IPakistan ibona ezokuvakasha zeSwat ngemuva kweTaliban

KALAM, Pakistan - I-Kalam yasePakistan kungenzeka ukuthi yaqeda amavukelambuso e-Taliban ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule, kodwa kunezinhlanzi zezinhlanzi emifudlaneni, iziqongo zihlanzekile futhi - uNkulunkulu ethanda abantu bendawo - izivakashi zizobuya maduze.

Ihlala esigodini sase-Swat, eyake yaba igugu lemboni yezokuvakasha yezwe futhi yaziwa ngokuthi iSwitzerland yasePakistan, iKalam izungezwe amahlathi kaphayini, iziqongo ezilele iqhwa kanye nezindawo zokucasha zezintaba ezibekwe emihosheni epholile.

Amahhotela anamagama afana ne-Heaven Side ne-Diamond Hills, kodwa izindawo ezihamba phambili zomfula azinalutho. Amadoda aminyene emigwaqweni akazilindi izivakashi, kodwa alinda amaloli aletha usizo njengoba ukudla kuncipha.

Ukuvukela umbuso kweTaliban okweminyaka emibili esigodini esisenyakatho-ntshonalanga kuhlukanise isifunda futhi njengoba abavakashi abafika bewela ePakistan, akekho onesibindi sokungena ku-idyll yezintaba.

“Kunobuhle bemvelo obuningi—izintaba, imifula, izimpophoma namachibi. Siyibiza ngezulu. Sine-rainbow trout, kukhona ukudoba yonke indawo,” kusho u-Shah Roon, 48, ongumnikazi wesikhungo sokwazisa ngezivakashi eKalam.

Kodwa sekuphele iminyaka emibili nesigamu agcina ukubona isivakashi sangaphandle.

“Abasezi manje. Akusona isikhathi esingcono kakhulu, kuyaliwa. Amabhizinisi ethu aphelile… Ngaphambi kokuthi ngiphile kahle, kodwa manje sengimpofu,” kusho yena.

Ithemba liyachichima, nokho, phakathi kojenene abakhuluma nezintatheli edolobheni elingamamitha ayi-6,500 (1,980 metres) ngaphezu kolwandle nasethunzini lentaba, bebabaza impumelelo yabo phezu kweTaliban.

Ngasekupheleni kuka-Ephreli, amasosha kahulumeni aqala ukuhlasela ukuze “aqede” izishisekeli eSwat nasezifundeni ezimbili ezingomakhelwane enyakatho-ntshonalanga.

UMajor General Sajjad Ghani, ohola umkhankaso eSwat engenhla, ubiza uKalam ngeShangri-La futhi uthi leli dolobha lasuswa ezimpini zeTaliban ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule, nakuba iningi livele labalekela ezintabeni.

“Kunzima ukunikeza isikhathi esiqondile, kodwa ngibona ukuthi ngesizini ezayo yasehlobo le ndawo izobe ikulungele ukubuya kwezivakashi,” kusho yena.

URoon uthi abanikazi bamahhotela abaningi bayilahlile i-Kalam ukuze baye ezindaweni eziphephile, kodwa kuzomele babuyele emahhotela angama-350 kuye kwangama-400 asakazeke kulo lonke idolobha nezigodi eziseduze ngaphambi kokuba izivakashi zibuye.

UJohn Koldowski, umqondisi wesikhungo sezobunhloli ePacific Asia Travel Association (PATA), uthe abavakashi abafika ePakistan bakhuphuka kancane kule minyaka eyishumi nengxenye eholela ku-2006.

Bacwilisa kancane ngemuva kokuhlaselwa kwe-United States ngoSepthemba 11, 2001 kodwa baphinda futhi bafinyelela ku-898,000 abafika kwamanye amazwe ngo-2006.

"Besilindele ngempela, ngokwesisekelo sokwenzeka ngo-'04, '05,'06, ukuthi bangase bathole ngaphezu kwesigidi ngokushesha," etshela abe-AFP waseBangkok, lapho i-PATA izinze khona.

Esikhundleni salokho, iPakistan isingene ekulweni nama-radicals amaSulumane.

NgoJulayi 2007, ukuvimbezela okuchitha igazi phakathi kombutho wezokuvikela kanye noshayasibhamu bavaleleka ethempelini lamaSulumane enhlokodolobha i-Islamabad kwabangela igagasi lokuqhuma kwamabhomu ezweni lonke, nokwabulala abantu abangaphezu kuka-1,900, kanye nezihlubuki zaseSwat.

Abantu abangase bavakashele eholidini bagcwele izihloko zezindaba ezithi iPakistan ehlome ngezikhali zenuzi iyizwe eliyingozi kakhulu emhlabeni, lapho i-Al-Qaeda kusolwa ukuthi ihlela ukuhlasela amazwe aseNtshonalanga, kanye nezindaba zokunqunywa amakhanda nokuthumba.

“Akubuzwa ukuthi kunomthelela omubi, sekugcwele abezindaba emhlabeni wonke kulezi zinsuku,” kusho uKoldowski wePATA.

Zingaphansi kuka-400,000 izivakashi zakwamanye amazwe ezafika ngonyaka odlule, kusho ungqongqoshe wezokuvakasha ePakistan. Umbiko weWorld Economic Forum's Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report 2009 ubeke iPakistan emazweni ayi-113 kwangu-133.

UKoldowski unethemba lokuthi imboni yezokuvakasha yasePakistan izobuyela emuva, kodwa uthi umugqa wesikhathi ungaphambi kwesikhathi.

NgoZibandlela wezi-2007, amasosha aphinde athi asuse amasosha eSwat futhi izivakashi zingabuya zingakapheli izinyanga eziyi-12, kodwa udlame lwaqhubeka.

Edolobheni elikhulu laseSwat iMingora, uMajor General Ijaz Awan ucabanga ukuthi izivakashi zasePakistan kuzoba ngabokuqala ukubuya.

"Ngicabanga ukuthi abantu bangaphandle bazothatha isikhathi ukuthi babe nesibindi nokuzethemba ukuze baye kule ndawo... kodwa ngokuqondene nabantu bakuleli, ngicabanga ukuthi isizini ezayo kufanele ibe isizini egcwele," etshela abe-AFP.

Khona-ke, uma isimo esijwayelekile sibuya, uthemba ukuthi izihambi ezinesibindi ezivela phesheya zizogeleza zibuyele emachibini azolile agcwele i-trout kanye nemithambeka yezintaba isilungele ukuhamba ngezinyawo.