News Blog: 2014

Class distinctions are more apparent in third world countries where the dynamics between rich and poor shape our collective mindset. There is no end to the list of the problems faced by our beloved country but the disparities between different social classes is a matter not many people seem to be bothered about. After all, the opinion makers, legislators, entrepreneurs and policy setters have but one thing in common; they belong to the same social class.
When it is possible to buy a handbag worth a million rupees on the same street in which our homeless citizens sleep on the bare pavements, we know there’s something wrong. There’s something terribly wrong. One would begin to wonder how this could even be possible? But this is not only possible, this is commonplace in the land we are so adamant on calling ‘pure’. But why should we worry? The people who have access to the Internet and read opinion pieces in the English language? Hold on.
Do you remember the last time you encountered a VIP movement? Sometimes it is as subtle as a casual queue jump in the Passport office. In other instances, it is so apparent that entire roads are blocked and traffic is brought to a halt so that a citizen or a group of citizens can pass without any delay. It is during that moment when citizens like us who consider them selves a part of the ‘Bourgeoisie’ (Elite in simpler terms) have to taste a bitter pill. We argue with traffic wardens and curse the people responsible for infringing our basic rights of movement. It is ironic when we share a moment with the ‘Proletariat’ (Working Class). Imagine how it feels to live in that very moment for an entire lifespan.
It could not be that hard, could it? Considering the fact that traces of helplessness and abject poverty are evident everywhere the scope of our eye can reach. It is a common sight to see a group of laborers waiting impatiently to sell their services to any bidder who would have them. The people seated in cars and motorcycles casually pass through them as if this sight is the most natural sight they have ever seen without even realizing that they have the same moment when they are the victims of class disparity.
The power dynamics of Pakistan are such that they can only accommodate a limited amount of people. Why has the Local Bodies Ordinance not been implemented in any province? Why do we not see Union Councils influencing their locality? Why are MNAs and MPAs who are elected to legislate more interested in acting like godfathers in their constituency? Why do leaders of mainstream Leftist parties such as PPP, ANP drive Land Cruisers and live in expensive mansions? I do not know the answers to these questions, but I do realize that these are questions, which need to be asked.

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lunes, 8 de diciembre de 2014

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viernes, 5 de diciembre de 2014

It’s time to test Imran Khan

Tabdeeli aa nahi rahi , tabdeeli aa Gaey hai …!!

These were the words Imran used so many times before 2013 elections in all his jalsas but unfortunately that didn’t happen as PML (N) won that elections with super majority by securing 186 seats in National Assembly.
Even though he formed his government in KPK with alliance with Jamat e Islami but worked there for only a year hardly, started some good projects but then started sit-in as he thinks elections were not fair and PTI didn’t win it because of rigging.
He believes Chief Justice, election commission, a media group they all played their part in rigging as they had fixed that election match with PML (N).
For more than 100 days they are doing dharna at d-chowk Islamabad as he wants justice from Pakistani judiciary and he is yet to get it. Such long dharna has never happened before in history and everyone in the country is waiting for the outcome of this dharna.
Well the question is should we support Imran Khan again or not…? Answer is very simple yes we should, because whatever Imran Khan told us before 2013 election we are seeing it happening. He said PML (N) & PPP are friends and they will never work for public, they will support each other as their interests are same. All the things Sharif brothers are saying that they will do after election, they will never do.
When we look at the things happened since PML (N) has formed government we can say without any doubt Imran was right.
Load shedding , unemployment , corruption every problem they promised to solve is yet to be solved & Shahbaz Sharif said he will punish Zardari and will bring all his money back from Swiss account but we all remember he invited Zardari and on that day 72 dishes were cooked for him if I am not wrong.
Imran warned people before elections that Nawaz will distribute ministries to their family members and will bring them to assemblies .He was right we can see how he ignored Zulfiqar Khosa , Ghous Ali Shah to bring Ishaq Dar , Shahbaz Sharif , Hamza Shahbaz ,Tehmina Doltana to assemblies both national and Punjab assembly .
PML (N) has done some work but most of the projects they have started are because of the pressure created by the people who are sitting at D-Chowk for more than 100 days. And very few of these projects are for education and educated people. Bridges, Bolan Suzuki projects will help unemployed people but will definitely not help engineers, accountants and doctors.
And as far as poor people of Punjab are concerned it is to inform Khadim e Aala that they need food. Reduce food prices , give them jobs instead of giving them metro bus projects and building bridges . Imran Khan in comparison to PML (N) has started projects related to health, education, judiciary etc in KPK.
Elections 2013 was a great lesson for people of Pakistan and especially for those who voted PML (N) and PPP. We have tried both of them number times Imran Khan and PTI will definitely not 100% good but the only way we can judge them is by giving them a chance. Right now nobody knows about the outcome of dharna but in next election people should come out of their houses to vote and vote sensibly, as it is only their vote that can bring change in Pakistan.

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martes, 25 de noviembre de 2014

Why the political elite is down in the mouth with Imran Khan?

The emergence of Imran Khan on the political scene which has been in the making for a long time, and now making the political elite deems he’s moved the goalposts, is entirely a different scenario in the political history of Pakistan. Imran Khan has violently shaken the strong foundations of this conceited and corrupt class of glitterati who has been looted the masses ruthlessly for so long. Pakistani people who have been holding up for a new Pakistan under the leadership of Imran Khan since last year, are now poles apart compared to some years ago. They are now politically matured and aware of their rights and can’t be made fool furthermore by Sharifs and Zardaris. What’s more, they are hopeful that they will make a go of the current struggle which is geared for to supplant the decades long corrupt and flawed system with a fair and just one.
Here a question arises – why the political elite and status quo forces are so scared of Imran Khan? Why are they resisting violently? It’s very simple: in politics change and status quo are two opposing things and they never coexist come what may. On the one hand there are the ruling elites who have been looting the masses in the name of so-called democracy for many years and usurped upon the rights and basic needs of poor people. They persist on to continue the present system of looting regardless how worst suffered are the masses being part of it. They cut deals to conceal their corruption and legislate to legitimize their illegal acts. People are so oppressed and subjected to severe unjustness and unfairnesses by the ruling elites that they find it difficult to stand out against them.
They run businesses while disguised themselves as elected leaders. They legitimize their looting of public money and think it their privilege. They come in to power through rigging and dishonesty and therefore don’t care of people’s sufferings. It’s actually a dynastic system being run by two families and there is nothing good for common people though they are brought to polling stations in the name of democracy and hollow slogans of betterment. Once in power, they kick them around and don’t bother serving them. Public money has been looted ruthlessly by them for erecting business empires within the country and abroad. Common people are nothing but worms in their eyes though they live luxurious lifestyle on their money. They won’t let the current system go easily because it’s beneficial for their businesses and looting. Moreover, now they have groomed their children to rule the masses as their vassals.
On the other hand there is Imran Khan who’s advocating change, stands for justice, fair-play and struggling for a corruption-free and truly democratic Pakistan. He is the hero of millions Pakistanis within as well outside the country. He’s making every effort for the rights of poor lots of this wretched country. So we see why the middle and poor classes thronged the PTI Jalsas in million across the country. It’s very promising that the urban educated middle class is also following Imran Khan for Naya Pakistan. One thing is clear – that in Naya Pakistan there is no room for the current corrupt political elite and forces of status quo. So why they got together to save the ‘system’ from derailment otherwise they will be doomed for ever.
Imran Khan’s sit-in and rallies made it possible for millions of Pakistanis to say aloud what they have been feeling for a long time. He gave the dumb lots tongue who were tyrannically oppressed by the vicious rulers. He engendered favourable circumstances for the masses to fight for their rights and stand up to their corrupt leaders. Go Nawaz Go chant is a big success of PTI sit-in which will eventually bring Nawaz government to its knees. The ruling elites and their stooges are worried if the ongoing struggle succeeded, they will certainly be held accountable for their looting. Their business empires will collapse and with it their decades long tyrannical rule come to an end. Mere the fear of accountability, conceding their rule, and stop to their luxurious lifestyle is eroding them and disrupted their sleep. Imran Khan is their worst nightmare though they are united and struggling hard to avert the current mess but reality is different what they have been mulling over for the last three months. Pakistani people have decided to support Imran Khan for change and Naya Pakistan.
Had Imran Khan not come out for poor people and held sit-in, the government wouldn’t have decreased petroleum prices. Maryam Nawaz was appointed as chairperson of Prime Minister Youth Loan Programme by her father, she wouldn’t have resigned if Imran Khan hadn’t stood for the rights of poor people and awakened them from deep slumber. What’s her qualification for that post? Only being daughter of Nawaz Sharif. It’s an irony that youths of our country were being given loans by princess of our corrupt monarch. But humiliated and demeaning was Maryam Nawaz when she ‘voluntarily tendered resignation’. It’s change we have been waiting for for years and brought about by Imran Khan.
Pakistani people had acquiesced in the previous regimes of Nawaz Sharif and PPP but nothing came out good which could have improved their lives. Now they are pinning their hopes on Imran Khan that he will redress their longstanding grievances which have been unaddressed for decades. He’s persistently highlighting the achilles heels of the current corrupt regime of PML-N. It’s actually a training of the people in democracy. His sit-in and rallies made it possible for the masses to know the obnoxious faces of status quo leaders who suck their blood.
Some critics argue that after sit-in Imran Khan’s popularity graph is declining but as we noticed, it’s on the rise and at present he is the most popular leader of Pakistan. Before the 2013 general elections, Imran Khan’s popularity was rising steadily. At Lahore Jalsa on March 13, 2013, he managed a brilliant crowd of 150,000 – 200,000. That was a well planned Jalsa with a lot of effort have been put in and he managed to gather such a large crowd. During the sit-in, on a few days notice, he gathered close to a million people and held the biggest public gathering of Pakistan history in Lahore. I ask those critics whether popularity is going up or down. His popularity is its zenith at the present time. It’s undoubtedly certain that he will unfetter the masses from the bondage of status quo leaders though it will take time. Something big will definitely demand sacrifices, time and of course courage and forbearance. Pakistani people have made their minds following Imran Khan to achieve Naya Pakistan no matter what happens.

miércoles, 19 de noviembre de 2014

A prelude to PTI’s deadline of November 30th

Whilst India’s Prime Minister is focusing on making a cleaner India with the clean up campaign rolled out across and as well his instructions to the private corporate sector that for their Community Social Responsibility they build toilets starting from schools instead of wasting billions on adverts. Pakistan is struggling to clean the house where some politicians come for a debate every now and then. Yes! I am very sure that whilst it may be easier to clean whole of India of the filth. We may not be able to clear off the filth sitting in our assemblies in this generation at least or maybe unless we do something about it.
Our Holiness Imran Khan has given a new date of November 30th for changing the fate of Pakistanis. I have been very curious for the last couple of days to why this specific date is being flagged. So I have been thinking, what is going on in the head of our Holiness? number one logic comes out is, that maybe it’s a Sunday and he can hope to get a full house both on the ground or in front of the TV i.e. maximum TRP’s . But its not that only ,something is more to it so i sat down with a cup of coffee and started browsing over the net.

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martes, 18 de noviembre de 2014

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Roti, Kapra, Makaan Aur Shaheed

The physical needs of man are basic enough to be described in merely three words. The sound of the provision of the basic necessities of life sparks a ferocious emotion in the hearts of most our citizens. Such a small price to pay, isn’t it? Promise the people three simple things and you will rule their hearts and of course votes, for generations.
Roti. A thin hot white bread describes a harsher reality than its literal meaning. We are a hungry nation and the allure of promised food is too much for our poor stomachs to resist. This shows how poor our people truly are. Could the Democrats in the United States ever dare to belittle the proud American citizens by promising mere bread? How low are the standards of Pakistani voters that they are swayed by the false but mouthwatering smell of imaginary bread?
Kapra. I am sure that in country like ours, there’s plenty of kapra to go around. The right-wing has made sure of that for half the population already. The heat takes care of the other half. Besides, what significance does a piece of cloth really have to our people? What arouses such an evolutionary construct in the minds of our citizens? Do they want to feel the warmth of mere cloth or do they want to feel the warmth of being protected by their state.
Makaan. This one makes a lot more sense. There are tens of millions of citizens who don’t have access to a permanent residence. Natural calamities like floods leave millions of helpless people without homes. A political notion comprising of an agenda to provide accommodation for our marginalized homeless citizens seems like a rational choice. Why wouldn’t the poorest of poor, the majority, support this political force? All three ingredients, Roti, Kapra Aur Makaan put together sum up an equation, which is too delicious to refuse.
Add some blood into the equation, not regular blood but the most precious kind of blood there is, martyr blood. Spray the blood of your political martyrs onto your ideology like there’s nothing else to it. Make a graveyard so grand that the Sufi Mazaars begin to feel challenged. Now you’ve not only satisfied the political needs of the people but you are beginning to appeal to a more primitive need, a religious longing. Other pirs will start losing their business as thousands flock to the Mazaars of your shaheeds and they will welcome you with open arms and open hearts should you choose to engage with them. Roti, Kapra, Makaan aur Shaheed. Now you’ve got four things covered.
This whole concoction might sound absurd but it is actually the recipe of the most successful political party in the history of Pakistan, the Pakistan People’s Party. A leader founded this party, a leader that was chosen by the people. No matter what ones differences might be with the party, no one can deny that this party mesmerized the masses more times than anyone else.
Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto founded this party and ruled Pakistan. His daughter inherited the party and ruled Pakistan twice. Her husband then saw himself as the President of Pakistan after her passing. Today, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari is the Chairman of the party and is carrying the weight of this grand legacy on his shoulders. What needs to be clearly addressed is that a lot of power has been granted to this party on the basis of the promises of the basic necessities of life. The Pakistani voters now demand much more in order to bestow power to these leaders. If the Oxford educated chairman does not comprehend this or does not wish to address this then the chances of coming back in power are slim.
Pakistani citizens are dying of hunger in Thar. Criminals have taken over the law and order situation in Karachi and the only completely safe area seems to fortunately be Bilawal House. Benazir contested the election from Lyari, now it is plagued by gang violence. There is an 85-year-old man who is responsible for running the state of affairs in the province in which you are in power. What is going on?
Democracy is the best revenge. Indeed, and it has taken its revenge from you in the last elections. The ‘jiyalas’ of this party have overwhelmingly high expectations from this party. They need much more than roti, kapra, makaan aur shaheed to be convinced. The biggest problem our beloved country is facing today is the menace of religious extremism. I applaud you for your clear and vocal stance against extremism but if you want to rise up to the stature of your elders, you will need to combat this enemy head on. It is a great cost indeed but hasn’t the founder of this party and his daughter paid the ultimate price? Are you willing to pay that price, if you truly want to be called ‘Bhutto’.

lunes, 17 de noviembre de 2014

Realization of Inclusive Education in Azad Jammu & Kashmir

Inclusive education advocates for educational systems with an approach that serves the needs of all learners while identifying and overcoming barriers that prevent children with disabilities from being included in the educational system. Azad Jammu & Kashmir has a high literacy rate of 66% compared with Pakistan 56%. Inspite of this commendable figure, about 28.9% of children with disabilities (CWDs) between the ages of 5 and 20 do not attend primary and high school. These figures are significantly higher when compared to children without disabilities in the same age groups.

The Constitution of Pakistan recognizes education as a directive principle of state policy under article 25-A of the Constitution and justifiable right. However, the National Education Policy of 2009 expressly affirms the rights of children with disabilities & without disabilities to education. In addition, Section 9 of the Constitution Article 25-A imposes an obligation on duty bearers to ensure that children with disabilities are included in the educational system.

The right to education is also protected under Article 24 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). This provision also places an obligation on state parties not to exclude children with disabilities from free and compulsory primary education, and that the inclusion is complemented by accessibility, reasonable accommodation, and effective individualized support aimed at maximizing academic and social development. Pakistan ratified the CRPD in 2008 and adopted a free universal primary education in 2001 as a means of achieving education for all. Pakistan has a National Disability Policy of 2002, the Education Sector Strategic Plan 2013-2016, and the Special Education Unit under department of social welfare all geared towards achieving inclusive education for children with disabilities.

The legal implication of these laws and policies is that the government of Pakistan has obligations under international and domestic law to ensure that children with disabilities are not excluded from the general educational system and that children with disabilities can learn on an equal basis with abled children. However, children with disabilities still do not attend primary school. There is a huge gap between the legal framework and the practical implementation of inclusive education in Pakistan & Azad Jammu & Kashmir.

Several factors account for Azad Jammu & Kashmir’s poor realization of inclusive education. Inadequate human and material resources such as trained teachers, facilities are not inclusive are a major challenge. More importantly, children with disabilities are still perceived as abnormal and should not be placed together with children without disabilities.

An inclusive system is reflective of a system that provides a range of support that meets the needs of all children. Pakistan’s and AJK’s self-proclaimed practice of inclusive education is based on placing children in the mainstream classroom with inadequate facilities. These few facilities are usually made available at the insistence of disabled people’s organizations, and sometimes by the government. This approach reflects an integrated system requiring children with disabilities to fit in rather than an inclusive system designed to meet the needs of all children including children with disabilities.

There is a lack of commitment by the government in creating the necessary inclusive environment through facilities, support and capacity building programmes to fill the gaps in the educational sector. As long as children with disabilities do not have access to quality basic education in an all-inclusive system and on an equal basis with others, Pakistan and AJK falls short of its obligations under Article 24 of the CRPD.

In conforming to the standards of the Convention, capacity building is its key. This requires the government of Pakistan and AJK to support regular and effective capacity building initiatives such as workshops and disability equality training for all teachers in the educational system. Allocation of sufficient resources to facilitate an all-inclusive educational system and develop the capacity of all schools in providing education for all children is also necessary. This needs to be complemented by renovating public utilities to accord accessibility to schools and other public places.

The legal framework in Pakistan is conducive for inclusive education; however this has not been translated into measureable targets aimed at providing education for all categories of children. Pakistan and AJK is yet to realize that the full implication of inclusive education involves developing all schools to meet the needs of all children with disabilities and not limiting educational opportunities for children with disabilities to specific schools as the current situation does. Education cannot be free if the system lacks proper mechanism to make it available for the benefit of all children.

Why Imran & PTI should compromise on Resignation of PM Nawaz

Why Imran & PTI should compromise on Resignation of PM Nawaz in lieu of a genuinely empowered Judicial Commission backed by a Joint Investigation Team with ISI & MI as components?
Because the real progress in Pakistani democratic history will take place when a genuinely powerful Judicial Commission will be able to investigate the rigging, deliberate wrong doings and executive and policy failures that marred the Election 2013 which without any doubt has been the most controversial and hotly disputed election since 1977. An Election that has jeopardized the future of democracy in Pakistan.
If you are watching the debate on tv screens, you will realize that all parties and their “hired guns” are afraid of a genuine free fair and transparent election under a reformed restructured Election Commission are trying to sabotage the whole concept of the Judicial Commission. All kinds of funny and ridiculous excuses are being given for instance that this will be involvement of Army into politics. Surprisingly none of these johnnies protested when PMLN invited military under Art: 245 into Islamabad under the phony excuse of terrorism; then PM forced Army Chief to mediate into a political confrontation and sent ISI and MI officers to sit in negotiations. Now these “hired guns” are crying for using Election Tribunals. In our recent programs we were able to highlight that why Election Tribunals are meaningless to investigate the kind of systematic rigging that was done in Elections 2013. Following are some key points:
One, the Election Tribunals worked like Session Courts on the Pakistani convention of Adversarial Trials where both sides (who challenge each other) have to bring accusations and then evidence to back it up. Tribunals then got caught in technical matters as pointed out by the lawyer that most petitions were thrown out for not meeting the requirements of Sec 55(3) of the Representation of Public Act 1976 (ROPA) leading to a situation where facts are never investigated since every step of work of the Tribunals gets stuck into Technical and procedural issues. This brings us to the first important point that Judicial Commission under Supreme Court should be fully empowered to act as an Inquisitorial Court like the French and Swiss Model where Judges can ask all kinds of questions, frame queries and then direct the Executive/Investigative Agencies to collect facts, all kind of facts and evidence to help the court understand the situation.
Second, this analysis itself helps understand that why Judicial Commission will be meaningless without the support of a powerful “Joint Investigative Team” consisting of Police, IB, ISI and MI. The last two agencies are the only two agencies who have real capacity of collecting and processing all kinds of information and are not under the control of any provincial party that fought elections.
Third, the single most important step which the Judicial Commission has to take is to order the Election Commission of Pakistan to place all Form-14’s (Statements of Count) around 70,000 in case of National Assembly Elections on its website. Why website? because Election Monitors, Political Parties and Media who are in possession of the thousands of such Form-14’s issued on 11th May 2013 can then compare and check if the Form-14’s ECP used to compile election results match with the Form-14’s being issued by the Presiding Officers in the evening of 11th May 2013. This comparison alone will furnish massive evidence to raise questions about the workings and transparency of the Election 2013. In case of differences Judicial Commission can order verification of ‘thumb impressions’ of Presiding Officers on Form-14’s. Specimens of thumb impressions of the Presiding Officers officially designated by ECP to work on 11th May 2013 are available in NADRA and AGPR. These two steps will answer most of the questions; opening way for larger investigation of why Election 2013 went horribly wrong.
Fourth, the deal between Nawaz Govt and PTI should be that govt agrees to create such a powerful independent Inquisitorial Commission supported by a JIT with ISI and MI technical support and PTI agrees to withdraw the demand of the resignation of PM Nawaz Sharif even on the conclusion of such investigations. Sword of resignation dangling on head of Prime Minister & PMLN makes it practically impossible to clear the way for political transition towards a transparent, fair next Elections in 2015.
Instead Judicial Commission should focus on finding the nature of rigging and irregularities, should suggest ways and means to improve the system, recommend the structure of a new reformed Election Commission which should be empowered on the pattern of the Indian Election Commission that takes over administration before the Election doing away the drama of this fake Interim Govt which in Pakistan is only used to do rigging under the excuse that we were not running the government and poor Najam Sethi was the Chief Minister of Punjab and so on. For all practical purposes PMLN was running Punjab, PPP interior Sindh and MQM Karachi before May Elections in 2013 and all managed to collect as many votes as they needed.
Judicial Commission cannott and should not recommend the resignation of PM Nawaz Sharif and Imran Khan should compromise on this demand in lieu for getting a genuinely empowered Commission backed by JIT supported by MI and ISI.
Commission once it finds the rigging and irregularities and their scope may recommend an “Early Elections” either in the beginning of 2015 or end of 2015; and political parties can settle amongst themselves the addition of opposition like PTI and PPP into central and provincial governments (Cabinets) to increase transparency before the these elections. But the single most important step at that stage will be the creation of a new Election Commission in which process should be more important than personalities.
This whole debate about who will head the Election Commission is meaningless, [an energetic civil servant in his fifties should head it instead of octogenarian judges] what is important is the internal balance of power between its various organs and total transparency so that all political parties, media, election monitors and civil society organizations can continuously examine what is happening inside the Election Commission. Multan Bye-Elections is a good example of how massive rigging becomes impossible when media and monitors are watching each step and bureaucracies are less inclined to help politicians rig the election.

Forced conversions in Pakistan: “Eeshwar kaun hai, Allah bol Allah!”

This type of conversion is its own example in idiocy and nonsense. Not to mention, it is an outrageous violation of the amicable teachings of our religion. PHOTO: REUTERS

Scuffles and screams rang through the dark night. They were three and they were burly. They had her in a firm grip with her mouth gagged with a rough cloth. It was probably 11 or 12 o’clock at night. Not very late for a summer night but half the village had no electricity, so people turned in early.
Her screams could have woken up the neighbours, if they had any. Theirs was a mud hut in a lone corner of the basti. She desperately tried to make as much noise as possible but it was of no use. The men had tied her daughter up completely now.
In the faint glow of the oil lamp, looked at her. Her eyes wide with horror, Kumari silently pleaded her mother to free her. Reshma Bai attempted to attack one of the captors yet again with renewed fervour but she was knocked down. They carried Kumari across the small courtyard and to the gate; Reshma Bai struggled back to her feet as quickly as her arthritic knees would allow and ran screaming after them,

“Hamari bachi ko na le jao bhaiya jee! Eeshwar ka wasta tumko bhaiya jee! Kumarriii!”
(Don’t take our girl away brother! For God’s sake, brother!)

Paying her little heed, they put Kumari in the back of the car. One of the men turned back, striding towards Reshma Bai; he slapped her hard across the face. The bearded man said to Reshma, scathingly:

“Kafir napaak aurat! Allah bol Allah! Teri beti ko Allah nay chunna hai. Usko Kalima parha kar paak karlengay hum aur phir shayed kisi Muslim larkay se shadi bhi krwa dein. Shukriya adaa kr hamara! Agar tu nay kisi sey shikayat ki tou main gala ghont doonga tera! Kafir munkir maar kar sawaab milay ga!”
(Infidel, unclean woman! Say Allah! Who is this Eeshwar? Your daughter has been chosen by Allah. We will make her recite the Kalima so that she becomes pure and then we might get her married off to some Muslim boy. Be thankful to us! If you so much as utter a word about this to anyone I’ll strangle you! Killing infidels will earn me rewards!)

Seeing him up close, she recognised his face from somewhere but she couldn’t recall and then they drove away with her only daughter. As Reshma Bai sat down on the ground sobbing, she called out for her husband who had gone to the town but deep down she knew, at this point nobody could have saved her daughter.
Reshma Bai is one of the many mothers living in rural communities of Pakistan who have seen their children being abducted by the forceful men of the region to convert them These people are the lowest link of the societal ecosystem which makes such blatant exploitation possible to happen to them. They are the lower caste Hindus living in rural areas of Pakistan. Their lives are a round-the-clock misery that involves abject poverty and a lifetime of insult at hands of all other dwellers of the region as their own kin look down their noses at them.
Their rights in the constitution make them entitled to equal or even more rights as citizens but in reality, their plights are untreated and worse, unheard. Alongside the already bleak circumstances, they are also falling victim to cases of forced conversions and marriages of their women specifically. Reshma Bai’s account is a fictional depiction of the helplessness of a lower caste Hindu mother in saving her daughter from being snatched away.
The real case in question these days is that of the . Their adolescent daughter has been abducted and forcibly converted to Islam. After the conversion, she was married to a much older man. This revolting behaviour on parts of our fellow countrymen is appalling to the extreme.
Our society unknowingly suffers from a terrible disease. The syndrome of tenacity and antiquity, which grips our minds, is a deadly force that stagnates our thinking to such degree that we lash out to destroy everything that is even slightly different from our perceived notions. This impairment causes some of us to point fingers, malign, judge, argue with or in extreme cases such as the above mentioned one, force the other person to convert to our
I am aware that people will argue and criticise this as ‘degrading the country as a whole’ for the actions of ‘a few individuals’, and that my write up is ‘depicting Pakistan is a negative light once again’. But my question to them is, why are you sitting silently and allowing such atrocities to take place? Is this silence not tacit approval? If we are not fighting it, have we not accepted it? And if we have accepted it, we have permitted it. And that is exactly why all of Pakistan is responsible for the act of the few that indulge in this atrocious crime.
This disease is the reason that each and every one of our daily interaction involves judging others against a list of high end morals and traits that we generate to straddle our giant egos. In some cases, it stops at making stinging remarks, and in others, it can go as far as physically forcing someone to embrace our beliefs.
This type of conversion is its own example in idiocy and nonsense. Not to mention, it is an outrageous violation of the amicable teachings of our religion.
But however dreary the situation may seem, there are still many who are holding up the skies above their heads. There are still people who embed amity among one another because they recognise people not by skin colour, language or religion but by their humanity. The problem lies in our recurrent sense of apathy though. We lie back in comfort listening to such incidents on television, shaking our heads in disapproval but in for all practical purposes, we are doing nothing. Unless we highlight the issue at multiple forums loudly and clearly, the message will be smothered into abysmal depths of ignorance.
In order to broadcast the the only conversion required is in our own behaviours. I strongly condemn this act of cowardice by our people against a downtrodden minority. It is disgraceful for us as a nation and as Muslims. It has to be stopped.

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Why Imran & PTI should compromise on Resignation of PM Nawaz

Daish Expanding Tentacles in Pakistan

KARACHI: The provincial government of Balochistan has conveyed a confidential report to the federal government and law enforcement agencies warning of increased footprints of militant organisation Islamic State (IS), also known by the Arabic acronym Daish, in Pakistan.

The ‘secret information report', a copy of which is available with DawnNews, is dated October 31, and states that IS has claimed to have recruited a massive 10 to 12,000 followers from the Hangu and Kurram Agency tribal areas.

"It has been reliably learnt that Daish has offered some elements of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) and Ahl-e-Sunnat Wai Jamat (ASWJ) to join hands in Pakistan. Daish has also formed a ten-member Strategic Planning Wing," the report from the Home and Tribal Affair Department of Balochistan says.

The report states that the IS plans to attack military installations and government buildings in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in retaliation to the army-led Zarb-i-Azb operation in North Waziristan and also plans to target members of the minority Shia community.

The Balochistan government called for heightened vigilance and security measures in the province as well as the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to prevent and pre-empt such attacks.

It has moreover called for sensitising law enforcement agencies on the issue and an increased monitoring of LeJ members.

The warning comes days after six top commanders of the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), including its now defunct spokesman Shahidullah Shahid, have announced their allegiance to IS's caliph Abu Bakar Al-Baghdadi Al Qureshi Al-Hussaini..

The Taliban spokesman said he, along with TTP chief for Orakzai Agency Saeed Khan, TTP chief for Kurram Agency Daulat Khan, TTP's Khyber Agency chief Fateh Gul Zaman, TTP’s Peshawar chief Mufti Hassan and TTP’s Hangu chief Khalid Mansoor, have announced their allegiance to Abu Bakar Al-Baghdadi.

Earlier in the week, Shahidullah Shahid was replaced by Mohammad Khurasani as the new TTP spokesperson

The Islamic State's presence has not been officially established so far.
Perceived threat?

Security expert Dr Ejaz Hussain believes that Pakistan faces a perceived threat from the IS but it can mature into a real threat if they succeed in aligning themselves with the splinter groups of mainstream militants groups, including the TTP.

“If the Pakistan security apparatus fails to check their footprints, it could be a setback for them in future. It appears that the IS wants to focus on Pakistan and Afghanistan, particularly the time when US forces begin to withdraw from Afghanistan. If not checked, IS will pose a major threat to South Asia and the Persian Gulf,” Hussain told Dawn.

IS, which is led by Abu Bakar Al-Baghdadi, is currently based in Iraq and Syria and occupies border areas. It is accused of killing hundreds of Muslims and some American and UK citizens, which include journalists and aid workers.

Wall-chalking has also begun to appear in support of IS in some cities of Pakistan, including Karachi and Khanewal.

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martes, 21 de octubre de 2014

Imran Khan continues to fight for democracy in Pakistan

When I visited Pakistan earlier this year, little did I know that I would be making history, by being part of the one of the world’s largest and longest street demonstrations. As Imran Khan tweeted: “This morning I walked around Azadi Square where people too congratulate them 4 setting world record: 44 consecutive days at Azadi dharna. Commitment.” The Azadi ‘freedom’ march began on the 14 August 2014 and coincided with Pakistan’s 67^th independence-day. Living in a self-sustained container and to the loud eruption of noise and sound of music, appeared the cricket star, who I once sat down in my living room and watched captain Pakistan win the world cup in 1992.
Now the cricketer turned politician, has different things on his mind, although he cannot resist taking us down the memory lane, “In one single ball, I will break the wicket of Nawaz Sharif and Zardari (the former President of Pakistan).” Now, however he has a different message, citing the poetry of Allama Iqbal, he wants a ‘Naya’ (new) Pakistan. A new Pakistan, where the rich and elite from society, stop dodging taxes, and which is free from economic misery, human rights abuses, deprivation, electricity shortage and ultimately no more corruption. In Khan’s words a “revolution” is happening. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Facebook page has over 2,108,527 likes and it seems like those numbers are now translated offline as the Azadi demonstrations are awash with colours of green and red.
According to Khan, “Pakistani Awam Jaag Gaya” (Pakistan has woken up). From, Islamabad where the heartbeat of the protest movement began to the demonstrations in Karachi and Lahore, this freedom march is like no other. It aims to reinvent Pakistan and hold those in power to account. But change doesn’t come without trial and difficulty and Imran Khan and those attending the demonstrations have risked arrest, death and police brutality. Despite this, the sound beats of ‘Go Nawaz Go’ continue to get louder, so much so that one of Nawaz Sharif’s own ministers, the President of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz KPK, Pir Sabir Shah had to hold a press conference in Peshawar and apologize for chanting ‘Go Nawaz go’ slogans at a convention by mistake. The slogan which has been reverberating in Pakistan was even challenged in the Lahore High Court because apparently it was causing ‘chaos’ and posed a ‘threat’ to society. Indeed, the Prime Ministers, daughter Maryam Nawaz Sharif ,it appears she also had enough of the chanting, as she tweeted: “Seems PMLN workers have had enough of PTI vandalism. A tit for tat response & PTI won’t find a place to hide. Saw trailer in Wazirabad today.”
The Prime Minister himself has tried to remain calm and collective in the face of protest, but has been recently looking flustered and angry. After going on a visit to the US, he met with a chorus of opposition and finally broke his silence at a press conference urging Imran Khan to stop holding the ‘Dharna’ (demonstration) and help families who were victims of the recent water floods. Khan however it appears that PTI has no plans of leaving yet, saying: “I’m not moving till Nawaz Sharif resigns.”
However, the demonstrations continue to take place, as the country is gripped with anticipation as the crowds continue to flock together to get a glimpse of Imran Khan. For once, ordinary Pakistanis have had enough of the ‘VIP’ culture that exists in Pakistan’s patriarchal society and they want real change. There has been an upsurge in support for Imran Khan and for once people genuinely believe he could be the new Prime Minister in waiting. I believe, we are witnessing a momentous occasion in Pakistani politics where finally people feel empowered to come out on the streets, both men and women alike and want their voices heard.

Sham Democracy and Political Persecution of Media in Pakistan

Like its previous regimes, the Nawaz government during its present tenure has consistently applied various methods to restrict the freedom of expression in Pakistan. These methods include: distribution of newsprint quota; implementation of a press advice system and censorship; allocation of government advertisements; awards of cash prizes to selected media men and journalists; appointment of selected journalists on government positions; dispensation of monetary and other benefits to influential journalists and opinion makers.
In a most recent Government led attack on freedom of expression, Pakistan Electronic Media Regularity Authority (PEMRA) ordered ‘ARY News’ off the air for 15 days, with an imposed levy of Rs. 10 million on this most popular media group. The media ‘licencing authority’ which has almost become the ‘media silencing authority’ also banned ‘Khara Sach’ program aired on ARY News and its presenter Mubasher Lucman. It is the latest action of Nawaz government in an organised campaign of pestering and bullying ARY network on account of its punchy programming and an often populist tone. The decision came at a time when under Nawaz Government, Pakistan is ranked 158 out of 173 in the 2013-14 Press Freedom Index.
Although PEMRA was originally intended to be a distinct body under supervision of the cabinet, it was transferred to fall under the purview of the Information Ministry, thus weakening its independence from government. Nawaz government wants to use PEMRA as institutional form of control of “press advice system’’. In which government officials will constantly tell Pakistani news outlets and editors how to behave, what to publish and what to broadcast.
Mubasher Lucman and ARY has been punished for raising a very basic question in a lawless society and the question was whether the Law makers are above the Law in this land of the pure (Pakistan). Astonishingly enough, a Judge of the Lahore High Court namely Justice Mazahar Naqvi had taken the notice of grave allegations leveled against him, in a program hosted by Mubasher Lucman on ARY. The above mentioned judge banned Mubasher Lucman as well as his programme. Mr. Justice Naqvi has not taken into account that in many countries across the world, superior Judiciary has already restricted the ability of government bodies, including judicial courts, elected bodies, State-owned corporations and even political parties, to bring an action against journalists for defamation. This is in recognition of the vital importance in a democracy of open disparagement of government and public authorities including courts. The judges should not restrict the freedom of expression in such a way as there are plenty of opportunities available to Pakistani judges to defend themselves from criticism.
This self-centered action of Justice Naqvi reminded me the famous verse of the second century roman poet Juvenal who said, ‘quiscustodietipsoscustodes’ (who will guard the Guards). In a democratic country the judiciary is supposed to be an essential check and balance on the other instruments of the government, ensuring that laws of the legislature and the acts of the parliament comply with international human rights including the Freedom of expression. While the various segments of Pakistani society have extended an unparalleled support to Independence of Judiciary; the Pakistani Judiciary should appreciate the fact that Independence is not an end in itself. The independence of Judiciary should play a pivotal role in promoting freedom of expression and civil rights. Catherine Anne Fraser, Chief Justice of Alberta, Canada has once said, ‘We have independence for one reason – to protect the rights of our citizen’.
This must be recognised that criticism on Judiciary by media is the recognition that independence and rights of the judges are not absolute. In democratic countries judges are often criticised savagely and severally by the media. However it appears from such orders that Judiciary in Pakistan feels sanctified. Equipped with so much power, there is a development of ‘arrogance of the office’ with a feeling of being untouchable.

Imran Khan continues to fight for democracy in Pakistan

Open Rigging in By-Elections Multan NA-149

Open Rigging in Multan Elections captured by TV Cameras & Implications. Many must have seen how ARY TV cameras captured this woman going inside the Polling Stations several times and was pushed out by people. Reporter then questions Police Constables, both Male Officers and Lady Police Officers and even the Presiding Officer who all admit that this woman has been going inside the Polling Station again and again (where she tells women voters whom to vote) and has been warned but she does not stop. What can we do?Police Officers pose the counter-question to our reporter.
So what does this tell us? Why Police is helpless? At how many places this must be going on at this moment and will keep on happening throughout the day? There are 286 Polling Stations across Multan, TV cameras, Election Monitors, Observers cannot reach everywhere. I always laugh when I hear the EU observers making this outlandish claim that Elections 2013 did not have massive rigging because they or their teams and partners did not see it. Ha Ha! Now look this is just one constituency, and has 286 Polling Stations, and even if all Pakistani media try they wont be able to cover with cameras all polling stations for 10 hours in one city. So what to talk of 70,000 Polling stations across 900,000 square kilometers of Pakistan?
If Police watches in helplessness sitting outside the Polling Stations then it also watches helplessly when votes are stamped by one polling agent or official in hundreds, when ballot boxes are stuffed, when Statements of Count (Form-14) are not issued, or issued on plain paper, or issued without signatures, without stamps, without CNIC of Presiding Officers and Police watches helplessly when Returning Officers create new Statements of Count on Official Forms which then become the basis for Form-17 and the final results.
This is what happens in Elections in a country where powerful elite control Police, District Administration and Presiding Officers from Education Department and other staff of Election Commission – I wonder What is Election Commission doing now? Will they at least explain why Police outside Polling Stations is unable to stop this rigging going on?

An Irani Girl: Victim Of Injustice

Reyhaneh Jabbari, a Muslim Irani girl, was arrested in 2007 for the murder of Morteza Aabdolali Sarbandi, a former employee of Iran’s ministry of intelligence. While the whole world talks about empowering women, the world is ignorant of the fact of another young Muslim woman fighting for her life in Iran.
Her crime was stabbing a man to death, a man who tried to rape her.
In 2008, Reyhaneh an interior decorator went to a coffee shop, sat and started talking on phone in connection to her job. After finishing the conversation on the phone, two men approached her. One of them introduced himself as a former employee of Iran’s Ministry of defence, namely Morteza Abdolali Sarbandi and asked her to decorate their office. As an interior designer and need for the job, Reyhaneh agreed to their proposal for the decoration and exchanged number.
Few days passed Sarbandi’s friend believed to be the second man who had approached her at the coffee shop, called her on the phone, with regard to the decoration. On getting to the building, they went up to the fourth floor, they opened the door. She was welcomed by Sarbandi in a dusty and empty apartment. Reyhaneh left the door unclosed, but Sarbandi ordered to close the door and she should take off her scarf. She refused and Sarbandi approached her romantically. Reyhaneh tried departing, but was stopped by Sarbandi. Sarbandi got angry and came menacingly towards her. Reyhaneh resisted his advances as much as she could, but Sarbandi got hostile. Sensing immediately danger Reyhaneh managed to lay hands on knife which she used to defend herself. But as Sarbandi’s attack got much stronger, so did Reyhaneh’s, which is when she stabbed him.
The second man rushed into the apartment and suddenly engaged in fight with Sarbandi. The fight between the two men was to pave the way for Reyhaneh’s escape. She managed to escape and reached home. However, her ordeal was not over yet. The police was able to trace her and arrested her at about 2:00 clock and charged with murder.
For six long years, the Iranian court has failed to notice the fact that she faced the imminent threat of rape. In their evidence, it was shown a plastic bag which was found in Sarbandi’s possession containing condoms and a drinking laced with sedatives for his victim. Yet the court overlooked the fact and Reyhaneh was charged with murder and was sentenced to death in 2009. She had no witness and she must be executed for murder. Reyhaneh may be forcibly put to a wrongful death anytime for a fault that was far from her. Her execution verdict was upheld by Iran’s Supreme Court.
Her case drew international cry and sparked a petition urging her release, which has granted over 190,000 signatures.
I am surprised, despite the evidences prove Reyhaneh innocent, then for what she will be executed.
Reyhaneh’s story slaps international community who praises women empowerment around the globe. Reyhaneh’s story is the story of those brave Muslim girls who have been labelled as murderers or who face charges of adultery for defending themselves.
Iran is an Islamic country, how they could reject the plea of Reyhaneh and order for her execution. Not only in Iran, but also in our Pakistan and Kashmir these cases are common. My question to whole Muslim community , when they will wake up from their deep sleep and save innocent women’s like Reyhaneh and Dr. Aafia.
If today, we will not raise our voice for Reyhaneh and Aafia then the day is not far, when Allah s.w.t will shower stones on us.
A small note by Reyhaneh to her mother:-
“Goodbye, dear Mum. All of my pains will finish early tomorrow morning. I’m sorry I cannot lessen your pain. Be patient. We believe in life after death. I’ll see you in the next world and I will never leave you again because being separated from you is the most difficult thing to do in the world.”

An open letter to Bilawal Bhutto Zardari

Dear Bilawal,
I write this letter to try to share with you the sentiments of us common people after your First of all, I congratulate you for the mamonth gathering of people last Saturday, that gave the message loud and clear:Pakistan Peoples Party is not down and out. It is worth praise how you spoke against extremist mindset, establishment’s propaganda’s and their stooges trying to bring change through lotas. It is also worth praise how you plan to continue PPP’s policy of reconciliation, parliamentary politics and change through ballot.
But to convince people to vote for you, and to support you in your agenda, you have to show them that you are now in charge, that you have a plan and the will and capacity to abide by it. Some points are fundamental for PPP’s recovery and for you to climb up the ladder and be the leader of this nation.
Get rid of your father.
This may seem harsh and perhaps may hurt a bit but its the reality. Asif Ali Zardari is not a charismatic leader. He is neither a good speaker, nor a leader like personality. Right or wrong, he faces serious accusations which make his character dubious in eyes of people. He may have successfully completed his 5 year tenure as the President of Pakistan, but his short term vision and ‘puncture politics’ has ruined PPP. From puncture politics, I refer to his short term fixes of problems, temporary muk muka to keep things going rather than politics on principle- an example is PPP’s coalition with PML Q in Punjab which left PPP voters in disdain. The lowest point of your speech was when you said “agli bari phr Zardari”. Dont you get it? People have rejected Zardari and his style of politics. They want a brave, uncompromising leader who can go in public and tell them that work is being done to improve their miserable lives. Zardari has to make one final speech where he says that he is handing over the party to you as per the will of your martyred mother and is saying goodbye to politics and will do charity work only. This is your way out, because otherwise you will always be seen as a front man of your father and not as a leader.
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Show that you are incharge.
This is as important as it can get. People are sick of PPP’s poor governance and even those who agree with PPP ideology find it difficult to support and vote for it. You have to show that poor governance is thing of the past and now you will be making sure that this doesn’t happen. You have to be actively seen interfering in how affairs of your party as well as the Sindh government are run. You should be seen in Karachi, Larkana and Lahore on the very same day and make teams that can take your message to public. If you think gaining PPP’s lost ground will be a walk in the park, you are fooling yourself.
Changes are not only to be done, they should be seen as being done.
Tough decisions are necessary. Chief Minister Sindh, no matter how much senior and well respected is a symbol of old poorly governing PPP. He has to be immediately retired and changed with a young dynamic personality. If you want youth to follow PPP, you can’t expect them to be lead by Qaim Ali Shah. Ministers in Sindh have to perform or they should be immediately replaced. Same goes with the bureaucracy. People will not vote for you unless you show performance and Sindh is your last chance to show performance. Don’t waste it. Competition will be intense from performances in Punjab and KP when elections come. If you are there, in the election year, giving a rhetoric that Sindh is poor because British built canal system in Punjab, trust me, people will not buy it.
PPP ceases to exist in Punjab, thanks to poor governance and poor leadership choices.
is neither an old PPP jiyala nor fits PPP’s leftist ideology. If you want him to lead PPP Punjab and then expect a revival, you are making a mistake. Punjabis respect people with a personality and a character. You have people like Aitzaz Ahsan and Qamar Zaman Kaira in Punjab. They are your last bet. Announce Aitzaz Ahsan as Chief Minister Punjab, give him complete authority and let him present himself as an alternate choice to Shahbaz Sharif. Come to Punjab and try to understand it by visiting different cities rather than confining yourself to Bilawal house. A jalsa in Lahore without first changing PPP Punjab leadership and getting the message across to disdain supporters will be a mistake and PPP will further expose the wound.
Silence your critics by removing the source of criticism.
A lot has been said and written about your family’s assets, corruption. Just merely saying that nothing has been proved will not work now. You have to shut up your opponents by doing things that they never expect you to do. Symbolic things like announcing to bring all your money to Pakistan (your dad can still keep some abroad for difficult times) will really do wonders and people will actually see you as a leader. You are bold, you are taking the right stance on many things and saying many things right, but now you have to do what no one in Pakistan has ever done. You have to walk the talk. Your success will depend on whether you can do it in the limited time you have before next elections come or before your remaining supporters lose hope and join other parties.
Best of luck. I hope you will take this in good spirit and at least consider what I said. Pakistan Peoples Party being a progressive, moderate party is vital for Pakistan and it is important that its leader understands the challenges the party faces. Pakistan Zindabad.

The Day Bilawal made Pakistan Laugh: October 18th 2014

As Pakistan we are going through much strife. We as a nation need opportunities to have a good laugh whenever we can. The same happened to the whole of Pakistan on October 18th 2014 right under the shade of the mausoleum of the founder of the nation Quaid e Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah. It started when PPP tried to launch their new Chairman Bilawal aka Bhutto but Zardari . Looks like the launch failed. This child which has grown in front of our eyes in the last few years have given us many hilarious moments but Oct 18th I am sure is the pinnacle of the day where the rest of his enforced political career would be remembered.
It’s a little unethical to make fun of some one but what do you do. If that person comes on the road put up the face of a clown and invite trouble in itself. Sometimes I wonder whose genes he takes because his father Asif Ali Zardari is a wily and is a commanding personality. Is it too much affection given to him by his mother created this individual? For those who like TV must watch Game of Thrones . In that series there is a character called Lysa Arryn (sister of Catalyn Stark) who has a son called Robin Arryn. If you watch the drama and these characters than it would make a lot of sense. I think the first scene when Robin Arryn appeared and his last scene in Season 4 sums it up for those who understand the predicament which Bilawal aka Bhutto Zardari faces today. I am not going to get more personal than this after all he gave me the comic relief the other day and deserve my special respect locked somewhere and the key for which is lost for good.
Seriously I am still laughing remembering the last few weeks of Bilawal’s media presence. He went on criticizing Army and their past Generals and General Pervez Musharraf showing that all the issues of the world are because of them. Whilst Asif Ali Zardari as per my sources have assigned special consultants to get the questionable orientation of his son (?) in order. Why doesn’t he get him a good teacher for giving insight on the true history of Pakistan ? As they don’t teach the same especially his son being brought up amongst the lords in United Kingdom and the books of history at Ghadi Khuda Buksh if there are any, would be one way as PPP has been playing the victim card all these years without realizing the fact that their style of hooliganism politics has destroyed the strata of political sphere of the nation in the first place.
If Bilawal reads the right history books. He would know that how his Grandfather was the blue eyed boy of General Ayub Khan and how and who he sponsored the formation of his party in the late 60’s.? He would know that it was his grand father who failed to arrive at a political solution which led to the actions in East Pakistan. It was his grand father’s mental hegemony where he told East Pakistan of “Idhar hum aur Udhar tum” here in Nishtar Park which drove the final nail in the coffin as PPP had half the seats won by Awami League at that time. On whose instructions was Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto exercising his right to the seat of Prime Minister ship? He should try to find answers to these questions than he would understand that his own grand father who gave a new constitution to the country as the country of Quaid e Azam broke into two because of his politics was the dictator of the first kind. He also should not forget that his Grand Father was the civilian CMLA though being elected through an election which should not have been accepted in the same place as it broke the country into two. I can go on but let him do some hard work as well if he can.
Than I don’t need to remind him the letter which his mother wrote to congress to stall Pakistan as she was thrown out of the government and not to forget his own uncles who were seen as scions of being anti Pakistan. After all of this the confused young man had the audacity of calling General Pervez Musharraf someone who fought many wars whilst his family was looting or plundering or selling Pakistan a Traitor. It’s a shame that some one who has been brought on water that was imported . Who has not even spent enough time in his all lifetime which Gen Musharraf spent behind the enemy lines or fighting the enemy. That individual whose own mother derailed Khalistan Movement by selling the list of supporters of Pakistan to Rajiv Gandhi and his own father who he should ask in the first place had to say Pakistan Khappay in the first place when his mother was killed in 2008 by Taliban’s and came out of the car roof on advise of his own father as many say. How dare he call a patriot like General Musharraf a traitor? If General Pervez Musharraf imposed emergency to dispose or keep the corrupt lot of politicians like Nawaz Sharif and his family out of the echelons of power than I think in my own perspective that envisioning Pakistan First this was a patriotic move. For me Pakistan is first the rest are all guidelines to run the country. What good are the guidelines when 98% of the people of the country are dying of hunger or are committing suicides?
In my view Traitor are those people who sell or loot or plunder the nation. If Bilawal would rotated his neck around him the same day. He could have seen dozens of such people are around him who are traitors in form or another. Then Bilawal goes on to criticize the ongoing Dharnas done by PTI and PAT forgetting that they are also people of Pakistan and their voice and their demands cannot be laughed away at and ignored. He should know by now that he and his likes have no future in Pakistan politics as now people are more aware of their rights and would not tolerate feudal hegemony of their kind. Making joke and fun by this jester of a politician is belittling the 98% people of Pakistan who are victims of their forefathers.
He pointed out at MQM for the woes of Karachi. I have extensively traveled in Sindh and would ask him. What his own PPP has done in rural Sindh since 1971 forget Karachi? Infact by them coming in power they have not only deprived the growth engine of Pakistan of any development but also Sindh and its poor people. Whilst he worries about Karachi why don’t he go in his own rural area without the escort of four dozen vehicles and free the poor Sindhis of slavery. Why the nationalist Sindhis are not with the likes of PPP? Can PPP the party he claims to be a chairman of list down 10 verifiable developments they have done in reality? Apart from just giving the gift of looting and corruption to the people of Sindh especially.
The effort which PPP is putting in Bilawal aka Bhutto Zardari and its rally . If they would have put the same effort in developing Sindh . Forget Karachi for a moment than we all could be living in a better place. I don’t think with new leadership around us there is any room for a mutated Bhutto in today’s time. Pakistanis would not accept any more dynastical politics over them now. They would judge things on merit Inshallah for a better Pakistan.
I am thankful to Bilawal aka Bhutto Zardari for giving us some moments of laughter and not so thankful for the headaches he gave due to his painful style of oratory read from screen on the October 18th 2014. He can be the comic relief of politics for the future but if people like him come into power ever God forbidden would be just another dark day in the history of our country. I think the recent wave of change seen in the nation has no room for such people in the future. I am sure Pakistanis would reject any such effort in the future . Infact soon Pakistanis would be asking Bilawal’s father to return the wealth his family has looted of Pakistan in the last many decades. I am sure that true Sindhis would be knocking the doors of Bilawal House or where ever they live to return the ill gotten wealth of the blood and toil of the people of Pakistan and if not answered than would break their doors down for their own rights.
Pakistanis would not allow any politician who threat to break Pakistan to come in power. Pakistanis would not allow any politician who loot and plunder Pakistan to come in power. I am sure that Pakistanis would not allow any politician who just claim the right of ruling the nation because of his blood line but would elect only those on merit and from amongst them. As we all laughed off the speech of Bilawal aka Bhutto Zardari . We must not forget that if his likes come in power there would nothing but our laughter would turn into tears. Inshallah this would never happen. Pakistan Zindabad!

lunes, 13 de octubre de 2014

For the West, Malala fits the image of Pakistan but Edhi does not

In this moment, Malala deserves the peace prize but so does Abdus Satter Edhi.

Let me begin by saying that I like Malala Yousafzai – she is courageous, authentic and has great conviction. But a couple of questions keep dwelling in my mind; why does the West like her so much? What is her appeal to them? And along with these questions dwells the answer as well, which is quite simple; the West is courting her because she represents a side of Pakistan and Islam that suits them. By suggesting this, I am not trying to imply that Malala doesn’t deserve her accolades; she represents hope, valour, defiance and the image of a strong girl hailing from third world Pakistan. She fought her battle with strength, no doubt, but does the west propagate her for that reason alone or is there something else? Since the announcement of the shared Noble Prize for Peace by Malala and Kailash Satyarthi, I have read countless articles, social media updates, Facebook squabbles, tweets and drawing room discussions on, “why Malala and why not Edhi?”. My humble opinion: Abdul Sattar Edhi is the most deserving Pakistani for this award, he should have been given the Noble Peace Prize decades ago, much before Barack Obama and Yasser Arafat. However, we must appreciate the veracity that this is a political award and is not always awarded to the most deserving of candidates. The Nobel Peace Prize is more image-driven rather than personality-driven, and currently it is more about what the west wants to see and project about Pakistan rather than anything else. At the risk of playing the devil’s advocate, should the award not be awarded on the impact of what the recipient may have done for their country rather than what the West perceives it to be? The fact remains that, by comparing Edhi and Malala, we not only simplify and belittle her cause and treacherous journey – which by all accounts is tremendous – but also play into the dangerous game presented to us by the West where the media continually implies that eastern societies thrive on the oppression of women and female children. Rampant, heinous and vulgar it may sound, yes, but for the most part, it is true. What is it that the West likes about Malala that they do not like about Edhi? It’s the image – the image she represents. Malala epitomises the image of Pakistan that the West likes; an oppressed poster girl child who stood against all odds to change the system and raised a voice to fight for her rights and the rights of young girls like herself against her oppressors. On the flip side, who is Edhi? What does he stand for? What are his achievements? What is it that his image can do for the west? How is his persona going to represent humanity and human rights in the third world? What impact will it have on the people viewing Islam and Pakistan from the outside? Edhi’s contribution to strife-ridden Pakistan is immeasurable, and the impact of his charity to the rest of the world is unfathomable. Tattered, poor and violent, Edhi’s Pakistan has catered to billions of victims; orphans, injured, hungry, homeless, abandoned, abused, dead and raped, for more than half a century, all because of a man named Edhi. When no one is there he is, and at times he’s the only one there, but his bearded, topi-pajama-kurta image and dark spot on his forehead does not fit the image of the Pakistan that the West wants to project. The only white bearded man the West likes is Santa Clause – the rest don’t matter. Today, as I discussed the same with a friend, she quoted an interesting incident. For the past many years, she has been nominating Edhi for the award of CNN Heroes, and yes, all the people winning that award in the past years have been very deserving, but so is Edhi. If the West were watching us so closely, if they so want to make a difference in our part of the world, how is it that Edhi has never been recognised at an international, global level? How has he not been given grants, aid, charity and awards for his lifelong tireless commitment to God’s humanity? What does he need to do differently to get the recognition we all want for him? In this moment, Malala deserves the peace prize, as did Rosa Parks a few decades ago, but so does Edhi. His image may not be right for the West, his gender may be wrong, but his humanity is godliness – a godliness that must be rewarded in this world before it becomes nothing more than just a chapter in Pakistan’s history.

‘Naya Pakistan’ needs to answer some fundamental questions

Naya Pakistan is being supported by every faction of the society. So will it be a secular or religious state? PHOTO: AFP Naya Pakistan is being supported by every faction of the society. So will it be a secular or religious state? PHOTO: AFP Naya Pakistan is being supported by every faction of the society. So will it be a secular or religious state? PHOTO: NAYA PAKISTAN FACEBOOK PAGE With Imran Khan turning many doubters into believers by the virtue of his unwavering, unfaltering and untiring show in Islamabad, I have no hesitation in admitting that his performance on the political ground is as bold as it used to be on the cricketing ground. His supporters have shown commendable commitment, as the sit-in at D-Chowk has crossed a golden jubilee mark thanks to street power in other cities – especially Karachi. As I listen to his speeches, quite frankly, I love the idea of Naya Pakistan more and more each day, but what really confuses me is the model he is portraying and the practices he is following. There can be many contradictions that can be highlighted but, for me, there are a couple of fundamental questions that need to be answered by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) before Naya Pakistan can be further idealised. First and foremost is the very idea of Naya Pakistan – is it going to be a secular or religious state? Right now, Naya Pakistan is being supported by every faction of the society. People like Junaid Jamshed, who represents a large chunk of the right wing school of thought, are also supporting “Naya Pakistan”. On the other hand, there are many actors, actresses, singers and left wingers, who are also chanting slogans for the same cause. On the surface, it looks perfectly alright as this brings these two wings to a common platform, something you witness once in a blue moon. However, I believe that it is not happening because both wings have shed their differences and have joined hands to a common cause; rather, it’s happening because nobody actually knows how Naya Pakistan will look like. Both wings want to break free from our current system of injustice, loot and corruption, but both have destinies that are poles apart. This confusion is luring these two arch-rivals into false hopes that can never become reality for both at the same time. As PTI moves closer to Naya Pakistan, they have to take one side, and from that point on, they will lose one camp of supporters. For me, as long as this confusion is not clarified, the model of Naya Pakistan is incomplete and that’s one of the core reasons that critics label Naya Pakistan as a confused, mystified and uncooked idea. The other confusion with Naya Pakistan is Imran’s claims about feudalism. It looks really hopeful and positive that he is determined to challenge the rule of feudal lords but when he has many feudal lords in his own party, with Shah Mehmood Qureshi holding a key position, should we take his claims seriously? As feudal lords keep coming and joining the movement, are they ready to let go of the supreme power their families have enjoyed for decades over ‘the ruled’ in their ‘feudal territory’? Obviously not. They are joining most likely because they are also unaware of how Naya Pakistan will be different from the existing Pakistan. They believe that with some changes, them and their families will continue to rule and oppress ‘kami kameen’ (poor people) under the banner of Naya Pakistan. For this reason, they don’t see any threat to their territorial rule and happily join the movement for change. For PTI supporters, in case you’re wondering, I am not a Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) follower. For others, I am as frustrated at the situation as you are, but if option A is not correct, it doesn’t necessarily mean that option B is either.

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