Di

rt
yrol
eofI
nter
nat
ional
NGOsi
nPaki
stan
Pakistanhasbeenav icti
m ofwar
s,confli
cts,dipl
omat i
c/poli
ti
cal/
economi ccoerci
on,
subversion,sabot
age, andfal
sefl
agoper ati
onsatt hehandsofI ndi
awhi chtothisdayhasnot
reconcil
edtoi t
sexistence.I
ndiai
nit
iatedinj
uriousstepsrightfr
om Pakistan’
sincepti
ontokeep
i
tpol i
ti
call
ydestabil
izedandeconomi call
yweakanddependent .

Tounroll
Two-Nat
iontheory,herfi
rsttar
getwasEastPakist
an,whichsheexploi
tedowingtoi
ts
i
solati
onandsoci
o-economicv ul
nerabil
i
ties.Asegmentofdi
sgruntl
edBengal
isunderthe
l
eadershi
pofShei
khMuj iburRahmanwassuccessf ul
l
ysubver
tedandbrainwashedtohate
Pakist
anandoptforsecession.

Aftercutt
ingPakistantosizein1971,I
ndiacontinuedwithit
sgameofsubv ersionandmade
deepi nr
oadsininteri
orSindhandBaluchist
an.Lateron,FATA,KhyberPakhtunkhwa(KP),and
urbanSindhwer etargeted.TheUS,UK,andIsraeljoi
nedIndi
aaft
er9/11inor dertodest
abil
ize,
seculari
ze,denucl
earize,andbal
kaniz
ePakistan.

TheUS-i
nstall
edregimei nKabulwasalsobroughtonboard.Tot
hisend,CIA,
MI-6,Mossad,
RAW,NDScol lect
ivel
yunleashedbi
ggestevercovertwarmixedwi
thhybridwarfr
om thebase
ofAf
ghanistanin2003/04.Theiri
nsi
diousplanwasexecutedbypaidproxi
eshir
edfrom wit
hin
Paki
stan(TTP&af fil
i
ates,BLA&affi
li
ates,
MQM) .

Thehy bri
dwarwasunder t
akenbyforei
gn-
fundedInt
ernat
ionalNon-Governmental
Organizat
ions(I
NGOs) ,humanright
sorgani
zati
ons,di
plomaticembassies/consul
ates,
molesof
for
eignagencies,f
inancier
s,cor
ruptbur
eaucrat
s,andpoli
ti
ciansengagedinselfi
shpursui
ts
onlyandtheheavil
ypaidmedi a.

Pakistanwhichwasfor
cedtojoint heUSi mposedglobalwaronterr
orhassuf fer
edover70,000
fat
alit
iesi
ncludi
ng16000belongingtosecurit
yforcesandaf i
nanci
allossof$120bi l
l
ion.The
fi
gureofinjur
edruni
ntotensoft housandsbesidesincal
cul
ablesoci
al t
rauma.Thishavocwas
i
nfli
cteduponPakist
anbythemast ermindssi
tti
nginKabul,t
hepaidterrori
stsandthedrones
dulyproppedupbytheexecutorsofhy bri
dwar.

Allforei
gnaidf l
owingint
oPaki st
aninthenameofcount er-t
err
orism wasr outedthroughI NGOs.
TheI NGOshav ebeenwor kinginPakistansincethelate1980s.Theyr untheirthi
nkt anks,
surveyteams, gall
oppoll
s,andof f
ertheirservi
cestorenderadviceont ackli
ngsocial and
educat i
onissues.Theyworkf orwomen, chil
d,andmi nori
ti
esri
ght sandsuppor ttheliberal
s
tr
yingt oamendbl asphemyl awsortoannul deathsentences.

Theyplayarol
einweakeningtheideological
,soci
al,
poli
ti
cal,
andeconomi cfoundat
ionsof
Paki
stanandincreat
ingdivi
desinthesoci et
y.Theyactaseyesandear softhei
rpaymaster
s
andpassongroundintell
i
genceandt heirassessmentaboutthesoci
etaltr
endsandt he
expl
oit
ablev
ulner
abil
iti
es.
Undertheguiseofcarryi
ngoutdev elopmentwor ksandact ingl
ikethefr
iendsandwel l-
wi sher
s
oftheneglect
edclasses,theseINGOskeepi njectingpoisonsil
entl
yandcarryoutact i
vit
iesto
subvertt
hemi ndsbystokingtheirsocio-economi c-ethni
candsectari
ansensibil
i
ties.They
spreadrumors;fomentmisgivi
ngs, di
sill
usionment ,
frust
rat
ion,
resentment,andextremism.

Mediawhi chi
sheav i
lyfundedbyUSA, I
srael,
andIndi
a,suppor
tedthecauseofant
i-
stat
e
el
ement sbydegradingthelawenforcementagenciesandthegovernmenti
npower.I
NGOs
haveabighandi ntheinstabi
li
tyi
nPakistan.Theyactashandl
ersofthemaster
mindsandhel
p
i
nsprinkli
ngoilontheember softer
rori
sm.

Hav i
ngachievedconsi derablesuccessinFATA,KPandKarachi,thei
rfocushasnowshi ft
edto
i
nteriorSi
ndh, Gi
lgitBalt
istan(GB)andAJKwher eethni
cemot i
onsandt heirdepr
ivati
onsare
beingstir
red.TheI NGOsar eal
soactiv
einallt
heprivat
eschoolsparti
cular
lytheel
iteschool
s,
coll
eges,anduniv ersi
ti
eswher eteachersandprof
essorsar
ecul t
ivat
edandt hemindsoft he
studentspoisoned.

Theypromotesecular
ism andli
ber
ali
sm anddemonizeIsl
am withthev i
ewt odistr
actt
hey outh
fr
om theri
ghteouspathofIsl
am.Theystart
edpouri
ngintoPakistanafter1988whenPaki stan
becamemor eandmor edependentuponIMF,Worl
dBank, andUSai d.After9/11,whentheUS
sanct
ionsunderthePressl
erAmendmentwer el
if
tedandforeignaidstartedtoflowin,
therate
ofinf
luxofI
NGOsi ncr
eased.

Abignumbercamewhen$7. 5bill
i
onwor thKerr
yLugarBi
llwassignedi
n2009.Theamount
requi
redtobespentondev el
opment,mili
tar
y,andmediawasspreadover5year
sandin
conni
v ancewi
ththethenPPPr egi
me, i
twasdesignedtor
ollbackournucl
earpr
ogr
am andt
o
bri
ngtheAr myandISIundertheci
vil
i
ancont r
ol.

Pakistan’sambassadori nWashingtonHussainHaqqanihadpl ayedar ol

eini
nserti
ngant i
-
mili
taryest abl
ishmentclausesaft
ertheappr
ov aloft
heinit
ialagreement.Heinconnivancewith
Zardari,YusafRazaGilani,andRahmanMal i
kalsohelpedintheinductionofBl
ackwat erandin
di
spat ching8000CI Acont r
actor
s,spi
esandINGOst oPakistanbet ween2008and2011, whi
ch
enabledCI At odepl
oyRay mondDav isandotheroper
atorsandt olaunchthehel
icoptersassaul
t
i
nAbbot tabadonMay2, 2011.

TheINGOswer ecl ever

lydeployedintheresti
vecombatzonesundert hegarbofrehabi
lit
ati
ng
theaff
ectedpeople.TheI NGOsar eoperati
nginPakist
anunregisteredforthelast30years.
Theyoperatedf
r eelyaft
erobtai
ningNOCs, andwithoutregi
ster
ingandnot ify
ingthei
rareasof
work,mandate,andsour ceoffunding.Thei
rshadyactiv
iti
eswer eignoredduet oAmerican,
Western,
andmedi apressure.

ThelastPML-Ngov ernmentdeci
dedtobridl
ethei
ract
ivi
ti
esbypurgingunregi
ster
edI
NGOs.A
crackdownwasl aunchedi
nJanuary2015afteri
twaslearntt
hatsever
alofINGOswere
engagedinant
i-Pakist
anagenda.140NGOswer eoperat
inginPunjaboutofwhich7were
report
edtobeinv ol
vedinunl
awfulact
ivi
ti
es.
InJune2015, t
hethenI nt
eri
orMinist
erChNi sarAli
statedthatseveralI
NGOswer ebackedby
USA, I
srael
,andIndia.“
ThereareseveralNGOsoper at
inginPakist
anwi thoutanyspeci
fi
c
agenda.Theywer edoingsomethingwhichwasagai nstPakist
an’sinter
est.”Heal
legedthat
mostoft hem weretakingparti
n“anti
-Paki
stan”acti
vi
ties.“
SavetheChi l
dren”NGOwasor der
ed
toleavethecountry
.

Anewpol i
cywasf r
amedi nNovember2015byt heI
nter
iorMini
str
yandallI
NGOswereaskedto
re-
applyandgetre-regi
ster
ed.Thepresentgover
nmentofImranKhanhasalsoadopt
edatough
posture.Noti
ceshav ebeenserv
edto18I NGOswhoseregist
rat
ionhasnotbeenappr
ovedand
tol
dt oquitPaki
staninthenexttwomont hs.

Theywi llbegi venachancetor e-

applyaftersixmont hsfrom t
hei
rrespecti
vecountr
iesofori
gin.
Direct
orofSoci alWelf
arehasbeendi rectedtopr eparet
hedatabankofal lNGOsinorderto
ensuret heirregularmoni
tori
ng.Categorizati
onofNGOsi stobedonet hroughdatabank.SOPs
forregistr
at i
onofNGOsar eal
sobei ngstreaml i
nedandr evi
ewedsot hatonlycl
eanandgenuine
organizationcouldqualif
yforregist
rati
on.

Ev ersi
ncetheenf or
cementofcorr
ecti
vemeasur es,hueandcr yarebei
ngmadebyal lt
he
I
NGOs, humanrights,media,
andli
ber
al-mindedthinktanks,i
ntel
lect
ual
s,andlawyer
s.Thei
r
rantsaimedatpr essur
izi
ngthegover
nmentt otakebackt hei
rdecisi
onrevol
vearoundri
ghtt
o
freedom ofspeechasenshr i
nedi
nArticl
e17ofourConst i
tut
ion.

Theyarecaut
ioni
ngthati
twil
li
mpactdev el
opmentprogram,j
obsandfor
eignr emit
tances,
dest
roydemocracyandweakenci
vilsoci
ety.Theyar
etryi
ngtocastani
mpr essionasiffut
ure
ofPaki
stan’
sdemocracyandsur
viv
al ofsociet
yispr
emisedonNGOs.

OneofthereasonsoftheUSannoy anceistheissueofINGOs, besidesPakistan’sdefi

anceto
theUSdict
ates,br
eaki
ngt hebackoff orei
gnpr oxi
esandflushingthem out,fencingofthe
wester
nborder,i
mprovingbor dermanagement ,andcontr
olov erAfghanrefugees,
cont
emplatedpoli
ceandbur eaucrat i
crefor
ms, implementi
ngNat ionalAct
ionPl anearnest
ly
andgoingaheadwithCPEC.Pur gi
ngofant i
-stateINGOswi l
lfurt
herdeepent henailinthebody
ofCIA-
RAW- NDSsponsoredt error
ism.