Articles of the year 2015
Published on July 10th 2015
The emerging realities in Pakistan look encouraging, as the criminals have been curbed, and the others by virtue of incompetence and nepotism are imploding under the weight of non-performance. For example, the massive China Pakistan collaboration is a masterful exercise in PR relations, however it is so far into the future that it is a mirage, a dream for the people. Possibly may remain just a dream. The people of Pakistan are too savvy to be fooled the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, they have seen too many double Shahs relieve them of their savings. So little red buses to and froing through the streets of Lahore and now Islamabad leaves them unmoved, because their problems of going home to sit in the dark and watch their children study in the dark making for a more bleak future. While the PMLN Gullu Butts grow fatter every day on corruption. Creating more disgust in the people. The PMLN does not seem to realize that the Nawaz government is too myopic to care for the people, and does not understand that even his hand picked President whose main claim was his sycophancy, has made the amazing statement to the press today that ‘ looters and plunderers should be punished. ‘ President Mamnoon does not understand that he is on shaky ground there. As this is one of the main charges against the Sharif Brothers. He will probably be told to mind his tongue.
The incumbent government has not done anything towards alleviation of the power crisis, other than the Chinese dream. The people want quick fixes. As in the case of the Raja rental, who imported the Turkish barge mounted plants, but true to the PPPZ ethos, by the time the ship was parked the scheme turned to a scam, and he was the second Pakistani Prime Minister to be charged for corruption. The barge was returned after huge penalties were paid by Pakistan, and Raja Rental Parvez was returned to the National Assembly unscathed, and resplendent in his newly acquired six figure suits. Whoever says that crime does not pay should visit Pakistan, and visit the Assemblies to observe the dazzling display of Birkin bags Rolexs and Armani suits. Politics does pay. At least the Indians have the good manners to dress poorly, while the Pakistani Parliamentarians insist on flaunting their ill gotten gains.
The poor citizens witness all these doings, and also realize that the luxuries that envelop the parliamentarians are the loot plundered from the people. Flaunted in front of them shamelessly. But they are powerless and are told repeatedly to wait for the elections so that they can vote, on the command of their Bradari, or party. Certainly to bring back the incumbent.
The entry of Imran into politics was remarkably successful. On closer examination one can clearly see the manner in which Ch Shujaat derailed the movement which till that moment threatened to sweep all before it. However the nexus of Zardari, Kayani, and Shujaat was too powerful, and the movement was derailed midstride. After that, the Revolution was brought to a halt, and the trio of Altaf, Zardari and Nawaz continued their loot and plunder. We, the silent downtrodden are watching, with the people getting angrier by the day. Some of the political leaders are saying that the Pakistani people do not have the spirit to rebel. These people forget that the Pakistani is capable of the most horrific deeds. One only has to read Sadat Hasan Mantos stories of the bloodletting that took place during the Partition of 1947. These were all atrocities committed by People who had live hundreds of years as good neighbours, and yet committed the most horrible acts on each other. The creation of Bangladesh also saw similar carnage. The point is that our wonderful placid, peaceful, proper citizens are capable of the most horrific crimes imaginable, which they indulged in 1947, then in Bangladesh in 1971.
Our history is replete with such actions. The anger against the present system is already on the boil. Gen Raheel Sharif’s actions are admired, but there is no punishment handed out to the Extortionists, target killers ,the Land grabbers, the ghost employees, the political exploiters in fact all the criminals of our society are free and plundering at will. With no punishment in sight. All that is coming to an end and retribution is at hand, and the law must and will take its course.