Amnesia and Ansar Burney
Amnesia as defined by the now legendary Wikipedia website, the fountain of no and all knowledge states that it is ’a condition in which memory is disturbed or lost’. It is with great regret that Other Pakistan informs readers that the legendary human rights hero Ansar Burney has succumbed to the condition and we ask readers to pray for his swift recovery to good health.
Ansar Burney is of course a household name in Pakistan who is respected the world over for his work in the field of human rights. The same Ansar Burney was once upon a time a hero of mine, a hero that soon reached zero when Burney sold his soul to the devil in joining the Musharraf regime that ushered in martial law in 2007.
As the caretaker Federal Minister for Humans Rights during the martial law of Musharraf, Ansar Burney deliberately and consciously sided with a khaki king who had suspended the fundamental rights of every single citizen by his declaration of a so-called ‘emergency’. In doing so, Burney had by his acts of ommission at least become a signatory and a supporter of the suspension of the human rights of the entire Pakistani nation. To cap it all off, Burney achieved this distinction whilst holding the office of Federal Minister for Human Rights, such was the magic of the man!
Burney’s achievements in human rights during the Musharraf martial law regime are too many to list and includes the house arrest of the Chief Justice of Pakistan and his brother judges in the Supreme Court and High Courts. A post written at the time aptly titled ‘Burney’s Betrayal’ as shown here charts his stellar achievements and is worth a read.
Unfortunately Ansar Burney is but a shadow of that great man, for he has suffered a great deal since those glorious heydays of human rights under his ministry serving at the pleasure of Pervez Musharraf. Today Burney is stalked by the cruely of amnesia that has wiped out his memory of such history and nightmares past.
Burney is today cursing the Zardari-Gilani tag team for allowing the massacre of innocents in Karachi. Burney’s blood boils at the plight of the ordinary Pakistani in Karachi and elsewhere, with him forseeing the day of an upcoming and bloody revolution as reported in The News and as shared below:
Burney Flays Politics on Karachi Dead Bodies
Chairman of the Ansar Burney Trust and former Federal Minister for Human Rights Ansar Burney has strongly condemned the apathy of the government over the human rights situation in Karachi.
Burney said the situation was becoming worse day by day and in the last four days, the citizens of Karachi had lost their more than two dozen innocent loved ones, and the power hungry, sitting in the government or in opposition, were enjoying their dirty game against humanity, says a press release issued on Tuesday.
He said everyone knows who the killers are but unfortunately the most corrupt and power hungry politicians were quiet on the issue, even they themselves are patronising the killers while sitting in safe government palaces. Burney said that this was all dirty politics and these corrupt politicians had made the blood of innocent human being so cheap that a goat or hen seems more expensive. He said that after some gap, one could see bloodshed in Karachi, and after losing dozens of precious lives three political party offices would sit together and announce ‘oh it’s ok, there will be no problem and the matter will be solved’, and the citizens would notice that immediately the killing was stopped like someone switches the button off. After some time, it again starts like earlier, and again it stops after meetings.
Ansar Burney said that such dirty acts of corrupt and killer politicians were taking the country towards anarchy and if such practices continue, it may harm the solidarity and integrity of the country.
He said that the citizens of Karachi had now become fed-up after taking dead bodies of their loved ones to graveyards on their own shoulders. Burney warned the government and politicians that their act was taking the nation towards a ‘bloody revolution’ and if they did not open their eyes it would take them to hell.
He said Karachi has now totally gone into the hands of land mafia, and killers of humanity and citizens of the port city are now looking towards God. Burney asked “whether this was the democracy that Pakistani people were waiting for a long time where corrupt and killer politicians are enjoying the taste of murder of innocents.
Readers are advised to pay close attention to the use of strong language with Burney bemoaning government and opposition apathy to the human rights situation in Karachi. Burney’s vitroil is aimed at the politicians who he accusses of playing a ‘dirty game against humanity’.
It is this statement that hurts fans like me the most, because its now crystal clear that Burney’s amnesia has forced him to lose his bearings somewhat given that Burney would not forget that it was he as the Federal Minister for Human Rights under Musharraf’s martial law who played a leading role in that most dirtiest game against the humanity and dignity of Pakistan and her citizens. Beware the curse of amnesia!
Other Pakistan can only but pray for Ansar Burney and others like him, indeed we wish him well in his fight against amnesia.