In a new interview, Pakistan’s former Prime Minister elaborates on his criticism of the Pakistani military and the reasons he thinks Pakistan should work with the Taliban.
Firstly, the speech was in Urdu. When they translated it into English, it sounded very jarring at a time when people in the U.S. were very sensitive. All I was saying was that we had just made a revolutionary change in our system of education in Pakistan. We inherited this colonial system where the tiny élite in Pakistan would be taught in the English medium, and the rest would be taught in Urdu. So, we synthesized the education system.
Was it taken out of context that you said, about the journalist Gharida Farooqi, who was harassed at a P.T.I. event: what does she expect if she, a journalist, forces her way or goes into male spaces? Look, Isaac, if you think that the norms in the United States, or in Western democracies, or Western European countries, should be the same in our country, in Pakistan, in India, or in Muslim countries—the norms are completely different here. Sometimes the problem with Western journalism is that they go into our countries and expect that it should be exactly what it is like in your country. It’s not like that. Let me just make you understand something.
Any moral statement about Uyghurs in China can affect the lives of these vulnerable people in your country. I always say that you have the luxury to be rich enough to make moral statements about other countries. Because Kashmir is a disputed territory between Pakistan and India, we do make statements on that. About Israel, it was the stated position of the founder of Pakistan and the situation is similar to what is happening in Kashmir.
But, for us in Pakistan, being vulnerable, as we are in the economic situation we’re facing right now, it is best to say, as we sometimes say in cricket, “You don’t have to play every ball. You can leave certain deliveries.” And that’s what I’ve done.
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