Is Nawaz Sherif Machiavelli of South east Asia?

[Irfan Baloch]

"Do you know, what is my biggest asset?"
"it is my ability to keep a flat face and not let anyone have a clue what I am thinking about.
friends or foes can never figure out what I am thinking and I always keep them guessing."

Nawaz Sherif is quoted as saying few years back to a close aide in a private gathering

Machiavellianism
the employment of cunning and duplicity in statecraft or in general conduct".


inside Pakistan he has Atheist cum liberals like Asma Jahangir, Najam Sethi in his pocket
together with those who promote religious extremism like Irfan Sadique. in Punjab he has the backing of Hafiz Saeed and Punjabi Taliban to provide muscle on the streets while in other parts of the country he has secular and ethnic parties like Pashton ANP and Mohajir movement leaders and Baloch nationalists. in Punjab he uses the Punjabi card and knows that the disproportionate population advantage from punjab gives him guarneeted win in a democracy he has molded to his advantage due to the rule over Punjab over several decades from the time of Zia.

outside the country on the east he presents himself a peace loving and well wishing civilian leader who likes business and hates war and he would say things which the Indian crowd and opinion makers love to hear i.e. hating the Pakistan army and ISI. he will never mention Kashmir and if it will be mentioned then it will be in context of Kargil and how Pak army back stabbed India. to much Indian applause and pleasure he will even question the wisdom of partition when there is so much in common. if ever anyone will bring up Hafis Saeed or Jamat ut Dawa then he will throw out Kargil and ISI to bring back the guns on Paksitan army.

and he will do the same on the western side talking to Afghan racist regime of Northern Alliance warlords and drug barons.

he will tell outside world that he is confronted by Pakistan army which doesn't like peace with its neighbors and his efforts are sabotaged by Pakistan army to explain violence in Afghanistan or armed conflict in Kashmir. he will claim that he has been ousted before and now because he wanted peace.

he pocketed money from Saudis over cancelling Gas deal with Iran and promised them to send Pakistani troops to fight their proxy wars in Yemen or even Syria and kept quiet when Saudis showed their shock and disbelief when Pakistan army didn't comply.

Inside Pakistan while in Punjab he will claim that he is punished for building motorways and CPEC and conducting the nuclear explosions. while in Baluchistan to appease the separatist leaders he will blame Pakistan army and claim to care for them.

it takes some special talent to have atheists, nationalists, xenophobes , religious fanatics and liberals all together under his thumb and he knows that these influential people or entities have one thing in common and that is their common hatred for Pakistan army as an entity. and he views Pakistan army as a final and permanent hurdle in establishing the House of Sherifs as the rightful rulers of Pakistan on the Middle eastern apartheid model.
his house is ruthless in its dealing with the rest of people of Punjab, eliminating the political and non political (business) adversaries through intimidation, legal actions. the civil administration bows to the will of house of sherifs and no one dares to challenge the house even if his caravan runs over a child and drives on or kills 14 people in broad day light in Lahore without any legal repercussions.

he has openly vowed to change the law and constitution to his liking and change all clauses that can make him accountable. he is sure to win the next elections because the democracy is molded to his will through money and intimidation.

outside Pakistan he is seen as a legit leader of Pakistan who is a physical manifestation of goodness , peace and love who must be helped in all possible manners and his financial misconduct should be overlooked for he is only true rival to Pakistan army.

his biggest win is with the Indians, he is willing business partner with Indians, shares the hatred and misgivings towards Pakistani military and has successfully used the same formula in his limited correspondence with Afghan regime.

 

[El Sidd]

Qaroon
Firoun
Nimrod
Shaddad

 

[GHOSTS]

Sorry but We don't like Nawaz sharif in india.

 

[Zee-shaun]

Qaroon
Firoun
Nimrod
Shaddad

Yajooj va majooj.

 

[El Sidd]

Yajooj va majooj.

Nahi
Wo koi aur cheez hain.
Wo bhi ajaenge inko to nikalo

 

[war&peace]

"Do you know, what is my biggest asset?"
"it is my ability to keep a flat face and not let anyone have a clue what I am thinking about.
friends or foes can never figure out what I am thinking and I always keep them guessing."

Nawaz Sherif is quoted as saying few years back to a close aide in a private gathering

Machiavellianism
the employment of cunning and duplicity in statecraft or in general conduct".


inside Pakistan he has Atheist cum liberals like Asma Jahangir, Najam Sethi in his pocket
together with those who promote religious extremism like Irfan Sadique. in Punjab he has the backing of Hafiz Saeed and Punjabi Taliban to provide muscle on the streets while in other parts of the country he has secular and ethnic parties like Pashton ANP and Mohajir movement leaders and Baloch nationalists. in Punjab he uses the Punjabi card and knows that the disproportionate population advantage from punjab gives him guarneeted win in a democracy he has molded to his advantage due to the rule over Punjab over several decades from the time of Zia.

outside the country on the east he presents himself a peace loving and well wishing civilian leader who likes business and hates war and he would say things which the Indian crowd and opinion makers love to hear i.e. hating the Pakistan army and ISI. he will never mention Kashmir and if it will be mentioned then it will be in context of Kargil and how Pak army back stabbed India. to much Indian applause and pleasure he will even question the wisdom of partition when there is so much in common. if ever anyone will bring up Hafis Saeed or Jamat ut Dawa then he will throw out Kargil and ISI to bring back the guns on Paksitan army.

and he will do the same on the western side talking to Afghan racist regime of Northern Alliance warlords and drug barons.

he will tell outside world that he is confronted by Pakistan army which doesn't like peace with its neighbors and his efforts are sabotaged by Pakistan army to explain violence in Afghanistan or armed conflict in Kashmir. he will claim that he has been ousted before and now because he wanted peace.

he pocketed money from Saudis over cancelling Gas deal with Iran and promised them to send Pakistani troops to fight their proxy wars in Yemen or even Syria and kept quiet when Saudis showed their shock and disbelief when Pakistan army didn't comply.

Inside Pakistan while in Punjab he will claim that he is punished for building motorways and CPEC and conducting the nuclear explosions. while in Baluchistan to appease the separatist leaders he will blame Pakistan army and claim to care for them.

it takes some special talent to have atheists, nationalists, xenophobes , religious fanatics and liberals all together under his thumb and he knows that these influential people or entities have one thing in common and that is their common hatred for Pakistan army as an entity. and he views Pakistan army as a final and permanent hurdle in establishing the House of Sherifs as the rightful rulers of Pakistan on the Middle eastern apartheid model.
his house is ruthless in its dealing with the rest of people of Punjab, eliminating the political and non political (business) adversaries through intimidation, legal actions. the civil administration bows to the will of house of sherifs and no one dares to challenge the house even if his caravan runs over a child and drives on or kills 14 people in broad day light in Lahore without any legal repercussions.

he has openly vowed to change the law and constitution to his liking and change all clauses that can make him accountable. he is sure to win the next elections because the democracy is molded to his will through money and intimidation.

outside Pakistan he is seen as a legit leader of Pakistan who is a physical manifestation of goodness , peace and love who must be helped in all possible manners and his financial misconduct should be overlooked for he is only true rival to Pakistan army.

his biggest win is with the Indians, he is willing business partner with Indians, shares the hatred and misgivings towards Pakistani military and has successfully used the same formula in his limited correspondence with Afghan regime.

Partially, we are, as a nation, responsible for his ascension. Our conservatives are confused, our liberals are confused....everyone is confused. We are not real so we do not value the real stuff. We believe more in rituals than in core values and thus a pretentious and masked person can play with us and we will be impressed and inspired by him....ruled by him. First we need to dispel the misconception of conservatives and liberals in Pakistan as ideologists. They all share one common love -- money and power that binds the so called liberals like Asma Jahangir, Naja Sethi and so called Maulvis like Maulana Diesel together. Nawaz Shareef is a corrupt businessman who will buy everything and everyone and sell everything and everyone if that makes the business sense to him. He is neither a Muslim, nor a hindu, a scientologist...he is just the man of money...He worships money - the dollar. To do this he

 

[Ocelot]

Nawaz Sharif is a genius kleptocrat; his philosophy is 'if you cant beat them, buy them'. Alas he wasn't able to buy one man, who is after his heels for the last 20 years.

 

[Yaseen1]

unless politics is banned in Pakistan we will never prosper no matter whether nawaz zardari or ik all political parties are waste and promote hatred and divide in Pakistan

 

[!eon]

it takes some special talent to have atheists, nationalists, xenophobes , religious fanatics and liberals all together under his thumb

That special talent is haram ka maal. Use the money like a shower, all would enjoy the party altogether.

 

[Thəorətic Muslim]

Welcome to Politics.

 

[Sky lord]

He is a politician .

It is a politicians job to bring together "atheists, nationalists, xenophobes , religious fanatics and liberals" .

This is what politicians do for crying out loud. What's so hard to understand.

If you guys hate your politicians so much, why don't you request some non political force to just take over and run the country. Democracy is only one form of government. There are many others.

But if you want politicians to run the country - this is what they are like - everywhere in the whole world - not just pakistan.

And as someone already said - no we don't like nawaz in India.

 

[Zee-shaun]

Nahi
Wo koi aur cheez hain.
Wo bhi ajaenge inko to nikalo

Lenin woh bhi to raat din lohe ki diwaron ko chaat'te rehte hain. Ganjay ko bhi an yehi karna hai, kuch he dino ki baat hai.

 

[El Sidd]

Lenin woh bhi to raat din lohe ki diwaron ko chaat'te rehte hain. Ganjay ko bhi an yehi karna hai, kuch he dino ki baat hai.

Ganja bachega thodi.

Bahadur Shah Zafar hai ye Pakistani political setup ka.

 

[ashok321]

Arey bhai ye tau Modi ka Taqiya kalam hai

Modi is the best Machiavellian
The best sly wily.

 

[Irfan Baloch]

Sorry but We don't like Nawaz sharif in india.

People with power in India have a different point of view. be it the business tycoons or Indian sarkar

reading through the comments I see that the discussion has taken an unintended turn I.

one person has taken a very broad concept of politicians . by that definition every sociable encounter is politics. and leaders of every state institution, business communities, religious groups and sports teams captions are politicians.
(and to some extent they are although in classical sense politicians are classes as individuals whose main purpose purpose of life is politics and everything else is secondary.

now one poster took a part of my sentence and thus suggesting that I was hating on politicians . I wont call it wrong because like what I wrote , it was just an opinion.

but just want to clarify that its not a moral commentary on Nawaz and its not about hating politics.
I am distinguishing Nawaz for his ability to use and befriend people who'se existence, ideology, life style and outlook is stark contract to each other and complete contradiction. their union is not for any shared purpose for the sake of the society it is their common hate for Pakistan military which the house of Sherifs sees as a hurdle for its end goal of total domination. again it is not about nobility of Pakistan military institution but arguing how much of a
Machiavelli Nawaz is, he is never challenged for his own contradictions by those he has befriended inside the country or outside. in India he will never mention conducting nuclear explosions or claiming CPEC as an achievement but will stick to directly or indirectly criticizing Pak military. he will never explain why Hafiz Saeed & other religious extremists enjoy free reign and direct patronage of his party.

inside Pakistan however he will appeal to patriots by highlighting nuclear tests and CPEC as his achievement and then lament over his dismissal and criticize the military and will claim that he cares for Kashmir struggle by pointing out at support he enjoys from elements that India routinely blames for terrorism inside India and Indian Kashmir.

in the rest of the world he is relying on opinion makers belonging to secular / liberal group to suggest that judiciary decision was not based on merit but influenced by military and his financial misappropriations are never a reason he should be held accountable because he and his house owns the people of Pakistan.