Just like fake and counterfeit medicine that instead of curing a disease makes conditions even worse for a patient same can be said about farce elections of January 2008. I often surprise myself by reading editorials of leading newspapers in Pakistan when almost all of them pinning all their hopes in forth coming elections as if these elections are going to achieve substantial results that can alleviate political turmoil in Pakistan. The scale of disillusionment is gripping this country from ordinary people to so called intelligentsia. This is a classic example of intellectual state of a nation that has been ruled by tin pot dictators since 1947. Instead of encouraging will of the people to be implemented opinion makers are looking towards new COAS to come to their rescue as if he would be any different from previous tin pot dictators. The honourable judges who said NO knew that very well that future of Pakistan lies with breaking the present status quo. In fact civil society in Pakistan have realised that without changing the present power structure in Pakistan nothing substantial can be achieved. Lets be sure without an iota of doubt that we can only secure the future of our coming generations by saying NO to all those forces who working overtime to give life safer to deteriorating status quo.
Lets see who are the main players trying to save this status quo. Military establishment in Pakistan, they would go to any length in order to save the status quo because they have been the biggest beneficiaries of current status quo in Pakistan. Religious parties which serve as political and private militias for military establishment in Pakistan. Feudalism and free democracy can not work together. Feudalism’s survival depends upon restricting free flow of information and free movement of people and that makes them natural partners of all the forces working to preserve the status quo. When I say feudalism I mean state of mind and all those forces who abhor freedom of information and movement are feudalistic in their mind set even if they are based in urban areas of Pakistan. Capitalists always advocate for liberal economic policies because these policies provide them all the freedom to exploit and plunder productive resources for their profit. They provide necessary finance for the forces of status quo to secure their position and in return they get absolute freedom to plunder.
Therefore expecting any thing good come out of the offices of new COAS is like living in a fools’ paradise. He would never commit a suicide not for rule of law and constitution. Religious parties would do every thing to keep masses from taking their political destiny in their own hands. Major politic parties are all part and parcel of status quo. The largest political party Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) can better be called a feudo-political party. Almost all of its top leadership including our daughter of the east hails from feudal background. Hoping that this feudal leadership will bring about radical changes in the power structure is like expecting from wolves to stop preying. As for capitalists represented by like of Nawaz Shrif are the life blood of this status quo. Their whole capitalistic empire depends upon the concessions and discounts granted by autocratic and dictatorial regimes.
Any rescue available now lies with people of Pakistan. They need to come out for their rights because only they have true and honest sensitivities to safe guard their constitutional rights. Feudo-political parties, military dictators, politico-islamic parties and capitalists have vested interested with this status quo and should never ever be entrusted noble cause of civil liberties for masses of Pakistan. Any student of history would tell us any movement that puts personalities in front of their principles will be source of despair and disillusionment. Therefore no one should be trusted and only undiluted implementation of constitution of Pakistan can guarantee their rights and secure the future of Pakistan.
Saturday, December 01, 2007
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Election Generali Style
With all major political parties in line to take part in forth coming generali elections, Pakistan is getting ready for another military take over in next five to seven years. Pakistan’s political history is replete with such arrangements of political transformation from military to civilian dispensation only to save military’s ugly face and makes things so unworkable for civilian dispensation that military have to take things in their hands only to safeguard national interests.
Pakistan’s army or to be more precise its elites are the most loyal servants of the USA. Peep into history and you will find that whenever the USA wanted an unflinching cooperation from Pakistan there happened to be a military general imposing marshal law on the land of pure. In late 1970s the US wanted to have plaint government in the wake of Soviet invasion in Afghanistan and we had Amir-ul-Monineen General Zia-ul-Haq imposing martial law and toeing the American line, making mockery of constitution of Pakistan and leaving behind nation of drug addicts, loads of ammunition in private hands and society divided on ethnic and sectarian lines.
Then comes 1999 and the US wanted a cooperative and friendly Pakistan so that they can take their revenge on war torn Afghanistan’s Taliban and their Osama Bin Laden. The result was an obvious one, military take over and the US has been granted full excess to use land of pure to strike their enemies in Afghanistan. Here I am not putting ideas in your mind to suggest that all military take-overs in Pakistan are the US sponsored but I believe that readers are better judge to make their own mind.
Since the inception of Pakistan military take over in Pakistan and American global agenda go hand in hand. Obviously this courtship is not a futile exercise. It brings forth billions of dollars that go straight in to military coffers and no bloody civilian representative not even their own chaudaries or somoros etc can dare ask the whereabouts of these billions of dollars.
What will follow now? Political parties will take part in generali elections. With careful electoral engineerings we are in for split mandate with no party having decisive majority to form government. For the survival of national assembly, members of legislative assemble will be asked to pass a constitutional amendment to give legality to November 3, 2007 martial law. Every future government will be working under 58(2)b hanging over its head like a sword of Damocles. The most pleasing thing for military is that they do not have to search for the likes of Shoaukat Aziz but the embodiment of political Islam Maulana Fazlul Rehman, our champion of democracy Benazir Bhutto and our man of the heaviest of mandates Nawaz Sharif with be at their service and they will do whatever they are employed for. These faces will give validity to present day dispensation. And if in the future owing to the USA’s global agenda there emerges a situation where there is possibility of making big bucks military junta will destroy their own hand made puppets and become sole rulers of the land of pure.
With every thing falling apart around them it has been very stressful time for civil society and human rights activists in Pakistan. Media have been gagged and plaint judiciary is in place. Those judges who refused to sell their soul have been put under house arrest. Their misplaced confidence in so called democratic parties has proved one thing that when you are fighting for lofty goals this is a cardinal mistake to bring personalities before your principles. People who enthuse crowds with their fiery oratory are now source of bewilderment and desperation. It is shameful to see Barrister Atizaz Ahsan submitting his nomination papers (which I call kaagzatey haramzadgy). Now I wonder how a person who can not stand against the leader of his own party can be entrusted to lead people in their fight against military establishment.
One last thought who owns Pakistan? If it is owned by people of Pakistan then who owns military institutions in Pakistan? Looking at present factual realities it is obvious that military institutions in Pakistan own Pakistan and the logical conclusion that follows makes a very disturbing reading army in Pakistan is army of General Musharif and it should not be misunderstood as Pakistan Army.
Pakistan’s army or to be more precise its elites are the most loyal servants of the USA. Peep into history and you will find that whenever the USA wanted an unflinching cooperation from Pakistan there happened to be a military general imposing marshal law on the land of pure. In late 1970s the US wanted to have plaint government in the wake of Soviet invasion in Afghanistan and we had Amir-ul-Monineen General Zia-ul-Haq imposing martial law and toeing the American line, making mockery of constitution of Pakistan and leaving behind nation of drug addicts, loads of ammunition in private hands and society divided on ethnic and sectarian lines.
Then comes 1999 and the US wanted a cooperative and friendly Pakistan so that they can take their revenge on war torn Afghanistan’s Taliban and their Osama Bin Laden. The result was an obvious one, military take over and the US has been granted full excess to use land of pure to strike their enemies in Afghanistan. Here I am not putting ideas in your mind to suggest that all military take-overs in Pakistan are the US sponsored but I believe that readers are better judge to make their own mind.
Since the inception of Pakistan military take over in Pakistan and American global agenda go hand in hand. Obviously this courtship is not a futile exercise. It brings forth billions of dollars that go straight in to military coffers and no bloody civilian representative not even their own chaudaries or somoros etc can dare ask the whereabouts of these billions of dollars.
What will follow now? Political parties will take part in generali elections. With careful electoral engineerings we are in for split mandate with no party having decisive majority to form government. For the survival of national assembly, members of legislative assemble will be asked to pass a constitutional amendment to give legality to November 3, 2007 martial law. Every future government will be working under 58(2)b hanging over its head like a sword of Damocles. The most pleasing thing for military is that they do not have to search for the likes of Shoaukat Aziz but the embodiment of political Islam Maulana Fazlul Rehman, our champion of democracy Benazir Bhutto and our man of the heaviest of mandates Nawaz Sharif with be at their service and they will do whatever they are employed for. These faces will give validity to present day dispensation. And if in the future owing to the USA’s global agenda there emerges a situation where there is possibility of making big bucks military junta will destroy their own hand made puppets and become sole rulers of the land of pure.
With every thing falling apart around them it has been very stressful time for civil society and human rights activists in Pakistan. Media have been gagged and plaint judiciary is in place. Those judges who refused to sell their soul have been put under house arrest. Their misplaced confidence in so called democratic parties has proved one thing that when you are fighting for lofty goals this is a cardinal mistake to bring personalities before your principles. People who enthuse crowds with their fiery oratory are now source of bewilderment and desperation. It is shameful to see Barrister Atizaz Ahsan submitting his nomination papers (which I call kaagzatey haramzadgy). Now I wonder how a person who can not stand against the leader of his own party can be entrusted to lead people in their fight against military establishment.
One last thought who owns Pakistan? If it is owned by people of Pakistan then who owns military institutions in Pakistan? Looking at present factual realities it is obvious that military institutions in Pakistan own Pakistan and the logical conclusion that follows makes a very disturbing reading army in Pakistan is army of General Musharif and it should not be misunderstood as Pakistan Army.
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