Either deliver my rights as a Pakistani or Resign! by: Danish Kazi Shouting Politicians, Dramatic, Wet speeches and Dancing crowds. The politics in Pakistan is running high on testosterone. The city of Islamabad which is supposed to be the retirement abode too many and a quiet city is seeing a lot of noise. The 24 hour coverage of the Long March for the last couple days has gotten my interest as it has gone beyond the August 14th. As I felt that the event could have concluded as a public gathering and nothing else. Now do I agree with the ongoing Drama? Let me clear my position. I am a strong supporter to change the system of the country which is not on equal terms for the 98% people of the country but I want it to happen in a constitutional manner. As the events at the Dual Long March unfolds. There are certain things which are visible. One Long March is for the lust of power; though the claim is that he (Imran Khan) wants to become a Prime Minister to force change in the country. The second Long March (Inquilab March) is all about changing the status quo since I do not see any wish to ascend to power by their leader (Tahir ul Qadri). The nation is divided clearly on four fronts. Those who want to see Imran as the Prime Minister of the country. Those who want change in the system. Those who think that Nawaz Sharif of all his inabilities should complete the tenure of 5 years and those who think all of them are just wasting time. The nation could not have been much more polarized as it is now. The good news is that all of this is political and hope it remains that way. So our dear Prime Minister seems to have been given an ultimatum. Now the probability of him going in this round is low unless something melodramatic happens giving an opportunity to those who can do something about to use it against him. But rest assures; he is for now on the back foot. Mainly because of his chosen follies. In my view the top ones were to negotiate with the Taliban’s and delaying the action. The second one is clearly the issue of former President General Pervez Musharraf’s case handling where the Defense Minister was seen ridiculing the former Chief of the Army Staff and a war veteran. He could have easily avoided this confrontation by choosing to decide earlier on the operation which he has done now any ways. Letting President Gen Pervez Musharraf being treated fairly as he presented himself to the judicial system of the country instead of derailing the proceedings for personal agendas and more so ever should have been seen standing behind our Army who is fighting a war for Pakistan’s survival. Enough warnings and advises were given. I am sure his own advisers would have given it as per sources. His own younger brother wanted to avert confrontational politics and some other balanced people in his party. My earlier blogs have warned of this impeding situation long time ago. But Mr. Nawaz Sharif’s ego and his short term approach has landed himself in this situation and there is no one else to blame. We the Pakistanis want stability in our country. It’s the core responsibility of our leaders to ensure that. In the current circumstances. I do agree with the key points like returning the billions of dollars looted illicitly to Pakistan and electoral reforms etc. But what is agonizing for me that these matured politicians are doing disservice to the nation by handling the nation in such a way that it is polarizing Pakistan more and more. Speaking to poor masses of the country. The two days of national significance i.e. March 23rd and August 14th were hijacked by PTI for what? For creating chaos in the nation and ensuring that somehow making a Prime Minister out of Imran Khan. Is this fair to divide the nation on these dates where you could unite them. As for PMLN government as I am sure that they would have known the actual agenda of Imran Khan could have pre-empted the issue of his claims of rigging and handled it in a political manner to have left no issue on moral grounds for him to make noise. But it’s either out of arrogance or
Posted on: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 08:34:08 +0000
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