: A successful protest in Gwadar offers lessons in how to mobilise masses in Pakistan #IndiaNEWS Protesting for one’s rights is a risky endeavour at the best of times, and nowhere is this truer than

A successful protest in Gwadar offers lessons in how to mobilise masses in Pakistan #IndiaNEWS
Protesting for one’s rights is a risky endeavour at the best of times, and nowhere is this truer than in Balochistan, where the risk of a crackdown in the name of national security and law and order, is ever present. And when it comes to Gwadar, the once-to-be jewel in the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor crown, the chance of any such protest being written off as anti-state, or carried out at the behest of Pakistan’s many enemies, increases manifold.In this context, the success of the recent protests in Gwadar is particularly noteworthy because in the countless speeches given during the 32 days of rallies and sit-ins, not even a 30-second clip could be found that could, with or without context, paint the protesters or their leader Maulana Hidayat-ur-Rehman in a negative light.No doubt aware of this potential pitfall, the maulana kept a laser focus on the demands and avoided any language or innuendo that may have landed him in trouble or led to the accusation that some nefarious “agenda�? (a word we are very fond of) was at play. It is a testament to his political acumen and self-control that, unlike similar protests in the past, not a single clip – however truncated...Read more

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