 LAHORE: There is little doubt of the governmentÂ’s involvement in the spread of sectarianism after the rally organised by the Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP) in Islamabad recently, which apparently had the full support of the administration, said the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Monday.
| In case you were asleep at the time, Perv decided that SSP could rehabilitate themselves, provided they kept a low profile. They responded by staging a big rally and calling for world domination... |
The HRCP had been saying for a long time now that the government had played a direct role in the spread of intolerance and militancy, demonstrated by the latest SSP meeting, said HRCP Secretary General Syed Iqbal Haider in a statement on Monday.
| It's that assumption of subtlety and slickness on the part of the oligarchy running Pakland. They're continuously trying to play both ends against the middle — the devious game being the preferred game, whether it's called for or not. |
“Literature preaching jihad and hatred against Shias was openly distributed at the rally last Friday and discs of American soldiers being beheaded in Iraq were sold as hundreds of policemen looked on. Organisers thanked the Islamabad administration for allowing the rally under floodlights at a bus depot,” he added.
| But that's okay, because then they went back to their mosques to hatch plots to subvert the same Islamabad administration. All parties share that fondness for the devious game... |
He said it was shocking that such a rally had been allowed when other political activists from mainstream parties, journalists and citizens had been stopped from holding peaceful gatherings.
| I don't know that I'd say I was shocked. Tired, maybe... |
Nobody was arrested and the gathering was not stopped despite the blatant violation of laws against inciting violence, he added. “It is obvious that there will be no end to extremism and hatred in society while official policies promote such things.
| Like I said, it's policy to keep as many groups at each other's throats as possible. That way no single group becomes strong enough to displace the oligarchs... |
"In the past too, religious leaders have been able to spread terror in major cities and the state machinery has looked on,” he said, adding that the pledges for enlightened moderation were only for ‘foreign audience’. He said that citizens were suffering from violence triggered by sectarian groups, which was spreading across the country and affecting the lives of millions of people adversely. |