70 days on and the PTI-support still hasn't managed to capture the essence of the stiff opposition it faces from the intelligentsia. You may have heard it before but the message has clearly not ringed home, so allow me to reiterate.
Anti-Azadi March does not mean pro-PML-N or pro-PPP.
I'd say go figure, but that would be to no end, so allow me to spell it out. My qualm with the Khan is not with his message, but with his method of execution. I am a staunch opponent of the Sharif family and would give my right foot to see them held accountable for the near-infinite wealth which they have amassed over the past 3 decades. As a matter of fact I eagerly jumped to the humiliation which Rehman Malik was subjected to while boarding the aircraft, because I too want to see an end to the VIP culture which has bled us dry.
But do not for a second assume that my reservations with the system can be transmuted into answering a call seeking the ouster of a federal government in the absence of corroborative evidence of electoral fraud. The problem with the Khan is that he wants to dish out the penalty before holding the trial, and therein lies my disagreement. The Khan claims to stand for justice and the rule of law, but in his puerile tantrum seeking the most powerful post in the government the Khan has forgotten the very basics of natural justice, the presumption of innocence;
ei incumbit probatio qui dicit, non qui negat - the burden of proof is on he who declares, not on he who denies.
As the events have come to pass it has become increasingly evident that the Khan's promise of earth-shattering revelations of evidence proving electoral fraud was nothing more than a political ploy which he hoped the nation would swallow hook, line and sinker, spurring them to rally in his support, resulting in political pressure so immense that the government would crumble before anybody could call the Khan's bluff out. Unfortunately for Mr. Khan, the bluff has not worked well for him and it has so transpired that the nation, or at least those of the nation who still remember how it all started, are still waiting for the promised proof. I actually already know almost all the counter-arguments which may rush to your fingertips, but before you type it out in a flurry of words, stop and ponder what I am pleading you to understand: That no man should be guilty of a crime until a neutral body has considered the case for and against him, and decreed that the evidence points to guilt beyond reasonable doubt. I too want to see change, but I shan't let it happen at the cost of injustice.
In addition to the foregoing, Khan's message has been diluted by, and blended with, a Canadian cleric's call for systemic revolution. As if Khan's method of execution itself wasn't questionable enough, the issue of a revolution brings the hammer down on any iota of support which I may have had for the Azadi March. Without rambling any further and before bidding adieu, let us all ask the Libyans how successful their revolution has been.
Pictures related. They are of the airport of the capital of a country in the throes of a revolution. This is what it looks like to start from zero:
90% of aircraft destroyed at Tripoli airport, Libya may seek international assistance — RT News
I probably won't be able to convince you to see things from my perspective, most certainly not if you're under the age of 23, but rest assured I will present my opinion and views to any queries or counter-arguments which you have in the most civil manner which my composure allows me conjure.