Zarah Khattak
Frozen Minds, Frozen Bodies, Frozen Integrities, in short, A Frozen Nation. Nation-States become frozen and eventually die when they are driven by adhering to Sovereign Narratives rather than by conforming to indigenous interests. Sovereign power works by exercising Biopolitical control to make Nation-states conform to the legitimization of certain truths and if not, then, outcasting them for their non-acceptance of those truths. In this world, is it possible to repulse the Sovereign narratives, and if you repulse, is it possible to endure the repercussions? The Sovereign power divides the globe into the binary of Bios and Zoe States, Bios being civilized political states and Zoe being non-civilized non-political states. The Sovereign state shapes what is to be included in the Bios or excluded as Zoe. Sovereignty, thus, wants states of Bios to adhere to their narratives as a means of biopower. Bios states, in order to protect themselves from being killed and exploited, try to remain within the sphere prescribed by the Sovereign Power. Bios states are cognizant of the fact that they do not have the right to have a civilized and political life, rather they are merely allowed to have a civilized, political life. The moment a state, even a Bios state, is being perceived as a threat to the Sovereign, the execution of its expulsion can be legalized and justified. These Bios and Zoe states are made to be governed by the people who are akin to the Sovereign, who do not even have an illusion of being a subject. The narratives they uphold, like “Beggars can not Choosers”, also reflect their lack of agency. On the contrary, the subject who is divergent from the Sovereign’s narrative is reduced to a Homo Sacer through Biopolitical control. The Sovereign, then, makes the Glocal apparatus work in the Marginalization of the subject. The subject’s agency is taken from him for not running the matters in a “politically qualified way”. This displacement of the subject’s position shows that the center is the place only for the Sovereign. But, now, the question of utmost significance is whether Pakistan falls into the category of Bios or Zoe state? Is Pakistan running its state affairs to safeguard its people’s interests or is functioning in a “politically qualified way” according to the Sovereign? In the Modern Nation-States like Pakistan, a “subject” who works for indigenous interests is no longer tolerable by the Sovereign. His agency is taken to safeguard the Sovereignty of the Sovereign and is displaced by Homo Sacer who accepts and conforms to the Sovereign’s narratives. The moment Pakistan has been realized as a threat to the Sovereign US narratives, efforts have been made for the expulsion of Pakistan on the global level. A disturbance has been done to the political harmony of the state by creating politically polarized views within the country. The legitimization of the conspiratorial accession to power has been done through the “No-Confidence Motion” using Democracy as a means. The Head of the Government has been made a victim of a US-led conspiracy. He has been targeted through ‘regime-change’ plans to make the state not oppose but adhere to Sovereign narratives. This displacement of a Subject by a Homo Sacer is a political reality. The current political situation of Pakistan is a spectacle of working of Glocal apparatus that leads to the undermining not only of the Nation’s interests but also of the Nation’s integrity in order to adhere to strengthen the Sovereign’s narratives.
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