Thursday 30 August 2012
Democracy and hypocrisy
Pakistan is a constitutional Islamic Republic where for 65 years musical chair of civilian and military rulers is going on. Their have been 3 military coups in 65 years and 4 military dictators have ruled for 32 years, Thus military had a controversial rule in the country so far and it is considered to be a threat to the political system. All the Political Parties in the country champion democracy and many proudly claim to be anti establishment, and accuse others of being pro establishment,In many ways their politics is based on Pro and anti establishment narrative. As is if this is the only issue of the country and military is the only threat to democracy. But just about all the parties are hypocritical about democracy they all preach democracy some more some less but non of them practice democracy, They all say democracy is the best system but non of them have democracy within their organization. Some parties have dictatorial organizational structure like PMLN,MQM and PTI, PMLN claims to be anti establishment these days and biggest thorn against anti democratic forces but its name Pakistan Muslim league(Nawaz) is enough to show that party is owned by one man who is leader of PMLN ever since the party was founded and all others in the party follow or have to follow the dictator of PMLN for life Nawaz Sharif, his younger brother Mian Shahbaz Sharif is chief minister of Punjab. MQM was founded by Altaf Hussain in 1984 and ever since Altaf Hussain is leader of MQM and for 20 years he is leading MQM from London where he is living under self imposed exile, MQM has never conducted intra Party elections and its part of PPP coalition Government for more than 4 years despite admitting time and time again that the Government is corrupt and incompetent, But still supports it in the name of democracy, PTI was founded in 1996 by Imran Khan and ever since Imran is unelected chairman of the party and PTI has never conducted intra party elections the party revolves around one man and that is captain Imran Khan, in the last one year PTI has not only welcomed many former ministers of Pervez Musharaff's dictatorial regime and leaders of his Party PMLQ in their organization but also given them leading positions in the party, but still PTI claims to be the odd one out the only anti status quo party which is truly democratic, at least I don't buy this hypocrisy.
On the other side their are some parties who have hereditary and dynastical organizational structure like JUIF ANP and the PPP. JUIF claims to be a Islamic party but for more than three years in the name of democracy it was aliened with secular and pro American Government of PPP which supports US war on terror and also allowed drone attacks to continue, Still JUIF is aliened with the Government in Balochistan and Khyber-Pukhtoonkhwa in the name of democracy, but JUIF is hereditary party where leadership changes on the basis of family background rather than intra-party elections, Mufti Mahmood was the leader of JUIF for many years and ever since he has passed away his son Maulana Fazl ur Rehman is un elected leader of JUIF for life, ANP was founded by Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan by the name of National Awami Party which later became Awami National Party, ANP also claims to be anti establishment and a pro democratic force and ever since the 1st day it has been the strongest ally of PPP government and it has supported PPP Government in just about every situation in the name of democracy. but ANP is also a hereditary party Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan was its 1st leader he gave away leadership of the party to his son Abdul Wali Khan and Wali Khan gave away leadership of his party to Asfandyar Wali Khan, I am sure next leader of ANP will also be from Wali family so that the hypocritical legacy continues.
PPP was founded by Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto in 1967 and PPP claims to have sacrificed more for democracy in Pakistan than any other party and it claims to be the guardian of the democratic system. PPP came into power for the fourth time in march 2008. and ever since it has broken its own records of corruption,nepotism and lack of governance, in four years PPP Government nearly doubled the internal and external debt from 6700 billion Rupees to 1200 billion Rupees,electricity shortfall increased and average prices of electricity also nearly doubled from 10.44 to 10.56 Rupees per unit, Profitable corporations like Steel mills have been drowned into bankruptcy in January 2008 steel mills had a profit of 11 billion Rupees now it has debt of 120 billion Rupees financial situation of PIA,Pakistan railways and many other corporations is even worst according to transparency international in 4 years of the PPP government Pakistan lost 8500 billion Rupees in corruption,tax evasion and bad governance,even Nab chairman said everyday Pakistan loses 5 billion Rupees in corruption in only three sectors of the economy,PPP Government worst ever, drone attacks have increased during the tenure of PPP and 1000s of disowned innocent Pakistanis have been killed with consent of PPP Government, average GDP growth from 2008-2012 was only 2.9% and inflation is in double figures ever since PPP has come to power, a US dollar was = 63 Rupees in January 2008 now its = 92.The hypocrisy of PPP is that it wants to rule the country at any cost but it does not want nor has the capabilities to fulfil the responsibilities which lies upon a democratic government according to the constitution, even self pro claimed liberal supporters of this government on print,electronic and social media indirectly admit PPP government has failed because they never defend or praise the government for its performance instead they accuse the opposition or the establishment for its failure. PPP leadership and its supporters use democracy as shield to defend the corrupt,incompetent and failed Government but PPP does not have democracy within its organization in fact it is a classic example of hereditary party where leadership changes through will rather than elections, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto gave away the leadership of the party to his wife Begum Nusrat Bhutto, She gave away leadership of the party to her daughter Benazir Bhutto and after the tragic assassination of Benazir her teenage son Bilawal Zardari was chosen to be chairman of the party and her husband Asif Zardari became co-chairperson and leader of the party based on the will of Benazir rather than elections. But Jiya Bhutto,Jiya Jamhoriyat,jiya munafiqat, jiya jahil jiyala.
The Jamaat e Islami is the only party which is not hypocritical about democracy and its free from family dynasty and personal ownership, The only Party which conducts intra party elections on schedule from national to district level its leadership and even members of the central Shura are elected its only party whose leadership has come from different provinces and ethnic backgrounds, but political opponents of JI and specially the secular elite fringe which supports PPP government in the name of democracy hypocritically accuse JI of being anti democratic force.
The military with political adventures has made civilian tyrants siyasi shaheed,and allowed fake leadership and corrupt,disorganized,undemocratic political parties to manipulate the people of Pakistan in the name of democracy, But military cant be kept to barracks with propaganda and demonization as long as the political parties which are in power remain hypocritical about democracy and fail in governance as well the military will keep on intervening in affairs of the country beyond its mandate, and thus the musical chair of civilian and military rule will continue to protect the status quo and we cant bring the change which Pakistan desperately needs.
so all those who want genuine rather than cosmetic change in Pakistan should reject this hypocrisy in the name of democracy.
Saturday 18 August 2012
Friday 17 August 2012
War for Terrorism
After the terrorist attacks on 11th September 2001 in the United States of America in which 3000 people were killed with impunity than US president George Bush declared war on terror by launching an invasion on Afghanistan by using the attacks of 9/11 as an excuse which renowned American Jewish intellectual Noam Chomsky described something like this: we'll just listen to what our leaders say. So, on October 11th, President Bush announced to the Afghan people that we will keep bombing you until you hand over people who we suspect of terrorist acts although we refuse to provide any evidence and we refuse to enter into any negotiations for extradition and transfer -- a clear case of international terrorism. http://www.chomsky.info/articles/20020201.htm
After 9/11 when US government demanded the Afghan taliban Government to extradite Osama bin Laden the Taliban Government did not reject that demand instead they demanded evidence to prosecute Osama bin Laden and other leaders of Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan in a Sharia court, Mullah Omar even made an offer to the US that if our Sharia court is not acceptable for you than we can send Osama bin Laden for a judicial trial in a 3rd country but that to in a Sharia court because we don't believe in common law. Now US Government ignored very reasonable demand and offer of the taliban Government and decided to attack Afghanistan via Pakistan. At the time a military dictator Pervez Musharraf was the sole ruler of Pakistan in one phone call from Washington he accepted all the demands without any stipulation in fact it wouldn't be wrong to say that US Government bullied its demands out of the coward dictator who justified his hypocritical and cowardly U-turn in one phone call to the nation with the lie that if I had not accepted US demands they had threatened to send us to the stone age but US officials denied that Musharraf also said that this would help us better Pakistan's status at international level,US would accept our nuclear program and also help us resolve the Kashmir dispute in accordance to UN resolutions US would leave Afghanistan after wiping out Alqaeda in few months, How truthful these claims have proven to be I don't need to say much about that the reality has been totally opposite of what Musharraf claimed.On 7th of October 2001 US invaded Afghanistan by using Pakistani territory and air basis consequently the client dictatorial regime in Islamabad drowned Pakistan in to war for terrorism, As expected there was violent reaction in Pakistan specially in Khyber Pukhtunkhwa and Fata but still the law&order situation as a whole was very much normal.
Than in February 2004 US started drone attacks in Pakistan and at the behest of US client regime in Islamabad started military operation in Fata, It was 1st time in 57 years Pakistan deployed its army in the tribal region. The military operation and drone attacks did not eliminate terrorism in Pakistan but in consequence terrorism increased at geometrical proportions suicide Bombing which we hardly heard of before became the heinous norm and 1st time we heard about the monstrous phenomena of Pakistani taliban. Ever since the 1st military operation in 2004 our Government and Military is telling us that this would be the last operation in Fata after this there would be no suicide bombing we will wipe out TTP terrorists but every time the outcome was the same as the quack Doctor's treatment of a bleeding wounded man, where the cure was not to stop bleeding but to bleed the wounded man even more until he has no more blood left in his veins. And wounded Pakistan is bleeding more and more with this Quack Doctor treatment for the disease of terrorism.Meanwhile the US started started second and more bloody more destructive phase of war for terrorism waging a war on Iraq based on the false pretext of weapons of mass destruction which were never found but the war caused mass destruction of Iraq over a million Iraqis died and many more were left homeless, more than 4000 American soldiers also died in the unjust war. The Iraq war has been the biggest and most destructive in the 21 century so far.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ORB_survey_of_Iraq_War_casualties
On one side Pakistani Government and military claims to be fighting a war against terrorism on the other side its ally of US in the global war for terrorism in which from Iraq to Afghanistan well over a million Muslims have been killed add to that the 1000s of innocent people who have died in US drone attacks, Amongst the so called allies of US Pakistan has been the biggest victim of war for terrorism more than 40000 Pakistani have been killed including more than 5000 security personnel in last ten years due to suicide bombing,drone attacks and target killing, Most people have been killed by suicide bombers. recently there was a terrorist attack on Kamra air base in which the terrorists tried to destroy valuable assets of Pakistan air force but with bravery and vigilance of our troops all terrorists were killed and at least two soldiers embraced Martydom. Now rather than addressing the problem which is our Government's hypocritical support for US war for terrorism and drone attacks the Government is set to drown the army again in North Waziristan to eliminate terrorism and wipe out TTP terrorists once and for all just like they did in previous military operations in Waziristan. where our soldiers died the terrorists were killed but more were recruited and suicide bombing increased. Terrorism for the time being is Pakistan's biggest problem, we have to eliminate all sorts of terrorism which has rotten our country but as long as we continue supporting US war for terrorism against Muslims by giving supply route to continue occupation of Afghanistan and allowing US drone attacks to let the innocent disowned Pakistanis die in the tribal region just because they happened to be at a wrong place at a wrong time. the wounded Pakistan will keep bleeding.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9Trh8iwNt8 Some people in Pakistan who support US war for terrorism in the name of war on terror give a lame excuse to justify drone attacks by saying '' our land is being used by the militants against US forces in Afghanistan '' they forgot that Afghanistan is not 51 state of US its occupied by US forces who have no right to be there and as long as foreign forces remain in Afghanistan their will resistance against occupation in one way or another and our land will be used against occupying US forces because its not Canada but Pakistan that has 2200 KM long border with Afghanistan, But if our land is being used it does not mean we are harbouring terrorists when US occupied Vietnam neighbouring Cambodia's land was used by the militants against occupying US forces but it did not mean that Cambodia was harbouring terrorists the Cambodian land was used as a consequence of US occupation of neighbouring Vietnam, Similarly our land being used by the militants is a consequence of US occupation of Afghanistan, But we always react on consequences rather than addressing the problem which is US occupation and state terrorism on both sides of the Durand line and our support for it.Its so hypocritical for Pakistanis and Americans to put a label of terrorism on Afghan resistance against occupation what would we do if Pakistan was occupied by Americans what would the Americans do if Afghans had occupied US? This is the same US Government which supports zionist massacre of Palestinians by saying
''Israel has the right to defend it self '' on occupied land of displaced Palestinians but when Palestinians fight against occupying zionist forces to liberate their occupied land US Government says ''Palestinians are terrorists'' this extreme of hypocrisy and double standards is clearly evident in war for terrorism in the name war on terrorism.
If terrorism is killing innocent people and achieving your political or ideological objectives through violence than its impossible for me with conscious mind and sincerity of heart to accept that US war is against terrorism to establish peace around the world. And impossible for me to choose any other state for being the leading terrorist State in the 21century so far accept the United States of America, its not news for the American's that their country is known as the 1# terrorist state in the world nor the bitter fact that it is hated around the world specially in Muslim countries for its atrocities from Iraq to Afghanistan and support for systematic genocide of the Palestinians by the occupying zionist regime. In Pakistan some former communist intellectuals who have always supported occupation of Muslims countries distort facts to prove that their narrative is right by saying '' suicide bombing and militant revolt against the state is a result of Jihad against Red army'' no doubt Pakistan made a mistake after the withdrawal of Soviet Union from Afghanistan by not de-weaponizing the Mujahideen but this is a lie that current situation in the country is consequence of Afghan Jihad against red army.from 1989 to 2001 their was only 1 suicide bomb attack in Pakistan which was taken out by a Egyptian citizen on Egyptian embassy and in general law&order situation was normal to the extent that final of 1996 Cricket World cup was played in Lahore whereas now no international Cricket team wants to play any match in Pakistan, In Pakistan their have been 100s of suicide bombings since our country was drown into US war for terrorism in October 2001.Terrorism in Pakistan is Pakistan's biggest problem but we can only sort out this problem if we disengage our selves from US war for terrorism by permanently stopping Nato supplies and drone attacks, By addressing the problem rather than reacting on the consequence other wise this hypocritical policy on terrorism will increase extremism and with this quack Doctor policy the wounded Pakistan will keep on bleeding.
May Allah bring peace in Pakistan and make the wounded country healthy again.Ameen
After 9/11 when US government demanded the Afghan taliban Government to extradite Osama bin Laden the Taliban Government did not reject that demand instead they demanded evidence to prosecute Osama bin Laden and other leaders of Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan in a Sharia court, Mullah Omar even made an offer to the US that if our Sharia court is not acceptable for you than we can send Osama bin Laden for a judicial trial in a 3rd country but that to in a Sharia court because we don't believe in common law. Now US Government ignored very reasonable demand and offer of the taliban Government and decided to attack Afghanistan via Pakistan. At the time a military dictator Pervez Musharraf was the sole ruler of Pakistan in one phone call from Washington he accepted all the demands without any stipulation in fact it wouldn't be wrong to say that US Government bullied its demands out of the coward dictator who justified his hypocritical and cowardly U-turn in one phone call to the nation with the lie that if I had not accepted US demands they had threatened to send us to the stone age but US officials denied that Musharraf also said that this would help us better Pakistan's status at international level,US would accept our nuclear program and also help us resolve the Kashmir dispute in accordance to UN resolutions US would leave Afghanistan after wiping out Alqaeda in few months, How truthful these claims have proven to be I don't need to say much about that the reality has been totally opposite of what Musharraf claimed.On 7th of October 2001 US invaded Afghanistan by using Pakistani territory and air basis consequently the client dictatorial regime in Islamabad drowned Pakistan in to war for terrorism, As expected there was violent reaction in Pakistan specially in Khyber Pukhtunkhwa and Fata but still the law&order situation as a whole was very much normal.
Than in February 2004 US started drone attacks in Pakistan and at the behest of US client regime in Islamabad started military operation in Fata, It was 1st time in 57 years Pakistan deployed its army in the tribal region. The military operation and drone attacks did not eliminate terrorism in Pakistan but in consequence terrorism increased at geometrical proportions suicide Bombing which we hardly heard of before became the heinous norm and 1st time we heard about the monstrous phenomena of Pakistani taliban. Ever since the 1st military operation in 2004 our Government and Military is telling us that this would be the last operation in Fata after this there would be no suicide bombing we will wipe out TTP terrorists but every time the outcome was the same as the quack Doctor's treatment of a bleeding wounded man, where the cure was not to stop bleeding but to bleed the wounded man even more until he has no more blood left in his veins. And wounded Pakistan is bleeding more and more with this Quack Doctor treatment for the disease of terrorism.Meanwhile the US started started second and more bloody more destructive phase of war for terrorism waging a war on Iraq based on the false pretext of weapons of mass destruction which were never found but the war caused mass destruction of Iraq over a million Iraqis died and many more were left homeless, more than 4000 American soldiers also died in the unjust war. The Iraq war has been the biggest and most destructive in the 21 century so far.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ORB_survey_of_Iraq_War_casualties
On one side Pakistani Government and military claims to be fighting a war against terrorism on the other side its ally of US in the global war for terrorism in which from Iraq to Afghanistan well over a million Muslims have been killed add to that the 1000s of innocent people who have died in US drone attacks, Amongst the so called allies of US Pakistan has been the biggest victim of war for terrorism more than 40000 Pakistani have been killed including more than 5000 security personnel in last ten years due to suicide bombing,drone attacks and target killing, Most people have been killed by suicide bombers. recently there was a terrorist attack on Kamra air base in which the terrorists tried to destroy valuable assets of Pakistan air force but with bravery and vigilance of our troops all terrorists were killed and at least two soldiers embraced Martydom. Now rather than addressing the problem which is our Government's hypocritical support for US war for terrorism and drone attacks the Government is set to drown the army again in North Waziristan to eliminate terrorism and wipe out TTP terrorists once and for all just like they did in previous military operations in Waziristan. where our soldiers died the terrorists were killed but more were recruited and suicide bombing increased. Terrorism for the time being is Pakistan's biggest problem, we have to eliminate all sorts of terrorism which has rotten our country but as long as we continue supporting US war for terrorism against Muslims by giving supply route to continue occupation of Afghanistan and allowing US drone attacks to let the innocent disowned Pakistanis die in the tribal region just because they happened to be at a wrong place at a wrong time. the wounded Pakistan will keep bleeding.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9Trh8iwNt8 Some people in Pakistan who support US war for terrorism in the name of war on terror give a lame excuse to justify drone attacks by saying '' our land is being used by the militants against US forces in Afghanistan '' they forgot that Afghanistan is not 51 state of US its occupied by US forces who have no right to be there and as long as foreign forces remain in Afghanistan their will resistance against occupation in one way or another and our land will be used against occupying US forces because its not Canada but Pakistan that has 2200 KM long border with Afghanistan, But if our land is being used it does not mean we are harbouring terrorists when US occupied Vietnam neighbouring Cambodia's land was used by the militants against occupying US forces but it did not mean that Cambodia was harbouring terrorists the Cambodian land was used as a consequence of US occupation of neighbouring Vietnam, Similarly our land being used by the militants is a consequence of US occupation of Afghanistan, But we always react on consequences rather than addressing the problem which is US occupation and state terrorism on both sides of the Durand line and our support for it.Its so hypocritical for Pakistanis and Americans to put a label of terrorism on Afghan resistance against occupation what would we do if Pakistan was occupied by Americans what would the Americans do if Afghans had occupied US? This is the same US Government which supports zionist massacre of Palestinians by saying
''Israel has the right to defend it self '' on occupied land of displaced Palestinians but when Palestinians fight against occupying zionist forces to liberate their occupied land US Government says ''Palestinians are terrorists'' this extreme of hypocrisy and double standards is clearly evident in war for terrorism in the name war on terrorism.
If terrorism is killing innocent people and achieving your political or ideological objectives through violence than its impossible for me with conscious mind and sincerity of heart to accept that US war is against terrorism to establish peace around the world. And impossible for me to choose any other state for being the leading terrorist State in the 21century so far accept the United States of America, its not news for the American's that their country is known as the 1# terrorist state in the world nor the bitter fact that it is hated around the world specially in Muslim countries for its atrocities from Iraq to Afghanistan and support for systematic genocide of the Palestinians by the occupying zionist regime. In Pakistan some former communist intellectuals who have always supported occupation of Muslims countries distort facts to prove that their narrative is right by saying '' suicide bombing and militant revolt against the state is a result of Jihad against Red army'' no doubt Pakistan made a mistake after the withdrawal of Soviet Union from Afghanistan by not de-weaponizing the Mujahideen but this is a lie that current situation in the country is consequence of Afghan Jihad against red army.from 1989 to 2001 their was only 1 suicide bomb attack in Pakistan which was taken out by a Egyptian citizen on Egyptian embassy and in general law&order situation was normal to the extent that final of 1996 Cricket World cup was played in Lahore whereas now no international Cricket team wants to play any match in Pakistan, In Pakistan their have been 100s of suicide bombings since our country was drown into US war for terrorism in October 2001.Terrorism in Pakistan is Pakistan's biggest problem but we can only sort out this problem if we disengage our selves from US war for terrorism by permanently stopping Nato supplies and drone attacks, By addressing the problem rather than reacting on the consequence other wise this hypocritical policy on terrorism will increase extremism and with this quack Doctor policy the wounded Pakistan will keep on bleeding.
May Allah bring peace in Pakistan and make the wounded country healthy again.Ameen
Wednesday 15 August 2012
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