Ahmed Faraz’s Long March
The masses are out in force in Lahore and all over the land of the pure as I write this post. My leaders Aitzaz Ahsan, Javed Hashmi to name two have been arrested while Ali Ahmed Kurd and Munir A Malik have been refused permission to leave Quetta and Karachi respectively. Nawaz Sharif has bravely resisted his house arrest and is leading the charge in Lahore, this is the beginning of the end.
Mr 10% has led us to this point of no return, his smile soon to be swiped off his face by a nation that gave him a chance to redeem himself after his past crimes. The government’s response to peaceful protest has been so high-handed and significantly more authoritarian than the treatment meted out by the vile Musharraf regime. For this they will soon taste bitter waters.
This post seeks to rally the troops who are the foot soldiers of a new Pakistan. This is a defining moment for Pakistan and at times like this I seek inspiration from Pakistan’s greatest sons in Faiz, Faraz and Jalib. Legends that live on. is this not Ahmed Faraz’s long march too, can you not feel his presence today in Lahore standing tall for justice once again, resisting as ever.
Faraz saab’s ‘mohasra’ is on my lips today with its words still new and as relevant today as they were when originally written during Zia’s dark years. I share those words and dedicate them to the long marchers as this our ‘mohasra’, its my ‘mohasra’ and above all it is Pakistan’s ‘mohasra’:
Hamid Mir’s tribute to Faraz saab in Capital Talk is also shown to further rally the troops:
- WRITTEN UNDER MARTIAL LAW (My thanks to cowards Tariq Pervez. Sabihuddin, Sardar Raza & Co for selling out)