One step forward, two steps backwards Asif Zardari has released - TopicsExpress



          

One step forward, two steps backwards Asif Zardari has released a well-targeted and well-timed torpedo to hit PML-N and woo Imran Khan by saying: Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) demand for thumbprint verification in four constituencies is justified One must acknowledge the AZ/PPPs dexterity to make a very clever portfolio investment in the current and obtaining political markets: Just reflect on his/PPPs moves: PPPs Punjab chapter is hellbent on opposing Nawaz Sharif; But the Sindh chapter is spreading a red carpet every time Nawaz Sharif takes a trip to Sindh Likewise, Yusuf Raza Gilani is appeasing the establishment by indirectly calling for letting Musharraf go off the hook on treason trial. And, Asif Ali Zardari is baiting Imran Khan by supporting his recount demand, in case the wind takes a new turn for IK. Thus PPP is wary of not putting all the eggs in PML-Ns, or for that matter, democracys bag; So, who cares about the sacrifices of the Bhuttos, the thousands of the partys jiyalas or countless others for reviving and sustaining democracy; Who cares if this limping and frail democracy has carried the PPP over to the portals of powers four times!! Who cares if the common men would be battered again by a new round of political instability, the resulting economic deterioration and loss of rights and liberties. Every thing is allowable in this Darwinian world of power politics; here survival is the name of the game !! And survival means the survival of not only the old, new and would-be elites but also of their cronies and the cronies of cronies!! So brace up for what Lenin would have said about such a pathetic situation--one step forward, two steps backwards. Thats the trajectory set by our state, political and propertied elites for democracy and for our collective destiny! Straws are already in the winds--the winds which are gathering as the clock ticks on to the mid of August, August, a month that is normally booked for celebrations has instead become a cause célèbre
Posted on: Tue, 15 Jul 2014 18:43:06 +0000

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