The Pitfalls of Disorder Northern Pakistan
"World Order is shaping and reshaping with the emergence of new global forces, but Northern Pakistan is still frozen in its peculiar political order"
When history is not taken seriously, it repeats itself and reacts. For a long time, the people of Gilgit-Baltistan have dedicated their efforts to abolishing the colonial rhetoric of specific political violations, such as colonial legislation, unequal representation, Khalsa Sarkar, State Punishment, political rights constraints, and so on. This quest for constitutional protection against postcolonial oppression would emerge gradually from the neoliberal universalism's misunderstanding as a claim to nationhood. The lack of a link between the educated class and the general public, as well as a lack of readiness for the practical link. To be more specific, their idleness and cowardice at a critical juncture in the battle will result in tragic catastrophe.
Between
the lines, the nation’s conscience is found in the fulfilment and embrace of fundamental
rights, which are the people’s deepest hopes. But the people’s realization
would be an empty shell in any event, a crude and frail mockery of what it may
have become. When dealing with young and independent nations, the defects we identity
provide a good adequate explanation for how readily the nation is in favor of
the race, and the tribe is favored over the state. these are the chinks in the
edifice that betray the backward trend that is so damaging to national endeavor
and unity. We will show that such moves backward, with all that defects and
serious risks, are the historical result of the national middle class’s failure
to rationalize popular action, that is, their inability to see into the causes
for such actions.
This conventional weakness is due
to the intellectual poverty and cosmopolitan drive that sets in, rather than
the colonized people of the colonial regime. The new service class obtains
power at the end of the colonial system, but it has no practical economic
strength and cannot compete with Pakistan's federal government. The emerging
middle class is readily persuaded, thanks to its deliberate narcissism, that it
can benefit from Pakistan's mainland service class. The religious affiliation
with mainland religious clerics and seminaries, on the other hand, left the
idea of political emancipation. Despite the fact that political orientations
push it into mainstream political ideologies that instill the concept of
development initiatives.
As a result, the psychology of the
new service class, which defines citizen classification, became variable. It
divided the people into separate groups based on race, color, sect, language,
and educational attainment. After Pakistan's renowned dictator Zia ul Haq
enforced the Jihadist ideology in the northern provinces, these divided groups
contributed to sectarian warfare. Fear and worry gradually creep into the
population's mentality in this manner. Now, it appears that the historical
reality of a true national betrayal is to consider the intellectual and
technical capital that rejects its contradictions' character.
The historical consciousness,
which develops fluid identities and fake national heroic figures, is
highlighted in political conflict zones where the middle class should be
considered the champion of development. The case for political empowerment and
public mobilization was undercut by these too ambitious engagements and
pledges. On the other hand, federal political parties contested elections and
sang pro-constitutional rights chants, causing the political process to be
derailed. As a result, Pakistan's northern areas have been locked in a unique
political order as a result of these delaying tactics.
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