The Daily PakistanPolitics Aug 08-16, 2010

• Aug16-2010-Jacobabad faces worst flood inits history...three baloch towns inundated as sindh cuts quetta-jacobabad highway to ease water presure on jacobabad..shikarpur saved by cutting shikarpur-jacobabad railway line and inundating other areas
  
• Aug15-2010--gilani says the 1973 constitution has been restored which does not give any responsibilities to the president in foreign affairs or other matters of government however zardari continues his foreign tours and interference in foreign affairs, economic matters and provincial projects...
  
• Aug15-2010--13 killed in a drone attack on mir ali in north waziristan
  
• Aug15-2010--many suggest that the corruption in the presidency is much greater than previously thought and that Zardari has spent over Rs60 million of peoples funds on a daily sacrifice of a black goat...???
  
• Aug15-2010--with many losing confidence in Gilani for his and zardaris strange antics a flood relief commission of credible people is being formed...nawaz sharif said that the country would pump in Rs350 billion form federal and provincial governments to help alleviate the flood havoc
  
• Aug15-2010--flood havoc spread to jaffarabad in balochistan...sindhis tried to breach indus bunds to flood jaffarabad but were resisted by balochis...water flows at guddu and sukkur were over a million cusecs...reports of inadequate food aid abound
  
• Aug15-2010--16 people from punjab were shot dead in two incidents in bolan and quetta...in the bolan incident punjabis were offloaded from a wagon and cruelly shot dead...while in quetta motorcycle assassins killed six coming back from work
  
• Aug14-2010--The army which is the best state funded organization in pakistan is now running into financial problems too...its islamabad DHA is defaulting on Rs10 billion in loans...the defence budget which is never revealed sets out over Rs40 billion for the armies DHA activities...
  
• Aug14-2010--In balochistan three policemen, an Fc man and three civilians shot dead
  
• Aug14-2010--In sindh flood waters inundate ghauspur, kashmore, karampur, khanpur while shikarpur, Thul and jacobabad are in danger...with disasters becoming a regular feature in pakistan provincial governments should move to acquire a sizeable number of transport helicopters...
  
• Aug14-2010--not much left to celebrate this independence day...just some information that asif zardari has spent around 16.5 million of tax payer money on slaying black goats in the presidency to ward of evil...such people live on our white house...
  
• Aug13-2010--as the flood havoc continues across the country loss of agricultural crops and livestock is said tobe colossal...
  
• Aug13-2010--KP minister accuses NDMA and the primeminister of massive bungling in food aid and being anti nwfp in attitude
  
• Aug12-2010--governance in pakistan can best be described by the report that asif zardari even sells the sacrificial meat of his black goat rather than distribute it amongst the poor...while others say that gilani buys the meat at half rates and charges it to the government at double the rate..(.one does not know whether teh goat is bought by zardari personally or it is charged to the presidency ie the people have to pay for that too...(meat by the way is Rs450 a kilo and used tobe Rs4 a kilo in 1963)...in other explanations they want to ruin the people by excessive taxation and than say that the state run railways is being shutdown as it only benefits punjabis and is not making a profit...many others say that god has lost control of human beings and nature in pakistan as the people are attacked by bad governments, nature(some say it is an alias for allah) and terrorists...in the old days of SHO rule they used to say that not a makhi(fly) can flap its wings in my thana...allah save the people not the syeds and zardaris for god sake
  
• Aug12-2010--The governments economic policies and budget allocations are seriously flawed suggests the FBR which has asked for another massive Rs100 billion in taxes...obviously the governments heavy borrowing and 50% salary increase has heavily burdened teh country with the uselessness of the beaurocracy increasingly apparent...taxes are meant for development and not tobe eatenup by the establishment...many suggest that the beaurocrats and army forgo six months of the 50% salary increase...The national assembly could also be asked to give their salaries and expenses this year since they have nothing to do...
  
• Aug12-2010--floods continue as ramazan arrives
  
• Aug11-2010--the superstitious asif zardari who apparently does a black goat sacrifice everyday in the presidency to save his government apparently complained to asad of syria that david cameron , india and opposing politicians keep threatening him and pakistan...he sought advice on how pakistan should retaliate against them...since pakistani pirs are drowning in failure asad suggested that he go and pray at bibi zainabs mazaar in damascus..might be there is greater power there than amongst the drowning pakistani pirs and mazaars...many suggest that zardaris political acumen has been at its lowest in recent times and that he may have been politically hurt beyond repair as a consequence of neglecting the troubles of the people...bashar al asad is now regarded as the head of the islamic world a position previously held by saudia arabia and pakistan...
  
• Aug11-2010--nwfp finally realized that yusuf raza gilani was ignoring it deliberately most probably out of fright and raved and ranted against Gilani and the kalabagh dam which has found new supporters...pukhtuns too have to realize that the area on the other side of the indus is also pakistan...while kalabagh dam has technically proved its need and effectiveness the sindhi zardari wanted 50 dams in sindh while punjabis say kalabagh would have saved downstream miseries...a few dams in nwfp are necessary and the kalabagh too...however the kabul i think cant be dammed further but many rivers in gilgit baltistan and northern nwfp can...yusuf raza gilanis slowness probably due to the absence of zardari and his needless rivalry with shabaz sharif has caused a very negative impact and he needs to give the provinces money if they need it...federal development programs are hardly people oriented and even verbally promising to look after the disaster relief would have been more appropriate...the animosity between provinces is more than verbal and khosa also said that sindh was attempting to flood punjab areas by deliberately blowing up dykes...The awareness in punjab Khosa says has saved lives and despite the still flooded areas around muzaffargarh there is less panic in punjab than in nwfp which had areas like the northern areas,swat, peshawar, charsadda and di khan literally cutoff from the rest of teh country...however newspapers say that the people are losing confidence for the first time in governance and their ability to cope...
  
• Aug11-2010--flood waters continued to arrive in sindh and areas around sukkur started to flood as people started to flee...the nari river in bolan burst its banks and flooded areas in harnai, ziarat and loralai...rescue efforts continued in other baloch flood affected areas
  
• Aug11-2010--a BNP official was shot dead in khuzdar while four people died in karachi rains where a shiite was shot dead in a possible sectarian incident
  
• Aug10-2010--A serious row has developed betwwen shabaz sharif and yusuf raza gilani as the latter refused to foot the bill for the flood ravages in punjab...saying the provincial government has enough funds...so does the federal government...however the federal government showing its begging and subjugated nature has been asking for flood donations...the UN says that pakistan has done itself serious damage...many say the governance of pakistan is based not on need but personal dominance.. so many areas are facing serious shortage of funds and implementing authorities as the teh PPP and PMln both dragged their feet on local elections and uniform regional financing...many suggest that the politicians and terrorists have both been challenging the authority of god with serious consequences...the PPP has been dragging its feet on helping out the disaster prone provinces as first zardari ran off on a junket trip to europe and than yusuf raza gilani had to be dragged from his office to even acknowledge the severity of floods and even show his face to the flood affectees...yusuf raza gilani apparently thinks that everything will work without his efforts...suggesting interalia that i have already solved the NFC and gifted the 18th amendment and reappointed the same old army chief...now zardari and i have no other responsibilities...The army too was slow to move but it has started to galvanize its efforts as the widespread nature of teh disaster literally ended the effectiveness of smaller political and religious charities...
  
• Aug10-2010--muzaffargarh is being evacuated for a possible flood threat from two sides and various canal breaches..in sindh ghauspur was flooded and khandkot and thul were evacuating...the flood is shaping up as the worst disaster to affect people with almost 14 million affected...many say the greed of the agricultural community in raising prices causing the poor to go hungry is one of the reasons...millions of tonnes of wheat lying in the open in south punjab has been destroyed...
  
• Aug10-2010--A policeman was killed in quetta while asfandyar walis sister was hit by a bullet
  
• Aug09-2010--In the politically destroyed city of karachi the mqm and ANP suggest that they will now kill people under a code of conduct...apparently when zardari asked altaf hussein to control his goons he responded that i will kill whoever i please...rumours about the assassination of the mqm mpa suggest the involvement of shiites, Qom and police guards...apart from sectarianism?
  
• Aug09-2010-- DG khan cutoff from punjab due to heavy rains in the suleiman range as flood waters rose in mahmoodkot and flooded the AES lalpir power plant...in sindh the indus was in super flood at sukkur and guddu where water flow was above a million cusecs..various towns were under flood threats
  
• Aug09-2010--In GB 38 bodies were recovered from debris of landslides and floods as rain continued...earlier 54 deaths had been reported
  
• Aug09-2010--four die in rajanpur boat drowning as 23 are killed in new KP rains situation chaotic in various flood hit KP areas such as dikhan, peshawar nowshera, charsadda, malakand and swat
  
• Aug09-2010--protests in orangi town, karachi against motorcycle usage ban
  
• Aug08-2010--In an amazing turnaround reaction Asif Zardari was somewhat cornered/downed as flood waters reached the katcha areas of sindh..his reactions were different when floods were only in nwfp......lying openly he suggested that he was unaware of teh flood damage when he left or was thrownout of teh country..pakistani britons arranged protests calling him pakistan's mir jaafer as a shoe/shoes was thrown at him during a meeting in birmingham...bilawal had earlier refused to attend the gathering...he apparently also made fun/disparaged teh flood affectees in meetings with his family..zardari who effects a sindhi wadera behaviour seems to think that the people are little more than animals fit only for fodder..many suggest that is trying tobe either a rangeela or the roman emperor Nero who ruled while rome burned down around him...many suggest that teh zardaris were having fun while pakistan was literally drowning in bad governance and water...earlier as deaths and ravages from floods had literally destroyed nwfp, punjab and balochistan he had said...storms will come and storms will go but zardari will always go to england...!!With Yusuf Raza Gilani attempting tobe an office manager rather than a hands on primeminister frightened of even going near flood affected people the PPP was reeling from the strong reactions amongst the people as sindhis vented their anger on cable tv walas and ary/geo on the shoe throwing...sindhis/PPP trying to suggest that they have personal power over the people which is sadly not reflected in most provinces and reality..only PPP politicians like baber awan and raja riaz seem to have a slavish mentality viz zardari...the PPP has already refused to helpout people in trouble and have deliberately hiked gas, electricity and food prices...the 18th amendment must be thrownout if this is how the government will behave under it...provinces are part of pakistan and not the other way around...with a budget of more than 3 trillion the federal government has refused to open its coffers for the troubled countryside...
  
• Aug08-2010--floods started to roar past sukkur barrage with bunds threatened on both sides of the indus... as water inundated mahmoodkot, Parco, two power plants and a PSO depot situated in the south punjab...in Kp/GB fresh rains wreaked more havoc killing 36/64
  
• Aug08-2010--five more shot dead in karachi