The Daily PakistanPolitics Oct 16-31, 2012

• Oct31-2012--rana sanaullah who these days is trying tobe a serious politician suggests that teh PPP start by arresting generals beg and durrani and proceed against them under article 6..he also suggests that teh PPP is not that weak as it has its party vote which many see as having declined substantialy..many say that the PPP vote has declined from 36% to around 14% since teh last elections...!!he also says that nawaz sharif support variies from 20% to 60% in various places...
• Oct31-2012--another six shot dead in karachi as teh sindhi regimes human rights policies questioned as police kill a azizullah janwari a PPP rally shooting suspect in police custody at bhagarji police station in sukkur
• Oct31-2012--In what seems tobe a facesaving gesture teh turkish firm that was supposed to provide 232MW of ship based power at a whopping price of Rs19 per unit is allowed to leave as it failed to meet targets and was made to pay a token amount of $17.2 million...many suggest that the KESC refused to buy the expensive electricity and the government had to make capacity payments without using the electricity...supposedly two out of four ship power stations...allowed to leave...government supposedly wasted upto $60 million in mobilisation advances
• Oct31-2012--PPP elders warn Asif Zardari not to attend PPP meetings in the presidency and make himself available(joke) to everybody in teh country without favor(since teh poor guy looted of all his wifes wealth by his children can only speak sindhi and runs at the mere thought of punjabis wanting to meet him to joke about his ANP politics)...otherwise there might be no asif zardari before teh next elections...SC has made it clear that the president, presidency and army chief should stay out of politics as well as the ISI and MI...?army chief says we have just recently cleared army of HUT guerrilas or partisans...how about kicking out the PPP politico general kiani...too..?
• Oct30-2012--18 killed in khyber, and orakzai military bombings..11 killed in karachi over eid..2 killed in DI khan by a grenade attack on a policemans home..dawn says 11 policemen killed by taleban in karachi..taleban not a known political grouping in karachi...at least 37 policemen killed in karachi west this year...only mqm mostly feared in karachi because of its violent activities and murders
• Oct30-2012--Dawn says that the HUt is targetting SGS commandos for infiltrating the future military army command who march under teh cry of allah...generally promoted quickly the guerrillas are said tobe susceptible to allah based religious logic... many army chiefs including coup plotters have been said tobe former commandos who have to undergo rigorous training and might also be used for political and anti terrorist tasks...many believe they have been used these days to eliminate fata terrorists, lal masjid clearing and swat taleban without leaving a trace...!!
• Oct29-2012--five killed in nowshera blast...on eid day...PPP's stopping of mobile phone services on eid questionable as teh PPP has not arrested anyone using their mobiles illegally...it shows that mobile phone monitoring is impossible as there are over a 100 million mobile phones...The PPP policy is to blame teh entire country rather than arresting individual terrorists, bhatta khor and other motorcycle killers...many suggest that rehman malik might be possibly seeking bhatta or eidi from the billionaire mobile phone companies...
• Oct29-2012--the disqualified Gilani says there is no political cell in teh presidency and he only plays gulli-danda with his mna kids on teh presidential lawn...he also says that PPP prone to vote and seat selling and says IJI stole elections in 1990 by buying PPP leaders and votes...
• Oct29-2012--Imran Khan off loaded in toronta by american immigration officials and questioned about why he is not supporting drone attacks despite USA funding...!
• Oct27-2012--ANP tries to threaten LHC on the kalabagh dam while judge afridi removed from the IHC deplores methods employed by the SC in his removal..he was summarily fired by the Sc while hearing general Kianis illegal army service case since he is over sixty...many suggest that the ANP should present its case in the LHC on the kalabagh dam rather than make meaningless statements of threats to teh federation...Kp can now hardly want to join afghanistan and it is obviously a non starter as a seperate state hemmed in by afghanistan, balochistan, fata and punjab...kalabagh with bhasha could in fact save teh country a lot of hardship in electricity supply and irrigation water availability...politicians many say should have their heads examined...
• Oct27-2012--taleban resurfacing in swat as two elders are shot dead
• Oct27-2012--interior ministry shuts down mobile services for four hours on eid to protect top politicians from teh terrorism inclined
• Oct27-2012--malala who seems to have suffered some nerve damage will rise again says her father
• Oct26-2012--five killed in firing at ASWJ men sitting at a restaurant in karachi...many suspect teh mqm and shiite groups for most of teh karachi violence...while two were gunned down in Khuzdar...policeman killed in GB...eight militants killed in Bara while one is killed in Kurram
• Oct26-2012--In a move that might benefit some the government reduced CNG prices for four days while many sellers refused to sell...
• Oct26-2012--Nawaz Sharif in a wise move agreed to let teh FIA investigate the ISI beneficiaries of teh 1990's elections...saying also that he had neither taken nor given money...one expects from bussinessmen participating in elections for the ISI to suggest that it will cost me this much and expect to be reimbursed...this time teh cost according to some sources is Rs250 million...will the ISI and teh PPP make teh payments again...?
• Oct26-2012--usually a day before eid there are goats all around...but this time there were more fodder sellers than the bakra's...
• Oct25-2012--refusing to give up its policy of military dual position appointments the government has appointed the secretary defence a retired lieutenant general to be the chairman PIA...the process has failed repeatedly as teh defence ministry has failed to control and manage PIA efficiently...the process of giving pilots top management has also failed with the third pilot becoming managing director in the last few years
• Oct25-2012--Interior ministers official car stolen from islamabad on the 22nd..says teh dawn
• Oct25-2012--The US reports that afghanistan not willing to give up its pukhtunistan philosophy of not accepting teh durand line while pakistan not willing to give up supporting teh afghan taleban and defending teh durand line against afghan attacks
• Oct25-2012--The PPP's five year government has a had a common anti nawaz sharif bashing element while its supporters seriously oppose the PMLq as well...The SC judgement in teh recent generals political maneouvring money distribution case also shows the same trend...with the PPP not making any moves to clear teh presidency of sycophants or theoretically removing the politically involved general Kiani......It has also not activated the FIA or initiated cases aginst teh generals...many feel that an in depth investigation might reveal that teh zardaris also took almost 50 million in military coordinated political donations...
• Oct25-2012--The SC is told that Ogra does not reccommend weekly price changes which the government has tried to promote thru political moves of lowering and raising prices...In matters of CNG which is a local produce the government can reduce prices by upto Rs40 by delinking prices to the dollar and discontinuing teh unnecessary development levy...oil companies order oil at least three to six months in advance and that should be the price determining period
• Oct25-2012--five more killed in drone attacks
• Oct24-2012--another of PPP's inefficient advisors asim hussein resigns as senate member as he is a foreign citizen...many suggest that asif zardari should appoint an honest person to the position of advisor petroleum as despite assurances that there would be no gas shortages this winter...gas shortages have begun in rawalpindi..rehman malik who has been effectively disqualified by the SC suggesting that he is dishonest and not sagacious goes for an SC review...The PPP seems to have trouble bringing in new men to positions that become vacant...
• Oct24-2012--three killed in miranshah as military retaliates after being fired upon...tribals protested by placing coffins and blocking roads...two government officials shot dead in khuzdar... as eight are gunned down in karachi...military shoots two during search in bara area...
• Oct24-2012--The PMLn says that the presidency should be vacated from teh occupying PPP prominent amongst whom are teh disqualified Gilani and his brats...they also say that asad durrani used to attend PPP meetings in uniform before the PPP appointed him ambassador to Germany...they also question why they should apologize when it was the ISI that distributed the money..they also suggest that the PPP should have teh courage to initiate cases against the generals and the bankmen...while kaira says that they refuse to appoint an independent commission...Benazir many say wanted to appoint asghar khan as the president but than had to settle for the beaurocrat ishaq khan...who had a long history of involvement in key government organisations...The PMLn also points out that many of those now associated with teh PPP and PTI like shujaat, sardar assef ahmed, pervez elahi,shah mahmood qureshi,manzoor wattoo were associated with teh IJI...while kaira says that when ishaq khan toppled their government it was judge rafik tarrar who approved teh decision and who was later made president by the PMLn..many now think that the power to topple governments invested in teh president was legal and that five years is too long to suffer an inefficient government...with gas and electricity load shedding already beginning to be felt again the PPP chances to win are being further reduced...
• Oct23-2012--The CEC says he cannot disqualify nawaz sharif...the minimum requirements many say is being jailed for contempt or having their loans written off..That pours cold water on the PPP who see no way past nawaz sharif in punjab but somehow want to remove him from politics..an action or motive similar to musharaf who banished him from politics for 10 years...while he resurfaced he has not participated in elections since......The CEC also casts doubt on the motivations/timings of teh SC to give a judgement that could effect the outcomes of an election...The PPP only has the option to quickly move teh FIA while teh PMLn could than go for a review casting doubt on the political honesty of teh FIA and the sleaze ridden PPP...The PPP ie benazir bhutto has had relations with all those involved in teh IJI formation ie ishaq, beg and asad durrani and has rewarded all three...nawaz sharif too has been close being teh product of a military coup...The PMLn should praise teh aspect of the judgement that restricts the involvement of teh presidency and armed forces in politics...The PMLn has opposed the military involvement in politics especially during teh musharaf era while teh PPP is dragging along teh musharaf era army chief kiani who might be called a benazir loyalist or NRO architect...PTI however supports the investigation by the FIA while teh MQM another product of teh presidency/interior ministry has remained mum...the PMLn has asked for taking action against another dubious ISI/presdients cell major general Zamir who in teh musharaf era created the 20 member patriots and formed a dubious PMLq from PMLn dissidents which surprisingly has survived teh political turmoil and now could force teh PPP out of the punjab along with teh PMLn and PTI...many see a Benazir hand in teh formation of the patriots thru a party dissident...Faisal Saleh had flown straight from a contentious Benazir meeting in Dubai to form the 20 member PPP breakaway faction in teh musharaf era parliament...The Patriots however did not survive amalgamating into teh PMLq...
• Oct22-2012--Zardari admits teh PPP is weak and powerless to deal with militancy...afraid even to order a military operation in north waziristan or even to initiate a dialogue or stop drone attacks which even teh americans admit are now useless usually killing low level taleban rather than worldwide terrorists...
• Oct22-2012--there was hectic activity in bahria town after they learned an election can be won with just 60 million in pakistan...one doubts that teh people will vote for someone just because the habib bank or ISI is paying them...while the amounts mentioned are small with most of the indivudals relatively rich the reasoning of the distribution does not seem tobe clear...however after chaudhry Nisar rejected teh FIA one felt sorry for the police who handled such matters before teh ISI, FSF, FIA, NAB, FC etc...investigations cant be totally concocted and there is no real honest organisation whether political or police related in teh country...The politicians will have to get off their high horses and let the police handle teh issue as they have not been able to solve them since teh seventies...The mqm and taleban on the terror side have also failed to resolve any issue...while the issues will come back to teh courts eventually the country must move towards a similar police process for the people, politicians, terrorists and armed forces...
• Oct21-2012--kaira states that teh sixty million questions will be settled before teh next polls...that probably includes teh $60 million in zardari's swiss accounts...the 60 million distributed in smaller amounts to politicians in the 1990's said too include, pagara, khar, pirzada, nawaz sharif, journoualists and others who are no longer even relevant today...while teh 60 million to the MI's construction account will probably have tobe investigated further as to what construction the MI does if any...the 30 million to general begs friends and probably teh $60 million in loans to teh sharifs...it probably could also include the 380 million to the CJ's corrupt son...the SC has asked for an FIA determination which some PPP and PMln leaders find questionable...the PMLn has asked for further investigations into the 250 million spent by teh Benazir PPP in 1993 to dismantle teh coalition of religious groups built by teh asad durrani donations...they also allege that younis habib made a payment of Rs50 million to teh zardari's...while chaudhry Nisar says that upto 30 million given to imran khan by former ISI chief pasha may also be investigated...overall the PMLn wants a truth and reconciliation commission while teh PPP benefits from the half decisions by teh courts...they also want raja to come clean on the rental payments...teh allegations are generally based on teh statements of younis habib and asad durrani...whether there were any receipts, bank transfers, records is yet tobe seen...also they suggest that zardari and younas habib were jailmates...generally it shows teh corrupt nature of the armed forces, ISI, MI, politicians and judiciary..
• Oct20-2012--malala condition improves...
• Oct20-2012--eight killed in karachi in what is quite clearly mqm terrorism...altaf hussein supports military operations in islamabad and fata but is opposed to them in karachi where teh mqm is said tobe involved in the killing of hundreds of policemen and men belonging to opposing political blocks...there has been no peace in karachi since the emergence of teh altaf hussein led mqm...is there any difference in teh killings by teh taleban and the mqm...the taleban generally concentrate on attacking teh army while teh mqm concentrates on killing religious and political opponents and policemen...
• Oct20-2012--two militants and a soldier killed in exchange of fire at miranshah checkpost
• Oct20-2012--reports suggest that the PMLn maybe harassing the sweet tooth bakery as customers ask for the cake that shabaz sharifs daughter wanted and which they say is not an item ie sold at teh bakery...owner and employee beatenup have been sent on leave
• Oct20-2012--three FC men killed in a remote controlled bomb blast in quetta
• Oct20-2012--The SC in a short verdict indicted Gen.(r) Beg and Asad Durrani for rigging teh 1990 elections by making payments to certain politicians...the PPP was routed in the 1990 elections by teh IJI which was said tobe an ISI concoction of parties...The PPP awarded Genral beg with a democracy medal while asad durrani remained in exile for quite a while before he was appointed an ambassador by teh PPP...The SC suggests that teh FIA be tasked with finding out who received payments and that the money be recovered...and cases be initiated against Beg, Durrani and the HBL president...and what might be something that kicks the PPP in teh guts is that all political cells in the presidency be stopped from functioning and Asif zardari act as a president rather than a conniving political apparatchik...Asif Zardari has been running a PPP cell in teh presidency and has been making all teh decisions in sindh in fact many suggest that the presidency has been turned into a hotel for the PPP...others suggest that the decision might be a favor to the PPP as elections are near and many feel that teh PPP might need all teh help it can get as many expect it tobe routed totally in most provinces...with the list of recipients having been submitted by asad durrani the FIA will have to probe the MI and ISI for any real and substantive proofs...teh court suggests that the money be recovered from the MI and politicians and be returned to teh HBL and teh HBL president should also face legal action...The army a big steady voting bloc is also ordered by the SC to resist from interfering in politics...whether it can participate is another matter...many feel that corp commanders can control elections in key cantonments and even demo's by ordering soldiers to vote a particular line...many feel that some government jalsa's are usually populated by fauji's from nearby cantonements...The sharifs who already are facing attempts at political subjugation from the PPP rose to political stardom in the 1990's election after earlier serving in teh zia martial law governments..they could face the wrath of teh government as their names are mentioned too as recipients...whether there are any real records is yet tobe clarified...Beg could be in prison for the rest of his life as he is stated to have been given 30 million...the latest argument given by Beg was that he joined teh army prior to the 1973 constitution and did not have to follow the political interference clause...the law of the land has tobe followed...even ifit applies to a soldier...The PPP has been trying to divide the sharifs powerbase by creating an unnecessary seraiki province while shahbaz sharif wanted only a bahawalpur province however the punjab assembly rescinded its support for new provinces and teh PPP will have to toe teh sharifs line if they want the punjab assembly to approve any new province...The PPP has formed a punjab new provinces commission without PMLn approval
• Oct19-2012--another ten killed in karachi
• Oct19-2012--Maulana Fazlur Rehman revives a battered and weaker MMA...The MMA which had surprised by winning the Nwfp provincial elections led a relatively quieter government under the military with almost no terrorism...KP could go for the MMA again since teh PPP and ANP have been unable to deal with the taleban and mqm terrorism...The ANP has been unable to dampen terrorism in KP which many say dampens their chances substantially and many see a PPP revival who still seem to want to hide behind the ANP on many seats...The maulana says he does not support the taleban or the PPP but has been known to do both...The ANP could go for a coalition with the MMA or even the PPP might joinup with either the ANP or MMA...In punjab the religious groups have developed much better constituencies but the JI may opt for the safety of the PMLn while other religious groups could put up a show in teh provincial elections
• Oct19-2012--NAB to investigate the receipt of over Rs800 million by the Raisanis for losses to them caused by teh Rind's..?
• Oct18-2012--Many feel that the SC is just beating about the bush in the 1990's era Gen Baig corruption case in which Rs.160 million were distributed to politicians(Rs60 million), Gen Baig(Rs. 30 million) and the MI's "S" accounts Rs.40 million...probably 10 million pilfered by Asad Durrani...the S wing is supposed to run terrorist groups...what they expected to achieve by Gen Baig's "Friends" is hard to understand even after twenty years...The SC now wants the defence ministry to explain its S accounts...with most information collected the SC should determine culpability and conviction...with it unable to restrict Asif Zardari from interfering in teh chief minister sindh and primeministers duties as well as doing ordinary party work one can hardly believe that teh SC will/can do anything to a former army chief , ISI chief, president and bank chiefs involved...if one can really look at it in the light of present day circumstances the PPP is distributing Rs70 billion amongst its workers in teh garb of social security...and teh ISI distributes probably billions amongst its settled agents here and overseas...politicians have been controlled or paid servants of teh state since teh late fifties...since teh same people get rotated without doing any worthwhile work in various governments...!!??
• Oct17-2012--nine shot dead in karachi
• Oct17-2012--The SC rejects General(r) Baeg's request for Naseerullah Babers statement which teh court suggests still contains material that cannot be revealed...one wonders what that can be as everything under teh sun has already been revealed...The SC backing out of a decision on substance on teh issue of the 1990 poll funds dole out...the only thing one can suspect is that most of the politicians were probably IB or ISI or army employees...?
• Oct17-2012--four hazara men shot dead in quetta
• Oct17-2012--The countries volatile and violent nature was further intensified as a polio vaccinator was shot dead in quetta...with a large number of polio teams needed for effective action police protection can be a difficult job in itself...
• Oct17-2012--With teh SC and PTI already willing todo bussiness with the taleban despite their convoluted terrorist logic...The PPP backed out of a national assembly resolution for military action against militants after the PMLn withdrew its support however the upside down politicians agreed to allow teh a possibility of a dual citizen to be made head of the drug regulatory authority...most laws in teh national assembly are being brought to save one or another corrupt or criminally involved PPP or mqm politician...eg...the accountability bill seeks a cutoff date of 2002 so that nawaz sharif, asif zardari and altaf hussein can be letoff the hook...the taleban and mqm should realize that if somebody opposes them they donot have a right to kill them under any law...religious or otherwise since they are not accepted rulers of teh country nor have the right to murder people or sit in judgement on other individuals...
• Oct16-2012--Malala apparently hastily shifted to england for treatment..many feel even in an unconscious state she had started to undermine the wobbly base of the PPP with many feeling she must be stronger than benazir to have survived...ie have teh support of allah and the people...a rare combination...however the mullah groups undermined teh north waziristan operation with rumours that teh army and Asif zardari were involved in teh malala attack...still others feel that it may be the start of another terrorist group formed with the consequence of increased terrorism...however teh feelings of doubt and angst existed with many suggesting that both teh PPP and armed forces were a bit wobbly on attacking the north waziristan taleban base even though the operations in other areas are being wound down...The PPP looking for a partner in maulana fazlur rehman in nwfp elections was downed by his insistance to leave teh taleban alone...
• Oct16-2012--The PPP finally fell into the imran khan trap and suggested that they had support in the hyderabad area with a party jalsa that looked increasingly populised with bought participants mostly from the mqm...the participants seemed poor and there were very few party flags suggesting that the party is not willing to spend money even on flags...hyderabad also considered an maqm bastion has its sindhi areas and teh picture in dawn does not suggest that it was larger than a mid size jalsa at best...many feel that the PPP is bogged down by its individuals problems and with no real pro people policies or popular leaders it has nothing real to brag about...full of pompous pirs and jagirdars it only has to frighten the people in sindh...nationalists aur nawaz sharif se daro...seems tobe teh policy ...to the punjabis the nationalists seem tobe a simple sort of people if they cannot handle PPP propaganda
• Oct16-2012--In peshawar a militant attack on a police station in Mattani left five dead as the militants ran of with the severed head of an SP...The police post was set on fire with two trucks ,an armoured PC, a car and three motorcycles gutted ...seems a typical attack by someone setting up his radical credentials which could be any pukhtun politician who are generally said tobe opposed to teh police alongwith teh mqm...
• Oct16-2012--Mqm's terror tactics were called into question in teh national assembly as the PPP challenged them to lay down their arms in karachi which could have a good effect on teh rest of teh country too...they obviously refused...!!
• Oct16-2012--In lahore shabaz sharifs daughter apparently had a bakery owner beaten up after they refused to sell her a cake...involvement of shahbaz sharifs son in law and elite police men suspected
• Oct16-2012--In quetta an armed attack on a ministers residence left a guard and two attackers dead
• Oct16-2012--six ASWJ and ST men shot dead in karachi...as literally everybody loots banks in karachi