Amidst Democracy

To,

The President,

Islamic Republic of Pakistan,

Dear Sir,

I hope that you are doing fine with your foreign tours amidst the national crisis. I am a citizen of Pakistan and supported your nomination by the ruling PMLN for the office of Presidency. I think that by nominating you for the top most designation of Pakistan, we can somehow equalize the foreign success stories of those who are elected from the lower ranks of our nation. The intentions of this open letter is to put my sentiments on record. 

Mr. President , you know better than me that the office of the presidency is not a party office. The office of the President is a symbol of unity of federation. A federation that comprises four provinces, FATA, ICT and autonomous areas. You are the custodian of federation and it is your responsibility to play your role in ending this current crisis.

Mr. President , two of the parties have their own grievances. They decided to hold a long march to Islamabad. They came, they sit-in, they used harsh remarks against the ruling party, the democratic system of Pakistan and the constitution of our beloved country,  but your office response was none. Your office never approached any of the party to act as a moderator. The violent terrorist mob attacked the national institutes, they stormed into the elected parliament, they robbed the building of PTV, a national strategic asset, but you paid no heed in showing your concern. Your office decided not even approached the ruling party, leave aside the possibility of contacting the protesters. Instead, you went on a foreign visit with no agenda at all. While you were enjoying a trip in Turkey, the crisis went deeper. Army chief was asked to act as a facilitator, but you despite being the supreme commander of armed forces remained muted. 

Mr. President, i being a citizen of Pakistan have a right to ask you why ? Why on earth Mr. President, your role was so passive in this whole drama. You as a symbol of united federation should have called Imran Khan, Tahir ul Qadri and the PM Mian Nawaz Sharif along with the opposition leader. You could have asked them to come to presidency or you could have gone to them in order to avoid the damage to federation. But your constant silence shocked thousands of democrats like me. People like me who vowed to have supremacy of Parliament and rule of Law. 

Mr. President, the day you were elected as the President of Pakistan, you were no more a PMLN worker. You took an oath for the protection of federation, but sadly, history, which can't be undone, has marked your disinterested behavior in this whole episode. You never summoned the meeting of important stake holders because you still consider yourself a PMLN worker, who is still under the wight of gratification of the PM, who is also the president of ruling PMLN.

Mr. president the federation of Pakistan is your responsibility, we the citizens of Pakistan are your citizens. You owe us an answer on this don't disturb mode. You did not played your role and i being a citizen of Pakistan want to know, under the rights of information act, what halted you to raise your voice and act accordingly in this whole time of crisis. 

I hope that your stay in this presidency will be pleasant, while the country's capital is still resonating with anti state activists.

Regards

Hadeed Ahmed Sher

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