16 December & Intellectuals
"Nero Fiddled While Rome Burned"
Till 16 December 1971: From Karachi to Khyber we
had intellectuals who remained busy in "Supper Nationalism" based on ruling elite cum Muslim prides and Anti hindu cum Bharat prejudices. It was 13th consecutive year of Marshallah but they did
not raised their voices for Democracy yet now many of them are self appointed
custodians. No one is ready to accept his/her role against democratic
principles. In this respect, December 16, 2015 is much different as we have comparatively a stronger voice in favor of democracy. Just read the list of 177 intellectuals who participated in a
conference at September 1971 regarding “Ideology of Pakistan” , many are still
alive and some are custodians of Art, literature, policy making and some are writing
in leading newspapers. They often talk
about East Pakistan crisis but none of them ever confess his/her role. It includes Istique Hussain Qureshi, Alama Elahudin Sadiquee, Jafar Shah Phulwari, Intizar Hussain, Kishwar Naheed, Prof Waris Mir, Justice Hamudur Rahman, Jutice S A Rahman, Syed muhammad Qasim Rizvi, Dr Munier u din Chughtai, Professor Ali Abbas, Ali Shabbar Kazmi, Professor Muhammad Usman, Ms Zarina Salamat, Professor Jillani Kamran, Dr Beha ul Haq, Mr Anwar Barkat and many more. You can read their names and designations in the list. The book shows what was in the minds of our intellectuals till late 1960s and finally General Zia fulfilled their desires.
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List of 177 Intellectuals participated in the Conference
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