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Got to admit Imran Khan is a person of steadfast principles.
His claim that those who look away at Nawaz Shirif corruption because of their own vested interests are also guilty of corruption through association is a strong one.
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سوال.. ن لیگ کرپٹ جماعت ہے
جواب.. عمران خان کو بولنے کی تمیز نہیں ہے..
سوال.. نواز شریف کے بیرون ملک دولت کیوں ہے
جواب.. عمران خان ہمارے لیڈر کو اوے اوے کہتا ہے
سوال.. نواز شریف نے پیسا چوری چکاری سے کیوں بنایا .
جواب.. عمران خان کو بولنے کی تمیز نہیں ہے..
سوال. . نواز شریف نے سارے عہدے اپنے رشتہ داروں کو کیوں دے رکھے ہیں..
جواب.. عمران خان سے بیوی کو سنبھالا نہیں جاتا....
سوال... نواز شریف کی اولاد کی آف شور کمپنیاں کیوں ہیں..
جواب... عمران خان کے جلسے میں ناچ گانا ہوتا ہے...
سوال.. نواز شریف ہر وہ کام کیوں کرتا ہے جس میں بھاری کمشن ہو..
جواب.. عمران خان کے جلسے میں ناچ گانا ہوتا ہے...
سوال.. نواز شریف معافی مانگ کر سعودی عرب میں کیوں گیا...
جواب.. عمران خان کے جلسے میں ناچ گانا ہوتا ہے..
سوال.. نواز شریف نے 1997 میں سپریم کورٹ پر حملہ کیوں کروایا..
جواب.... عمران خان کے جلسے میں ناچ گانا ہوتا ہے..
سوال.. نواز شریف نے سال میں ایک بھی ایسا ہسپتال کیوں نہیں بنایا جس میں ان کا علاج کیا جا سکتا..
جواب... عمران خان کے جلسے میں ناچ گانا ہوتا ہے..
سوال... نواز شریف 22000 کنال کے محل کے لیے ملازمین تعینات ہیں اور ان کی تنخواہ غریب عوام کے پیسے سے دی جاتی ہے.. ایسا کیوں ہے..
جواب.. عمران خان کے جلسے میں ناچ گانا ہوتا ہے..
سوال..()اکتا کر( تمہاری بہن جب ڈرائیور کے ساتھ بھاگ گئی اس وقت تمھاری غیرت کدھر تھی. جب عائشہ احد کا سکینڈل بنا اس وقت غیرت کدھر تھی.. جب قصور میں تمھارا ایم پی اے بچوں سے زیادتی کرتا تھا تو غیرت کہاں تھی.. جب ماڈل ٹاؤن میں واقعہ پیش آیا تب غیرت کدھر تھی..
جواب... عمران خان کے جلسے میں ناچ گانا ہوتا ہے..
پس ثابت ہوا جاہل لیگی غلام ابن غلام ہیں جن کے پاس نہ کوئی دلیل ہے نا عقل... ان کی سوچ بھی گھٹیا اور زبان بھی گھٹیا.. اور یہ وہ لوگ ہیں جو بریانی کی پلیٹ پر اپنا ووٹ، ضمیر، عزت، غیرت اور تمیز بیچ دیتے ہیں۔
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جواب.. عمران خان کو بولنے کی تمیز نہیں ہے..
سوال.. نواز شریف کے بیرون ملک دولت کیوں ہے
جواب.. عمران خان ہمارے لیڈر کو اوے اوے کہتا ہے
سوال.. نواز شریف نے پیسا چوری چکاری سے کیوں بنایا .
جواب.. عمران خان کو بولنے کی تمیز نہیں ہے..
سوال. . نواز شریف نے سارے عہدے اپنے رشتہ داروں کو کیوں دے رکھے ہیں..
جواب.. عمران خان سے بیوی کو سنبھالا نہیں جاتا....
سوال... نواز شریف کی اولاد کی آف شور کمپنیاں کیوں ہیں..
جواب... عمران خان کے جلسے میں ناچ گانا ہوتا ہے...
سوال.. نواز شریف ہر وہ کام کیوں کرتا ہے جس میں بھاری کمشن ہو..
جواب.. عمران خان کے جلسے میں ناچ گانا ہوتا ہے...
سوال.. نواز شریف معافی مانگ کر سعودی عرب میں کیوں گیا...
جواب.. عمران خان کے جلسے میں ناچ گانا ہوتا ہے..
سوال.. نواز شریف نے 1997 میں سپریم کورٹ پر حملہ کیوں کروایا..
جواب.... عمران خان کے جلسے میں ناچ گانا ہوتا ہے..
سوال.. نواز شریف نے سال میں ایک بھی ایسا ہسپتال کیوں نہیں بنایا جس میں ان کا علاج کیا جا سکتا..
جواب... عمران خان کے جلسے میں ناچ گانا ہوتا ہے..
سوال... نواز شریف 22000 کنال کے محل کے لیے ملازمین تعینات ہیں اور ان کی تنخواہ غریب عوام کے پیسے سے دی جاتی ہے.. ایسا کیوں ہے..
جواب.. عمران خان کے جلسے میں ناچ گانا ہوتا ہے..
سوال..()اکتا کر( تمہاری بہن جب ڈرائیور کے ساتھ بھاگ گئی اس وقت تمھاری غیرت کدھر تھی. جب عائشہ احد کا سکینڈل بنا اس وقت غیرت کدھر تھی.. جب قصور میں تمھارا ایم پی اے بچوں سے زیادتی کرتا تھا تو غیرت کہاں تھی.. جب ماڈل ٹاؤن میں واقعہ پیش آیا تب غیرت کدھر تھی..
جواب... عمران خان کے جلسے میں ناچ گانا ہوتا ہے..
پس ثابت ہوا جاہل لیگی غلام ابن غلام ہیں جن کے پاس نہ کوئی دلیل ہے نا عقل... ان کی سوچ بھی گھٹیا اور زبان بھی گھٹیا.. اور یہ وہ لوگ ہیں جو بریانی کی پلیٹ پر اپنا ووٹ، ضمیر، عزت، غیرت اور تمیز بیچ دیتے ہیں۔
@The Sandman @Moonlight @django
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Sugar mafia is controlled by Punjab government: Moonis Elahi !
Narowal: The N League-PPP coalition has wrecked the country. Those conspiring with their foreign masters in a plot to compromise Pakistan’s sovereignty and sell off the country’s vital interests in exchange for dollars will soon meet their fate. This was stated by senior leader of Pakistan Muslim League, Moonis Elahi yesterday in Narowal while addressing a huge turn out of PML workers and supporters at Pakistan Muslim League Workers’ Convention. We will stand with the nation against enemy’s attempts at weakening Pakistan and together we shall frustrate all enemy conspiracies, Moonis Elahi declared.
Earlier, Moonis Elahi was accorded a very warm reception on his arrival at Narowal. Accompanying Moonis Elahi was PML Secretary General and Punjab Assembly Opposition Leader Ch. Zaheer ud din.
Moonis Elahi was received at the city entrance by President of Pakistan Muslim League, district Narowal Ch. Kizer Virk, Col (r) Abbas Chaudhry MPA, former District Nazim Narowal, Col. Jawed Kalhun, General Secretary PML Narowal Tauqir Aslam, Mukhtar Hussain Shah, Hafiz Riawan and other prominent party leaders. His carcade was escorted to the convention venue by hundreds of party supporters and PML Youth Wing workers on motorbikes and other vehicles.
Moonis Elahi was given a rousing welcome when he arrived at the venue. The speakers at the convention were unanimous in their condemnation of Punjab government’s failure in solving the problems of the people. The speakers also criticized Punjab government’s criminal indifference to the issues of Narowal rice farmers and hinted at an estimated loss of 5 billion rupees worth of rice crop only in district Narowal this year. Patronage by government and local administration to proclaimed offenders was pointed out as the biggest reason for rising crimes in the district by the speakers.
In his speech, Moonis Elahi lauded the army for supporting the people in their rejection of Kerry-Lugar Bill and blamed the ruling coalition of N League and PPP as solely responsible for the existing deplorable condition of the country.
He accused N League for willfully misguiding the nation at election time by making the false promise of bringing prices of all food items back to the 1999 position. He remarked that the government of N League in Punjab had miserably failed to keep the prices at the 2007 level let alone their bogus election promise of reviving the 1999 prices.
Moonis Elahi strongly condemned the present ruling clique for its deliberate failure in controlling the prices of flour and sugar. He pointed out that the hypocritical top leadership of N League owned major sugar mills and alleged that in cohorts with the sugar mafia N League was fully responsible for fleecing the poor.
He quoted the statement made on television by the official spokesman of Mian Nawaz saying that the daily expense of N League’s leader was Rs. 3.5 million. Moonis Elahi said that in a country where poor were getting poorer this extravagance was unforgivable.
Moonis Elahi criticized the N League government for deliberately slowing down the completion of DHQ Hospital, Narowal because this project was initiated by the former government.
Commenting on the sad plight of district Narowal’s rice growers, Moonis Elahi reminded the gathering that during Ch. Pervaiz Elahi’s government the farmers of Punjab were prospering and there was no food crisis during his five years. He said the farmers were selling rice at Rs. 1000 per maund whereas a fertilizer bag was available for Rs.500 only in Pervaiz Elahi’s time, but now it was the other way round. He pledged his complete support to the farming community and assured that the issues of district Narowal will be raised by PML in the assembly and at other forums.
In his address Moonis Elahi expressed serious concern over the pathetic law and order situation prevalent in district Narowal and held the Punjab government fully responsible for this criminal mess. He condemned the N government, local police and administration for openly patronizing criminals and for appointing proclaimed offenders and law absconders as coordinators in district Narowal. He sympathized with the unfortunate victims of various crimes in the district in recent months and urged the people to rise against injustice. He also warned Narowal police to desist from framing PML workers in false cases.
Moonis Elahi praised Narowal party workers and supporters for their unflinching trust in the party leadership despite victimization and persecution at the hands of N League government. Moonis Elahi declared that the day was fast approaching when the people responsible for destroying the province’s economy and peace in the last two years will be brought to book.
Narowal: The N League-PPP coalition has wrecked the country. Those conspiring with their foreign masters in a plot to compromise Pakistan’s sovereignty and sell off the country’s vital interests in exchange for dollars will soon meet their fate. This was stated by senior leader of Pakistan Muslim League, Moonis Elahi yesterday in Narowal while addressing a huge turn out of PML workers and supporters at Pakistan Muslim League Workers’ Convention. We will stand with the nation against enemy’s attempts at weakening Pakistan and together we shall frustrate all enemy conspiracies, Moonis Elahi declared.
Earlier, Moonis Elahi was accorded a very warm reception on his arrival at Narowal. Accompanying Moonis Elahi was PML Secretary General and Punjab Assembly Opposition Leader Ch. Zaheer ud din.
Moonis Elahi was received at the city entrance by President of Pakistan Muslim League, district Narowal Ch. Kizer Virk, Col (r) Abbas Chaudhry MPA, former District Nazim Narowal, Col. Jawed Kalhun, General Secretary PML Narowal Tauqir Aslam, Mukhtar Hussain Shah, Hafiz Riawan and other prominent party leaders. His carcade was escorted to the convention venue by hundreds of party supporters and PML Youth Wing workers on motorbikes and other vehicles.
Moonis Elahi was given a rousing welcome when he arrived at the venue. The speakers at the convention were unanimous in their condemnation of Punjab government’s failure in solving the problems of the people. The speakers also criticized Punjab government’s criminal indifference to the issues of Narowal rice farmers and hinted at an estimated loss of 5 billion rupees worth of rice crop only in district Narowal this year. Patronage by government and local administration to proclaimed offenders was pointed out as the biggest reason for rising crimes in the district by the speakers.
In his speech, Moonis Elahi lauded the army for supporting the people in their rejection of Kerry-Lugar Bill and blamed the ruling coalition of N League and PPP as solely responsible for the existing deplorable condition of the country.
He accused N League for willfully misguiding the nation at election time by making the false promise of bringing prices of all food items back to the 1999 position. He remarked that the government of N League in Punjab had miserably failed to keep the prices at the 2007 level let alone their bogus election promise of reviving the 1999 prices.
Moonis Elahi strongly condemned the present ruling clique for its deliberate failure in controlling the prices of flour and sugar. He pointed out that the hypocritical top leadership of N League owned major sugar mills and alleged that in cohorts with the sugar mafia N League was fully responsible for fleecing the poor.
He quoted the statement made on television by the official spokesman of Mian Nawaz saying that the daily expense of N League’s leader was Rs. 3.5 million. Moonis Elahi said that in a country where poor were getting poorer this extravagance was unforgivable.
Moonis Elahi criticized the N League government for deliberately slowing down the completion of DHQ Hospital, Narowal because this project was initiated by the former government.
Commenting on the sad plight of district Narowal’s rice growers, Moonis Elahi reminded the gathering that during Ch. Pervaiz Elahi’s government the farmers of Punjab were prospering and there was no food crisis during his five years. He said the farmers were selling rice at Rs. 1000 per maund whereas a fertilizer bag was available for Rs.500 only in Pervaiz Elahi’s time, but now it was the other way round. He pledged his complete support to the farming community and assured that the issues of district Narowal will be raised by PML in the assembly and at other forums.
In his address Moonis Elahi expressed serious concern over the pathetic law and order situation prevalent in district Narowal and held the Punjab government fully responsible for this criminal mess. He condemned the N government, local police and administration for openly patronizing criminals and for appointing proclaimed offenders and law absconders as coordinators in district Narowal. He sympathized with the unfortunate victims of various crimes in the district in recent months and urged the people to rise against injustice. He also warned Narowal police to desist from framing PML workers in false cases.
Moonis Elahi praised Narowal party workers and supporters for their unflinching trust in the party leadership despite victimization and persecution at the hands of N League government. Moonis Elahi declared that the day was fast approaching when the people responsible for destroying the province’s economy and peace in the last two years will be brought to book.
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Power may be available but few people will be able to afford it in future: Moonis Elahi
The already alarming high power rates are bound to shoot up by another 30-40%.
Despite 18 hours of load shedding consumers are getting 20-30% inflated bills.
Gross mismanagement of present rulers, their ad hoc and myopic policies, acquisition of expired rental power units, acceptance of strict IMF terms, maddening increase in power tariff coupled with power outages up to 18 hours a day have put an unprecedented load on the common Pakistani.
This was stated by senior leader of Pakistan Muslim League, Moonis Elahi while talking to party workers in London yesterday. He said the way the present government was handling the existing power crisis was extremely flawed.
He stated that if the government did not revise its current power policies immediately there was every possibility that there might be electricity available in future but with very few people able to afford it. He said that the rumor was rife that the government was increasing power rates to a further 30% to 40% in the next few months.
Moonis Elahi said that at present the country was engulfed in darkness, almost 60% factories had closed down, farms were giving a desolate look and there was an acute shortage of water and electricity for domestic users. He alleged that despite 12 to 18 hours of power load shedding in the country the power companies were sending the consumers 20% to 30% inflated bills.
He blamed the present ruling clique for these ills. He pointed out at the alarming increase in unemployment, which had pushed millions into abject poverty in the last 18 months and blamed the present ruling alliance as solely responsible for this sorry state of affairs. He said the rulers were busy spending valuable public money on their personal comforts and luxuries while the daily trials and tribulations of the common man on the other hand were multiplying at an alarming rate.
He pointed out at the soaring rise in the occurrence of suicides and crimes and blamed the present government’s selfish and myopic policies as the main reason for these unfortunate trends. He declared that N league was equally responsible with coalition partner PPP in the present power crisis and in all other problems being faced by the country.
Moonis Elahi said that the current power crisis was threatening the economic foundations of Pakistan but the government instead of finding long term and sustainable solutions and remedial measures was going for ad hoc and myopic decisions and policies aiming at self aggrandizement and personal gains.
He stated that seeking IMF loans on stringent terms and acquiring used and out dated rental power units were not a solution to the problem. He blamed the ruling alliance for deliberately keeping the parliament in the dark on all steps with regard to solving the country’s energy crisis. He warned that the $ 2 billions overload of the rental power units will have a devastating effect on the national economy and it was the role of the parliament to step in and put a stop to this blatant loot and plunder.
He pointed out that only in Punjab over 30,000 industrial units had closed down due to power shortage and there was an alarming increase in public anger and protests but to no avail.
Moonis Elahi said that the government in an unplanned and short sighted manner was increasing the country’s reliance on fossil fuel for power generation whereas the long term solution to the problem was in implementing a pragmatic and aggressive hydel power policy. He strongly urged the need for construction of hydel power projects including Kalabagh dam and urged the present government to set aside its political exigencies and work with all parties to foment a national consensus for the construction of the much needed hydel power projects in the country.
The already alarming high power rates are bound to shoot up by another 30-40%.
Despite 18 hours of load shedding consumers are getting 20-30% inflated bills.
Gross mismanagement of present rulers, their ad hoc and myopic policies, acquisition of expired rental power units, acceptance of strict IMF terms, maddening increase in power tariff coupled with power outages up to 18 hours a day have put an unprecedented load on the common Pakistani.
This was stated by senior leader of Pakistan Muslim League, Moonis Elahi while talking to party workers in London yesterday. He said the way the present government was handling the existing power crisis was extremely flawed.
He stated that if the government did not revise its current power policies immediately there was every possibility that there might be electricity available in future but with very few people able to afford it. He said that the rumor was rife that the government was increasing power rates to a further 30% to 40% in the next few months.
Moonis Elahi said that at present the country was engulfed in darkness, almost 60% factories had closed down, farms were giving a desolate look and there was an acute shortage of water and electricity for domestic users. He alleged that despite 12 to 18 hours of power load shedding in the country the power companies were sending the consumers 20% to 30% inflated bills.
He blamed the present ruling clique for these ills. He pointed out at the alarming increase in unemployment, which had pushed millions into abject poverty in the last 18 months and blamed the present ruling alliance as solely responsible for this sorry state of affairs. He said the rulers were busy spending valuable public money on their personal comforts and luxuries while the daily trials and tribulations of the common man on the other hand were multiplying at an alarming rate.
He pointed out at the soaring rise in the occurrence of suicides and crimes and blamed the present government’s selfish and myopic policies as the main reason for these unfortunate trends. He declared that N league was equally responsible with coalition partner PPP in the present power crisis and in all other problems being faced by the country.
Moonis Elahi said that the current power crisis was threatening the economic foundations of Pakistan but the government instead of finding long term and sustainable solutions and remedial measures was going for ad hoc and myopic decisions and policies aiming at self aggrandizement and personal gains.
He stated that seeking IMF loans on stringent terms and acquiring used and out dated rental power units were not a solution to the problem. He blamed the ruling alliance for deliberately keeping the parliament in the dark on all steps with regard to solving the country’s energy crisis. He warned that the $ 2 billions overload of the rental power units will have a devastating effect on the national economy and it was the role of the parliament to step in and put a stop to this blatant loot and plunder.
He pointed out that only in Punjab over 30,000 industrial units had closed down due to power shortage and there was an alarming increase in public anger and protests but to no avail.
Moonis Elahi said that the government in an unplanned and short sighted manner was increasing the country’s reliance on fossil fuel for power generation whereas the long term solution to the problem was in implementing a pragmatic and aggressive hydel power policy. He strongly urged the need for construction of hydel power projects including Kalabagh dam and urged the present government to set aside its political exigencies and work with all parties to foment a national consensus for the construction of the much needed hydel power projects in the country.
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Police reforms at their best!
So they take in complaints and fix them. Isn't it Tabdeeli?
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A very thoughtful article published in the News Internaional of today.
Breakdown or crackdown
Home / Today's Paper / Opinion / Breakdown or crackdown
By Imtiaz Alam
October 27, 2016
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The deadly attack on the Police Training College, Quetta again calls for national introspection and revision of flaws in our security paradigms and systems as an angry (‘wutburger’ or enraged citizen in German) Imran Khan persists on his threat to lockdown the capital. Breakdown or crackdown is the question being asked in the capital amid national mourning over five dozen of our young police cadets.
More than the capital is at stake as the power struggle gets complicated, with the delay in either extending the tenure of the incumbent COAS or nominating the next army chief. By now the necessary consultations regarding the next army chief must have been completed and the prime minister must not delay the decision anymore to plug the main source of uncertainty and rumour-mongering. At the same time, he must reach some agreement with the opposition in parliament on the terms of reference for the accountability of all who are named in the Panama leaks.
Even though the Supreme Court has come forward as a legitimate arbitrator in the cases filed against the prime minister and some others named in the Panama leaks, Imran Khan is not inclined to take a legal course. In his illusion, or at someone’s behest, he is bent upon creating a constitutional breakdown and pushing the situation to a point where the army is forced to intervene, as used to happen in the 1990s. If that happens, even after the 18thAmendment, that will not only be a terrible reversal of the democratic process, but also place an isolated Pakistan in much more adverse perspectives in the world.
What Imran Khan will gain out of it is quite mindboggling. He is neither offering a viable revolutionary alternative, nor can he force all the governments to resign and force the dissolution of all assemblies, including his own government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, to pave the way for general elections that he cannot possibly win at this point. By creating mayhem he can, at best, get the opposition’s ToRs accepted or, at worse, become an instrument in the hands of extremist forces or some kind of an adventurer the nation can least afford.
He is building anger among the diverse angry sections of our society without any positive direction. Breaking ranks with the mainstream parliamentary parties, Khan is building a very dangerous coalition with the extremist forces who want to retrieve the space they have lost and/or derail the system they hate. This is dangerous brinkmanship that can jeopardise the whole system and benefit the undemocratic forces, outlawed groups and terrorist outfits.
Already, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar has reversed some of the restrictions imposed on certain extremist elements and banned outfits, after the Difa-e-Pakistan Council showed its inclination to join forces with Imran Khan. Yet the banned terrorist outfits are weighing their options on how best to use the PTI’s offensive against the civilian government to attain their own objectives.
There is some kind of concurrence of positions across diverse and even conflicting elements. Behind a noble and moralist cause of accountability of the corrupt, the religious right would be able to pursue its agenda while benefiting from the ambiguous right-wing inclinations of the PTI. This will also further push the PML-N towards capitulation to ultra-right-wing forces.
Given the conflicting tendencies among the various elements of the establishment to both appease and fight violent extremists, a precarious balance of forces can tilt towards the extremist. Imran Khan, in his frenzy and impetuosity, perhaps doesn’t understand that the kind of forces he is unleashing would consummate his populism.
As opposed to this domestic scenario, Pakistan is increasingly coming under pressure from the international community, including our friends and sceptical partners, to abandon what it perceives to be a dualist stratagem of both keeping and fighting non-state actors. Despite the resoluteness of Operation Zarb-Azb, certain proxies continue to exploit the inconsistencies across the borders and bring Pakistan in conflict with its neighbours.
The war on terror in Pakistan has entered a stage where any negligence or concession to any extremist element will not help our national cause to free our land from the menace of terrorism. The terrorists are using inter-state conflicts to their advantage across tense borders.
There is a great urgency to change our erstwhile policies towards the jihadis. Either we force the Afghan Taliban to accept the ceasefire and enter into negotiations with the Afghan government or they are evicted from wherever they are in our territory. And, in return, the Afghan government and its allied forces must ensure that anti-Pakistan elements do not find any refuge or support from any element in Afghanistan, including RAW.
Similarly, we must revisit our Kashmir policy and not let militant groups defame the democratic indigenous struggle of the Kashmiris and fuel the Indo-Pak conflict that diverts Pakistan’s focus from its principal threat from terrorism. Terrorism cannot come to an end unless Afghanistan, Pakistan and India stop their proxy wars and cooperate against terrorism. And this is what the world is also demanding.
Anything can happen when a moderately right-wing government, also under pressure from the conservative establishment, comes under attack from ultra-right and populist authoritarian forces. Is the capital up for grabs? There is no choice left – it’s either a breakdown or a crackdown.
The writer is a senior journalist.
Email: imtiaz.safma@gmail.com
Twitter: @ImtiazAlamSAFMA
https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/160206-Breakdown-or-crackdown
Breakdown or crackdown
Home / Today's Paper / Opinion / Breakdown or crackdown
By Imtiaz Alam
October 27, 2016
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The deadly attack on the Police Training College, Quetta again calls for national introspection and revision of flaws in our security paradigms and systems as an angry (‘wutburger’ or enraged citizen in German) Imran Khan persists on his threat to lockdown the capital. Breakdown or crackdown is the question being asked in the capital amid national mourning over five dozen of our young police cadets.
More than the capital is at stake as the power struggle gets complicated, with the delay in either extending the tenure of the incumbent COAS or nominating the next army chief. By now the necessary consultations regarding the next army chief must have been completed and the prime minister must not delay the decision anymore to plug the main source of uncertainty and rumour-mongering. At the same time, he must reach some agreement with the opposition in parliament on the terms of reference for the accountability of all who are named in the Panama leaks.
Even though the Supreme Court has come forward as a legitimate arbitrator in the cases filed against the prime minister and some others named in the Panama leaks, Imran Khan is not inclined to take a legal course. In his illusion, or at someone’s behest, he is bent upon creating a constitutional breakdown and pushing the situation to a point where the army is forced to intervene, as used to happen in the 1990s. If that happens, even after the 18thAmendment, that will not only be a terrible reversal of the democratic process, but also place an isolated Pakistan in much more adverse perspectives in the world.
What Imran Khan will gain out of it is quite mindboggling. He is neither offering a viable revolutionary alternative, nor can he force all the governments to resign and force the dissolution of all assemblies, including his own government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, to pave the way for general elections that he cannot possibly win at this point. By creating mayhem he can, at best, get the opposition’s ToRs accepted or, at worse, become an instrument in the hands of extremist forces or some kind of an adventurer the nation can least afford.
He is building anger among the diverse angry sections of our society without any positive direction. Breaking ranks with the mainstream parliamentary parties, Khan is building a very dangerous coalition with the extremist forces who want to retrieve the space they have lost and/or derail the system they hate. This is dangerous brinkmanship that can jeopardise the whole system and benefit the undemocratic forces, outlawed groups and terrorist outfits.
Already, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar has reversed some of the restrictions imposed on certain extremist elements and banned outfits, after the Difa-e-Pakistan Council showed its inclination to join forces with Imran Khan. Yet the banned terrorist outfits are weighing their options on how best to use the PTI’s offensive against the civilian government to attain their own objectives.
There is some kind of concurrence of positions across diverse and even conflicting elements. Behind a noble and moralist cause of accountability of the corrupt, the religious right would be able to pursue its agenda while benefiting from the ambiguous right-wing inclinations of the PTI. This will also further push the PML-N towards capitulation to ultra-right-wing forces.
Given the conflicting tendencies among the various elements of the establishment to both appease and fight violent extremists, a precarious balance of forces can tilt towards the extremist. Imran Khan, in his frenzy and impetuosity, perhaps doesn’t understand that the kind of forces he is unleashing would consummate his populism.
As opposed to this domestic scenario, Pakistan is increasingly coming under pressure from the international community, including our friends and sceptical partners, to abandon what it perceives to be a dualist stratagem of both keeping and fighting non-state actors. Despite the resoluteness of Operation Zarb-Azb, certain proxies continue to exploit the inconsistencies across the borders and bring Pakistan in conflict with its neighbours.
The war on terror in Pakistan has entered a stage where any negligence or concession to any extremist element will not help our national cause to free our land from the menace of terrorism. The terrorists are using inter-state conflicts to their advantage across tense borders.
There is a great urgency to change our erstwhile policies towards the jihadis. Either we force the Afghan Taliban to accept the ceasefire and enter into negotiations with the Afghan government or they are evicted from wherever they are in our territory. And, in return, the Afghan government and its allied forces must ensure that anti-Pakistan elements do not find any refuge or support from any element in Afghanistan, including RAW.
Similarly, we must revisit our Kashmir policy and not let militant groups defame the democratic indigenous struggle of the Kashmiris and fuel the Indo-Pak conflict that diverts Pakistan’s focus from its principal threat from terrorism. Terrorism cannot come to an end unless Afghanistan, Pakistan and India stop their proxy wars and cooperate against terrorism. And this is what the world is also demanding.
Anything can happen when a moderately right-wing government, also under pressure from the conservative establishment, comes under attack from ultra-right and populist authoritarian forces. Is the capital up for grabs? There is no choice left – it’s either a breakdown or a crackdown.
The writer is a senior journalist.
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Despite postponement of the protest police in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) has carried out crack down on protesting nurses and arrested 15 nurses including men and women.
Nurses from whole of the province were protesting for fulfillment of their demands and brought out rally from the Lady Reading Hospital to provincial assembly building and staged sit-in hot weather conditions however as night appeared the police started crack down and arrested 15 nurses and transferred them to eastern police station.
After that nurses stage protest against the police in the Lady Reading Hospital. Nurses shouted slogans against the KP police and Imran Khan.
Nurses association said that they will also come to roads on Friday (today) and the protest will continue till fulfillment of their demands
Nurses from whole of the province were protesting for fulfillment of their demands and brought out rally from the Lady Reading Hospital to provincial assembly building and staged sit-in hot weather conditions however as night appeared the police started crack down and arrested 15 nurses and transferred them to eastern police station.
After that nurses stage protest against the police in the Lady Reading Hospital. Nurses shouted slogans against the KP police and Imran Khan.
Nurses association said that they will also come to roads on Friday (today) and the protest will continue till fulfillment of their demands
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