers and civilians) than there were victims on 9/11.

For the reasons above, Pakistan has decided to shift its focus away from America. We have become great friends with China. America intends to take Balochistan away from us and hand Kashmir over to India. On July 5, their government decided to increase the drone attacks in Pakistan and fight a guerrilla war in northern Waziristan. Pakistan does not want American boots on its soil. On July 22, they attacked and killed 50 Haqqani network fighters in the Pakitika province. They seized all the weapons they found there. This means that America has started taking steps to implement the policy it adopted on July 5. They should limit their war to areas in Afghanistan. They should keep out of southern Waziristan. Neither America nor Pakistan are ready — they do not have the energy and resources — to fight another war in a different region.

We helped them fight their war on terrorism as much as we could. Now let’s say “Allah-hu-Akbar” (God is Great) and put an end to all this. We have other things we need to focus on besides America. They have brought many “storms” and “earthquakes” to our country, but their own country has also had many cyclones, tornadoes and hurricanes. These abnormal weather conditions will only increase there because they have disrupted the normal functioning of the ionosphere.

Pakistan has decided to adopt different policies and save itself from American conspiracies. It is working to put these policies and plans into action. Pakistan should continue encouraging Iran and Saudi Arabia to be friends. It should also continue its dialogue with Russia, China, Turkey and Afghanistan and work with these countries. America wants to make India “Asia’s leader” so it can use India to go against China, but we will deal with India on our own.