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Long March to Islamabad | Whats wrong with Imran Khan ??
Long March to Islamabad | Whats wrong with Imran Khan ??
Written by Hadeed Sher
After producing more than dozen fake degree holders, almost cent percent tax evading law makers on the ticket of Pakistan Tekreek Insaaf, Imran Khan has announced a long march on the Independence day of Pakistan. The apparent purpose of this long march is to protest against the delay in the voting verification process but virtually it is to deregulate the government machinery and to disband the PMLN lead government in Islamabad.
This highlights at least one thing that its the DEFEAT that is biting the nerves of Imran Khan, after all its really gloomy for a father who promised his 2 sons that upon their next visit to Pakistan they will stay in PM house. Its also heartening to loose 4 more years waiting and hoping for being the PM of Pakistan, that too at the age of nearly 70. Seventy, off course is a very ugly figure to be called as a young leadership. His rise from ashes was planned and executed by the establishment which is very much visible from his latest meeting with Ex spy chief Mr. Pasha. The message is clear, as masses around the Pakistan wants this government to work and the only thing that might emerge from the successful protest on 14th August will be that Mr. Sharif will become the only man in our history to be elected four time PM.
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Long March to Islamabad | Whats wrong with Imran Khan ?? Written by Hadeed Sher http://t.co/CZVzwWPVrO
— Amidst Democracy (@amidstdemocracy) August 9, 2014
Fifty First dates with RIGGING !!
Fifty First dates with RIGGING !!
by Hadeed Ahmed Sher
Just 24 hours before, i published a blog post about the recent crisis of media vs establishment and the role of Imran Khan. I don't know why it happens, but it is a solid truth that Mr. Imran Khan is a discombobulated and a totally senseless person. He made PTI in the mid 90s and despite being popular among the kids his personality failed to attract the matured voters of Pakistan. That resulted in his historic shameful defeat across the country. There may be several reasons for it, but, Imran Khan as Rana Sanaullah said is a chronic patient of "Rigging Fever". Imran Khan knew from the very beginning that the only way to land in the premier office is either by maligning the main stream party leadership or through the shoulders of establishment. Adults might know about this, but today's revolutionary kittens are not aware of the fact that Mr. Imran Khan supported the National Debt Retirement Scheme (qarz utaro mulk sanwaro) in 1997 and he used to give ideas to PM Nawaz Sharif. However, he was not dumb enough to act like an ally. His presence in the media during the 90s was mostly because of the buzzing news of Seta White scandal and his appearance in the courts to settle that issue. In democratic countries, even the sitting president has to ask for apologies, but Imran Khan despite his tall claims of being close to MAJ personality, bothered not to say anything about it.
After the coup of 1999, Imran Khan was among the first few so called demagogues who welcomed the military takeover and immediately accepted the offer of meeting by the unconstitutional ruler of Pakistan Gen Pervaiz Musharraf. It was a close call between the TUQ's Awami Tehreek and IK's PTI during a fraud referendum to enrapture the newly born dictator. Both the parties despite being headed by famous celebrities were rejected in earlier elections by the people of Pakistan. It was a golden opportunity for both the parachuters to grab the seat of PMship. Later, as mentioned in "In the Line of Fire" Musharraf managed to establish Q league and IK was told that his party don't deserve to have more than a dozen seats. Kaptaan however, insisted that his party is very strong on the ground and can easily grab over 100 seats provided that establishment keeps a hand on them. Later, after the elections IK was shown his real value and Jamali from Q league was bestowed premiership. TUQ was so disappointed to see the end result that he resigned from the NA a year later, Imran Khan, however, was satisfied with the perks and privileges offered to an MNA. Imran Khan's PTI proved not even worth a horse cart party in NA during 02 but yes, it was a cycle cart party and therefore he voted in favor of legalizing the 1999 military coup. It is worth mentioning here that Musharraf decided to enter in the war against terrorism in 2001 but the IK kept his silence maintained until the day he was shown a red card for the post of PMship. Imran Khan then slowly and steadily started opening up against Musharraf, but in such a way that the masterminds remained happy. He was seen talking fearlessly and hitting below the belt on the TV interviews specially on GEO news (the same which he boycotted yesterday).
In a talk show he called Sheikh Rasheed a person less than a PEON and Farooq Sattar the batman of Altaf Hussain. His vulgar and indecent language, however, was approved within the angry youth and with the advent of social media sites like Facebook and Twitter his party started disseminating the humiliating material about his opponents. It is not a bad choice to mention here that Imran Khan despite being too vocal about the restoration of judiciary decided to stay inside a hideout during the historic long march. In 2007 he boycotted the elections and started an all out vulgar campaign against his opponents "The Sharif Brothers". He openly cursed them and named them "The Dengue Brothers". During a drama against the drone strikes in Islamabad, he told Shazaib Khanzada that Mian Nawaz Sharif is a dwarf. His sentiments about Asif Zardari while his supporters were abusing him, he told them not to humiliate a dog by naming Asif Zardari a DOG. Fazal ur Rahamn on the other hand was just titled "The Biggest Hypocrite". His intentions, however, about Altaf Hussain was actually surreal. He despite calling Altaf Hussain a terrorist and his try to file an FIR against him in London, bowed him and declared his party a role model for all other parties. This was what happened before his jalsa in Karachi. Despite witnessing ebullient crowd at Mazar e Quiad, an hour long harangue brought no word against Altaf Hussain from the "brave" Khan's mouth. In an interview he told Tallat Hussain that we will bring revolution just like MQM has brought in Karachi. When questioned that you called Altaf Hussain a serial killer, he shamelessly smiled and said some questions are best unanswered and we call this term WELL LEFT in cricket. However, the scenic political love saga of 50 first dates did not end up here. Just like the lead role female model lucy of Hollywood movie Fifty first dates, Imran Khan suffered with short term memory loss and declared Altaf Hussain the murderer of Zahra Shahid (PTI leader). It was surprising to see that the day an important leader of PTI was assassinated in front of her house in Karachi , cupcakes were distributed in the Lahore sit in.
Just 24 hours before, i published a blog post about the recent crisis of media vs establishment and the role of Imran Khan. I don't know why it happens, but it is a solid truth that Mr. Imran Khan is a discombobulated and a totally senseless person. He made PTI in the mid 90s and despite being popular among the kids his personality failed to attract the matured voters of Pakistan. That resulted in his historic shameful defeat across the country. There may be several reasons for it, but, Imran Khan as Rana Sanaullah said is a chronic patient of "Rigging Fever". Imran Khan knew from the very beginning that the only way to land in the premier office is either by maligning the main stream party leadership or through the shoulders of establishment. Adults might know about this, but today's revolutionary kittens are not aware of the fact that Mr. Imran Khan supported the National Debt Retirement Scheme (qarz utaro mulk sanwaro) in 1997 and he used to give ideas to PM Nawaz Sharif. However, he was not dumb enough to act like an ally. His presence in the media during the 90s was mostly because of the buzzing news of Seta White scandal and his appearance in the courts to settle that issue. In democratic countries, even the sitting president has to ask for apologies, but Imran Khan despite his tall claims of being close to MAJ personality, bothered not to say anything about it.
After the coup of 1999, Imran Khan was among the first few so called demagogues who welcomed the military takeover and immediately accepted the offer of meeting by the unconstitutional ruler of Pakistan Gen Pervaiz Musharraf. It was a close call between the TUQ's Awami Tehreek and IK's PTI during a fraud referendum to enrapture the newly born dictator. Both the parties despite being headed by famous celebrities were rejected in earlier elections by the people of Pakistan. It was a golden opportunity for both the parachuters to grab the seat of PMship. Later, as mentioned in "In the Line of Fire" Musharraf managed to establish Q league and IK was told that his party don't deserve to have more than a dozen seats. Kaptaan however, insisted that his party is very strong on the ground and can easily grab over 100 seats provided that establishment keeps a hand on them. Later, after the elections IK was shown his real value and Jamali from Q league was bestowed premiership. TUQ was so disappointed to see the end result that he resigned from the NA a year later, Imran Khan, however, was satisfied with the perks and privileges offered to an MNA. Imran Khan's PTI proved not even worth a horse cart party in NA during 02 but yes, it was a cycle cart party and therefore he voted in favor of legalizing the 1999 military coup. It is worth mentioning here that Musharraf decided to enter in the war against terrorism in 2001 but the IK kept his silence maintained until the day he was shown a red card for the post of PMship. Imran Khan then slowly and steadily started opening up against Musharraf, but in such a way that the masterminds remained happy. He was seen talking fearlessly and hitting below the belt on the TV interviews specially on GEO news (the same which he boycotted yesterday).
In a talk show he called Sheikh Rasheed a person less than a PEON and Farooq Sattar the batman of Altaf Hussain. His vulgar and indecent language, however, was approved within the angry youth and with the advent of social media sites like Facebook and Twitter his party started disseminating the humiliating material about his opponents. It is not a bad choice to mention here that Imran Khan despite being too vocal about the restoration of judiciary decided to stay inside a hideout during the historic long march. In 2007 he boycotted the elections and started an all out vulgar campaign against his opponents "The Sharif Brothers". He openly cursed them and named them "The Dengue Brothers". During a drama against the drone strikes in Islamabad, he told Shazaib Khanzada that Mian Nawaz Sharif is a dwarf. His sentiments about Asif Zardari while his supporters were abusing him, he told them not to humiliate a dog by naming Asif Zardari a DOG. Fazal ur Rahamn on the other hand was just titled "The Biggest Hypocrite". His intentions, however, about Altaf Hussain was actually surreal. He despite calling Altaf Hussain a terrorist and his try to file an FIR against him in London, bowed him and declared his party a role model for all other parties. This was what happened before his jalsa in Karachi. Despite witnessing ebullient crowd at Mazar e Quiad, an hour long harangue brought no word against Altaf Hussain from the "brave" Khan's mouth. In an interview he told Tallat Hussain that we will bring revolution just like MQM has brought in Karachi. When questioned that you called Altaf Hussain a serial killer, he shamelessly smiled and said some questions are best unanswered and we call this term WELL LEFT in cricket. However, the scenic political love saga of 50 first dates did not end up here. Just like the lead role female model lucy of Hollywood movie Fifty first dates, Imran Khan suffered with short term memory loss and declared Altaf Hussain the murderer of Zahra Shahid (PTI leader). It was surprising to see that the day an important leader of PTI was assassinated in front of her house in Karachi , cupcakes were distributed in the Lahore sit in.
Before we move on to the anomalous and jocose politics of PTI let us rewind a little bit and see what happened with the stolen slogan of Obama "CHANGE".Imran khan's team, of course by his approval chanted a slogan change that undoubtedly attracted the youth of Pakistan. Although the change literally meant a lot to the people and they were told that the change will be on the system primarily. In reality, it comes out to be a change where photos of Imran Khan with a torn up coat and sleeping on the floor (like people don't know about his luxurious 300 kanal house in banigala) and sometimes even while praying. The slogan of the change revealed its true colors when turncoats from all over Pakistan were welcomed and commissioned on high party ranks in PTI. Perhaps that was the time when PTI started enervating. While justifying this Imran Khan said that they are all experienced and therefore it's all on merit. While doing all this, Shah Mehmood Qureshi was granted vice chairmanship of PTI and Javed Hashmi as the President. New faces included people like Sardar Asif Ahamd Ali, Jahangir Tareen, Khursheed Mehmood Qasoori, Azam Swati and many more. IK instead of feeling any guilt called this ONE MORE WICKET DOWN. Imran Khan then decided to conduct the party elections that were the only one of their kind where people were elected based on single votes. The money was used to win seats and most of the applications against rigging are still pending. By the time elections came the party elections output made a perception that PTI is a pro poor party and the tailor master from KPK and the painter who had won the party elections will be given tickets, but against all odds Imran Khan granted party tickets to most egregious personalities that were known turncoats and most importantly the tax defaulters. IK told people that a tailor or a painter cannot afford to run elections, which raised questions about the intentions and purpose of the NAYA Pakistan Fund. Even before the elections the ECP revealed the tax details of those who contested for elections and it was shocking. The CHANGE was merely a shame. Contrary to the hubbubs of Imran Khan the below given glimpse of the stinky change he offered to the people of Pakistan is enough to be ashamed of .
Those who have paid low/zero tax
NA-1 >> Imran Khan Nizai who is paying a tax at a ratio of 7% of its annual income.
NA-02 >> Hamid ul Haq despite earning 1.09 million as an average in last 3 years and 0.8 million last year.
NA-03 >> Sajid Nawaz despite earning 1.8 million as an average in last 3 years and over 3 million last year
NA-04 >> Asad Gulzar Khan who earns 0 and hence pay 0 taxes. His election campaign was "financed" by "foreign investors"
NA-06 >> Siraj Muhammad Khan also earns 0 and hence his campaign was "financed" by "covert investors"
NA-10 >> Ali Muhammad Khan has paid 0 tax and his income details reveal that he earned 150,000 in the year 2012
NA-11 >> Mujahid Ali has no income for the last three years as he was on fast due to poverty. His election campaign was funded by NAYA PAKISTAN fund.
NA-13 >> Asad Qaisar earned 0.7 million Avg for the last three years and 1.1 million in year 2012 and hence paid zero tax.
NA-14 >> Shahreyar Afridi earns 350,000 average for the last three years and paid zero tax for 2010,11 ad 12.
NA-15 >> Nasir Khan Khattak pays tax at an average of less than 10%.
NA-17 >> Azhar Khan Jadoon likes to pay tax at a rate of 2.6% of his income.
Na-19 >> Amir Zaman , an interesting case earned nothing in 2010 and 12 and paid 12000 in three years. His campaign was funded by "NAYA PAKISTAN"
NA-29 >> Mureed Syed zero income and hence zero tax. Election campaign by chanda
NA-30 >> Salim Rehman has zero income and hence zero tax. Election campaign by chanda
NA-35 >> Junaid Akbar has no NTN number.. MOJAAIIIIIIIINN
NA-47 >> Qaisar Jamal pays zero tax despite earning over a million annually
NA-48 >> Javed Hashmi likes to pay income tax at the rate of 1.39%
NA-162>> Rai Hassan Nawaz Kharral has paid no tax for the last three years despite earning 7.9 million since 2010-
As for members of provincial assembly the list is as follows
Zia Ullah Afridi pays 0 rupees as tax despite earning millions annually.
PK02 Shaukat Ali Yousafzai pays 0 rupees as tax despite earning 0.6 million annually.
PK03 Javaid Naseem neither earns nor pay tax. His Election campaign probably was funded by PTI.
PK04 Arfi Yousaf pays 0 rupees as tax despite earning 0.34 million annually.
PK05 Yaseen Khan pays 0 rupees as tax despite earning 0.8 million annually.
PK06 Fazal Elahi pays 0 rupees as tax despite earning 0.4 million annually.
PK07 Mahmood Jan has no income and hence pays 0 rupees as tax. His election campaign might be funded by NAYA PAKISTAN fund
PK09 Arbab Jahandad Khan has no income and hence pays 0 rupees as tax. His election campaign might be funded by NAYA PAKISTAN fund
PK10 Shaha Farman has no income and hence pays 0 rupees as tax. His election campaign might be funded by NAYA PAKISTAN fund.
PK11 Syed Muhammad Ishtiaq pays 0 rupees as tax despite earning millions annually.
PK12 Khaliqur Rahaman pays 0 rupees as tax despite earning 0.3 million annually.
PK13 Parvaiz Khattak pays 0 rupees as tax despite earning 3 million annually.
PK14 Jamsheduddin pays 0 rupees as tax despite earning 0.44 million annually.
PK15 Muhammad Idress pays 0 rupees as tax despite earning 0.46 million annually.
PK16 Qurban Ali Khan pays 0 rupees as tax despite earning 0.8 million annually.
PK22 Muhammad Arif has no income and hence pays 0 rupees as tax. His election campaign might be funded by NAYA PAKISTAN fund.
PK24 Muhammad Zahid Durrani has shown no income and hence pays 0 rupees as tax. His election campaign might be funded by NAYA PAKISTAN fund.
PK26 Iftikhar Ali MAshwani pays 0 rupees as tax despite earning 8 million annually.
PK29 Tufail Anjum has not declared any income and hence pays 0 rupees as tax. His election campaign might be funded by NAYA PAKISTAN fund.
PK30 Muhammad Atif earns but do not pay tax at the proper rate
PK35 Asad Qaisar pays 0 rupees as tax despite earning 1.1 million annually.
PK38 Ziaullah Khan has not declared any income and hence pays 0 rupees as tax. His election campaign might be funded by NAYA PAKISTAN fund.
PK39 >> Gulzar Khan has no NTN number
PK48 Sardar Muhammad Idress has not declared any income and hence pays 0 rupees as tax. His election campaign might be funded by NAYA PAKISTAN fund.
PK52 Faisal Zaman has paid 35 and Rs 36 tax in the year 2010 and 11. And paid 43000 tax against an income of 0.7 million.
PK80 Fazal Hakeem has not declared any income and hence pays 0 rupees as tax. His election campaign might be funded by NAYA PAKISTAN fund.
PK81 Azizullah Khan pays 0 rupees as tax despite earning 10.7 million annually.
PK82 >> Amjad Ali Khan has no NTN number
PK83 >> Muhiibullah Khan has no NTN number
PK84 >> Mehmood Khan has no NTN number
PK99 >> Shakeel Ahmad has no NTN number
After the GE'13 it was a chance for them to prove their loyalty and dedication. But instead of doing welfare projects Imran Khan embarrassed his voters by saying that we are trapped in KPK. Time and again he and his party acted like a malingerer. He repeatedly sang the rigging mantra to the people of Pakistan. According to him, Punjab was totally rigged in GE'13 and only KPK was fair. He forgets, however in KPK PTI fails to get the confidence of people of Charsadda, Mansehra, Buttgram, Kohistan DI Khan, Bannu, Laki Marwat, Bunair, Shangla, Chitral, Dir and Malakand. The drama of gaining the sympathies of those who were victimized by US drone attacks was also badly flopped as well from FATA after PTI fails to get any seat from Kurram, Momand, Bajor, North Waziristan and Orakzai Agency. Imran Khan's party has dozens of cases where his party members were disqualified for fake degrees and he never felt ashamed to keep them still in his party. Imran Khan, who heavily criticized the Laptop scheme initiated that scheme in KPK and used public funds for self recognition in the advertisements of KPK government. His almost one year long performance in KPK yielded not even a single mega project being initiated and failure to protect the polio vaccinators. After helping Taliban in evacuating over 300 terrorists from DI Khan jailbreak Imran Khan offered Taliban an office in Peshawar. Instead of performing, the stories of corruption and mismanagement are common among the people of KPK. The slogan of no protocol went to garbage as he is openly using police force for protocol. The CM house that was announced to become a library is still protected, as CM is residing inside. The use of choppers for fleeing to areas as accessible as Hassan Abdal has also questioned his claims about austerity. Addressing official meetings by Imran Khan have proved himself to be a mudslinger who used to malign Mian Nawaz Sharif on the same subject. At the end of this fiscal year Imran Khan announced that he will build 350 small dams in KPK (don't know if he meant water tanks or dams). Education emergency that was surprisingly announced by the Finance minister is about to end for this year. Nothing happened and instead of informing the media about the goals achieved, IK opened up a new campaign to build schools. He derided Shahbaz Sharif and called him a dengue brother and failed to tackle the issue of dengue in SWAT. A long list can be summarized here to show that what was called TSUNAMI was actually a THUSSNAMI and the idiotic stance on so called rigging would not help him embroiling the people of KPK. Execrating the national institutes like ECP and those who acted as returning officers only shows the lack of maturity on PTIs end. After a hiatus of almost a year the exclamation of pro establishment parties like PTI, JI, Awami Tehreek, PMLQ and banned outfits on different agendas is strange. For PTI the signal is very clear, keep singing rigging and the people will do the same what they did in 1997, 2002, 2007 and 2013 and that too with myriad of votes. After all, they know that this is an attempt of digression from their performance as a government.
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PNA movement 1977 and GE'13 "rigging" | Thinking outside the bun
PNA movement 1977 & GE'13 "rigging" | Thinking outside the bun
Written by Engr. Hadeed Sher
Ever since the general elections 2013 there is an ongoing mantra of rigging by some fellow countrymen who are following the due course of Pakistani politics where one either loses or the elections are rigged. These people, equipped with the social media tools, are frenzied over the loss of their favorite candidate. However, since for most of them this has been there first ever democratic experience therefore they deny the existence of basic right of democracy. The holiest of the holy "Every citizen has equal status". Thus the person living in slums has a value of vote that is equal to the vote of a person living in President house. The election rigging has now turned into a carol where a single party is trying to sample the election in 1000 constituencies of Pakistan through 4 selected constituencies of their own choice. This party calls itself Pakistan ehreek Insaaf (PTI), formally known as Tehreek Insaaf Pakistan (TIP), TIP however, is a well known term among the bellboys and bellhops, which is perhaps the reason of conversion from TIP to PTI. Anyhow, what lies within the rigging carol is interesting and most of those who have a soft corner for TIP or PTI believe that a movement similar to the PNA movement 1977, is perhaps the only solution to teach PMLN a "lesson". I am assure that most of them know about the PNA movement as shallow as the lead singer of rigging CAROL knows by himself. The purpose of this blog post is to find out what exactly was Pakistan National Alliance (PNA) movement 1977 and what precisely TIP or PTI claims, but first have a recap of the GE2013.
It was long believed by the media analysts prior to the GE'13 that PTI will form the next government of KPK. However, contrary to the tall claims and reflection of what we call Hollow lentil makes more noise, Pakistan Tehreek Insaaf after the GE'13 emerged as a regional party with some around 3 dozen seats that too mostly from strongholds in Pakhtoon dominated areas only, thus lacking the basis of a national party. More than two third of Pakistan rejected the politics of abuse and mud slinging. In KPK where there is all fine and clear, because Khattak lead PTI is on the driving seat, there are several districts & divisions where they fail to grab a single seat. For example in KPK PTI fails to get the confidence of people of Charsadda, Mansehra, Buttgram, Kohistan DI Khan, Bannu, Laki Marwat, Bunair, Shangla, Chitral, Dir and Malakand. The drama of "Taank Na Janay Waziristan terha" "ٹانک نہ جانے وزیرستان ٹیڑھا " for gaining the sympathies of victims of US drone attacks was also badly flopped. PTI was not given a pity TIP from FATA people as a token of the modern fashion show in TANK. Imran Khan lead PTI failed to grab any seat from Kurram, Momand, Bajor, North Waziristan and Orakzai Agency. But since the government is there with Pervaiz Khattak as CM and 3/4 (60 out of 80) of the ruling collation members are enjoying perks as provincial ministers and parliamentary secretaries, every thing is as legitimate and clear as Imran Khan is in the eyes of Haroon Rashid. However, despite two mammoth gatherings in Lahore, PTI did manged to get a couple of Punjab Assembly and National assembly seats, and here comes the twist. Since, TIP has some huge public gatherings in Lahore therefore, it is a MUST thing to happen that at least 10 /13 seats of NA should fall in the lap of PTI. However, it did not happened and Imran Khan who once declared that he will contest the GE'13 against Mian Nawaz Sharif in NA-120, cowardly decided to stay out of Gawalmandi, thus leaving behind the female contestant Dr. Yasmeen to fight twice elected PM Nawaz Sharif. Similarly, his fellow party member who conducted the rigged party election of PTI, lost his seat against Khawaja Saad Rafiq in NA-125. Remember, it was Hamid Khan who was supposed to file a case against Khawaja Asif, and he FILED but in the lower court, which was rejected by the court stating that the court can not hear a case worth billion rupees. Anyhow, cutting the story short, as an evidence the one and only Dr. Shireen Mehrunnisa Mazari produced a video of rigging in NA-125 in front of whole media. That video however, was an act of lunacy. Hamid Mir showed that video in his program in which SINDH RANGERS were shown inside the poling booth. Nothing was clear, however the mother of all question is "WHAT EXACTLY SINDH RANGERS IS DOING IN NA-125 LAHORE ??" and the father of all question is "How shameful Dr.SHIREEN MAZARI might felt after this blatant lie of rigging in LAHORE?". Try finding the answers and i am shifting to the PNA story in the coming lines.- Pakistan National Alliance (PNA) was an alliance of several parties who participated in GE'77. They alleged ZAB lead PPP for rigging in GE and decided not to be a part of Oath taking ceremony, PTI however took oath after GE'13.
- PNA members decided to launch a country wide protest against the rigging and it was so intense that it brought PPP on the dialog table, PTI also did that near ONE potato Two Potato for a week or two.
- As a result of PNA movement the PPP government agreed that re-elections are possible on 40 constituencies (Ref:"Aur line Kat gae" by Kosar Niazi). PMLN however being the winning party has denied any involvement in alleged rigging.
- While PNA was agitating against the rigging the country was under the control of PPP, the chief election commissioner was an appointee of ZAB and so as the interim setup in all the four provinces. Neither happened in GE'13. In Punjab a wave of transfer orders actually shuffled the whole setup of Shahbaz Sharif.
- PNA movement in 1977 was on road because the opposition parties were clear about rigging and they decided not to be a part of democratic setup. In 2013, PTI however is enjoying full protocol in KPK, they have opposition leader in PA and their MNAs are getting full TA and DA for each session.
- In 1977, PNA movement decided to boycott election polling in the daylight without the presence of strong media. In 2013 PTI took part in polling process till the end of the day and waited another 3 hours to compile the results, and then RIGGING word was first introduced to the nation.
My advice, history resists any alteration of facts. Try not to seduce the youth with such events that never existed in the pages of history. Try to focus on the province where you have the majority. The movement of PNA in 1977 was a significant parade of valor, where the people sacrificed for our today. That movement saw historical democratic struggle in Pakistan, neither on bullish Twitter nor on misleading Facebook. PNA was on ground not for hours, but for days and months, while in 2013 PTI in on twitter or near a burger shop. Lets decide to think outside the BUN.
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#AmidstDemocracy | PNA movement 1971 & GE'13 "rigging" | Thinking outside the bun http://t.co/nByfOvWyLh
— Amidst Democracy (@amidstdemocracy) December 20, 2013
جمہوریت اور اس سے وابستہ توقعات
جمہوریت اور اس سے وابستہ توقعات
تحرير: عامر نواز خان*
اگر پاکستان کی سیاسی تاریخ پر ایک نظر دوڑائی جائے تو ایک ہییجان کی کیفیت نظر آتی ہے۔ آپ کو ہر دور میں مختلف ادارے ایک دوسرے سے تصادم کرتے نظر آئینگے۔اس سلسلے کا آغاز لیاقت علی خان کے قتل سے شروع ہوگیا جسکا سلسلہ اب تک جاری ہے۔راقم کا بہت سے ایسے دوستوں سے سامنا ہوا ہے جنکے خیال میں جمہوریت ایک ناکام نظام حکومت ہے یا پاکستان جیسا ملک اسکا محتمل نہیں ہو سکتا۔ میں کچھ حد تک انکی بات سے اتفاق کرتا ہوں کہ پاکستان میں لوگوں کی اکثریت کو جمہوری نظام سے کافی امیدیں وابستہ رہی ہیں جوکسی حد تک پوری نہیں ہوئیں اور اسکے نتیجے میں لوگ آہستہ آہستہ جمہوریت سے متنفر ہوتے جا رہے ہیں۔
پاکستان میں جمہوریت کو پنپنے میں ایک عرصہ لگا۔ ایوب خان کے طویل آمرانہ دور حکومت سے لوگ اکتا گئے۔ ایسے میں ذوالفقارعلی بھٹو میدان میں آئے اور جمہوریت کا علم بلند کیا۔ سانحہ مشرقی پاکستان میں کیا ہوا اور کون سے عناصر ملوث تھے یہ ایک الگ بحث ہے مگر بھٹو نے عالمی سطح پر پاکستان کے وقار میں اضافہ کیا۔ ملک میں صنعتوں کا جال بچھایا گیا۔ عالمی اسلامی کانفرس منعقد ہوئی۔ ایٹمی پروگرام انہی کے زمانے میں شروع ہوا۔ بدقسمتی سے ذوالفقارعلی بھٹو سے کچھ سنگین غلطیاں ہوئیں جسکا فائدہ انکے مخالفین نے اٹھایا۔ نظام مصطفیٰ کا نعرہ لگا کردوبارہ ایک آمر کا راستہ ہموار کیا گیا جنہوں نے میرے عزیز ہم وطنو کی آڑ میں پاکستان کو ایک ایسی دلدل میں دکھیل دیا جسکا خمیازہ ہم آج تک بھگت رہے ہیں۔جمہوری طاقتوں کا دوسرا دور ٨٠ کی دہائی سے شروع ہوتا ہے۔ محترمہ بینظیر بھٹو ١٩٨٦ میں پاکستان واپس تشریف لائیں۔ اس زمانے میں میاں نواز شریف پنجاب سے ابھرتے ہوئے سیاستدان تھے۔ چونکہ دونوں اس وقت عالم شباب میں تھے اور سیاسی ناپختگی کی وجہ سے ایک دوسرے کیخلاف استعمال ہوئے۔ بینظیر کو یہ باور کرایا گیا کہ آپ بھٹو شہید کی سیاسی وارث ہیں اور اقتدار کی اصل مستحق جب کہ نواز شریف کو یہ تاثر دیا گیا کہ آپ پنجاب سے ابھرتے ہوئے پہلے رہنما ہیں۔ یہی وہ وقت تھا جب دونوں رہنماؤں کو مل کر جمہوریت کے لیےکام کرنا چاہیے تھا مگر افسوس ایسا نہ ہوسکا۔ اس وقت خفیہ اداروں میں چھپی کالی بھیڑوں نے نواز شریف کو بینظیر کیخلاف استعمال کیا۔ ٨٠ اور ٩٠ کی دہائی میں ایک دوسرے کے خلاف محاز آرائی اور پے درپے واقعات کے بعد دونوں رہنماؤں کو اپنی غلطیوں کا احساس ہوا اور اسکا ازالہ میثاق جمہوریت سے کیا گیا۔
پیپلز پارٹی کی حکومت مشرف کی ٨ سالہ آمریت اور بینظیر کی شہادت کے بعد برسر اقتدار آئی۔ اگرچہ پیپلز پارٹی عوامی توقعات پر پورا نہ اتر سکی مگر کسی حد تک میڈیا کے منفی کردار نے جمہوریت سے متعلق لوگوں کو مزید متنفر کیا۔ ابھی مسلم لیگ(ن) جس نے گزشتہ انتخابات میں کامیابی حاصل کی ہے ، اس کو بھی پیپلز پارٹی جیسی صورتحال کا سامنا ہے ۔ اب وقت آ گیا ہے کہ لوگوں کو اس بات کا ادراک ہونا چاہئیے کہ پاکستان میں جمہوری نظام حکومت کی کامیابی کے لیے لوگوں کی حمایت کے ساتھ ساتھ ان کی حقیقت پسندی بھی چاہیے تاکہ آنے والے دنوں میں اس کے ثمرات صحیح معنوں میں نظر آئیں۔
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تحرير : نوشين يوسف
عام انتخابات میں ناکامی کے بعد عدلیہ کے کردار کو شرمناک کہنا۔۔۔سپریم کورٹ
نے تحریک انصاف کے چئیرمین عمران خان کو توہین عدالت نوٹس بھجوا ہی دیا. ٢ اگست کو عمران خان اپنا دفاع کرنے سپریم کورٹ کے بنچ نمبر ون پہنچے
کیس کی سماعت شروع ہوئی تو وکیل حامد خان نے تفصیلی جواب جمع کرانےکے لئے کچھ مہلت مانگی۔ بعد ازاں انھوں نے مختصر بیان عدالت کو سنایا۔ بیان میں کہا گیا کہ عمران خان کبھی عدالت کی توہین کا سوچ بھی نہیں سکتے۔ عمران تو قانون اور عدلیہ کی بالادستی پر یقین رکھتے ہیں۔ ان کی آزاد عدلیہ کی بحالی کے لیے جدوجہد ہے۔ عمران کو عام انتخابات میں دھاندلی پر الیکشن کمیشن سے شکوہ ہے اور انھیں سپریم کورٹ سے بہت توقعات وابسطہ ہیں۔
اس دوران بار بار عمران خان اپنی نشست سے اٹھ کر چیف جسٹس کے سامنے پیش ہونے کی کوشش کرتے رہے، لیکن کوئی نہ کوئی ساتھی بٹھا دیتا۔ اس دوران حامد خان بھی تھوڑے پریشان دیکھے۔ کیس کی سماعت کرتے ہوئے چیف جسٹس افتخار محمد چوہدری نے حامد خان سے کہا کہ ہم جانتے ہیں کہ تحریک انصاف کی 31 درخواستیں الیکشن ٹربیونل میں داخل ہیں۔ عمران خان کوآئین کے بارے میں بتائیں کہ جو کیسز الیکشن ٹریبیونل میں زیر سماعت ہوتے ہیں وہ سپریم کورٹ میں سنے نہیں جا سکتے۔
جب چیف جسٹس نے عمران خان کی پریس کانفرنس کے بارے میں دریافت کیا کہ جس میں انھوں نے عدلیہ کے لیے لفظ شرمناک کا استعمال کیا، تو حامد خان نے جواب دیا وہ تو ریٹرنگ افسران کے بارے میں رائے تھی۔ بنچ نے یاد دلایا کہ آئین کے مطابق تو عدلیہ سپریم کورٹ یا ہائی کورٹ ہے۔ پھر بنچ نے دریافت کیا کہ عمران خان نے کہا ہے کہ معافی نہیں مانگیں گے۔ حامد خان بولے کہ یہ میڈیا والے بھی نہ ہر چیز ۔۔۔۔۔۔۔
چیف جسٹس افتخار محمد چودھری نے کہا ہےکہ عمران خان ایک قد آور شخصیت ہیں، ان کے منہ سے ایسی باتیں اچھی نہیں لگتیں۔ چیف جسٹس اس طرح دباؤ میں آنے لگیں تو لوگ کہیں گے کہ ہمارا مقدمہ سنیں ورنہ گالی دیں گے۔ بالا آخر عمران خان اٹھ کھڑے ہوئے اور ڈائس پر جا کر اپنے بات شروع کر دی۔۔ کہنے لگے کہ میں نہ آزاد عدلیہ کی بحالی کی خاطر 8 روز جیل کاٹی ہے، جو کسی سیاست دان نے نہیں کاٹی۔ چیف جسٹس نے کہا کہ ایسا مت کہیں شرمندگی ہوتی ہے، بحالی عدلیہ کے لیے مزدوروں ، طالبعلوں پوری قوم نے کردار ادا کیا۔
عمران خان نے جب دوبارہ بات کرنے کی کوشش کی تو بنچ نے نرمی سے کہا کہ آپ کے وکیل بات کر رہے ہیں نا۔۔۔۔(مقصد شاید عمران خان کو کوئی غلط بیان دینے سے روکنا تھا)۔
چیف جسٹس نے کہا کہ حامد خان آپ کی پٹیشن پر یوسف رضا گیلانی کو نااہل قرار دیا گیا،آپ کہتے تھے کہ قانون سے بالاتر کوئی نہیں۔ سپریم کورٹ کیسے مان لے کہ ماتحت عدلیہ کو شرمناک کہنا درست ہے۔ خیر سماعت کے بعد عدلیہ نے عمران خان کو 28 اگست تک دوبارہ جواب داخل کرانے کی مہلت دے دی۔ ساتھ ہی چیف جسٹس نے ہنستے ہوئے ریمارکس دیے کہ اب اتنی لمبی سماعت کی مہلت دینے پر کوئی پریس کانفرنس نہ ہو جائے۔
لیکن خان صاحب بھی جب عدالت سے باہر نکلے تو میڈیا سے اجتناب کرنے کی بجائے پھر گفتگو کر ڈالی اور کہا کہ انھیں پہلی مرتبہ علم ہوا ہے کہ لفظ شرمناک گالی ہے۔ اس دوران ان کے وکیل حامد خان خاموشی سے کنارے کھڑے رہے۔
میری رائے پوچھیں تو کہوں گی کہ سپریم کورٹ نے خواہ مخواہ میں عمران خان کو اتنی اہمیت دی جس کو عمران نے ہیرو بننے کے لیے بھرپور استعمال کرتے ہوئے جیل جانے اور نااہلی سہنے کی بات کر ڈالی۔ ججوں کے لب و لہجے سے واضح تھا کہ شاید سپریم کورٹ معاملے کو ختم کرنا چاہیتی ہے، یہی وجہ ہے کہ اگلی سماعت کے لیے لمبی تاریخ ڈال دی۔ لیکن ایک چیز یہ بھی لگی کہ خان صاحب کھلاڑی ہی ہیں ابھی تک سیاست دان نہیں بنے، ان کے سٹائل میں میچیورٹی نہیں آئی بلکہ کھلنڈرا پن موجود ہے۔ محاز آرائی سے اجتناب کرنے کی بجائے ہلہ گلہ چاہتے ہیں۔ تاکہ دنیا کو لگے کہ وہ درست کہتے ہیں کہ وہ انتخابات ایسے ہی نہیں ہارے بلکہ انکو ہرانے کے لیے دھاندلی میں عدلیہ کا پورا ہاتھ ہے۔ عمران خان نےانتخابات میں دھاندلی کا ذمہ دار تو الیکشن کمیشن اور عدلیہ کو ٹھہرا دیا ہے لیکن بھول گئے ہیں کہ انتخابات کرانے میں ایک تیسرا فریق پاک فوج بھی تھی۔۔۔۔جن کے کردار کے بارے میں خان صاحب نے اب تک ایک لفظ نہیں کہا۔
کیس کی سماعت شروع ہوئی تو وکیل حامد خان نے تفصیلی جواب جمع کرانےکے لئے کچھ مہلت مانگی۔ بعد ازاں انھوں نے مختصر بیان عدالت کو سنایا۔ بیان میں کہا گیا کہ عمران خان کبھی عدالت کی توہین کا سوچ بھی نہیں سکتے۔ عمران تو قانون اور عدلیہ کی بالادستی پر یقین رکھتے ہیں۔ ان کی آزاد عدلیہ کی بحالی کے لیے جدوجہد ہے۔ عمران کو عام انتخابات میں دھاندلی پر الیکشن کمیشن سے شکوہ ہے اور انھیں سپریم کورٹ سے بہت توقعات وابسطہ ہیں۔
اس دوران بار بار عمران خان اپنی نشست سے اٹھ کر چیف جسٹس کے سامنے پیش ہونے کی کوشش کرتے رہے، لیکن کوئی نہ کوئی ساتھی بٹھا دیتا۔ اس دوران حامد خان بھی تھوڑے پریشان دیکھے۔ کیس کی سماعت کرتے ہوئے چیف جسٹس افتخار محمد چوہدری نے حامد خان سے کہا کہ ہم جانتے ہیں کہ تحریک انصاف کی 31 درخواستیں الیکشن ٹربیونل میں داخل ہیں۔ عمران خان کوآئین کے بارے میں بتائیں کہ جو کیسز الیکشن ٹریبیونل میں زیر سماعت ہوتے ہیں وہ سپریم کورٹ میں سنے نہیں جا سکتے۔
جب چیف جسٹس نے عمران خان کی پریس کانفرنس کے بارے میں دریافت کیا کہ جس میں انھوں نے عدلیہ کے لیے لفظ شرمناک کا استعمال کیا، تو حامد خان نے جواب دیا وہ تو ریٹرنگ افسران کے بارے میں رائے تھی۔ بنچ نے یاد دلایا کہ آئین کے مطابق تو عدلیہ سپریم کورٹ یا ہائی کورٹ ہے۔ پھر بنچ نے دریافت کیا کہ عمران خان نے کہا ہے کہ معافی نہیں مانگیں گے۔ حامد خان بولے کہ یہ میڈیا والے بھی نہ ہر چیز ۔۔۔۔۔۔۔
چیف جسٹس افتخار محمد چودھری نے کہا ہےکہ عمران خان ایک قد آور شخصیت ہیں، ان کے منہ سے ایسی باتیں اچھی نہیں لگتیں۔ چیف جسٹس اس طرح دباؤ میں آنے لگیں تو لوگ کہیں گے کہ ہمارا مقدمہ سنیں ورنہ گالی دیں گے۔ بالا آخر عمران خان اٹھ کھڑے ہوئے اور ڈائس پر جا کر اپنے بات شروع کر دی۔۔ کہنے لگے کہ میں نہ آزاد عدلیہ کی بحالی کی خاطر 8 روز جیل کاٹی ہے، جو کسی سیاست دان نے نہیں کاٹی۔ چیف جسٹس نے کہا کہ ایسا مت کہیں شرمندگی ہوتی ہے، بحالی عدلیہ کے لیے مزدوروں ، طالبعلوں پوری قوم نے کردار ادا کیا۔
عمران خان نے جب دوبارہ بات کرنے کی کوشش کی تو بنچ نے نرمی سے کہا کہ آپ کے وکیل بات کر رہے ہیں نا۔۔۔۔(مقصد شاید عمران خان کو کوئی غلط بیان دینے سے روکنا تھا)۔
چیف جسٹس نے کہا کہ حامد خان آپ کی پٹیشن پر یوسف رضا گیلانی کو نااہل قرار دیا گیا،آپ کہتے تھے کہ قانون سے بالاتر کوئی نہیں۔ سپریم کورٹ کیسے مان لے کہ ماتحت عدلیہ کو شرمناک کہنا درست ہے۔ خیر سماعت کے بعد عدلیہ نے عمران خان کو 28 اگست تک دوبارہ جواب داخل کرانے کی مہلت دے دی۔ ساتھ ہی چیف جسٹس نے ہنستے ہوئے ریمارکس دیے کہ اب اتنی لمبی سماعت کی مہلت دینے پر کوئی پریس کانفرنس نہ ہو جائے۔
لیکن خان صاحب بھی جب عدالت سے باہر نکلے تو میڈیا سے اجتناب کرنے کی بجائے پھر گفتگو کر ڈالی اور کہا کہ انھیں پہلی مرتبہ علم ہوا ہے کہ لفظ شرمناک گالی ہے۔ اس دوران ان کے وکیل حامد خان خاموشی سے کنارے کھڑے رہے۔
میری رائے پوچھیں تو کہوں گی کہ سپریم کورٹ نے خواہ مخواہ میں عمران خان کو اتنی اہمیت دی جس کو عمران نے ہیرو بننے کے لیے بھرپور استعمال کرتے ہوئے جیل جانے اور نااہلی سہنے کی بات کر ڈالی۔ ججوں کے لب و لہجے سے واضح تھا کہ شاید سپریم کورٹ معاملے کو ختم کرنا چاہیتی ہے، یہی وجہ ہے کہ اگلی سماعت کے لیے لمبی تاریخ ڈال دی۔ لیکن ایک چیز یہ بھی لگی کہ خان صاحب کھلاڑی ہی ہیں ابھی تک سیاست دان نہیں بنے، ان کے سٹائل میں میچیورٹی نہیں آئی بلکہ کھلنڈرا پن موجود ہے۔ محاز آرائی سے اجتناب کرنے کی بجائے ہلہ گلہ چاہتے ہیں۔ تاکہ دنیا کو لگے کہ وہ درست کہتے ہیں کہ وہ انتخابات ایسے ہی نہیں ہارے بلکہ انکو ہرانے کے لیے دھاندلی میں عدلیہ کا پورا ہاتھ ہے۔ عمران خان نےانتخابات میں دھاندلی کا ذمہ دار تو الیکشن کمیشن اور عدلیہ کو ٹھہرا دیا ہے لیکن بھول گئے ہیں کہ انتخابات کرانے میں ایک تیسرا فریق پاک فوج بھی تھی۔۔۔۔جن کے کردار کے بارے میں خان صاحب نے اب تک ایک لفظ نہیں کہا۔
Surprising Pakistan
Surprising Pakistan
First published in CNN Blogs
By Jason Miks (Global Public Square staff)
Many of the countries we were so hopeful about only a couple of years ago are in turmoil. Egypt's stability is precarious. Turkey has been rocked by protests. The BRIC nations are sagging economically. On the other hand, there is one place, once described as the world's most dangerous country, that’s offering up a pleasant surprise: Pakistan. Yes, it's full of Islamic radicals, nuclear weapons, ambitious generals, and corrupt politicians. But things are changing.
Pakistan has just accomplished a first in its history: an elected government completed its five-year term, giving way to a new set of democratically elected leaders. This was never allowed to happen before. Every prior civilian government in Pakistan had been deposed by a military coup. You see, Pakistan's military is the world's seventh largest, and has ruled the country for almost half its existence.
The elections are even more exceptional when you consider the conditions. The Pakistani Taliban had declared war against democracy, targeting three major political parties for elimination. As a result, the campaign period turned out to be the bloodiest in Pakistan's history. At least 80 people were killed and 400 injured in dozens of attacks. Would you go to the polling booth in these conditions? And yet, voter turnout topped 55 percent – nearly the same as the last U.S. presidential election! In part, this is because Pakistan's demographics are vibrant. A third of the electorate is under the age of 30. These are voters who are not burdened by the memories and missteps of the past. Instead they're optimistic and forward-looking about their country.
Pakistan's economy remains in critical condition. Foreign investment is drying up, deficits crippling its government. But the new prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, has announced a series of measures to run state-owned companies more efficiently, to get the country's fiscal house in order, and to open up the economy. Most tantalizing is the prospect of better economic relations with India, which Sharif has been hinting at. Pakistan would get a huge boost if the government would remove barriers and burdens that are a product of old animosities rather than any sensible economic thinking.
Meanwhile, Al Jazeera this week leaked an astounding report on Pakistan. The Supreme Court investigated how on earth Osama bin Laden managed to live there for so long, undetected. The report reveals a completely inept police and military. And, it hints that certain elements within the Pakistani establishment may have known about bin Laden. It said: “connivance, collaboration, and cooperation… cannot be entirely discounted.”
The message should be clear. Pakistan's main enemies are not the ones its military would have you believe: India, Afghanistan, or the United States. The real enemies lie within: extremism, military dictatorship, weak institutions, and corruption. Islamabad now has a mandate – and the time – to fight those enemies. Pakistan is still a dangerous country, but for once there are hopeful signs from there as well.
URL of original article | http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2013/07/13/surprising-pakistan/#
Elections 2013 | Supremacy of people of Pakistan
Elections 2013 | Supremacy of people of Pakistan
Written by Hadeed Sher
Through this election 2013 it was also proved correct that democracy is the best revenge. The Pakistan Peoples Party who was holding the reins of federal government and provincial govt of Sindh, Baluchistan and Awami National Party who was the custodian of KPK government, are held responsible for the present bleak condition of Pakistan, and were rejected by the voters. In KPK ANP lost the position of govt and its mainstream leadership lost the electoral battle miserably. Ghulam Ahmad Billor who was the federal Minister of Railways was defeated by Imran Khan in NA-01. Raja Parvaiz Ashraf who was the person behind the rental power case lost his home seat against PMLN candidate. Dr. Firdos Ashiq Awan, another PPP stalwart known for her aggressive talks in TV shows was also defeated in Sialkot by a PMLN rival. In general, the people of Pakistan announced their verdict loud and clear that only performance will matter in the future democratic setup of Pakistan and that the people have understood that the power of the vote must be exercised in the right way.
It is also worth mentioning here that in these elections people rejected most of the turncoats thus giving their verdict on GE 2013. In most cases these turncoats were once closest aide of Gen Musharraf. Ameer Muqam who was supposedly the most influenced people of SWAT was rejected by the people. Similarly, the people outrightly rejected Khusheed Mahmood Qassori and Marvi Memon in Punjab and Sindh respectively. Although there are a huge number of parliamentarians who have changed their parties but surprisingly the so called giants of politics were defeated missebly in these elections and this process will go on with the continuity of the democratic process.
As a whole nation deserves congratulations on holding peaceful the elections. This bonanza of colors is not black and white and various bleak issues of democracy will be enlightened with the continuation of the democratic process.
As a whole nation deserves congratulations on holding peaceful the elections. This bonanza of colors is not black and white and various bleak issues of democracy will be enlightened with the continuation of the democratic process.
