Originally Posted by mechrose37

Dear Sir,

Do not be swayed by emotions.I am neither on Zia's side,nor do I belong to Bhutto party.What I have written is truth,not defamation.And respectfully do I say,that supporters of Zia's tyrannical regime are indulging in a willful distortion of fact.No leader could come up to expectations after Zia;but wrongdoings of his successors do not become an excuse for his monstrous blunders.But no leader after and before him exploited religion so shamelessly to further his own nefarious designs,and no leader after him shook the foundations of our society so terribly.Afghan war was not a Jihad;it was a proxy war fought by Mullah and Military for their own advantage,not for Pakistan.Federation was weekend.The beasts of sectarianism and religious hatred and obscurantism were let loose on the nation.Cartels and Mafia dons were unchained.While a selected few got immense riches out of the war,the country sank in deep vale of tears,turmoil and totalitarianism.Did you ever hear the very names of religious killings,Kalashnikov or heroin prior to zia's rule.

His decade was the decade of darkness,decadence,depredation,devastation and degeneration.This country is still buried deep under the avalanche of Zia's misrule and mismanagement.
What wrong have I done if I have presented my point of view in mild and respectful language ? And my existence has been terribly shaken to see learned people,not students of monasteries, defending a whimsical and capricious despot.Where are those enlightened songs of egalitarianism,freedom of expression and thought,democracy ?

Originally Posted by mechrose37

Dear SW,

Your are now trying to portray as if the criticizers of Zia are the criticizers of Quranic injunctions.God Forbids.Zia used flogging to spread terror amongst the masses.While such punishments are aimed at purging the society of evil,zia used them to cleanse society of his opponents.And mind you,that Islam makes its mandatory that such punishments can only be imposed after fulfilling certain pre-requisites and preconditions .You cannot flog,behead or chop off the hands of any person with fulfilling those conditions.
Zia is being condemned as a man who bred crisis.

Originally Posted by shallowwater

Well Zia inflicted those punishments in the light of Quranic injunctions. Federal Shariat court was there, Supreme court was there. People could move the courts had they been dissatisfied with these punishments. Obviously such punishments are meant to create terror and fear in the hearts of people so that they do not commit any such crimes again. Such punishments are an effective deterrent.

Originally Posted by shallowwater

. Federal Shariat court was there, Supreme court was there. People could move the courts had they been dissatisfied with these punishments.

Originally Posted by shallowwater

Well Zia inflicted those punishments in the light of Quranic injunctions. Federal Shariat court was there, Supreme court was there. People could move the courts had they been dissatisfied with these punishments. Obviously such punishments are meant to create terror and fear in the hearts of people so that they do not commit any such crimes again. Such punishments are an effective deterrent.

Originally Posted by Asif3531

Hassan, i would truly appreciate, if you would try avoiding confusing of two terms i.e Jihad and terrorism!

To you, fighting against the enemy is terrorism. To you, freedom fighters are terrorist. To you, fighting against america is terrorism. If, america attack any country, you appreciate it. if someone else tries to attack imperialist country, you condemn it.

One would consider it double standards.

Originally Posted by peacepakistan

. whatever so-called MESS he started(like taliban, Jhad, annexation of pakistan to afghanistan and delhi), he had a great end of it in his mind..

Originally Posted by Hassan02

Brother, the chickens have come home to roost and the same taliban whom Zia nurtured are now murdering Pakistanis everyday. They may be freedom fighters, but they have shown clearly through their actions that they are our enemies.