MandM

Slander? Let's see. On 13 January 2020 you appeared on @5Pillarsuk podcast where you defended atrocities committed by Pakistani military and justified it by stating that it was against people who were against the Pakistani state and supporting by foreign elements. The exact same rhetoric Asadists used to massacre Syrian civilians that you keep bringing up. The Pakistani military offensive known as Operation Zarb-e-Azb resulted in registered 1,000,428 internally displaced persons originating strictly from North Waziristan (United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 2014). The physical destruction of Miranshah during Operation Zarb-e-Azb was absolute and systemic. The Pakistan Armed Forces executed a scorched-earth campaign that fundamentally eradicated the administrative and commercial capital of North Waziristan (Norwegian Refugee Council, 2019, October 15)). The military's heavy reliance on indiscriminate aerial bombardments by fighter jets and heavy artillery in densely populated commercial centres guaranteed substantial civilian deaths (Agence France-Presse, 2014). Testimonies from internally displaced persons confirm that the military frequently obliterated civilian homes and infrastructure during its scorched-earth offensive. The military actively suppressed local reporting and buried the physical evidence of these atrocities beneath the rubble of destroyed towns. The Pakistani state completely isolated the theatre of operations, ensuring that an accurate accounting of the civilian dead remains permanently obscured (European Asylum Support Office, 2017). Aside from these sources, there are thousands of people from North Waziristan who were ethnically cleansed by the Pakistani military from North Waziristan. They live as refugees in Afghanistan. They all testify that their families, including women, children and elderly were indiscriminately massacred. Their homes, farms, shops and even sheds were bombed and destroyed to prevent them from ever returning to their native lands. These crimes have fueled militancy and insurgency in Pakistan that you defend. While speaking about Syria, you fail to acknowledge how similar crimes are committed by your own country. This is why you are being ridiculed by everyone. Your selective outrage over crimes and atrocities of Iran reveal that you're not sincere. Your concern for Syria is performative. That's why you're being called out.