We have not seen Adolf Hitler’s propaganda minister, Goebbels, but have only read about how he fooled the German people through fake news, false propaganda, and by turning ordinary things into extraordinary ones. However, in our own lifetime, we saw Iraq’s President Saddam Hussein’s minister, Saeed Al-Sahhaf, actively and verbally engaged on TV during the 1990–91 Gulf War.
The Western world used to mockingly refer to him as Baghdad Bob and Comical Ali.
Saddam Hussein’s supporters believed his words and truly thought that, as he said, this was not an ordinary war but the Mother of All Battles (Umm al-Ma’arik).
Unfortunately, this did not turn out to be the mother of battles but rather a stillborn child.
Saeed Al-Sahhaf’s propaganda was so effective that our then Chief of Army Staff, General Aslam Baig, also pinned hopes on the idea that America would be defeated in this war — but the result turned out to be the opposite.

The mention of the Mother of Battles is being made because in the next two to three months, a Mother of All Battles will unfold here between two opposing ideologies — which will bring a flood of rumors, news, and propaganda across Tazadistan (Land of Contradictions).
In fact, ever since winning the war against India and gaining the trust of America, the clash of two ideologies has intensified — and now in the coming months, a Clash of Titans is about to happen. Everyone should prepare in advance for this earthquake.

Although the war of ideologies has always persisted throughout the history of Tazadistan, after various experiences, another collision is now imminent.
Actually, one ideology says that civilian institutions, politicians, and bureaucracy are a major obstacle in the path of Pakistan’s development.
Whereas the opposing ideology claims that only through joint efforts and cooperation can Pakistan move forward.
Outwardly, this appears to be a war of ideologies — but in every era, this ideological war has eventually turned into a personal one, and the same is likely to happen again.

The internal conflict of Tazadistan, which in today’s time will be called the Mother of All Wars, features one side growing in strength — a side that believes President Asif Zardari and the Shahbaz-led government are not an asset but a burden to the state.
The supporters of this ideology have prepared a detailed charge sheet listing the mistakes, negligence, and failures of President Zardari and the Shahbaz government.
And sometimes it is openly said by this camp that until this political burden is lifted from the state, the country cannot progress or prosper.

Despite the fact that many powerful individuals also subscribe to anti-civilian ideologies, they are not in decisive positions.
Even the most powerful decision-makers are not very happy with the civilian president and the civilian cabinet — but they believe that running the civilian setup and taking collective decisions with them is the best path for the state.
The process of sidelining the president and criticizing the civilian government had already begun — but for now, the ideology that supports the continuity of the system has won a temporary victory.

If we look at today’s Tazadistan through the lens of history, then despite four failed and bitter experiments of martial law, some hearts still desire a system where instead of entangling in the complexities and subtleties of a political system, there should be a direct and easy path to power and authority —
Where power is not divided among various offices but rather centralized in a single core.

In the past, during the clash between two ideologies, civilians always seemed to lose.
Iskander Mirza and Ayub Khan had a close personal relationship and had walked the corridors of power together for many years.
But in 1958, when Iskander Mirza annulled the 1956 Constitution and destroyed his own system, the Republican Party’s Prime Minister, Sir Feroz Khan, was preparing for new parliamentary elections — Ayub Khan and Iskander Mirza’s alliance sent their allied politicians home.
The lone civilian official, Iskander Mirza, could not even last two weeks with the establishment and was eventually dismissed and exiled forever.

In reality, the person running the system becomes deluded that since he is running everything, the accompanying politicians are just a burden — and removing them will improve the system.
But the opposite happens — if you disturb the arrangement of cards, it takes a long time to set them back again.
Zia-ul-Haq considered his own appointed Prime Minister, Muhammad Khan Junejo, a burden and removed him from the boat of power.
He thought Junejo was weak and insignificant and that removing him wouldn’t even cause a ripple in a teacup.
But in reality, the opposite happened. Junejo quietly went to Sindhri, but General Zia-ul-Haq could not manage the system, and fate saw that Zia’s grand setup perished in the very plane crash that took his life.

Within the current system, a group with a strong ideological bent firmly believes that the system, though appearing to be as strong as iron from the outside, becomes a glasshouse if any part of it is cut off — and even a single stone can shatter it.
For now, the system is running based on the thinking of this group.
But another group wants to remove the political burden and bring a new transparent political system.
They justify the failure of such experiments in the past by saying that the individuals who brought them were wrong — but if the change comes now, it will move in the right direction.

The truth is, no one learns from experience — everyone wants to taste the bitter fruit themselves.

For now, the top man of this system is completely neutral.
He is aware of the clash between both viewpoints.
It is expected that he will support the continuation of the system — but if the system fails to kick-start, then it is unknown what decision may be taken.