Incentivising enmity toward Pakistan.

Countries such as the US, for example, always treats foreign dissidents with care and elevates them to stardom, especially when the dissidents are from countries where the regime is the one Washington DC is at loggerheads with. It may look ugly and immoral at times, however, from the standpoint of the selfish pursuit of national interests, it makes absolute sense.

Now, let us look at what Pakistan does. I will break the conclusion to you before delving deeper into it: Pakistan is perhaps the most welcoming and friendly country to rich and foreign enemies. We may look at foreigners with suspicion and loathe the idea of culturally mingling with them. However, we have discriminatory rules and norms for them, and not in a bad way. At the core actually, the mindset favours elitism. Foreigners are viewed as wealthy, powerful, holders of better citizenships and humans of higher value.

Foreigners have come to Pakistan and killed Pakistani citizens. It was the state itself that bent the justice system backwards to let them go scot-free. The rules (diyat) that Raymond Davis helped rekindle in Pakistan will lead to more elites buying get-out-of-jail cards. Diyat already has served many Pakistani elites with deep pockets to order home delivery for tailored justice.

Shahrukh Jatoi is free. Majeed Khan Achakzai is free. Abhinandan is free. Kulbhushan is in a non-Pakistani justice system. The most vicious and well-known thieves are roaming around freely in Pakistan. The global money laundering body kept Pakistan in the gray list but the true money launderers are enjoying a luxurious lifestyle in Pakistan. The man who arrested Ayaan Ali red handed is not only unknown and unsung, he was killed by unknown assailants. Calibri, for Pakistanis, is not just a font.

The people who indulge in true journalism for creating an informed citizenry and highlighting the crimes and corruption of the powerful people in Pakistan are either dead, missing, imprisoned, abducted, their whereabouts unknown, and so forth. They are also tortured and threatened with God knows what to stop...