Ngo-10: pm ngoMeyi 25, u-Ayesha Siddiqa uthola ucingo oluvela kungqongqoshe wezolwazi. Yingxoxo kuphela ayifunayo nombhali we-Military Inc. Mhlawumbe kusasa, angangena, uyazibuza. Akakwenzi. NgoMeyi 27 kusihlwa, u-Mohammad Ali Durrani uyafona futhi, โsingahlangana ngo-11: ekuseni kusasa?โ 'Kusasa' ifika sans Durrani. โNgamvimba umyeni wami ukuthi aye emsebenzini njengoba ngangimfuna ngesikhathi kufika uzakwethu u-Bahawalpuria (UDurrani ongowasendaweni engumakhelwane),โ kusho u-Ayesha.
Bese kuba โD-Dayโ May 31, usuku lokwethulwa. Ihholo elibhukhiwe liyamhoxisa; amahhotela amxosha. Khonamanjalo isikhathi sokwethulwa siyadonsa. I-disinformation ingena ku-overdrive enemiyalezo yombhalo endizayo ethi ukwethulwa kumisiwe; incwadi ivinjelwe.
โNgifisa sengathi ngahlangana noDurrani. Bengifuna ukwazi ukuthi kungani uhulumeni enomfutho ongaka, esaba kangaka.โ Ayesha uthi. โMhlawumbe isikhathi sasingafanele; isikhathi asilungile,โ unezela njengomcabango wakamuva. Isemina yeNkantolo Ephakeme yadlulisela bukhoma amasosha futhi abaphezulu bafunga ukuthi ngeke baphinde bavumele ukuhlasela okuqondile. U-Ayesha waba yisisulu sabo sokuqala sentukuthelo.
I-Peripatetic futhi engenazicathulo phansi e-mosaic ekhaya lakhe e-Islamabad, u-Ayesha, 41, uhlala esitokisini sakhe. Kufika itiye elinamabhisikidi. โUngangithengela amabhisikidi anosawoti,โ ebuza isisebenzi sakhe. โNginesifo sikashukela; Ngihlinzwe inhliziyo izikhathi ezinhlanu.โ Abafisela okuhle bayafona ukuze bakhulume ngo-Gen (retd) Hameed Gulโs kubika ama-Rs. 1 billion, 20 crore isaziso sokumehlisa isithunzi. Uvame ukugqekeza iseraiki nabafonayo. Iqembu le-TV lika-Al-Jazeera lifikile ukuzoxoxa naye. Kumelwe akhiphe ihembe lakhe elivamile nebhulukwe lomjuluko, agcobe izimonyo, alungise izinwele zakhe ngaphambi kokubuka ikhamera.
Yini eyabangela ukuthi ubhale le ncwadi? Ubucabanga ukuthi kuzonyusa ukunuka okungaka kuSimiso? โCha angizange,โ kuphendula impendulo yakhe eqotho. "Yini i-hoo-hah?" ephonsa izandla emoyeni. โYonke imininingwane isivele ikhona emphakathini. Ngamane ngaxhuma amachashazi,โ elokhu ezulazula futhi edlalisa esitokisini sakhe namaphephandaba. Kulungile, yeka ukungabaza mayelana nengxenye yethiyori ka-Ayesha eyenziwe kabusha kumarekhodi omphakathi nawohulumeni, umhlangano kazwelonke, ngisho namaphepha asenkantolo. Isigqoko esidala leso. Ake sidlulele ekuhlaziyweni kwakhe ngokukhululekile kwebhizinisi lezempi alibiza ngokuthi "i-Milbus" okuyinkinga yangempela yezempi.
"I-Milbus yenzelwe ukwanelisa izikhulu eziphezulu lapho kudluliselwa izimali ezinkulu zisuka emphakathini ziye kubantu abazimele ngaphandle kokuvela obala," kusho u-Ayesha. Cishe wonke amazwe, athuthukile nasathuthuka, anemibuso yezempi, โkodwa iPakistan ihlukile, njengoba i-Indonesia neTurkey zisondelana.โ
Echaza nakuba amasosha aseNtshonalanga esebenza ngaphandle, enza imali ngokwenza ibhizinisi namanye amazwe, โePakistan amasosha angena ngaphakathi ukuze angenele ezinkundleni zokuxhumana nezenhlalo-mnotho nezombusazwe. Iminyaka engu-60, izigaba zamasosha zihlalisana nezikhulu ezibusayo njengosopolitiki, izikhulu, izinhlangano zomphakathi kanye nosomabhizinisi bezithathela izikhulu eziphezulu zebutho umbuso. Intando yeningi iphikisana nethesis yabo. "
Kwamthatha iminyaka emibili ukucwaninga ngempendulo ayeyifuna: โNgangingaqondi ukuthi kungani wonke umuntu osebuthweni lezempi wayedla imbuya ngothi nokuthi kungani izinhlangano ezinkulu nezikhulu zezombangazwe zazibavumela ukuba benze lokho.โ
Ekugcineni wathola โincazeloโ: EPakistan ukudlwengulwa kuyinto evamile futhi abahlaseli bangabathile ababusayo. Kalula nje, umbutho wezokuvikela kanye nabanye baye baphanga futhi baphanga izinsiza zombuso. โKumelwe ukuba ngixoxisane no-johnnies abangaba ngu-100 (ngeke abasho ngamagama) abavela kulezi zimo zempilo engifinyelele lesi siphetho ngazo.โ
Awu, waqala ishosha; wanezela uphethiloli emlilweni; wenze izixuku zithukuthele, ngakho-ke manje ukuthi ubukeke udangele futhi uzivikele, uze uzwakale uxolisa, njengoba wenze ku-Geo no-Kamran Khan kuyamangaza kakhulu? ngiyamtshela.
"Uthi bengingubani mina ngizivikele?" U-Ayesha uphika ngokushisayo. โYebo, ubunjaloโ kwenanela uBrig (obomvu) u-Ishtiaq Ali Khan. Uhlala eduze. Ekhipha uhlu lokuhle okwenziwe yi-โMilitary Incโ, uthi: โiqasha inani elikhulu labasebenzi abangabamasosha kanye nezakhamuzi; amashumi ezinkulungwane ababengamasosha bathola izinzuzo zezenhlalakahle ekunakekelweni kwezempilo, imfundo, imali ebolekiwe ezindaweni ezikude futhi basekela ngokwezimali abafelokazi nemindeni yama-shaheed (abafelโ ukholo) abangaphezu kuka-50,000.โ
"Niba ubumbano - nonke nina bantu bezempi (asebethathe umhlalaphansi nabasebenza) lapho izithakazelo zenu zisongelwa," u-Ayesha etshela u-brigadier ongesinye sezikhulu ezintathu ezisezikhundleni eziphezulu ezasula ngesikhathi u-Gen. Zia eketula uBhutto futhi ethatha izintambo ngo-1977. Indoda inezimiso. Uma sibheka i-Suzuki FX endala ayishayelayo, umuntu angasho nje ukuthi i-โMilbusโ kumelwe ukuba yeqe ubrigadier. Noma kunjalo, inhliziyo yakhe endala ishaya ngokuhlanganyela namanye amadoda ezempi.
โUBrigadier sahib (maye betide, akakayifundi incwadi yakhe!) Ngeke ngikhulume nesikhulu eselathatha umhlalaphansi noma esisebenza ngaphandle uma siyifundile incwadi yami. Ngiyaphinda futhi angizimisele ukunyundela amasosha. Ngethula amaqiniso nje,โ etshela u-Ishtiaq Ali Khan. Ekhuluma nathi sobabili, uthethisa kancane, โImibono yenu ilula kakhulu. Kuyadabukisa kakhulu ukuthi kufanele ubheke ingxoxo yami ye-TV ngombono omncane kangaka. "
Eqhubeka โnesifundoโ sakhe โezinganeni zesikole ezimbiliโ (mina & the brig) uqala kabusha: Okuqukethwe yile ncwadi kwakhishwa futhi kwanyatheliswa ezihlokweni ezimbili ze-Newsline ngonyaka odlule. "Ngangifuna ukuhlola amanzi futhi lapho ngingatholi lutho kunoma iyiphi indawo, ngaqhubeka nokushicilelwa." Siyaziswa ukuthi osondonzima abafana noDkt Manzoor Ahmed, Justice Fakhruddin G. Ibrahim kanye no-Jamil Yusuf bavumelana nesiphakamiso sencwadi ye-Military Inc futhi baqoka u-Ayesha ngo-2004 njengeSifundiswa sase-Woodrow Wilson. Waya eWashington wabhala incwadi.
"Ake ngicacise into eyodwa," usho njalo uma ngibuza ukuthi kungani efake ipolitiki ngokwethulwa ngokumema amalungu ephalamende eqembu eliphikisayo u-Aitzaz Ahsan no-Ahsan Iqbal ukuthi bakhulume. โNgiyisifundiswa; hhayi usopolitiki. Angiyiholi imibuthano.โ Umeme ama-Ahsans amabili ngoba efuna โukubabeka endaweni yokusebenzelana okungengcwele kwamaqembu abo nebutho.โ
Angiyamukeli ingxabano yakhe. Ngicabanga ukuthi umbhali ubefuna iziqhumane kodwa ubengakaxoxisani nge-inferno. Ungikhumbuza izicishamlilo ezinesibindi nezingamaqhawe zaseNew York, ebhula incwadi yakhe evusa amadlingozi enezincazelo ezinogwebu zokuthi kungani ayibhala.
Ubaba wakhe, uSardar Owaisi, wayeyi-MPA ye-PPP. Washona ngo-1979, lapho u-Ayesha eneminyaka engu-13 kuphela ubudala. โNgangifuna ukungena kwezombusazwe kodwa lapho ngineminyaka engu-26 ubudala, lapho ngiya e-UK ngiyokwenza izifundo zami ze-Ph.D ezifundweni zempi, ngangingene shรญ ezifundweni futhi ngangingeke ngiyeke ukubhala.โ Umama wakhe, uJamila Hashmi, ungumbhali wezindaba ezimfushane owaziwayo. Namuhla, indodakazi yabo ibonise ubuqotho ukumelana neSimiso: ukuphepha komhlaziyi wezokuphepha kusengozini: โIkhaya lami nomhlaba yiPakistan futhi inhliziyo yami iyadabuka lapho ngithola imilayezo yokushiya izwe.โ
Unamandla; abantu bafuna wena njengeqhawe labo, ngitshela u-Ayesha. "Ngincamela ukuba i-Harry Potter kune-CJP 2!" uyamamatheka.
I-Epilogue: Ngalobo busuku (Juni 5) u-Ayesha wahamba kungazelelwe waya eLondon.
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