On Monday July 5, 2023, marks the death anniversary of the last ruler of Swat Maj. Gen Abdul Haq Jehanzeb. Sadly, with his passing away ended the era of peace and justice for Swat and the rest of the KP, where both rule of law is blatantly abused making everyone ruler in their own right that makes Pakistan in general and Pukhuns in particular ruled by none except humiliation that they face on daily basis at the hands of their own law enforcement agencies particularly Police whether in KP, Punjab, Sindh Baluchistan, Chitral, Gilgit Baltitistan or Kashmir.
Telephonically speaking while ago to Honourable Fazal Rahim Khan, a senior journalist from Swat, who is a personal friend. He confided in me how reportedly a notable Obaid Khan hailing from Swabi, who sings as a passion, was disgraced by the Assistant Sub Inspector Manzar of Jabbar Police station in Mardan Division his Rabab was broken into pieces and him and his musician kept in illegal detention to harass them after he spotted their musical instruments in their car as as they were involved in the most heinous crimes.
ASI Manzar Of Mardan PS in his own professional wisdom believed it was his right to be one of the share holders of the singer’s income without realising Obaid was doing a service to the society and the culture that was sadly radicalised by design than default to make the region play its role as a pawn on the international chess board that was named the “Great Game”, in which the people of KP paid the highest price.
I believe there still exists some fine officers someone known to me and to my former colleague in Dawn Honourable Hasan Akbar whose class mate serves as head of the Special Branch of KP Police to kindly take immediate cognizance of this social injustice and help deny the police staff detailed in the field to turn Pakistan into a police state.
