Pakistan’s deceptively independent Democracy, in fact, enslaves Pakistan to US interests through red-lines. Political leadership is only given as much space as the red-lines of the American agenda for the region, including Pakistan, allows. Any crossing of American red-lines, means government, media and public arenas are all violently closed off, with all rights brutally seized.

The media commentators are trying to engage the people in debate over the London Plan and Islamabad March, as if there is any hope that these plans and political maneuvers will solve the problems of the people. Be it Maryam Aurangzeb, Shahbaz Gul or Rana Sanaullah, their rhetoric is like that of Nadr bin Harith, the chief of Quraysh, who recited stories of Rustam and Asfandyar,

What difference has it really made to the suffering of the people that the Bajwa-Imran government exited and the Bajwa-Sharif government arrived? Asides from the highest inflation in two and a half years, what else have the people gained within a month of the latest changes in the faces of looters, turncoats and those who convert Pakistan’s economy into a cash cow for the usury mafia?

On this blessed occasion of Eid ul Fitr, we ask Allah (swt) that He has accepted our siyyam and qiyyam, our tashahhud and our sujjood, our giving of Zakat ul-Fitr and Sadqah, as well as all of our good actions. Indeed, Eid ul Fitr is a favor from Allah (swt) upon us and the Eid for us all. So, O Muslims, O loyal servants of Allah ﷺ, let us come…