Why doesn’t Pakistan condemn China for their mistreatment of Uyghurs? Ahmad Abubakr

Those who get tummy pain of Umma and support every wrong doing of Pakistan should read this, written by a Pakistan honest man.

Why doesn’t Pakistan condemn China for their mistreatment of Uyghurs? Ahmad Abubakr

The reason is actually quite simple. Nations are inherently selfish entities. They act based on self-interest. Not morality.

Pakistan has very friendly relations with China. It also has strong economic ties with China. So why would Pakistan condemn China? Doing such a thing harms the relations between the two nations. Plus it would hurt Pakistan economically at a time when Pakistan is facing economic problems. Not the wisest move to make.

In summary, Pakistan does not condemn China for the mistreatment of the Uyghur because doing so will gain Pakistan nothing. While supporting China will gain Pakistan quite a bit. This is how nations work. Pakistan will do whatever is in its best interest. Which in this case is to support China in the whole Uyghur issue.

Let’s look at another example. The Rohingya Genocide was criticized by many Muslims throughout the world. Yet, Pakistan has helped in the training of the very military responsible for the treatment of the Rohingya. Even now, Pakistan has military ties with Myanmar. There are even talks of selling military airplanes to Myanmar. Once again, national interest takes precedent over ideals (morality and religion).

This should not really come as a surprise to anyone. This is how the real world works. The idea that Pakistan, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, etc care about the “Ummah” more so than their national interests is a myth.

Pakistan is hardly the only nation to act in such a manner. Every nation does the same. For example, how much criticism of China’s treatment of the Uyghur have we heard from Iran, Saudi Arabia, etc. Other nations that quite often claim to care about the “Ummah”. They are no different from Pakistan. All nations act in a similar manner.

From a historical perspective, the “Ummah” ceased to exist as a collective following the Abbasid Revolution in the middle of the 8th century. Since then, the Muslim world has been divided into many kingdoms and empires. All trying to expand at the expense of their Muslim neighbors. Even making alliances with non-Muslim kingdoms to gain an upper hand against their Muslim rivals.

The best example of this would be the Abbasid looking quite favorably upon the Mongols for the destruction of the Khwarezmian Empire. Or the Delhi Sultanate working alongside the Mongols to drive out the Khwarezmians from the Indian Subcontinent. History is filled with thousands of similar examples.

As I said at the beginning, nations are inherently selfish entities. They act on self-interest. Not morality. This includes Pakistan. That is why Pakistan chooses to not condemn China. Instead it chooses to support it. It is in Pakistan’s national interest to support China.

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