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In 1977, the military staged a coup in Pakistan,
replacing the populist socialist leader Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto with the Islamist
General Zia-ul-Haq. What followed are now known as the black years of
Pakistan's history, with brutal enactments of barbaric laws to persecute
minorities, suppress women and silence dissent. People were flogged in the
streets for voicing opposition to the illegal dictator, and some were even
hanged to death. Torture became commonplace, and a creeping right wing
'morality' suddenly flooded Pakistani life.
Haal explores life in that era
from the perspectives of a classical kathak dancer and a journalist. Each
story, though seemingly unconnected to the other, shows a distinct facet of
life under the Zia regime. Their stories show, on the one hand, how criticism
was silenced with the military junta's official policy of censorship and
brutality, while on the other, how society was colored by Islamist overtones,
thus pushing tolerance and acceptance of anything even remotely considered
un-Islamic into the shadows.
En 1977, l'armée pakistanaise monte un coup national, en
remplacant le leader socialiste Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto avec le général islamiste
Zia ul-Haq. La suite, maintenant connue comme l'époque noire de l'histoire du
Pakistan, est marquée par des lois barbares à persécuter les minorités et
supprimer les femmes, en taisant la dissidence. Les gens sont flagellés dans
les rues pour exprimer l'opposition au dictateur illégale, et certains même
tués. La torture devient la norme, et la 'moralité' inonde la vie
Pakistanaise.
Haal explore la vie de cette époque des points de vue d'une
danseuse classique de kathak et d'un journaliste. Chaque histoire, bien
qu'apparemment sans lien avec l'autre, montre une facette différente de la vie
sous le régime de Zia. Leurs récits montrent, d'une part, comment la critique
se réduit au silence avec la censure et la brutalité de la junte militaire,
tandis que d'autre part, comment la société se colore par les harmoniques islamistes,
poussant ainsi la tolérance et l'acceptation de tout considéré anti-islamique
dans l'ombre.
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