Gone Are the Days When One Used to Use Islam to Gain Power
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NOVEMBER 2019 PAGE 1 Globally Recognized Editor-in-Chief: Azeem A. Quadeer, M.S., P.E. NOVEMBER 2019 Vol 10, Issue 11 Gone are the days when one used to use India-Saudi Arabia Ties Islam to gain power Scaling New Heights Prime Minister Imran Khan, while addressing a public rally in Gilgit-Baltistan, told the ‘Azadi March’ protesters congregated in Islamabad that when they run out of food, more will be sent to them, but their leaders should not expect any amnesty from him. “Gone are the days when one used to use Islam to gain power. This is a new Pakistan. Sit however long you want. When your food runs out, we will send more. But we will not give you an NRO,” declared the prime minister. His comments came shortly before PML-N President She- hbaz Sharif joined the Azadi March in Islamabad. Visiting the region on the occasion of its independence had said when PTI gave a dharna [in 2014],” he said. day, the prime minister regretted that while the day “Even Asfandyar [Wali] is there, who used to speak marked a glorious event, a movement was on that day against JUI-F all the time,” remarked the prime minister. seeking disruption in Islamabad. The prime minister also asked what Bilawal Bhutto- “We are celebrating your independence while an Azadi Zardari, the PPP leader who usually takes progressive March [is ongoing in Islamabad]. Who are they wishing to political positions, is doing joining hands with a right- gain freedom from?” wing Islamist party. “Bilawal, who calls himself a liberal, has also joined the A harbinger of the growing closeness between New Delhi “I want the media to go there and ask people who they jalsa. [It seems] the only thing ‘liberal’ about Bilawal is and Riyadh is the number of high-level visits by political wish to free themselves from,” said the prime minister, that he is liberally corrupt,” he said. leaders from both countries in recent years. For the second stating that all his opponents appear disjointed in their time, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is travelling thoughts and aims. He asked all parties who had gathered in Islamabad to to Saudi Arabia to attend the Future Investment Summit tell people what their real motive is. “Tell people why you to be held in Riyadh on October 29-31. The frequency “If you ask PPP, they will talk about inflation; if you talk have really gathered,” he dared the opposition. of such visits clearly manifests the strategic importance to PML-N they won’t know why they are there. JUI-F will accorded by both countries to one another. It is expected, decry a ‘Jewish conspiracy’ [to undermine Pakistan].” He said the real reason is during Modi’s visit, that both sides will sign energy deals, that their corruption cases including the promise of Saudi participation in India’s stra- “When Maulana Fazlur Rehman is there [in Islamabad] are “laid bare for everyone to tegic petroleum reserve. Further, details about the planned we have no need of foreign conspiracies,” said the pre- see. They are all afraid they Indo-Saudi Strategic Partnership Council are likely to be mier, adding: “The way the Indian media is celebrating will be next.” discussed. [this march], it makes it seem he [Rehman] himself is (an Indian) national.” The prime minister vowed Today’s Indo-Saudi cooperation is no longer restricted to to turn a new page in the the traditional sphere of oil-energy trade. Instead, the re- The prime minister regretted the use of Islam for shoring history of the country. “We lationship has become multifaceted thanks to the impetus up votes. “The youth will be misled. They will think he will not be a country which given by the leaderships of both countries to other areas, [the Maulana] is the caretaker of Islam. Instead of coming allows such thieves to live in including defense, maritime security, counterterrorism, to Islam, people will leave religion after looking at him.” palaces. You will [all] go to science and technology, strategic oil reserves, investments, jail. And then people will be tourism, and so on. This bonhomie has come about at a “People are on to you now, Fazl. This is the age of social afraid to do [what you have time when mega economic reform programs are underway media. People know there is no substance in your state- done].” in Saudi Arabia, for which it welcomes India’s economic ments. People still remember what the PPP and PML- N as well as technological assistance. Likewise, New Delhi looks for Saudi investments in India’s petrochemicals, infrastructure, and mining sectors alongside cooperation in economic and security matters. That transformation was brought about by strong politi- cal will in both India and Saudi Arabia to take relations to new heights. The current scenario is unlike the Cold War period when India-Saudi Arabia ties were mainly deter- mined by the Pakistani factor. For decades, this prevented both New Delhi and Riyadh from discovering the strategic importance of engaging one another. But, over a period, they have begun to disentangle themselves from certain inhibitions of the past. Lately, there have been indications that Saudi Arabia is less interested in meddling in India’s internal affairs. 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