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The bitter truth
Dr A Q Khan
Monday, September 26, 2011
Recently Pakistan has faced one calamity after another the terrible earthquake in 2005, floods in 2010 and 2011 and now Dengue fever. The country was still struggle to help the affectees of the 2005 earthquake and 2010 floods, when the country faced the second round of floods. The first two disasters resulted in the death of thousands of people, the loss of many heads of cattle and destruction of hundreds of millions of rupees worth of crops and property. The present floods have turned Sindh into a raging torrent, and destroyed almost all the crops, most of the houses and killed most of the cattle.
Thousands have sought refuge on charpoys (local wooden beds) and any patch of dry they can find. According to media reports, the affectees have revealed that nobody from the administration has visited them or provided any relief, yet the prime minister claims to have distributed billions of rupees among them. The president flew to meet the flood affectees but only he found somewhere safe to land, waded into the water with his army of guards and cronies to show sympathy, obviously for public consumption, and then promptly took off for London for a medical check-up.
This year donors are reluctant to help in cash, and are providing help in kind. The reason for this is probably that donations worth billions of dollars given for the flood affectees last year vanished into thin air.
Interior Sindh, Lahore, Karachi and Hyderabad are submerged by flood water which reveals the incompetence of the universally acclaimed nazims of these cities. Billions of rupees have been spent on show-piece projects - flyovers, bridges, expressways, etc. - and millions more on self-projection by advertisements. However, these intelligent and expert nazims could not look beyond their own noses to see that a proper drainage system was the most essential requirement for these areas. A small portion of all that wasted money would have been enough to prevent the sufferings of the people. Why are there no rain drains on the sides of the main roads? The small manholes that do exist are chocked with plastic bags and garbage, resulting in immediate flooding.
Here I would like to draw your attention to Nawab Qudsia Begum of Bhopal. Almost 200 years ago she paid two million pounds sterling to a British company to lay a proper drainage and water supply system in Bhopal to deal with water during the annual heavy rains. There were 3 x 2 feet rain drains on both sides of the roads which lead to lakes and rivers. There were water taps at approximately half kilometre intervals throughout the city and potable water was made available, free of charge, at all times. There were city lights everywhere and load shedding was unknown. The Begum also paid about six million pound sterling from her own funds to the Indian Railways to connect Bhopal to the East-West and North-South rail routes. This resulted in Bhopal becoming a very important junction. Now that is foresight!
But now first a few words about Altaf Hussains speech, which hijacked all TV stations for more than three hours. It was strange to see him so healthy and fit and blowing fire after a weeks serious illness for which he had been hospitalised. He not only blasted all the political parties, but also declared that the MQM was innocent of the 12th May massacre in Karachi. All and sundry have already commented on this speech. All I would like to say is that this was a sad show and below the dignity of a national leader.
America commemorated the 10th anniversary of the attack on the Twin Trade Towers. Ignoring the fact that many Americans have serious doubts about the official claims about this event, it remains a horrendous and cold-blooded act in which more than 3,000 innocent people died. Islam does not condone the killing of innocent people. However, the revengeful acts subsequently committed by the US and its allies, in which more than a million, mostly innocent people, were killed and in which two countries were destroyed was even more despicable.
President Obama (and before him, President Bush) announced that they were not waging a war against Islam. Technically this may be true as you cant wage a war against a religion, but that didnt stop them from indiscriminately killing millions of Muslims, all the while claiming to be the torch bearers of civilisation and democracy. Islam and Muslims are two different things!
Coming back to Pakistan, the whole nation is suffering at the hands of incapable and corrupt rulers. Murders, target killings, suicide bombings, unemployment, inflation, load shedding, etc. have brought this country to the brink of destruction and disintegration. There are two main reasons for this: 1) The absence or lack of proper education and the poor family backgrounds of the rulers and 2) the totally illegal administrative set-up in the country.
Recently I went through the election data issued by the Election Commission (EC) of Pakistan on their website on the 2008 elections. According to this website the total number of registered voters is slightly more than 80 million; votes cast are about 35 million; while participation is 43 percent.
Some months ago Imran Khan filed a petition in the Supreme Court (SC) claiming that a large number of fake voters had been registered in the voters lists. The EC, on orders from the SC, scrutinised the lists and found almost 35 million bogus voters whose names are now being deleted. But was it not already too late? The beneficiaries are already enjoying the perks and luxuries of the position they got thanks to this fraud. We can, therefore, simply say that almost all the present assemblies and office bearers are illegal.
The proper course, after the ECs confirmation of fake voters, should have been to immediate dissolution all the assemblies and the cabinet, appointment of a caretaker administration and fresh elections. However, as usual, there was nobody to bell the cat. The set-up that came into power as a result of this fraud has no interest in the welfare of the people or the stability of the country. It is in a hurry to make the most of the opportunity offered and they will be leaving (the country) at the first sound of the alarm bell.
Another detestable habit adopted by most political parties is hanging portraits of their leaders in offices, at press conferences, etc. Does it never occur to them that all the luxuries and comforts they are enjoying are due to the tireless and sincere efforts made by the Quaid-e-Azam? It seems they want to forget that there was a selfless leader who sacrificed everything to give us this country.
The bitter truth - Dr A Q Khan
Dr A Q Khan
Monday, September 26, 2011
Recently Pakistan has faced one calamity after another the terrible earthquake in 2005, floods in 2010 and 2011 and now Dengue fever. The country was still struggle to help the affectees of the 2005 earthquake and 2010 floods, when the country faced the second round of floods. The first two disasters resulted in the death of thousands of people, the loss of many heads of cattle and destruction of hundreds of millions of rupees worth of crops and property. The present floods have turned Sindh into a raging torrent, and destroyed almost all the crops, most of the houses and killed most of the cattle.
Thousands have sought refuge on charpoys (local wooden beds) and any patch of dry they can find. According to media reports, the affectees have revealed that nobody from the administration has visited them or provided any relief, yet the prime minister claims to have distributed billions of rupees among them. The president flew to meet the flood affectees but only he found somewhere safe to land, waded into the water with his army of guards and cronies to show sympathy, obviously for public consumption, and then promptly took off for London for a medical check-up.
This year donors are reluctant to help in cash, and are providing help in kind. The reason for this is probably that donations worth billions of dollars given for the flood affectees last year vanished into thin air.
Interior Sindh, Lahore, Karachi and Hyderabad are submerged by flood water which reveals the incompetence of the universally acclaimed nazims of these cities. Billions of rupees have been spent on show-piece projects - flyovers, bridges, expressways, etc. - and millions more on self-projection by advertisements. However, these intelligent and expert nazims could not look beyond their own noses to see that a proper drainage system was the most essential requirement for these areas. A small portion of all that wasted money would have been enough to prevent the sufferings of the people. Why are there no rain drains on the sides of the main roads? The small manholes that do exist are chocked with plastic bags and garbage, resulting in immediate flooding.
Here I would like to draw your attention to Nawab Qudsia Begum of Bhopal. Almost 200 years ago she paid two million pounds sterling to a British company to lay a proper drainage and water supply system in Bhopal to deal with water during the annual heavy rains. There were 3 x 2 feet rain drains on both sides of the roads which lead to lakes and rivers. There were water taps at approximately half kilometre intervals throughout the city and potable water was made available, free of charge, at all times. There were city lights everywhere and load shedding was unknown. The Begum also paid about six million pound sterling from her own funds to the Indian Railways to connect Bhopal to the East-West and North-South rail routes. This resulted in Bhopal becoming a very important junction. Now that is foresight!
But now first a few words about Altaf Hussains speech, which hijacked all TV stations for more than three hours. It was strange to see him so healthy and fit and blowing fire after a weeks serious illness for which he had been hospitalised. He not only blasted all the political parties, but also declared that the MQM was innocent of the 12th May massacre in Karachi. All and sundry have already commented on this speech. All I would like to say is that this was a sad show and below the dignity of a national leader.
America commemorated the 10th anniversary of the attack on the Twin Trade Towers. Ignoring the fact that many Americans have serious doubts about the official claims about this event, it remains a horrendous and cold-blooded act in which more than 3,000 innocent people died. Islam does not condone the killing of innocent people. However, the revengeful acts subsequently committed by the US and its allies, in which more than a million, mostly innocent people, were killed and in which two countries were destroyed was even more despicable.
President Obama (and before him, President Bush) announced that they were not waging a war against Islam. Technically this may be true as you cant wage a war against a religion, but that didnt stop them from indiscriminately killing millions of Muslims, all the while claiming to be the torch bearers of civilisation and democracy. Islam and Muslims are two different things!
Coming back to Pakistan, the whole nation is suffering at the hands of incapable and corrupt rulers. Murders, target killings, suicide bombings, unemployment, inflation, load shedding, etc. have brought this country to the brink of destruction and disintegration. There are two main reasons for this: 1) The absence or lack of proper education and the poor family backgrounds of the rulers and 2) the totally illegal administrative set-up in the country.
Recently I went through the election data issued by the Election Commission (EC) of Pakistan on their website on the 2008 elections. According to this website the total number of registered voters is slightly more than 80 million; votes cast are about 35 million; while participation is 43 percent.
Some months ago Imran Khan filed a petition in the Supreme Court (SC) claiming that a large number of fake voters had been registered in the voters lists. The EC, on orders from the SC, scrutinised the lists and found almost 35 million bogus voters whose names are now being deleted. But was it not already too late? The beneficiaries are already enjoying the perks and luxuries of the position they got thanks to this fraud. We can, therefore, simply say that almost all the present assemblies and office bearers are illegal.
The proper course, after the ECs confirmation of fake voters, should have been to immediate dissolution all the assemblies and the cabinet, appointment of a caretaker administration and fresh elections. However, as usual, there was nobody to bell the cat. The set-up that came into power as a result of this fraud has no interest in the welfare of the people or the stability of the country. It is in a hurry to make the most of the opportunity offered and they will be leaving (the country) at the first sound of the alarm bell.
Another detestable habit adopted by most political parties is hanging portraits of their leaders in offices, at press conferences, etc. Does it never occur to them that all the luxuries and comforts they are enjoying are due to the tireless and sincere efforts made by the Quaid-e-Azam? It seems they want to forget that there was a selfless leader who sacrificed everything to give us this country.
The bitter truth - Dr A Q Khan
