The Daily PakistanPolitics Nov 1-15, 2015

• Nov26-2015--PPP leader Dr. Asim Hussein booked in an anti terrorism case on orders of the Rangers
  
• Nov26-2015--Nawaz Sharif replaces GB governor with Mir Ghazanfer Ali
  
• Nov25-2015--In one of the most blatant violations of justice an accountability court acquits Asif Zardari in the SGS-Cotechna...many believe that asif zardari eliminated his wife to get power as well as enjoy the fruits of corruption without sharing it with anyone...he reportedly received around 18 million dollars from the swiss firms one of which was iranian owned...the judge said he was only provided photocopies of documents...!
  
• Nov25-2015--Turkey shoots down a russian plane bombing turkmen near its border...earlier the turks shot down a syrian plane as well
  
• Nov25-2015--PTI critisizes Nawaz Sharif for ceding control over defence issues rather than dealing with them in parliament
  
• Nov25-2015--a PAF female fighter pilot dies while ejecting from an F7 trainer...the F7 was known in the PAF as a flying coffin because its seats donot eject properly in an emergency...however the seats were modified but obviously the problem has not been solved
  
• Nov22-2015--Milli Yakjehti council criticizes the pakistani and Bangladeshi SC's and Nawaz Sharifs history of hinduistic attitudes
  
• Nov22-2015--despite the fact that most of the motorway has been built by his opponents Nawaz Sharif still suggests that they have halted progress...he forgets that he had used up all the resources when he was kicked out by the muhajir military chief that he had personally appointed overlooking more competent generals...he had also ignored the year long preperations for the coup and still tries to dupe the country by cooperating with the musharaf riff raff ...Nawaz despite being from a lohar family can barely think beyond roads and wants people to be fooled by the pukhtun corridor as something that will create development...even if a hundred Chinese trucks go up the karakoram highway daily it will make no difference to the countries development or the people...it will just cause more pollution...the Chinese have already been found problematic in the projects that they execute such as Nandipur, neelum-jhelum, national assembly solar system etc. and are found to be uncooperative and they are almost as expensive as the westerners...they also find it difficult getting along with Pakistani workers...a road in itself like the motorway is no guarantee of development...money has just been sunk into a road for the last twenty-five years which is at best a road for the elite...in fact the sharifs have consistently destroyed Pakistani manpower resources and wasted economic funds...while metro's can be considered extremely costly for a few busloads of people they will hardly contribute anything to the economy...at the moment the country cannot do anything itself ...in fact it does not even manufacture a mobile phone yet...!
  
• Nov22-2015--factory torched in Jhelum over allegations of quran burning
  
• Nov21-2015--as Pakistan crashed to a oneday defeat against England there were muted calls for the return of mohammed amir after their three fast bowlers were thrashed by the upto now subdued Jos Butler...amazingly they quickly recalled umar akmal after he he had another bout of lawless behavior into the 2020 side after the pakistani batters showed a poverty of skills...a Riffatullah Mohmand type could have blasted the English bowlers...many saw the need for both oldtimers Mohmand, Misbah and Mukhtar in the one day side after the hajj returned azhar showed a reluctance to return to form
  
• Nov21-2015--four rangers soldiers killed in Karachi outside a mosque by motorcycle riding killers
  
• Nov21-2015--Zulfikar Mirza bashes the PPP in Badin while the PPP and PMLn still rule the roost in two different provinces. The LG polls are openly dominated by the provincial governments and Fafen says that at least 6% polling staff were found stamping ballots..!PTI begging for army protection on Dec 5 so that they can win somewhere at least..!
  
• Nov21-2015--The army chief admitted defeat in Afghanistan and the US wanted its key role back while they still apparently donot know anything about Kashmir...Biden and Raheel tried to quiten opposition to the army chiefs literal takeover of foreign affairs...!
  
• Nov21-2015--In a damning criticism of the army the Dawn prints a hoodbhoy article stating "like cartoon generals who have won no wars but have medals stuck to their oversized chests pakistan now has a legion of ignoramus cartoon paper PHd professors whose research is only internet based..."...Pakistan army which has an oversized ego but has won no wars but are important for the defence or lives of rulers live on media praise and milli naghma's...the present army chief has mounted one of the most obvious media campaigns in the press and media to build himself up...apparently a film is also in the works after numerous drama's and propaganda press releases...many regard the Pakistan army as a balloon filled with hotair and their standard behavior is similar to the Abbottabad misadventure...!
  
• Nov20-2015--Sartaj Aziz says dossiers on india have no evidence but show a pattern of involvement with terrorists and insurgencies
  
• Nov19-2015--with the second batch of LG elections taking place Dawn highlights how shahbaz sharif and qaim ali shah have literally reduced the LG authority to almost nothing...even parks, waste management, water and sanitation is tobe handled by the provincial government thru various types of beaurocratic and private authorities...most of the work left to the low tech LG's seems tobe planning...their prime function seems tobe streets, roads, drains and water supply lines and overseeing things like natural disasters, graveyards, kilns, lighting,encroachements, bazaars and markets...how they are to help orphans and the disabled is beyond understanding...non governing parties are thus almost totally disabled...
  
• Nov19-2015--after stopping polling in sanghar the ECP further stops polls in 76 Sindh councils due to the SHC's concerns about delimitations
  
• Nov19-2015--Dawn points out that the military concerns on NAP are mostly about future handling of Karachi and Fata...with the mqm still not a peaceful thinker or player and Fata seemingly still lacking a way to govern...KP wants to absorb Fata while its history and lack of conformity to normal behavior suggests a separate provincial status...obviously Karachi has tobe handled by the provincial government and not by the mqm or three retired judges...
  
• Nov18-2015--Jafar Express derails in Bolan killing 19...
  
• Nov19-2015--while turmoil in the real sense has considerably decreased the army chief tells the US that afghan reconciliation is not possible under the present stranded turmoil...The army chief the US tells us is almost an indian in his thinking and attitude...The Indians have long protested that they cannot talk on Kashmir due to the troubled situation...it is when there is trouble that talks and reconciliation and solutions have tobe found...The army chief also wants to restrict funds to the mullahs who barring the wealthy terrorists get a few dollars from various Islamic groups or Saudi charity...The seminaries have been on the US hit list since the early sixties when ayub khan wanted to control their curriculum under US pressure...than mullahs used to be the chief protagonists against military rule and used to use the mosque to oppose militarism...as opposed to current militancy...The US was used to preotesting even anti USA mullah speeches...
  
• Nov17-2015--The PMLn regime seems tobe worried at the army chief's USA visit but says a federal government representative will be present in all his meetings...
  
• Nov17-2015--Interior minister says no present need to send cricket team to play in india given the terrorizing attacks by shiv sena on muslims and other extremist natured incidents
  
• Nov16-2015--a Shaheen airlines pilot has been arrested for crash landing a plane in Lahore and causing the airport to shutdown...Punjab police forcibly arrested the pilot from Karachi...CAA said that the pilot was not responsible as the airline had the experience of four such incidents...others say the pilot was drunk...pilots are routinely alocohol abusers due to the easy availaibility of alcohol on planes
  
• Nov16-2015--The French have found Syrian and Belgium links to the paris terrorism...many suggest that europe will have to restart strict border controls and the situation suggests that terrorists are moving guns and suicide belts with extreme ease thruout Europe...others suggest that the various factions in Syria and the opposing sides of various contending powers cause such extreme reactions especially when bombing on Syria is uncontrolled and without any specific purpose...given the situation...groups exist that can retaliate against the west and it does not seem tobe too difficult...europe is an almost undefended fortress in the circumstances...the situation cannot change too much in Syria with attacks on the IS which at best controls just a fraction of the forces which are available to middle east countries...it seems quite easy for them to attack all their opponents despite the situation which might not be too favorable given world opposition...
  
• Nov16-2015--There seems tobe some disturbances in the government at the army chiefs visit to the USA where apparently he thinks he can pull some strings and straighten out some heads viz attitudes towards Pakistan especially viz india and Afghanistan...if the iSI chiefs visit is any indication he should keep pulling the new red herring for the western leaderships ie the IS...There are said tobe no problems with the USA viz military parts and spares and the only thing that the pro indian US supposes is a red herring for Pakistan has already been taken care of by the sharif regime viz further tightening their hold on hafiz saeed and the barely existing Let...apparently even though afghan negative behavior is similar to the past the army chief thinks he has some new idea's to deal with them...the army is still interested in beating up the local taleban although they are now regrouping in Afghanistan....!...Dawn says however the army chief has problems with the attitudes of the PMLn towards corruption and internal terrorist issues like NAP...recently the PMLn regime stopped an anti corruption judge who was about to issue a judgement in the SGS-cotechna case which some suggested would be 15 years RI for asif zardari...they also backed out from the Rangers campaign to control the mqm riff raff and cases against Altaf Hussain...many suggest that the PMLn had suggested to Altaf Hussein that the cases against him would be dropped if he became loyal to the PMLn...!The army chief's visit should generally be considered a joy ride for raheel sharif who now does not have much to do given the lackadaisical nature of the PMLn regime...the army chief seems to revel in flying visits and keeps moving around much more than past army chief's.Many however doubt that there can be anything new about Afghanistan handling or the US listening to Pakistan on indian terrorism...others are now suggesting jovially that Nawaz sharif is at best an education minister in the current scenario with the army chief taking over foreign affairs and defence...however he apparently cant handle even the education portfolio himself...however some PMLn wala's have strange notions about the army chiefs attitude and worry that he might be attempting to take over the government if he finds the right mood in the USA...he seems to have mounted a propaganda to elevate himself in the peoples eyes which many think is caused by being surrounded by media sycophants...the Pakistan army should many think focus on lowering casualties and keep their officers and men on the alert..this is not the sixties when an army uniform commanded respect and admiration and the opposing militants have a substantial fighting capability too...
  
• Nov15-2015--the interior minister has removed over 13000 names from the ECL and allowed over 22000 people tobe issued passports
  
• Nov15-2015--22 killed in Waziristan airstrikes
  
• Nov15-2015--money launderer Altaf Khanania arrested in the USA...the Khanani part of a banned pakistani money changer he seems to have been transferring funds around for anti US groups...!
  
• Nov15-2015--Reham Khan stuns people by saying she was actually not even married...!!amongst muslims there is actually no compensation for divorce...while most people thought that Imran Khan might have hit her she says that she was accused of hitting him, feeding him rat poison and being an MI6 spy...here they talk of her as an mqm/PMln undercover operative...she says she does not know his sisters and thought he was not religious and did not give her any presents...she also thought that he is uncommunicative, did not eat well and locked up her children in a room and PTI walah's sent her odd messages...he also apparently wanted her parents names so his spiritual advisor could check them out...!she says she got on well with his two bedroom living dogs and did not throw them out and even bought him a cupboard for his clothes...!and taught him about deodorants...!she says her attempt at a political wifely career floundered even though she thinks she can outsmile Imran...!...apparently she did not want tobe a chapati wife who mostly cook, clean, keep house and raise the children...!she also apparently wanted more competent domestics...
  
• Nov15-2015--In what many say is a repeat of previous attacks against Islamic opponents around eight militants attacked several places in Paris killing more than a hundred...more than eighty were killed at a theatre and around forty at other sites including a football game attended by Hollande...France has angered militant islamists over the years by restricting Islamic dress norms...insulting the prophet and recently attacking the IS...Hollande vowed to fight back...in the middle east the IS is in retreat in various spheres and many find it surprising and doubt that they can even organize such overseas attacks...Islamic countries already on the defensive reacted with opposing statements condemning the attack as did various western leaders...most of the militants were killed in suicide attacks while one was shot dead by police...
  
• Nov14-2015--Pakistan again tries to reengage with the afghans who are not very negotiation oriented...
  
• Nov14-2015--Nepra orders a massive increase in hydel profit of Rs1.10 kwh for KP which will obviously further increase peoples woes by increasing the electricity tariff...recent massive fall in oil prices has only decreased tariff by upto two rupees and one wonders why furnace oil was rejected earlier since fuel hardly impacts prices...
  
• Nov14-2015--despite increasing GST on phone usage and petroleum ishaq dar says he is opposed to increasing GST to 18%...the opposition critisized his meaningless economy which is anti people in price hikes and meaninglessly increases needless borrowing...the government seems tobe spending on a couple of projects but still the trillions in revenues disappear at even a faster rate than ever before...fiscal deficits can easily be controlled in the present economy thus reducing the need for price hikes, greater taxation and unnecessary borrowing...accumulating loans just because they might be cheap is also criminal
  
• Nov10-2015--In the divorce debate Reham Khan claims that satan taught black magic was used to disrupt their marriage and the pakistani media promptly accused her of blaming Jemima...women in Pakistan have a deep belief in prayers and pir visits to ward off evil...like Imran Khans first divorce she also accused a domestic servant for attempting to cause trouble...marriage's in Pakistan are usually troubled by domestic problems , interpersonal problems and control issues...
  
• Nov10-2015--The relatively small PTI is the only opposition group in parliament with all other groups almost government controlled one way or the other
  
• Nov10-2015--the government which has some sort of national action plan against terrorism realizes the futility as despite Zarb e Azb militants are firing across the afghan border with the military reluctant to go after them...the other mixed up parts of NAP ie anti sunni(hate speech arrests) has failed because of its one sided approach...also deemed a failure is the action against terrorist financiers(used tobe mostly rich politicians, clerics or rich bussinessmen in the past) and foreign funding of seminaries which not many regarded as criminal since the countries major political groups are also foreign funded...what can be considered a success or a detterent are the numerous hangings which are generally abhorrent to many...other failed aspects are said tobe military courts which have been unable to show their honesty and legitimacy...however there is a general downward tendency in terrorism support and activity...sectarianism however seems to occur on and off as most sects lack religious legitimacy or religious sanction which causes many diehard militants hope of widespread praise and acclaim...
  
• Nov10-2015--The Senate which wanted former members of parliament and their families tobe considered VIP's has backed down and said they are not...
  
• Nov9-2015--Lawless Karachi is the creator of problems in this country...the police have suddenly realized that only half the people driving in Karachi have actual driving licenses...and now they learn there are at least 300 RAW workers installed in karachi's government dept's and someone still wanted cooperation with india on militants...India...Dawn must realize is a troublemaker...
  
• Nov9-2015--The PTI protests in front of the Lahore governor house the killing of its 11 workers mostly by the PMLn in current LG elections
  
• Nov8-2015--Imran Khan many say is realizing that he will have to rely on Punjabi organisers as his pukhtun supporters might have started to desert him...others suggest that removing area organisers like NA-56 's Chohan might not be enough and they should go back to to the earlier more popular elections of candidates tobe nominated
  
• Nov8-2015--15 militants killed in Tirah raids
  
• Nov8-2015--The media apparently finds that Pemra is turning into the second interior ministry especially on the advice on how to handle media reports about JUD, Let and FIF...usually the government has failed to prove any wrong doing on their part and reporting becomes suppression when something is deliberately not reported...the people are fully aware of the governments interest in suppressing any possibility of a restart of Kashmir operations somehow or the other...Nawaz Sharif has never been a pacifist and is now being seen as cowardly and frightened especially after UFA...
  
• Nov8-2015--raheel sharif many say is about to find out that the USA might be willing to provide him planes(usually that are never ever used for a specific purpose) but they listen to india viz Afghanistan...Pakistan has recently again acquired old US trainers T-37 second hand from turkey and is interested in the US provision already approved of 14 F-16's, 59 trainers and 374 armoured personnel carriers equipped to handle IED's...why they want T-37's is beyond understanding given that they are almost 50-60 years old...!others suggest that the Karakorum and Mig trainers might have proved failures due to a lack of technology...the Army and FC have had trouble handling IED devices...
  
• Nov8-2015--about three people have felt pained at the Imran khan divorce...the recent being reham khan and the previous two Imran khan and naeem ul haq...kahan dard hota he pata nahin...usually people feel a great relief when they divorce...reham khan suggests that they had no time for each other and thus could not get along and had mostly different interests...she said that the differences were due to an year long anti reham khan propaganda campaign...many felt that she had not proved her worth as the PTI went from good to worse...she also rejected that she had received money of a substantial nature even though the Imran khan camp suggests that she did...!she also pooh poohed the idea that she or somebody from her camp had poisoned Imran khan and says there was no stomach contents check...!she rejected reports that physical violence had occurred...many had worried about the reported interests in a filmi career and that she had refused the hero's role for Imran khan...she said that she despite having no filmi experience was just a mentor of a filmi company...rumours about when the relationship started had been making the rounds...others had suggested surprising resemblences... and the opposition of the family had been generally aired...others suggested that a pre nuptial was being negotiated after the marriage...women in Pakistan have in recent times expected huge rewards financially for marriage and child bearing...!!!others suggested that Imran khan had an interest in having another child...which is by the way a painful process!!
  
• Nov6-2015--IMF says there is no improvement in the Pakistan economy and gives false inflation figures but still gives them another $502 million and urges more meaningless hardships for the people
  
• Nov6-2015--deaths in factory collapse in Lahore reach 23
  
• Nov6-2015--corruption allegations surface against ICH CJ
  
• Nov5-2015--4 storey factory collapse kills 18 in lahore
  
• Nov5-2015--another militant attack across the afghan border...!
  
• Nov5-2015--while terrorism is at best on the wane in Pakistan the army chief still wants the Saudi's to help them deal with it...? The Saudi's have been pretty upset with Nawaz Sharif's Shiite shift in foreign policy...The army chief tried to reiterate non involvement but asks for Saudi involvement...the Pakistanis are a big joke in the international field who want money even to deal with terrorism at home...The Pakistan army has upto now refused to helpout in middle east trouble spots such as yemen, Iraq, Syria etc...maybe we should ask for Saudi troops tobe stationed in Fata and Afghanistan given our militaries weaknesses in dealing with those areas...!
  
• Nov5-2015--The PMLn now wants the people to pay for gas utility losses by asking for Rs.1500 additional in terms of security charges...!first they wanted to increase rates so they could privatize the utilities...that has upto now failed...!
  
• Nov5-2015--Bilawal Bhutto tobe charged for mohenjodaro festival expenses...starting straight out with corruption...!
  
• Nov4-2015--CJ says laws worthless without enforcement while the people think the judiciary is worthless given its penchant to help the ultra rich and political inclinations...many have not noticed any improvement in administrative appointments nor other areas of government decision making...
  
• Nov4-2015--Nawaz Sharif many say is directly following Modi orders in literally banning the JUD and LET from the airwaves
  
• Nov4-2015--while Karachi is actually more peaceful due to the gag order on Altaf Hussein the government and SC refer the mqm to the LHC to enquire whether the order is permanent
  
• Nov3-2015--government under threat from Modi bans media coverage of FIF, JUD and Let...while the government allows a lot of sectarian content that is likely to cause hatreds amongst peoples it has banned these organisations which are generally considered inefefctive to the kashmir cause...
  
• Nov3-2015--PTI organisers call the local body elections a fraud and accuse the PMLn of suppression...in Lahore the elections had started by the PMLn mayoral candidate getting elected without any opposition giving rise to doubts about the sharifs and the PMLn attitudes
  
• Nov3-2015--Apparently Sartaj Aziz cant work on afghanistan-taleban issues because of an anti Pakistan virus in the northern alliance..
  
• Nov2-2015--with its scare and win tactics the PMLn swept the partial LG elections in generally PMLn areas of Punjab...PMLn won 1192 posts with independents 1065 and PTI 285...PPP and PMLq 47 and 44...that effectively puts the others ahead of the PMln however independents generally are expected to join some party
  
• Nov2-2015--six militants killed in a gunbattle with FC in kalat...three killed in a train blast in mastung
  
• Nov2-2015--PMLn dealt an independents jolt 38-33 in Chakwal otherwise a PMln bastion
  
• Nov1-2015--PMLn and PPP sweep partial LG polls in Sindh and Punjab... violence kills 13...eleven in a gunbattle between the PPP and PMLf in khairpur
  
• Nov1-2015--petrol price jumps to 76