My open letter to ISI,
Dr Shabir Choudhry
London 12
November 2016
Some people promote
your secret agency, as world’s number one secret agency; also very brave and
efficient. I wonder if that is true
Your allegation is
that on instructions of India I am sabotaging CPEC; and that is why you have
instructed NADRA not to renew my NICOP – ID card, which is essentially evidence
of existence of the card holder; and without it one cannot function in Pakistan
and in Pakistani occupied territories of Jammu and Kashmir State.
I examined role of
the ISI in my article written on 23 May 2011 with the following title:
ISI is the best secret agency, is it?
I am providing you
a link to that article, in case you have not read it. Just
to remind you that at that time there was no CPEC, hence, no alleged
instructions from any quarter to write about your role.
By blocking renewal
of my ID card, you successfully deprived me to accompany dead body of my father
and take part in his funeral and burial. On 15 June 2015, I applied for renewal
of my card and my father died on 29 August 2015 in England, and his body was
taken back to our village in Pakistani occupied Kashmir in District Bhimber.
On 29 August 2016,
as a devout Muslims belonging to Hanfi Fiq we arranged annual Khatem for my
beloved father, where we invited hundreds of other Muslims of the area to recite
holy Quran and Darood Paak; and seek forgiveness of Allah SWT. Again thanks to
your great work, I was unable to take part in this function and visit grave of
my beloved father. On this great achievement you should feel proud and ask the
government to give you an achievement medal.
Do you think by doing
all this you have won my mind and heart, and have generated goodwill? No. You
have generated more anger and resentment against you; and I feel I need to work
harder to expose your imperial designs on my motherland where you will always
be seen as an occupier. How would you feel if your father dies and you are
restricted to take part in his funeral and burial?
We read papers that
in Pakistan, hate preachers, terrorists and those who kill police and army men
generously get passports and NADRA cards; and that is not anti Pakistan. My ID
card is blocked because I am not hate preacher; I am not a terrorist and I am
not a killer. This policy will haunt you for many years.
Your bravery
One can see your
bravery and ruthlessness from the above and the following. You know I am not a
violent or an aggressive person. I don’t carry gun or any kind of weapon with
me; despite this you want to curb my right to travel and right to visit my home
village and meet my relatives and friends because you are afraid of me. You are
afraid of my pen. You are afraid of my communication skills.
Is it not shameful
to your ‘brave and best agency’ to be afraid of 63 years old man with serious
health issues; and who is in high risk category? I have endured two heart attacks. I have
five stents in my arteries.
My left lung is 80% not working. I suffer
from
sever and consistent attacks of
Vertigo, which makes it difficult to control my body balance. I have a hole in
my left eardrum, and also I have blood pressure.
Do you feel proud
that you have restricted movements of a person with multiple health issues, and
who wanted to go back to his village and spend retirement there? Before your
great work of blocking issuance of my ID card, I was seriously considering to
end my political activities because my health was and is deteriorating. I had
problems even walking 100 yards; or walk to my bedroom on first floor. But
thanks to your actions I had to continue my work, as I didn’t want to give you
this pleasure that by your one move Dr Shabir Choudhry has surrendered.
Your allegations
Thinking people of Jammu and
Kashmir and Pakistan know authenticity of your illogical and fake allegations
which depicts sick mentality. These
absurd allegations don’t merit a reply. It is part of Pakistani political
culture to accuse political opponents of being ‘anti state’, or ‘agent’ of
someone, especially ‘agent of India’. No one needs any evidence to level this
allegation, all one needs is a big mouth, misplaced loyalty and fractured
conscience.
It is part
of Pakistani culture of your country to accuse political opponents of being
anti state, agents of India, America, Russia and Jews etc; and accuse religious
opponents as kaffirs? Just look at the following leaders and tags they have:
1. Wasn’t Fatima Jinnah, sister of
Mohammed Ali Jinnah accused of being an Indian agent?
2. Isn’t Nawaz Sharif, three times
elected Prime Minister of Pakistan, accused of being an Indian agent?
3. Isn’t Imran Khan accused of being a
Jewish agent?
4. Isn’t Dr Tahir Ul Qadri accused of
being a Canadian and an American agent?
5. Furthermore, both of these are
accused to have met in India to plan infamous dharnas, which in a way, make
them Indian agents?
6. Wasn’t General Musharaf accused of
being an American agent?
7. Don’t Generals like Kiani, Pasha,
Ayub Khan, Zia Ul Haq and many others carry tags as being American agents?
8. Wasn’t late Benazir Bhutto declared
as a security risk?
There is a
long list of people who were accused of being agents of someone. After reading
this, do you feel any remorse; or is that too much to expect?
I am a Kashmiri patriot
I am not a
Pakistani; and article 257 of Constitution acknowledges this fact. I don’t have
to express loyalty to those who occupy my country. I am a loyal citizen of
State of Jammu and Kashmir. I strongly feel that the entire state of Jammu and
Kashmir should emerge as an impendent country. Throughout my adult life I have
worked for this cause; and by grace of Allah SWT, to date, I have not done
anything to harm my cause.
Yes, I criticise
those who occupy my country; and I have every right to do that. I criticise
foot soldiers of the occupiers who work against interests of united and
independent Jammu and Kashmir.
I have authored
more than 57 books and booklets on Jammu and Kashmir, and India Pakistan
relations. I challenge my critics to find me a paragraph where I have expressed
my desire to be part of India; even though, thanks to Pakistan we people of
Jammu and Kashmir have only two choices: become a Pakistani or an Indian. Find
me a paragraph or a sentence where I have said the areas of Jammu and Kashmir
under India are not disputed. To me and my colleagues the entire State of Jammu
and Kashmir is disputed; and our struggle is for unification and independence
of the State that existed on 16 August 1947.
Hypocrisy of Pakistani officials is that they
have left us with only two choices – join India or Pakistan; and if people
express their desire to become part of India – a right given to them by
Pakistan and the UN, then they accuse them of being traitor, unpatriotic and
anti Pakistan.
You people are
angry because of my research and hard work I have systematically exposed
Pakistan’s hypocrisy and double standards on Jammu and Kashmir. I have also
exposed their imperial designs and systematic exploitation of our resources.
As a loyal son of
the soil it is my duty to use my knowledge and experience to promote and
safeguard interest of people of State of Jammu and Kashmir.
I know you have
created lakhs of mental slaves in Jammu and Kashmir and in Gilgit Baltistan to
serve your interests. Let me tell you, I need no certificate of patriotism from
you. My dream to retire and spend last years of my life in my home village is
shattered because of your unwise and unwarranted actions.
What you are doing
with regard to renewal of my NADRA card is legally 100% incorrect. You have
gone a step further, and refused to renew NADRA card of my daughter who has
nothing to do with politics. She is married and lives with her husband and
children separately. She is a practising lawyer and a law abiding citizen.
Under the UNCIP Resolutions you are obliged to protect our political and social
rights, and not curb them.
I did not want this
war with you; but you have imposed this war on me. This should be a war of all
citizens of Jammu and Kashmir who want an independent Jammu and Kashmir. I have
two options, either surrender to you because you are too powerful, or fight
back. I have decided not to surrender. I may not win, but I will prove to you
that all citizens of Jammu and Kashmir are not mental slaves or cowherds; and
above all we are not for sale.
By taking this
choice I know I could be eliminated like Saleem Shehzad or Arif Shahid. Despite
that, I will fight back your imperialism and arrogance, because my desire to
see you exposed is stronger than my desire to live
Writer is a political analyst, TV anchor and
author of many books and booklets. Also he is Director Institute of Kashmir
Affairs; Chairman South Asia Watch. Email:drshabirchoudhry@gmail.com
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