Execution Qadri :The minority Report
Dr. Jassim Taqui
The execution of Mumtaz Qadri has generated intense debate among various sections of the civil society. The issue is very sensitive and might destabilize the government. Hence questions were asked including the most pertinent one: Did the government take into account the fallout on its very survival given the fact that all religious parties and seminaries would continue agitation against it availing every opportunity to bring down the ruling regime?
How about radicalization of the moderate Barelvi sect who constitute the majority in Pakistan ? Didn’t the government perceive a threat from the majority ? By virtue of what an opportunity was given to the militants who were marginalized but suddenly they became relevant in the political scene?
While interacting with an intellectual, various motives were discussed. However, the intellectual came with a “ minority report” that he attained through a brain-storming process. He surprised me with yet another twist in this episode . According to him, the government went ahead with the execution even as it could have postponed it because its obsession with executing Gen. Pervez Musharraf on charges of high treason. PML-N was only preparing the ground for the expected grand occasion in a bid to terrify the army by emulating the Turkish model.
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