2018 Elections

2018 Elections
election results in 2018..PTI than just a pukhtun based party literally surged in Punjab and karachi to emerge as the largest party with 114 seats in the national assembly

Wednesday, July 17, 2013

The Daily PakistanPolitics July 16-31, 2013

  • July31-2013--248 inmates escaped from the DI Khan jailbreak while twelve people including five policemen were killed
  • July31-2013--In an unpopular decision which was probably made by teh army and teh nawaz sharif regime teh fees in FG colleges in islamabad and rawalpindi were tripled to around Rs8000...it would be difficult for anyone to have more than one child in college apart from teh rich bussinessmen who have no idea of how people live on low wages
  • July31-2013--The PMLn in a late decision overturned an unpopular decision in NA 48 where hanif abbasi was unable to get teh confidence of teh voters...with anjum aqueel having withdrawn the PMLn nominated ashraf gujjar for NA48 against asad umar.
  • July31-2013--a supposedly rags to riches mochi(shoemaker)became the teh president of pakistan...while theoretically he has no powers he will in effect become Nawaz Sharifs sidekick...The PPP did not realize that religion matters and that Nawaz Sharif wanted to spend his first 27th Ramazan in saudia on a muft or sarkari umra(free umra...)The courts have to take into account religious perceptions and not everyone is shiite...while teh SC decision was not strictly according to teh constitution the ECP should have realized that before taking teh decision and as has been proven unless u legislate a fixed date the SC jurisdiction cannot be negated...also teh PPP must realize that it is a party based election and not a popular one...The PMLn too should have realized that missing one free umra was not a high price to pay and they would have won against a joint opposition too with even 50-60 legislators absent...although they can still go in appeal against teh SC decision and have teh election set aside...to overcome this problem teh only solution is that the president be elected by popular or peoples votes which would defeat the unpopular PPP anyway...unless teh opposition had a joint candidate whom even teh PMln could approve of there was never any chance for the losers...Only the JUI came out with something as it got a ministry for its votes in the end...The nawaz sharif choice and the PPP choice were both unpopular in teh punjab however mamnoon got 55 votes in the balochistan assembly...we now have a trader of cloth and shoes in teh presidency and a trader of paper napkins as primeminister...as is popularly said "ghuda hi pakistan ko bachaye..." sab kuch bech kar kahen ge taxes phir bhi kam hen...!!The PPP should realize that mere politics will not get them teh popular vote if they are not willing to have popular policies...in this regard Asif Zardari was reportedly ripping of even teh presidency where he was charging 6 crore just for his personal servants...the PTI candidate defeated the PMln candidate in the KP assembly 69-41 while the PTI won one vote in teh balochistan assembly
  • July30-2013--Another five shot dead in karachi... protesters raid Pesco office in Bannu burning records and vehicles
  • July30-2013--According to a dawn report based on a daily guardian report...The MQM's altaf hussein has openly threatened to have people killed and put them in body bags and nobody in karachi is willing to even talk many say which lets of most mqm killers although others say they eventually get killed by others...he has also threatened to rip open somebodies fathers stomach and is more directly being investigated for money laundering and the murder of imran farook which others suggest was done at teh behest of the karachi based coordination committee...london police say that 400000 pounds was recovered from altaf hussein's two buildings in london apart from numerous documents which are being translated...Altaf Hussein says that the illegal money was given to him for expenses while others say it is sent regularly from karachi by ripping off traders and the local bodies...altaf hussein had at least 30 murder cases registered against him when he fled to england and teh report alleges that teh mqm is involved in teh killing of 200 policemen and thousands of others due to its conflicts with teh TTP and LJ..it has over teh years fought each and every ethnic group in karachi...many say that teh mqm power derives from teh local body of karachi and the PPP regime is thus opposed to holding local body elections while teh PMln is ambivalent...if local bodies elections were held in sindh teh PMLn could use teh mqm power to negate the PPP which has no ideology left and is just a interior sindh party at best and could even joinup with other locals to win some interior sindh local bodies too...!
  • July30-2013--militants storm jail in DI Khan
  • July30-2013--talks with militants to take place in balochistan as the bugtis are allowed back into their homeland?
  • July30-2013--The presidential election takes place...PPP has boycotted after teh SC allowed the change of a controversial date set by the ECP...The PPP's attempt to suggest that it was right is not tenable as it just did not have teh votes(they have around 70-80 votes with a total alliance of 154) and many say that their candidate also had serious flaws...The mqm many say refused to vote for teh PPP candidate because of their getting close to the alcohol imbibing imran khan who many say started to plug teh dubious former interior minister...anyway the PMLn expected to get upto 446 of teh 674 votes with the mqm attempting to join teh PMLn bandwagon...The PTI candidate to poll 74 votes...While Rana Sana did not think that a coalition was in teh bargain on mamnoon hussein the PMLn at teh center said that it was an attempted reconciliation...the mqm immediately went into its hot and cold mould with rizvi and waseem akhter berating the mqm support of the PMLn...!!others suggested that it might be ISI reccommended who supposedly have two mqm killers of imran farook in incarceration...however it looked extremely odd to many and many suggested the altaf hussein problems with teh metropolitan police and scotland yard could be behind the supposed reconciliation while others suggested that teh PMLn might be desperate for some sindhi votes...many donot realize that teh head of teh PMLn is Raja Zafarul Haq and a triumvirate with mamnoon hussein and nawaz sharif might be in teh offing...The MQM which has lost its king making role as envisaged by teh military and ISI to offset the PPP in sindh usually joins the government at the center and by teh end of teh government is usually out of teh coalition as it has little knowledge of how to cooperate
  • July29-2013--railway track blow up in quetta
  • July29-2013--drone attack kills seven in north waziristan
  • July29-2013--imran khan usually pro taleban says that the taleban had planned to eliminate him thru a suicide bomb...the day after his fall...this according to the dubious rehman malik...who usually announces that he knew it after it happened...
  • July28-2013--gunmen kill seven coastguards at a checkpost in gwadar...claimed by the BLF...a suspected suicide bomber killed near imambargah in quetta...pakistani soldier killed in an unprovoked indian attack on teh LOC near rawalakot
  • July28-2013--In a controversial move punjab to setup four 2400MW coalfired power plants in gaddani, balochistan
  • July27-2013--The PMLn brings in its crooked industrialist Hanif Abbasi to challenge the smooth clean Asad Umar who was teh CEO of Engro which makes fertilizers, icecream, milk, does coal mining, and has an electricity plant...in NA48..Hanif Abbasi who started out as a philanthropist building two tubewells in NA56 ended up accused of murder, ephedrine looting and drug smuggling apart from attacking the police...In teh end he was unable to put up a fight in NA56 against Imran Khan...as shahbaz sharifs overheads failed to impress...supposedly a pindite he has a pharmaceutical company in islamabd but is tainted and many feel that teh PMln must be really desperate what with the arrest of taji khokhar after being cleared...many feel that shahbaz sharif's supposed cleanliness or refusal to cow down to events or opposition is becoming sullied and the chakri nature of teh interior minister who has them sitting with teh distasteful mqm and putting up tainted candidates..however the JI opts out and a straight contest between teh PTI and PMLn could ensue...
  • July27-2013--the multan electricity distributor MEPCO offices set on fire in multan as protests against loadshedding
  • July27-2013--two blasts in parachinar kill 45...terrorists have become unusually active in this ramadan...
  • July27-2013--The PPP as is usual for it in opposition withdrew from the presidential elections leaving the presidency on a plate for unknown mamnoon...as the PPP said at least 50-60 members would be expected to perform aitekaf and the PMLn had to shore up its support...moreover the PPP did not turnup in teh SC to oppose teh decision by teh SC...they did not even go to teh SC in appeal...in another expected event teh MQM performed teh biggest somersault of its life and teh PMLn theoretically jumped into teh ditch with teh countries biggest terrorist group...not only did teh Mqm agree to support mamnoon but also was given an invitation to join the government at teh center...that leaves it theoretically as the PMLn representative in teh sindh assembly or joining opposing governments at teh the provincial and center levels...there were only a couple of people on teh PMLn and Mqm side who could not smile as literally teh mqm was revived again to fight teh PPP another day according to its initial reason for existence...only days or might be months ago the PMln top leader had literally refused to have anything todo with with teh distasteful organization...!!!The mqm leadership had predicted that they would literally win against the PPP in sindh...but were only saved in karachi as teh PMLn and PTI organizations did not work hard enough...The mqm is used to pitting one group against another and teh sindhis thus could not desert the PPP against a diehard enemy...
  • July26-2013--while the west indies are not very good one day players that does not stop pakistans former selector from suggesting that umar akmal is the only partial success in teh side despite a terrible wickekeeping lapse which drew a winning match..it seemed that umar akmal was visibly tiring as the one day series went on but he has emerged as teh second best batsman with shehzad ahmed suggesting that the players advised him to enjoy and there was no need to worry about his performance...however while the akmal wicketkeeping has improved or become energetic his diving did not match the west indies keepers who had two such keepers...the team was however dragged along by misbah for the first time despite some good bowling from holder and batting from simmons and samuels...pakistan has played poorly against most top sides india, england and srilanka recently and umar will only be judged by how he keeps and bats against teh top sides...pakistan is ranked sixth and west indies eight in the ICC ODI rankings...afridi continued to bat well in one match and than wait for ten matches to score again...
  • July26-2013--PPP and PTI mull boycotting the presidential election...PTI asked teh PPP to support the PTI candidate in that case while Aitezaz Ahsan seemed to think that a one point cooperation on the boycott would be achieved...Nawaz Sharif however worked on Fata and teh JUIf for support as the mqm also started to shift towards mamnoon who seems a typical mohajir and could be helpful to the floundering Mqm...
  • July26-2013--20 decomposed bodies found near bara...
  • July26-2013--in teh sukkur ISI attack two suicide jackets were found in teh rubblke as five militants and four others were killed...
  • July26-2013--There are some rumblings at the selection of the PMLn and PPP candidates from teh supposed smaller province... eg. Aitezaz ahsan said that we had to pick someone from a smaller province and that the zardaris leave us to face teh eggs and tomatoes...the PMln unknown is seen as a personal choice of nawaz sharif who also blamed teh selection on teh smaller province syndrome...while sindh is not considered a smaller province it was definitely balochistans turn to be president...we have had unlikeable sindhi presidents since the 1998 coup...before that we had punjabi presidents upto the early 1970's...before that there were ayub khan and yahya khan upto 1958 and a mixture of punjabis, mohajirs, bengalis and sindhis before that...therefore there has never been a balochi president...so if the issue was a smaller province than the candidate's of teh major parties should have been from balochistan which is generally regarded by most as teh only small province...
  • July25-2013--dollar reaches 104.80 in teh kerb market
  • July25-2013--Strange things have been happening in rawalpindi and islamabad as taji khokhar and hanif abbasi have gone scot free from cases of outright murder.. while teh attorney general wants the CDA to let teh bigfish off the hook on illegal construction in farmhouses...
  • July25-2013--suicide bombers and a car bomb attack sukkur ISI office...several killed
  • July25-2013--The SC orders the presidential election tobe held on teh 30th of July so that the PMLn walas can spend teh last days of ramazan in saudia...?
  • July24-2013--As the reputation of altaf hussain suffered serious damage by british police investigation into his involvement in murders, terrorism and money laundering...the mqm could not respond to political allegations by imran khan that they had murdered his senior vice president while they countered that he had not even visited her family for condolences and wore a bow and tie to a dinner to save elephants...The PTI countered that at least he was invited to the royal event but not the crook altaf hussein who most regard as the criminal behind teh situation in karachi...the mqm showing its mean crookish nature has filed a lawsuit for damages..but many regard that the lawsuit must be filed by altaf hussein and teh courts will hardly consider it as he is neither a resident here and is also a british citizen...many note the contradictory attitude of teh mqm which keeps altaf hussein england at teh cost of poor karachiites but opposes just a visit by imran khan
  • July24-2013--The government goes to teh SC to reconsider the presidential election poll date suggesting that the ECP is not giving consideration to religious needs of muslims...The PPP tries to bolster its anti punjabi raza rabbani while many regard the PMLn candidate as a personal choice of nawaz sharif who many think was a back link to governments in the past...and is usually never heard off until such events and is not even a member of teh PMln's top governing apparatus... apparently he has a minor position in teh sindh PMLn
  • July24-2013--The PPP and PTI backed out of supporting an energy policy that wants them to restrict electricity theft and is based on privatization...many regard the transmission system as adequate barring additional requirements ie balancing power distribution with needs...they argued that qaim ali shah and pervez khattak had no knowledge of teh power system...most of teh thefts are supposedly in sindh and Kp where losses are said tobe 40%...the PPP which had blamed shahbaz sharif for not generating enough power is now not willing to take any responsibility as the federal regime suggests that they be responsible for recovery of electricity bills and theft of electricity
  • July23-2013--The PMLn is apparently going to adopt contradictory attitudes inits power policies suggests the dawn...privatisation has only seen rates go up and up and cannot supposedly bring them down...they are also to attempt to restrict teh widespread phenomenon of electricity theft given teh high rates...KP and sindh where theft is teh highest have refused to budge...they also suggest that by 2018 they will have a surplus and no load shedding by 2017 and a very high target of over 26000 mw installed capacity which many regard as difficult to achieve in present circumstances...there is also no hope of bringing cost of production down and reducing electricity prices...The government many suggest should force the Discos to supply electricity at the Nepra rates...
  • July23-2013--teh PMln wants to get along with karzai while he tries to create dispute after dispute to divide teh pakistanis and US...!many also see the childish nawaz sharif attempts to suggest that teh indians can become a friendly nation...many feel that foreign relations should be realistic given pakistan's minimalisation over teh last decade
  • July22-2013--two die in attack and blast at ANP's landhi office
  • July21-2013--British former legislator Mohammed Sarwar being considered for punjab governor
  • July21-2013--17 districts in balochistan without electricity as blownup power pylons not repaired in last four days
  • July21-2013--In a case of massive corruption SC orders seizure of assets of former EOBI chief who started investing in land deals, purchasing an islambad hotel, building hotels in lahore and buying plaza floors without board approval...
  • July21-2013--heavy rains in lahore and sialkot as chenab/jhelum in heavy flood...areas in lahore flooded
  • July21-2013--one killed as motorcycle blast hits karachi commissioner's car near essa nagri killing one while two die in flat blast in patel para
  • July21-2013--two FC men killed and 22 militants as gunships pound akakhel, khyber agency in retaliation for checpost attack
  • July21-2013--The daily Dawn studies teh question of who would be teh next army chief suggesting that tariq khan from Tank who is corp commander mangla and is an ex KP FC chief is straight forward ,knows militancy handling and is supported by teh americans...while opponents say he is an american stooge...teh current senior haroon aslam is in logistics and is to retire in April 2014 while kayani and wyne to retire in november and october this year...that leaves two jobs up for grabs...many feel that another retiring general khalid nawaz a PMLn relative could get the coveted chairman joint chiefs with one of teh top three generals...ie haroon aslam, rashad mahmood and raheel sharif could become COAS with tariq khan given an outside chance although ex FC commanders rarely even become lieutenant generals...however haroon aslam has been associated with teh swat insurgency which the army feels was handled successfully while the Fata status quo suggests that it is still a war in progress...many feel that logistics which is important to teh army in war and peace is a place to retire from..he was previously in Erra as deputy chief...his major negative is being a major participant of teh 1999 coup...Rashad Mahmood is CGS and runs the army currently...meaning operations and intelligence work under him...he has been corp commander lahore as well and is a lahori..he was military secretary to ex president Tarrar and worked under kayani at the ISI as a major general...and also was an ADC to former army chief gen aslam beg...some say he is too political...usually the outgoing army chief's advice is sought...however many feel military sibling chaudhry Nisar and shahbaz sharif will probably figure in teh decision making...haroon aslam has been DGMO, and corp commander bahawalpur which handles the indian border and could many say have a medical problem..however positions also depend on availability and seniority..he is probably in logistics because he had experience in that field in Erra...Raheel Sharif is famous as teh brother of a nishan haider recipient...he is Inspector general training and evaluation which runs teh academies and militaries schools and probably will have written the expossed report on the abbottabad attack...he has been corp commander gujranwala and commandant kakul...some say like kayani he is a run with the flow type and would probably be a safe choice...many also consider zaheerul islam aa fighting janjua as having an outside chance given his direct connections to teh army chief and the primeminister...although others oppose ISI army chiefs although almost everyone passes thru teh ISI these days...others suggest that most officers have to report to the ISI anyway and nobody can become a lt. general without their approval...all that suggests that rashad mahmood barring any personal idiosyncracies could get teh COAS job followed by haroon aslam, raheel sharif,tarik khan and khalid nawaz...many feel that if nawaz sharif wants a personal connection than khalid nawaz who handles the kashmir border, murree garrison and islamabad would be a shoein however others feel that those near retirement are rarely considered...generally raheel sharif could be teh chairman joint chiefs since the job is similar to his present posting...in the previous military regimen kayani even decided who would be joint chief...and if the political sharifs are still undecided there is always teh extension ridden kayani who would probably jump at another extension...!if u want a younger guy than Lt gen nasir janjua is to retire at teh end of 2015...!
  • July21-2013--The PPP which many feel is now just a group of sindhi extremists refuses to even consider teh majority PMLn's three candidates mamnoon hussain, saeeduzzaman siddiqui and sartaj aziz...many feel that nawaz sharif is plugging mamnoon hussain with sartaj aziz as a backup...however others see the first foreign trip to afghanistan as a test for sartaj aziz who could be a plus in the troubled KP, Fata and in the region...others feel that mamnoon hussain is just being projected as a karachiite and has no real experience of being in government or even knowledge of the country...many also suggest that raza rabbanis recent statements suggest that he is a sindhi extremist in teh making and might be in teh run to replace the zardari's as PPP's top boss...many feel that teh country maybe getting tired of sindhi presidents...there have been musharaf and asif zardari before and they have not gotten teh countries support and another would leave many gasping for breath...PTI has nominated wajiuddin ahmed and teh PMLq saeedul hassan mandokhel...That leaves teh MQM without a candidate and the PMLn can theoretically only expect support for a karachi candidate from the MQM and JUIf..?
  • July20-2013--two FC men killed in IED blast near Bara
  • July20-2013--Power minister Khawaja Asif says enough electricity being given to KP given that they donot pay their bills...he tells the fattening pervez khattak who probably is living it up on free CM house food although not venturing to move around much to agree to teh kalabagh dam...he says give us the distribution and generation companis...asif khawaja says they will be privatized...
  • July20-2013--PPP dumped asif zardari and went for gas guzzling anti punjabi afghan emigre Raza Rabbani as its candidate for president hoping that teh PMLn would be foolish enough to fall for their gambit...The PMLn however dropped sindhi heavyweight mumtaz bhutto and got together a bunch consisting of a paan guzzling mohajir, a couple of sindhi ex judges and of course former foreign minister Sartaj Aziz and hazara's cloth seller ex KP chief minister Mehtab Abbasi...non are extremely popular and some punjabis suggested Shabaz Sharif as a more appropriate, popular and perhaps effective choice...mehtab abbasi many say is slotted in as KP governor while mushahidullah khan is suggested as sindh governor after mumtaz bhutto said he preferred governors rule to the murdering/rioting PPP rule in sindh...dawn says mohajir mamnoon hussein an ex sindh governor in teh lead...
  • July20-2013--PMLn suggests that the presidential election date selected by the EC is inappropriate due to end ramazan and eid...PPP which had earlier suggested that teh presidential election take place after the by elections quickly backed out...
  • July19-2013--PMLq questions teh use of teh chief ministers helicopter by his son for attending ramazan bazaars...The PMlq heirs are not very successful many say with maryam sharif unable to rope in opposition women and having trouble waving her arms...
  • July19-2013--a constable hacked to death in checking electricity theft in Okara...The sharifs were told in one region of china that they produced twenty times the electricity of pakistan and losses were below 6%
  • July19-2013--four power pylons were blown in the machh area of balochistan causing electricity disruptions to quetta and 17 districts...Quesco says that they get just 270MW against demand of 1550 MW
  • July19-2013--Imran Khan calls for a closed door meeting between him and teh army chief to be able to understand what they are frightened off in dealing with teh taleban and other fata terrorists...teh army has attempted to be present and try to make teh locals/FC fight teh wars of control in teh Fata not very successfully as teh terrorists seem tobe able to resupply, rearm and reestablish in one area after another...The army many say also would like tobe an armchair warrior and enjoy the enrichment which has seen them become owners of houses/agricultural lands in teh upmarket area's such as bahria and DHA's and educate their children in the west and get them promoted at home...
  • July19-2013--In quetta policemen protest as chief minister suspends SP for stopping guards of sanaullah zehri from entering teh provincial assembly...
  • July19-2013--provincial governments in sindh and punjab reluctant to hold local body elections and ECP says it needs 90 days to prepare...SC wanted the elections on Sept 15...governments in punjab and sindh spent teh last five years with provincial government controlled beaurocratic setups...earlier teh previous LG setup by the musharaf regime had been able to embarass teh governments as they were regarded as more effective than teh governments but the PMLq provincial government and later teh PMLn and teh PPP refused to accept their power and diluted the LG's authority and finally ended it all together
  • July18-2013--Malala attacker urges her to come back and join a madressah and study teh quran..
  • July18-2013-three security men among seven killed in clashes in balochistan
  • July18-2013-PMLn and PKmap win two senate seats from balochistan
  • July17-2013--PMln presidential candidates lineup as ghaus ali shah, mumtaz bhutto and sartaj aziz apparently being considered...Mumtaz bhutto says governor rule should be an option as almost 20000 people killed in sindh during PPP rule...Pmln has been slow in appointing its governors and that might have to wait for the presidential election...In punjab jaffer iqbal, zulfikar khosa and rafik rajwana being considered...with the PMln preferring docile followers sartaj aziz said tobe in teh lead...
  • July17-2013--cleric amongst three shot dead in quetta
  • July17-2013--rangers shoot dead a taxidriver in karachi
  • July16-2013-four hazara men gunned down in quetta
  • July16-2013-Nawaz Sharif down to playing politics with the electricity problem and now working on a 25 year agenda...in the meantime he will try to reduce electricity thefts...Nawaz Sharif might want to know that losses were 24% even in 1990 and some areas in karachi, hyderabad and Kp have loses of around 40%...anti gas and electricity theft campaigns initiated in punjab
  • July16-2013-PMLn appoints controversially the temporary PIA chairman abdul khaliq and BOI head Zubair Umar(ex IBM) (brother of PTI man Asad Umar)

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How it all started...coups and politics and islam and democracy...

How it all started...coups and politics and islam and democracy...
how bhuttos got into politics in 1958...

debacle in Dacca

debacle in Dacca
total humiliation...India had steadily destabilized east pakistan over twenty years playing on ethnic, financial, development and military concerns...pakistan was not that rich at that time and the ethnicists played on phsychosis generated by cyclones, floods, tea and jute...the army and west pakistani politicians could not accept a bengali dominated government and a small army contingent could not defend against the mukti bahini and the indians as teh US withdrew its support as usual...When teh going gets tough teh US chickens out as usual...!! The indians have continued teh same themes in karachi, sindh and balochistan but similar tougher responses have not allowed their success although pakistan is now at best a divided land with a pathetic center...!!While it left pakistan numb at the time many now feel the seperation was a proper solution as east pakistanis did not get along with pakistan and they would be better able to solve their problems with india...others still pine away for the lost land of rivers, tea and jute...others suggest that india should handover kashmir in exchange...while some still want to repatriate those considered pakistanis and left stranded in bangladeshi camps...others however heave a sigh of relief as teh problems with the remaining provinces are generally insoluble.....and ethnic regionalism or provincialism mixed with economic and racial nonsense is not a pleasant mode of politics anyway...

allah be praised

allah be praised
allah be praised...i do own forty factories but the people think i am a pauper...i really donot need sarkari umra's....please allah i did not promise imran khan the government when he fell off the platform...cant u make him my slave and not ask for recounts...!

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