Jango
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It’s usually better disguised and kept out of public eye but it does happen. The only difference is that when it is caught it does mean the end for that politician because it is considered unacceptable by the public.
That is the difference -
Pakistani accept such blatant lies and corruption because that is who they are. This nation has to accept this because only then will they look to fix it. Everyone blames the other one for being corrupt or criminal when in general most either are or know corrupt or bigoted or criminal people and accept them.
Pakistanis in majority are ok with bad people because they justify or hide their evil either due to ethnic nepotism or being in the same boat and unable to see guilt on their own corrupt actions. Which is also why they find it hard to accept and go onto tirades about conspiracy and hide behind a victim mentality.
Totally agree.
But perhaps the little flame of hope is that 15-20 years back, these same parties did not think it was any wrong to be corrupt, or be compulsive liars or loots. These days, they at least have to come up with some sort of an excuse, no matter how pointless or stupid that excuse is. There is SOME sort of a question, even if by 4 people out of a 1000. But still, we've just taken a couple of steps in this journey of a thousand of miles.
Take the example of the Sindh MNA chap who fled to the UAE. 10 years ago, he would have landed in Islamabad calmly, cast his vote, and then f****** off back to the UAE, no questions asked. At least he is getting SOME resistance now.
IK will go, the new government will undo some decent moves and will give the establishment some new hardware and additional leeway in their business dealings. They will further sink the economy and shave off their cut but use artificial means to bring “prosperity” for a few months and Pakistanis will forget. The elite will continue to make their money and hold their extravagant lifestyle and will let in a few upper middle class business folk into their cadre. The remaining middle class will be ground down or leave Pakistan but since new ones will continue to be created to fill the gap.
The poor are irrelevant, you could kill 10 million of them and after two crocodile tears the same number will be back and Life will continue until it wont.
This is the sad story of this country. We get easily impressed by the short term glitters, and the media does have a defining role in that process as well.
Oh well, we'll just keep on ranting in forums I guess.
Imran Khan does have an opportunity now to get on board the idealistic and grassroot workers of his party on tickets, and fight the elections with the genuine PTI worker and win with an overwhelming majority. But is that only a pipe dream? Or will this country actually wake up? Time will tell.
By the way, on an interesting note, for the first time, a Punjab, KP based government is realizing the chokehold applied on Karachi from the interior of Sind. This is the reason that IK/PTI cannot give anything to MQM in terms of assurances.
Should be evidently clear to everyone now why PPP does not want to let go of Karachi by way of a new administrative unit or province.
Their influence would be reduced to no man's land.
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