REJOINDER TO MR INAMULLAH KHATTAK FOR BLAMING TURIS

On 16 November, Mr Inamullah Khattak wrote an article in dawn on Rawalpindi tragedy. The title of which was ‘’Outsiders involved in clashes” in that article Mr Khattak put  the entire blame of Rawalpindi Sectarian violence  on Turi’s tribe  of Kurram Agency. In the article he termed the entire Turi tribe as “Hardliners” and relied on a report prepared and propagated by our intelligence agencies. He laments on   how all these savage Pashtun tribesmen from the FATA are responsible for this tragedy. His whole article revolves around how Turis came to Islamabad and Pindi, and how their influx is the sole reason behind this tragedy. He terms Turi’s as hardliners and desperately trying to humanize the terrorist outfit of " Ahle sunat ul Jumat". On that unfortunate day of the Jaloss which   comprised of Punjabis, Gilgit Shia too but he excludes Punjabis and other ethnicities from it and put the entire blame on Pashtun Shias of Kurram Agency.

  Kurram Agency has been continuously used by establishment for decades but Turi’s have fought their survival. Turi’s are paying a price of being Shia living in the wrong place. Every conflict in the kurram region has been termed a sectarian conflict. So even this time it was not hard for Mr Inamullah khattak to make Turis as scapegoat.

He is appealing and justifying to the general public that Pashtun Shia is the main reason behind this tragedy and not the terrorist outfits who holds this country a hostage. But unfortunately it  is their war which is reflecting in Pindi. He forgets conveniently that all these terrorists and religious organization were created in Punjab (not in kurram Agency) like SSP came into existence in 1985 in response to Tehreek-i-Nifaz-i-Sharia. Punjab has spread this fire under military establishment and now the flames are all over Pakistan. Now when the menace has reached Punjab they are blaming others for their own created mess .The 10,000 migrating Turis which are now settled in Twin cities left their homes because of these flames ignited by Punjab and establishment in their home town . The wars are coloured by our establishment as sectarian wars to achieve its wider interests in the country. The class war which started in southern Punjab between Shia landlords and Sunni lower class, the Iranian revolution and influx of Wahhabi ideology in Zia era gave birth to these monsters and since then it has been used by our establishment to achieve its wider nefarious objectives in the region. The 10,000 Turis mostly comprises of students and families who had their businesses in Peshawar were forced to migrate to Pindi and Islamabad because they were targeted by Taliban  

   But what can one expect living in a country where terrorists are termed as ‘’Shaheed’’ and those who fought against them are called Hardliner. If fighting against Taliban makes one hardliner, then yes, Turis are HARDLINERS. WE FOUGHT AGAINST TALIBAN AND WE SUFFERED too. I guess its Best times for   our establishment to settle their scores with Turi’s and they won’t waste any single moment to equate Turis to Taliban. While writing this I am receiving news that hundreds of Kurrmiwal Turis are being arrested in Pindi. For the last few years thousands of Shias are being killed in all over three provinces, including Gilgit-Baltistan, however no one was arrested.  This time it will be different because Shias have retaliated, that too in Punjab and now will pay the price for it. Punjab is sending message to other provinces that it will not tolerate any retaliation against their state proxies that too from other ethnicities and in their province.