The Daily PakistanPolitics June1-15, 2018

June15-2018--two soldiers will guard each polling station...there will be 85000 polling stations while camera's will be installed on 20000 sensitive stations...where the ECP will get 20000 cameras is up in the air...one camera can obviously not cover an entire station of several polling booths...!!!if four soldiers are required per station that will require 3.5 lakh soldiers...a corp usually has 20000 soldiers so almost the entire army will have tobe on the move...

June14-2018--In an unprecedented move the chief secretaries and IG's of all provinces have been replaced including islamabad

June14-2018--In a move seen as pretty strange the SC has declared Sheikh Rasheed a chakri rawalpindi politician as eligible to contest elections....two judges said The loudmouth had not stated anything irregular in his election statement...a third judge questioned the judgement and asked the CJ to constitute a full bench to create a simple set of rules for disqualification based on his seven questions list...Sheikh rasheed has a questionable financial reputation with a home in Nathiagali and land in various places...he supposedly also has a brother who is an industrialist...but he has been involved in some good works like setting up several women colleges in rawalpindi and is not known to have any overseas assets...he has however has not been a great minister(railways, industries etc.)..usually gets elected by getting the support of various disparate groups...he is also known to have offered ZAB to murder someone and some say was involved in payments for eliminating Benazir Bhutto...!

June13-2018--A company(Health Infrastructure Development Management Company) formed by Nawaz Sharif to construct 45 hospitals across the country has not started even one in four years...!

June13-2018--Shamshad Akhter has let the rupee slide to Rs122 before falling to Rs120...the pakistani's could be in dire need of dollars...the CPEC obviously of no help...!maybe using the yuan for chinese loans might help eventually...!A few months back Miftah had said that a billion dollar loan from the chinese had saved the day...Shamshad had better fly off to China...the only way is to restrict imports...with a $34billion import-export gap loans are the only answer as remmittances are about $22 billion...the $12 billion gap...!lets say the loans are $8 billion...still need $4billion...!the kerb market does not have that much...! but it is sure to move up to Rs125...if you let the dollar slide it will slide slowly and steadily...no way to stop it apart from loans...!

June13-2018--In what i must say is the control that the afghans have over the pakistan army chief...on a days summons the army chief was in kabul with the foreign secretary and the ISI chief plus other military luminaries...he does not even react to the primeminister that fast...however one doubts that the army chief has his head on straight...as he thought the Taleban would continue the three day ceasefire...nada nada say taleban watchers/loyalists...the Taleban already have demonstrated spectacular military acts just in the last few days and reports of widespread attacks...one doubts the army chief has any contacts with the taleban heirarchy...!Tell the americans to skedadle and the problem will be solved...!while the taleban chief Haibatullah Akhunzada has called for direct talks with the americans...The taleban usually back off around eid...

June13-2018--Imran Khan flies off on Rs10 million trip to saudia arabia with NAB fiend Zulfikar Ali Bukhari...NAB had him on the ECL for having wealth beyond his means despite being a british citizen but having a pakistani CNIC...interior gave him a six day pass out of the country...Zulfikar Bukhari a Nawaz Sharif type Panama case...!

June12-2018--Imran Khan plus wife and relatives have gone to Medina...

June12-2018--power available from hydel sources was down by around 3000MW causing most of the problems...however even despite that there would be a shortfall of around 2000MW...The government does not realize that each year power demand increases by around 8-10%...and to keep up around 2000MW of new generation is required every year...!

• June12-2018--Chaudhary Nisar forced out of the PMLn... will now contest as an independent...!
  
• June12-2018--Shamshad Akhter is a former State bank governor and probably knows how to siphon all resources from the local market...the difference between the interbank and kerb market was high and that has caused the State bank to raise the interbank rate which went up to Rs121...!
  
• June12-2018--Nawaz Sharif almost makes complaint a day..."ilzaam sharif"...that has probably unnerved the gaunt looking "we can handle everything" CJ...his latest complaint is that my lawyer has run away...khawaja haris was getting tired of Nawaz Sharifs shenanigans/lies...he apparently thinks that Nawaz Sharifs ke "paisa purey ho gaye hen..."in pakistan lawyers are a dime a dozen...PTI has suggested that the court assign Nawaz Sharif a sarkari wakil...! since he has difficulty hiring a new one...!Nawaz Sharif would benefit if the court case went on and on into the next government...!and he could like Asif Zardari make all the boxes of evidence disappear...!probably Khawaja Haris was the same lawyer who got a half million pound case from the Nawaz Sharif government...!lawyers usually work free for top politicians and end up as Senators etc...
  
• June11-2018--PTI workers are protesting the distribution of tickets at Banigala...PTI has distributed tickets to friends, family and newcomers...Pti workers failed in the last two elections...and Imran has been forced to seek supposedly more winnable options...the Punjab PPP and numerous ex PMLn candidates make up the bulk eg. he had nobody to fight against Khawaja Asif...the candidate given the ticket got 600 votes in 2013...relying on only the south punjab group the PTI could face problems in getting to a winning 100+ total...!
  
• June11-2018--The CJ again gives a 30 day deadline to the Panama trial...!judicial court cases cannot Mr.CJ be given time limits...this is the second extension...!
  
• June10-2018--There is no point in tackling the supposed water crisis by the politically motivated court if it cannot decide on the kalabagh dam despite knowing that some provinces are regionally inclined to anti punjab activities...The frightened SC has backed out of the kalabagh controversy despite being told by experts that it is a good project...
  
• June10-2018--Nawaz Sharif and the JI who were stooges of Zia Ul Haq and the military deny receiving ISI funds as part of the ISI funded IJI...
  
• June9-2018--Austria shuts down seven mosques and expels their imam's...Austria 's 600000 muslims are predominantly turkish and who are not known tobe inclined to radicalism...Austria seems inclined to right wing radicalism itself...upto now most radical acts have been performed in europe by a few individuals and none of them have been of turkish origin...terrorism is a way to protest in racial europe...!...such acts could cause muslim countries to shut down churches and temples...of opposing religions...!
  
• June9-2018--The US is again making a fool of pakistan in wanting its support for something that pakistan has no power over...!Pakistan should insist that the US state deptt plus congress/senate and presidency first issue positive statements about pakistans attitude...!The army chief is apparently the focus of US efforts who receives daily calls apparently from top US officials...!Pakistan should only support US efforts if public statements from US government and congress/senate are full of praise for pakistan in its efforts in opposing russian occupation of afghanistan and later insurgencies...!
  
• June9-2018--The CJ seems tobe making political dubious natured decisions which are not based on any law says Nawaz Sharif...he does not realize that agricultural production in pakistan is at an all time high and the shortage of water is just a myth...most agriculturists also have several tube wells installed which can be run on solar power...his decision to allow Musharraf to participate in elections after being disqualified for life seems personal and based on his own seemingly disgruntled political views...similar is the judgement on Sameera Malik's dubious russian educational degree...it is not too difficult to check a degree...a signature or a seal.. a phone call to the institution concerned would solve the problem...!again the decision seems based on personal convoluted views...
  
• June9-2018--Nasirul Mulk should realize that load shedding is not the right way to reduce losses...!eight hours of load shedding on a rawalpindi feeder where bill payments occasionally reach 114% is almost cruel...Since all losses are now collected as part of the electricity bill load shedding for the same losses is actually charging double for the same losses...a better way would be to stop electricity subsidies to the military...
  
• June8-2018--In a move that seems at odds with its known policies on lifetime disqualification the SC asks Musharaf to appear in court on the 13th if he wants to participate in elections...! Participating in elections is not a basic fundamental right and has various conditions attached to participation...in context the KP caretaker ex judge had disqualified Musharaf for interfering in the judiciary
  
• June8-2018--The ECP appoints Dr. Hasan Askari Rizvi known as a media defence and political analyst and a university professor by trade as the caretaker for Punjab...Since he was a PTI nominee the PMLn raises a storm of protest without citing any valid reason...as a defence and political analyst he would obviously be on various sides of various issues. Given the PMLn's controversial military/Modi views he must have critisized them at various points of time...The country has not disqualified the PMLn for its views on the military and Modi worship...Askari says he is a not a member of any political party. In Balochistan the parliamentary committee appointed the government nominee Allaudin Mari as the caretaker chiefminister. Some suggest that Shahid Khaqan Abbasi being a TNFJ activist cannot tolerate the shiite Hasan Askari Rizvi...The PTI has known shiite leanings...!
  
• June8-2018--The almost horrendous load shedding taking place suggests that the caretaker government is at odds with the people and there is a huge supply-demand gap suggesting a a major flaw in the PMLn power policies...the gap in supply seems tobe as high as 8000MW-12000MW...
  
• June8-2018--The US has suddenly started to play up Gen Bajwa suggesting that he might be a US puppet...!Pompeo only recently had shown complete opposition to Pakistan...Pakistan has little influence on the afghan situation and recent taleban attacks might have subdued the US...The US apparently bombed the taleban stash of captured Humvees...!
  
• June7-2018--NAB says that one son said the London flats were Nawaz Sharifs 'jaidad'...The sons have been living in the Panama flats since 1993 says NAB prosecutor leading to the assumption that Nawaz Sharif acquired the flats around 1990 and his children were not bussinessmen at the time
  
• June7-2018--SC-ECP arrange new declarations for election nomination forms ending the no holds barred participation of all political crooks...
  
• June7-2018--Jemima Khan to charge Reham Khan with libel if her book is published in the UK over some story about her son...many aspects of the yet uncompleted book have supposedly appeared over the internet...while it would be easy to find a publisher in Pakistan its controversial nature would force western publishers away...!Imran Khan Khan's three wives have all achieved controversial status...The third wife is already said tobe annoyed and possibly could be pregnant with Imran Khans third son...Imran Khans wives have had problems with his staff, dogs and children...and Imran Khan has had problems with a wife spending more time with the butler...Apparently imrans khan second wife said that she would not vote for him...so he he told her to take care of the kitchen(ghar baar sambhalo) and there was no need for her to accompany him on the hustings...The second wife also wanted imran khans dog out of the bedroom...!
  
• June7-2018--For the SC there is no end for mild judicial activism...It has jailed beaurocrats and policemen for contempt in trying to stop a previous CJ from walking to the SC...It has also asked Nawaz Sharif to appear personally in the Rs140million general-politicians political ripoff...!The CJ also ordered the SC car be taken back from the caretaker KP chiefminister...The caretaker primeminister says his health has already improved with the PM house food, free healthcare and free haircare and beauty treatments...!
  
• June6-2018--three FC men killed in suicide attack on karachi-quetta highway...
  
• June6-2018--It seems aspiring candidates will have to file all the declarations missing from the nomination forms...!
  
• June6-2018--SC asks politicians to arrange for their own security...Maulana Fazlurrehman who has probably destroyed two or three state vehicles in bomb blasts main target of the CJ...state security is generally the main reason for the politicians confidence although it is not foolproof...
  
• June6-2018--Nasirul Mulk appoints a 'dub khrab' or second hand cabinet...The caretaker has already fallen in with the FBR and ministry of power shenanigans...reducing power system losses and increasing the tax net are not possible... with the FBR attitude of espousing the rich and kicking in the lower to middle class...as they say even babies have to pay sales tax which is the main vehicle of tax collection...
  
• June6-2018--The ECP appoints disappointed or angry retired judge Dost Muhammed Khan as caretaker chief minister for KP...others say he looks hurt or isit a chakry look defiant...another copy nawaz sharif's mujhe kyun nikala...!...on his recent retirement he had refused a farewell party or a reference...he was supposedly upset with the CJ of the SC on something...many suggest that he was probably not allotted a plot or opposed the Nawaz Sharif judgement as did other small province judges..
  
• June5-2018--Army seems tobe out of politics for the time being not being able to declare support for one of its three oldtimer stooges...!the only group they are backing is the Pashteen group of tribals...many suggest that 'fauj ki siyasat muk gai he"...The ISPR had an impromptu press conference to emphasize that they still were in the country...!The press briefing seemed unnecessary and immaterial...The army is suggesting that they are not using harsh measures to handle india "tamam masle taaqat se hal nahin hote"...In this world only the weak and cowardly donot use their power to solve problems...!
  
• June5-2018--clashes continue in Wana between PTM and the local tribals..five killed
  
• June4-2018--clashes in Wana between army backed movement and ahmedzai wazirs...two killed...FC patrols sent in...
  
• June4-2018--Shahbaz seems pathetic in his SC performance on his 56 companies saying" mujhe kiya kutte ne katae he..."Sc than forced him to apologize...The SC despite Shahbaz no longer being CM told him to recover all the illegal salaries paid to the ceo's of punjab gover companies such as the saaf pani company...!
  
• June4-2018--The border forces repulsed attacks from afghanistan killing six terrorists...
  
• June4-2018--The new primeminister has apparently started politicking in Swat...the helicopter that he travelled in was mainly used by PMLn primeministers to go to Murree while this one holidays in Swat...!
  
• June4-2018--In what seems tobe a tit for tat reaction the SC suspends the LHC judgement that the nomination form be redesigned as it did not cover constitutional provisions especially in financial declarations..The ECP than announced that forms would be received from teh 4th...
  
• June3-2018--The KP caretaker nomination has gone to the ECP while the balochistan will probably goto a parliamentary committee...PMln has added two more names to its list...former navy chief Zakaullah and IB chief aftab sultan to its two earlier names of EX judge sair and ex police chief dogar...PTI has nominated four too including new names orya maqbool Jan, ayaz amir, yaqub izhar and hasan askari
  
• June3-2018--Government perturbed at LHC order for ECP to revize nomination forms..Balochistan governing coalition also wants a delay in elections there...it is generally the hottest part of the year in the country...The PMLn has shown generalized stupidity in not holding elections earlier when the weather is cooler...!
  
• June3-2018--SC summons hamza Shahbaz in ayesha ahads torture case after forcing police to register an FIR
  
• June3-2018--The SC has put on notice 23 people including Nawaz Sharif in the Asghar Khan case...The indictment could be for them to repay the governments Rs.140 million...
  
• June3-2018--One must say the courts surprise everyday...Khawaja Asif has been given a certificate of non involvement in corruption over a life time...Justice Ata Bandial must have a magic see thru mirror...Politicians should realize that the disqualification clauses are evolving on their known...For the dumb Nawaz Sharif...disqualifications have been issued for dishonesty in education certificates, property ownership, loan defaults, income and not obeying the orders of the SC...Bandial says Khawaja Asif has no accusations of corruption involvement over a lifelong of political service...! 'bataoun kyun nikala'
  
• June2-2018--The senate committee was fed a bunch of crap by the ministry of power...saying that 80% load shedding is justified because of losses...all the electricity system losses of 24% are already charged to those paying the bills. So give fata and balochistan full electricity...Nawaz Sharif apparently thought he had generated 11000MW but the total electricity shows that he has only installed capacity for 6000-7000MW...so when will we get 22000MW electricity ...never i suppose...electricity loadshedding has been going on for a month now ever since Bhiki came online...God save us from politicians lies...
  
• June2-2018--The CJP sure finds a lot of things todo...he now wants a record of all luxury vehicles ordered by who else Nawaz Sharif...The CJP has one himself...one of the previous CJ's would not return his...!
  
• June2-2018--The PTI sure seems unprepared for even presenting caretaker nominees and finding faults in candidates afterwards...! Imran Khan says he will backdown if complaints about nominees surface such as loan defaults etc...!apparently now the candidates for punjabare hasan askari rizvi, ayaz amir and yaqub tahir azhar and orya maqbool jan...no no orya has been dropped...corruption in punjab building preservation contracts...!...the PMLn just wanted judges and retired beaurocrats...!
  
• June2-2018--Our politicians who are known to be 'lakar hazam pathar hazm...' are finding July 25 tobe quite hot in balochistan...various judgements and reservations amongst politicians suggest that the ECP could push the elections to July 31...! dangerously near August...The caretaker might issue a Provisional constitutional order...! The Punjab LHC wants a better more complete election nomination form...design it quickly ECP...!
  
• June2-2018--God save us from the PMLn corruption...recently apparently they spent Rs.80 lakhs on a janazgah in my area...!and they are building another tubewell...!however one heaves a sigh of relief at the crooked exit of Shahid Khaqan Abbasi who at the end tried to give away Rs25 billion without even cabinet or budget approval...!The new caretaker primeminister Nasir Ul Mulk looks uneasy not knowing what attitude to adopt...with apparently plugged hair he should know that people run allover u if you are not confident and assume your position...he should methinks order the army chief to stop his overseas visits and remain in the country until the elections...!
  
• June2-2018--while the iqama is not a mere visa someone who is a resident of UAE should not be allowed to play politics in pakistan...However the SC inits topsy turvy decisions has termed the disqualification Khawaja asif as unjustified supposedly because he is not a corrupt politician...a throwback to the Ayub Khan basic democracies his father was a speaker...and should be called Asif Safdar...!usually a nasty politician who snaps at opposition women getting the backing of a new SC judge is supposedly renergizing...Khawaja safdar who i suppose is a smalltime sports exporter has been diverting the proceeds to Dubai too...!
  
• June1-2018--Farook Bandia kicked out of PTI hours after joining it...Imran Khan says i dont run an intelligence or detective agency...!