Pakistan on the brink of revolution
Many of the country's leaders seem to think a revolution is coming
It is an undeniable fact that a revolution is coming in Pakistan. Almost every leader seems to agree that major change is on the way – but every party has its own version what that change is.
On a TV show PPP Senator Syed Faisal Raza Abidi said that he sees the Taliban taking over Islamabad. CM Punjab Shahbaz Sharif from the PML-N said he sees a “bloody revolution” if current mismanagement, corruption and lack of interest to help the displaced continue to prevail.
According to MQM chief Altaf Hussain martial law-like steps need to be taken to ‘save’ Pakistan. He has also called for accountability against corruption and feudalism. This call is a warning which should not be taken lightly. The leader’s earlier warnings to contain extremist forces in urban areas have already been ignored.
Right-wing parties like PML-N, JUI, and Jamaat-e-Islami were furious at that statement. But then these groups have been accused of of fostering links with the Taliban and Al-Qaeda themselves. When ones plans start to fail, the other cries foul. But no group can work alone. Officials who adhere to the same ideology and are vying for a Pakistan that like a 1990′s Afghanistan in the 1990′s may be lending their support as well.
The role of the ruling party
The PPP-led government has failed to come up with solutions to most challenges the country faces. We have seen footages of banned outfits working openly in rural and urban centers for flood relief. This shows how effective our police and Rangers are. Ideally, the government should have come up with a concrete rehabilitation plan for the flood victims (or simply resigned) so that the international community could start generating funds Pakistan for the 20 million survivors – who could indeed be the main reason for a revolution.
Opposition and Revolution
While Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Imran Khan plays up to both sides of the argument, the PML-N has started to spew hatred against the army by bringing up the uglier aspects of its past. It is discrediting the armed forces at a time of serious geo-political crises.
The Pakistan Army is one the most organized and respected stakeholders in the country. It needs to identify and stop the growth of negativity in the country. This needs to be done within the Army as well. Justice must be brought to non-patriots who have dragged this country to its current state or are believe in different vision of Pakistan. The judiciary must use its authority to curtail crises from deepening into an eventual collapse of the system which will only benefit a takeover by militants. Anarchy will prevail and public anger will increase.
Approaching boiling point
The last few weeks have seen multiple incidents of terrorism in Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, Mardan, and Quetta. Hundreds lost their lives and many are still in hospitals fighting for their lives or are permanently disabled and scarred by the attacks. Thousands grieve for loved ones that they have lost. The cricket fiasco did not help much either. The only thing which united us has turned out to be corrupt on an international level.
Pakistan has had enough.This will be the turning point This country has never before been in such a critical situation. There is no comparing the massive displacement and lack of planning for rehabilitation to anything in the past. The fact is that there is no money for reconstruction. A comparison with past military or political solutions is completely irrelevant. The floods need to wash away the current system.
What Pakistan needs is men of honor, at least temporarily to work towards recovery. The first step would be to ask for more aid and to gain trust by transparent disbursement. All the international community wants to know is that aid will be spent correctly and that someone will be accountable. This country is looking for a complete overhaul with the help of the youth for a better Pakistan.
The views expressed by the writer and the reader comments do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of The Express Tribune.
well well well…in one of the paragraph, you mentioned about banned outfits working openly to provide relief to the flood affected people. Mr. Ali, government has no answer to the rehabilitation work these (banned outfits) have been doing, whether it is an earthquake of 2005 or current floods. These people are better managed and most importantly more honest than our government.
Secondly, you mentioned that uniting reason (cricket) turned out to be corrupt, well Mr. Ali again you are wrong here and lack knowledge, please do have little positive sighting and thinking about our own people and things, a very lame minded person can even understand this cricket fiasco and the lobby behind this.
Revolution…hmmm none of the Political parties you have mentioned will give their share in revolution, it’ll only be a job of common man like you and me..
please have a look at things more deeply…cheers ! and Eid Mubarak..Recommend
Miss Musharraf – he is the only hope.Recommend
It’s sad that when people with obviously limited knowledge of history attempt at provoking sentiments requesting return of ancient, obsolete ideas such as coups and bloody revolutions. Anything coming from a man sitting abroad in luxury is unacceptable, especially provocation.Recommend
@Bilal – Eid Mubarak to you too. Thank you for agreeing with me at paragraph 1.
Para 2: Spot-fixing was evident, but not match-fixing. It not about positive thought, its more of a real incident, which is still under investigation, and may go any way. Thus, optimism and patriotism as the behest of corrupt is not the best way to go about.
Para3: We do hold difference of opinions, I just hope both of us are aware of the actual situation on ground. Because, they are speaking a different language, and many events are to take place, as their normal lives are completely at our hands until the process of rehabilitation is completed. However, with the current setup, there is a revolution brewing for sure.Recommend
Mr.Reza there is a lot of wishful thinking in your article.
Today, we are a country waiting for a leader to turn us into a nation. How long do we have to wait ? You tell me.Recommend
Who will lead revolution ?
Altaf (Bhai) or Uncle Musharraf or the downtrodden masses ?
Mussarat
Washington DCRecommend
Ali Raza, with all due respect, do you have any idea what revolution means? Do you think these opportunist (so-called) political leaders know the true meaning of revolution? I am surprised how come anyone can tag an unseen act as a revolution? Revolution is not a Hollywood movie. Revolutions start with sacrifices, built consensus, gather public interest, gets acknowledgement by mass movements, and quite often it needs fuel (blood) and takes years (passion). And later observers declare that targeted efforts and productive sacrifices as revolution or crisis. For example, France got the French Revolution whereas the Hitler’s Nazi revolution was called the crisis.
The revolution Altaf Hussain, Imran Khan, Shahbaz Sharif and others are talking about is the same revolution we had many times. Its not a revolution. Its a chess game after shuffling the places and moves, nothing else – true, yet again its another military intervention.Recommend
@pervez: At this time we have a serious flood displacement situation at hand, which may well be the basis of a revolution. Wishful thinking it may be, but the actions of the current setup are only helping it becoming a reality.
@Mussarat: Leaders we have, who are mostly interested in becoming President, Minister or Prime Minister themselves. They are leaders who are self-serving and short sighted. I would not doubt Altaf Hussain taking the lead in the revolution, because this leader has followers of an ideology rather than followers who want to see him in Parliament only.
@Faheem: I perfectly understand what revolution means, and no its not always a Hollywood movie what our country sees. Revolution needs suffering, injustices, corrupt practices, dis-balance in society, displacement, spilling of blood, lack of basic necessities, lack of policy foresight, uncertain future and distorted vision, economic bankruptcy, political crises, detachment and misunderstanding between the social classes, religious intolerance, ethnic strife, crime etc…
Please let me know what is not prevalent from the above in our country? and that too on a massive level and with almost daily occurrences?
How much blood do we want to see shed before someone stands up says its enough? If not then please advice of alternate options does Pakistan have with the current setup of democracy and the way its evolving?Recommend
I find it fascinating that even though each and every Pakistani seeks better leaders many are either not able to or not willing to see the MQM as the mother load of honest and accountable leader manufacturing factory.
Fascinating still is the fact that while the whole Pakistan continues to elect unaccountable local badmashes (strongmen) for their national and provincial assemblies they insist on evaluating the MQM by the standards they would never apply before electing their local badmashes yet one more time.
Altaf Hussain is a political genius. It is what it is.
Those who criticise him are either ignorant or bigot (taasubi) or carry agendas of their own.Recommend
Imran Khan is the only hope, whether anyone like it or not.Recommend
See my friend Ali all the comments came flying in citing your ignorance.After all those who would be revolting are the grass roots and none of them can communicate in the same breadth of English as you can and those who have read you are all part of the system that is suffocating Pakistan itself how are the going to bow to an article like this? Don’t get disheartened Pakistan needs people like you but you must speak the same language as the downtrodden and lead them with your knowledge.
You have seen what has happened to Lawyers movement the chief justice has proved himself as the lame duck therefore there is no hope from the legal system ..they are all bought by corrupt establishment a cartel of army,landowners,industrialists and political parties..
Go ahead and look for like minded people you will surely find there is hope for a quiet revolution provided external interests are not allowed to interfere
Regards and god bless
viren naikRecommend
loved this. atleast theres one journalist who adresses th situation without callling some one a ‘cockroach’ [haha] or criticizes another so severely.Recommend
There is a very important legal and moral point regarding leading of revolution in Pakistan by any pakistani politician.
Before reaching Pakistan to lead revolution any leader including “Altaf Bahai” will have to surrender foreign passport as Khomeni returned French passport.
Will Altaf Bahai or Imran Khan will surrender British nationality.
It was only Mao Tse Tung who has no foreign nationality.
Majority of the Pakistani politicians and bureaucrats have joint nationalities. Without having nationalities they can’t purchase properties abroad or they need a co-signer to execute property deed.
All dictators, Presidents and Prime Ministers either deceased or alive have their apartments and ranches either in England or the United States of America.
Do you still expect revolution in this society by a Pakistani politician?. Sir for God sake please do not live in fool’s paradise like pigeon closes his after sensing danger.
We will have to act ourselves. None will jump in your fire.
Well wisher
Mussarat Hussain
Washington DCRecommend
well i will add although i dunno if mussarat would be in agreement.. even army cannot bring about a revolution. since the birth of pakistan they are getting 70-75% of the budget share, they live like rulers and they act like rulers… they have nothing to complain about.. best schools, best housing schemes… quota even in civil services…and at the end of the day u can or well u could have the chief executive’s seat as well :)….
A bloody revolution is neither a requirement in pakistan and nor will it happen, for the simple reason… we dont have an alternative, ppl who talk abt sharia have no clue what it is neither do they have aclue about anglosaxon law or the khilafat.. we are an ignorant lot.. iraninans were not and neither are they today. what we need to sow today is the seed of awareness and tolerance, and only then will we get the right results in at least 20 years…Recommend
@Viren – Thank you! and bless you :)
@Azka – LOL, thats right, I tried to stay away from Fasi’s thoughts ;)
@Musarrat: Once again thank you for the genuine concern as I read from your comments. Agreeing with your analysis of the type of people, we possess as leaders of this country, but for Altaf Bhai, he has said in the GEO TV interview with Sohail Warraich, that he will let go of the British passport and return to Pakistan when the people are ready for bringing the change in Pakistan.Recommend
I literally rolled on the floor laughing after reading this.Recommend
@saher: This is why there is a call for “Patriotic Generals” to come up. Army is an organization of state, and not a anyone’s property. When there is a will for change brewing, it is asked by the army to mend its ways and correct its culture of dominance over democratic systems, for fairness and accountability. Baluchistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhuwa are ready to cut off from the Federation and I think 20 years of the current corrupt system a far fetched assumption for possible improvement, rather this hopeful and valid optimism of yours should be reflected by the Judiciary and the Army to take control of the Bureaucracy and the public representatives for a new Pakistan.
@Manan: I am happy you found the blog amusing. At the same time please also note that the International aid pledged is around US$ 1billion and loans worth US$ 3billion. Oh and the 1 billion that is pledged, only 20% is materialized a month down the line. If you know the estimates of rehabilitation, they are more than US$ 15 billion over your $55 billion debt that you are already under. Have a great laugh :)Recommend
Pray if i may point out the fallacy in your argument, Non-transparency and corruption are the reasons in the first place why we aren’t getting any aid. It is the same world that opened its coffers on us in 2005, why not now. Our first preference should NOT be request for more aid, it should be the effective and transparent utilization of the existing aid. More help/aid will come if we assure them that the money is being utilized where it is needed.
if you allow me to clarify my point, this is how you should have written that sentence.
Have a nice holiday, Much regards.Recommend
@Abidi: Bro i do not know a lot about history but in the recent past we the SHAM revolution of justice.
Where the lead runners of that SHAM justice revolution now? What are their stance now on NRO??
another one part of that SHAM revolution who was first to bleed in that movement Lateef Khosa, Now bearing Corruption charges and in response just switching few ministerial and advisory posts.
I too have few grey hair now just to listening “Revolution” since my childhood. I ain’t see it coming.
@Musrrat: I agree with you
So I invite you to be here and take a first step. Don’t be like Uncle Mush, Uncle Sam or Altaf Bhai.Recommend
@ali raza.. i am optimistic yes and that is the way fwd… generals have given us nothing if they had pakistan would have been in a much better state.. they have ruled us more than the democratic forces have ruuled us.. atleast the patriotic generals returning dont amuse me.. and i dunno we are still battling against the eductaion system fallout in the time of zia…. maybe u have better hopes from them.. but i at least like it wen i go to lahore on motorway no matter howmuch he ate up :)… we are not talking abt 20 years of corrupt governance.. because there is a system of removing the ppl who dont work.. elections but if u get rid of election after 9 yrs or 11 yrs the same politicians who were ousted become our heroes.. because there is no democratic development in that time period…
And if u read more abt pakistan’s history.. the real one wou would have a better idea y balouchistan and kp want to serperate.. they were supposed to be given autonomy by pakistani govt, but our gernerals thought otherwise.. they have massacred them even though they had been granted no permission from the federation.. i dunno but u go on being pessimistic and hail army, i cant hail the army unless it does sumthing productive apart from planning more housing schemes.Recommend
I am pleased to understand that Manan, Gilani, and Saher are on the same wavelength with the grave desire for a basic need for change of the current ad hoc democracy or the experience of past martial rules in Pakistan. This is a positive sign that our countrymen have understood what and where we are going wrong. The difference in our opinions, however remain is; who is going to lead? I know who is my leader for this move and each one of you need to stand by one with full faith and belief. We must understand, since the floods Pakistan has changed. No previous army coup or political/judicial setup is comparable what to should happen next, in all honesty.
So far, PTI, PML-Q, APML and the PPPP (Bhutto loyalists) are with MQM’s call for the change. Most of the civil society is also fed up of the current practices of the important pillars of State, and we are all looking for the change.
The ruling quarters are NOT stronger than the people of this country, let it be the judiciary or even the Army. They will have to change. It is fear of consequences that keeps one away from speaking against their non-democratic practices. But at this time we need “Men of Honour” at least for a temporary period who will work for rehabilitation of millions and economic revival as per the will of the people. This system should be backed by the Army and the Judiciary, until we are back on track and gained the trust and confidence of the world – Why revolution? http://blogs.aaj.tv/2010/09/the-%E2%80%9Cfrench-revolution%E2%80%9D/
My optimism for this country prior to the call for revolutionary changes in Pakistan is reflected in this post http://www.aaj.tv/2010/08/pakistan-update-2021/ but now with the revolution, we just may be able to achieve in a lot less than 20 years if we start now :)Recommend
Dear All, I respect all yours opinions, but the fact is people who have access to the net, who can write and read English, who have time to read and pass comments will not have the solution. We are not Pakistanis; it’s the other 90% which represent the true face of Pakistan, what life is for them we can’t even imagine or feel.
Once a boy came to Socrates and asked how I can get wisdom, he took him to a nearby pound and shoved his head in the water till he starts gasping. He took him out and asked what’s the most you needed at that moment? He said air, Socrates replied when your need for wisdom will be like that you’ll get it.
The need for a solution from us will only come when we will start suffering the way others are. The other 90% can’t find a solution because we don’t let them into the folds of decision makings. At the end of the day we all pay the price of our insensitivity and cowardness.
Every Pakistani violates the law within his /her capacity. Since Zardari’s capacity is more than us his violation is on bigger scale, brother and sister please please wakeup stop looking at others and start looking at the mirror. Correction starts at home at least if you can’t do anything outside do something inside yourself. Problem with us is that we always give our self the certificate of self righteousness and every other than aside from us a crook.
Remember all our collective minor mistakes have now become a national curse, similarly our collective minor improvement will become a national blessing.
So please start fixing yourselves, and the change will come automatically, if you place a square block in a glass of water, water will acquire the shape around it, if round then round around it. If you will be a better person every other person around you will be transformed.Recommend
Revolution should be based on a fair distribution of wealth for all Pakistanis.
It has to start with the principle of land reform. All wadera, Zamindar land should be taken away, their bonded labor freed, and then the land should be redistributed among the needy, where the State gives them any technical advice on how to till the land. The distribution of land should be undertaken by UNO, for there to be some impartiality
Secondly Pakistan should opt for unconditional peace with India, closing all terrorist shops.
Third any revolution should take back control from the Military, which should only do the work of protecting the country from foreign threats.
Any other revolution idea is absolute bakwas!Recommend
@Raju: Unconditional Peace?????? Are you kidding?? What about Jammu Kashmir and its Martyrs (yesterday’s death toll was 26), Sir Creek, Sia Chin, Run Kach. You are severely mistaken that peace would be unconditional from Pakistani side to lose both land of Sia chin, sir creek, Run Kach and moral and religious support of the Kashmir.
Please name some terrorist shop you have been to. Name a Single Indian neighbor who have no issues with Glorious and incredibly fast rottening India in the hands of Naxalites fighting for social justice in the World’s Largest “Democracy”.
What about Indian military and police Uncontrolled Salwa judum and Shiv Sinha. Even military was thrown out of some Maoist Naxalites controlled areas after they ripped indian police.
By the way did you forget the UN Resolution over Kashmir Issue before advising us about UNO.
Remebber that, “Charity begins at home”Recommend
Syed Abdul Wahab Gilani
By the way did you forget the UN Resolution over Kashmir Issue before advising us about UNO
Yes there was something in there about Pakistan first needing to vacate the part of Jammu & Kashmir under its control before a plebiscite could be held. By not vacating ‘Azad Kashmir’ and ‘Gilgit-Baltistan’, you have condemned the Kashmiris to live in the horrible horrible India.
It is still not too late!Recommend
@Raju: you i’m not surprised you are on the footsteps of Mr. S M Statement Twister Krishna. You once again forgot MUsharraf’s plan (though he was criticized back home) esp when your Daring Govt. fell in the hands of Army to back out from Agra agreement. Both parts of Kashmir were to vacate, not the pakistani half.
Biggest democracy in the world have tiniest heart or they can’t go against their military establishment.Recommend
@Syed Abdul Wahab Gilani
Who cares about Musharraf’s plan! He also had plans to live in a posh villa?! Plans come and plans go.
You talked about the UN Resolution, so I responded to that.Recommend
UNO’s name was changed to United Nations.
Sir, there is a dire need to overhaul constituion, law and priorities of the United Nations in the
existing world. Names and geography of number of countries have changed while number of
members of the August body have also increased manifold.
Similarly, Headquarters of the United Nations should also be shifted to other country, specially
in the tirbulent areas so that members could themselves see aggression, exploitations and
violations of Human Rights in the respective countries.
To start with, it’s headquarters should be immediately shifted to the Islamabad where extremists
have let the rein of terror and indiscriminately involved in genocide against Shia, Christians and
other minorities apart from Islamic Republic of Pakistan is going in the hands of Extremists.
Mussarat Hussain
Washington DCRecommend
@Syed Abdul Wahab Gilani:”Both parts of Kashmir were to vacate, not the pakistani half.”
Can you at least go and read the declarations before spreading lies?
Pakistan was REQUIRED to withdraw. India was ALLOWED to keep forces to maintain law and order, with the withdrawal to START after ALL Pakistanis withdrew. The Indian forces in any case came in as a response to the invasion by Pakistanis. The invasion by Pakistani forces itself was a violation of the Standstill Agreement.
You can read the resolution itself on the UN website
http://www.un.org/documents/sc/res/1948/scres48.htmRecommend
No to Musharraf No to Army and no to Imran Khan he is good as a social worker but otherwise as a politician he is no good . Though i do not like Altaf Hussain but what he is saying sounds good we do need a patriotic leader to lead us out of this mess. and we do need to bring a change o among ourself too.Recommend
why was india allowed o keep its forces and why were the Un forces not deployed to keep the peace.Recommend
@RAju: You have no answer to my question, just skipping topic to topic like “Krishna G” so better zip your mouth now. By then Who Cares for unconditional peace.
@Vikram For the love of GOD please just think “Plebiscite under the Indian Army’s Control” ha ha ha ha that sounds not even close to sanity.Recommend
@Vikram: Do read the resolution 47 Page 3 (Printed Page # 5) of the document
http://daccess-ods.un.org/access.nsf/Get?Open&DS=S/RES/47%20(1948)&Lang=E&Area=RESOLUTION
which starts with Caption “The Government of India Should:”
I am not surprised you were blind folded when you read this document. So, see by yourself Indian Army has to withdraw too, not just Pakistani army. Have a big Heart like a Big Democracy.
P.S thanx for the link It helped me a lotRecommend
People dlon’t have time to read bunch of papers either from the United Nations or any other organization on Kashmir or Palestine.
We need to act now.
Very important session of APHC that comprises of about more than fifty political parties of Occupied Kashmir that held a day before the in the Indian Capital, has ended inconclusively.
If they (Kashmiris) are not willing to annex with Pakistan after they lger “liberation” from India, why Pakistan should Pakistan poke its nose and waste its energy, resources and above all attracts bad name of interfering in the Held Valley where Pakistan and is branded as “terrorist”
for helping Kashmiris.
For God sake stop this nonsense now. I have all the respect and love for the Quaid for granting us separate homeland for the muslims of the sub-continent (although there live many more musims in India than Pakistan), but it is ridiculous that without caring for its own people and security, Pakistan should take “Panga” (interfere) in Kashmir affairs.
Era of Quaid was entirely different when army used to fight by ;putting necker , with solar hats on their headand there was no concept of “Zip” in the trouser, constables used to put whistle around their armpit that eventually led to chest-pocket that constables used to blow for help.
Sir, the world has changed now, its an Era of Global Economic Survival, during Quaid’s period
neither Pakistan nor India were nuclear. As far as official record of 1947-50 is concerned that I consulted in the India Library London, there was no word from the then leadership of India or Pakistan against destruction of Heroshima and Nagasaki.
The meaningful silent meant that leadership of those days had no comprehension about the terrifying impact of Nuclear Disaster Sir.
Indira Gandhi helped Bangladesh achieve independence in 1970-71 only with the collaboration of the people of former East Pakistan who wanted separation. If Bengalis didn’t anned or joined Indian Federation how come Kashmiris will annex or merge with Pakistan after they achieve Independence (which is like living in fool’s paradise) from India.
Bangladesh would have never come into existence if its people had not collaborated with India.
Similalry, Kashmiris are also not collaborating with Pakistan in any way, they are merely restricted to lip service and “spiritual and moral affiliation”. I was watching an interview of Maulvi Umer Farooq on a private Pakistani channel in a talk show conducted by Hamid Mir.
Despite Mir’s consistent, frequent, and repeatedly “in-between-line” questioning Farooq very skilfully parried question on the affiliation of Kashmiris in post-liberation scenario with Pakistan.
What does that mean?, is Pakistan and Pakistani are still that foolish as they were in 1971.
Quaid never took oath to ” liberate Kashmir” even at the cost of the national integrity and security. Quaid never ordered just occupy Kashmir and “forget rest of the Pakistan” by putting 170 million of population in wild-fire.
Very sorry to say million of kashmiris living in Pakistan for decades, still claim to be Kashmirs.
On the other hand about 250 millions muslims living in India never claimed to be Pakistani. Very strange that Quaid ignored huge Indian muslim population and didn’t utter word a single word for their liberation.
It’s a dual standard and hypocracy of Kashmiris.
There are number of countries struggling for liberation like Eriteria, Palestine while certain African countries despite having Islamic governments are still in a pathetic stage.
Pakistan is not an oil-rich nation, countries blessed with natural wealth and other resources should also think about Kashmir and Palestine and other countries, why Pakistan alone.?
We are an independent nation, we should develop our own identity we should help attain global peace and economic prosperity for own people and for the future generations.
Kashmiri leader Umar Farooq in an interview to a private channel in Pakistan recently said that Kashmiri liberation movement is purely an “Indigeneous”.
Indigeneous movements never end in neighbor’s lap.
Mussarat Hussain
Journalist.
Washington D.C.Recommend
It is the failure of this democratic government that is compelling people ro invye military take over yet again.Recommend
Revolution, like patriotism, has become the last refuge of scoundrels
who seek survival by demanding something they pathologically fear and
abhor. Altaf Hussain demands a ‘patriotic generals’-led French
Revolution and seeks the economic annihilation of waderas and
jagirdars (feudals and landlords) by the occupation of their lands.
He, his party and others of their ilk want to hoodwink people with
bogus revolutionary slogans. Power and pelf make people do things that
ordinary mortals like us cannot even half comprehend.Remarkably, the
average wealth of the MQM’s honest middle-class MNAs is Rs 25 million;
an impartial assets review since 1980 would reveal the bitter truth.
Naturally, redistribution of this wealth is glossed over and not a
word about the land that its land mafia owns is uttered. The MQM also
opposes flood relief property tax in urban Sindh; duplicitous conduct
is it not? Selective amnesia afflicts these bogus revolutionaries.
Neither he nor his deceitful co-revolutionaries ever mention the
tyranny at the Okara Military Farms or mazarains’ (tenants’) rights
nor demand punitive measures against industrialists and businessmen.
They never demand appropriation of the generals’ lands in Guddu, Kotri
Barrages or Chashma-Jhelum Link Canal. They conveniently forget the
innumerable Chak Shahzads and also the plots and privileges that the
judiciary, the bureaucracy and the military have.Recommend
@Najma Raheel: MQM has been talking about Wadera’s, Jageerdars and Industrialists. In addition, there is 100% declaration of assets by the individual representatives, and also termed as the most rich political party because in comparison to the top two political parties the returns filed by MQM are not able to be challenged since its existence. MQM does not forget the generals, who are corrupt and is constantly calling for the Army to take action against the corrupt within them. Perhaps this is the reason Dr. Imran Farooq was murdered?Recommend
Imran Khan holds the key to a future Pakistan that is stable and successful. He is once in a generation individual and its such a shame that he may not get to lead a great country; something that the people of Pakistan and he himself deserve. Imran only you can save us.Recommend
Now Mr. Mushrraf and Mr. Altaf have to play there role to save Pakistan……..
No more PPP,PML-N,PML-Q.Recommend
I storngly beleive that there are two men who have the potential to change the destiny of paksitan. I am talking about pervez musharraf and Imran khan. From the available lot of leaders, these two are the ones who can paly the role in taking the country out of this choati situation and put it on the trach of propsperity. But how? This is not going to be as simple as one could think. These two figures can lead the country to prosperity but there has to be team effort. What is needed is a compete team of of people who are honest with the country and who are devoted to bring the prosperity in the country.Recommend
People are fed up with the prevailing two political forces PPP and PML-N. There is need of a new force that can deliver to the people of paksitan. We are concerned with democracy or dictatorship, our concern remains with the development of the country. All we need is the enhancement in the living of standard of our people. It is competely wrong slogan that worsr democracy is better that best dictatorship. The best system is the one which is free of corruption and napotism and based on merits where everyone gets an equal opportunity.Recommend
In my opinion only MQM has proven itself in Pakistan, that they can do good for Pakistan otherwise none of the old political parties has done any good for the prosperity of the masses. if one has got mind and he is not racist or biased, he would find Altaf hussain the purest leader in pakistan, who is middle class and accountable.Recommend
Very disappointed to find out that you are Mush lover! You too Abidi???Recommend
@F. Alam: haha Brutus! why is it such a tragic news for you? :)Recommend
I think Mr. F Alim is simpy trying to make a lame joke out of my comment about pervez misharraf. Mr Alim seems to be amongst those who doen’t have ability or willingness to evaluate whats happening here in pakistan fot the last couple of years. I would like him to tell me …. well… ithink let it be becasue I don’t think he is any worthy of discussion and debate.Recommend
I am amused to read Mr. Manan’s comment. He seems to be very confused becasue in the first part of his comment he says that transparency and and corruption is not the rpobem in thf irst palce, while, in the last part he epxresses that there is need of transparent disbursement of the available aid. Mr manan how can the available aid and the funds be disbursed properly if the system is not free from corrutpion.Recommend
Mr Mussarat has claimed that people doe not have time to go through news and other information. Would you like to educate me why do people have are so busy. Let me eduacte you about some inforamtion. Recently Google has reported that palistani people spend their most time watching sex sites. I agree that these people have no time for other things because they spend a lot of time to watch adult stuff.Recommend
Mr S. Ali Raza! you need to be serious if you really want to participate is discussions here on this blog. Let me remind you this si not a comedy stage where you are trying to be funny.Recommend
I have a correction to make here. I have just posted a comment that says ” Mr S. Ali Raza! you need to be serious if you really want to participate is discussions here on this blog. Let me remind you this si not a comedy stage where you are trying to be funny”. Please acknowledge that I mistakenly addressed mR. S. Ali Raza instead of F. Alam. I aplogize S.Ali Raza for this unitentional mistake.Recommend
there z no chance of rev bc we have no unity. bt have many signs of rev. bt its nvr comes frm sky need to work toword recovery. revolution…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..Recommend
It is true that the current Govt’ of Pakistan is nothing more than a Dictatorship propped up by the USA and the EU. Hopefully the coming Pakistani Revolution will bring forth a form of Government in which the Minority is protected against the Tyranny of the majority. In the USA, our Representative Republic has been diluted to the point that 50% +1 of the voters can steal, discriminate, and regulate the minority into submission. True democracy always leads to Tyrannical Dictatorships in which the only fear is the mob. Isn’t this what you have now? I am praying that the Revolution which takes place in Pakistan is one of the Heart and not one of Blood.Recommend
Pakistani people, please stand up for yourselves! Please show the world what you truly are! Please stand up against American drones in Pakistan! Don’t support your corrupted government!!Recommend
Very soon INSHALLAH.
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@wasim watio:
It requires lot of stamina to watch adult stuff Sir.
Poor people with ED problem can’t take risk for that me Lord!
Mussarat Hussain
Washington DCRecommend