The Daily PakistanPolitics

The Daily PakistanPolitics Feb 01--15, 2012

2012-02-01T11:25:00.066+05:00

15-Feb-2012--The government apparently has allowed US food supplies to afghanistan thru teh air thus diluting their power over access to afghanistan...the defence minister saying that we have spent enough on defence ordered five new boeing 777 aircraft for PIA although teh need is greater for mid range aircraft..others suggest that teh airforce may also be refueling US aircraft in teh air...
15-Feb-2012--constitutional amendments have been turned into a joke by teh rubber stamp national assembly...the 20th was passed supposedly unanimously but only 245 came to vote for it showing the meaninglessness of the national assembly and teh constitution..chaudhry nisar got his way on the appointment of a caretaker and now even teh EC can appoint one if teh politicians donot agree..Gilani who has an imported finance minister was probably not correct in assuming that caretakers would no longer be imported...under teh military regime even primeministers have been imported...Gilani too can at best be called a multani or PCO primeminister given his aversion to solving peoples problems and an inability to understand economics and relations with teh USA...the american ambassador apparently now thinks we want only trade and that pakistan's pliable politicians will come around to be stooges again.....apparently the PPP policy is to give every job to someone else since they are usually unable to handle anything...electricity prices to Nepra..gas prices to iran and sindh...caretaker primeminister appointments to teh EC...economic decisions to whoever is available at teh WB or IMF...terrorism to the army...killing SSP walas to rehman malik...straightening out teh mqm to teh anp and PMLq...ete...etc...etc... and obviously everyother decision to teh SC...!!!zardari and gilani now free to dance their term away in the the plush palaces that former rulers have left behind...! they have however been unable to find anyone to handle balochistan yet...
14-Feb-2012--four die in dera murad janmali bomb blast
14-Feb-2012--The Pakistan army seems tobe running its own Guatanomo with at least 335 persons held in supposedly awful conditions...seven out of eleven held in nwfp were brought to meet their relatives in court and detailed horrific and deadly living conditions...Amina janjua whose husband is still missing says that of teh 1065 picked up by military agencies since 2001 more than half have been released...however in 2011...95 more went missing of which 43 were from punjab and seventeen from balochistan and 25 from KP..
14-Feb-2012--The dawn states that Gilani could get a six month sentence and would probably not be disqualified..however he could reach a compromise with teh court on writing the letter...Nawaz Sharif critisizes teh PPP allies for having no understanding of right and wrong and Imran Khan syas Gillani has lost teh moral authority to rule...
14-Feb-2012--Gilani refuses to accept contempt charges in teh 2009 NRO decision and court orders secretary law to present teh record on 22 february...it looks like Gilani becoming a permanent loser and interest has started to fade in the case as he may not last in power beyond the next month...in most contempt cases courts usually donot back down...aitezaz might finally have to quit looking at the blanket immunity for zardari that he claims and study the actions of Gilani as immunity might not be a defence as it only comes into play if teh swiss start teh cases and the GOP claims immunity until the presidency is over...the judges also have questioned why Gilani did not respond to teh NRO orders and inform teh court of his inability to write teh letter and restart teh thousands of NRO cases...one defence that gilani could adopt is that the letter would be written after Zardari quits the presidency...!!
13-Feb-2012--Gilani to appear in court to hear contempt chargesheet...!!bakhtawar probably is unaware that this case is not teh result of any victimisation and it wont go down well with public if Gilani is jailed or disqualified...not many will vote for the PPP when their third premier also ends up being crooked and in jail......Gilani already regarded as a mixed bag of uncertainties...being unable todo anything about drones , price hikes, economy, railways, terrorism, attacks on nato trailers, balochistan and karachi violence and zardaris swiss history...add to that his wifes 200 million loan written off and his corruption as speaker national assembly where he apparently took commissions to buy cars and made illegal multani apointments...one also has to remember that the PPP refused to start an accountability program against teh previous government just to remain in power with dubious allies...the only saving grace for teh PPP is that their ethnic natured allies have nowhere else to go...
12-Feb-2012--State Bank says inflationary pressures, declining dollar, misgovernance and external repayments makes controlling deficits impossible...what with a budget that started out with a 40 % deficit...
12-Feb-2012--Taleban shura condemns on the army in north waziristan...!!
12-Feb-2012--The army starts court martial against Brig Ali Khan arrested in teh aftermath of teh abbottabad attack...apparently he wanted some army heads to roll for the US sneak invasion which apparently was allowed by tehc ountries top leadership...with such a huge army infrastructure nobody interfered as US helicopters flew into abbottabad and left with Ossama's body...!
11-Feb-2012--three ASWJ and ST men shot dead in karachi
11-Feb-2012--11 militants kille din kurram conflict
11-Feb-2012--The issue of missing persons which has been unresolved because of teh various militant, liberation and intelligence organisations involved sees no resolution in balochistan as the SC finally succeeds in getting teh MI to bring some suspects to teh courts...
11-Feb-2012--The unsoluble balochistan issue is coming to the fore with the US congress interfering in pakistans internal affairs on teh issue and the pakistani courts and legislatures showing minor interest...Gilani apparently could not say a word on teh issue in parliament and teh interior minister reluctantly said that we cannot talk to belligerents and offered a presentation on teh issue...The almost do nothing PPP regime in balochistan and issues of sectarianism, political killings and bombings and ethnic murders by liberation groups leave no mode for any sort of solution since the liberation groups barely have enough support and the government no viable policy and it just keeps on going...
11-Feb-2012--The SC kicks out aitezaz appeal against Gilani's contempt hearing...If Gilani pleads not guilty to comtempt charges that are tobe framed on teh 13th he could surely be heading for jail and the leaderless PPP would be looking for some other non leader to take them into elections...since teh PPP is full of second tier unpopular politicians who donot have any feeling for the populace,government or the economy many think that a new leader could announce early elections soon after the senate elections to project a new PPP rather than the derelict organisation left behind by benazir...many are now getting quite sick of teh shouting speeches and teh non interest in popular politics..it is doubtful that the PPP can gain any popular support for standing upto teh army or the judiciary
11-Feb-2012--The indian pir amin faheem says elections to be held in 2013 contradicting the sindh home minister
10-Feb-2012--Manzoor Wassan says elections will be held on October 18...!
10-Feb-2012--In the contempt case the Gilani lawyer continued his unnecessary rhetoric and teh CJ objected to attempts on aitezaz ahsans part to politicize the case and suggest that one action could create teh liberty to not follow a court order...gilani seems tobe suggesting that the PPP's democracy should not require him to follow the courts NRO order...while many others have suggested that if this is democracy than it was a democracy before to...while others have suggested that teh courts have not let off military dictators despite an appeasement orientation but parliaments and politicians...Musharaf too was allowed to leave teh country by this very government. Aitezaz ahsan also made teh comical suggestion that Gilani was also a PCO primeminister and should be given unnecessary liberties...too...Aitezaz finally deleted three objectionable paragraphs from his appeal against allowing teh contempt case to proceed...The CJ said that he must advise Gilani as his lawyer to write teh letter while Aitezaz suggested that the courts were making it a matter of ego...The letter instruction is clearly doable and is meaningless according to even teh defence's point of view...
09-Feb-2012--10 militants killed in a north waziristan drone attack while offering prayers
09-Feb-2012--ISI says that masood janjua a disappeared travel agent with religious tendencies was planted by teh CIA with al qaeda suicide controllers who killed him and buried him in south waziristan for carrying sattelite monitored bugs...
09-Feb-2012--The frightened punjab chief minister appoints special assistant(not specified whether he is an mpa or not)as health minister
09-Feb-2012--military claims severing militant supply routes after pitched battles in the Jogi mountains...dawn says some militant bases remain in the Tirah area
09-Feb-2012--JUI leader shot dead in chaman
09-Feb-2012--As expected teh DGMO and the US(nato and ISAF) resumed talks without any directive from parliament at Torkham...The talks aimed at teh meaningless one sided US policy of retaliating against pakistan...pakistan military is always uneasy when it is not on a talking basis to teh US military..many suggest that pakistan should break off all military relations with teh USA apart from any requirement for military purchases which should many think not be related to governmental subjugation...the same many suggest is also applicable to teh meaningless economic cooperation and financial aid...
09-Feb-2012--20th amendment bill unable tobe passed as PPP and PMLn talk about how to hold next elections...
09-Feb-2012--In what could turn out to be teh new version of teh chief justices nura kushti a bench was hurriedly created to hear Gilanis appeal against a seven judge bench which ordered Gilani tobe chargeable for contempt and is almost ready to pass a sentence against Gilani for contempt...The appeal goes in direct opposition to its own views that teh seven judge bench was quickly moving towards a decision without giving it a proper hearing...many think that teh president might indeed be a real criminal as he suggests an illogical worldwide immunity for criminal acts....such an immunity cannot be allowed to any human suggests Baber Awan as even God has to answer for his actions...there is also teh case of Hazrat Umar who was questioned asto why he had appropriated more to himself than an ordinary citizen...Aitezaz Ahsans reasoning that teh swiss case had already been concluded proves that writing a letter would have no consequence at all and the primeminister and president were mocking teh judiciary just as they are teh military and thus obviously guilty of contempt...
09-Feb-2012--The PPP which in teh last four years has only implemented its divide and rule policy on provinces now thinks it can fool the people by suggesting to its dumb primeminister that relief be provided to teh people in teh next or its last budget and that heads will roll who had been consistently devising anti people policies......many regard teh PPP as autocratic and unable to understand even teh basic needs of teh people...they seem to think that advertisements satisfy people...!
08-Feb-2012--US considering to apologize for teh attack on pakistans borders...however many consider the US tobe unreliable and it must guarantee no attacks inside or onits borders
08-Feb-2012--The confused PPP is being riduculed by various allies and their various new province bills...teh nationalists in sindh also oppose teh move and many suggest that punjab would be much happier if its divisions were all turned into provinces..that would at least equalize development in teh much maligned area....The PPP has a strange policy of not working on new provinces in sindh and balochistan but wanting to break the much broken punjab further to increase sindhi power...the punjab has already been broken into four provinces...karachi and teh vast balochistan could be more viable for the new provinces move...teh PPP logic that it does not apply to sindh and teh anp logic that it does not apply to nwfp and only teh liberal punjab can be broken up show the negative anti punjab nature of teh PPP...with one of its allies even having opposed dividing karachi into four districts
08-Feb-2012--The fall of teh armies power is seen in an SC case asking it to restrict the unstable PPP regime from removing teh unremovable generals
08-Feb-2012--PPP to force thru its 20th amendment as PMLn unable to force agreement on a caretaker setup and election commission
07-Feb-2012--another soldier dies in the lower kurram militant attack...while government says that it has received teh 18 new and ten old F-16s while its 35 older F-16's are also being upgraded...with the indians buying 125 french rafales pakistans air superiority would be regarded as limited to teh next few years...teh F-16's are apparently used for bombing militants in fata...
07-Feb-2012--three gas pipelines from teh Loti gasfield blown up...railway track also blownup near dera murad jamali... as karachi police unable to nab domki killers which issue was raising hackles in teh balochistan assembly and SC
07-Feb-2012--defence minister says he cant improve the working of PIA...why a PIA deputy managing director lives in dubai is also unexplainable...PIA..most of whose planes are old and unusable and which works on world class salaries and pakistani class operations is losing out to arab airlines which connect to almost teh entire world with thai air having daily flights from its main hub to every important place in asia and europe...PIA is usually only profitable to places where pakistans major immigrant populations are concentrated...one should think that a change at teh aging defence ministry could positively affect its working and the do nothing minister should be thinking of retirement..many say PIA could be more effective just flying to saudia, UAE, england and new york...?PIA should also start thinking of shorthaul flights to domestic destinations as well...with the railways going out of bussiness...!others say that most of the people on teh bussiness train to karachi were railways officials...how they can spend 220 million on a train boggles teh mind...the only change seems tobe more staff and replaced seats...
07-Feb-2012--The IMF says pakistans economy is highly vulnerable...it has always been like this since the 1960's although we have reached exceptional heights in tax collections with most governments apart from military regimes always protesting teh shortage of funds...the present federal government is the teh worst example in pakistans history on funds utilization and development...The world bank on teh other hand says teh economy is improving...pakistans politicians still want even more tax hikes and price hikes...the negatives in this economy are barely mentioned by teh WB and IMF...ie energy shortages and how to control tax hikes and price hikes...obviously the methods suggested by teh IMF and teh PPP regime are clearly unworkable...many suggest that the governments should stop creating more energy needs and stop wasting funds on meaningless roads, airports, armed forces, housing, industry until the country reaches a relative energy equilibrium...
07-Feb-2012--consensus on the meaningless 20th amendment bill was stymied after teh PPP insisted on having its own man leading a caretaker electoral regime...elections under a non caretaker regime/non independent election commission are usually never acceptable given teh exceptional powers of an incumbent government in pakistan with teh courts usually unable to determine fraudulent elections
07-Feb-2012--pakistans money minting industrialists true face was further made uglier when 20 died as a factory collapsed in lahore...industrialists are making teh people suffer by creating gas and electricity shortages...! the provincial government developed widespread pharma industry has been shown tobe producing drugs without proper regulation for consumption in government hospitals...with bad quality controls..even a better known relatively efroze pharmaceutical company cannot explain how malaria medicine is mixed with angina medication......punjab governor khosa has suggested that the two health ministers running teh show ie yusuf razaz gilani and shabaz sharif should be hanged for negligence in regulating drugs...drug regulation has been handled by teh federal DG health...upto the present...
07-Feb-2012--the crooks running the PPP show Asim Hussein and hafeez sheikh were suspended from parliament after the government failed to achieve any consensus on teh 20th amendment...the correct process was that the illegally elected people should resign and new bye elections held rather than get a constitutional amendment that elections can be held under an improperly constituted EC..The constitution, SC and parliament were thus reduced to a farce when meaningless constitutional amendments were discussed but not real issues affecting teh people...The SC suspended the membership of 28 people suspiciously elected many of whom donot even have a claim to representing teh population...
05-Feb-2012--Balochistan remained shutdown for the third day running against the killings in karachi of Brahmdagh Bugtis sister and her daughter also Akber Bugtis granddaughter and great granddaughter..two others were killed in a protest at a bridge over teh river nari near Sibi after a confontation with security forces...those killed were also teh wife and daughter of a balochistan mpa...the killings are regarded possibly as a retaliation against the BRP...in a related move teh JI moved a bill in teh NA to control intelligence agencies who are seen as running vendettas and even the relations with foreign powers..teh bill is also aimed at restricting teh transfer of people to foreign countries and objectionable detention powers exercised by teh military run agencies...many regard pakistans intelligence agencies as sponsors of state terrorism...
04-Feb-2012--If india finds hafiz saeeds utterances objectionable than it too should block anti pakistani utterances by its religious, nationalist and extremist groups...even if one goes by ajmal kasab's rendition than he only attended one friday meeting of teh religious orator..india should realize that unless it moves to solve teh kashmir issue and arrests anti pakistani indians such things cannot be dealt with effectively by pakistan in isolation what to talk of the terrorism espoused by teh indian army
04-Feb-2012--Government jacks up domestic LPG cylinder cost by 188 while LPG suppliers say government is earning 10 times the cost of production...government enhancing local prices in gas and LPG to finance imports they say
04-Feb-2012--two policemen shot dead in karachi...four die in pishtakhara car blast..one FC men dies in bara..
04-Feb-2012--Imran Khan urges teh SC to stay bye elections until proper electoral rolls are available..
04-Feb-2012--in teh Kurram conflict eight soldiers and 24 militant attackers killed
04-Feb-2012--The contrasting views of the government and the leader of teh opposition on elections were evident of teh conflicts amongst pakistani politicians...an independent election commission and a caretaker government...with Gilani also now seeking early elections since his own fate is drowning fast with reports of his taking over or leap frogging the racketeering zardaris in corruption figures and literally knocking out the zardaris politically who want to drag along on benazirs image and have no image left outside sindh...the convoluted BISP image which started out honestly but now has conflicting aims...more but funds not available...if funds are not available for teh basic function than how will other functions be covered......it is better to control teh economy, jobs and prices than dole small amounts for electricity, health insurance and poverty assistance and bigger amounts for running bussinesses and education...Bisp trying to turn into a bank like teh economics minister who wants to loan out tax revenues rather than utilizing them for proper purposes......similarly the PMln views of doling out houses, cars and education slots to a tiny number of teh populace is also seen as ineffective...both sides are attempting to create a group of afficionadas that are being helped out...poverty is quite widespread and the small target groups barely help those that need assistance...
03-Feb-2012--In what is being seen as teh political opportunism of Aitezaz Ahsan and Gilani to vituperate on teh immunity issue... the SC judges quickly put a stop to aimless posturing and asked gilani to appear before teh court again on teh 13th to perhaps clarify his views and whether he wanted to change his stance or not...many suggest that allegations that gilani was involved in a 600 million scam might have prompted the judges so that events such as elections or the resigination of gilani might not end the case without a decision...
03-Feb-2012--The toothless national assembly reluctantly suggested that teh government withdraw oil price hikes while teh equally powerless primeminister said that he would see what he could do...no wonder teh people want to take all teh issues to teh SC...the national assembly has been a silent spectator as teh PPP regime rides roughshod over teh economy into shattering peoples lives thru price hikes and shortages
03-Feb-2012--PPP regime raises brick prices to Rs8500 per thousand after threatening to impose a sales tax
02-Feb-2012--In the first major accusation of direct links to corruption a bussinessmen accuses Gilani of involvement in a 630 million Khurram rasool scam
02-Feb-2012--In continuing clashes in teh marget area of Sibi at least 15 Fc men have been killed
02-Feb-2012--The war in upper kurram continued with airforce bombing 38 militants to death
02-Feb-2012--The do nothing anti army chief...primeminister could be indicted if logic of immunity is not proven says SC...Gilani who has been the most ineffective primeminister yet thinks that presidents or primeministers should not have to answer for criminal charges such as those of corruption...the immunity many say is only for normal acts of government and does not extend to corruption or criminal acts...one judge remarked that Gilani was following beaurocratic advice but not orders of teh SC..
02-Feb-2012--The other anti people minister asim hussein has conflicting logic for solving teh gas crisis...evil price hikes...apparently they have not even started building teh gas pipeline from iran...which will take another three years...price hikes apparently to attract foreign investment which is obviously going teh other way round...PPP's price hikes in the energy sector have only seen greater shortfalls in the gas and electricity sector...PPP management of gas supply to teh domestic sector sees gas shutdowns during teh entire day and most of teh night in rawalpindi...many suggest that sindh looting punjab thru higher gas prices and restricting or literally in teh case of rawalpindi stopping gas supplies...
02-Feb-2012--meanwhile teh evil natured PPP interior minister cannot see teh hand behind teh killings in karachi which are almost the same as the policies enunciated by altaf hussein thruout his anti pakistani politics run from london...the only major groups or parties involved in sindh are the mqm and PPP who are diametrically opposed to teh people being killed...
02-Feb-2012--Shabaz sharif in response to animosity prone propaganda from the khosa's and the PPP responded with action against a karachi based firm suggesting they were mixing malaria medicine with anti angina medicine Isotab supposedly the most famous medicine produced by efroze chemicals of karachi...the PPP has been running a meaningless evil propaganda war against teh punjab now fronted by the crookish lawyer Latif khosa after baber awan was knocked out by teh SC
01-Feb-2012--In teh continuing PIC scandal in which over a hundred peopel have died supposedly due to medication reactions manufactured in pakistan.Many suggest that it could be due to known side effects, natural deaths or over medication...the medicines are generally standard prescriptions...Governor Latif Khosa moved to further create a farce as his son filed a case suggesting that a hamza shabaz/shahbaz sharif owned company Al Falah Pharma was involved which had been given supply contracts all over teh province and that teh federal government was not involved in teh unapproved manufacture of teh medicines...medicine regulation is still the function of teh federal government while teh purchaser is teh provincial health deptt and prescribed by the PIC...no advisory has yet been issued to not use specific medicines concerned...
01-Feb-2012--The PPP's inability to run a steady economy mirrored in another oil price hike as HSD reaches the unprecedented level of Rs 103.46 and petrol jumps to Rs 94.91..oil prices could rise further as teh unsteady US iran/gulf policies are zigzagging all over teh place..
01-Feb-2012--35 militants and 8 security personnel killed in what can at best be described as the militaries flailing away at whatever stone is thrown...Kurram not previously known for militancy but more for tribal sectarianism...fighting has centered around Jogi which lies on the movement path of militants from various tribal regions
01-Feb-2012--relatives have been allowed to meet some militants involved in attacks on the military in rawalpindi kept at the LRH peshawar who said they were not properly looked after
01-Feb-2012--six FC men killed in ziarat area after being attacked by militants..six militants killed in Kohat frontier region near darra adamkhel in clashes with teh military
01-Feb-2012--various types of terrorism continued in karachi with a doctor killed, an attack on a mobile franchise killing two and a bank robbery...while attacks on mobile franchises are new.. bank robberies and killing doctors are said tobe typical mqm revenge acts and collection of resources for elections since the mqm's typical local government financing has been restricted...?others suggest that the military and ISI also involved in robbing banks to fund politicians and their marriages...

The Daily PakistanPolitics Jan 16-31, 2012

2012-01-16T12:38:00.052+05:00

Jan 31-2012--another shiite shot dead in karachi as sunni groups apparently retaliate for a year of eliminations...
Jan 31-2012--In further radical action the SC ordered the ISI and MI to produce militants they had incarcerated for militant terrorist activities against teh pakistan army around islamabad...four of who have died in custody
Jan 31-2012--balochistan MPA Bakhtiar Dhomki's wife, daughter and driver shot dead in karachi's cliftoon area..earlier a balochistan minister had been killed in karachi..many see it as the anti balochistan vendetta perpretrated by teh musharaf regime and teh PPP which has been unable to conclude teh baloch tribal controlled liberation war which has seen scores of punjabis killed and attacks on teh FC..
Jan 31-2012--Ansarul islam militant group leader killed in suicide attack in khyber agency
Jan 31-2012--LHC judge to probe unprecedented PIC medicine reaction deaths
Jan 31-2012--In a major change in attitude the memo case collapsed as ijaz mansoor refused to come to testify and teh SC allowed teh major accused Hussain Haqqani to leave teh country...The memo case had seen a major conflict arise between teh duplicity prone PPP rulers and teh army chief...many suggest that both zardari and gilani have evaded teh bullet by ridiculing the army chief and getting away with it...others see it as the weakness of an army chief who benefited from teh PPP giving him an unprecedented three year extension and being unable to subdue a tribal militancy and continued US anti pakistan antagonism...
Jan 28-2012--deaths/symtoms in PIC scandal can be caused by bleeding(dawn report) as most drugs like low dosage aspirin and other major medications cause blood thinning and bleeding can occur which causes problems if it does not coagulate quickly...patients should be warned that if bleeding occurs than they should immediately see a doctor and stop drugs that cause teh problem...drugs also should be taken with food or milk to minimize bleeding problems..these are known side effects and doctors should warn patients...
Jan 28-2012--SC seeks MI and ISI reports on balochistan situation where teh provincial government is allowing militancy of various varieties to go on unchecked...
Jan 28-2012--The defence city of abbottabad saw terrorism as miscreants fired around nine rockets early in teh morning from just 500 meters away at the kakul academy which is teh major officer training base of teh army...
Jan 27-2012--security forces claim killing 22 militants in jogi area of upper kurram
Jan 27-2012--attack on an FC checpost in the kacchi canal area in dera bugti kills six FC soldiers...checkpost, vehicles and two soldiers bodies burnt to ashes
Jan 27-2012--Iranians kill six pakistanis near pakistani border
Jan 26-2012--Gilani aide khurram rasool sentenced to four years in absentia
Jan 27-2012--The lameduck Gilani denies any differences with the military...the general perception is that a coup has been avoided or perhaps even delayed as teh PPP is unable to solve any issues to teh peoples satisfaction...
Jan 26-2012--Security forces claim capture of a militant area in central kurram in which six soldiers and 18 militants were killed
Jan 26-2012--In the cardiac drug reaction deaths scandal punjab chief minister says regulation of drug firms still handled by the center..
Jan 26-2012--three shiite lawyers killed in karachi...this could be in retaliation for teh numerous SSP walas killed in karachi...numerous ASWJ workers and lawyers have been killed in karachi which many believe tobe a reaction to government/MQM orchestration with sectarian motives on both sides...three hazaras shot dead in quetta and a JUI-f leader killed in peshawar
Jan 26-2012--The SC summons the army chief, ISI chief, DGMI, military commanding officer concerned and AG on a womans petition that three of her sons accused of attacking teh GHQ and ISI offices have been abducted by security organisations with one of them having been killed due to probably kicks to the kidney areas..The accused were released by teh courts and picked up by intelligence agencies who have a habit of torturing people while many suggest they would like to follow such people when released in the hopes of getting to some major terrorist kingpins...there were major terrorist attacks on teh military in 2008-2009...The courts are accused of having released most of teh suspects involved...!
Jan 26-2012--pakistans failed democracy lurching from problem to problem with an inherent inability to get along with other parties, the army, judiciary and even teh US, Nato and india...Gilani who is a product of teh sixties still unable to understand teh basics of democracy and thinks that confrontation with teh army, judiciary and other political groups is what it is all about...he now retracts all statements made against teh army saying they were made against others who he thought were making him look bad..even teh defence secretary was an army general...many suggest that the PPP has an inherent inability to understand government working especially with relations to teh army, ISI and judiciary
Jan 25-2012--two soldiers and seven militants killed in an attack on a military checkpost in central Kurram
Jan 25-2012--In continuing drama on the memo ijaz mansoor refuses to come to pakistan as pakistani government hedges its bets on security and rehman malik threatens to put him on an ECL if he comes...commission also refuses to go abroad to take his evidence and sets feb 9 for him to testify...without his testimony only teh ISI chief will be left to give any details and the memogate commission will have to declare a non issue or just enumerate teh known information..!
Jan 24-2012--Pakistan rejects US report on attacks onits posts which were not responsible for any provocation..The US should realize that such reactions by teh US are not conducive to good relations and teh hosts are not responsible for everything that happens...If US-israeli attitudes are considered normal than pakistan too should adopt an immediate retaliation policy...Kianis threat of serious reactions have slowed US reactions but another drone attack kills four...
Jan 24-2012--As CEC objects to SC's instructions to complete foolproof rolls before any elections are held CEC says that byelections have tobe held within 60 days while Sc says such electiosn will be illegal...millions of errors in the elections rolls are supposedly being corrected with Nadra records
Jan 24-2012--As Gilani/rehman malik objected to security cover for ijaz mansoor he refused to come to pakistan and wants his statement recorded abroad..?
Jan 24-2012--in the punjab PIC medicine scandal over 63 heart patients have died in lahore with free medicines that are causing skin problems and bone marrow immuno suppression...generally accepted polytherapy for heart disease...medicines said to be contaminated..three local manufacturers arrested
Jan 23-2012--PTI corners teh pirachas, luks, gondals and warraich in bhalwal-sorgodgha areas and sindhs tabdili pasand groups holds a meeting in bhit shah
Jan 23-2012--18 inch gas pipeline blows up in mulghuzar affecting to supply to several areas
Jan 23-2012--Yusuf Raza Gilani refuses to provide viceroy security to ijaz mansoor while police say they will provide adequate security and military can be called in if problems occur...many say the government is painting itself into an anti ijaz mansoor corner and ijaz mansoor is exploiting teh PPP weakness..many suggest that ijaz mansoor might be an ISI mouthpiece since he knew of a possible coup against Benazir Bhutto too...
Jan 22-2012--military official killed in kurram blast
Jan 22-2012--The mansoor ijaz problem has not gone away after his recent statement that there is enough evidence to put teh government away for good...The PPP seemingly losing its governmental authority is questionable as a source for security for ijaz mansoor who wants teh army chief's reassurance against the suspicious character rehman maliks shenanigans who wants to put ijaz mansoor on teh ECL...
Jan 21-2012--MQM runs into trouble in sindh on new provinces in other provinces as nobody interested in province breakers...
Jan 21-2012--gas pipeline blast in dera bugti sui plants..four militants and two security men killed in khyber
Jan 21-2012--The PMLq after again having rescued teh PPP government now wants nine senate seats with the earlier expectation of four...PMLn also tries to woo the PMLq although teh chaudhries seem unlikely to get out of teh PPP boat...
Jan 21-2012--with electricity load shedding almost back in full force Gilani wants to again dupe teh peopel with price hikes and a solution in six months...Electricity will be fully available only after the dams are filled...There seems tobe no solution visible to teh problem as electricity is only available full time after teh dams are filled after july august for a few months
Jan 21-2012--The military apparently is now hand in glove with Asif Zardari after Gilani made a hash of inappropriate statements against teh military...many suggest that teh military wants renewed relations with teh USA on almost teh same basis with military trainers , supply routes, CIA cooperation but no drone bases or covert CIA missions...one fails to understand teh logic as even special service groups for operations will be allowed..dawn suggests that new developments may quickly follow teh resumption of ties although many see no major change in a subjugated military oriented relationship...many suggest that teh government should have just one point of contact so everyone cannot interfere...!!
Jan 21-2012--A fourth detainee out of eleven kept under detention by teh military authorities and supposedly involved in attacks on military installations in rawalpindi dies...these are 11 out of twenty investigated for teh attacks and released by an ATC and teh LHC...and than taken under detention under teh army act
Jan 20-2012--Pakistan reevaluating US policy but already seems willing to do teh same thing another way...If the same process is repeated teh results will be similar unless paksitan is willing to retaliate for US attacks...sovreignity defence requires teh armed forces to react and cannot be solved thru speeches in parliament..at teh minimum the US should give a clear committment not to attack pakistans borders and another attack would end pakistans relationship with teh US on afghan related issues...
Jan 20-2012--Mansoor Ejaz finally gets a visa for the memo hearings
Jan 20-2012--Even Norway has intelligence agents in pakistan...!
Jan 20-2012--The SC seemed to have delayed teh decision considerably by giving the lawyer 12 days to prepare the case on immunity and contempt...since the issue of immunity is supposedly so easy and all encompassing one does not see teh point of delaying the process...for a lawyer like aitezaz not to see that the issue of contempt had related issues seems strange...however Aitezaz seems to have teh same mentality of teh PPP that if they dont notice something nobody will challenge them...they also wanted nobody to notice that teh US had invaded pakistan during their rule and killed people in abottabad...strange views came from aitezaz ahsan that teh primeminister would stay in power even if disqualified and that immunity was only for the president and not asif ali zardari...also his view was that the letter should have been written...A SC judge wanted to know why they had not written the letter ordered since 2009 and why the issue of immunity had not been raised with teh court..writing a letter..a mere piece of paper according to misguided PPP logic should not have been a problem if immunity was real.....The case deals with money laundering by teh individual asif zardari in switzerland while not president and at best he would have to return teh money...His immunity many say is for his responsibilities as president or might be even for criminal or related offences while president...if for example he gets rishwat during his presidency than many feel that he should not have immunity from prosecution...nor would acts that he committed before becoming president...many question for example that if a president was guilty of a murder or corruption before he became president that would not fall under immunity but would have tobe prosecuted...many feel that Gilani's attitude that he did not do so because of immunity is not teh actual reason as teh PPP governments attitude is to refuse to even acknowledge problems unless forced to do so...the court should ask for details of when Gilani discussed teh issue and took a decision to refuse to write teh letter due to immunity and why he did not inform the court of his decisions...suggesting that he was supposed to follow teh law secretarys judgement seems lame when he fired the defence secretary for not following his orders..PPP seems to have a selective vision on each issue...many feel that teh PPP feels that if they refuse to see teh storm teh SC has no right to challenge them...Aitezaz Ahsan has already complicated teh issue and it would be difficult for the court to let Gilani off teh hook...at teh minimum teh court can theoretically fine him...
Jan 19-2012--Gilani who has adopted an arrogant do nothing attitude to governance as well as teh courts to appear before the SC for contempt
Jan 19-2012--Ogra chief commits harakiri and resigns as does a member Nepra...both organizations have been mere rubber stamps and are considered useless
Jan 18-2012--In what can be termed a tumble or turning turtle..Gilani the embattled and arrogant lameduck pir from multan is tobe represented by SC afficionada Aitezaz Ahsan whose presentations are usually listened to by teh court...Aitezaz ahsan has never been exceptionally brilliant but he might say what teh court might want to hear...something that is typical about politicians and SC judges...The two issues relate to teh NRO cancellation by teh court and its orders to ask the swiss to reopen the zardari cases...Since that involved mostly Asif Zardari teh government said it refused to incriminate itself and that the presidential position had immunity from prosecution by teh government...mostly teh SC is tired of teh governments reluctance to follow orders...There is also the matter of defining criminality within pakistan..there are no judgements against asif zardari here and thus the swiss cannot proceed...teh swiss have already dismissed one decision for the zardaris to pay back something like over a million dollars to teh GOP..The government than sought closure of teh swiss cases...which teh Sc said was not appropriate...Aitezaz Ahsan could take teh position that since teh government is not subjugate to teh swiss judiciary if teh court feels that there is a case than teh court could directly go to the swiss courts...The musharaf regime has already wasted over 600 million on teh supposed swiss cases...one does not know whether aitezaz ahsan is representing Gilani philanthropically or as a highly paid lawyer or party hanger on...Aitezaz has been at a distance from teh party since benazir did not totally agree with the lawyers movement..being a senior party member he sidelined himself after he was not offered teh leadership...In related news the SC cancelled the licenses of insolent lawyer Baber Awan...many feel that the SC would like to hear why Gilani is persistently opposed to court rulings and what he thinks of teh six options that teh court has suggested on teh NRO...as primeminister Gilani seems to be at best working in teh background as nothing seems to work in his government...his relations with other institutions particularly teh army and PMLn are not the best and he is in power based on teh support of dubious allies..he first opposed seraiki sooba and than started to plug it but being unable to get any support in teh punjab he seems to have pushed teh mqm a party of karachi based mohajirs to move the resolution on teh issue...it seems that they might get it thru the national assembly but it might not get thru the senate and punjab assembly...sindhis and Kp's are also generally opposed and many see the move as an anti punjab attempt to make sindh a relatively equal province in size by population...The mqm too would like to see teh move succeed so that they can make another attempt at creating a karachi sooba...while there is general ambivalence in punjab to teh move many do feel that supporters will not fare well in other areas of teh country...there is also teh distinct feeling that only seats in south punjab are up for grabs that could be divided three ways to literally destroy the PPP's strong showing in teh last elections...nwfp also has a strange knack of knocking out the incumbents and teh PPP might be restricted in teh next elections to some seats in south punjab and sindh and thus become an ordinary sindhi party with a few seats in teh one constituency primeministers home base...
Jan 17-2012--In further government duplicity the blackberry phones used by Hussein Haqqani are said tobe missing...fired Lt. Gen(r) Lodhi has gone to court over his dismissal as defence secretary without even an explanation...The Memo commission asks mansoor ijaz to appear on teh 26th..and Admiral Fasih Bokhari files an unconditional apology to the court saying he had been misadvised on NRO and related matters...!!The mqm seemingly crumbled after three mega projects were announced for karachi...lahore-hyderabad motorway, lyari expressway return lane and a DHA luxury city which has been criticized for its upscale nature...The railways now wants indian locomotives while moving slowly to repair old engines with 59 new chinese engines lying around for repair...while initially they wanted to buy chinese and american locomotives...?...The violent struggle with the mqm in karachi, inability to get alongwith teh PMLn and continuous terrorism...heavy price hikes, gas and electricity shortages has caused teh PPP irreparable harm...The PPP regimes inability to keep appropriate services such as railways and PIA running smoothly has also contributed largely to their misgovernance image...
Jan 17-2012--In dramatic activity PPP's pakistan is crumbling around their nefarious attitudes of corruption and misgovernance...The PPP almost discredited publically has been refusing to call a new election immediately and falling all over itself in dubious activities related to mostly teh judiciary and teh armed forces...they were however able to get a resolution of support passed in teh national assembly after teh ANP, MQM and PMLq could not stand their ground...however the opposition walked out and teh JUI-F turned turtle...The ANP and PMLq could almost certainly be wiped out in an immediate election alongwith teh PPP...The SC however on finding that teh government had refused to respond to its six options in teh NRO case immediately issued a verdict of contemptible behaviour and asked teh primeminister to answer personally on the 19th...The earlier thought of possibility of February 23 as teh governments last day in power seemed much nearer as Yusuf "the seraiki" Gilani only has the "mein" response on most issues...many think that the best response is to throw oneself at the mercy of the court alongwith an apology and promise to follow teh courts orders in future..others suggest that Gilani said that teh courts six options were utter nonsense......However teh court insiders suggest that the primeminister will be declared in contempt even if he goes in for a long and winded response..many suggest that the options were for the next bench to consider and teh slow moving Gilani probably given his everything should be approved by me attitude has almost brought the government to a halt..The sentencing however could be a six month suspended sentence or being declared as ineligible to stand in elections..That would force teh PPP to at teh minimum elect a new primeminister who many suggest could be either Kaira or Ahmed Mukhtar...many suggest that teh PPP is just hanging onto power after having almost dodged the coup...Gilani's bravado is seen as facial...as prime minister he has refused to even order the attacking of US drones despite publically opposing their attacks and did not do anything about the railways failing for almost four years with similar behaviour to PIA's problems...he also did not order any retaliation to serious attacks on pakistans territorial integrity...(this with the indian army chief suggesting that they are preparing fast attack corps which can rip thru pakistan and pakistan suggesting that they will fire short range missiles at any indian attempt to cross teh border...)..The duality of PPP attitudes towards the US,problems of state organizations...PIA, railways, pepco, gas organizations, pipelines etc., people(meaningless price hikes and shortages) or terrorism(just dont kill me and zardari) and refusing to accept SC dictation repeatedly...and of late meaningless criticism of teh army chief has made them a lame duck government attempting to coast thru their last year without doing anything...
Jan 16-2012--a shiite chehlum procession bombed possibly by a suicide bomber near Rahimyar Khan killing 18...
Jan 16-2012--rumours possibly started by teh CIA of hakeemullah mehsud being killed in a drone attack..rumours fuel politics on drones...there has been a recent upsurge in militant activity...
Jan 16-2012--Gilani finding it difficult to move an approve me resolution in parliament even from subjugated allies...!
Jan 16-2012--PMLn also to try and woo the PPP's allies teh PMLq and mqm..PMLn also wary of military rule and would prefer early elections..many suggest a joint neutral primeminister to replace the stick in teh mud Gilani...

The Daily PakistanPolitics Jan 01-15, 2012

2012-01-02T12:18:00.072+05:00

Jan 15-2012--In response to twitter posts US state deptt spokeswomen says that pakistan should deal with the balochistan issue thru negotiations...this after it was revealed that punjab governor killed by organisation that was paid 36000 dollars by teh US...
Jan 15-2012--In DI Khan teh DPO office attacked by three militants...seven killed including three militants and two policemen
Jan 15-2012--After the craziness exhibited by Gilani teh army chief said that he too is not subordinate to teh primeminister and told Asif Zardari that teh primeminister had better withdraw his statements about teh armed forces which he regards as interference in his domain..Gilani obviously is not right about who he is responsible too and as primeminister he has to work with everyone as a system cannot work in isolated spheres according to his view...parliament is at best a rubber stamp and everyone cannot work after seeking approval for everything...however NAB on the other hand finally said that all NRO cases are now open and they are even willing to write to teh swiss if teh SC so orders...Kiani had initially a falling out with asif zardari in the memo controversy and he now apparently has a working relationship with zardari...all the faults of this government are now in commissions barring the NRO...from abbottabad onwards teh government has lost almost all credibility...parliament, president, primeminister should many say all take a hike...new elections are teh only answer...
Jan 15-2012--the guardian writes in an editorial on Jan 11, 2012...
Mr Zardari and the PPP government can be faulted for many things. The political charge sheet is long: incompetence, weakness, venality. They reacted terribly to the worst floods in living memory. They have pandered to fundamentalism over the blasphemy law rather than facing it down. A weak state has grown steadily weaker under their civilian control. Mr Zardari carries much personal baggage, which is almost certainly worthy of further investigation, but while president, he enjoys immunity from prosecution and he is right to face down the military. The place to oust an administration enjoying a two-thirds majority is at an election, and the people to do so are voters, not judges, generals or intelligence chiefs. Anyone who allows generals to remove politicians must be aware that the same could happen to them....

my response to which is...

while one agrees that a democracy cannot survive under teh military yoke it is also impossible for many to tolerate teh inadequacies of teh personnel in charge...in a democracy if u donot want coups than a failed primeminister or even president must move on if they are responsible people...all the primeminister had to say was i am sorry for suggesting that teh military is running a state within a state...when a sorry can solve teh problem and that is snowballed into a controversy than it is obvious that teh mental state of feudal type rulers(a multani pir and a sindhi wadera) is in question...when u cannot remove an army chief than what type of democracy isit anyway...first the president had a run in with teh military chief and than the prime minister...the president they say had a heart attack when he was told to get lost...is he the president of dubai or pakistan...?
Jan 15-2012--The controversial Gilani may be behind teh memo many say as his weakness in not removing the army chief who clearly threatened him after what can at best be regarded as useless bravado in his unnecessarily critisizing the army...The DCC meeting saw Gilani aimlessly suggesting that they were somehow for peace in teh region and country both of which cannot be achieved without a strong military with the ability to fight at least those that attack it...and with no regional power barring small terrorist oriented groups...If teh country is going tobe pulverized by US attacks than how can peace be achieved...with both military and government turning into silent onlookers to internal and external threats..mere pacifism does not solve issues.....the region too is clearly threatened by US moves against iran, pakistan, soviets needless building up of indian armed prowess..and US/taleban destabilization in afghanistan..indian covert destabilization added to US and taleban actvities are not conducive to peace in anyway with reports of teh US having paid for the assassination of a punjab governor...one wonders what Gilani wants to achieve as military chiefs sat in angry silence at the DCC meeting...peace cannot be achieved if teh country cannot deal with its own defence internally and externally...a weak government will clearly be faced with an uncertain future with both internal and external threats and a subjugated attitude towards teh US and an established inability to resolve popular issues...The government has clearly been unable to resolve major economic,foreign and military affairs issues with a clear attitude of irresponsibility and avoiding real tough decision making and a general tendency to create trouble and tensions to force military , people and opposition into silence...the government clearly wants an atagonistic attitude towards teh army and judiciary which has forced them to take serious stands on major issues which the PPP has a tendency to avoid...
Jan 14-2012--The memo controversy made a move forward with mansoor ijaz saying that there were two others who coauthored teh memo with haqqani...they are referred to as a jehangir keramat and teh controversial mahmud durrani...mansoor has refused to come back to pakistan without a security guarantee...however if the writers are convicted so will teh courier...
Jan 14-2012--sacked defence secretary khalid laodhi also suggest that his removal was illegal and might move the courts...
Jan 14-2012--teh SC backed off from indicting baber awan for contempt...
Jan 14-2012-- 150 militants attacked a security post near peshawar in which seven militants and three security men were killed...
Jan 14-2012--PMLn's Nawaz Sharif tries to get together a coalition of nationalists, religious groups and some breakaway factions...with teh PPP trying to stake a claim to seraikis mohajirs, pukhtuns and teh sindhi PPP group...
Jan 14-2012--The beleaguered Gilani takes refuge in a parliament which has not been in much evidence as far as the problems of teh population are concerned..democracy many says is meaningless when teh people suffer at teh hands of a ethnic coalition which seems to have no popular support left...Gilani who was challenged by the military and judiciary on his conduct finally moved a resolution asking parliament to support teh lame duck governance with Gilani referring to himself as a crow...crows many say usually only get together when they are fed chichras(pieces of inedible meat) as Chaudhry Nisar said we are not crows and will not dumbly gather around to support Gilani...Zardari also many say quickly left for the safe haven of Dubai...however NAB finally moved to obey some SC orders while teh PPP suggested they might be willing to write a letter to teh swiss...The NRO however has other aspects too...most of the PPP problems actually stem from not taking appropriate actions in resolving people issues and in teh foreign domain while being reluctant to remove bad appointments time and again...parliament many say also seemingly turned pro american and suggested that taxes be imposed on Nato traffic and their goods be allowed thru if they gave a categoric assurance on stopping attacks on pakistan...many say teh ISI and army failed to give any confidence on relations with the arrogant attitude perpetuated by the USA repeatedly......The army has failed to realize that they have to act if the countries security is repeatedly threatened by external sources as well as internal troublemakers...
Jan 13-2012--US again challenging pakistan dubious military with another drone atatck that kills five
Jan 13-2012--Another pir appeared on the sindhi scene who is not expected tobe as powerful as teh pir of pagara who usually made political statements about teh GHQ and kept teh muslim legue from getting together...
Jan 13-2012--Senate elections on March 2 as case in SHC suggests that most senate candidates have a dual nationality.. elections should theoretically occur after a vacancy comes into being rather than before...
Jan 13-2012--The corp commanders and teh unpopular or strange ethnic coalition met seperately and teh tensions continued as teh corp commanders were unhappy at the firing of a retired general from a reserved for teh military slot...many suggest that teh table can only be cleared by teh replacement of Gilani who seems unable to understand that there is no fixed term for parliament or primeminister and nobody else has any problems with the military apart from the saleem shehzad commission which asked that the ISI be made accountable...others suggest that a DCC meeting could suggest removal of teh military duo after it was revealed that teh US could have paid for the elimination of teh punjab governor...while Asif Zardari suspiciously again ran off to Dubai...with the revival of drone attacks and some severe attacks in balochistan and the Fata the military and teh government are at a cross roads...if someone is not fired than teh solution could come from teh SC cases on the memo and teh NRO which are both aimed at teh same set of people...others suggest that even the ethnic coalition is divided and no one even supports a generalized resolution supporting the top controversial two and teh PMLn talks of a vote of no confidence..many are talking about replacements with even names for replacing Gilani being studied...while there no real stalwarts amongst teh PPP anybody with a little sense could do a better job than teh seraiki Gilani...
Jan 12-2012--Gilani suffered another setback when teh US resumed drone attacks in teh Fata killing four..Gilani claims to have solved issues that restart like electricity load sheddings, drone attacks and constitutional changes...and teh NRO keeps striking back as teh government refuses to take action
Jan 12-2012--Muzzafargarh mna jamshed dasti a rare non elite elected in a rural fuedal constituency resigns from the national assembly and teh PPP alleging interefernce by Hina Krabbani khar and corrupt appointments in his constituency..
Jan 12-2012--The USA said it had paid teh Sunni Ittehad said tobe associated with the elimination of teh punjab governor around 36000 dollars causing suggestions that teh USA might be involved in teh murder...
Jan 12-2012--In turbat two FC vehicles were attacked by militants killing 14 soldiers
Jan 12-2012--Things were up for grabs as teh ISPR spokesman critisized Gilani for his harsh comments about teh armed forces as brigade 111 was made ready to move...however Gilani under pressure from teh SC immediately fired teh defence secretary a retired lt.gen appointed by gen kiani and appointed his own beaurocratic controller as defence secretary...however general Kiani given his reputation for backing off did not make teh decisive move as the SC appointed another seven judge panel to study teh six options on the NRO decision as teh PPP found it difficult to convince its allies on even a parliamentary support motion while many wanted an immediate vote of confidence or no confidence...The PPP seems in a fix and many suggest immediate early elections which teh PPP wants after teh senate elections...It now leaves it to a seven judge SC panel to decide whether to sack Gilani or back off too...the four zardari, kiani, gilani, and iftikhar chaudhry have been patting each others backs as the country literally goes to teh dogs...and avoiding real decision making...many point to teh possibility of a coup initiated at a lower level as teh top army officials and teh SC are seen to be dilly dallying or keeping pending important decision making the government unstable and its pathetic nature seemingly acceptable at teh top level as they are increasingly seen as not having a popular base something considered preferable in teh armed forces while politicians continue attempts to portary themselves as super human martyrs who are just as above teh law as teh armed forces top brass...!!!...
Jan 11-2012--In what can be said tobe teh first decision by the SC against the present regime's behaviour an SC bench declared six options for a larger bench to study on teh governments refusal to follow orders on teh NRO decision...They suggested that Gilani may not be an honest person. The options include..1..disqualification of Gilani, zardari, law minister and secretary...2..Initiate contempt proceedings against Gilani and law ministry..3..The SC appoints a commission to handle teh implementation of the NRO..4..Asif zardari can claim immunity under article 284..5..Removal of chairman NAB for contempt and refusal to obey orders..6..Exercise judicial restraint and let the people make teh decision(possibly call elections under an interim authority). Yusuf Raza Gilani who has outlived any possible sympathy again tried to play the martyr but there were few buyers left for the PPP's mazloom drama after almost four years of consistent negative governance in substance as well as related to implementation of court orders...many suggest that the only way out for the PPP is to immediately call new elections within 30 days possibly after declaring a NRO like general amnesty for all politicians or all previous governments...if that was difficult they could ask parliament to handle teh NRO issue...The PPP has been at loggerheads with the PMLn on a real NAB law but wanted themselves absolved or at least the top government officials..the law would have little bite left if it did not cover governments, legislators and generals...They do have a majority and can devise a new NRO act or override the SC entirely and pass teh original NRO into legislation...The PPP and its allies have come across as dubious in implementation of court orders as well matters of serious governance...While Nawaz Sharif had agreed to repay his loans and reorganize his industrial concerns for release teh PPP/PMLq/musharaf went for an NRO to cover/absolve all those whose cases had not been decided in teh last decade...The SC gave parliament time to bring legislation to cover the NRO but they refused...and teh SC than declared the NRO null and void and asked teh government to reinitiate teh swiss cases which had generally lost validity and almost thousands of other cases against politicians generally from teh PPP and mqm...
Jan 11-2012-- remote control device device exploded in jamrud bazaar killing over 30
Jan 11-2012--Power cuts of 12-20 hours across teh country as government shuts down hydel power stations to conserve water during canal closures..there was only 6500MW of generation left..the dawn says without wapda the countries discos and other companies are without a real coordinator although the NTDC has todo teh job which controls transmission lines and grid stations......in rawalpindi alone there were irregular cuts from two hours to five hours and unimportant areas suffered at teh hands of government and military areas...with gas almost shutdown teh problems are being exacerbated with almost no governance in these problem isuues...
Jan 10-2012--gas problems and long duration electricity shutdowns continue in northern rawalpindi...electricity has been shutdown upto five hours in a stretch while there has been no gas during the past three days and nights...
Jan 10-2012--The Election commission is said tobe not ready for elections within ninety days and elections could theoretically be held in May...The PPP's hurried call for early senate elections is being seen as an attempt to not lose further support by getting it over quickly...while others suggest that they are trying to pre-empt a coup which would leave them as a majority party in the senate as elections under the army or judiciary could see them wiped out of central and northern punjab and losing heavily in south punjab as well despite their seraiki province move...
Jan 10-2012--The PPP already losing support in the punjab seem worried about teh arrival of general musharaf from exile...the last coup plotter who could create trouble by standing as a candidate from karachi..being a mohajir he has support in karachi with the PPP being seen increasingly as having no sense of ruling teh country properly...with the army at logger heads with teh government many generals think that musharaf might have been a better choice than the seemingly do nothing or "no gas no electricity zardari"...sindh's raza rabbani wants an article 6 case against musharaf while manzoor wassan says he will be arrested immediately...others suggest that musharaf might come back under an agreement that he will only stand from teh remote chitral and not trouble the mqm or PPP...
Jan 10-2012--militants exchange ten soldiers bodies with those of 10 militants who went missing in an attack on their post in orakzai on Dec 21
Jan 10-2012--three girls die in a concert stampede in lahore
Jan 10-2012--The memo case hinges on blackberry data some of which apparently seen by teh ISI chief...haqqani had nothing to offer in his appearance to the SC but seemed uneasy about any blackberry related information which he said were government phones which he had left in teh USA...an ambassador leaving his official phones behind in teh USA seems tobe quite strange...The USA which many say was involved as Admiral Mullen might have asked General Kiani to quit...when he refused he suggested that Kiani was unreliable a statement that might also have been made by some of pakistans top politicians...Dawn suggests that Asif Zardari might have to visit dubai again tobe tutored in how to handle his deteriorating relations with teh army chief who many say has been taking it rather lightly in view of teh strange remarks by teh dubious seraiki in parliament and recently...The ISI chief many say wanted teh SC to hear him in camera suggesting that he might have information that would be damaging to the the government and Haqqani...
Jan 10-2012--Gilani now being referred too as a semi idiot after he mistakes CJ's remarks about army actions such as coups and military actions as illegal if not ordered by teh government..Gilani however said that the statements in response to SC orders on the memo issue by teh army chief and ISI chief( literally considered as the only institutions in this country) were illegal as he had not approved them...obviously the CJ had asked them for their personal responses as he had the other respondents...Gilani apparently said that teh army was functioning as a state within a state...earlier Gillani was forced by teh army chief or GHQ not to replace teh army and ISI chiefs some suggest by force...
Jan 09-2012--maulana Fazlur rehman after talking to the mqm says Asif zardari can be persuaded to quit...?
Jan 09-2012--Lull in drone attacks have emboldened militants says NYT...however drone attacks were totally counter productive and an effective political solution can be worked out eventually with a a united militant group willing to work across teh tribal areas if the government shows its committment to negotiations when teh militants reach the conclusion that whatever their military achievements the solution lies in a peaceful end game both in Fata and afghanistan...many however realize that may not be possible until teh US leaves afghanistan like vietnam...the pakistan military too might eventually work towards isolating teh tribal region rather than fighting it out...
Jan 09-2012--Altaf hussein says he does not want to divide sindh but wants to divide punjab and nwfp...?many suggest that the system of provinces should be eliminated totally and all divisions should be turned into provinces...many in punjab see the evil minds behind seraikistan but many suggest that sindh will not be able to contain the fallout of less water and no cotton...Gilani literally marooned and isolated in multan seems incapable of getting a seraiki resolution thru the punjab assembly...many suggest that the seraiki areas seem the only hope left for teh PPP as they donot seem to have enough support left in north and central punjab and many south punjab areas as well...
Jan 09-2012--the last coup plotter threatens to come back seeing the PPP regime destabilize...saying like his previous dictatorship that he can handle things...while his nazim local governments were relatively successful there was no development anywhere but karachi and his shaukat aziz economy was literally built on consumerism and CNg stations which brought more cars on teh road and destroyed literally the electrical infrastructure which has been continued by teh PPP regime which has also destroyed peoples purchasing powers thru price hikes and gas shortages...
Jan 08-2012--PMLn lawyers shout out Gilani "urf seraiki" as he tries to show his face in lahore an almost opposition safe haven...seraikis like gilani and baber awan have blamed lahore for the south punjab's problems...shabaz sharif and pervez elahi have both focused development on multan...multan khanewal motorway underconstruction as well as new multan airport...while many say karachi is to blame for looting south punjabs cotton and depriving it financially like other parts of teh country
Jan 08-2012--Asif Zardari who was hiding in dubai when benazir was killed says he had asked her not to attend the rawalpindi rally...suggesting that amin fahim, sherry and nahid khan were not the last peopel with her in teh car...zardari henchmen naik, rehman malik and baber awan did not cover benazirs car and went on ahead thus leaving her car unprotected with sherry rehman the prime accused in making her stand in her car...while the obvious negative security advice given to Benazir was clear teh PPP has not found teh controller a supposed sindhi maulvi and many still feel that the orders came from karachi and not Fata...while baitullah mehsud was later assassinated in a drone raid teh PPP has not claimed that they have killed the killer suggesting that they want to let of teh those involved...The PPP which has not followed up on teh NRO cases apart from a few now says that teh NRO cases and swiss cases are history...Asif Zardari fails to realize that Benazir alone was not responsible for everything and none of her close associates have been held accountable...Asif Zardari again claims that he had not run away to dubai despite there being suggestions that teh army chief held him responsible for the negative US attitude towards him...however teh army chief apparently backed out of any action and teh politicians again regrouped around teh dubious natured asif zardari...
Jan 08-2012--The PPP seems to think that 30 days from the occurrence of a vacancy in the senate means 30 days prior rather than afterwards..theoretically elections to the senate should take place from March 12 to April 11...The PPP now thinks that it can use the elections date as a bargaining tool...The PMLn only wants talks on a caretaker setup given teh history of dubious elections under teh PPP..It means that the PPP accepts that it has no mandate and does not want to resolve any crisis...The PPP wants elections in October while the PMLn is ready anytime and the PTI would go along with October...The PPP allies worried about its dubious support levels are now having other thoughts...many suggest that teh ANP , JUI-f, Mqm are all up for grabs by teh bigger parties with most regarding a PPP defeat as almost a foregone conclusion...The PMlq too has tried but nobody else wants anything todo with it...The PPP and mqm many say also thinks that musharaf might worry others but he is only a problem for them as kiani wont allow them to lets say hang him for his offences...
Jan 07-2012--In another attempt at subverting the constitution which clearly opposes creation of new provinces the PPP coalition attempted to continue its political mudslinging and again fixed its dirty eyes on breaking up punjab...khursheed shah knows what happens to such dirty eyes...with teh karachi based MQM failing to gain support for its hazara province move opposed tooth and nail by teh ANP the PPP again said that it would move a seraiki province move that will obviously fail in teh provincial assembly unless they can hold new elections before senate elections...the mqm is failing again inits move to divide the punjab and nwfp...many suggest that teh ANP and MQM should now realize what happens when they want other provinces divided and not their own...The PPP should replace Gilani as primeminister who is now a lame duck in non seraiki punjab...many say the provinces of pakistan are teh result of the pakistan resolution and cannot be subverted or broken up...after the failure of teh 19th amendment with nwfp still calling for provincial autonomy teh PPP is getting itself mired in more political trouble with province creation
Jan 07-2012--The dailytimes also states that the PPP wants senate elections in february for no political reason but is not willing to hold early national elections...early senate elections can only be justified if they want early national elections and the EC should reject teh PPP move...the PPP supposedly wants national elections in october and wants to negotiate on that...For the PMLn anydate after teh senate elections would be one and the same...October 2012 or April 2013 are not too far apart and the later the better as teh PPP will lose much more easily as their policies are bound to continue to create a negative effect...
Jan 06-2012--ASI gunned down in quetta as political killings in karachi continue
Jan 06-2012--Red Cross doctor kidnapped in quetta
Jan 06-2012--A strange women only bus was introduced in lahore from RA bazaar to Sanda...its windows are made of wood...!
Jan 06-2012--The SC finally realized that baber awan was mocking the SC and asked him to explain his contempt for the court..earlier the court had backed out of challenging asma jehangirs contemptuous assertions...
Jan 06-2012--The apparent taleban-interior ministery truce fell apart as 15 kidnapped FC men were found dead
Jan 06-2012--The new provinces debate failed to get much support as it seemed tobe about ensuring sindh as teh biggest province and destroying punjab and nwfp...nobody talked about teh divisions in sindh or balochistan where the divisions/regions are obviously badly managed...the biggest laughing point was that the mqm was acting as a PPP stooge since it has no support in seraiki or hazara areas...The ANP which can block the move in teh provincial assembly walked out of teh a national assembly as many thought that new provinces are not allowed under the constitution and at best they can recreate bahawalpur and kalat which were seperate areas before pakistan...
Jan 06-2012--It seems that the PPP has finally realized that Asif Zardari was behind the memo and refuse to let him appear in court to explain or defend himself even in writing...It seems that it now accepts general analysis that teh PPP is onits last legs with nothing to defend them as neither their policies nor their leaders are popular...PPP support is falling fast from the general perception of 20% and the PPP now thinks that early elections might help them survive...their attempt to get some ethnic support thru the mqm's seraiki and hazara provinces move has also pathetically backfired...as karachi(mqm) and teh PPP seems to have been looting south punjab's cotton and water and not lahore...there is also a substantial punjabi base which opposes the needless and anti constitutional more provinces move whose single aim is to make sindh the largest province...so they now want early senate elections Feb12 and early national elections Feb23...that way they can go into elections saying they have won the senate elections...but they wont be able to create new provinces as teh ANP opposes and the new senate wont be able to convene before mid march...others say the PPP cant wait for the new electoral rolls as that would harm them considerably in punjab and sindh...they also say that there is agreement on a division of senate seats between teh PMLn and PPP and the PMlq might not get more than two three seats..however given the situation a rebellion might occur amongst provincial assembly members if there are large sums available...!The PPP also now thinks that rallies and meetings might shore up support given teh huge shift in popular votes to imran khan and the PMLn..others suggest that Kiani's visit to china might be to see how the area can survive without teh US...however many say the chinese donot want an open fight with the USA due to trade and oil issues...teh PPP seems to think that teh chinese will support only the PPP but have been unable to get even chinese engines repaired...if elections are not held early kiani might many say push for total control or a coup...The new senate will many say adequately represent the present provincial situation for the first time since the zia ul haq coup...
Jan 05-2012--Nawaz Sharif many say should realize that this is not teh nineties and that military courts are not good idea for sindh...that is teh view of his supporters and teh CJ...if there is dakoo raj in sindh than teh police can quite adequately handle teh situation...
Jan 05-2012--The memogate commission wants to hear everyone on the issue...zardari, nawaz, army chief etc.
Jan 05-2012--full bench of LHC to take up Asif Zardaris refusal to give up political offices and treason by Gilani for refusing to obey court orders
Jan 05-2012--five militants killed in Fc clash in Zhob
Jan 05-2012--five PPP leaders issued contempt notices by teh Sc for their objectionable comments on teh SC's handling of teh memo issue...PPP is becoming an arch dictatorship considering pieces of paper worthless...they are close to a dictators view that even tehc onstitution is a piece of paper...!
Jan 04-2012--The SC says it might not have jurisdiction to advise the president on the ZAB case...In pakistani judicial history the elimination of a former ruler by an illegal military ruler is unique as there is no matching case in which any head of government has been executed barring the military ruler himself...Since a governments function includes elimination of terrorist and secessionist elements the power to eliminate a citizen is in question...usually a governments orders are not questionable...However in the case the FSF chief became a sultani gawah and said he had been ordered to straighten out a politician which he did by ordering an attack on him via military soldiers...there are apparently no records of any such orders...Since Zia Ul Haq was personally antagonistic towards ZAB he and the martial law regime made sure that he could not get away from a hanging in which many say ZAB was kicked by Zia Ul Haq and another military general oversaw the hanging by one tara masih...others say that there was wide spread animosity against ZAB amongst teh judges of the LHC and the SC which were not honest courts and were literally acting as the militaries hangmen...The SC should advise teh president that the SC is against reviews anyway as none have yet succeeded...but he can in a presidential proclamation detail teh case and its injudicial qualities and apologize to teh Bhutto clan for the military government and judiciaries actions...however it might be pointed out that benazir did accept teh same role as primeminister twice and was also eliminated by a militant bomb blast...she also negotiated with teh zia government...while others suggest that a revenge oriented elimination of Zia ul Haq by persons unknown should suffice as a just solution of the issue...
Jan 04-2012--dawn says there has been a reduction in suicide attacks in 2011 which went down to 45 from 68/85 in 2010/2009..deaths also went down from 10003 in 2010 to 7107 which includes military related casaulties..terror attacks were highest in Fata 675, balochistan 640, KP 512, karachi 58,sindh 21, punjab 30,GB 26, Islamabad 4, AJK 0
Jan 04-2012--The SC which in the last four years has been noisy and bossy but solved no problem warns government to implement the NRO verdict within a week or risk an SC coup...since that is the only way it can handle a government refusal to accept court orders...
Jan 04-2012--two killed in peshawar explosion as reports of a taleban-alqaeda-haqqani overseeing group is formed to sort out problems between discordant regional groups and teh people who have borne teh brunt of taleban violence..
Jan 04-2012--A taleban office in qatar could solve some amreeka-taleban issues although it would require a defacto peace or ceasefire between teh two...negotiations between teh two have never gotten off as the taleban are not as weak as pakistan which is literally a US appendage in teh area...
Jan 04-2012--The PPP again put domestic users of gas in rawalpindi at a disadvantage as gas disappeared in most rawalpindi areas after a government agreement with teh CNG riffraff...
Jan 04-2012--many say that altaf hussein and yusuf the seraiki gilani are almost ethnic desperados...a new province wont solve anything...setup a textile city in south punjab so that karachi can no longer loot their cotton...a documentary on khyber tv showed what the pukhtuns have turned peshawar their identity into... compared to the beautiful city of the sixties...piles of garbage everywhere and terrorism...others question whether a matter already subjudice can be presented in parliament...altering a provinces borders means slight adjustments and not creation of new provinces...the mqm which has succumbed to sindhi pressure on karachi is the main proponent of new provinces which are generally opposed..many say that they only want to divide punjab..others say that they will vote against those trying to divide the punjab..we will see how gilani defeats punjabis...!!...others see it as an underhand conspiracy sindhi move to become a bigger province compared to teh present punjab...The PMLn the main party in punjab wants to see a province in bahawalpur and some sort of southern punjab on their own terms...so the measure at present is at best political unless the PPP can bargain with the PMLn...the PMLn could ask the PPP to leave the punjab totally so that it can fight it out with the PTI...many doubt that it will help the PPP or mqm in punjab and nwfp areas as their fortunes are at best drowning in apathy, indifference and discontent in the north..many say sindh can hardly benefit if punjab is divided into three provinces of say 23% 15% 12% although than it could be equivalent to or bigger than say the punjab central and northern areas..in two provinces of say 25% 27% it would become the third largest province and probably lose out in economic terms as well as water distribution as it would no longer be a lower riparian ...
Jan 03-2012--The son of the dirty judge Anwarul Haq who was the CJ in the bhutto case files petition from teh zia ul haq side asking for the military regimes documents tobe submitted as well..The PPP and the CJ were thought tobe on teh side of declaring a mistrial given the huge number of people eliminated in pakistan by police, military and intelligence since than...so many suggest what if zulfikar ali bhutto had a few killed when others have killed in teh thousands including the present regime...also the reports of zulfikar ali bhutto having ordered the sultani gawa the FSF chief who got off scot free to straighten out the politician's father killed seem dubious and without foundation...reports of ziaulhaq having tampered with teh judiciary to get a majority verdict were also quite common and teh judges were not all lawyers in those days...with anwarul haq having risen from a deputy commissioners position..
Jan 03-2012--ISPR says that american relations crafted by dubious military rulers are now being downgraded to a low key status and pakistan is no longer billing the US for terrorism related expenses and does not want US military officers visits...Pakistan seems to have developed several levels of relationships with teh USA which include american ambassador,top politicians, foreign office, ambassador, military and CIA...many suggest that the relationship should only be at teh foreign office level so that there is no multiplication of politician, military and other individual interests...
Jan 03-2012--In what is being seen as teh PPP against domestic consumers with CNG and industrialists in teh opposition things in punjab were unsettled by teh governments gas policy and teh CNG stations strike in punjab and KP...there were protests in rawalpindi and in lahore and the GT road was blocked at five places...while in rawalpindi a police van ran over a SHO who was said tobe unconscious...rawalpindi a cold area saw protests in barha kahu, rawat, faizabad...CNG owners who were benefiting from teh crisis reacted to a statement by asim hussein that cng stations should be closed for a month...with mushroom growth of cng stations most are not making much money...many see government gas distributers in the south and north as not contributing to solve teh problems...The mqm again walked out of the national assembly showing their multiple and dual loyalties as teh PMLn also walked out as their main industrial support started to get worried
Jan 03-2012--Altaf Hussein after losing to the police and sindhis in karachi now wants to divide other provinces like the ANP...He also refuses to return teh cotton looted from south punjab by karachis industrialists...!!
Jan 02-2012--shakardarra oilfields near kohat blocked by area residents insisting on provision of gas to the area
Jan 02-2012--Asma Jehangir aka Asma Gilani who thought she was a judges pet refuses to represent Hussain Haqqani and committs contempt upon contempt this time ridiculing three high Court CJ's and the entire SC...many suggest that somebody who hides in the presidency and primeministers office must have something to hide...which also shows the contemptible behaviour of teh PPP regime...
Jan 02-2012--PPP hellbent on opening supply routes for Nato equipment as US tries to build up a credible afghan army as more US ships berth at karachi...US also restricting almost all aid to pakistan...many see the lull as positive as thing's have started to improve on teh law and order front and politicians feeling free to hold rallies that is barring the PPP who still seem like frightened appeasement oriented rabbits...The taleban also seem willing to restrict their activities to teh Fata if teh ISI does not provide more lists to teh US for drone attacks...there have been no drone attacks since November 17, 2011..Gilani also held a sort of corner meeting in multan with his bully Rehman Malik standing by his side looking like a botox filled dummy...PPP many feel is moving towards its worst showing in any pakistani polls observers say...many suggest that the pakistan armed forces must take control of the port and confiscate all US military equipment until their aid is released...
Jan 02-2012--a landmine blast in dera bugti kills three FC men...military claims killing 12 militants in landi kotal
Jan 02-2012--three iranian border guards arrested after they invade pakistan and kill a pakistani
Jan 02-2012--Iran says it has medium range naval missiles as they prepare for inevitable US attacks and blocking the Hormuz...Iran also announces that it can build indigenous nuclear fuel rods...
Jan 01-2012--two security officials killed in miramshah-dattakhel road blast while bombing in upper orakzai kills 12 militants
Jan 01-2012--US moves toward afghan peace by stating that teh taleban are not their real enemies
Jan 01-2012--four children killed in khyber agency fighting
Jan 01-2012--two judge SC panel to takeup Baber Awans contempt

The Daily PakistanPolitics Dec 15-31, 2011

2011-12-16T13:28:00.087+05:00

Dec31-2011--One egg in the Gilani/zardari cruel regime costs Rs10 in karachi...poor people used to enjoy a one egg meal for Rs4 before this price hiking regime...
Dec31-2011--Gilani refuses to fund PIA renewal plan which was to turn it into a modern airline with new planes in three years...pakistanis to suffer older planes and delays on intermediate routes...
Dec31-2011--PPP regime almost triples airport taxes...international travellers will now have to pay Rs.2720 instead of Rs.1000 and domestic travellers Rs.1320 instead of Rs.500...
Dec31-2011--military helicopters target a hideout in south waziristan killing one while a tribal elder killed by security forces near a base camp..21 killed in kurram by airforce bombardment and five kidnappers killed in pishin...
Dec31-2011--blast near former ministers house in quetta kills 13 mostly guards and people passing by
Dec31-2011--The parliamentary committee on teh memo also plodded on and wanted to talk to the two evil men and wanted details on teh blackberry conversations of the ambassador who is considered crooked and may have been working against the state thru his personal influences in the USA
Dec31-2011--The SC overlooks charges of being traitors but agrees that the memo must be investigated and approves a very high powered commission consisting of three high court CJ's...it means that the SC regards that such conduct is akin to treason whether mansoor ijaz or hussain haqqani were acting on the PPP regime's orders or acting on their own to topple the PPP supporting top military officials...Asma jehangir who also referred to herself as a traitor too said it was the darkest day in the judiciaries history which is obviously contempt as she is not discussing teh contents of teh case but critisizing unnecessarily the CJ and his nine judge bench...The issue is bigger than a persons fundamental rights and strikes at teh core of governance and became a bone of contention between various organs and ministries...The army chief was said tobe extremely angry at teh PPP attempt to make him resign via Admiral Mullen...The ISI chief usually a god of wobbly governments also came out looking like a rogue...
Dec30-2011--Rangers soldier shot dead in mqm dominated area of karachi...
Dec30-2011--The appeasement natured SC has not taken notice of asma jehangir calling teh CJ a traitor alongwith everybody else...Despite enough information the SC is troubled under what provision to charge teh anti pakistan hussain haqqani who many say was literally running his anti pakistan war thru the US...
Dec30-2011--In what is being seen as another defeat of teh PPP regime it allocates 20 canals in H-11/4 for jamia hafsa directly to mullah aziz..mullah aziz oversaw the jamia hafsa which was the center of an alleged insurgency as women and militants stockpiled a small quantity of weapons and burned down an adjacent government library...and than withstood a military seige before commandos moved in to eliminate the remnants who did not leave...the head of the commandos was also shot dead by a sharpshooter from teh mosque...
Dec30-2011--javed hashni who is a new entrant to the mein..mein brigade of politicians resigns from the national assembly...The PPP speaker let him speak when they had not allowed shah mahmood to do so...The PPP feels that it is the PMLn that will be troubled but many see an almost total wipeout of the PPP/PMlq in teh punjab if teh PMln and PTI reach a seat adjustment or anyone with teh JI...
Dec30-2011--The iranians who have demonstrated some backbone in teh region now say that they will block the straits of Hormuz if attacked but did not trouble a US flotilla in teh area...many doubt that teh iranians can retaliate against israel and US bases if attacked...but they can trouble shipping in the hormuz...
Dec30-2011--The army pathetically seen as weak and US controlled sends Pasha to Qatar to tell teh americans that any further attacks will result in retaliation and they had better take action against the mohmand attackers...many say the daily visits of american generals to pakistan were seen as subjugating the government and army and pakistan was considered at best a US base..The situation is similar to the early sixties when teh US used to fly U-2's over russia from badabher..many say the pathetic asif zardari/Gilani were duped pro US agents who supported teh US invasion of abbottabad in the belief that Ossama ben Laden had ordered the elimination of Benazir Bhutto...many say the the government's weakness is only for a few f-16's and literally teh US has a anti pakistan posture in congress and the white house...Pasha is seen as one of the weakest ISI chiefs in living memory subjugated to teh army chief as well as teh PPP regime...he has literally destroyed relations in the region as well as the situations with afghanistan and the USA...many say the PPP used to say that they would have teh USA eating out of their hand but the USA did the same thing all over again and literally pushed pakistan into a corner box from which they have been unable to come out as they are seen as a subjugated duped country unable to run their own country with their own policies...
Dec30-2011--Asif Zardari who is teh most pro american president yet barring musharaf ridicules US support of qaddafi and mubarik..The PPP regime had been frightened of supporting even the Libyan movement...many suggest that the arab movements are US supported generally even though the ben laden supporting former rulers and teh emerging islamic parties are generally thought tobe anti US too...others suggest that the weakened hold of ossamma Ben laden and eventual elimination had freed the arab islamic movements who are moving against dictatorial and family rule...and supporting some sort of democacrcy in teh shape of elections...The arab countries have been held hostage by monarchies and socialistic-dynasty dicatatorships...the islamic parties have generally supported dictatorships or some type of caliph type islamic dictatorships but now feel that they have a popularity base to participate in elections and win...The US a dubious supporter of any government that is falling will support whatever comes to power there...Asif zardari too can be considered a government about to fall one way or the other...
Dec30-2011--the pathetic Asim Hussein who has been unable to control supply of gas in punjab suggests that he is going to close down CNG stations..asif anybody is worried about CNG stations...in many areas of rawalpindi gas has gone missing until the early hours of teh morning...if there was going tobe a gas problem than gas should first be closed down in the hot south and the decision should have been taken in end november...After a month of problems to domestic users he now says that he is going to act against teh PMLq supporting CNG stations...Gilani apparently advised him to wait for the next elections before taking a decision..!!
Dec29-2011--PMLn's Saranjam khan resigns as party VP...Nawaz Sharif says imran khan not a pukhtun...!!as two niazi ex mpa's also resign...Shahbaz sharif also moves to stop PMLq from disintegration...
Dec29-2011--PPP cant be kept away from another unpopular measure and goes for another price hike..this time gas and CNG...
Dec28-2011--Gilani who indirectly referred to Nawaz Sharif as an "ahmaq" for attempting to fire the than army chief says he is sorry for the attacks on the SC army by his senior partymen while teh US many suggest has removed Mullah Omar from its hit list and is now thought to consider the afghan taleban as friendly and pakistan antagonistic...afghanistan now to import petroleum products from iran they say...
Dec28-2011--The PPP shows at the Benazir mazaar showed that their popularity is falling fast even in sindh...The PPP many say has survived due to benazirs assassination and the army has not couped because many think that it was involved in the act and senior army officers still feel guilty as teh bhutto family had long links to the army...investigations many feel have been smothered by teh PPP regime...amongst the many culprits thought to have been involved in teh benazir assassination are asif zardari/Gilani...teh duo that benefited most,a string of people assassinated in karachi including several PPP loyalists, , chaudhry shujaat/ijaz ul haq/PMLq thru their terrorist links, sheikh rashid whose area many say was rife about the planned attack and obviously musharaf and the countries agencies...others point to the sindh chief minister who knew the timing of the karachi attacks and the mqm whose terrorist links are now acknowledged by many...raja riaz says the names are known although others feel that a second sharpshooter is yet tobe located and that the PPP had clear information relating to the attack and that people close to teh family including sherry rehman and rehman malik knew or were complicit...others refer to a taleban coordinated murder group and a person who ordered the attack from karachi or sindh...many also believe that zardari's father was considered a benazir opponent and could have been involved...
Dec28-2011--The countries top lawyer tries to defend what is being regarded as treachery and calls herself, CJ and other lawyers and teh ISI chief traitors alongwith benazir, people of balochistan and wali khan...some were actually traitors...she says the ISI chief who himself might have planned the ossama raid suggested to mansoor ijaz that the accused asif zardari and huusain haqqani were in on the ossama attack...she also wanted to know why the ISI chief was acting as an investigation agency...? many suggest that the pakistan army had agreed to allow them to mount an operation if they had the information on Osamma's whereabouts inside pakistan...
Dec27-2011--The PPP tries to pacify/appease the edgy army duo of kiani and pasha as Gilani confers with the chairman joint chiefs on possible replacements...many say it would hardly make any difference if the two musharaf men were sent packing...The PPP's attempt at having them resign via american persuasion has backfired and many think that they would definitely have to fire pasha or sent hussain haqqani to jail for treachery aka treason...
Dec26-2011--In Kurram and orakzai 34 militants died and three security men
Dec26-2011--The new political sardar urf quaid in teh making Imran khan ran over altaf hussein in karachi as a huge jalsa in karachi ensured his reputation as the man to beat in teh next elections as Asif zardari worriedly tried to makeup with Nawaz Sharif... as the PMlq started to disappear into the imran khan dust cloud...many suggest that the nawaz sharif's reputation as a fake opposition is becoming clearer...
Dec26-2011--gilani urf "seraiki provincial" first rediculed teh uneducated sounding ashik awan and than refused to accept her tearful resignation...apparently she ensured him that PTV would project him as the seraikist on his way to permanent retirement...an information ministry hopeful from karachi was used to ridicule her handling of teh information ministry
Dec26-2011--The egghead or "ahmeq" Gilani suggests that he is still preparing the lists of teh countries problems at the end of his fourth year in power...elections at best have tobe held in early 2013 which is just over a year away and he still does not know how to solve the problems...so afraid is he of tackling problems himself or dealing with the real problem's ie the two pasha's that he just issues a statement that i have ordered that the circular debt be resolved...he than forgets to check on what has been done until another year goes bye...many suggest that general kiani is a reluctant coup plotter while Gilani is frightened of firing teh two failures ie kiani and pasha...worried over where he would be sent by teh over the hill kiani if he tried to fire him...
Dec25-2011--PPP regimes signature seems tobe high prices...what to talk of electricity...eggs 110/dozen..chicken 178/kilo..ghee-5kilo dalda 995..red chillis..410/kilo..kabli channa..184/kilo..cloves 1700/kg..black pepper..840/kg..nido milk 550/kg..mutton--550-600/kg..beef 300/320/kg..
Dec25-2011--Another suicde bomb rams into tocho scout hq's in bannu killing four
Dec25-2011--Javed Hashmi joins PTI as PMLn tried a game ending attempt to stop him from doing so by protests in multan...shah mahmood qureshi moves to fatten the PTI as PPP federal council secretary Khalid Kharal also indicates that he is leaving teh PPP...
Dec25-2011--The PMLn under attack from both left and right comes out in support of the embattled army chief whose belief in democracy is considered suspect..Gilani supposedly attacked the army chief in parliament and teh top PPP leadership very treacherorusly tried to have the military chief removed thru admiral Mullen...Kianis democratic credentials seem suspect given his behaviour in opposing anti PPP parties and refusal to accept that teh government has any right to replace him...many suggest that Asif Zardari who seems frightened of Gilani is almost a lame duck...he seems to suggest that teh PPP is in power due to teh power of the bullet and that elections should supposedly be around teh corner...
Dec24-2011--The PMLq run by a dying breed of pro military politicians realizes that it will be wiped out if it hangs onto the PPP...many of teh anti PPP...PMlq supporters are making a beeline for the PTI with the rest restricted by being in parliament...The PMLq has been dented by shabaz sharifs refusal to allow local bodies elections in teh punjab...The PPP too might find that the PMLq votebank has vanished by the time the next elections in punjab take place
Dec24-2011--some government schools in the federal schools system to start O and A level education systems which are examined by english universities
Dec24-2011--In a violent expression of anti government feelings over deliberate gas load shedding in outlying rawalpindi areas a massive protest blocked traffic from Faizabad to kural chowk while a police armoured car was set on fire...anti government feelings are high in the impoverished rawalpindi areas...
Dec24-2011--The pakistan military already thought as weak and unable to react appropriately rejects US explanation for mohmand attacks and offer of compensation...
Dec24-2011--After karachi was retaken by teh police the mqm many say now wants to start troublemaking in teh seraiki center of multan...having failed to make karachi a province altaf hussein and Gilani want to create trouble and divide teh punjab...others suggest that the mqm was involved in the bomb attacks on Benazir in karachi which were blamed on seraiki militants...he suggests more universities and medical colleges in south punjab...already the seraiki areas get more medical seats around 4000 in teh current punjab medical colleges and there are three not two medical colleges and an engineering college...Punjab does not discriminate in the matter of education like karachi and seraikis can get admissions everywhere...textile mills in the extremely hot environment would be counterproductive with karachi and faisalabad having discriminated against the entire country in teh matter of industries...Gilani has however set up a new textile industrial area in karachi rather than the seraiki areas which are teh major cotton producers...Altaf hussein and Gilani again want to pit one area and ethnic group against another in their ethnic disorientation...multan mostly concentrates on the handlooms sector and the ginning sector while karachi loots the entire cotton crop of teh area...
Dec24-2011--The pakistani taleban again frustrated the pakistani government and military by storming a military fort in Tank killing one soldier and kidnapping 17...
Dec24-2011--Imran Khan might be in the making of a very big move by netting the estranged Javed Hashmi who was apparently not convinced by Nawaz Sharif's hirelings...Hashmi holds some of the strings of nawaz sharif's popularity and it could mean many more seats for teh PTI...Javed Hashmi was in some sort of suspicious negotiations/meetings between the MQM and the americans to topple the government but many suggest that the mqm backed out of the deal and Javed Hashmi apparently opposed Nawaz Sharif's refusal to back seraikistan..he also apparently accused Nawaz Sharif of leaving the country like altaf hussein when in trouble...when Nawaz sharif came back he quickly replaced Javed Hashmi with Chaudhry Nisar and that was not appreciated by the those who had fought the martial law administration...many suggest that he was supporting teh seraiki Gilani and was sidelined by the party leadership...
Dec24-2011--The army chief backs down but warns teh government that he will not accept convoluted attempts at removing him and teh ISI chief...The army chief probably only belatedly realized that Admiral Mullens attempts at making him resign were indirect attempts by Gilani and Asif Zardari to make him move on ...The army chief interprets that as interference in his responsibilities in all matters of internal and external security...many have blamed General Kiani of sitting around watching as teh americans insult pakistan probably also at teh instigation of teh ruling goons...The Armed Forces should have retaliated against both teh Abbottabad and Mohmand incidents...The PPP now wants to fire teh defence secretary who told teh SC that they have no control over teh armed forces...
Dec24-2011--The CJ who had been part of a panel of judges who approved teh musharaf martial law now says they would not approve another military takeover...the military would just have to use other means to knock out the current rulers and bring a more compliant or workable democracy...people now see teh failure of leaders thrown up by a suspect agreement between politicians and terrorists...The system has government leaders sitting around doing nothing or attempting to fool people while they enjoy their holidays in dubai and france and increasing the suffering of teh general population...while they prop up the rich and influential such as sugar barons and CNG station owners...and insult the people and the armed forces...by price hikes, and restricting electricity and gas for domestic users...
Dec23-2011--JUI-f says that teh US has a terrible record of invading and dehumanizing people...They spent $320 billion on the Korean invasion(1950-53) killing 1.5 million , $686 billion in teh Vietnam War(1964-73) killing 1.3 million and spent $744 billion on two gulf wars(1990-2011) killing 100000 and spent $201 billion on teh Afghan war(1979-2014)killing one million...americans are cruel and unfriendly as a people...
Dec23-2011--two gas pipelines blowup in pirkoh and sui
Dec23-2011--Imran Khan suggests that Asif Zardari be forced to take a medical test to find out whether he suffered a stroke or not and his mental abilities be gauged...
Dec23-2011--The Election Commission refused to obey SC orders saying that it cant prepare new rolls by Feb23 and if an election is ordered it would have tobe conducted under the old rolls...many feel that a failing government is raising so many court cases that teh SC CJ should order new elections rather than keep on handling political cases...
Dec23-2011--Rumours of a government military divide on teh issues of pushing things under teh carpet...with a controversial failed/failing ISI chief doing whatever he does and an army chief at odds with the US and a PPP regime literally refusing to handle things properly whether they be bringing to trial anti pakistani ambassadors or handling gas and electricity distribution or ending teh insurgencies in afghanistan and pakistan even though they are now willing to reach a solution...many suggest that Kiani who has resisted a coup could finally fall for the power that a martial law government gives thru ruling thru an unchallenged dictatorship given teh wobbly PPP...which many feel would be a relief for ordinary pakistanis driven to teh edges if despair by a a government driven by provincial egos...
Dec22-2011--A parliamentary committee also reluctantly opened the issue of teh memo case which is already subjudice...Asif Zardari has yet to file his reply in teh SC given the variation found in teh various government responses and being theoretically teh prime accused..!!He also reluctantly arrived in islamabad amongst suggestions that he could be on teh way out for good...The SC also asked the EC to complete electoral rolls by Feb23 which could be interpreted as teh SC interfering in teh independence of teh EC or that it might order new polls itself given teh PPP regimes lack of stature and credibility...and the ineffective primeminister literally being dragged along by events...!!!
Dec22-2011--The countries democracy was further shown tobe just facial when teh defence minister said he had no control over teh actions of teh armed forces and the ISI...The government had earlier shown its inability to replace kiani and pasha after they had completed their terms...Pasha supposedly is now serving without an official extension...The ISPR belatedly said that the ISI chiefs trips to middle eastern countries seeking support for Asif Zardari's removal were not verified or verifiable...The whole issue has its base in teh armed forces reluctance to move against US helicopters that raided abbottabad...and whether Pasha and kiani were in on the operations details...The ISI chief should theoretically report to teh primeminister but he apparently is subordinate to teh army chief but operating as an independent entity without any control by teh supposed democracy...The army chief considered a major supporter of the regime supposedly has had a breakdown in relations with Asif Zardari and teh american armed forces that he proudly showed as his strong point earlier as both in connivance with outside forces sought his removal...many suggest that the army also regards itself as independent in operations and promotions...and has a huge budget which they are now wasting on building DHA cities in karachi when teh country has no gas or electricity...their budget is so huge that they have been building roads in Fata and running some part of the countries politics in remote baloch areas and strife torn swat and fata...theoretically they waste probably around 50-100 billion every year on DHA projects...the national assembly now has a four line budget mentioning the generalized size of teh armed forces budget...Is this democracy or military dictatorship with a PPP front...?
Dec21-2011--Afaq ahmed supports mohajir province in sindh and says Altaf Hussein funded by teh ISI and his party HQ had been razed and a park built onit...
Dec21-2011--The government refused to provide taxation details of the controversial developer of bahria towns all over teh country who is supposedly now also building a sheraton hotel...
Dec21-2011--Dawn up in arms against the DPC which they say bands together over 44 ISI controlled groups which include jihadis, sectarianists, orthodox mullahs, revivalists and ISI controlled politicians..they are said tobe a reaction to the army and PPP adopting a clear appeasement subjugated approach on kashmir, india and the US..suggestions that they are moving towards a political presence in teh next parliament in a move likened to the more conformist MMA grouping...with even afghanistan apparently willing to attack pakistans borders the teh Hafiz Saeed led group who is also supposedly the LT boss which is credited with mounting a few attacks inside india which are considered tobe retaliations for the indians subjugation of kashmir thru violent suppression of divided groups of radicals in kashmir and terrorism inside pakistan and acts such as teh bombing of teh samjotha express which are linked to the indian army...The government has to realize that since their economics is anti people relations with teh US should not be given such a high priority that it destroys teh image of a country as a whole...
Dec21-2011--Hussain Haqqani tells abbottabad commission that he acted on government instructions...which clearly puts teh blame on teh top PPP leadership...about abbottabad and teh memo...!!It is now quite clear that the top military and political leadership have been acting against the state of pakistan in these cases...
Dec20-2011--Nawaz Sharif tells Ataullah Mengal that pakistan army not following punjabi orders and that only secession movements are not allowed in pakistani politics
Dec20-2011--A case filed in the SC to remove teh controversial ISI chief...!
Dec20-2011--Imran Khan acquires teh Jehangir Tareen group of around 30 PML, q, F politicians giving him a stable of electable candidates in south punjab while picking up a taxila notable as well...Dawn says given teh situation in karachi where teh mqm have been winning for 20 years it could either lead to a coalition or a sharing of seats with teh MQM which is known to jump into whichever party wins...
Dec20-2011--The SC says that it will not accept PPP jibes at its handling the memo case..Gilani and his goons have been mocking the memo case...
Dec20-2011--rumours about asif zardaris elimination from pakistani politics have persisted...many have questioned the reasoning of a 3 hour army chief meeting with the double dealing Gilani while another report suggests that he will soon move on to a permanent retirement home...The ISPR apparently confirmed teh rumours seeking strict action against the memo criminals said to include asif zardari...This despite the backing down of the PMLn...many have also suggested that asif zardari/Gilani were behind teh elimination of Benazir Bhutto...The PPP has already started to experiment with Bilawal Bhutto but given teh anti people PPP politics he is not expected to create any further enthusiasm for the PPP...
Dec20-2011--protests lead by teh PMln blocked traffic in islamabad and rawalpindi due to all day gas outages...with people unable to cook or remain warm protests have mounted...gas is only available in teh early morning showing teh poor control of SNGPL and the government...Gilani had tobe airlifted from teh airport and Bilawal fled rawalpindi after the protests...
Dec19-2011--17 militants killed in orakzai as hafiz saeed also mounts a defence of pakistan rally in lahore...with teh PPP and pakistan armed forces increasingly subdued/hobbled by militant terrorists and indian/afghan/US lobby/thinking
Dec19-2011--Gilani continues to trumpet his failed democracy ko khatra theme which nobody listens to as the masses move to a different tune...
Dec19-2011--US shows a token withdrawal from iraq as iraqi primeminister knocks out sunni opponents...
Dec19-2011--The almost impeached disabled asif zardari lands in karachi probably afraid of teh islamabad powers while PPP insists that zardari tale of woe and illness at best concocted to fool the people...others say he went to hang kim il sung for betraying pakistan...!!
Dec18-2011--PTI becoming teh chooser as they select people from each constituency...Assef Ahmed Ali over looked by Gilani for teh foreign minister post drops out as khurshid mahmud Kasuri preferred by the PTI...
Dec18-2011--three security men killed in Kurram blast
Dec18-2011--The terrible nature of altaf hussein and the PPP/musharaf regime upstaged as Afaq ahmed walks out of incarceration...
Dec18-2011--Gilani trumpets knocking down army chief in memo controversy as pakistans known enemy James Jones affidavit filed by PPP lawyer in defence of teh memo...James Jones acknowledges the memo but seems to try and protect the PPP's former ambassador...many suggest that teh army chief allowed Asif zardari to return and saw teh memo controversy as a PPP attempt to paper over US attacks on two border checkposts...The PPP many say has been almost toppled by just the rumour mill showing its terrible situation and that of teh country...it is only the weak army chief that has let Gilani off the hook many say...
Dec17-2011--22 militants and a security man killed in upper orakzai...
Dec17-2011--Maulana Abdul Aziz of the Lal Masjid says they will rebuild the jamia hafsa despite government disapproval...many think the jamia hafsa women who did not leave after their education at teh seminary were behind teh collection of weapons and were considered frightening by most people...compared to teh terrorists headed by mullah ghazi...many of the women seminary students were killed in a brutal attack by the pakistan armies commandos...in which over 400 were said to have been killed...mullah aziz presided over the lal masjid fiasco and was jailed in over 20 cases..he had attempted to escape in a burqa......many suggest that PPP appeasement of terrorist radicals included the mullah aziz release from legal challenges...As the military encircled the Lal masjid the terrorists attempted to fight back but were eventually defeated by trained commandos/FC and a lack of real fighting ability...That has led to an almost four year war of attrition thru suicide bombs and militant attacks all over pakistan...Fighting continues in the nwfp and fata...
Dec17-2011--PMLn leaders ask SC to recall wajid shamsul hasan the UK ambassador for saying that pakistan had been informed ten days in advance of teh Ossama attack and teh military only moved after the US helicopters had left...many claim that there was top level consultation on teh Ossama attack and that the army and ISI chiefs were involved in information transfer and planning..The ISI chief was in washington during teh days preceding the attack just as he was during the 9/11 incident......The US and the pakistan army had a falling out on whether they had prior knowledge of teh Ossama residence...many suggest that since teh US had come to the region to get Ossama they should now get out...The US backing out of financial aid mechanisms for pakistan as it usually does when it has achieved its aims in teh region...!!The army and ISI were pathetic in suggesting that they had no knowledge of teh US monitoring of the Ossama residence over a long period of time...!!
Dec17-2011--The apparently bedridden Asif Zardari says he cannot be removed for physical or mental incapacity although getting half the members of teh assembly to sign a petition would be difficult in itself...although he does suffer from paranoia about pakistani doctors...this is teh first case of somebody going to dubai for medical treatment...!!many say altaf hussein will now send the karachi poor to dubai for medical treatment...!!
Dec17-2011--many say that the pakistan situation is fast developing into a non government/non governance...with a chalak seraiki vizier, sada looh jhelimi salar and beemar (benazir ka waris) president and a pathetically silent parliament and an ISI playing both sides "kabhi coup kabhi zardari..."others say that the hand of gilani can be clearly seen behind the memo while the president is said tobe fighting an imaginary disability removal if not impeachment...still others say that zardari logon ki hamdardi ke liye beemar hua he...they say PMLn hun gal nahin kar sakdi...us tarf jayen to imran is tarf ayen to zardari...donon hi qabile qabool nahin.....and that his illness can usually be handled by a normal hospital doctor...standard medications exist for such situations...others suggest that with the government paying little heed to teh peoples problems the PPP democracy is of little importance as they hardly care for teh suffering of teh people...any ordinary intelligent person could have kept teh problems within limits showing teh PPP inability to deal with emerging or changing situations...ie "sab kuch ho rahe he aur kar kuch nahin sakte..."
Dec16-2011--Haqqani and Ijaz Mansoor apparently referred to teh Army and ISI chiefs as bad boys while there is also talk about a discussion of a coup by pasha on a middle east trip...while the zardari presidency which really did not take off because of its isolated PPP-sindhi perspective maybe fatally doomed as Asif zardari might now also be a fatally flawed president given teh memogate purview...as well as having an illness that could be debilitating enough to cause him to resign because of disability(apart from being unable to preside from islamabad and frightened of teh pakistani medical community)...The military replies to teh SC suggest that an investigation should be initiated while teh government suggests that the SC interest is irrelevant...while the nature of pakistani coups is always surrounded by unreality many should not doubt that they can be initiated at any level of army officialdom although generals have been adroit enough to control most coups upto now...and the ISI's actual job is to monitor any subversives and coup planners apart from those initiated by the general himself in teh armed forces...
Dec16-2011--six killed in FC action in Turbat
Dec16-2011--The PPP's flawed economics sees four fertilizer factories closing down in punjab as the dollar climbs into teh 90's...!!gas problems increase in teh punjab as SNGPL unable to handle even domestic gas supplies...last year saw gas problems right thru to march while this year problems started a month earlier...

The Daily PakistanPolitics Dec 01-15, 2011

2011-12-02T12:05:00.064+05:00

Dec13-2011--soldier killed in north waziristan as the years 17th bank robbery takes place in karachi..!and in rawalpindi CNG stations and teh IHC cutoff gas all day in outlying rawalpindi areas for the past week...
Dec13-2011--In the PTI conflicts emerged as new entrants rabble roused with old entrants...As Imran Khan has to answer a lot of questions he replaced his information secretary with an old war horse... former senator Shafqat Mahmud who has been on a long journey from the beaurocracy..when he was Benazir Bhuttos principle secretary..he than moved to teh PPP..became a political analyst...his last move..the PMLn where he brought the beaurocrats back into power as commissioners and knocked out the local body nazims...from Rahimyar Khan he probably is getting near to being in a politically important position
Dec13-2011--hina Rabbani Khar states that they cannot be held responsible for an afghan refugee who stayed at rabbanis state guest house
Dec13-2011--Gilani as usual drags in teh international community frightened of handling afghanistan on his own...the military was toppled from teh envoys conference since pakistan does not have teh courage to retaliate directly or covertly...and teh envoys who prefer to talk want a renegotiation of the war in afghanistan...that involves a lengthy process since it involves the Lugar aid, capitulation of musharaf, support funds and the afghan pipeline...teh US in the interim has threatened to cutoff $700 million in aid if IED making is not stopped but stopped drone attacks...the US spook Panetta still talks of winning in afghanistan and teh pakistanis prefer that they talk to teh taleban and withdraw as early as possible...many say all the pakistanis want is an apology so that they can get back to licking US boots as usual...since they cannot even stop crossovers of fertilizer into afghanistan...if any aid is stopped than pakistan should also go for a cutoff as the process of US-pakistan relations has become meaningless with teh US doing whatever they want and pakistan being dragged along..The petty US nature is apparent from some senator suggesting that fertilizer factories in pakistan are responsible for IED's...the afghans have a long history of making munitions locally and they can obviously use other explosive materials...bomb making in conflict situations is not controlled by the head office...The envoys however also suggested that overflights by teh US military should be limited
Dec13-2011--problems mounted for Asif Zardari as his utility was shown to be inconsequential as teh french submarine scandal also loomed although many doubt that teh commission mafia could go for a terrorist attack...many suggest that the attack on teh french submarine bus was more indian in thinking...at best many said it was carried out by sindhi religious radicals...The acting president also clearly told Gilani that attacking teh country by envoys such as haqqani should be stopped immediately as many suggested that pakistani treacherous characters could supposedly even call in US attacks such as teh ones on teh mohmand posts..many see the PPP as backing out from dealing seriously with treacherous characters because they might be Asif zardari's friends...
Dec13-2011--Just the sectarian/tribal blood letting in parachinar has resulted in 1100 casaulties with teh army scared to interfere in local squabbles...
Dec13-2011--the government riddled with sugar barons wants to buy sugar at an above market price as its price is falling as demand falls...The government had last year allowed sugar prices to almost triple before they fell to present levels recently...there is definitely a lot of variation in different types of sugar and the same price for all is obviously manupulation and creation of a monopoly gang...a representative of sugar mills was illegally allowed to participate in the ECC meeting...most sugar barons are immensely rich guys and can afford to pay teh price for feed stock...sugar wholesale prices have fallen to Rs49 after almost two years of profit making...
Dec13-2011--The pakistani situation is clearly depicted when the president runs away for some secret illness and the national assembly speaker runs away to be with her husband a PPP dissident...One has not seen any interim/acting president even which is a constitutional requirement..
Dec13-2011--Pakistan will never learn how to conduct international diplomacy unless it realizes that it is a sovreign country...Study teh history of US-pakistan relations from teh fifties to the present....during this period american ambassadors have been running the country at times and even now US aid is dispensed thru teh US ambassador rather than teh pakistani government...approvals have been sought for primeministerial and army appointments and even political change...and now we have been reduced to just a pipe for afghanistan...pakistan must learn not to fall into US traps and not be browbeaten at any levels of government and teh armed forces...US officials have been regularly derogatory and insulting about/to pakistani army/ISI chiefs and politicians...and what they do to those on the CIA payroll one can hardly guess...indian afficionada Sherry Rehman will have to realize that she has tobe upfront and not allow US power to dazzle and subjugate...There can hardly be any respect and balance between a superpower and a country that is at best isolated in teh world and usually embarassed to even state its own objectives and prefers subjugation for reasons of security and development...The US has long used these levers to subdue pakistani governments and one can hardly expect them to change and accept pakistan after what they have done to us...the government must not accept US lies because it is inferior in military power and its projection...There would have been no reason for the US to invade afghanistan if pakistan could have done it first...even now the situation would improve if we retaliated and captured territory in areas of border violations...There is no need for an army and airforce when we can hardly react to invasions and literally elimination of our soldiers on our own borders...since the pakistani position on aid(USAID) and the US presence in afghanistan is self serving they will eventually be subdued...respect is only a attitude and usually subjugating and to present ones views openly and clearly we have to overcome our fears of opening our mouths and not be afraid of derogatory attitudes from US roughnecks...as afghanistan has never been friendly and the government there has quite literally an indianized attitude...in fact one can probably say that teh indians/manmohan probably define what Karzai says in anti pakistan utterances...The US has a wrong attitude to pakistan because of teh way we have handled afghanistan since Oliver North...who will respect u when all u want is money to do their bidding...
Dec12-2011--Rehman malik turns turtle...he had recently called for a coalition with the taleban but now says no negotiations being conducted with maulvi faqir who had said that an agreement in bajaur could be a model for other fata areas...he had also said that teh government had released 186 of his men...
Dec12-2011--According to Gilani/PPP logic all areas of pakistan have been victimised barring central and northern punjab...with the PPP and PMLq fortunes dipping fast the Gilani section of teh PPP might move a constitutional change petition in teh national assembly for a dubious seraiki province...at teh moment they donot have teh votes and it would be a political gimmick at best...theoretically no new province can be created barring some changes in the borders of a province...The issue too is subjudice with the LHC which is holding two important cases in limbo...
Dec12-2011--the government says that Asif Zardari may not be returning soon ie not by Dec 19 when teh SC takes up the memo case...that could be one of the reasons that Asif Zardari exited the country with such haste...Asif zardari and hussein haqqani are considered the main culprits while some suggest that Admiral Mullen may have broached teh subject with General Kiani prior to the Ossama adventure...it is said that teh Kiani-Mullen divide than ocurred who were supposedly friends before that... Mullen than started to critisize Kiani rather than Pasha and said that Kiani was not reliable...Asif zardari and hussain haqqani and probably others in teh government including teh ISI chief were also recently reported to have been informed of teh abbottabad attack but took no action nor did they consult teh armed forces...the abbottabad attack and the recent helicopter wipeout of two bases showed pakistans woeful defence on the western border...and obviously the hate and vindictiveness that teh US holds for pakistan...
Dec12-2011--another two mpa's moving to the PTI...one from attock and one from nowshera...!
Dec12-2011--Pakistan in a face saving measure got its Shamsi airbase vacated from teh US which some say was just a midway house used early on for drone operations...nine nato oil tankers were gutted and a driver killed in Bolan district...despite all the problems created for pakistan by USA the pro US Gilani still hopeful of restarting the Nato supply line...many suggest that pakistan should take a permanent break from its childish addiction to being a US stooge...The government says 34 US soldiers stationed at the Shamsi Base which many think were involved in covert activities in teh volatile rebellious province...
Dec11-2011--According to dawn Bilawal Zardari has changed his views that democracy is enough...he now thinks that Asif Zardari should have reacted more strongly to the religious militant killings of Benazir and Salman Taseer..The PPP's appeasement of religious radicalism and their terrorist attacks has given their top leaders some respite from terrorist killings...and a relative reduction in terrorism...They now are said tobe negotiating with elements in the taleban...?In fact some PPP ministers were openly supporting the elimination of teh governor on religious grounds...he is not very different from his father and is going along with the suspect nature of their alliances..on teh other hand Nawaz Sharif vows to find Benazirs killers...
Dec11-2011--The courts could soon decide that party leaders cannot keep their posts when they become presidents or primeministers or chief ministers...?
Dec11-2011--nato vehicles clogg karachi port as political killings continue in karachi as do what many see as local bomb blast...
Dec10-2011--the provincial natured PPP has not given a single job to locals in CDA since 2008...all 1066 employees come from other provinces...!!politicians from larkana and multan are now regarded as petty natured in distributing finances across teh country in an even handed manner...
Dec10-2011--power pylon blown up near peshawar..
Dec10-2011--pakistans decision to put up an air defence over teh western border is questionable many say...as they neither have enough stingers nor seem willing to use teh airforce's technical capability off an aerial radar system...even on teh eastern border air defence is teh responsibility of teh airforce...many suggest that the only way is to call in air support when an attack occurs...either that or we bomb out any afghan or US post nearby after teh attack...balochistan has also decide to stop nato vehicles passing thru due to the problems they create...
Dec10-2011--three rangers die in karachi as their vehicle was hit by an IED or a remote bomb blast...there have been a series of minor explosions in karachi over teh last few days
Dec10-2011--Pakistans apeasement oriented Gilani who could not even order an attack on drones invading teh country daily now says there will be a fierce riposte to any further attacks...pakistans weak subordinate natured armed forces have refused to react to most invasions by teh US...however Martin Dempsey says US in afghanistan to reduce pakistans clout...many however suggest that pakistans clout is not government oriented and is due to teh invasion by the US and teh political situation in afghanistan...many suggest that teh afghan taleban retaliate for pakistan inside afghanistan when pakistan is bombed...!!
Dec10-2011--Asif Zardari has all but been replaced by a young immature kid many say...zardari who has a reputation of running away when the going gets tough was reported tobe incoherent and had some sort of other problems...obviously teh rumours were true as an ordinary illness does not require even frightened individuals who even have personal physicians to go to dubai which is not very well known for medical care...
Dec9-2011--The government has been providing almost free electricity to over 300000 tubewells as teh people suffer load sheddings while the agriculture community is unnecessarily pampered with price hikes...The tubewells consume over 14% electricity and are a major cause of load fluctations alongwith industry...government should allow normal releases from dams during canal closures rather than cause problems for the people
Dec9-2011--DGMO says that the two mohmand border posts obliterated by US attacks were well defined and could not be mistaken for militant outposts and there wasnt any militant activity/crossings in teh area although there have been attacks from afghanistan...pakistan also withdrew 19 of its 31 joint border coordination officers who have not been effective... in stopping attacks on pakistan by US officers...Joint coordination border efforts were initiated by the same military duo in the ISI/GHQ...several years ago...
Dec9-2011--uranium which is a grain in teh sand for australia where india is concerned not available to pakistan for which it becomes a rock or boulder...!!
Dec9-2011--One of PPP's waris characters has apparently collapsed with an unmentionable illness and has disappeared to Dubai(a PPP safe haven) with a chorus of "he will return"...the PPP has become at best a party of ravers and ranters who have refused to study or solve problems until they become unmanageable...the same can be said about Asif Zardari who has been forced on teh country as an interim waris with little influence in teh punjab where there have been some party calls to activate Bilawal instead...!!...the first evidence of the second waris apparently taking over came as he tried to perpetuate family dynasties and force another Gilani on teh unwary punjab and attended a PPP governmental meeting...albeit in multan rather than in larkana...he is apparentally not teh child/children that Asif Zardari has gone to spend time with...!!!many donot see much respect for democracy unless teh system of entrenched families is dismantled...many suggest that to save democracy only one character per family be allowed into teh national and provincial assemblies...It is not as if the teeming millions donot create enough choices for new candidates or people with new ideas who are the life and blood of a democracy...It will eventually many say lead to a political spring here too....many point to the PPP's apparent hiding of the memo criminal hussain haqqani in the presidency and primeminister houses...
Dec9-2011--in a way the people of whichever persuasion retaliated against teh mohmand attacks by gutting 34 Nato trailers in a trailer park in quetta..many have seen the PPP and military as having refused to retaliate despite there being enough evidence that teh US is literally attacking pakistan...
Dec8-2011--The CDA chief who oversaw the return to slow creeping plodding development(a PPP economic miracle with trillions in revenues)transferred and replaced by farkhand iqbal...the previous regime had literally forced a faster development...
Dec8-2011--a federal minister Samina Ghurki's trust hospital received over 30 million to treat seven hepatitis patients...from the Baitul Maal...?
Dec8-2011--pakistans relations with the US deteriorated further as Ghulam nabi fai pleaded guilty in a US court to recieving ISI funds and working on their orders...he forfeited four bank accounts...
Dec8-2011--with teh US increasingly uncooperative pakistan moving to vacate border posts that it cannot defend..!
Dec8-2011--azam swati quits JUI-f and resigns from teh senate...
Dec8-2011--iranians shoot dead three pakistani fishermen in the open sea of jiwani..The iranians are quite spooky as reports of a US attack esxcalate..iran says that US sentinel drone was almost 300 kilometers inside their territory...while press reports say that US has been routinely flying drones over iran for many years...with sattelites able to see almost everything on teh ground drones are generally useless for intelligence gathering...
Dec8-2011--In what can happen in a day...the controversial asif zardari raced off to dubai in suspicious circumstances as reports appeared of health problems and obviously a clear suspicion of pakistans health community...reports from allover however started coming in that he might have gone for good amid the memo controversy, mohmand attacks and reports of resigning...an informal PPP meeting showed Bilawal in a chaddar playing second fiddle to the equally problem prone Gilani...reports suggested heart problems while many say that with the US continually creating problems for pakistan the regionally isolated pakistan may well have decided to change course..with rehman malik suggesting a partnership with teh taleban(to terrorize teh peopel together...)...obviously the military might not be very happy at suggestions that zardari asked teh US to get rid of his militaries top duo while other reports suggesting that asif zardari did not ask his military to tackle the May2 US invasion despite knowing of teh attack...others suggest that the military would also have knowledge of teh attack including teh ISI given their closeness to teh US...many have critisized the military and PPP for allowing literally unparalleled drone attacks and doing nothing while the US brazenly picked up Ossama Ben Laden from abbottabad and the recent mohmand attacks when two pakistani posts were wiped out..while teh taleban terrorized teh government, people and nwfp......as the taleban insurgency deescalates pakistan many suggest has been backing out from a US confontation due to weakness again and again while still suggesting that the military is still tough enough to handle such invasions...others suggest that the PPP wants a regional appeasement especially with india and some face saving formula on kashmir while others say they have no knowledge of economics and its relationship to the people given their unrelenting dependance on price hikes...others suggest that the PPP came into teh government with the mentality of staying around whatever happened...good or bad...
Dec6-2011--The iranians apparently shot down a stealth high altitude new US drone called the sentinel flown from afghanistan while teh pakistanis cant yet spot the older variety predators
Dec6-2011--the diehard nature of pakistani politics is going out of favor says dawn barring the Mqm as political leaders donot function as peoples representatives and people no longer interested in a heated military civilian divide...democracy too is seen as not too populistic and imran khan is providing many a way out for those stuck with dictatorial leaderships who donot support the people...
Dec6-2011--policeman killed in a grenade attack in kohat as gas pipeline blast occurs in sui
Dec5-2011--pakistan is so dumb that anything goes...we now hear Dempsey/Hilary/Obama saying that they did not deliberately bomb two pakistani posts in the early hours of teh morning for over four hours...and senator Mcain says that two pakistani fertilizer factories provide fertilizer used in afghan IED's...how he reaches that conclusion is unknown...
Dec5-2011--Zulfikar mirza security guard shot dead in karachi...!!
Dec5-2011--Imran khan who is supposedly from Mianwali says he has 530 canals of ancestral land in Mian Channu(many say that was also gifted by teh GOP)...(shah mahmood qureashi is also from khanewal...now is imran khan a niazi from mianwali,pukhtun or seraiki...)a house on 300 canals in banni gala, islamabad and that he sold a london apartment for 750000 pounds(some suggest that a one room apartment is usually not so costly)...in 2002...that must be a really expensive apartment...he says he donated two plots to SKMT and that he made 20 million in teh last world cup..he says banni gala land was just 145000/canal in 2002..he says he has paid 350000 in taxes this year...although there is no mention of what happened to his Pace deptt store investment which he supposedly also owned...another politician who announced her earnings is the sindhi shehla raza who said she earned 27000 a month as deputy speaker...he also offered his bank accounts for inspection...
Dec5-2011--US moves to vacate teh shamsi airbase(there were only a few containers airlifted in two planes) as people say Asif zardari could resign in an address to parliament and make history as he supposedly wants to be compared to aung san Su kyi's long struggle for democracy in burma...others say as a last gift to responsible democracy he will resign and go and live at teh feet of bahadur shah zafar in burma(a country suppsoedly run by our ISI too...?)...Asif zardari has overseen what many say is teh division of teh country into provincial states and a continual antagonistic struggle against teh punjab while economically he drives prices higher and forces people almost to be pushed out of politics as he rules dictatorially and without any sense...his chief consultant seems tobe altaf hussein and his government has been based almost entirely on sindhi politics and issues...many regard him as one of the many politicians who like living outside teh country like his ally altaf hussein who ran and did not come back...
Dec5-2011--Ijaz mansoor created another controversy when teh whitehouse shot down another suggestion of his that haqqani and zardari knew about teh May 2 strike but did not inform the military...he also says that teh ISI's S-branch was out of control and involved in everything from afghanistan, haqqanis to internal politics however one doubts that teh ISI acts without government supervision...ijaz mansoor recently is supposed to have met teh ISI chief in london...
Dec4-2011--a dissident PPP mpa says only around 50 mpa's out of 108 attended a recent punjab party meeting...
Dec4-2011--Tariq Khosa a former IG and FIA Dg refuses to serve on teh SC memo commission
Dec3-2011--chaudhry nisar suggests that asif zardari was a member of teh outlawed NAP which was a diehard opponent of pakistan and ZAB...
Dec3-2011--eight militants killed in orakzai clashes
Dec3-2011--On the other hand the army chief allowed border troops to respond immediately when under attack...many suggest that border posts should be given stingers or anti aircraft mechanisms in that case...
Dec3-2011--in what is being seen as the continued mockery of pakistan its government and military the US continued to issue statements suggesting in one that the pakistan military had approved teh attack on the mohmand posts...although how they were going after militants at night seems pretty strange...similarly why the pakistan army did not retaliate when teh attacks went on for four hours is also quite strange...The military seems to have suggested that they did not have any troops in the area...on the other hand the Gilani administration started to suggest that beggars cannot be choosers and similar such nonsense...The PMLn also refused to attend an in camera session as the last time despite parliament suggestions they immediately jumped into the american lap again...This is the sixth US attack inside pakistan apart from over 300 drone attacks...when will it be...enough is enough...eh Gilani...!!
Dec2-2011--The weak pakistanis with a military bristling with anger(read pampered,subdued and pacified while teh people suffer) suggests that the US punish those involved in the bombings of the mohmand border posts...apologies for what seems tobe US policy against pakistan are hardly enough...
Dec2-2011--India and china lead the remmittances ladder with $58 and $57 billion with pakistan at number five below mexico $24 billion and phillipines $23 billion..pakistan followed by bangladesh, nigeria, vietnam, egypt and lebabnon
Dec2-2011--The troubles in fata continued as the military pounded orakzai and killed nine militants while militant outfits slugged it out in tirah killing five
Dec2-2011--In what many see as hopes of teh SC and PMLn of a watergate finish the SC appointed a former policeman Tariq Khosa to head a one man commission to investigate the ejaz mansoor memo to the american military chief in which he suggested that asif zardari needed help in removing kiani and pasha the dogged military duo who many see as the power behind the fledgling and weak PPP leadership...the military many say sees it as a success that unpopular leaders are ruling teh country..The SC also asked hussein haqqani not to leave the country...If haqqani and Asif zardari are found involved the country could see the first case under article 6...The PPP had attempted to do a runaround by not charging those involved and leaving it to a parliamentary committee which is obviously not an appropriate forum for anti constitutional behaviour...Theoretically the president can fire the army chief and ISI chief but teh last attempt ended in a coup and teh weakling Gilani is frightened of other lieutenant generals...
Dec2-2011--The army chief who has led teh army by keeping top positions under his control now says the US will face retaliation if it attacks pakistan again...many regard kiani as a US stooge who does not have teh guts to order a quick retaliation...teh situation after the abbottabad and mohmand attacks suggests that the pakistan military leadership lacks the resolve to make quick decisions...many suggest that teh afghans traditional anti pakistanism is taking its toll on teh situation...coupled with US literally becoming an enemy...There have been two other attacks on teh pakistan border since the US army wiped out two border posts days ago...two other pakistanis were killed in afghanistan by nato forces and another group of pakistani workers kidnapped...
Dec1-2011--There is not much to the US occupation of teh Shamsi airbase ...no airplanes or even drones...run by an absent UAe the PPP regime wants a show of supposed sovreignity returned to pakistan by an antagonistic anti paksitan USA...however the anti people PPP regime raises diesel prices to further fuel inflation...

The Daily PakistanPolitics Nov 16-30, 2011

2011-11-16T14:43:00.058+05:00

Nov30-2011--The shamsi airbase is at best an unused airfield with three large hangers and a long paved runway...The google 2010 picture shows an empty airfield while its 2004 picture shows three drone type aircraft...In 2003 it had no hangers...it seems too far away for drone runs on fata so they have tobe using an air field in or around fata given the drone range of 400 kilometers...not many airfields are near enough barring peshawar or kohat so they have to have some hidden airfield near torkham...
Nov30-2011--while it is openly suggested that the AKFD is a front for musharaf and his cronies the SC says that the sellout of 50% of HBL and its management to the agha khan foundation for a paltry Rs22 billion completely transparent...HBL had assets of over 400 billion...many suggest that just a few of HBL's properties should be worth more than that..?AKFD which is at best a semi sectarian organisation many suggest should not have been considered...others suggest that musharaf travelled to Boston to countersign a $400 million loan for the banks purchase...?
Nov30-2011--The PPP regime which is ruling pakistan with a group of small time hoods and supposed pukhtuns should remember what happened to bahadur shah zafar and tipu sultan who lost entire empires when they refused to handle internal spies and teh british east india company...many suggest that the burmese already have a house ready for our bahadur shah zafars who want to rule thru appeasemnent and are not ready to stand up and defend teh country...when rulers are not in tune with the populace than they are left with neither respect nor honour...the rulers want to sell the blood of their countrymen and shaheeds for personal gain...their addition to their frightened earlier reactions to a bloody US raid on their borders is to not attend teh Bonn conference...when u cant defend your own country our run your railways than you can hardly be able to attend to teh affairs of a neighbour state whose only problem or so it seems is a US occupation...
Nov29-2011--speculators found teh troubled political situation a good time to push teh rupee to 88 to the dollar...The PPP has been unable to protect the rupee despite record remittances and exports...It is almost like wheat...the supposed costs dictate the price...
Nov29-2011--The PPP regime has turned pakistan into a punching bag for teh rest of teh world as teh NCC committee left the matter of retaliation to the armed forces...zardari who has become after teh memo a bit more suspect congratulated the karachi troublemaker altaf hussein for teh dire situation that pakistan is in...many suggest that teh NCC should have clearly decided to retaliate rather than according to teh dawn wait for US offers...?The US posture and attitude has all along been anti pakistan and again overlooking their animosity means that pakistan is weak, unsure and at best cowardly...
Nov28-2011--three blasts on railtracks in sindh
Nov28-2011--around 300 containers and tankers leave karachi every day to make the 10-15 day round trip to afghanistan...with the government closing its borders the hugely profitable and at times perilous bussiness comes to a standstill...around 5000 vehicles involved..
Nov28-2011--in karachi cars and motorcycles set on fire as two are killed in sectarian and ethnic politicking
Nov28-2011--As the PTI looks at winning individual seats shah mahmood qureshi joins PTI after a good jalsa at ghotki which had sindhis sitting up..shah mahmood says that the PTi is not a family concern like teh PPP and PMln.....many suggest that the politically subdued sindhis could look at the imran khan option as could karachi's ethnic and troublesome mohajirs...sindhis and mohajirs have been literally subjugated by teh PPP and mqm...
Nov28-2011--Chaudhry Nisar quits as public accounts committee chairman
Nov27-2011--Nato or US helicopters attacked pakistani checposts on teh mohmand border killing upto 26...The pakistani regime which is generally inclined to cowardice and fooling teh populace did not retaliate immediately..they only stopped US supplies at two border crossings and asked tamely that the shamsi airbase be vacated in 15 days......In contrast if taleban attack a military convoy or checpost they immediately retaliate with gunship helicopters...the corp commander peshawar when queried the last time such an attack took place..said that the US is an ally...?some allies can get away with anything...even attempting to have teh army chief removed...many suggest that for peace in pakistan whether they like teh taleban or not ground level cooperation with USA will have to stop...The US has little regard for pakistani lives and teh governments wailing about sacrifices are only met with an embarassed silence...pakistan should look after its own interests only..getting so many people killed is obviously a clear indication of our armed forces weakness and they seem tobe little more than sitting ducks...u allow drone attacks and mortar attacks and helicopter attacks...it will eventually come down to air attacks and than an invasion...a clear policy of not tolerating any nonsense from teh afghan side should be implemented...The US and afghanistan are no longer our responsibility...covert actions against US interests or in afghanistan are not reccommended as they only complicate things...if pakistan has the courage it should retaliate directly...
Nov26-2011--another 16 militants killed in orakzai fighting...
Nov26-2011--The PMLn policy seems tobe to boycott the national assembly as the the rubber stamp parliament approves further gas taxation and levies...increasing direct population taxes seems tobe a popular policy for teh government and many suggest that the government should not do so if it wants to privatize..The government seems unable to use the normal revenues of almost 3.5 trillion for anything substantial and goes for loans or taxing gas and electricity bills to raise revenues...government should straighten its priorities and stop wasteful spending...
Nov26-2011--The SC rejects NRO review...many suggest that with teh courts themselves having become NRO's there is little justification left...nobody including mqm troublemakers, PMlq, PPP or any beurocrats who benefited from teh NRO have been brought to justice by teh courts...letting everyone of teh hook and teh NRO are not very different...
Nov25-2011--government continues its failed policy of increasing teh prices of staples such as wheat, atta, vegetables, milk, gas , electricity as the duped public start to look at imran and nawaz sharif as alternatives who might provide some stability...
Nov25-2011--The Gilani regime reluctantly replaces the inefficient railways chairman and defence secretary but not the ministers who seem unable to handle even normal relations with teh finance ministry..or answer why somebody in teh USA was trying to remove teh army chief...
Nov25-2011--with teh government suggesting that the removal of hussain haqqani was enough the SC is moved to put haqqani on the ECL...
Nov25-2011--despite teh naming of two mqm activists involved in the killing of imran farook the pakistani government refuses to admit their arrest in karachi...
Nov24-2011--Government raises support prices for wheat which already has a surplus production and whose use is steadily declining due to high prices..governments price hike economics is designed to subdue or crush urban areas where their support is now almost non existent and help teh much richer agricultural lobby...
Nov24-2011--two policemen die in militant rocket attacks on a dera ismail khan police station
Nov24-2011--As the PPP tries to snuff out opposition, parliament and develops a cruel anti people reputation the industrialist nawaz sharif again moves the SC to intervene and investigate the origin of teh memo that smacks of treason and teachery towards teh army and undermines teh government
Nov24-2011--45 militants killed in upper kurram and orakzai insurgent attacks and retaliations by teh military while five soldiers also died in teh fighting
Nov24-2011--The appeasement oriented Sherry Rehman pulled out of semi disgraced obscurity and made ambassador to teh USA...she was made the head of the red crescent soceity after teh PMLq realizing that they would not survive teh next elections joined teh government..she was supposedly cooperating with teh PMLq in teh previous regime...Sherry Rehman who many say forced Benazir to stand in her pajero as a bomb blast went off in liaqat bagh, rawalpindi is known for a lacklustre participation in track 2 diplomacy..a former editor of a semi radical newsmagazine and also known to have written a book on kashmiri shawls...considered to have had a brawl with teh PPP leadership when she said that Nusrat Bhutto was teh parties boss who than kicked her out as a minister...others say that her husband wanted her back in karachi given certain rumours about her and zardari...others say she ran into trouble after she misappropriated millions in information ministry secret funds...before teh elections she had become the sindhi think tank for Benazir Bhutto and was travelling in her pajero when it was hit by a suicide blast in rawalpindi... many thought that she aspired tobe made teh primeminister after her death...Gilani many say has sidelined almost all primeministerial aspirants...considered similar to many retired generals who prefer a dialogue that goes no where to an antagonistic artillery firing cold war with india the PPP's appeasement policy mirrors her views...while she is a senior to Hina Rabbani Khar many regard her suspect peacemaking abilities maybe of some help in washington whose thinking is now more indian oriented than before..with the pakistani generals moving into the background as their philosophies flounder in teh dust she could reemerge in teh future although another karachiite primeminister without a huge personal following or constituency is considered an impossibility...
Nov23-2011--Shah Mahmood Qureshi meets Nawaz Sharif as Pir Pagaro throws a spanner in the wheel...The PML-F's punjab factionhas been attracted to teh PTI and is on teh verge of a split between teh PTI and PMLn...as Shabaz Sharif plays dirty and seals PTI lahore office...?
Nov23-2011--In what looks like a frightened ISI a failed suicide bomber escaped with relative ease as ISI officials watched outside teh ISI headquarters in islamabad where a suicide bomber jumped in front of a high officials staff car but failed to detonate...two hours later the ISI located a suicide jacket loaded with C4...!!!
Nov23-2011--The not so efficient ambassador to the US Hussein Haqqani resigns... toppled by a suspicious memo whose origins are in doubt...many suggest that the memo looks like treason and treachery...the appeasement lobby going to extremes to get rid of the pro US musharaf appointed army leadership who have had a falling out with teh US army...There has been a visible distancing between pakistan and teh USA which was literally destabilizing pakistan...pakistan still frightened of going after US drones which leads many to teh conclusion that the pakistani regime is frightened of even stopping drone invasions by force or there is obvious collusion between teh the two...since the taleban are also fighting pakistan...
Nov23-2011--The TTP says they have declared a ceasefire in south waziristan suggesting that each area has its own taleban controllers...they also say they have started negotiations and have not attacked inside pakistan...ISPR says no negotiations by the military while dawn says there have been three attacks on military convoys in the area..
Nov22-2011--In sindh shazia marri makes a comeback as information minister...
Nov22-2011--In balochistan teh coal mining town of musa khel was teh scene of an attack on a military convoy killing a major and 14 personnel of teh FC...The military was in charge of providing security to coal mines...militants say teh casaulties were much higher
Nov22-2011--two military officers and 47 militants die in kurram-orakzai when a convoy was attacked and the military retaliated with helicopters...there were also attacks on checposts and the military bombing out militant hideouts...
Nov22-2011--The memo seems to have a life of its own...first mullen did not remember it..than remembered it.. and now it was delivered by James Jones teh NSC advisor...how senior US figures get memos from suspicious characters is quite shocking...It is however known that the military after the abbottabad attack was dazed and unable many think of being capable of a coup...u cant stop two helicopters and want to take over teh country...Zardari must be crazy if he thinks coups start and stop in the USA...however the feeling is that hussain haqqani has outlived his utility and teh PPP is desperately trying to save his skin...many believe that it was probably a US draft on how to further subjugate teh pakistani regime...ie if Mullen could convince teh entrenched duo to move on...Kiani many believe has teh staying power of a coup plotter who usually want to die in office..In related news the ISI chief apparently dashed off to london to question mansoor ijaz and was present in a meeting between teh Lugar aid munching Cameron Munter and Imran Khan...?..was the memo sourced to imran khan or is he likely to emerge as teh front for another coup...?
Nov19-2011--In the ongoing Fata war another 22 killed in orakzai and upper kurram battles..one can remember how the first operation in north waziristan was started to root out militants...four-five years later teh war still goes on after having spread all over nwfp and fata...the militants say that the army suffered heavy casaulties...
Nov19-2011--The PPP and mqm coalition can at best be refered to as the bootlickers association as zardaris PMLn attacker Sharjeel memon resigns for being on teh same plane as zulfikar mirza...many suggest that teh PPP sindh is now completely damaged and teh dissidents should band together to form teh sindhi PPP...many now suggest that the mqm is following PMln instructions..?This as PPP women mpa supports zulfikar mirza and a mirza asociate loses teh jail portfolio...
Nov19-2011--The admiral memo is not a short note but a comprehensive policy paper about what pakistan would do if assisted in removing the regional strategist army chief and his ISI crony...among other things the appeasement lobby suggests that they would address all US and indian concerns...it is something many say that probably came straight out of the PPP appeasement lobby that u can say would comprise of zardari, sherry rehman, gilani and hina...and to add further insult to injury the pakistan ambassador says that he was an illegal alien in the US for many years...
Nov18-2011--No wonder that the rich get richer in pakistan...with over Rs.629 billion of non performing bank loans...
Nov18-2011--musharaf had three primeministers i think who he now blames for the murders of benazir and akber bugti...while akber bugtis death had aspects of military involvement many say the MI quickly cleared the scene of Benazirs death suspiciously...others say a PMLq meeting was held in dubai so that all the participants could be silenced...
Nov18-2011--shahbaz sharif also faces problems after dengue...education board burnings and result cancellations and some say the problems of former daughter in laws and former wives...!!
Nov18-2011--The PTI on the other hand sensing that they could win a large number of seats look for electables as entire sheikupura PMLq setup joins them...imran however insists that they will be able to deliver as their policies wont change..?
Nov18-2011--eight die in continued drone attacks on fata
Nov18-2011--security forces say that they killed upto 31 militants in orakzai and kurram asaults
Nov18-2011--asif zardaris political debts might have been paid but his supposed allies like hussein haqqani, altaf hussein and zulfikar mirza are dragging him thru the mud day in and day out...hussain haqqani emerges as the prime culprit of the remove army bosses memo and teh PPP eternally slow has not yet fired teh Kerry Lugar Bill designer which is also one of teh many PPP failures..?
Nov18-2011--even sindhi ministers are being heard saying that the PPP is now almost finished...in sindh the mqm successfully drives a wedge between PPP loyalists and many say the mqm objective seems tobe the humiliation of teh PPP...the sindh chief minister after zardari considered closest to teh mqm suspended the membership of a sindh mpa as teh mqm went after teh associates and friends of zulfikar mirza...many say the mqm action comes after zulfikar mirza met scotland yard with supposed information on the mqm elimination of imran farook which many suggest was carried out by known mqm members either on teh instructions of teh coordination committee or the london secretariat...the PPP which is now almost a reactionary organization has suffered because of mqm attacks onits unity in sindh,losing shah mahmood qureshi and the hussain haqqani controversy...even the sindh chief minister said that the impression was that teh PPP had crashed into rocks..already alienated from teh public because of its policies the attacks on its organization are directly linked to asif zardaris association with diehard ppp enemies like teh mqm and PMLq...others suggest that with the PTI emerging as an alternative in punjab, raja riaz caught stealing gas and PPP inefficiencies in dealing with rental power plants and electricity price hikes the suggestion that teh PPP might still be around after the next elections are met with mockery...!!!
Nov17-2011--In taunts being heard country wide on the PPP's hurried action on MFN status to india...ashfak kiani and hina rabbani khar have made a joint application to import indian scooters many say rather than study teh consequences of the indian 3500km missile test...indian scooters tobe given free to pakistani soldiers to visit amritsar...to study the indian military moves against pakistan...!
Nov17-2011--drone attacks kill 16 in the tribal areas while five killed in a tirah blast
Nov17-2011--5 killed in karachi suicide blast
Nov17-2011--one major and 31 militants killed in upper kurram and orakzai fighting
Nov17-2011--ambassador to teh USA haqqani who has not done much of a job in handling teh americans in deep trouble over a letter to admiral mullen suggesting the removal of teh kiani/pasha duo
Nov17-2011--The PPP and mqm seem tobe unable to take flak from teh opposition as well as each other.. many suggest they have a deep anti democratic streak...in a democratic system fixed terms are not the norm and it is always better to hold new elections when things seem to be not moving in any direction...in other news teh mqm finds it difficult to believe that sharjeel memon had run away with zulfikar mirza while rehman malik suggests that he,zulfikar mirza and altaf hussein are ethnic terrorists...the ppp and mqm now seem tobe realizing that they are the problem and keep blaming each other while gilani has still not realized that teh primeministers job includes looking after teh economy and solving major public problems...as ministers and primeminister critisize the finance minister...The childish PPP and mqm seem to get hurt by public comments about their attitudes and behaviours...Gilani is now being blamed for being a zia ul haq minister and getting agricultural loans in that time...
Nov16-2011--amongst PPP dissidents ready to jump ship are being included karachi's gabol and enver baig many say and even sherry rehman and raza rabbani...? the zardari-gilani group sure has angered a lot of people...
Nov16-2011--Shah Mahmood Qureshi whose urdu eloquence was ridiculed by PPP's top leaders suggests that kaira and zardari dont have the intelligence of even Benazirs shoe...like everyone else he now regards the PPP regime as low in intellect and ability...cant solve anything..neither prices nor electricity nor jobs nor regionalism...
Nov16-2011--many suggest that teh army chief took up the matter of zardaris letter to the USA asking for help in removing teh army top brass...zardari suggested that it must be that crook haqqani who has been recalled as ambassador and many suggest that teh army chief could ask for a senior general tobe appointed in his place...
Nov16-2011--another drone attack on teh hapless tribals kills seven..while 28 militants were killed in orakzai as the military bombed out 11 supposed hideouts...The airforce chief seemed to suggest that many of teh drone attacks might have been carried out by teh pakistan airforce in over 5000 sorties in swat, malakand and fata...? Bara residents protest that teh army is bombing and mortaring residential areas...
Nov16-2011--As the PPP becomes increasingly isolated at teh top with parliament turning into little more than a rubber stamp unable to even discuss important issues which are taken up by the supreme court instead...many consider that teh PMLn might go for quitting teh assemblies before the senate elections while the bleeding PPP being pulverized by teh PTI strength might also decide for early elections as many suggest that teh PPP will be finished if it waits another two years...The PPP has deliberately increased people problems and blocked all methods of their solutions...Asif zardari is left with nobody to talk to apart from the ethnic terrorist altaf hussein...he has deliberately created problems for teh punjab government and avoided any federal development programs in teh province with most peopel suggesting that the federal budget is little more than a joke with teh people with everything being flown out of teh country...which is referred to as corruption...India which does not allow anybody to setup shop inits country has been given teh MFN status without approval of parliament or the people...many suggest that exports from pakistan to india are literally trivial as importers rush to open LC's to import useless indian consumer items...many suggest that teh PPP is now little more than a sindhi party and punjab might vote only for punjab parties too...??

The Daily PakistanPolitics Nov 01-15, 2011

2011-11-01T16:51:00.071+05:00

Nov15-2011--five FC men killed in militant assaults in the bara tehsil of khyber agency...
Nov15-2011--the much touted JF-17 of the pakistan airforce crashed near attock killing teh pilot...the PAF which does not have much input in teh JF-17 manufacturing has been attempting to sell it as a replacement for aging Mig's, and even teh Mig29...it is considered by many to have some aspects of teh american F-15...obviously teh airforce has not mastered its maintenance/flying techniques as usually new aircraft donot crash...
Nov15-2011--In what can be termed tobe another blow to the PPP shah mahmood qureshi resigned from teh PPP and the national assembly..PPP punjab figures were reportedly howling in anger...shah mahmood one of the PPP's pirs was seen as teh key to the PPP rejuvenation in the punjab and he handled teh previous elections in the punjab..many say his exit leaves only a few bootlickers in teh punjab PPP and the next election could become a straight contest between the PMLn and teh PTI...other dissidents like aitezaz ahsan,amin fahim, safdar abbasi, zulfikar mirza, nahid khan have not had teh courage to leave teh PPP...He was kicked out as foreign minister in what many see as a Gilani-zardari attempt to get more foreign trips and accomodate a very junior PMLq member as foreign minister..others say he had different opinions on the arrest of an american contractor caught in a murder in lahore...considered a good organizer he could provide imran khan an entry into the seraiki areas alongwith a host of other seraiki figures...many say the Punjab PPP has suffered as it is seen as subordinate to the zardari clique or the zardari league...the PPP seen floundering in the punjab dominated by teh mian biradri and its industrialists..SM Qureshi could now strengthen teh PTI...go independent or return to the PMLn fold...many say shah mahmood qureshi a twenty year old member of teh PPP was denied a speech in the national assembly and was literally refused attendance in teh PPP CEC as well as not being allowed entry to teh Bhutto graves...
Nov14-2011--Imran Khan considered friendly with teh taleban and india says he wont allow any militant group...only moral support will get teh kashmiris no where...!!
Nov14-2011--Hina Rabbani Khar says friendly relations with countries in teh region which all have differing political and regional interests...u can only be friendly with nepal and bhutan...and probably sri lanka and maldives..?India and afghanistan will rip u off whenever they get a chance...
Nov14-2011--PPP forward bloc being formed on an anti Gilani basis in teh punjab assembly...!!
Nov13-2011--hafiz gul bahadur another pro government militant breaks off talks after military bombs out a hospital in miran shah suspected of firing at the military
Nov13-2011--In the ongoing Bara offensive militants attack an FC checkpost and six are killed
Nov13-2011--policeman killed in shabqadar blast bordering teh mohmand agency
Nov13-2011--As imran khan works to move his political career forward and attract seemingly honest but sidelined politicians teh PMLn worries at the attempt of teh PPP to foist unpopular politicians upon an unwary public while teh choice of teh PTI attracts many who are individually strong in either wealth or area politics...a realignment of many politicians working against their personal interests and conscience is many say a need of teh time...PPP, mqm and ANP trying to snuff out opposition by cooperating in areas where they are not going to win usually...
Nov13-2011--in what is being described here as a major appeasement success the indian primeminister not teh pakistani says pakistani army on board on trade matters however india can easily be held hostage to another terror incident...many here believe that Gilani apparently told manmohan that teh bombay invasion was planned by an ISI chief in teh early nineties and only given a go ahead by him...many here regard Gilani as a reluctant supporter of peace and interested in maintaining strategic power especially in the region...the kashmir process has suffered under him as he goes for peace with india excluding working on the real problems between the two countries...trade has never been a problem and was initiated in the 70's under teh Simla agreement...many say trade with india can be carried out even indirectly and is not considered beneficial for pakistan
Nov13-2011--The CJ tells a military audience that a coup could be justified if carried out under teh instructions of teh government...otherwise a military led coup would be an article 6 offence...The judge has previously approved a three year takeover by the military...!!
Nov13-2011--In another major blow to the ISI...five men were found dead in an attempt apparently to catch an LJ leader in Pind Dadan Khan..the ISI reputation has suffered heavily after fiascos in teh lal masjid, disappearing people, afghanistan imbroglio, taleban terror and mqm violence in karachi...a generally quite area is being billed as a dangerous terrorist enclave...
Nov12-2011--Imran Khan ropes in Benazir IB chief Masood Sharif..a three way contest in the punjab could see imran khan romping thru...if he can break teh PPP/MQM shackles in sindh and get a few seats in nwfp and balochistan he could be the preferred coalition partner
Nov12-2011--India ropes in regional countries on the trade issue which would be beneficial to it...US policies in teh region see the future as an indian run south asia...smaller regional countries already under indian hegemony with the pakistanis being teh only country to have a distinct nature...india ,afghanistan and USA have the same policy towards pakistan now...embarass and subjugate them thru confrontation and get their way...press reports suggest that india and afghanistan continue there anti pakistan policy based on blame and bluff...pakistans appeasement oriented rulers seem the perfect target for a seemingly US oriented subjugation...culturally, militarily and strategically...The crybaby routines are very familiar..manmohan singh wants teh JUD thrashed...the USA wants the haqqanis eliminated and the afghans say gilani had burhannuddin rabbani killed...!!!why they even talk to pakistan is beyond understanding...
Nov11-2011--Judges dost mohammed khan and sheikh azmat saeed tobe the CJ's of teh PHC and LHC while parliamentary committee defers decision on one judges elevation to the SC out of four...
Nov10-2011--two die in militant-army clash in miranshah
Nov10-2011--western reports suggest that asif zardari seeking US support for removing recalcitrant or refusing to go willingly military leadership...many see the military leaders as dummies who are trying to make the appeasement natured PPP leaders look tough while Gilani blames teh ISI chief for drone attacks...ISI and zardari now thought to be willing to attack old friends like the haqqanis...military seen as backing down after the abbottabad attack and ground/helicopter attacks from afghanistan or cowering behind the appeasement lobby and statements such as 'armed forces can deal with any foreign attack" which have generally been found tobe false...
Nov10-2011--Zulfikar Mirza accuses sindh PPP ministers of corruption after manzoor wassan made an outlandish suggestion that zulfikar mirza was receiving 6 million from the karachi ghas mandi..!sindh ministers say that Zulfikar mirza has routinely disappeared in difficult times in teh past...
Nov10-2011--In swabi ANP former nazim, son and guard killed in suicide blast
Nov10-2011--three hindu doctors shot dead in hindu-muslim feud over a muslim dancing girl in shikarpur
Nov10-2011--The appeasement oriented PPP says that it refuses to backdown from giving pakistans enemy number one teh MFN status...one can hardly describe india as paksitans most favoured nation...there have been severe protests from industry and the military many say...
Nov9-2011--Rehman malik says india should also treat hindu terrorists in a similar manner in india...like pakistan treats muslim terrroists..?
Nov8-2011--Rehman Malik who can best be described as the occupier of karachi or fateh e mqm has subdued altaf hussein to such an extent that he calls him a friend...the mqm said to have eliminated over 150 policemen in karachi...some news items have suggested that altaf hussein might attempt another attention gathering situation...rehman malik seems unaware that the PPP did not get a mandate anywhere except sindh...at the center their 30-40% vote mandate is almost up...
Nov7-2011--PMLn says that imran khan has built a palace on 300 kanals of land with suspect funds
Nov7-2011--Dawn says that politically prominent dissidents from the three major parties led by jehangir tareen a suspicious financier could soon announce a partnership with the PTI...as entire Gojra PPP joins PTI
Nov7-2011--four killed in militant attacks in fata
Nov7-2011--Zulfikar Mirza says that PPP(zardari) is literally appeasing teh mqm and his one aim is to crush the mqm snake.
Nov6-2011--In controversial news Raja Riaz a PPP senior leader found involved in gas theft in associated factories in faisalabad...Is the MQM robbing banks in karachi...there have been 60 million in bank robberies in the last few months...blamed on militants...In karachi the mqm has usually been successful in blaming militants when its own militants army was doing killings, burnings and house occupations...altaf hussein reportedly said that my soldiers are not always following my orders...
Nov6-2011--A dawn analysis says that imran khan with his supposed crusade dictation oriented politics has problems with political issues and not having individually popular candidates..even if his huge rally figures are accepted he could have 10-20000 votes in each lahore constituency...that amounts to the upwardly mobile professionals having wealth and attitudes and those who remember his cricket and cancer hospitals...however his association with corrupt rulers has a long history...put that in the context of the country and he needs a coalition which can manage another 20000 votes per constituency...that would get him into a coalition government forming situation..Given his education background he might in all possibilities form a popular well managed government...one has to realize that if u support imran khan u have to support his candidates...having too many heavyweights or uniform weight politicians like teh PPP causes a loose unsteady government
Nov6-2011--The dawn says that Gilani is desperate for a seraiki province move to embarass teh PMln who would like to handle it when they are in power...many say the punjab assembly does not have support for the seraiki province and the people trying to break punjab will be wiped out in the next elections...that is teh reason that the PPP wants to create a base in south punjab where they are likely to win some seats even when teh PMLn has a strong presence...the PPP has already bifurcated in teh punjab and appointed makhdoon shahabuddin as the seraiki region president..It has not done that in the case of sindh where karachi and hyderabad are clearly different regions or hazara in nwfp or the pukhtun/baloch areas in balochistan...which probably means that its support in south punjab must be falling for it to go for a seperate leadership...many think the PPP is confused between south punjab and seraiki identities...others say that it would be difficult for the PPP to move to a seraiki province and teh PMln for a south punjab province unless they decide how to divide teh punjab...south punjab is not all seraiki and many non seraiki areas also want to be a part of south punjab which shows the negation for the reasons for a new province...many say the PPP has a strong shiite-extremist alliance support in the south punjab area which has served the PPP upto now...however teh seraiki province creation may eventually wipe out teh PPP as teh issue will be neutralised...The PMLn is coming across as only lahore based as they show a lack of interest in other punjab areas...shabaz sharif has stopped development schemes in other areas such as a murree water supply scheme, overhead over murree road and connecting raja bazaar to chaklala...and is only moving on bigger lahore projects...Gilani has been losing support fast in central and northern punjab..even on teh seraiki province issue he has not been able to move a constitutional petition in the national assembly...he also opposed the seraiki province initially and formation of new provinces in nwfp and sindh...there has been a considerable slowdown in islamabad projects since teh PPP took over and even teh lehtrar road project has not been completed yet...
Nov6-2011--people are surely being ground into teh dust economically by the PPP and their dukandar mentality...on teh last day before eid in rawalpindi one used to see hoardes of goats and sheep...this time one saw only a few bulls...people surely in teh PMLn trying to get out of buying a bakra...?...only corrupt PPP walas and rich agricultural/bussiness walas are now able to afford a real goat...
Nov6-2011--many suggest that hina rabbani khar should attempt being friendly with the people of pakistan first before jumping into the indian laps who are at best planning military strikes against pakistan...the government many say wants to flood teh pakistani streets with indian products so that ahmed mukhtar can sell his shoes in india...?u cannot be friends with neighbours when the people at home are unhappy...?
Nov6-2011--In what many see as the total subjugation of altaf hussein and the mqm...sindh went back to the failed british commissioner system which only existed in teh british colonies...In punjab teh commissioners have failed almost totally...unable to handle anything...The mqm had jumped out of teh coalition and threatened war if teh commssioner system was implemented while sindhis saw the LG government system as teh defacto seperation into small cantonments with sindhs entire wealth being swallowed by karachi and hyderabad...many say that altaf husseins continuous attempts to fool teh sindhis and mohajirs thru violence have failed while teh sindhis think teh PPP is little more than a mohajir tool...
Nov5-2011--friend of ex shiite SHC judge shot dead in front of his house in what could be a sectarian incident...two people from multan arrested after killers car ran into a wall
Nov5-2011--many feel that teh zardari regime will go in for another 400 billion in taxation after taking responsibility for circular debts which many say has mounted because teh government has not paid its share
Nov5-2011--CIA to curtail drone attacks and take into consideration state deptt and pakistans opposition...Gilani's position was that teh ISI was giving the USA information for drone attacks while he was opposed to their legality..many however feel that teh americans have realised that pakistan using them for their own ends in drone attacks and that the stoppage of drone attacks would help them in the end game...
Nov5-2011--PPP faced with a trust deficit in seraiki areas divides punjab wing into two...?
Nov5-2011--many say the PPP's traders amin fahim and shoe seller ahmed mukhtar are behind teh hurried attempt by indian spies in the PPP to get teh MFN status for india..PPP many say has a shopkeepers mentality...others suggest that they should encourage small bussinesses here rather than focus on trade that apparently has always benefited india...others like talat masud suggest that pakistan more used to playing on teh world stage has been brought down to earth by teh USA as a small unmanageable country and forced by teh USa to play with its regional problems india, afghanistan and iran...government now trying to suggest that military generals usually wary of teh indian dustbowl antics are being consulted about teh attempted indian bear hug of the gilanis and zardaris...USA prefers small upstart countries like pakistan to be mired in regional associations and regional problems and not be negotiating for nuclear power status...the PPP has now started to backtrack from the MFN status after teh indians refused to stop harsh crackdowns in kashmir and harsh reactions from teh military and ISI...!!
Nov4-2011--In pakistan if u jail even a terrorist he becomes a politician...mohammed asif and salman butt could be future politicians as their jailing in england has caused some sympathy...many suggest that it is the PPP attempt to subdue imran kahn and is a depiction of pakistans poor foreign relations in which it has to let go murderers but but cant handle the cases of a few cricketers properly...
Nov4-2011--The PPP view is that NAB can only function if it takes up cases of third tier government management rather than politicians and generals only...
Nov4-2011--four new bullet ridden bodies found in balochistan...many think political groups and baloch government fighting it out..
Nov4-2011--some new canadian jokes...the US economy is so bad that exxon mobil has laid off 35 congressmen...while another suggests...that the US economy is so bad that truckloads of americans caught sneaking into mexico
Nov4-2011--another three die in miranshah drone attacks
Nov4-2011--The gilani regime again raises electricity prices by Rs1.77 per unit after Rs3.04 in september falsely suggesting that furnace oil prices which are falling have risen by 33%...PPP trying to use electricity and gas prices to raise finances and taxes... Raja riaz who thinks that shahbaz sharif is a problem should realize that most of teh price hikes especially in teh electricity tariff have caused more problems to teh people and economy...to keep teh economy steady electricity prices must be stabilized...PPP according to sarfraz nawaz now little more than dhaka start(have tobe pushed around) in most areas of governance...PPP and mqm think that epithets or political mudslinging against unpopular politicians is teh problem...only...
Nov4-2011--three pakistani players two of them their best bowlers jailed in england for bowling paid no balls...many suggest that shahid afridi might have been the tip off guy who had just been removed as captain...?most pakistani cricket players are used to betting with teh countries and arab tycoons...some also bet indirectly on the english betting system...people like miandad, waseem akram, saleem malik have they say made a lot on side bets...many point to the supposedly 27 crore sixer that miandad made in a UAE match's last ball against india...others point to the fact that starting a new betting system challenging teh legal british system probably caught them out...the pakistani cricketers not paupers and being paid substantial sums by the board and sponsors...others say a few cricketers like kamran akmal and riaz wahab may have gotten off scot free despite involvements...many cricketers complain that pakistani companies only sponsor a few top players...others point to a lahore mafia that controls selection and local betting with indian bookies trying to get their pounds of flesh too...
Nov3-2011--two security men killed in militant attack in mohmand while two FC men killed in turbat blast... The PPP says FC control placed under provincial government for the second time after no one believed that teh FC was killing on the orders of teh provincial chief minister...
Nov3-2011--The PPP fell into another trap when they propagated that india is their favorite country...The MFN status is a technical trade term...trade with india is a one way street say many and pakistan cannot benefit very much given india's refusal to buy pakistani...many say people like teh defence minister want servis shoes stores in india but india has refused to allow even teh import of shoes...
Nov2-2011--Raja Riaz a senior PPP politician has had his faisalabad paper mills gas connection disconnected for failure to pay a bill of 10 million while teh sindh government attempted to takover Engro Urea(Engro has 5 billion in profits this year)after it raised urea prices by Rs400 due to unavailaibility of gas...
Nov2-2011--The mqm is coming across as a big liar in the punjab...its punjab branch apparently is already involved in murders...PMLn sources say rehman malik duped altaf hussein into saying that nawaz sharif used to cry in attock jail at night...others say if teh military of teh country jails a primeminister in a jail meant to interrogate foreign spies than it is a crying matter...others say that nawaz sharif was reciting ayatul kursi every night...many others also describe waseem akhters mentality as belonging to the shahi mohalla variety and depicting a poor lack of intellect and honesty when he described on television that mujra's take place in all punjabi homes...others say altaf hussein a frequent visitor to londons belly dancing clubs and strip clubs...some say alcohol is the reason that he refuses to return or the possibility of a ten year jail sentence if not a hanging
Nov2-2011--the undemocratic Gilani regards talk and analysis of early parliamentary elections as a joke...the PPP seems bent upon forcing the people to live in dificulties under its inept rule in which we are supposed to be unable to generate electricity even to meet domestic needs...pepco says teh economic situation is so bad that import of electricity from india or even bangladesh tobe cheaper
Nov2-2011--Pakistan ranks amongst the bottom five in income and well being ratings...in fact pakistan is just above somalia in personal security ratings at number 109 out of 110...poverty can be described as being at number 85/110 in being able to afford food and shelter...105 for political stability..103 for infant mortality...100 for spending on healthcare...but is at 11/110 in emigration...but 67% of pakistanis are satisfied people...
Nov2-2011--The SC should realize that nandipur was not a rental power project...a rental power project should be up and running in a year(definition)...government should either buy the karkey ship or send it back...teh court should also look into how the cost of projects such as teh Neelum Jhelum escalated from Rs15 billion in 1989 to 333.191 billion...everybody in the finance ministry, water and power ministry including ministers and secretaries since the mid 1980's should be investigated...how has teh government theoretically decreased teh cost of teh rupee by a whopping 2500%(in terms of teh NJHP)...many think that all finance ministers since 1982 should be sent to NAB...what to say of wapda chiefs and ministers of water and power...
Nov2-2011--The british judiciary bowled a lose delivery...the judge allowed two no balls...in a jury system it is thought that only a unanimous verdict counts...the judge must take into account that it was a sting and that he must charge the news of teh world reporter who put up the cash...and one has always thought that the police must direct a sting not a newspaper...the three no balls were not effective...will umpires now charge a bowler for bowling deliberate no balls...seven years for what.. when most of the money was made by either salman butt or by the broker...confiscation of the money and a bann of around two years should be enough...did not hear of mohd asif receiving any money...cricketers of like salman butt have who have played around 39 tests matches have over 180000 dollars in their bank accounts...many think that is unreasonable in terms of earnings in pakistan terms...
Nov1-2011--three kiled in miranshah drone attack...The USA implies that the taleban can attack us and we will attack them but still try to hold talks...the best way is to start with a negotiated ceasefire...?US attacks on teh haqqanis have resulted apparently in renewed taleban attacks in afghanistan
Nov1-2011--It is being rumoured that both Kiani and pasha are just dummies and that actually Gilani approves all the drone raids himself...?
Nov1-2011--The SC now wants corruption of teh railways investigated as teh railways minister appointed a relative to take over the purchase deptt...various issues discussed in which a Rs50 bulb is purchased for Rs400 and railways silver used in repairs sold at throwaway prices...chinese apparently have not repaired teh fifty engines that were recently acquired and they are not being used at all...railways electricity wires have been stolen and they donot know how to file cases of corruption in NAB...!apparently railways officials who used to have their own saloons now travel by air...however teh SC should take steps to restart the railways engine repair deptt...since Gilani wont do his job..
Nov1-2011--many suggest that altaf hussein's belly dancing(in the bedroom)days are not over as he seems now willing to get out of teh zardari bed and dance into imran khan's...altaf hussein had mesmerised asif zardari and rehman malik with his belly dancing(terrorism)...PPP has done a lot to keep him tied down but his slavery to zardari not too popular amongst teh rank and file...he now apparently wants todo another flipflop and jump into the next winning combination...however imran khan has told him that he wont tolerate his murder and crybaby routines and he must give up his criminal activities for good...!
Nov1-2011--Imran khan maybe opening a can of worms as Chaudhry Nisar says he is involved in spot fixing, betting,ball tampering and some say even drug smuggling...however both the PMLn and MQM saw the possibility of people swithching loyalties and were willing to jump from teh zardari to the imran khan camp...with imran khans popularity soaring and possible votes of teh PMLn and mqm the PPP coalition would be a soft target at best...thus Imran khan could become the next political supremo...

The Daily PakistanPolitics Oct 16-31, 2011

2011-10-17T13:05:00.067+05:00

Oct31-2011--six killed in US drone attack in north waziristan
Oct31-2011--with the PPP in sindh becoming almost a slave to the mqm out of fright and an inability to organize many see teh PPP being tumbled out of politics by the macho streetwise politicians...Imran khan has definitely knocked out teh PMln in lahore although the altaf show was a bit insipid as it focussed on their slavery to asif zardari...many suggest that altaf hussein was teh best example for the "pot calling teh kettle black"...at least teh sharifs came back and did not run away permanently like him...if going to jail is good than why does not he come back and serve his prison sentences...The imran khan views contain some confusion...asset statements for what...they serve no purpose...his willingness to deal with the americans head on is definitely different although one doubts that he will be able to persevere against the nasty meanness of teh americans...he also seems to have problems with economics...increasing taxes is just not too good a idea as all taxes cause price hikes...otherwise many feel that he might at least be able to explain his views having an oxford education...although the PMLn says he has already built a pound 700000 home from charitable contributions...his liking for the fata pukhtuns is admirable but explaining their violent attitudes is not...if he wont beg when in government than he will be able to keep teh peoples support...although the PPP could knock out some of his views by changing their policy on just drones...obviously if anyone prioritizes solutions to the electricity problems than some sanity could return to living in pakistan...not going to war with the people of pakistan is a good idea although he should realize that the army is needed in many aspects of foreign relations...his reputation of a right wing extremist and being indian natured many say still persists...his views on china and increasing taxation seem tobe similar to the PPP...many think he should hone his policies and not fall into typical policy fiasco areas like we will develop education and textiles and be friends with china and increase tax collections and have an independent foreign policy...it seems that he also wants to come into government and than attempt to develop some sort of governance politics
Oct30-2011--the general analysis is that the PPP has lost its ability to organize street protests and it has hired a london crazy to do its job...baber awan, firdous ashiq and rehman malik seem an ineffective unpopular trio flailing away at opponents...rehman malik had flown to london to arrange teh mqm meeting even before the PMLn meeting...so the hoopla against the shabaz invectives was also just a show... baber awan, khosa and sharjeel memon have been attacking teh PMLn for months now...many suggest that the PPP with its burning of PMLn offices, price and tax hikes and refusal to handle situations like teh floods, electricity and gas shortages is a danger for democracy as is teh mqm's ethnic seperatism/terrorism and suppression of political opponents of all kinds in karachi ...many doubt that teh PMLn can topple the PPP by january but others suggest that teh PPP might itself be ready for elections after the senate elections as teh PPP's minority mandate has expired with the death of nusrat bhutto...zardari many say has gained very little respect with his sindhi mentality and shabaz sharif only suggested that the people might hang him upside down if he did not move on...the PMLn now suggests that zardari means swiss/SGS corruption and is the public face of teh PPP's loot and plunder and the people in street protests could hang him upside down...Firdous ashiq awan negated her own thesis by calling shabaz sharif a mad man...with altaf also pro military coups an undemocratic event could easily however take place as the politicians getting over the threats of taleban terrorism...iftikahar chaudhry aproved the previous coup......however others think that the failed PPP governance is the probable cause and elections could be held sooner than later and political groups are starting to brandish their street power in the face of a PPP losing support at a much faster rate than earlier thought...many think that if the PMLn is game dissolving the punjab assembly and calling fresh elections in punjab early could finally burst teh PPP bubble...a spanner in teh wheel...could stop the wheel or break it...?
Oct30-2011--The mqm's anti punjabism came to teh fore quickly as they started to hype( on zardari's orders) about shabaz sharifs language...can altaf hussein comment on waseem akhters comment "mujra's going on in all punjabis homes"...shabaz sharif cant have been as dirty as the mqm methinks...zardari is known in the punjab as a zia ul haq spy let lose on teh unwary bhuttos...and is known on the internet by various epithets...both altaf and zardari often referred to as devils and jhinn/bhoots......altaf now can be called the naukar of jagirdar zardari...and his henchman rehman malik...? article 6 applies to the mqm tactics of attempted secession...and can hardly be applied to political rhetoric of any form or type...PPP and mqm seem unable to tolerate teh PMLn's mudslinging while willing to forget all the murders and terrorism committed in karachi by the PPP/MQM...
Oct29-2011--when the situation becomes troublesome test fire a missile was teh military governments solution as military brass stare into the sky...pakistan tested a multiple cruise missile launcher(ala the iranians...)pakistan they say has copied a US tomahawk cruise missile many of which landed in balochistan when over 400 were fired at afghanistan in a day
Oct29-2011--13 killed in south waziristan drone attack
Oct29-2011--the PMLn jalsa made headlines as the PPP worried about teh anti zardari tone...The PMLn did not suggest resignations but asked asif zardari an isolated sindhi with no influence elsewhere to move on before he is hanged upside down in street protests...asif zardari they say gets up at eight before his alcoholic groggy puffy eyed primeminister and rushes off in the official plane to karachi or sukkur or nawabshah...Gilani they say gets to his office around twelve......some started to talk about teh possibility of an egyptian style protest in parliament square islamabad but pakistanis not considerd too politically aware/adept to have that sort of perseverance to topple a government that way...many say the PMln wants elections soon while the PPP might be ready for them a year down the line..many say PMLn politics which has been hurt by the dengue outbreak and almost no populist policies like teh PPP needs to touch bases with their supporters who are becoming wary of the unreal nature of teh PPP and PMLn...many say that shahbaz sharif should realize that mosquito sprays needed in all surrounding lahore areas and teh rest of punjab too...federal government too should mount a polio like campaign to eradicate teh more troublesome dengue...
Oct28-2011--crime fighting nowshera SHO dies in a suicide blast while apparently travelling in a pajero...?
Oct28-2011--Rehman Malik seems to lack an understanding of democracy...is friendly with karachi terrorist altaf hussein but worried about a jalsa by teh PMLn(apparently only rehman malik and altaf hussein had any influence on karachis political killers...?)Altaf hussein has been behind almost all the troublemaking(violence,ethnic warfare,nogo areas,bomb blasts, terrorism, murders, killing) in karachi for teh last 23 years...altaf hussein the supposed ethnic revolutionary exiled in england for almost 15 years is now considered little more than a dum chala for the interior minister and the wadera type asif zardari...
Oct28-2011--Another zardari tax being initiated after the Rs4 on electricity...now they want another 40 billion from a new gas tax...
Oct28-2011--mullah nazeer brother and ten others killed in drone attack in north/south waziristan
Oct28-2011--Hilary Clinton continues to harp on a supposed dialogue which does not seem possible...unless pakistan has custody of mullah omar...the pakistanis influence if any has been severely undermined by their lack of influence on teh USA, taleban and drone attacks...a dialogue is usually initiated by contacts with the rivals as teh US well knows and they usually take place in neutral locations where the taleban would have complete protection...in the past the US has used various methods including direct talks with teh chinese and vietnamese...in this situation just initiating talks would be difficult with the US still on the warpath...if the haqqanis are influential than attacking them would be counterproductive too any negotiations...without their safety ensured who is going to come to teh talks..
Oct28-2011--many think that the railways minister is just trying to create opportunities for corruption...with 100 engines lying around he should order the engineers and workers to repair them...if it is that difficult get some help from the armies tank rebuild factory who have the knowhow to repair diesel engines...railway engines have just a diesel engine and a rotating mechanism...the railways has been repairing its own engines since 1947...they say railways have several places like moghulpura in lahore where engine repair is done...when railways has the capabilities to build and assemble engines than repairing should not be a difficult task...get to it bilour or go home...
Oct27-2011--intruding US helicopters fired upon 5 kilometers inside pakistan territory
Oct27-2011--BBC according to Dawn says that the pakistanis provide the afghan taleban with weapons and hiding places, training and suicide bombers...the information seems inaccurate as the taleban need to hide in afghanistan and with even google able to monitor everything a big training camp seems tobe out of teh question...
Oct27-2011--The federal government(read that sindh government) which has made divide and rule a constitutional provision now has four more ministries...National heritage and Integration,food security,disaster management, national regulations and services...Bijarani made minister for interprovincial coordination...the slow moving lethargy of the PPP evident in everything...many suggest that all these issues are the primeministers job and he clearly states that i cant handle my responsibilities..Gilani has been slow in handling most issues and usually sometimes after three years has the riposte ..i handled that too...he obviously hopped off on another foreign tour...Gilani's abilities seem little more than speech making in teh national assembly
Oct27-2011--two police officers involved in the kharotabad incident sacked despite evidence that they shot dead terrorists in cold blood...balochistan now has a winter capital--the lifeless gwadar and all cancer patients are treated free...?
Oct27-2011--workers particularly of teh state sector type are a vanishing and useless breed...it seems that they cant really run things or work efficiently...ie without new airplanes and vanishing railway engines(they had three hundred and are left with only 75)...maybe the loco shed workers should have their salaries tripled so that they can repair the engines...or get some retired railway workers back to make them work...the railways has been unable to handle engines and salary and pay for electricity...one railway pensioner died in lahore waiting for his pension
Oct26-2011--AJK CJ shot and injured as four die in lower Dir bomb blast
Oct26-2011--PMLn might be more amenable now to take along other parties such as teh likeminded PMLq, PMLq and teh JI or even the JUIf...many suggest that in a coup scenario or military toppling someone like Humayun Akhter Khan who is being propagated as a serious handler of issues might be become the frontal face of an ISI/military intrigue...PMLn seems able to handle PMLq-PPP joint candidates better as one of teh two is usually miffed at the others candidate
Oct26-2011--Saudi Arabia might soon have a new king as well as a crown prince as King Abdullah has medical problems too...longtime internal security handler Prince Nayef could soon be the king as he is supposedly to takeover as crown prince in the exceptionally large saudi royal family where rulers have dozens of children and wifes...
Oct26-2011--many suggest that the PPP is nearing teh end of its rule as despite not being short of funds railway pensioners who are generally old and frail made to wait days and nights at banks for their pensions...the last PPP regime was kicked out after reserves had fallen to 300 million dollars...
Oct26-2011--so frightened is the US of islamic villains rising from their graves that qaddhafi and son buried in a unlocateable desert grave...that follows the burial of ossama ben laden at sea...
Oct26-2011--The US says that afghans to hold talks with teh taleban...while US to provide operational guidelines and the villaineous pakistanis to force teh taleban to teh table..?
Oct26-2011--PPP government supporting moonis elahis extortion attempts say the ex FIA chief as reports disappear and accused allowed to flee teh country...says 630 million recovered while 420 milion still tobe recovered...the desperate Gilani apparently congratulated moonis elahi...?
Oct25-2011--u can now order a qurbani ka bakra home delivered on teh internet from symbios.pk while in lahore the government offers free airconditioned transport to goat selling points outside teh city...progress and development..eh..!!
Oct25-2011--Karzai and hilary clinton backtrack...karzai had said that they would fight the USA if they attacked pakistan and hilary had threatened pakistan with dire actions which many suggested to mean the breaking off aid and bombing fata...
Oct25-2011--Taseer murder case judge a shiite sent abroad after supposed potential threats...many say religious fanatics unable to provide any justification for murder on the basis of blasphemy...the governor who like many in teh PPP attempted tobe a liberal was not guilty of blasphemy and only urged sympathy for a christian woman accused...supposedly teh mqm has murdered over 150 policemen over teh last 15 years for participation in a campaign to subdue the mqm's destructive and murderous politics in karachi
Oct24-2011--with gas shortages already being felt teh sindhi natured regimes methods of controlling shortages will figure in how they are perceived...at the moment they seem tobe acting after rather than before with almost open attempts at strangling the punjab economy...The PMLn which is the strongest party in punjab is not known tobe frightened of the emerging challenger imran khan as they see that causing teh PPP more problems as the have been a diehard opponent of imran khan's cancer and bhakari politics...punjab usually is swayed by the party that is expected to win which causes votes to swing towards the most powerful punjab party...with teh center being turned into a useless military base the provinces are likely tobe ever more inclined to ethnic voting...
Oct24-2011--An indian lama helicopter strayed into pakistani territory for more than twenty kilometers before it was brought down...near skardu...however the militaries weakness strategically in the region saw it returned teh same day
Oct24-2011--Nusrat Bhutto an iranian socialite who led the initial resistance against Zia Ul haq's martial law died in Dubai...Not able to save her husband from the army she quit politics and lived in Dubai for most of teh time since 1982...Thus ends the Bhutto dynasty which despite the armies and muslim leagues murderous opposition survived in a way for almost forty years...she is the only one of teh bhutto family to die naturally...ZAB was nurtured by ayub khan with whom he split after teh tashkent agreement and formed the PPP at that time a relatively populist party which had almost no opposition initially...but industrialists/muslim leaguers/NAP/303(that he fired for corruption) worked for his elimination and teh PPP was steadily occupied by the wealthy agricultural class with workers/people only good for votes...methinks her worst decision was to make Benazir marry asif zardari who many think served as their nemesis..
Oct23-2011--Pakistan protests Hilary Clintons nasty comments and refuses to squeeze the haqqanis...?Pakistan ready to play ball and facilitate negotiations with no gaurantees...pakistan suggests that running the afghan army would require a billion rupees double that of teh pakistan army..one doubts that the US would fund an afghan army to that extent after teh US leaves and the pakistanis fear well equiped splinter groups forming in afghanistan...unless the taleban join the government and agree to behave in a disciplined manner things will be troublesome in afghanistan for a long time...
Oct23-2011--in the second gujranwala led violent protests students set on fire teh education board building after days of protests...The punjab government asked all boards to reexamine teh papers of intermediate part 1 2011...gujranwala had also led the power riots recently
Oct23-2011--The PPP regime which is at best grappling with one issue after another issued 4 billion to the railways after protests...the railways will probably need a minimum of 20-30 billiont o run on teh present pattern...The PPP wants to hoard the government revenues while suggesting other means for railways to earn money...railway workers who used to repair engines quite efficiently seem to be not working properly...The government should force changes in management and maintenance procedures...or bring back some british railway management experts who designed teh system or even retired pakistani railway officials to keep the engines moving
Oct23-2011--Aftab Sultan becomes the inefficient IB's head
Oct23-2011--Chaudhry Nisar moves SC on improper appointment of teh NAB chief
Oct22-2011--with zardari supporters being kicked out by the qaim group many suggest that zardari is aiming for his mildish sister to takeover as sindh chief minister...the PPP has been unable to handle teh sindh situation and in teh fourth year they are yet to see any understanding for their pro mqm policy...PPP afraid of putting up a party candidate against zulfikar mirza's son as there is teh pressure of fehmida mirza as well
Oct22-2011--In another fiasco reports suggest that Hilary Clinton raved and ranted at the pakistani PM and military bosses and wanted action in days and weeks...The pakistanis who are known for their bigheaded nature are now in a fix as they have little or no influence on the haqqanis or the taleban...many suggest that gilani or zardari had earlier suggested that the taleban would be dealt with in six months...three or four years later the situation is somewhat better on teh terrorism front but not on the economic/taleban fronts and most kiyani scenarios have not materialised...many say that teh ISI suggested that the americans fight their own battles in afghanistan as the pakistanis were wary of crossing even teh afghan border...threats that seem tobe looming are american aerial bombardments and obviously the usual stoppage of aid...the americans continue to think that we are subjugated minions not willing to obey orders...
Oct22-2011--In another major change teh PPP regime fell off its high horse and acquitted Moonis Elahi who had ripped off NICL to the tune of over 320 million...
Oct22-2011--In a major change the remaining zardari loyalist the IG sindh was transfered to the position of IG motorway...with a reputation for killing politicians means that politicians had better be wary of travelling on his highways...Wajid Durrani has been on the transfer track since he was IG islamabad...initially he was made DG IB but that was quickly changed to the less innocuous position...a new DG IB has also taken over who might hopefully be better than the first two PPP appointees who have been utter failures in their jobs
Oct21-2011--PMLn opposition leader to raise teh issue of a lack of consultation in real terms in the SC...Asif zardari said he had not raised teh issue of teh Admirals corruption...everybody now regards admirals tobe quite corrupt..many suggest that chaudhry nisar had asked for an intelligence assessment of teh admiral but had been denied access...!!
Oct21-2011--with Irsa hell bent on reducing hydel power generation teh PPP finally took a step to ease electricity shortages by involving teh wapda chief in teh water release decision making...many have urged a strategy of giving electricity generation priority over conserving dam water for needless agriculture especially in teh winter months...
Oct21-2011--The pakistan army finally went after the bara terrorists killing 34 and losing five soldiers...The pakistan army seems reluctant to take action in the more open areas while perfectly happy to fight in teh remoter places
Oct21-2011--As the US loses friends willing to fight a losing war morally in afghanistan Hilary Clinton still thinks the solution lies in the pakistan army attempts at thrashing its own tribals..many suggest that teh US really needs a Henry Kissinger who would have been ready to parachute into the taleban stronghold in kandahar..even Condoleeza Rice was a better strategist...many suggest that teh US look for a male secretary of state...One tv channel referred to Hilary Clinton insultingly as pakistan ki saas...mother in laws never have good relations with pakistan...the only way is for teh american army to fight it out in afghanistan...no real safe haven has been found in the pakistani tribal areas yet...although one does wonder where all teh trucks of ammunition are coming from...the taleban have made the US and pakistan look like ordinary fighters with small groups embarassing and doing enough damage to keep the US interested or hooked ..the US should look at teh Nato strategy in libya where they stopped bombing the day qaddafi died...The US has to clear its head of confusion and realize that Ossama is dead and there mission accomplished...move on many say...no outside country has ever rebuilt another country and the help wanted to "fight build and talk" seems a lame argument...u can only talk or fight...
Oct21-2011--They say Gilani trembling in his boots as Hilary called teh ISI a bunch of crooks led by teh bahawalpuri badmash...!!!Hilary threatened the taleban in afghanistan that they should be ready for a fight soon as teh wobbly legged US army wants to get home quickly...many suggest that if teh US army had gone after teh taleban in their strongholds things might have been different...The US army would have been back home or the taleban decimated...many think she is trying to frighten the pakistanis into backing out from supporting teh taleban...
Oct20-2011--As the PPP seems tobe losing support in teh punjab at a much faster rate than previously imagined raja riaz, latif khosa and sharjeel memon(all three generally anti punjab) play teh corruption card against the troubled dengue inflicted shabaz sharif and the ever more popular nawaz sharif...sharif senior many say failed to get teh support of teh PMLq and MQM even for a non PMLn premier...they forget that raja riaz was a senior minister in the PMln cabinet during teh sasti roti scheme which failed to gain popularity due to it being lahore based and not universal...spemding ten billion per year on providing teh poor with affordable roti would be more a PPP scheme than an industrialists charity sop to the people...almost similar to the PPP's BISP which does not cover even a minor portion of teh poverty stricken...such schemes are selective and not based on teh entire populations needs...it would be much better to reduce prices for electricity, wheat and milk...
Oct20-2011--Gilani says Rehman Malik lying about plot to kidnap Bilawal...many suggest that Gilani might be behind some recent criminal events...others suggest that sindhs emerging strongman phoned zardari...return him to dubai or...
Oct20-2011--Gilani has an upside down mind...he does'nt listen to altaf hussein asking for military intervention and a crooked mohajir revolution but finds it troubling when teh PMLn tries to prick the gilani-zardari dictatorship by suggesting that elections be held or the punjab asembly be dissolved for new elections there at least...it is democratic to ask for new elections but criminal to even suggest military coups like teh crooked matawast tabqati altaf hussein...the people are already fed up with the revolutionaries like Gilani,zardari, taleban, mqm etc. and dont want anymore of the kind who can only mean more trouble for the populace...many suggest that the punjabis should be wary of the crooked anti punjabis like latif khosa,altaf hussein and baber awan...
Oct19-2011--As the US increased drone attacks and the US military buildup continued across from north waziristan Kiani told a group of parliamentarians that he did not have a plan how to counter a US aerial and ground assault or even a sneak commando raid but hoped teh US would stay away from pakistans internal areas...upto now teh US has not obeyed kianis orders and left them stupefied without a reaction as they raided abbottabad...many are suggesting that the army and airforce have clear plans to counter any attack whether from the US, afghanistan , india or taleban...The DG military operations says that 80 % of the indian armed force is lined up on our borders including seven of their nine commands and three strike corps and 81% of their forward bases...many have suggested that the indian SU 30 aircraft can penetrate pakistan easily against teh slow pakistan air defence mechanism..one parliamentary committee refused to attend teh briefing saying it should have been held in the national assembly
Oct18-2011--In the bara area 14 militants killed and 9 Fc men...In orakzai militants kill five in an ambush
Oct18-2011--load shedding restarts as outflows from dams are restricted and gilani(phir andon pe beth gaya...)
Oct18-2011--railway workers block train movements for ten hours on teh context of non payment of salaries...The PPP apparently cant run many things...the power system...the sindhi-mohajir divide in karachi, terrorism--interior minister says he only protects vip's...price hikes,the railways which can at best run a few trains for tourism safaris...obviously frightened to even starighten out the provinces even when they are on killing sprees...obviously appointments have been a big problem to them as they continuously run out of shiites...ie from multan...and monetary allocations from teh budget...bari takleef hoti he sindhyon ko agar punjab ko kuch allocate ho jaye...handling the USA, india and afghanistan has always been a problem anyway...than there are drones , baloch liberation movements, hazaras killings, cross border attacks by fazlullah...? really the PPP should realize that things dont solve themselves...
Oct18-2011--The opposition leader to move teh SC on the incomplete process of an admiral being appointed to the NAB...the article 6 suggests that a lt general can be made the head of NAB but not an admiral(sic)...zardari probably also does not know the meaning of lt. general ie apart from consultation...what teh sindhis do at petaro is now apparent to everyone...
Oct17-2011--railway workers who wont repair locomotives and are probably also looting electricity threaten to shutdown the railways which the pukhtun minister who is literally trying to destroy a supposedly vital means of transport especially cargo...as electricity is disconnected to stations and railway colonies
Oct17-2011--The uneducated Zardari could not handle consultancy with the opposition leader as usual...they go to extreme lengths to consult and pamper altaf hussein(unconstitutionally) but cannot follow a simple constitutional obligation...as usual the sindhi natured PPP cannot do anything right...In a sneak and underhand manner the controversial Fasih Bokhari took office in the middle of the night...considered a stubborn mule by nawaz sharif no apparent consultation was visible but the dubiousness of chaudhry Nisar who is being wooed by teh PPP and teh dengue victim shahbaz sharif seem tobe backing off from taking the issue to the SC...The PPP practices its dictatorial nature and deviousness on the PMLn for no apparent reason...while going the extra mile with crooks such as altaf hussein and the mqm...
Oct17-2011--The altaf hussein challenge to teh PMLn and a deflated PPP in the punjab was launched on the basis of lies that cases against him were political...obviously he would have been back home by now if the cases were not based on his criminal actions...he tried to woo the army which the mqm was bitterly opposed to and at war with in karachi...many suggest that altaf hussein is the most cowardly political leader in the country...many others also ran away but they had the courage to come back when teh situation changed...That included asif zardari, benazir, Nawaz, Shabaz, mustafa khar etc....nobody ran away for good and than claimed that they were middle class when many of their mna's are industrialists...which matawast tabka leader runs politics from london...he obviously does not realize that in punjab only dogs, thieves and djinns gp out at night...many suggest that altaf hussein locks himself up in an apartment in london rarely going out during night or day...In punjab the mohajir support is based mostly on east punjabis and kashmiris who are generally followers of nawaz sharif also a mohajir...however here the immigrants remained loyal to pakistan and the muslim league as opposed to karachi where they had loyalty only for religious and ethnic groups and opposed the military and police but were friendly with coup plotters...most urdu speakers and biharis ran off to karachi from the punjab ...so altaf can at best bank on teh support of some mohajir concentrations such as in islamabad and probably other migrants to punjab such as pukhtuns and tribals...many doubt that he can challenge the three bigger parties in the punjab but will obviously try to get a few seats off the PPP thru charity and threats of troublemaking in karachi
Oct16-2011--Zardari who is supposedly very cooperative in karachi turns into a stubborn mule when he arrives in islamabad...while perfectly happy to fly off to london and telephone/negotiate with ethnic terrorists like altaf hussein he does not even talk to or even meet the opposition leader who lives in rawalpindi what to talk of discussing an important appointment
Oct16-2011--around 3000 people in fata have been killed in drone attacks which are supposedly jointly managed by teh CIA and the ISI
Oct16-2011--pakistani airstrikes kil 10 in orakzai while US drone strikes kill three in south waziristan

The Daily Pakistanpolitics Oct 1-15, 2011

2011-10-02T14:09:00.075+05:00

Oct15-2011--Fiza Gilani challenges benazirs position apparently in a government advert...she is known as quite a heavy fraudster after having a 200 million loan written off by ADB for companies that were just a front for the loans
Oct15-2011--In another drone attack four tribals are killed
Oct15-2011--many are labelling Admiral fasih Bokhari as corrupt as teh opposition leader called for selecting a NAB chief from an agreed panel by consensus...apparently Fasih told the prime minister that he was willing to give his entire wealth for the position...Gilani responded that i have already made billions...many suggest that Fasih emphasized that he would straighten out each and every politician
Oct15-2011--In a shock decision teh PPP increased electricity prices by upto 70% for median users and 35% for top level consumers in former wapda areas...punjab which will have to foot upto 70% of the electricity bill is seeing teh anti punjab animosity of the PPP in a clearer light as electricity prices are not raised for karachi...former wapda companies will approximately make upto 500 billion per year which apparently seems tobe callous and shocking...ie if it is not just for one month...even that amounts to around 40 billion in extra payments for consumers this month...That after mehsud indicated that wapda companies had over 92 billion in reserves..it is also shocking in the context that electricity from hydel is maximum during the month
Oct15-2011--The PPP barely survived a split in sindh as the Zulfikar mirza group backed down after the mqm agreed not to change teh status quo on local bodies...Both PPP and mqm are undemocratic as far as sindh is concerned and are subduing dissidents with the capacity to form opposition parties or groups who are opposed to the zardari clans policies...mqm has incarcerated afaq ahmed again as the PPP attempts to force zulfikar mirza out of politics
Oct14-2011--defeating the PPP-PMLq candidate PMLn candidate wins PPP-220 by election...support for the PPP-PMLq is falling steadily as they are seen as not solving peoples problems and only working for the rich..the PPP also seen as anti punjab and having strange policies viz the terrorist mqm...
Oct14-2011--ayesha malik supposedly a shabaz sharif daughter in law accused of kidnapping filipino maids child...given bail by LHC...no reason assigned for kidnapping maids child
Oct14-2011--war continues in the tribal areas with military killing five in shabqadar and mohmand
Oct14-2011--crazy PPP regime prone to sitting on money like banias(hoping that the money will lay eggs to pay for IMF loans...?) and needed projects and imports are left dangling hoping that gas will not fall short for even the minor domestic needs...
Oct14-2011--five die in mastung coalmine explosion
Oct14-2011--US drones kill ten militants in fata attacks including jamil haqqani a member of teh haqqani clan..US follows opposing paths in the war with hilary saying that they wanted talks with haqqanis and the cia killing them..the haqqani network says the USA is not sincere and talks should be held with the top taleban leaders only
Oct14-2011--PMLn rejects Admiral Fasih as NAB chairman on procedural grounds...PPP has shown an inability to discuss things with the opposition leader although willing to talk with terrorists and extortionists for personal gains
Oct14-2011--The national assembly saw some fiery attacks from the oppositionn leader when he accused the mqm of being a terrorist and fascist party with a militant wing involved in extortion, murders and creating nogo areas...The mqm members went wild and crazy ...this was in response to their attacking zulfikar mirza in the national assembly...The PPP which uses the mqm as an attack dog in karachi has refused to acknowledge the mqm's extortion related killings in karachi... Chaudhry Nisar despite having military connections accused the PPP of turning the DHA into a land mafia...he also referred to rumours that asif zardari had asked teh USA to stop a coup a week after the abbottabad attack...and offered to change the military top brass...panetta's statement that pakistan poses a real threat to US interests shows the type of relations that pakistan has with the USA while martin dempsey was more realistic suggesting pakistan, afghanistan and africa posed real problems
Oct13-2011--India is not a good trading partner stopping supplies such as cotton when LC's had been opened and only picking up goods such as cheap cement from pakistan...The balance can hardly be in our favour...ZAB also like Asif Zardari made the mistake of emphasizing trade...he opened 400 items for trade and teh indians immediately swamped teh markets and trade was restricted again...now thousands of items are allowed...trade is not important as india is not going to solve any problems that way...MFN to a bad trading partner is hardly a principled decision...india has shown no inclination to solve any of the real problems...
Oct13-2011--PMLn shying away from confrontation on NAB appointee...Nawaz sharif and chaudhry Nisar should meet the appointee before making a decision ...many say that nawaz sharif suggested that the admiral is extremely stubborn
Oct13-2011--In what seems to suggest that the PPP is tired of being in government they try again to shut down commercial areas at sundown and go off on two day holidays...load shedding must be shared by everyone not only the non vip's...the government, vips, elite, army and industrial sectors must share the burden to ease the situatiojn...The PPP regime has the nasty habit of foisting all problems onto the people when they have no ideas how to tackle them...since most of the electricity is used by the industrial sector their staggered holidays must be significant enough to cause load shedding tobe reduced...government should ask all industrial users or high end users to arrange their own power and fuel supplies...reduction in demand creation should also be enforced by reduction in housing estates, new industries in useless sectors..shutting down high end users for a longer duration and all street lights and neon/ad lighting...power stations should be allowed to arrange their own fuel supplies and all petroleum supply companies should be allowed to import furnace oil...many suggest that the governments take teh lead and clear all their own bills first
Oct12-2011--three nato oil tankers set on fire in dasht killing two
Oct12-2011--a case has been filed in teh LHC accusing yusuf raza gilani of spending over Rs500 million of government funds on his homes in lahore and multan..it also accuses other leaders of keeping assets abroad plundered from public money...LHC CJ asked respondents to submit their assets in and out of teh country
Oct12-2011--one killed as rockets fired at government compound in orakzai during visit of KP governor
Oct12-2011--controversial zaka ashraf whom the SC wanted removed from his post as he was not a banker apparently appointed PCB head...zaka ashraf apparently wrote of the 200 million loan that gilanis wife took to setup non existent plants...loan taken during the military rule of zia ul haq...SC however also moved to take notice of irregularities and corruption during the tenure of zaka ashraf at the ADB
Oct11-2011--reports suggest that shabaz sharif's police officials terrorized a women and her daughter who claims tobe the wife of hamza shabaz...infact they had an ATC judge arrest her for terrorism...The LHC released teh women and ordered an inquiry against the ATC judge...
Oct11-2011--The current stoppage of load shedding is just due to the conditions and fright of punjab possibly going haywire says naveed qamar suggesting that no pro people measures are going tobe taken if demand rises...many suggest the stoppage of needless construction projects in the housing, building,commercial and industrial sector and they only be allowed if they setup their own power plants...PPP will have to organise the next elections during the end year period to avoid complaints about electricity...the PPP a pretty crazy organisation wants praise for doing their job and that too after riots...if they had invested in bhasha in 2008 it would be near completion now ...neither has any housing been built at the bhasha site nor the needed new road...in fact most people say that the remote site will also have worker problems all of whom will have tobe imported from nwfp
Oct11-2011--The PPP which only opposes baloch militants and taleban and those also it avoids handling suggests that parties involved in the karachi mayhem kick out militant groups...The PPP which is friendly with one of the most militant organisation in teh country involved in murders and terrorist acts all over teh country is unable to deal with that openly...
Oct11-2011--Zulfikar Mirza's peoples aman committee was banned by the interior minister which bodes ill for other terrorist organisations such as the mqm, anp, ST etc...many say that the people who donot want criminals in the mqm are themselves heading terrorist groups...others say that the malee ankh group led by khurshid shah and sharjeel memon could join zulfikar mirza in a splinter sindh PPP group which could attract twenty to thirty mpa's...the sindh PPP has upto now not had a real split with senior leaders unable to capitalise on differences with benazir...zulfikar mirza is the first to get teh support of over twenty mpa's...but sindh PPP members are still frightened of the bhutto powerbase in sindh which literally turns power brokers into dust...many are however unable to get along with the pro mohajirism of teh zardari clan...
Oct11-2011--The controversial suggestion of making a retired admiral who must be around 70 years old the NAB chief got mired in trouble as it was revealed that he had problems with nawaz sharif over musharaf's appointment as well as navy matters...many suggest that the admiral is possibly a relative of asif zardari...!ostensibly appointed by nawaz sharif as naval chief he should have been a shu in but the possibility of his being a zardari relative and having been at odds with nawaz sharif are problems...obviously musharaf could not get along with him either and he did not last long even in a military regime...!
Oct10-2011--four bullet riddled bodies found in khuzdar...kurram tribes agree to reopen tal-parachinar highway...one killed in three blasts in troubled baloch areas..transporter amongst four shot dead in karachi
Oct10-2011--Zulfikar Mirza bounces back with his aman committee amid allegations of corruption against his colleagues/mqm and suggests that altaf hussein the cowardly englishman study what he has been doing for the last 22 years...says manzoor wasan has started selling thana's...he vilified the frightened zardari for his inept policies...The mqm countered by saying his family came from georgia...!!
Oct10-2011--senate elections which the PPP aims to dominate at any cost have caused a PMLq dissident to suggest that the punjab assembly be dissolved...this could result in new elections in the punjab in ninety days or governor rule...new elections in the punjab could wipe out teh PPP and reduce their senate seats by upto three or four...PPP also looking for fata senate seats which it probably wont get unless it gives the fata mna's ten ministries...some suggest that punjab elections could confuse teh PPP into calling early elections and bringing a sensible government into power...many suggest that the PPP has been criminal in causing incessant load shedding,refusing to control karachi mayhem, terrorism and literally destroying teh countries economy by looting trillions...PPP responds that the sharifs have literally looted the punjab treasury thru sasti roti(10 billion) and have been unable to control dengue with defogging only in a few areas in the badfly affected punjab
Oct10-2011--In another confusing move Zardari offers to appoint a sleepy looking retired admiral as NAB chairman and offers consultation to the opposition leader...the judiciary and opposition wanted a judge appointed rather than a military man....
Oct9-2011--two anp workers shot dead in karachi
Oct9-2011--with inflation overall still very high government eases interest rates to 12%
Oct8-2011--In another demonstartion of mqm's cruel murderous nature a journalist was murdered in lahore whose brothers online newspaper The London Post printed a story that the british police had stopped altaf hussain from escaping to south africa as the noose tightened supposedly around the mqm killers of imran farook...who voluntarily went into pakistan police custody...
Oct8-2011--nawaz sharif urged the mqm to hand over its indian trained terrorists who had brought the pathetic sindh government almost to its knees...many notice the similarities between the indian terrorist ajmal pahari who eliminated 100 people and ajmal kasab...many say contract killers literally roamed around karachi asking people if they wanted someone killed...however nawaz sharif seems confused on the issue of new provinces which most provinces and people dislike...kiani and sindhi ministers have been talking about "maily ankhen bhore denge" literally a criminal act in itself...why should punjab be divided when teh constitution and people oppose it...
Oct8-2011--After three years of almost continuous load shedding and price hikes the unpopular people duping gilani says he has suddenly controlled load shedding...This ocurred after extreme load shedding riots in punjab which many say were designed to divide the punjab along seraiki-punjabi lines...many suggest that gilani-zardari-kiani have a deep cruelty motivated animosity against the people almost on the lines of the taleban suicide bombings...Gilani after doing literally nothing(apart from the vanishing money trail) for three years now says he will speed up power projects...also announced that the bhasha dam already started by musharaf five years ago will be restarted again...no major work has been carried out on the dam barring the building of a wapda residential colony...dam work to start many say in two years and could be completed by 2019-2020..many say the dam became popular again amongst the sindhi rulers after two years of destructive flooding in sindh...
Oct7-2011--WHO says dengue is not a killer disease which demonstrates the absymal quality of healthcare in pakistan and that the deaths are probably due to other causes...
Oct7-2011--In what can best be stated tobe enmity with the people the PPP regime announces wind power tariff at an astronomical high rate of 14.66 cents...wind power does not require any fuel and the rate can at best be described as criminal...
Oct7-2011--PMLn national assembly leaders and some from the PMLq-likemminded, fata and JUI also held a token sitin at the presidency whose occupant they regard as the troublemaker in chief who has guided the PPP to nothingness...
Oct7-2011--The Supreme Court inits decision on how to handle the karachi situation completely avoided the actual issue and roamed around suggesting various administrative issues...it said banning the troublemaker in chief the mqm is not its job but that of the federal government...there has been no evidence of police politisization in karachi against teh mqm which in fact has not even been troubled after the police and rangers were reactivated...the sindh government wants to blame the ST and JSQM which are minor political groups...The PPP has denied participation in killings but not in bhatta gathering while teh mqm and ANP have agreed that they have participated in both ethnic warfare and bhatta gathering...The ST and JI have also denied gathering bhatta...If the sindh government does not act against the actual troublemakers which are rehman malik, mqm, sindh government and ANP and possibly killers directed from the presidency than the silence of teh lambs is a better description of teh SC decision...The police and rangers quickly controlled things when rehman malik and the mqm were thrown out of the equation showing the influence of the perpretrators...television descriptions of bhatta gatherers show the type of people involved...criminal elements should be handled normally by the police and political involvements should be handled by the sindh regime...rumours of huge amounts kept overseas by the mqm, its governor, altaf hussein point to some of the participants in karachis criminal bhatta groups...most of the political violence has been between rehman malik's non judicial killers, ST and the mqm plus the lyari gangs which were initially controlled by PPP supporters such as rehman dacait etc...The police should act aginst all troublemakers...In the old days the police had a list of ghundas who were picked up whenever something happened in their areas...now police want the people to think that target killers and land mafia and bhatta gatherers were the cause of the problem and not ethnic warfare including ethnic cleansing...typecasting problems and solutions for political purposes will not solve anything unless the police act against all criminals irrespective of whether they belong to the mqm or not...The sindh government should display some courage and initiate actions on all troublemakers and criminals...
Oct6-2011--Things many say moved quickly after the PMLn reached an agreement with the PMLq and Mqm to launch a no confidence vote against what many see as a reluctant two timing lame duck primeminister...Gilani has been slow and dancing to crisis after crisis rather than following a a pro people agenda...however the PPP has a lot to offer to the mqm and the PMlq which could theoretically be wiped out in the next elections
Oct6-2011--In what might be a belated reaction to a disjointed sifarishi naval chief who could not handle things appropriately..Asif Sandila appointed naval chief...navy more in the news due to the orion attack on a karachi naval airbase where one gunman probably destroyed an airbase and attacks by probable rebels on naval transport vehicles...navy however put up a good show in handling a few flood relief camps...reports suggest that one of teh reasons that the mqm jumped back into the government could be the superceding of eight mohajir major generals by general Kiani who preferred the more stable punjabis
Oct6-2011--four shot dead in quetta by motor cycle gunmen
Oct6-2011--In another about turn the drugged looking mqm rejoined the government as the PMLq backed out of resigning from the government...that is the result of the almost coordinated riots that broke out in punjab as the PPP deliberately mocked the punjab with 12-16 hours of electricity load sheddings...while teh PMLn jumped into the fray attempting to stay on the peoples side the PPP backed out from its disastrous policy of deriding the punjab and its leaders...however the mqm and PMLq politics was hit for a six and they subsided into the position of mere hangers on...The PPP quickly realised that it had no choice but to drag along the chaudhris and the mohajirs for any chance of surviving the next elections...although there were some whinings from the PMLq legislators of attempts at replacing the conniving conspiracy prone chaudhry shujaat... The PMLn also happy tobe a bit more violent than their usual nature...The sindh government took the greatest risk as the mqm in the government has always meant trouble in karachi...but probably zulfikar mirza's exit makes its an ordinary affair...whether the dubious qaim ali shah can control the ethnic warmongers still remains in doubt...
Oct5-2011--soldier killed in a missile attack in south waziristan and a hotel set on fire at the gomal dam site
Oct5-2011--The Dawn says the US has stopped all military and non military aid and the pakistan government has not responded by ending its slavish relationship...Karzai too went on an anti pakistan india visit as he was unshackled from teh pro pakistan burhannudin rabbani...making many feel that india may be involved in both afghan and quetta violence...many feel it is high time that the military changed any US source of hardware such as helicopters and f-16s...the government can change to european models and even russian...The relationship with teh US is highly flawed and completly counter productive for pakistan...depending on the USA is just more trouble
Oct5-2011--The PMLq and Mqm both with very little leverage on teh PPP also started to actup as PMlq legislators handed over their resignations..however by the evening it started to look like nura kushti with teh pro establishment PMLq not expected to get out of government however many feel that the PMlq wants more senate seats and teh Mqm wants its karachi oppponents like afaq ahmed kept in jail...
Oct5-2011--14 hazaras shot dead near quetta in an attack on a bus
Oct5-2011--The sindhi federal ministers of power and petroleum had better realize that people are sick and tired of their incompetence...while the PPP backed down quickly it is apparent that the country is drifting without any control process...This is just like the abbottabad incident when the military was left watching as the americans invaded and left them a laughing stock for the weary public...riots which were spreading quickly in the punjab as the PPP regime choked off electricity supplies subsided as the government changed priorities and restored some generation...punjab is not like karachi and will take action both on the street and at the ballott boxes
Oct4-2011--In what is being seen here as a deliberate attempt to destabilize the punjab... riots broke out as the PPP government choked electricity supplies across the punjab ...initially the riots were seen as the work of raja riaz while some saw the hand of the terrorist mqm while some said they were spontaneous eruptions against government high handedness..however even Nawaz Sharif belatedly asked his workers to join the protests...there have been rumours that raja riaz was planning violent protests...a reluctant Nawaz Sharif who is seen as an establishment type with a lack of knowledge of economics and even how Wapda worked until the military snuffed it out...The PPP regime like Nawaz Sharif has been choking funds from key priority areas as the primeminister refuses to handle the country and its economics. Gilani is a small town leader frightened of straightening out errant and slow plodding ministers...Gilani lacks public support and is not too keen to even take an interest in teh countries public problems primarily electricity, gas and price hikes...however the riots caused the PPP regime to quickly change tack...a solid wapda type organisation would not allow so many power stations to be taken out of production at once...however the ministry of Power and a divided public and private generation system has no system wide managers to ease problems...many suggest that teh international donor driven wrong policies of privatisation and price hikes and subsidised private power houses has caused a stalling of teh system as teh government is unable to understand how to tackle the problem due many think to a lack of ability...Gilani only understands politics and does not know what todo about anything else causing a slowness of governance and decision making...
Oct3-2011--electricity load shedding of an unimaginable proportion caused widespread tensions and riots in punjab while lahore saw the burning of a lesco office and police vehicles...load shedding in most places was almost 12 hours and available electricity had fallen below 10000 MW...This is the result of one must say the crazy sindhis and seraikis who are allowing the situation to worsen day by day...they must realize that teh situation can only improve if they do something about it and a radical change in policy is one of teh many options...the system of a private power sector propped up by the government and the rest managed by state utilities is not working and teh government must do something about it...nobody is going to come running to help...the ministry of power and the private sector has been unable to control things ever since teh dismantling of Wapda which one must say managed things creditably...prices of electricity have since skyrocketed but load shedding has gone up steadily ...management of things in a system including the money minting private sector, state sector and PSO with governments refusing to cough up resources is almost like assuring a systems destruction...the government should go back to a system of being managed by a Wapda like entity with full control...private power sector should also be allowed to work onits own as teh government cant manage it with subsidies...electricity is now more important than agriculture and water and gas management...gas to industries is a total wastage and must be shifted to electricity production...CNG stations must be shut down for good and the private sector/power stations be allowed to import fuel themselves...priorities have tobe changed with a changing situation...the private sector just cant manage a system that they know nothing about and experienced power engineers be made the heads of power utilities...resources must be quickly arranged the government sector must pay their bills...in the extreme a nationalisation of the power sector be thought about...the country must use its own resources and the governments should stop federal and provincial investment in sectors that can be managed by teh private sector...governments should realize that the funding of the state sector is necessary just as the private sector which gets loans for every project from banks...one has not seen any private sector that has been funded by personal resources...even teh biggest private sectors use bank loans for expansion...if some sector is in the state sector than its needs have tobe managed thru revenues...education, housing, roads, textiles can all be managed thru the private sector without need of state funds...priorities must be based on teh countries needs...u cant create more electricity requirements and not invest in the power generation sector...
Oct3-2011--afghanistan says that the rabbani killer came from chaman while the pakistanis respond by saying that he was an afghan insider who stayed at a government guest house and the handler an afghan who had been roaming around kabul and kandahar
Oct2-2011--four policemen killed in an IED bomb attack in mansehra
Oct2-2011--Pakistani diplomacy collapsed again as afghanistan now wants talks with pakistan as it accuses teh ISI of eliminating burhannudin rabanni
Oct2-2011--In a seemingly hasty move an ATC judge sentenced to death Mumtaz Qadri...this can be seen in the context of the benazir murder which is still in court...protestors burnt tires , damaged vehicles and tore the benazir picture at her memorial
Oct1-2011--With all the gadgetry from space, ground and drones aswell as ground troops and artillery admiral Mullen unable to explain how fighters come from pakistan to strike hundreds of miles away...obviously teh US admiral is using the haqqani network for propaganda purposes to subdue an underdog pakistan which is unable to even protest properly teh americans enmity...many suggest that pakistan too should use tough and harsh language for teh US to carryout its financial obligations otherwise there is nothing in the relationship for pakistan
Oct1-2011--a drone kills three including a mullah nazir militant showing that there are hardly any alqaeda left in fata and most of them are low order taleban mostly involved in the tribal areas...while three including twom levis men shot dead in kalat
Oct1-2011--militaries financial shenanigans highlighted as three ex NLC generals tobe tried for stock market scams
Oct1-2011--instead of the french paying commissions to pakistani scum it might seem that pakistan may have been paying french senior politicians for military deals...
Oct1-2011--suspicious US embassy construction site sealed in I-9

The Daily Pakistanpolitics Sep15-30, 2011

2011-09-17T15:23:00.057+05:00

Sep30-2011--"we'll just say it was a drone attack" is the conclusion of the much hyped APC...The frightened army and ISI chiefs only called for a verbal clobbering but the politicians were even tamer frightened of the failing political, financial and military power of muslims worldwide...they however claimed that the tribals were pakistanis and they would try to talk some sense to them after the military operations have all but failed to end the tribal rebellion/insurgency...other reports suggest that the ANP is a shoe shiner and that its afrasiab khattak told the americans that the haqqanis were treated specially or differently by teh ISI and they lived in peshawar and rawalpindi cantonment and not north waziristan..however still other reports suggest that rehman malik told teh americans who funded the haqqanis since teh ISI did'nt...which turn out tobe afghan bussinessmen...only one baloch party thought that the ISI could solve teh afghan issue in a month..(laughable)...The ISI chief however distanced himself from involvement in any fighting in afghanistan and said they only treated teh haqqanis differently as they were ready to talk peace...(just like the pakistanis with india on kashmir)..he advised a dialogue between the troublemakers the USA and the peacemakers the Haqqanis...!!two baloch parties did not attend saying that ISI/Zardari refused to negotiate with the baloch rebels...pakistan has not received much from kerry lugar aid and the military alleged that the USA was not even making coalition support payments(not that the US is much of a coalition partner..(many say that the USA behaves like the mqm...willing to provide buses one day and burn them the next...and no to afaq ahmed(their haqqani))
Sep29-2011--The tottering rubbery(pakistan only contains multan) primemister has called an APC finally after being unable to handle US pressure on teh Haqqani network...whether the politicians can really identify issues and decide to retaliate directly rather than just verbally(as in the case of drones)...if teh US attacks militarily is doubtful given teh militaries vulnerabilities and the politicians weaknesses individually...however many see Gilani as the PPP's biggest mistake yet...just as musharaf was nawaz sharifs biggest mistake and zial ul haq zulfikar ali bhuttos biggest mistake...however the military may now be ready to follow orders and retaliate if the US attacks even though admiral Mullen has backed out and now wants a joint attack on the haqqani safe heavens...The US government given Obama's losing popularity has also backed down form calling teh haqqanis a veritable(real) arm of teh ISI as pictures of jalaluddin haqqani having visited teh white house appeared on facebook...many regard teh ISI as a corrupt, thieving and extortionist organisation(whether that is for espionage purposes or just a terroristic nature)...is used to claiming events all over teh world with even the nepal maoist leader having said that teh ISI offered them funding...however it is said to have event organizing capabilities and some undercover capabilities...however its dubious reputation as a coup plotter and organizing military regimes relatively successfully and running a long list of politicians are its popular aspects in matters of governance...In the recent past it has been accused of kidnapping people or even having them vanish from teh face of the earth...many suggest that the ISI has onits payroll people who have long been dead and it would most probably be able to run group leaders rather than group activities...but it is said tobe able to provide supposed experts in various fields to government as well as various state sectors...rumours have however been persistent in claiming that the military/ISI have long range capabilities inside afghanistan...usually army chiefs cannot be appointed without teh ISI rubber stamp...nowadays however the army chief is a former ISI chief and the current ISI chief is seen as a dubious aspirant as a Kayani loyalist or protege...an ISI chief is usually a two year appointment however as Pasha was promoted after being almost totally superceded he has been able to keep his post due to the extraordinary extension given to kayani for three years...It thus becomes a referendum on the army chief rather than the tag along pasha...since the strategic policy is implemented by kayani rather than pasha...however on the issue of the haqqani network which the taleban say is one of its three operational groups in afghanistan...the APC has to decide whether to get rid of the musharaf era yoke of slavery and to form a completely independent policy jettisoning teh USA or the haqqani network...while the government is not itself independent as many of pakistans top political leaders are ISI creations and decisions thus inevitably are controlled by the military rather political sensibilities...many suggest that the PPP's anti people policies and wasting money frivolously rather than doing something about major problems such as electricity/price hikes has made the people less sensitive about leadership and nobody really cares who is primeminister tommorow...the PPP has been trying desperately to create some popular basis for its dubious leadership but many suggest that they are in power just to end their court cases and have been unable to to do anything substantial to rectify teh countries problems...They tout their political successes but many see them as weaknesses of teh government as it is unable to implement policies in the financial and security domain what to talk of the military and intelligence domains...The government at the center has almost become an extension of the sindh government as it has no power anywhere else......drumming up needless patriotism will result in a negative fallout if not properly implemented...the government should as they say kick the aid bucket and focus on teh countries real problems...it is a failure to a large extent in the regional power game and it is many say time to suggest that the afghan problem is not ours to solve and we should either get out of it or occupy areas next to our borders to resolve teh terrorism issue which has burgeoned out of control during this government...to just resolve teh haqqani issue they would have to invade and occupy three afghan provinces according to one defence analyst......whether they can jettison their support for the haqqanis(or afghan taleban)in the hope of a favorable regime when teh americans leave is the only issue...and given the pakistan militaries nature one had better expect the worst as should teh haqqanis...
Sep28-2011--Three nato oil tankers set ablaze in dasht area of balochistan
Sep28-2011--PIA doles out spare parts contracts to a dubai firm with the option of handing over its entire spare parts inventory...PIA buys upto $500 million in spares annually for its US products
Sep28-2011--The PPP regime took three years to give sovreign guarantees to two 950MW hydel projects in the punjab
Sep28-2011--drone kills three in south waziristan
Sep28-2011--Hina Rabbani Khar wants uninterrupted talks with india which blocks and stops starts them whenever it wishes...talks with india have been generally useless in achieving any result or solution
Sep28-2011--Gilani is coming across as a total slave in his mentality and seems tobe encouraging teh US to attack the haqqani network in pakistan suggesting that he will respond just as he did in the matter of drone attacks...he has also made the astounding observation that a civil nuclear deal that pakistan was refused was behind teh countries electricity problems when everyone knows that the government has been deliberately refusing to take care of the electricity problem...Gilani who can at best be described as a tortoise who attempts to jump has been deliberately slow in dealing with teh countries problems wasting resources on unnecessary issues.....the countries available electricity supply has fallen to an all time low...The taleban have stated that the haqqanis are one of their three operating groups in afghanistan and are firmly under their control and are not pakistan based...The ISI/Mullen attempt to suggest that the haqqanis are ISI controled has been debunked...The US has on the other hand moved to try to end the small amounts of aid being dispensed in pakistan...many are suggesting that pakistan should free itself from the US yoke by completely breaking off relations like iran...
Sep27-2011--while the pakistan army wants a deescalation most are unwilling to make pakistan totally isolated especially when teh US ability to handle the regions is considered suspect...many suggest that while teh haqqanis are not that important pakistan cannot become a total slave to US orders or become isolated in teh region especially with relation to afghanistan and india..many are also calling for a preemptive action to restrain teh americans who have subdued gilani and teh ISI with continuous propaganda and drone attacks...many suggest a token downing of another drone or stoppage of all nato and non nato trucks to afghanistan...others are calling for a missile to be modified to target the american airbase in afghanistan...the americans are obviously targetting pakistan for their failed security inside teh relatively safe afghan capital...maybe it is the US that needs training rather than teh afghans as kabul is no okinawa or west germany...that is what teh americans aim for..many suggest that teh situation afghanistan is not going to change even by 2014 and teh US needs to rethink and even consider a repeat of a saigon...
Sep26-2011--In what is becoming a referendum on US attempts to belittle pakistan without reason the weak pakistani government which is frightened of making decisions on anything tried to make the opposition leaders a party to its international failures as the military also backed down as another abbottabad without retaliation would inevitably signal the demise of a propaganda based armed forces unable to act in teh countries defence...The US seen increasingly as unable to handle overseas situations compared to the europeans wants a scapegoat for its continued embarassments in afghanistan...according to talat masud the haqqanis or any taleban willing to fight are all in afghanistan with pakistans leverage not considered tobe beyond minor contacts at teh ISI levels...most of them he says are in paktia and kunar which probably are not conducive for attacks on kabul or further west...the probable culprits are teh afghan taleban and not the haqqanis and the US pressure on pakistan seems tobe just aerial firing many say...others suggest that pakistan has however moved its aging missiles westwards in case of any attempted american misadventures...many suggest that the US would be happy to see pakistan as a fulltime adversary so that they can at least claim some heroism rather than dying needlessly against a small literally mocking taleban insurgent force..dawn claims that the americans are blaming teh ISI's S-block for overseas attacks and that the attackers phoned ISI contacts...Visibly teh ISI has no fighting arm and would have to rely on contract killers or fighters...the US also says the LET had close contacts to teh ISI but the government wound up even suspected Let organizations mostly of a charitable nature...mixing Let and taleban attackers seems a bit perplexing but many say teh US is functioning as an indian client in anti pakistan phobia's...
Sep25-2011--15 militants killed in lower dir firefight with the military in which one soldier also died..while four militants die in tirah aerial bombing while DI Khan stops entry of Nato trucks
Sep25-2011--The international court of arbitration temporarily disallows costruction by india on the neelum river
Sep25-2011--The comparision of voters with identity cards and homes has caused the reduction of 0.5 million voters.. mostly a similar amount of votes have been deleted and a similar number added...number of voters have declined in interior sindh and balochistan..almost 50% of punjabs voters were deleted while a similar number were added showing that probably more people move around in the punjab than other provinces...balochistan votes declined by a million and interior sindh which supposedly has the most dubious voters also declined by 2 million..karachi which is said to have a dubious voters list has 6.8 million voters with 2.72 million votes removed and 2.88 million added...quetta lost 20% votes
Sep25-2011--Gilani says US confused about its relationship with pakistan as usual..the US attitude of subjugating pakistn thru rhetoric and threats is a reflection of the bad natured attitude of teh US towards muslim countries especially pakistan...with ossama gone the US does not know what it is doing in the region and it has to build up another ogre to do battle with...The US seems to think as has been their attitude thruout that pakistan is behind everything in the region and their advisors as is usual are probably the afghans and indians as the CIA and US army cannot explain why the situation does not collapse in their favour...they should realize that they need a new policy in the region as the old one has failed...both pakistan and the US have failed to contain terrorism in the region......many think that the pakistanis probably told them that they should start thinking of a solution on kashmir since everything else has been solved...solving a purely muslim problem is probably beyond the US imagination.
Sep24-2011--LJ sectarian attack kills three in quetta..they apparently dont want teh hazaras to travel out of their areas..
Sep24-2011--in what can be described as accusing the karachi bussiness community of participating in the ethnic violence based karachi politics the PPP leadership following the army chief also met karachis bussiness leaders who have enjoyed the best of what pakistan can offer as the people suffer at the hands of government and ethnic militias...The PPP many say is getting rid of its people image for good and joining teh countries billionaires in enjoying life...others suggest the bussinessmen pointed to the ethnic militias chief sitting amongst the PPP and questioned the PPP committment after they had allowed violence in karachi to continue for almost three years and been unable to even handle flood victims ordinary needs despite huge taxation...others suggest that the bussinessmen would prefer an industrialist as a governor while the mqm gaddi nashin be made the head of the mqm coordination committee...the governor of sindh has overseen extreme ethnic violence without being able to manage it in any way...
Sep24-2011--pakistani relations with the USA further deteriorated as Obama also turned anti pakistan on teh haqqani issue...The army chief said the crooked US armed forces chief mullen is no friend of mine after he misconstrued kayanis information that they maintained contacts with teh haqqanis who are teh only sane voice in teh afghan maelstrom and willing to participate in negotiations whenever teh taleban got into it...the US is blaming the problems that it faces in afghanistan on the haqqanis when in fact they are due teh taleban refusal or withdrawal from the negotiations stance that the karzai regime was adopting in the recent past...many believe that anybody participating in negotiations from the taleban side will face a similar fate...and questioning the power of the taleban also causes negative fallouts...many suggest that Kayyani had suggested joint operations against the haqqanis but the US has as is its usual attitude of trying to prove that they run things here and not Kayyani...the defence minister also jumped into the fray and urged joint operations while the interior minister opposed american involvement...After american general allen threatened to attack pakistan thru long range artillery rumours suggest pakistan quickly re focussed 15 of its defensive missiles to target american forces in afghanistan...the american suggestion that any safe havens still exist after five years of drone attacks was laughed off by teh ISI chief whose last visit to the USA resulted in teh abbottabad attack which pakistan withstood without retaliation in a spirit of extreme weakness, lack of courage and at best cowardice...many suggest that the taleban belive they will be able to handle karzai when teh US leaves as does the pakistan army/ISI...many say US should leave whatever happens or say that they are not going to leave forever...given teh size of afghanistan which lacks a regional structure of governance afghanistan will many suggest deteriorate into a ethnic/regional power fight whenever teh US leaves..most of the recent attacks many say are due to american contractors using taleban protectors...and the american armed forces attitude of bunkering down but not going into attack taleban strongholds in afghanistan which leaves groups free to travel in on motorbikes or vehicles and attack a target of choice...the pakistan army/ISI is similarly incapable of stopping terrorist attacks in pakistan
Sep23-2011--As hajj season approaches dollar skyrockets to RS89.20 despite high reserve levels..rates rising in both the interbank and kerb market
Sep23-2011--The army chief seems also to work for the richer group of industrialists and bussinessmen...while those who have suffered are really ordinary people the army and interior ministry have both offered to help teh industrialists rather than teh people...this would make future attacks on teh industrialist infrastructure more appropriate for the karachi insurgents...industrialists have not suffered in karachi and reports of flight of capital are something that can hardly be anything more than propaganda with teh government reports that exports are surging and so are remmittances...given teh world situation with almost everything coming from china pakistans industrialists can hardly be considered as having any success in any other place...the army chief and interior minister should both realize that u cannot have islands of prosperity defended by teh armed forces while teh people suffer at teh hands of ethnic terrorits...the PPP policy of not controlling the mqm in the political and militant arena is also a serious cause for concern and will only cause more problems down the lane...the sindh situation suggests that teh provincial government can barely handle anything beyond its doorway..and DCo's, commissioners or local bodies or local government are necessary for normal governance when even ministers find it difficult to even handle relief activities...and the federal government gives immediate calls for aid rather than using their own resources...
Sep23-2011--reports from balochistan suggest that the supposed pilgrims could have been eliminated by the balochis(governmnet), pakistani security or even iranian insurgents apart from sectarian insurgents...some even suggest that they were afghans trying to infiltrate iran..this might even suggest that iranian forces are infiltrating deep into pakistan..baloch government has said that the buses to iran donot inform them while teh iranians have reportedly closed the taftan border gate although legal visitors are still allowed...many suggest that hazaras are attempting to move to iran for jobs and trying to get away from the sectarian divide in balochistan
Sep23-2011--reports emerging from the US suggest that hilary, mullen and panetta have all threatened pakistan and a joint india-US anti pakistan think tank group has also come out with threats of joint actions against pakistan...this shows the wrong policies followed by teh ISI, kiani and gilani who have said in just the recent past that things have been improving with teh USA...unless the slow moving pakistan armed forces and government who are frightened of even retaliating mildy changes its attitudes things might deteriorate further with the news that PPP coalition partners ANP, MQM and PMLq working for the USA to break pakistan...if pakistan is not ready to counter such a US attack immediately than the government should resign as should teh ISI and army chiefs who have been unable to straighten out teh USA and india...teh USA is blaming its failures in afghanistan on the pakistan army when it basically cant handle teh afghan taleban...blaming teh innocuous haqqani group or network is just like giving the taleban a new name... The US too should be aware of teh consequences of such an attack and it too should realize that a strategic relationship cannot hold the pakistanis hostage when it goes against their interests...the US has had the freedom of attacking north waziristan thru drones and has not achieved any success as afghan operations are not controlled or carried out by pakistani militants...that has been the primary reason for teh US failure in afghanistan as it is looking for scapegoat reasons elsewhere rather than inside afghanistan...it shows US cowardice to handle the real problems...unless the pakistan defence forces are willing to attack right back in the case of another abbottabad than there would be ittle reasons left for any type of relations with teh USA as paqistan can handle strategic opponents onits own...
Sep21-2011--With the mqm having the biggest militant wing followed by teh ANP..sindh ministers blame the PMLn militant wing which suggests that all parties having militant wings should be banned from politics...The JUIf with its SSP and the PPP with its al zulfikar have been destructive in the past with the present day mqm openely challenging the government with its militant prowess...while smaller baloch militant groups and the balochistan based LJ also are creating trouble...The ANP apparently has a well organised militant wing which is usually used against religious and ethnic opponents
Sep21-2011--Government turns its failures in the electricity,oil and gas industry into price hikes which are forced onto the people at regular intervals without any solution
Sep21-2011--In mastung an LJ sectarian attack kills 26 travellers to iran..mostly afghan immigrants of the hazara tribe who are generally regarded as shiite...LJ most active in balochistan
Sep21-2011--In afghanistan former afghan president burhanuddin rabbani killed in taleban suicide attack...supposedly a moderate and a tajik had been unable to get a peace process moving...tajiks have been at the forefront of supposed militancy in pakistan..afghans ethnic divide one of teh main cause of problems as major ethnic groups remain divided and isolated
Sep21-2011--military claims killing 29 militants in orakzai retaliatory attack
Sep20-2011--In lahore meanwhile the government shutdown numerous medical labs after reports of undue profiteering...The sharif and imran khan laboratories also having a field day many say...The imran khan run shaukat khanum labs many say is the most expensive laboratory in lahore and the sharifs attempted to shut it down as government rates of Rs90 per dengue test were not being followed
Sep20-2011--altaf hussein under pressure to control his hatred for pukhtuns says ANP not american funded...they were usually regarded as indian slaves until wali khans time...
Sep20-2011--motorcycle blast near peshawar kills five
Sep20-2011--suicide blast blows up police officer residence in DHA karachi killing eight...police officer threatens future generations of terrorists in retaliation...ala rehman malik...many point to the fact that the police have been edging away from raiding mqm gun depots and offices and altaf hussein teh only person able to arrange such things in karachi which is far away from the taleban heartland who have been restricted to mostly fata and nwfp for some time...many suggest unless the mqm is disarmed as well things wont improve in karachi..Dawn says government officials including teh governor did not even commiserate with dead but kept focussing on calling the SSP..
Sep20-2011--many suggest that hina rabbani khar was unable to change the topic to pakistans problems as Hilary Clintom droned on and on about afghanistan this and haqqani that...the pakistan army chief apparently has already succumbed to american orders and agreed to attack the haqqanis although the haqqanis say they have no base in pakistan and teh ISI wala's suggest that only a few haqqani members live here...many others point to the american misconception that links do mean control...they point out that the americans are supposedly allies but they still keep attacking pakistan...
Sep17-2011--with enough problems at home teh seraiki primeminister who only focuses on multan ran into further trouble as he cancelled a visit to new York as Obama refused to meet him..many say the americans regarded his visit to iran as an insult in which gilani apparently heard iranian complaints and offered a regional military alliance since pakistan barely gets along with the USA now..others say the iranians offered to even build the gas pipeline in pakistan in exchange for further nuclear cooperation but gilani declined and said we can only build the P2 which the iranians have enough of...many regard the iranian reclusiveness as better than the pakistan engagment policy as iran can strut around while teh US subjugates and terrorizes pakistan.........the americans also regarded teh moscow visit of zardari as offensive as he enquired whether they could help handle the reluctant/intransigent indians and whether altaf hussein was a moscow terrorist...and if they could provide some SU30's...The russians wanted to know if they had any relationship with the chechen rebels and whether hamid gul could be sent over to deal with that...hamid gul has a long history of involvements in the regional conflicts who even threatened to send a planeload of weapons to serbian mulims...The americans whom teh ISI and army chief said were now friendlier fired off another offensive salvo on the Haqqani network threatening to retaliate as well...haqqani network obviously cannot drive to kabul 600 kilometers away attack and get back without being seen by anyone...USA will now supply some concocted clues to fool the army about haqqanis involvement in afghanistan......pakistan too should formulate its afghan doctrine in teh face of of border incursions and the arrogant US threats...The army chief said there would be no attacks on the haqqani network and teh ISI distanced itself from another american assertion that some alqaeda operations chief had been killed in a drone attack...The army actually said the americans are making things up to avoid domestic castigation...and there inability to subdue teh afghan taleban...in related news the pakistanis want to wind up IMF cooperation which causes them to literally destroy the local economy amid refusal to fund even disaster relief by teh governments...
Sep17-2011--seven militants die and a pakistani soldier in a clash in kurram
Sep17-2011--JSQM chief bashir qureshi remanded on having illegal weapons in karachi
Sep16-2011--45 die in lower dir as a suicide bomber blows up in a funeral as US claims killing nominal al qaeda operations chief in pakistan
Sep16-2011--US reluctant to finance real energy projects in pakistan and continues its silly opposition to iran gas pipeline...US pakistan relations again in the gutter...pakistan unable to control things in afghanistan..US threats to pakistan will result in eventual retaliation and an end to any meaningful relationship...US really has no powers to stop taleban actions in afghanistan and will have to handover and leave afghanistan..pakistan too cannot provide security guarantees even inside pakistan what to talk of afghanistan...under US attitudes pakistan would have to raid kabul for an attack in dir...
Sep16-2011--the green belts and trees along the lahore canal from thokar niaz beg to dharampura will be destroyed as SC allows the roads tobe widened on both sides...
Sep16-2011--two soldiers and four militants killed in bara
Sep16-2011--the federation cannot be strong with provinces not staying along generally similar paths...and the center having literally no power in three of the four provinces...PPP only trying to weaken punjab says gilani...other provinces can do what they like...Gilani many say should step down if he wants to work against an unconstitutional breaking up of punjab...we also donot like seraiki seperatists was the general response to gilani in the punjab...
Sep15-2011--dengue is one disease that does not discriminate between rich, poor and the elite...as sindh's woes due to rain continue...while dengue is not yet an epidemic almost 500 cases daily are reported in lahore..with a few cases in other areas...dengue mosquito apparently likes clean water...deaths being reported daily from dengue...people with lung and heart problems and diabetics should be extra careful not to go out in the mornings and evenings...
Sep15-2011--three ISI workers killed in bannu

The Daily Pakistanpolitics Sep03-14, 2011

2011-09-03T12:03:00.058+05:00

Sep 14-2011--Chaudhry Nisar ali Khan runs into trouble at visiting US embassy in London for instructions or getting daughters passport renewed...while PMLn spokesman for dengue says dengue mosquito saved by rain...mosquito should in theory die in minutes after defogging but PMLn says cant repair 80 defogging machines...people should take teh troubel to spray their homes anyway...PMLn should spray major cities many say...
Sep 14-2011--taleban attack school bus near peshawar killing four
Sep 14-2011--almost daily rains in karachi and southern sindh areas, last years floods and the karachi violence has made a mockery of teh sindh governments operational ability (given their decision making ability is shackled by rehman malik and asif zardaris interference...)the attorney general insists despite having no operational expertise that the army is not needed...many suggest that the army only has anti terror,disaster relief and operational ability and the government should hand over karachi and rain affected areas to the army to tackle the situation especially as a charity or relief measure for the affected people who have nobody to look up to after asif zardari ran away from teh country to enjoy his official holidays...
Sep 13-2011--The sindh home minister who started out favorably finally broke down and called zulfikar mirza a "jahal" meaning an illiterate mad man..as rains had the supposedly rich charitywala abadul sattar eidhi sitting on the road in hyderabad collecting donations for flood relief...people from the government down to charity owners like imran khan are the biggest beggars in teh country...
Sep 13-2011--National Assembly session ends upon opening day as all the top three including gilani, zardari and fehmida mirza fled teh country...many say the nature of teh current proceedings would have been horrific after the mean altaf video conference and teh bad flood handling by gilani and company...while sindh police celebrate salary hikes as politicians fail in karachi situation...many say that asif zardari refused to return to teh country unless zulfikar mirza leaves so his wife flew him to dubai...politicians deliberate holiday mongering looks very odd given teh situation in teh country which can be otherwise called coup inducing...
Sep 12-2011--drone kills four in north waziristan
Sep 12-2011--many point to the PPP bad management of disasters..it starts begging immediately whenever something happens despite sufficient revenues...many also notice the bad natured sindhi attitudes towards punjab also inculcated by teh PPP and how the country is slowly drifting apart under the PPP's divide and rule policies..one day it is claiming high exports and exceptional foreign remmittances and the next day it starts begging from not only donors but also the people..The GOP should realize that it has a huge budget for this particular purpose and that it is not an NGO that has to beg for donations
Sep 12-2011--Dawn cannot understand why electricity demand has not risen despite higher estimates...the reasoning are clear ...much higher electricity prices and of course the exceptional inflation which is being wrongly calculated by the FBS...
Sep 11-2011--The ANP which alongwith teh PPP is the main enemy of the mqm suggests that SC declare the mqm a terrorist group..The PPP however has remained mum apart from saying that altaf hussein did say that he was working to break pakistan..with reports that the mqm eliminated imran farook many suggest that the PPP too should seek teh courts intervention to ban the mqm...?most regard the altaf hussein diatribe as political gimmickry as they had one mqm leader appearing next to the video asking for forgiveness...from altaf husseins terror elimination politics..although many say that the mqm is hurting itself by admitting to its terrorist policy and the up scale nature of altaf husseins clothes and its ability to improve its telepolitics with a video feed...
Sep 11-2011--The PPP has sufficient provincial seats to win more than 43 seats in the senate more than doubling its present number as does the PMLn which being a provincial powerhouse in punjab could get to 12...however teh danger to teh PPP is that it might be wiped out in the next general elections given its myopic anti people policeis and late reactions to issues and events...
Sep 11-2011--rains which are at best uncommon in karachi and lower sindh areas have been extremely heavy this year causing problems in karachi,thar and other main sindh areas such as badin...
Sep 11-2011--at least three terrorist bosses apart from the taleban boss are now located overseas...altaf hussein the karachi ethnic troublemaker, harbiyar marri and brahmdagh bugti who the pakistan government wants extradited from switzerland...!!!
Sep 11-2011--Gilani again showed his inconsequential nature in teh present government when he asked people to fund the calamity in sindh..that when revenues are well over one and half trillion and the budget 2.5 trillion...how much more should the people pay in taxes when the money is just going tobe wasted...and not spent on the countries problems...the PPP regime wants the people to pay for everything such as gas pipelines,provincial electricity bills,circular debt, oil prices etc...when there is no major development work going on the government should use revenues to foot the bills rather than go for loans and price hikes and further raising tax revenues...the present government has been particularly terrible in its allocation and utilisation of teh huge budget revenues and been unable to solve any problem in fact causing further strife and trauma to the people
Sep 11-2011--The mqm has issued a press release that what they really oppose about zulfikar mirza is how benazir built him not one but two sugar mills and also arranged teh funding when his father was only a judge...and the zardaris and benazir also lived in his luxury islamabad villa...?Benazir did not build sugar mills for anyone else...?
Sep 11-2011--after rumours spread that asif zardari had again fled the country as even his hometown was flooded this time...however it turned out that chest pains while walking in flooded sindh caused him to rush off to london for a heart checkup...Bilawal said "father if they are making u walk in gutter water than hop onto the next plane..."the sharifs, asfandyar, gilani and the zardaris prefer london hospitals...while the chaudhris prefer washington hospitals...and all this when teh sharifs have their own hospital...but what is good enough for the people is just not so for pirs, ethnic warlords, industrialists and other rich men...
Sep 10-2011--Dawn says nestle milk pack goes upto Rs 78 while boneless beef up to Rs400 a kilo while vegetables in karachi moving upto near a 100 rupees a kilo...tomato and potato price falls on shipments from punjab
Sep 10-2011--The dawn suggests that the US very interested in turning pakistan into a funded sectarian war zone..they say that wikileaks suggests that barelvis in karachi formed the sunni tehreek in reaction against the violence prone SSP...suggesting that barelvi pirs are peaceful and shiite pirs have become feudals or land owners mostly in seraiki and sindh areas...their viewpoint that iranians donot fund shiites(charity/religious/political) in pakistan seems counter to the general opinion...political and religious groups thrive on funding...political groups such as the mqm have tried to drive out violently the religious groups from the charity driven collections bussiness...while the taleban were initially taught by the madressas in the tribal areas they became political warlords in afghanistan thru dominating the war for political power until thrashed by teh northern alliance...however their methods of war, bravery in fighting and an army of suicide bombers have increased their power many folds with nobody able to even deal with them apart from the army which has been fighting them since 2007 but unable to subdue them in any way...the taleban basically are tribal and afghan based while teh SSP was punjabi based and led.. SSP became a major sectarian outfit and was subdued by teh elimination of its leaders by the military..but the taleban and SSP had different political aims...most religious leaders in punjab and nwfp generally mosque based are moderate and political while areas like karachi became a haven for pukhtun mullahs and sectarian outfits of various types...however the mullahs eliminate opponents at a faster pace and are relatively subdued in the face of the ethnic war in karachi..the ethnic war in karachi has survived as the mqm leadership is london based and has the active cooperation of british and american agencies...with the opponents of the mqm being local based they have managed to subdue the electoral power of teh mqm who now are wilting under teh pressure of the PPP's politicians some of whom are immensely sensible...altaf hussein seemed to suggest that the mqm was at war with the zulfikar mirza supported karachi aman committee...others suggested that nawaz sharif offered altaf hussein the primeministership if he stopped his street warfare in karachi but he apparently has rejected teh offer with as they say disdain...?police and mqm both seem to have been gunning down lyari's supposedly pro PPP leaders...?
Sep 10-2011--Altaf hussein came out gunning for only mohajirdom/mohajiristan and showed approval for the mohajir led murders/mayhems in karachi...he almost said that the mqm would kill and has been killing opponents...the mqm is for a mohajir dominated police, beaurocracy and local government in karachi based on eliminating whoever opposes them on teh streets...he threatened the generally mohajir dominated television anchors not to talk against teh mqm and said his thunder squad would deal with them...and offered his thugs, killers and bombers to the army /isi to save pakistan which he regards tobe parts of karachi...he tried to prove that his support of american anti pakistan politics as justified by various other anti pakistan behaviours...many retorted that the rangers were enough to save pakistan while others called for teh arrest and execution of the anti pakistan mohajir warlord...still others say that he is the fattest mohajir on teh face of the earth...he seemed to suggest that the army/isi would bring him in as a primeminister after a coup but many doubted that...he apparently said that asif zardari is a mohajir having a mohajir mother and only supported the isi/army apart from them which many say are his only chance of getting his dirty hands on pakistans government
Sep 10-2011--The IG sindh a political appointee himself says his problems are that 40% of police are political appointees...we should amend that and say that the problem seems tobe a lack of proper handling techniques and poor slow transportation...many suggest that faster modes of transport to troubled sites should be adopted and teh british methods of using truncheons and quick contact with troublemakers should be adopted...the IG sindh has a very controversial past...apparently a friend of asif zardari he gave the orders to shoot down murtaza bhutto as an SP and when appointed IG islamabad...police shot down governor punjab and a christian minister was also gunned down in islamabad...many believe the police maybe behind many of the hit and run murders since a judicial system to handle politicised criminals is non existent in karachi...
Sep 09-2011--nobody is frightened of martial law any longer as the operations will obviously be mounted in karachi and terrorism no one can solve..and the lacklustre PPP inability to govern.....many see the jokes of the mqm being presented in teh SC that they are teh only ones being killed and that they are just sitting around being victimised..they forget the killings of mqmh walas earlier and ST walas...the mqm and rehman malik are teh prime culprits...many say the hit and run killers have had teh support of teh sindh government which is why nobody in the police has even tried stopping the killings which have been almost constant in the last year...all this has roots in many say police or sindh government overlooking elimination of religious group victims and earlier acts of ethnic mayhem and actions against the mqmh(only political group victimised by the government and mqm in karachi)..many point to the violence escalating after altaf hussein hatchet man amir khan rejoined the mqma..if u look the other way in the case of one killer whether it is a mohajir or pukhtun than u can hardly catch the next one...this goes back to 2007 when teh sindh government which than had a mohajir home minister who refused to stop the violence...and the PPP refusing to prosecute the mqm...the mqm has a history of terrorism mostly against other ethnic/political groups and their own splinter faction... zulfikar mirza issuing of 300000 arms licences is also beyond understanding...sixty years ago they used to have licenses for cycles too..let everybody keep a gun/kalashnikov/uzi... why only the elite...many suggest that the SC should call rehman malik, farook sattar/altaf hussein and qaim ali shah and question their attitudes and involvement...and what is the reason for the gilani hands off attitude...could it be the hitmen could be his seraiki henchmen from multan..the SC should investigate in the light of the last twenty years happenings and it will probably easily understand/find teh culprit/culprits involved...
Sep 09-2011--The ISI which can make up anything when it wants to suggests to the SC that apart from the main three political parties small religious groupings also involved in karachi violence..recent violence has however been due to the larger karachi parties as the sectarianists and religious groups ran out of ideas on whom to kill...many have suggested indian/altaf/police involvement in teh killing of religious leaders as well which had become a routine in sindh which was never probed by the sindh government...however the ISI usually having deep knowledge of teh controllers of ethnic/sectarian/religious/retaliatory violence has not provided any information asto the behind the scene controllers...information about the jinnahpur attempt, altaf calling for mohajirs to buy kalashnikovs also came from the ISI/military intelligence's deep moles as did the information about altafs 3000 man army which was at a time prepared to work for karachis secession...and eliminating altafs opponents...many have pointed to the countrywide assassination roles of the pukhtuns and tribals...many have noticed deep collaboration between altaf and taleban suicide bombers which many say can be bought these days at a price...others point to individual hitmen hired from punjab by mqm leaders...some reluctantly also point to PMLq and PMLn leaders involvement...Wikileaks suggests that the mqm wanted in on the PPP governments and their role as is usually the case is to bring down each and every government with their intransigence...Gilani showed extreme cowardice when he refused to discus with ministers as well as take action on probably the first rehman malik briefing on karachi..dawn says that the PPP ministers were shocked at why the government had not taken extreme measures and went on with a sham reconciliation...rehman malik said he was under orders to facilitate the mqm...he obviously never reported his discussions with mqm to the primeminister...others point to the fact that reconciliation does not mean that u take on opposition ministers who than have to sit around and do nothing but means discussions and assignation of those responsible for past events which the PPP and mqm donot have the guts todo...PPP has stark contrasts on how it deals with sindh, punjab, nwfp and balochistan in almost that order of priority...while it keeps attacking shabaz and nawaz sharif it facilitates sindh and looks the other way in matters of nwfp and balochistan...a case in point is the deliberate delaying of projects including power projects in teh punjab..
Sep 08-2011--Mqm the only one to insist that the violence in karachi is ethnic in origin and aimed at its electoral power base...others all blame the mqm, other political parties and government...mqm despite its failure in all governments since the early 1990's wants policing powers despite it being unable to even control its sector incharges or get along with other ethnic or political groups...rasool baksh palejo called the sindh government a dummy...since the solution to karachi lies in the political and administrative realm the SC seems tobe unaware as to the reasons of teh suo moto action or the powers of the armed forces if brought in to keep the peace...many suggest that the army should be called in to keep the peace and than teh rangers and police can wipe out the killers and terrorists..others suggest that since it is an ethnic imbroglio a foreign municipal administrator be hired to run karachi as well as a foreign police commissioner who cannot be subdued or threatened by ethnic maniacs...
Sep 08-2011--the punjab budget is almost a trillion but nawaz sharif grumbles about a paucity of resources...many suggest that the claim seems untrue as the PMLn regime is distributing houses and yellow taxicabs and building overheads to model town and six lane highways to raiwind...the taxicabs maybe a wasted effort as taxicabs are not too popular these days...
Sep 08-2011--In what is being called a major counterattack two suicide bombers blew up outside and inside the DIG rangers residence in quetta killing a colonel, DIGrangers wife and 26 others...many link it to the mqm diatribe of their probable terrorist boss mustafa kamal while the taleban claim that it is in retaliation for the arrest of three al qaeda men whose arrest circumstances are clouded in doubt...one suicide bomber came from peshawar
Sep 07-2011--zulfikar ali mirza has left the mqm grovelling in the dust and teh mustafa kamal response seems to suggest an incoherence of thought and selfish meanness...the sindhi politicians might not be able to win elections in karachi due to the ethnic groups hold on mohajir sentiments but they have shown their large heartedness...he also seems to claim that ajmal pahari is their killer with 100 scalps...why the mohajirs are so heartless and crying about their migration leaves many shocked ...the 1947 migration of muslims to pakistan and hindus and sikhs to india was one of teh most successful in history...while the hindus who went to india have never even held a demonstration teh muslims who came here are hellbent upon destroying what their forefathers built...many find it strange that these mohajirs claim to have made pakistan but have never voted or been associated with the muslim league that led the struggle...it seems as if they were brought here by force and have never recovered from the trauma...mustafa kamal was unable to respond to the politics and his oft repeated argument is that urdu speaking are vilified/ traumatised and their leaders demeaned/demonized...hardly an argument but that is the extent of the mohajir logic...mqm has been unable to answer the accusation of attempting to break pakistan...the mqm while supposedly hugely popular has never been able to mount a major peaceful demonstartion and has tended to extreme area violence to keep its supporters silent...the recent violence in karachi is said to have taken place after the mqm openly issued threats of dire consequences...others suggest that opponents killed those who intruded into their territories...
Sep 06-2011--The military seems so worried about secret relations with teh USA that they would have us believe that the arrest of three al qaeda unknowns was accomplished with the technical help of teh US...when u have a written address than what help do u need...many suggest that pakistan possibly could be doing contract interrogations for the USA with the mauritani having been arrested in some other country and given to pakistan for interrogations...ostensibly they were picked up from a quetta house but the military did not give out any details barring their heroic cooperation with teh US...
Sep 06-2011--karachis perilous situation is best described by teh fight between two religious groups over a hospital in which six were kileld in godhra...body bags again started to appear with two bodies found...police seem tobe working now and have apparently started picking up known murderers...
Sep 06-2011--India has built a floodlit fence from jammu right across the punjab,sindh border measuring 1861 km and has still to build the rest of a 2043 km fence...area not covered yet seems tobe in the controversial kashmir area..india started building the fence in 2003 showing its extreme distrust...from space it appears as a continuous orange line
Sep 06-2011--Umar Saif created SMS-all distributes a mobile message to any group of mobile phone users...TI already has a 300000 mobile users net...more than a 100 million pakistanis own mobile phones...
Sep 06-2011--Lashkar Raisani says rehman malik is teh culprit and he has balochi insurgents ready to join normal politics...?
Sep 06-2011--PPP ropes in the mqm once again...mqm has a policy of join any government crooked or not...it is safer tobe a minister in karachi..rather than a dead mohajir...!as PPP and SC feint but donot lasso the mqm terrorists...
Sep 05-2011--clashes with military leave ten militants dead in orakzai and swat
Sep 05-2011--SC judges and ANP lawyer unable to understand karachi situation...while one judge said idiotically that there are no mohajirs the ANP lawyer went one up by saying that it is not an ethnic issue...the parties having representation in karachi are MQM(mohajir)...ANP(pukhtun) and PPP(generally sindhi based)...in fact all political parties are identified by ethnicity generally...and of course lyari is baloch based...maybe an open mind is what is required by the judges rather than being blind to realities...the judges should suggest a change in teh constitution so that either the candidates of all parties represent teh cross section of the populace or that no party be allowed more than 60% seats in any legislature or the more realistic porportional representation...most problems of karachi are based on regional or ethnic issues with related economic/political tensions...ignoring reality is the general option being adopted by the PPP...if the killings were target killings than each murder has tobe seperately investigated..
Sep 05-2011--WikiLeaks confirms zulfikar mirza's claim that zardari, gilani and qaim dislike mqm but want to keep troublemakers in cabinet still...reconciliation in one corner of teh country hardly worth any praise as it breaks down at each hurdle...?
Sep 05-2011--PPP cant resolve even its internal problems ..now rehman malik wants a SC judicial enquiry into what he was conspiring with altaf hussein in london...zulfikar mirza probably correct in that altaf hussein responsible for most of the terrorism in karachi and attempting to destroy the economy...
Sep 05-2011--poor sindhis now they have to learn a fourth compulsory language after english, urdu and sindhi... chinese...dont the mqm want to run riot...zardari apparently has learnt two chinese sentences...need your help..need your help...farzana raja sending 300 supposedly party youth to china to run her election campaign or improve communist credentials in the PPP...apparently the chinese told her even u are better than benazir...Bilawal claims that he setup BISP not Farzana Raja and helped 4 lac women(0.44% of pakistani women)...could not find anything else as praiseworthy about his parties government...!!!while Farzan raja says that no one in the world can run a BISP like her...while opponents say that she is corrupt and trying to help out small bussinesswomen who are really not in need...BISP should restrict itself to its charitable origins and not try to turn itself into a bank many say...small bussinesswomen can easily get bank loans...
Sep 04-2011--taleban kidnap 27 opponents from bajaur
Sep 04-2011--zulfikar mirza says he has had a meeting with the ISI chief...!!!says only military dictators against PPP not entire fauj...suggests that his newfound love for pakistan and the pakistan khappe controversy are situational drama's...when benazir died he said they did not want pakistan putting him on a footing comparable to pakistan destroyer altaf hussain..his new comment about rehman malik that he would only approve his appointment as an SHO...!!!
Sep 04-2011--with a poor record of recovering anything the PPP's seraiki inc. says government lands will be recovered falling into the mqm traps as usual...The PPP with a record of unrivalled corruption and lack of development has been embroiled in a war with the mqm in karachi...supposedly mqm again moving into PPP government joining trap but record suggests that they wont last more than a few months..army suggests that they have backed away from karachi operations after PPP not willing to carryout an indiscriminate operation to rid karachi of political terrorists...
Sep 03-2011--52 die in sindh as it cant handle even rains
Sep 03-2011--rehman malik apparently taking orders from the sindh chief minister as no evidence surfaces of any killers having been arrested...many suggest that PPP cant have reconciliation as well as destabilization...most believe that mqm biggest bhatta group in karachi and many see the mohajirs as pretty cowardly for coughing up to local thugs
Sep 03-2011--Zulfikar mirza seems misguided about who runs the mqm...many see it as an isi creation being run by the interior ministry..he seems to think like altaf hussein that one should'nt take on teh zardari,s, army and isi...unfortunately since he is a provincial he should direct his views at teh provincial government...many agree that the mqm governor is not worthy of his position and cant handle anything even visiting flood affectees...the siyasat of marna aur marna is useless as zulfikar mirza should realize that everybody is forgotten and nothing can be achieved after death...although his wife might get the primeministership after his...!

The Daily Pakistanpolitics Aug23-Sep02, 2011

2011-08-23T12:40:00.039+05:00

Sep2-2011--attacks on passenger vans in kurram kills eleven
Sep2-2011--suicide attack on eid day in quetta kills 13..while attack on darra pezu police station near lakki marwat kills three
Sep2-2011--while zardari ran away again when troubles loomed...a mohajir naval lt commander shot dead outside a mosque in karachi during eid holidays
Sep1-2011--Yusuf Raza Gilani who many see as the main cause of destabilization in the country due to price hikes,slow to order proper law and order steps in karachi and nwfp, electricity shortfalls, poor priorities and constant attempts to destabilize the punjab by the PPP...many see his attempts at seraiki sooba as unconstitutional and many also see him as crazy as he started out as anti seraiki and said they would bring it into their manifesto the next time...now he has the whole government supporting seraikistan despite its obvious destabilization potential...no other cabinet member has supported new sooba's...some are suggesting that if new provinces are so good than why does he not start from karachi and hazara...?he is frightened of even talking about karachi as a sooba but says new provinces are not a bad idea despite the constitution being totally against new sooba's...many say that the PPP is bent upon dividing punjab to reduce its power over them...
Aug31-2011--two die in motorcycle blast in karachi
Aug31-2011--The mirza saga continues with his claiming that he will be shot dead eventually while firdous awan claimed that he had been paid off...!!his latest claim is that rehman malik should have been thrown into a dustbin...earlier he had claimed that like big leaders he had not escaped abroad and had remained underground for 12 years...obviously no one was looking for him and he was not a terrorist in the imran farook mould...like many others he thinks that people like zardari and gilani will not leave much of a legacy for bilawal who already wants to stay overseas...many now claim that it is the end of the line for the zardaris and bhuttos as their policies are for teh industrialists and not the ordinary people...
Aug30-2011--The PPP continues to turn a blind eye to teh allegations of zulfikar mirza and the mqm reaction shows that there is a lot of truth in what he says...The PPP has literally given teh mqm immunity from prosecution as well as arrest and they use it repeatedly to harass the sindh government...The PPP would prefer that their childish remarks be considered more important than the real situation...nobody believes that the mqm does not have anything todo with the karachi situation and is just sitting around being battered by others...some even say the violence stopped only after altaf hussein was hospitalized in england...rehman malik many say allowed many of the troublemakers to escape by informing them beforehand...also it is difficult to believe that the problems all over karachi were being caused from lyari and the mqm was just an idle bystander...sindhi ministers warned zardari that they would not tolerate the situation if mqm's troublemakers were not arrested...many say zardari continued to insist that they would stop their ethnic animosity if allowed to join teh government...that has as yet not proved true as even the mqm alleges that over 500 were eliminated during zulfikar mirza's tenure...the mqm is very biased and is not willing to handover their killers and arsonists...The SC seems tobe just as willing tobe duped by the various political groups and can at best ask that actions be taken across the board rather than only against lyari... many suggest that the controversial rehman malik needs tobe replaced so that everyone can be apprehended ..while many suggest that like in teh benazir government full control be handed over to the police...as in the current process police remains inactive until orders are given to stop the violence...many also say that teh PPP attempts to govern without opposition in sindh and at the center is the main cause of teh problem...the mqm under the situation has a mandate of opposition but is not willing to sit on the opposition benches as their supporters would find it difficult not tobe apprehended for their part in the violence in karachi...mqm tries to play teh mohajir card in sindh especially karachi where they have a huge majority and have disenfranchised literally all those not supporting them...many suggest that one of the solutions is that elections in karachi be held on a proportional representation basis so that every body can be represented and the mqm does not become the only armed violence prone political power in karachi which can than blackmail the government at will...The PPP too could benefit from replacing the sindh chief minister with a more hands on personality who can handle teh violence at a moments notice rather than await instructions from islamabad
Aug29-2011--three killed in daryakan firing on a billiard club and protestors than ransacked hospital
Aug29-2011--rain washes away railway track near sohawa stopping all trains from rawalpindi to the south
Aug29-2011--armed forces retake chitral posts as twenty gunmen fire upon a peshawar bound train near machh killing three
Aug29-2011--In a major upheaval sindh minister zulfikar mirza insists he could have solved the karachi violence in 15 days but was unable todoso in three years because of the lying trecherous rehman malik who he says doesnt own even barber shop in pakistan...he says altaf hussein behind all the killings and karachi violence...PPP has been unable to handle the mqm because of their lack of political will and any real agenda...says zardari released at least 25 known mqm murderers from jail...zulfikar mirza resigned as a sindh minister, assembly member and a PPP postion after protesting the facial operations in lyari a PPP and baloch dominated area..suggests that amin qaim khani might be leading the mqm terrorism...mirza belittled the mqm leaderships lack of political lineage/heritage suggesting that he was the son of judge and had offered all his wealth if he could not solve teh karachi problems in 15 days...and thus was probably superior to the immigrants from india...many suggest that even the sindhi nationalists are more loyal to pakistan than the mqm
Aug28-2011--25 security personnel killed in afghan raids on chitral border posts...two posts were overrun by the afghans while twenty raiders were shot dead..while two nato oil tankers set ablaze in bolan
Aug28-2011--a dawn graphic image of the karachi warfare shows newer areas of conflict emerging in the generally peaceful southern areas while teh heavy fighting is concentrated in the outer areas, mohajir dominated central, local and baloch areas...the better developed central areas leading from the airport to the southern areas are the least affected including areas that are run by teh armed forces, bussiness and affluent areas...most heavily affected have been the middle class to the poorer areas of lyari, gulshan e iqbal, gulshan jauhar, garden, lines area, korangi, malir, new karachi, north karachi, orangi,and baldia...the heaviest fighting has been in Orangi and new/north karachi which seem to have bengali and sindi populations...the industrial areas of landhi, korangi have also been affected this time..most of the areas heavily affected are mohajir dominated which many say is due to the generally angry temperament developed and projected by the mqm leaders...site, soceities, shah faisal,manghopir ,cantonments and northern developed areas have the least violence...many suggest a division of karachi between mohajirs and the rest of karachi or sending the richer mohajir leaders to live in orangi or malir...
Aug28-2011--The dawn a generally pro PPP newspaper with mqm leanings insists that the PPP whose support base is now largely rural is not the target of the mqm led ethnic war in karachi...about 1500-2000 people have been killed in karachi during most years of ethnic conflict...earlier the police and army cleaned out the mqm's terrorists which has caused an almost 15 year lull in ethnic fighting in karachi...another cleaning of the mqm is on the cards while the mqm says they are now ready to take on the army again...many say ethnic mohajirs generally hate the PPP because they canot identify with their sindhi nature while in punjab mohajirs generally support the PMLn...PPP generally loses out in most of teh countries bigger cities which have migrant populations as well as immigrants from india and kashmir...the PPP has always borne teh brunt of the ethnic mohajir angst during its three or four attempts to rule the country...
Aug28-2011--As things cool in karachi the interior minister agrees not to press the murder of imran farook who now looks like having been eliminated by the mqm too...while others insist that the murderers are being interrogated by the military...still others insist that he was eliminated by altaf husseins guards , bookies or indians...!!!
Aug28-2011--in another example of mohajirs looting the country and fleeing like altaf hussein... mohajir general musharaf's wealth was confiscated by an ATC judge in the Benazir bhutto murder case...the PPP still insisting it was a qurbani...musharaf who fled with about $20 million is said to hold bank accounts of Rs 87 million in pakistan alongwith agriculutural land near teh soan river and in bahawalpur apart from 10 canals in gwadar, huge house in islamabads posh farmhouse area and at least three houses in karachi besides unknown plots in DHA's...musharaf widely reputed to have setup the terrorist mqm and attempting to join up with imran farook in a new karachi mohajir organisation...however failing he has setup his own version of teh much multiplied muslim league...
Aug28-2011--In another new happening the new auditor general was given an oath by the the CJP while teh courts objections to the appointment were announced by the court registrar which one TV channel says could cause teh convening of the supreme judicial council...The auditor general apparently has applied for a canadian passport and faces other serious charges as does the primeminister for reccomending him...Gilani seems to have a serious bias against non multanis even though all his multani appointments have caused him serious problems...
Aug27-2011--three killed in balochistan as gunmen fire on buses in dera allahyar and dera murad jamali
Aug27-2011--with the mqm turning out tobe a really criminal organisation having successfully murdered their own founders in england and karachi many suggest that it is time to cleanup the mqm and the PPP cannot manage that given its cowardice in even arresting murderers..others note teh mqm's ability to get support from the taleban as they also react in nowshera and lahore...this cohabitation with terrorists and their organisational ability to murder, riot and commit arson can only be dealt with one way...PPP is also apparently cowardly in sindh and starts strutting around in punjab...many suggest that they could have orchestrated the taseer kidnapping to force a change in lahore...others suggest the mqm involvement in the imran farook murder and the PPP's closeness to the mqm is enough to send the sindh provincial assembly packing...the current scenario suggests that the imran farook murderers were being let off by the ppp...!!!of the four mqm founders two have been killed, one is in jail and the fourth lives it up in england...two of the founder members ostensibly killed for opposing altaf hussein...!!!
Aug27-2011--shabaz taseer kidnapped in lahore
Aug26-2011--kohistan village hit by flash floods..33 die
Aug26-2011--tiny US drone crashes near chaman
Aug26-2011--the multani appointed as auditor general objected to by the opposition leader and CJP as having a suspect character..
Aug26-2011--five pakistanis killed in afghanistan as one dies in hub explosion
Aug26-2011--After three years of PPP rule terrorism and karachi still unsolvable with zardari attempting to hoodwink the country financially despite huge available financial resources...
Aug26-2011--bike bomb blast at risalpur chowk near nowshera kills12 including army and airforce personal
Aug26-2011--three arrested in karachi for murdering imran farook in london
Aug25-2011--The PPP regime backs away from calling in the army to handle karachi showing its clear discrimination on how it handles fata, balochistan and karachi...many suggest a coup would be inevitable if the army succeed in karachi as the PPP policies have failed in politics and economics..PPP unsure of itself and whether calling in the army is undemocratic since it is obviously not a subservient organisation in this regimes setup...PPP almost isolated in the country and apparently lacks confidence in handling the terrorizing mqm both politically and on the streets...In the punjab a PPP leader said that shabaz sharif had warned him not to start anything in the punjab on the lines of the mqm actions in karachi(or as they say "ethe kuch keeta te bhatian bhan diyan ge...")...yusuf raza gilani said they would train the mqm in how to hold peaceful demonstrations...PPP spokesman still insisting only a few criminals hiding in the mqm were the cause of the problem...many suggest that since teh mqm and the PPP are a total failure Pervez Elahi be appointed teh chief minister or governor of sindh...
Aug25-2011--Hina rabbani khar as they say growling at the chinese feet that they have nothing todo with muslim movements in xinjiang,china...she obviously lacks a knowledge of the long history of chinese suppression of muslims and the long history of muslim attempts to just get the chinese of their backs as they are ground into the dust economically...the chinese even jailed a women muslim leader for 25 years...that obviously cannot happen in any other country barring china
Aug24-2011--even on a day of an all out strike karachiites still managed six gunny sacked bodies...the PPP issued a threat to extortionists and terrorists to leave karachi...both words have been used for the monolithic mqm..while some suggested that some of the killers rotate between balochistan and karachi...while in the rest of teh country politicians do have some control over their followers that aspect seems tobe missing in karachi...the current situation has developed out of an ethnic fight between mohajirs and pukhtuns...and the sindhi's strange attempts to befriend their diehard opponents the mqm who have had a free hand to strike, attempt to topple the PPP governments and obviously refusing to accept any PPP viewpoint(apart from terrorism and extortion..in rawalpindi rumours suggest that altaf hussein said my eidhi this time should be 11 crore...and he also praised his arsonists as the best in the world...)..a government attempted cleanout of PPP dominated lyari and the PPP and mqm's inability to agree on a local governance system compound the ethnic divide...many suggest that teh PPP's determination not tobe population oriented with a policy of price hikes that solves nothing and an almost continuous electricity supply shortage is the basic cause with nobody supporting teh PPP anywhere in teh country...their attempts to suggest that the equally obnoxious indians and americans are their friends have compounded teh problems...obviously the mqm will be happy and overjoyed to get away without any of their leaders or workers being arrested...history suggests the involvement of the mqm is the only cause...of problems in karachi...PPP should be realistic and start by arresting the mqm leaders directly involved in politics and threats to the state...upto now PPP efforts in the countries financial and political problems have not solved anything..
Aug23-2011--19 nato oil tankers set on fire in dasht, mastung
Aug23-2011--seven killed in north waziristan drone attack
Aug23-2011--The policy of giving immunity to political leaders of the mqm has backfired as the mqm, bussiness leaders and the ANP all have refused to meet the primeminister in karachi and the seraiki gilani even accused by the mqm of supporting killers...mqm regards everyone else in karachi as criminals of one type or another...rehman malik whose ethnicity is unclear and a supporter of teh mqm had a run in with the sindhi ethnicist zulfikar mirza who wanted teh center to get out of the fray...the PPP's central leaders only know how to fight with the PMln and seem to barely know how to tackle the worsening ethnic violence in karachi..it is a situation tailor made for army rule as no one supports anyone else...all smaller groups are suggesting army intervention as the bigger groups the PPP and mqm unable to tackle teh situation
Aug23-2011--sindh information minister suggests weakly that a surgical operation will be carried out on the lines of everyone is an enemy barring the ethnic mohajirs...the problem in karachi since 1988 has been the mqm and it has killed indiscriminatly and tried to create an urban ethnic powerbase that nobody else accepts...despite its huge popular base it is literally unable to control violence...it continues its violence prone ethnic animosity and unless the PPP characterized by its dominance in sindh interior is willing to pick up the political perpretrators the situation will not change...many suggest that the army which earlier had a lot of problems controlling karachi is the only one with any real experience in handling ethnic warfare
Aug23-2011--Mqm proves that it is really not a muttahida nor cooperative and still is the same old mean and nasty mohajir ethnic organisation as it calls for a strike to protest killing of what can at best be described as a culling of karachis ethnic thugs of varying varieties...the murder oriented politics of karachi which has for the last few months seen an ethnic slugfest of an intensity rarely seen before as various ethnic groups literally go at it hammer and tong...the PPP has been dragging along without any major attempt to control the politicians or the street killers..the recent spate of body bags has shown the policy of reconciliation tobe a useless tool as no one is serious enough to want teh war to end...the weakness of the zardari-gilani-rehman malik attitude causes all groups to go for it whenever they please...altaf hussein who is said tobe behind most of karachis violence with other groups also participating has asked for the resignation of the PPP primeminister who has shown a lacklustre interest in karachis violence as zardari attempts to get teh mqm back on board for no real reason...the violence will only end when the top leaders of the mqm are arrested and put behind bars and so are the leaders of other smaller groups...with the PPP policy of just looking on the mqm has had a free hand to continue its fight to control all of karachi which has caused fierce backlashes from smaller ethnic groups...unless the mqm's war controllers or terrorism controllers are put behind bars and a substantial armed force..police, rangers and army put in place in all localities the situation is not going to ease...mqm not known to accept peaceful political advice and PPP's cowardice is the real cause of the problem...with nobody in charge to handle the violence.. a pacifist chief minister with little control over anything the seemingly pathetic zardari-gilani-rehman malik have to shoulder teh responsibility even when it is not constitutionally legal...many suggest the only possibility is to suspend the provincial assembly, appoint a real governor and call in the army for support on the streets...

The Daily Pakistanpolitics Aug12-22, 2011

2011-08-12T18:00:00.052+05:00

Aug20-2011--The worst violence in karachi since the early mqm days brought calls of army action...The subdued armed forces remained mum...however a day earlier the army suddenly stopped its kurram operations not wanting to get involved in the sectarian infested region further saying the taleban had been dealt with...however manzoor wassan,sindh interior minister said that the 1992 military operation had not solved teh problem when similar civilian disturbances were the norm as his police force literally only could look on..The 1992 operations which ended in the second benazir government did eliminate the mqm terror infrastructure of the time and had mqm's top extremists or leadership fleeing from pakistan...since the city of karachi has had minor controllable violent eruptions...the worst being the ones in early 2007 and the ones now...however teh PPP attempts to dismantle the militaries local governance system has again brought the issues to the fore with teh PPP due perhaps to cowardice refusing even to arrest known culprits...this is not a bhatta or gang war or a land mafia grabbing land and its ethnic overtones have always been clear...Unless the PPP takes care of the violence prone groups mostly political the only way out is to call in the military to douse and than deal with the perpretrators...many rumours here have been seeing martial law in karachi while some say the top four generals have flown to karachi to devise a solution and study teh methods of civil warfare, ethnic warfare or ethnic cleansing being adopted...some are suggesting that these are methods to subjugate an armed and violent populace not willing to see reason...PPP must realize that the mqm is unfortunately a political opponent and not a sathi...earlier experiences in the abdullah shah chief ministry when most of the earlier mqm related violence took place show that the situation while not much different he still instituted faster police response times by having a complaint center at teh chief ministry office...chief ministers should take the lead rather than be orderlies for other politicians...
Aug20-2011--five nato tankers gutted in dasht, balochistan and drone attack kills five in south waziristan...
Aug20-2011--after four were killed in balochistan on the previous day another eight bodies were found in hub, mastung and pasni...
Aug20-2011--The bad policies of the PPP and a bad terror inclined mqm demonstrated the countries poor governance as a suicide bomber blew up in a mosque in jamrud and killed over 47...while in karachi the troublemaking mqm attacked a police bus in korangi 2.5 and shot dead four policemen and injuring many others as they moved in to quell violence in chakra goth..at least 10 motorcycles attacked the police bus...while during the day karachi lost another 21 lives...one report on television had rehman malik saying karachi is pur aman...?at least 16 gunny sack bodies were found...despite there being evidence of mqm involvement in the wave of terror killings zardari begging mqm to join government again...recycling a failed policy seems tobe the only thing that zardari knows how to do...
Aug20-2011--Yusuf Raza Gilani and Rehman Malik have realized after twenty years and watching david cameron...how easy it is in england...yusuf raza gilani erroneously says that they have sent more police to karachi while rehman malik denies that and says we need more police in karachi...they should follow cameron and throw all the karachi police into the areas of trouble...or how about redressing the karachi corp in police uniforms and put them on the streets...the trouble that in england the police dont need guns and can easily deduce where they are going to strike next...cant pakistan hack mqm phones
Aug20-2011--In what looks like corruption to many the railways will pay upto 300 million to a contractor or a suspiciously named company to issue tickets and guide people to one train which the railways has been running itself quite profitably...from lahore to karachi...no hassles and more than 200 million into a contractors pocket...
Aug19-2011--As another 30 were killed in karachi in what can at best be described as the mqm style...tortured and shot to the head and bodies thrown on the streets covered with gunny sacks...suggestions are mounting that sector incharges of teh mqm are again going on the rampage...in its earlier incarnation the mqm cruelty was a legend and with altaf husseins hatchet man back in control the PPP can at best be described as a government with an inability to do anything...The PPP describes itself and the mqm as unable to handle anything karachi related or balochistan related or even punjab related what to talk about fata related...There has been a demonstrated lack of ability in the federal and provincial governments with police unable to get to the bottom of anything whether political or gang related...many are suggesting that the interior ministry needs a tougher character to handle teh karachi goons and rehman malik is at best woefully inadequate...at best one must say that the PPP's cowardice induced policy of reconciliation can only described as a failure
Aug19-2011--In what looks like a return to an earlier mqm era when torture cells were run in every galli of karachi 17 tortured bodies were recovered in sacks in various old karachi areas..earlier such events were blamed on teh intelligence agencies as well as mqm torture cells...many suggest that the return to the mqm fold of people like amir khan maybe an indicator of an mqm return to its earlier policies of eliminating opponents on an individual or personal basis...others suggest attempts at dominating areas that were not controlled by mqm thugs before..
Aug18-2011--army and government want a deradicalisation drive but are not willing to make tough decisions such as ending cooperation with the USA on the countries internal matters and policies...a de radicalization drive can only succeed in areas under control...areas such as karachi where senior mqm and PPP leaders are known for their radical behaviour should be controlled first many say...however all over teh country thugs use radical methods for extortion and subduing area opponents...unless the government takes politicians to task for death threats and threatening riots no de radicalization is possible ...ending cooperation with the USA would halt many of the violent movements in the country
Aug18-2011--after the SC told the FIA director to cooperate with zafar qureshi when attempts at not allowing him to enter the FIA offices were described teh FIA director resigned...while baber awan tried to politisize the case by suggesting that the chaudhries had threatened zafar qureshi and he was thus biased...however the SC sidestepped the matter and told the FIA to get on with the case
Aug18-2011--In what many see as attempts by the mqm to occupy lyari the generally PPP dominated area of karachi waja karimdad a former PPP mna was gunned down in the old karachi area of kharadar alongwith three others...others suggest a lyari gang war which has claimed upto 13 lives on wednesday...no particular gangs identified..earlier rehman dakat was gunnned down during this PPP regimes attempts to control the area...Gabol a PPP dssident now the only major PPP figure in the area...many suggest a complete failure of teh PPP and mqm in karachi where people have suggested that the mqm policy has been to eliminate all opponents...one wonders at the PPP brain which after three years of failing to resolve teh karachi issue they still want to climb on the mqm's back...mqm unable to control anything and is still blaming the government for the violence when it is the biggest troublemaker in the city...the karachi violence has little todo with the rest of the country which is generally peaceful barring a few trouble spots...it just shows that two major parties of the country with complete control of the government and resources are still failing to handle karachi...maybe nawaz sharif is right that a midterm election might be the only answer left...many still suggest another province be carved out of sindhi...since teh situation barely allows sindh's interior regions to develop or get attention from the government...the bifurcation of sindh does not mean that karachi is going tobe in another country...at best they could form two regions in sindh where control could be established to a greater extent than at present...
Aug17-2011--a case has filed in the LHC calling into question the PPP attempts to divide the punjab...the litigant states that the constitution only allows changes in the limits of a province and not the creation of new provinces...also suggesting that the provinces are autonomous states as per the pakistan resolution and constitution and thus cannot be tampered with...many suggest that the federal government would have to go for a referendum which is unlikely to succeed if only punjab is tobe divided..many suggest that it is the PPP animosity to the punjab where it is unlikely to win on a unified punjab basis that is behind the Gilani attempts to form a new seraiki nationality...others suggest that the punjab could divide itself into regions for uniformity of governance and development...
Aug17-2011--on a lighter note Hina Rabbani Khar was allowed to address the cabinet and explain why her friends the indians had sixty nuclear missiles targeted on islamabad...!!!earlier Gilani had been unable to explain the unabashed friendliness of the new foreign minister to pakistans only enemy in the world barring the USA...!!!
Aug17-2011--drone kills four in north waziristan as 12 militants die in the remote tirah valley as their vehicles hit roadside bombs..taleban group said tobe in conflict with the kukhikhel tribe of the area
Aug17-2011--The unnecessary mqm which remains in the opposition even while in or out of the government is again trying to get back into teh government on the back of asif zardari who can at best be described as a sindhi mohajir with deep anti PPP animosities...the PPP is just creating more problems for itself by what can at best be described as hugging the mqm even when it insultingly turns its back on them...the mqm has had no effective role in teh government and only tries to create problems when the governments usual tactics of suppressing the population by animosities such as price hikes seem to suggest its demise......its cooperation in karachi's deteriorating situation is also said tobe facial when its supporters openly participate in criminal activities...the PPP regime seems to openly want such mqm activities and it tolerates literally anti pakistan behaviour such as attempts to bring karachi to a halt and encourages threats of terrorism and failed attempts at riots in other parts of pakistan...
Aug16-2011--PIA's aging airbus was detained in france with numerous maintenance faults such as a leaking fuel line and lack of screws causing instruments tobe connected to the body with wires..
Aug16-2011--PAF women pilot crashes plane near mianwali
Aug16-2011--blast near tableeghi markaz in charsadda
Aug16-2011--marri and bugti homes raided in quetta...many blame the warring baloch tribes of terrorism in balochistan
Aug16-2011--four nato containers gutted near peshawar
Aug16-2011--The my life is in danger primeminister barely waved to rainflood affectees in sindh says teh dawn...punjab chief minister recently accused asif zardari of threatening to have him killed...usual utterances for politicians says the interior minister...!!!
Aug16-2011--Opposition leader critisizes the doling out of independence day awards to at best cronies and hangers on of the zardari family...PPP punjab says awards only given to sindi cronies......in fact people barely having entered politics have been given awards..nobody has ever been so blatant in their ethnic animosities as asif zardari and gilani have become...
Aug16-2011--two bullet riddled bodies found in quetta and mach gas supply pipeline blownup...many suggest that the liberation movements might be eliminating trouble makers while others suggest a private sector anti liberation group or the mean intelligence agencies functioning in balochistan...
Aug16-2011--The US should realize that neither the pakistan army or the paramilitaries need its trainers or training...most training can be covered by manuals if there is anything new since confucius...many also suggest that pakistans needs are only material and one hardly things some marine nuts can teach them anything which the pakistani subedars forgot to impart...It is many think a deep rooted anti pakistanism that plagues US policies and one cannot beget friendly reactions to the unfriendly US policies...terrorism here is at best a local issue and hardly needs any US inputs...
Aug16-2011--in what looks increasingly like distributing corruption at the cost of the people pasha(not the ISI chief) set to increase commissions to oil marketing companies by upto 50%...most oil marketing companies are already hugely profitable...many wonder who will solve the increasingly anti people economic policies being propagated by the PPP...who will cover teh losses being suffered by teh people of pakistan...
Aug15-2011--three soldiers killed in a rocket attack on the tochi scouts fort in north waziristan
Aug15-2011--even failures like rehman malik and khushbakht shujaat a new mqm politician given national awards in what might be described as another ugly aspect of PPP rule in which national awards were given to party politicians, unknown actors and even cronys...a father daughter combination also given teh suspect awards one of whom is a reclaimed corruption suspect from the steel mills and another a budding politician...supposedly a niece of asif zardari also claimed an award...with most presidents having been apolitical awards were usually awarded to people considered worthy of the honour...that is in contrast to army awards where even sweepers got awards...
Aug15-2011--a new outfit emerges in dera allahyar 'the baloch liberation tigers'which claims to have blownup up a restaurant killing 14...!!probably another one of the rehman malik routine incidents...?
Aug14-2011--american UsAID contractor kidnapped in lahore as his contracts windup...possible employee involvement...
Aug14-2011--mushahid hussein the culprit who exposed pakistans nuclear program says fixing pakistan not a rocket science...In pakistan even designing missiles/rockets is done the same way...chalo ye try kar letay hen...nahin nahin is say missile india ke bajaye afghanistan chala jaye ga.!!...for example hina asked manmohan to visit pakistan...he said kahin bomb to nahin mar do gi...acha acha aane he to aao warnna bhar men jhao..!!!...the politicians donot know what secular means...it means that the government not involve itself in any religions implementation...going to mosques and temples is hardly a secular pursuit...and liberating kashmir...!!!
Aug14-2011--fehmida mirza must have done something terrible...as 1500 villages inundated in badin by rain...?
Aug14-2011--The frightened judiciary finally sentenced one GHQ attacker to death...upto now they have been releasing all terrorist suspects...!!
Aug14-2011--The sindhi strike againt the zardari-mqm LG system caused the death of eight people..with firings, arson attacks and even grenade attacks...rehman malik said it is a routine event
Aug13-2011--Engro Power earns a profit of Rs777 million in six months showing the excessively high rates offered to Ipp's at obviously the cost of the populace...Engro also charging excessively onits dairy and juice products...and obviously paying low rates to rural milk/ fruit sellers...
Aug13-2011--army chief initiates coal mining project in balochistan from where 20 trucks tobe sent to punjab daily...army chief seems tobe the ruler of balochistan...
Aug13-2011--in peshawar two militants are freed killing three policemen
Aug13-2011--five rockets fired on quetta cantt..one soldier killed..
Aug13-2011--On the eve of a strike by the sindh bachayo committee seven vehicles in karachi set on fire and one killed...
Aug13-2011--a ranger sentenced to death in karachi while six others given life imprisonment...no motive assigned by the court for the rangers shooting in the leg after being apprehended for looting women in a park...the victim was over active and seemed to grab a rangers rifle before being shot...however no medical help given by rangers to the victim...
Aug13-2011--fata residents given right to appeal against injudicious and cruel sentencing by the political agent...and the useless right to form political associations...women and children not be collectively punished while men to continue to suffer such cruelty..while an apellate high court or tribunal tobe formed
Aug12-2011--PMLn and PMLq(like minded) move into a coalition mode with issues tobe resolved later
Aug12-2011--punjab assembly refuses seraiki sooba bill as it is against the constitution...PMLn wants the PPP to standup and ask for its cooperation on a quid pro quo basis many think...however theoretically it has tobe moved in the national assembly first
Aug12-2011--The national assembly apparently does not think that quaids supposed secularism has failed miserably in pakistan...the quaid in just one statement said that everyone is free to pray in their temples and mosques and praying has nothing todo with the state...pakistan history is replete with sectarianism(fighting amongst muslims) and all sects and religions donot get along in any way...The quaid was wrong in substance as the peopel donot worry what the government thinks in such matters...even now the state discriminates in application of zakat recovery from various sects...the government should get out of zakat collection and other aspects of religious implementation if the national assembly believes the quaid was right...the quaid also failed to realize that fata would become a rebellious place and the national assembly should also study that...the quaids beliefs donot stand the test of time and u can hardly be secular if u participate in creating countries based on religious majorities
Aug12-2011--bomb blast in peshawars lahori gate kills five policemen and aboy while later asuicide girl died alongwith an old woman in the same area...
Aug12-2011--The PPP government in hunza opened fire on attabad lake protestors killing one...the protestors than set fire to a police station, DC house,a govt rest house and a police van
Aug12-2011--The PPP now says that the reenactment of the LG bodies is a stop gap measure as its sindh chapter, ANP and sindhi nationalists all want commissioners whom they can beg and scrape to and obviously that gives individuals some power even though these commissioners are not the same as those in the ayub khan era...they have now torpedoed teh mqm and zardaris suggest that they will get a consensus on a LG system...a seperate krachi sooba would be much easier...The PPP seems tobe isolated and does not know what it wants and what the people and the mqm want...many say the sindis are fed up of the PPP and the mqm...!!!The PPP has long been opposed to local governance but it does keep some semblance of peace and in the musharaf era there was some trickle down to every area...with provincial and federal governments not bound to spend in all areas the PPP has been able to literally keep many areas such as rawalpindi devoid of any federal attention ..the same goes for the provincial governments...one would suggest a mechanism for uniform development and financial distribution at the federal and provincial levels...karachi is already developed and funds should be focused on all other areas...a unified country wide LG system and mechanism for financial allocations to all areas at the federal and provincial levels is necessary...

The Daily Pakistanpolitics 01-10 August, 2011

2011-08-01T17:28:00.029+05:00

Aug11-2011--while blocking retirements at the top the army promoted 19 brigadiers to major generals while according to the dawn only four major general vacancies will result from retirements of lieutenant generals
Aug11-2011--the sindhi nationalists who usually support the PPP if they oppose the kalabagh dam and the ANP stunned teh PPP leadership by opposing the mqm supported local bodies viz the commissioner system...The chakar baz gilani watched in stony silence as teh ANp walked out of the NA and teh sindh PPP accused teh gilani-zardari clique of a sellout...
Aug11-2011--drone kills eighteen in north waziristan..while in quetta two policemen and a schoolteacher were gunned down and bodies of two labourers found in turbat
Aug10-2011--The upstart foreign minister Hina rabbani khar said she wanted to talk to india as a friend even though friendliness is rarely ascribed to the indian phsyche by anyone...even in india she was threatened by indians to beware of china and the retiring indian airforce chief said that they would destroy pakistan in a nuclear war scenario...not very friendly one must say however she said that they wanted to continue talking on issues the most recent of which are over two decades old...
Aug10-2011--In the provincial debate BNP-M wants jacobabad, DG Khan and Rajanpur amalgamated with balochistan while others want balochistan divided into three on linguistic grounds...on the other hand the DG khan politicians seem inclined to join the seraikis...provinces in general or linguistic provinces have failed over teh longhaul starting from east pakistan and breaking up the theoretical states goes against the pakistan resolution so touted by some karachi and baloch politicians...at the moment one could describe fata, sindh, balochistan and nwfp as failed provinces...
Aug09-2011--nature played havoc with the presidency too as heavy rains choked water pipes...zardari like the mqm wanted to know who was responsible for the water inflows into the troubled president house...maybe it was the mqm said one joker...?
Aug09-2011--with the troublemaker Gilani out of teh country SC gets courage to set aside zafar qureshi suspension...
Aug09-2011--after a literal hammering in fata and nwfp the army in no mood to handle another area with big law and order problems such as karachi...in a pathetic display of weakness they hope government measures will succeed in karachi...they hav'nt for over twenty years...
Aug09-2011--The new provinces debate has brought strange views to the fore..the lackluster leaderless attitude of the PPP...who are unable to control even sindh...PPP attempts to demean the punjab as they cant control any of teh smaller provinces or fata...many suggest that smaller unmanageable provinces could be even a bigger disaster...many say the musharaf era kite flying of districts as seperate entities with the end of all the looting provincial governments might be a better bet...just as an example we have 114 districts ...if all the federal divisible funds and other available resources were given directly to them each district could get as much as 15-25 billion depending on teh overall take...under the present system big cities in the punjab barely get 2-4 billion barring lahore which seems tobe getting 20-30 billion...dividing punjab could have a devastating effect with sindh losing all its water rights as it would no longer be a lower riparian...however on the punjab level things might improve as with four provinces each could get more than 250 billion each...that would be a bonanza for parts of punjab that get literally nothing from lahore although the expenses of four assemblies and governments could eat into that...sindh could also get much lesser in financial terms as some parts of punjab are less developed than the whole...the ANP is the meanest in the provincial debate...supporting new provinces in all other provinces but not in nwfp and fata...
Aug08-2011--many suggest that teh concept that smaller provinces will be easier to control seems far fetched given teh pakistani experience where smaller provinces have been more problematic than teh bigger province...creating trouble in a smaller province will be easier than doing it in a larger province...many suggest that unless the entire country is turned into smaller provinces just doing it in punjab alone will not solve the problem...earlier teh martial regime had suggested that all divisions or districts be turned into provinces...also many feel that it is the national assembly that should take the lead on forming new provinces and all teh countries problematic areas including fata, hazara, karachi, coastal balochistan, pukhtun balochistan be turned into new provinces...others are also suggesting that DI khan be included in the seraiki sooba while still others say that south punjab should be equally divided into two as well as central punjab and potohar...many in punjab feel that the loot of punjabs financial resources would have to be returned due to a division of punjab into two, three or four...?however without solving teh countries electricity problems smaller provinces can easily turn into rioting havens...
Aug08-2011--The zardaris and the mqm are so frightened of teh commissioner karachi that they have done another about turn and now the PPP and mqm relationship is back to square one...again the musharaf local bodies reinstated in all of sindh...ANP however says that they are now dropping out of the PPP coalition in sindh and have told their lone minister in sindh to become non functional...
Aug07-2011--PMLn moves to placate army by appointing two retired lieutenant generals..tirmizi and qadir baloch from nwfp and balochistan as assistant secretary generals..they already have a deputy secretary general and will now need a real heavyweight as secretary general...the secretary general in theory will now have to come from sindh...?
Aug07-2011--A major blast at a peshawar nato terminal blows up sixteen oil tankers
Aug07-2011--in what amounts to a division of sindh into two parts teh PPP's new trouble shooter like rehman malik accepted the mqm position and devolved them from teh commissioner system...karachi and hyderabad will now function in a supposed limbo under DMO's..apparently karachi and hyderabad will get local bodies and not the rest of sindh...whether the mqm can provide street security is another matter and unless they can restore peace in karachi since hyderabad sees no violence the situation will probably revert to the one of violence as usual...
Aug06-2011--In a move that puts farook sattar at odds with the heavily armed mqm he agreed to a possible military de weaponisation drive in karachi as qaim ali shah the pathetically unimaginative chief minister of sindh and raza haroon came to a friendlier handling of teh situation which generally means the PPP backing away from all its points of views...many say altaf hussein has been literaly rejected by karachiites and teh coordination committeee has been dropped in favor of the governor and the opposition leader raza haroon...altaf hussein one day was ordering peace and the next a month long seige of karachi and eventually apologizing..?
Aug06-2011--as the sindhis refused to have anything to do with it Gilani asked the PMlq to propose teh south punjab province in teh punjab assembly...south punjab though not a troubled area blames teh center and lahore for a lack of development...however generally south punjab is quite well developed education wise , in agriculture and infrastructure...many suggest that south punjab could easily deprive sindh of more funds and probably water...many things would have tobe renegotiated including water and NFC accords...generally speaking it is unconstitutional to talk about something that is not in teh constitution and the national assembly has to change teh constitution before the punjab assembly can do its job...without the PMLn or even if every mpa acted independently getting a 2/3's vote in teh punjab assembly would be difficult...others suggest that the SC has already ruled that a major change to teh constitution will be considered illegal...Gilani seems tobe in an undue haste as if elections could be announced or Gilani removed from the primeministership soon...Gilani 's position as primeminister also could be up in teh air as he would theoretically be an mna from a much smaller province than punjab as a whole and thus technically useless...sindh and nwfp probably feel unnerved as they too have areas who want tobe a seperate province...many suggest that the issue should theoretically go to a referendum in teh punjab at least...
Aug06-2011--mqm they say has lost its ball of air...mqm ki phook nikal gai he...as farook sattar gave a list of 500 mqmh workers who they say are criminals ishrat flew in to discuss when they should rejoin the sindh government...many suggest that the mqm should talk to the sindh interior minister and sindh IG police...others say that if mqm cant do anything to change the situation in pakistans best developed city than they can hardly have any purpose or use...mqm should understand that this is pakistan and that is the way it is going tobe...and one does not know what they should do since it is much better than 1947...others suggest that the obvious suggestion to the mqm is to run away like their leader altaf hussein and not loot banks to pay for their violence...
Aug05-2011--The ANP and MQM both of which supported the military actions in fata and lal masjid now want the military in karachi too...they have to realize that the civilian methods have not been exhausted and that includes incarcerating teh militant leaders who are apparently known to the sindh police and it is only the weakness of teh sindhi leadership that stops them from being arrested...the list of people arrested in 2002 is known and those involved can easily be deduced from statements that are issued...the mqm must as a first step stop its followers and supposed leaders from participation in violence...there is no way the military can disarm a whole populace...the military if called will have to act just as it does in the fata and swat where the populace refused to see reason...the mqm must realize what happens to cities that fight against teh country and amongst themselves...there is the example of kabul and beirut...many suggest that the mqm leaders be sent on a tour of mogadishou to see what happens...the only silver lining is that after destruction rebuilding can create jobs and probably a better karachi and might be better more sane leaders...there is also the viewpoint that sindhi barons control the violence for their own purposes to defeat an upstart city population...if the army comes in than so will cobra helicopters and they will blowup all militant hideouts and leaders...there will be no respite untill the violence stops in totality...the army cannot come in and than the mqm can regroup and start the violence all over again...that is what has been happening upto now...the mqm leaders are just as violence prone as their supporters and unless they stop their negativity nothing will change until they realize how to deal with problems and give proper and peaceful advice to their supporters...when they advise violence than how can things change...the PPP has made a serious miscalculation in not allowing political local bodies to function...they should think about local body elections especially in karachi if the mqm promises to end all violent activities...it is really not a matter of urdu, english and sindhi...they should have just instituted provincial government controls, reduce funds to karachi to help other areas of sindh and allow them the political space to function in coalition with other groups...the commissioner karachi said that they had 108 medical institutions under them and there are hundreds of factories and commercial organizations so it is not a matter that things have not been developed in karachi by past and present governments...it is still the best developed city in the country which only does not focus onits poor areas...therefore it is not a matter of more industries in karachi which probably still has 30% of teh countries industries located there...i saw a karachi which was better developed than before but its policing system had suffered because of immunity to political forces that cause unnecessary trouble...the problem of karachi like teh rest of the country is electricity ...why does the PPP and KESC not solve that for a start...one does not see any efforts in that direction there or in teh rest of teh country...when priorities are wrong than problems occur...the mqm problem is their isolation from the people of karachi and non involvement in the karachi administration...if they agree to keep the peace appoint a political commissioner but not a terrorist like the previous nazim...the previous deputy nazim could be an acceptable appointment if she has the guts tobe independent of the terrorism of teh mqm...!!??
Aug04-2011--The controversial seraiki(kabhi altaf kabhi gilani aur kabhi nawaz sharif)Javed Hashmi now wants four provinces in punjab as size wise even south punjab is too big administratively while Shebaz Sharif says it is just a government gimmick as there are more problems in fata, karachi and balochistan...it is those provinces that are administratively difficult to handle as teh problem in punjab is generally equi-distribution of development funds...Fata should be declared a province and each agency given 15 seats in its provincial legislature...to start out a nominated legislature and governor can take over with a nominal police force since the tribal system is a complete failure...
Aug04-2011--In what can at best be regarded as closing ones eyes to trouble and troublemakers...the PPP coalition asked Asif Zardari to negotiate peace with the karachi terrorists aka the mqm whose leader issued a one month threat of war from london...when Gilani called in teh army chief to ask his opinion he told them that this time we will reduce karachi to rubble starting with the houses of all the mqm militants...and he also told them that the army can not sit idle as the mqm leaders threaten the country...and cause strife and persistent ethnic warfare...it was suggested that the only way was to arrest all top mqm leaders in the country who are behind teh karachi problem...however teh pathetic PPP asked Asif Zardari to ask the mqm to rejoin the sindh cabinet...in fact they asked zardari to negotiate with the mqm but he is known as a wimp and persistent mqm supporter even in the PPP and just wants them back in teh cabinet...many regard the karachi situation as the biggest PPP failure who could not handle the ethnic warriors even in teh seventies when zulfikar ali bhutto introduced sindhi in karachi schools as compulsory...earlier ayub khan too could not handle the killing fields of golimar and liaqatabad...many suggest that the craziness of the mqm is because they cannot identify with pakistan and its prosperity...starting out they and the landlords looted pakistan as mohajirs were doled out houses and land left behind by hindus...while in punjab the mohajirs became billionaires teh karachi ethnic mohajirs moved lower down teh ladder eventually ending at teh botton dominated by other ethnicities like sindhis and pukhtuns...earlier the punjabis and mohajirs had developed sindh and now they are being pushed out of teh picture and cannot take it anymore...the PPP is handling teh situation as if the mohajirs are religious minorities and handling them like the indian congress and BJP...however teh mqm has created a monster by becoming teh countries worst and biggest minority even though they are muslims...some suggest the mqm leaders are shiite who have little love for the country and the majority sunnis...the other groups in karachi namely sunni extremists, taleban, pukhtuns and baloch are much more cooperative whether economically and politically dominant or not...many suggest that the mqm has lost complete control and lower cadres go berserk whenever they want...many suggest that mqm has for the first time attacked an industry although they were accused of setting factories on fire before......many suggest that the mqm are controlled by indian forces such as the bjp and rahul gandhi both pretty much happy to see pakistan in deep trouble what with teh problems in balochistan and fata...many suggest that teh PPP's childishness portrayed by the mohajir-sindhi zardari is teh cause of teh problem as teh mqm know they can terrorize him into subjugation easily...many suggest that teh country could be on the verge of a coup despite a weak armed forces leadership...others suggest that mqm has not givenup the hope of a seperate harachi either as a province or seperate state...many in punjab generally supporting mqm as they trouble the PPP into another grave think that karachis destruction will create more opportunities in jobs and industrial avenues in other provinces...The PPP regime has failed to demonstrate an even economic handout to all areas of teh country and has been generally happy with teh army failures in balochistan and fata and probably teh semi terrorist situation all over teh country...u can see the rehman malik response to the mqm's threats of continued terrorism...all politicians make such statements he said...all politicians donot create mayhem at teh drop of a coin...the PPP should identify the creators of teh karachi violence and send them behind bars for ever...obviously the people the PPP arrests are not the ones behind teh violence orchestrated by london or teh coordination committee of teh mqm...still others say that PMLn behind the karachi violence while imran khan controls the anti nato and fata violence...many say altaf hussein has already been paid off by the interior ministry but his phsychological craziness persists as he went up in flames on hearing the crooked sugar barons thoughts on the mohajir origins..."bhooke nange aye they aur hamari daulat kha ker hum se he larte hen..."...one would like to clarify that there were only a few rich men amongst the mohajirs in 1947 and while not unclothed they came here poor and petrified and downtrodden...a religious minority in india that was constantly persecuted and subjugated by hindus and the british...they subsequently occupied government offices and instituted petty corruption until the political class, military and management decided that they should benefit from corruption and not the clerks...while the politicians quadrupled corruption the mohajirs steadily lost their jobs first to punjabis and than pukhtuns and sindhis...many suggest even the suit that altaf hussein flaunts was bought by rehman malik...?
Aug02-2011--seven nato tankers torched near khairpur
Aug02-2011--Gilani apparently trying to create a south punjab province by force to create a political base for himself...while he can hardly get the resolution thru the national assembly and senate he wants to push it thru the punjab assembly...to create problems for teh PMLn which can effectively block teh resolution...however the south is also quite divided and many suggest that teh PPP could suffer its first reversal if it tries to move it in the national assembly where a two third vote requires everybody tobe on board...how they are going to divide the punjab with bahawalpur already opposed and whether other areas would like to live under multani domination which might be worse than an over all punjab...many might be upset by the PPP trying already for domination of multan, bahawalpur and dg khan...south punjab says the dawn consists of multan, dg khan, rahimyar khan, muzafargarh, layyah, bahawalnagar,sadiqabad, vehari, lodhran, rajanpur, bahawalpur...and they also want central punjab areas such as mianwali, bhakkar and mianwali...dg khan is generally considered baloch with mianwali having a substantial pukhtun base...how they are going to divide the punjab which basically has no real movement for a seraiki sooba...one doubts that sindh, nwfp and balochistan would want to vote for such a division although karachi might do so...many suggest that the government should divide all the provinces on a realistic basis which could see punjab divided into three, balochistan into three, sindh into two and nwfp into two...thatta, karachi and hyderabad could probably form a viable province in sindh...it is a controversial area as under the pakistan resolution the country can theoretically not divide its states...
Aug02-2011--Politicians if not taken to task continue begetting violence...In what seems to have been one of teh bad days apparent mqm attacks in surjani town claimed 23 lives with most of the attacks against pukhtun targets while a factory was attacked in sohrab goth by apparent pukhtuns...destroying numerous motorbikes...many suggest with ramazan approaching the politicians might have gone on a bhatta gathering spree destroying those that resisted paying...most of the violence seems mqm orchestrated with pukhtun retaliations..many suggest that the violent mqm leaders should be arrested before those actually involved are found and incarcerated...how the PPP expects to solve teh problem while sitting with those who order the violence seems unexplainable...most of the karachi violence is supposedly meaningless ethnic warfare with no side able to control or subjugate teh other...
Aug02-2011--it is teh general feeling that bheegi billi ki tara altaf hussein ke pas jaane wale karachi men masle hal nahin kar sakte...Unless the criminals are brought to book the karachi situation will not improve...MQM is known to respond typically ...ke ham kyun roken...?..terrorists can only be dealt one way...the people should not only protest against the police and bijli shutdowns but also against the bijli chor and the criminal...there are only a few mqm leaders known to participate in the hate mongering activities and they can easily be incarcerated...many suggest that patriotism does not gel with ethnic/religious terrorism...The issues in karachi and maybe quetta have crossed the bounds of politics and obviously cannot be solved thru mere political statements...like the ones being issued by rehman malik, manzoor wassan and altaf hussein...
Aug02-2011--Gilani obviously unaware that even parliament does not have unlimited powers nor does the executive...The SC can issue corrective orders and those have tobe followed by the government...many suggest that the SC appoint a NAB chief since the government is unable to...?
Aug01-2011--Yusuf Raza Gilani apparently again let off the hook by the SC says the Dawn as he refuses to obey their orders on various matters..there are several SC orders pending on various matters that the PPP regime is refusing to follow...The SC prepared to act however they say if Gilani creates further problems in implementing SC orders...The PPP seemingly only in power to get their corruption related cases..killed...

The Daily Pakistanpolitics 21-31 July, 2011

2011-07-21T12:20:00.038+05:00

Jul31-2011--many are suggesting that the mqm is the ISI/PPP's albadr...as the desi type's and islamabad are frightened of the creeping influence of the other sindhis...... ...others suggest that things like textile cities should be built in peaceful cities like bahawalpur or sheikhupura rather than teh violence prone karachi...others say some billionaire industrialists wanted plots for their children so zardari asked pasha "bhai kuch kar do gharibon ke liye..."...karachi ke amir logon ko zulfikarabad shift kar den ge take khul ke lar saken mqm wale...aur punjab ke billionaires ke liye park lane...
Jul30-2011--The redundant primeminister seems to suggest that the sindh governments setting up of a textile city in the strife torn city of karachi will get punjabis thousands of jobs...?many think that Gilani is implying that mohajirs, sindhis, baloch and pukhtun are all terrorists and that leaves only the peaceful punjabis who should be rewarded with jobs in the textile city...!!how the country with already enough textile mills with enough empty spaces in them needs a new textile city that also in terrorist controlled karachi is beyond reason...he also seems to suggest that the PPP is using teh mqm for terrorism and trouble making purposes...??how they can achieve peace in karachi without arresting teh known troublemakers is uncertain and they have not been able to do it for the last three years...expectations about teh PPP being able to control terrorism controlled quetta and karachi are very low...u cant control trouble by talking sweetly to the mqm...!!!upto now they have been reacting even more wildly than before...and the foreign ministers visit to india seems to have had negative repercussions as terrorism in balochistan has started to increase suddenly...
Jul 29-2011--Hina rabbani khar is praised for her india visit but many regard her as naive as india is an enemy and has been fooling us since 1947...the nature of teh indian phsyche is being mean and nasty and intransigent...she says there is no change in teh indian position on kashmir and eventually/probably things will move back into a liberation war scenario that pakistan backed out from supporting during the musharaf era...improving contacts and trade on the kashmir border has not helped improve the indian mindset or changed their attitude...many suggest that the indian system of governance is led by a pathetic weak primeminister blocked by all sides...
Jul 29-2011--nato tanker blownup in mach and gas pipeline blast in dera allahyar...
Jul 29-2011--Gilani fails in convincing anyone...as he decides to attack teh SC on the issue of non compliance of its orders...Gilani is already redundant and the SC has shown that he is pathetic in his decision making ability...the parliaments authority can only not be challenged in its ability to make laws otherwise only the SC has the right to exercise the right to adjudicate right and wrong...many suggest that with a false bravura Gilani will ultimately cringe and fall at the judiciaries feet...many are already looking at the possibility of an exciting new primeminister say someone like Hina rabbani khar who is just legally too young although she has shown exceptional ability...others are suggesting the chandio from larkana although that would disfigure PPP's ability to mollify both punjab and seraiki areas...The SC can at the minimum censure, fine or even ask the armed forces to assist it in removing a primeminister who is reluctant and at best just a seraiki show for the PPP...a primeminister better able to handle teh situation and who does get blocked in teh corners of his mind is what is required...others used to suggest Kaira or gondal but both have fallen afoul of the PPP and Kaira is even more an onlooker than a doer...others suggest that the army looking into the possibility of assisting the SC in removing a recalcitrant primeminister if teh SC asks for its help...!!!
Jul 28-2011--PPP's Gilani moving towards an anti constitutional position by refusing to obey court orders...Gilani has taken to transfering investigative officials who start to trouble politicians without his approval...many suggest that the court could either fine the primeminister or ask the armed forces to forcibly remove teh primeminister from his office for gross misconduct/contempt and not obeying SC orders...
Jul 28-2011--PMLn drops position of secretary general so that nobody can challenge Nawaz Sharif within the party at the next elections.Nawaz sharif also came out in support of more linguistic provinces...many in punjab oppose the move if only a new province in punjab is the objective...PMLn's seraiki dissidents such as Javed Hashmi have been attracted to yusuf raza Gilani and have been opposing nawaz sharif...The PMLn in the next elections should move to amalgamate its former partymen in teh PMLq to ensure a comprehensive victory in the punjab...Nawaz Sharif also needs a more populistic approach as at the moment his approach is teh same as teh PPP's hand waving approach and anti people policies...industrialists are not attractive as are landlords due to the inherent strange nature of pakistans economics where only rich people are benefited with only tukra's(small minor pieces)for the people at large...
Jul 28-2011--The anti people PPP regime after price hikes of a trillion only passes on a paltry Rs 2 billion as relief during ramazan...many suggest government should focus on the troubles of the people rather than only employed state workers...many suggest that the government instead of making profits at the expense of teh population should sell things in utility stores at zero profit and the same should be applied to the power sector where electricity average prices should theoretically be less than Rs 4...even with local(lakhra) coal and machinery bought with state funds the government wants an exorbitant Rs 10.60 per unit...this seems tobe a clear indication of teh massive corruption in the PPP regime at teh center and in sindh...
Jul 27-2011--many suggest that a Fata type operation suits the karachi situation and if that happens we could see karachis top leaders hideouts being bombarded...starting from 90 azizabad a long list of coordinates as been prepared by the military while others suggest a wholesale arrest and detention of upto 1500 people...many suggest that teh violence is generally because of teh mqm and its banning could be part of teh next operation and only pakistan named parties will be able to survive
Jul 27-2011--NAB operations suspended as government cant appoint new chairman under SC 30 daydeadline
Jul 27-2011--In what can be termed as teh SC taking over teh administration the establishment secretary told teh court that the primeminister was not issuing the transfer order...the SC threatened him with contempt and he went back and brought a transfer order for IGP baltistan to revert to teh FIA to takeup the hajj scam investigation...The primeminister retaliated against the officer and made the establishment secretary usually a senior beurocrat an OSD..
Jul 27-2011--Hina Rabbani Khar tries to soften up the intransigent indians as ocuppied kashmir leaders want peace in pakistan...
Jul 26-2011--mohajir judges of the SHC refuse to hear afaq ahmeds petition against unjust politically motivated incarceration since 2004..Musharaf, PPP and mqm have forced the incarceration of anti altaf mohajirs...even though they are not very different from the mqm...
Jul 26-2011--The finance ministry says it is stopping financial assistance of Rs5 billion per month to KESC and releasing 20 billion to IPP's to procure furnace oil...in the strange agreements that teh government has with IPPP's it pays them high rates and has to ensure supply of fuel...?one wonders how bangladesh can generate electricity at Rs5 from furnace oil and pakistan private companies cannot
Jul 26-2011--The SC seems tobe backing off on clear insults by the FIA, primeminister and interior minister on the suspension of an additional FIA director investigating the moonis elahi scam
Jul 26-2011--maj gen ashfaq nadeem the DGMO who was probably also asleep on the night of May 2 tells abbottabad commission that everything else working but we were not told about the americans attack on abbottabad..otherwise Nato and ISAF cooperate fully and we can defend everything else.He also sees no threats from afghanistan despite recent cross border attacks, drone attacks and teh abbottabad attack...? Abbottabad is just over the hill from islamabad and one wonders how they would deal with a sneak attack on installations around islamabad...which is dotted with strategic locations...he also suggested that the career snoops of the ISI also knew nothing about the attack and ossama's location despite the information from afghanistan to musharaf that ossama was in haripur...and the ISI chiefs visit to washington a couple of days before...seems like obvious collusion ...
Jul 25-2011--Altaf Hussein's claim that the mqm represents a wide swathe of people in karachi failed tobe true as violence broke out again killing 18...the mqm many say is crazy and forces violence/demos on minor issues forcing other groups also to set up violent retaliations...it also seems that the mqm's anti officialdom attitude causes more problems than solutions...the local bodies beaurocracy such as design approval and tehsildar registration/demarcation are necessary as well as police controls whatever their efficiency...political groups have failed to prove that the police, tehsildars and wapda were inefficient as they have been unable to improve things...themselves...
Jul 25-2011--The brave new foreign minister kicks musharaf-army-gilani policy of accepting indian hegemony out the window stating that pakistan does not accept anybodies hegemony in the region...pakistans policy of assisting US-india friendship has many say backfired totally and needs tobe restructured...she apparently told Hilary clinton not to bother with pakistan if they are going to create problems in the minor levels of aid...specifically she said our high regard for relations with teh USA should not be seen as slavery and hilary should quickly reverse aid restrictions on pakistan...americans should realize that pakistan is not a nation of shrine worshippers and they should direct aid into proper channels...showing that american's seem to have strange set of priorities when it comes to pakistan
Jul 23-2011--Rs 84 million embezzled in the armed forces last year
Jul 23-2011--In khuzdar the baloch imbroglio in which nobody deals with terrorism continues as gunmen shot dead a BNP-M leader and three others
Jul 23-2011--In Norway the wests wrong attitudes towards terrorism came home when a supposedly lone gunman shot dead over 84 people at a government youth rally and a car bomb exploded outside the primeministers office killing 7...while the terrorism seems anti the labour party it could boomerang if it causes a sympathy wave...others say it is a group of european terrorists while the lone norwegian terrorist is inspired by putin and rght wing anti islam views which seem quite contradictory..
Jul 23-2011--In karachi which the mqm has turned into a chronic enigmatic troublespot...mqm and other ethnic groups in karachi are attempting ethnic cleansing in sub areas as well as the whole while the mqm has even evicted sindhis in hyderabad areas and mohajir opponents in karachi areas...democracy is a multiple group process thus the mqm is deeply opposed to the democratic process...mqm is unable to accept the viewpoint of others and is not designed to operate peacefully given its foreign controllers and attitudes...police flail around as they try to avoid blaming the mqm's troublemakers...mqm gunmen shot dead five mqmh workers and four bystanders returning to their homes after a decade from where they had been evicted by mqm politics of forcing out even political opponents from areas...four mqm walas also shot dead in the encounter...the mqm is on all sides of the problem in karachi...area cleansing of ethnic and political opponents,terrorism,ethnic/sectarian seperatism, eliminating political opponents,killing incumbents to get mohajirs appointed,wild gun firing killing whoever they see...protesting the police and rangers attitudes, and the last of which is becoming the weak persecuted mazloom protestor...no government can provide security when an entire group like teh mqm is not willing to live peacefully...they apparently start issuing wild threats when telephone line's are down rather than calling the PTCL like other people......others say police disregarding mqm threats from people like anis qaimkhani and mustafa kamal......many say the mqm does nothing to stop violence or take responsibility for their acts...in fact mqm stops at nothing and is the involved in every aspect of teh problem in karachi...the PPP has gained nothing from its one sided cooperation or supposed reconciliation...many suggest that the PPP inconsequentially playing the mqm for just the odd senate seat and the PMlq for the odd senate seat in punjab...This is the height many say of PPP irresponsibility as they disregard totally the management of public law and order in the bargain...The only way to peace in karachi is the banning of all factions of the mqm and blocking telephone calls from london which many say still orders terrorism and violence in karachi..others say that asif zardari visited the saudi king to beg for the lives of mqm workers who had killed a saudi diplomat...many say the saudis said they have identified the killers and will take action if the sindh government does not...others say that the next indian target maybe ormara where disguised indian spies are being sent...
Jul 22-2011--The new foreign minister a rural woman says pakistan is a powerful country and india and the USA had better not trouble us too much...while teh pathetic Gilani wants good relations with traditional enemies USA and india...as the USA starts its process to restrict aid that they had agreed to in earlier negotiations
Jul 22-2011--in continuing terrorism in balochistan three OGDC employees and a rickshaw driver killed in dera allahyar
Jul 22-2011--In one of the most blatant anti democracy moves the sindhi finance minister approved Rs900 million for the sindhi coal gassification 100 MW project...There is no allocation in the budget...sindh should fund its own projects if it lays claim to teh coal...sindh has been unable to develop any of the lakhra coal despite laying claim to the resource since 1992...the atomic energy agency had said that it would develop it indigenously but now wants $100 million for equipment import...the claim that foreign companies would want to invest in lakhra coal is also highly improbable and unbelievable given teh governments inability to even meet electricity demands or develop the coal fields in any way...the government is only going to be able to meet electricity demands during flood months and some parts of winter...despite the government already inflating electricity prices to 3 times the cost it seems that they are still trying to increase tariffs with the economy being almost destroyed by the process...
Jul 22-2011--Hilary Clinton has fallen to such a debased level in appeasing indians that a kashmiri lobbyist ghulam nabi fai has been arrested in the USA on charges of being funded from pakistan...a supposedly charitable US project Al shifa hospital's(which literally loots patients) former director is accused of funding teh kashmiri with ISI funds...many suggest that teh indians advised her to arrest an ISI man to get her spies released in pakistan...The US has about 90 CIA men in pakistan and their undercover modus operandi is to go around as religious theologists...many suggest that the US incharge of anti alqaeda operations was functioning from pakistan without the ISI knowing anything about it...
Jul 22-2011--Yusuf Raza Gilani one of the weakest primeministers seen in pakistans history continues to lie to the public about anything that is controversial and attempts to create a teflon impact with meaningless homilies...no responsibility no explanations...for example electricity availaibility has fallen even below that of three years ago but he refuses to even notice or accept his responsibility or solve teh situation...he is unable to explain the high cost of electricity when even in bangladesh electricity is generated at 6 taka from petroleum fuels...he has even been unable to get extra electricity from hydel sources...many suggest that Gilani is deliberately reducing available electricity by not providing fuel...the PPP feels that it can still blame problems on previous governments just as the mqm wants its own orchestrated terrorism blamed on target killing...murders are murders and the mqm must take responsibility and hand over its terrorist leadership...relations with the US are in a terrible state but he insists that they are still friends...the PPP is seen tobe supporting murderers in sindh for its needless reconciliation policy which is about the only thing they tout to a hungry and troubled populace...the mqm's aseers are actual terrorists and murderers..it also seems that the ANP minister for railways is incompetent and is bent upon destroying the railways...many suggest that an educated person be appointed as railways minister rather than a bus driver type...
Jul 22-2011--The PPP's top leaders seem to have a confused viewpoint on corruption, criminality and politics...at times they confuse all three...many suggest that it is the leaders that are accused of corruption, abusing teh constitution individually and the democratic system...the PPP also seems to think that because of its past misbehaviour or collusion with non constitutional forms of illegal governments the judiciary will follow and approve its wrong policies, decisions and appointments...many notice the chief justice shying away from applying a generally honest but without basis in law system of judiciary...for example all political parties should be charged with avoiding bringing corrupt and criminal politicians to court...!

The Daily Pakistanpolitics 11-20 July, 2011

2011-07-11T12:11:00.034+05:00

Jul 19-2011--Yusuf Raza Gilani disappoints sindhi aspirants and appoints the mild Hina Rabbani Khar from his own south punjab constituency...as foreign minister...apparently opposed by asif zardari(read as sindhi's) who alongwith Gilani are leaving on almost daily foreign trips since teh removal of shah mehmood who was also removed on zardari's opposition...Hina rabbani khar has been moving in and out of parties as they lose government and has also been minister of state for finance
Jul 19-2011--The PPP suddenly accepted teh resignation of Shahid Kardar probably the only prominent punjabi economist on teh PPP side...who was unable to take the blatant price hike and tax hike economy...many suggest that he had refused any further loans to teh government from the private sector and suggested that they spend what was coming in to reduce inflationary pressures...and provide more opportunity for loans to the private sector
Jul 19-2011--the offer of unchallenged kashmir seats brought the governor back and it is only local level embarassment that does not make the mqm run into the PPP bear hug again...many suggest that the absconder was sent back as numerous mqm murderers and arsonists were relocated to sindh jails and the mqm were unable to explain their politics usually leaving it to juniors like faisal sabzawari as teh terrorist hardliners thrashed karachiites into submission in another display of arson and murders...many suggest that the mqm leaders in pakistan had fallen into a counter trap and were unable to even talk to the government as their politics of terrorism became evident......in a way the mqm terrorists were right and the PPP submitted to their killings and burnings...many suggested that asif zardari seemed a slave to the mqm tactics as almost everyone else preferred a unitary PPP government in sindh...many suggested that such politics was anathema for even pakistani political watchers who see the musharaf era PMlq, PMLf, ANP, mqm literally poles apart in ethics and ideology in one government with a conscience less PPP run by two corruption accused/involved ..The judiciary also seems subverted by recent incidents of american cia controlled events in pakistan, and its inability to get a FIA additional director reappointed and teh army subverted/subdued in a way by terrorism of a an unimaginary level including the unknown killing of a prominant journalist...the governments covert support for corruption causes further hassles...many suggest that the SC should have fined the primeminister for not obeying SC orders by now..!!
Jul 19-2011--The cruel Petraeus leaves afghanistan after killing ossama and ilyas kashmiri and a spate of killings to cure corruption in the afghan regime to takeover as CIA chief...god save the political leaders of afghanistan and iraq and maybe pakistan..?
Jul 19-2011--PPP and mqm literally ("siyasat ka khamba noch rahen hen") tearing the electricity pole of politics and jumhuriat to shreds...after the MC withdrew their candidates from the karachi kashmiri mohajir constituencies and mqm was left with a blackened face...altaf hussein again sent his governor back to work...PPP unable to agree on a governor of its own...the PPP ultimatum of one week or else seems to have worked..many suggest that the mqm wants to win elections by burning buses and killing people...others wonder why only present and former interior ministers negotiate with the mqm...
Jul 16-2011--it seems that asif zardari no longer represents sindhi feelings and many now consider the understanding of jamhuriat amongst gilani , zardari and altaf hussain as suspect...while all three and chaudhry shujaat seem to follow ethnic vindictiveness as a personal policy they fail to realize that a party with 30 odd seats should not be given that much power under any circumstances and not going after teh mqm mafia's killers is also anathema to law abiding people...it is now clear that zulfikar mirza who could possible be an ahmedi was not the cause of the violence and that the violence had been preplanned by altaf hussein beforehand...shabaz sharif also should not be frightened of the mqm attempts at bringing sindhis and punjabi politicians to their knees as he would not be able to shutdown karachis port and industries for more than a few days...altaf hussein obviously has little regard for human life and property...and it is probably money that quickly brought an end to his planned violence..
Jul 15-2011--Altaf Hussein seems tobe unable to understand the difference between terrorism and a peaceful demo...as his mohajirs went on a rampage killing 21 and burning numerous usually pukhtun owned buses, trailers, rickshaws, cars and shops...in karachi...the usual say many but for the people that the mohajirs killed...they also asked an ANP leader and zulfikar mirza to leave the city showing their long held attitude of ethnic seperatism/vindictiveness..many suggest that the newest PPP recruit chaudhry shujaat who has attempted egging on punjabi nationalist feelings against sindhi terrorism seemingly encouraged the violence......will the SC take suo moto notice of the mqm violence...ala sarfraz shah...all this because the mohajirs could not take teh scorn heaped on them by zulfikar mirza...many say the PPP, PMLq and mqm deeply involved in terrorism...with many saying over a thousand punjabis killed in balochistan also on PPP orders...mqm on first thought trying to force pakhtuns from their livelihoods in karachi...while many older pakhtuns/punjabis have migrated back north most are hard headed enough to fight it out with the mean natured mohajirs...PPP now based on isolationism inclined ethnic sindhis and seraikis not making it clear that they donot support ethnic seperatism and that people can live and work everywhere whatever their ethnicity... zulfikar mirza said that the mohajirs were literally namak haram whom sindh had fed, clothed, provided homes, bussinesses and industries after migrating from india...zulfikar mirza frightened of appearing in person seems to have a deep and probably desired effect on the mqm issued a video apologizing for the angry feeling...the PPP, and ANP distanced themselves from zulfikar mirza's known feelings...the mqm has never shown any concern for the problems that it causes to pakistan and karachi which many now consider as an inconsequential city in the pakistan context...mqm almost as terrorist in instincts as teh taleban...!!others suggest that many mohajirs would prefer a local leader rather than the expatriate altaf hussein and even teh sindhis want somebody with whom they can get along...animosities on both sides are however just skin deep...asif zardaris failed reconciliation policy is the basic cause as he would not allow even the mqm feathers tobe ruffled...punjabis generally who bore the brunt of earliest mqm attacks think that karachi should be made a seperate province but many donot like the mqm behaviour...or generally the mohajir nature and attitude...
Jul 15-2011--scattered blasts in bombay as the terrorist rahul gandhi challenges manmohan sindh for the primeministership...americans offer to help blame it on pakistan as pakistani leaders frightened issue more condemnations than they do on blasts in pakistan..recently rahul gandhi in his al zwahiri mode threatened a pakistani leader that they would not sit idle until pakistan is destroyed...say rumours here...
Jul 14-2011--apparently al qaeda after informants in the CIA and family of dr shakeel afridi who might have been extradited to the USA...USA might be giving out false information on who or how they got the Ossama address...
Jul 14-2011--As the PMLn juggernaut faulters with lacklustre development in the punjab Nawaz Sharif again takes over as President and tries to create a new interprovincial team...Sartaj Aziz takes over as secretary general after the martial law era appointees unable to handle the situation..Sharif also attempts to create a new team for the seraiki areas...
Jul 14-2011--Pepco says that the PPP regime responsible for unnecessary load shedding by restricting finances and oil supplies to the power sector
Jul 14-2011--SBP governor who explained to the nation that governments revenue expansion exactly equivalent to the price hikes and inflation has supposedly resigned after he refused to meet the unjust demands of teh sindh province...
Jul 14-2011--many suggest that the zulfikar ali mirza's answer to a seperate province campaign is a bit like the mqm who fire off with terrorism whenever their mean politics is threatened that is if the sindhis sheltered them when they arrived hungry, poor and unclothed...the mqm might be right that some sindhis would prefer another altaf hussein who ran away to england leaving all the trouble behind to enjoy an english lifestyle...other rumours suggest that the apart from altaf hussein the other trouble makers in pakistan are non other than zardari, gilani and shujaat hussein...shujaat and gilani have the capability to send trouble makers from gujrat and multan...while still others suggest that the chaudhries would happily prefer a seperate karachi province and sindh should realize that a karachi province might be more preferable than the current situation of constant trouble whether indian , sindhi, mohajir or punjabi in origin...karachi as a province would not be giving a piece of sindh to somebody as lots of sindhis do live in karachi too...other rumours suggest that gilani told shujaat to go to karachi and take control of the situation...
Jul 13-2011--altaf hussein mounts propaganda offensive suggesting gilani conspiring against the isolated army and ISI...while chaudhry shujaat works to unravel teh achievements of teh sindh PPP...
Jul 13-2011--nine killed in military attack in orakzai...at least 50 tribals killed in a US bombing close to the pakistani border...major drone attacks on monday and tuesday and at least ten missiles fired on tuesday evening...most attacks in shawal and datakhel areas
Jul 13-2011--In what maybe a dangerous escalation four drone attacks kill 52 in north waziristan...there are various points of view ..many suggest that drone strikes are suggested by kiani others say teh information comes from the ISI
Jul 13-2011--CNG can be dangerous as a fireball possibly from CNG cylinders incinerated a bus and killed nine in islamabad
Jul 13-2011--the next list of drone attack sites maybe ready or the address of the new al qaeda chief al zwahiri might be transferred as again ISI chief Pasha goes to washington for a day...military which generally can take slaps in the faces from washington happily again trying tobe friendly with the US...many suggest that a US agent Dr shakeel afridi is in custody for trying to get ossama household dna samples...The armed forces has a misguided viewpoint that fata armed groups pose a threat to the rest of the world too...upto now they have only attacked pakistani sites...Carmen Munter misguidedly said that we can both prosper from problems and catastrophes...the situation is that the US prospers while pakistan suffers...continually more by the misguided notions of teh US government its armed forces and diplomatic officials and the foolishness of the pakistani government and armed forces...
Jul 13-2011--with the kings parties such as the PMLq and mqm falling by the wayside more so by losing the king the interior minister attempts to form another 50 men electable party to trouble mostly the PMLn in punjab...the 50 men supposedly clean and electable...with PMlq votes more likely to drift to the PMLn and the mqm very undependable the PPP and interior ministry might be looking at another major coalition partner after the next elections...This group yet unnamed tobe led by the financier Jehangir Tareen at the moment in the PMLf and a friend of humayun akhter khan...this after sindhis kicked out rehman malik as chief mqm negotiator...
Jul 12-2011--Blasts at COD Sihala levels several buildings...military while experienced in handling ammunition known to cause blasts by mishandling...
Jul 12-2011--suicide blast in battagram kills seven...drone attack kills six..two nato trailers attacked in balochistan and four killed
Jul 12-2011--malik ishaq who has been acquitted in 34 of 44 cases and considered tobe the mastermind of the attack on the sri lankan team bailed out...he has been in jail for 12 years and been convicted in two cases and belongs to the ex SSP...
Jul 12-2011--The army chief Kiani and the indians both happy at the stoppage of $800 million in US military aid of which $300 million was for american trainers who kiani kicked out...many suggest that the US congress and Obama advisors have a confused attitude of pakistan as a paid servant or some sort of mercenaries for hire and that the pakistanis have some magic wand to do US bidding...others say the pakistan army might have picked up the Ossama informant while others suggest that the americans think that the pakistanis donot tell them everything...however many think that the conservatives have Obama over a barrel and he will do whatever they say...US not really too clear about what they want and probably some polishing of boots by the pakistani military duo and government might be all they want...Joint staff HQ has refused 229 visas and many say it is a consequence of the US military threatening pasha and kiani with dire consequences...others suggest that the weak natured gilani who has avoided making personal efforts and participation in talks is the cause of the US trying tobe harsh and using high handed methods with teh countries military which really cant deliver much since the US wants literally a duped subordinate attitude......
Jul 12-2011--The PPP which has been literally waiting them out in sindh immediately felt the duality in the altaf hussein attitude who had become apparently a hardboiled sindhi...however the mqm's terrorist wing immediately went on the attack and had graffitti written on the walls of karachi calling for a mohajir province after the nazim body system was scrapped which literally had karachi run by mohajirs at every level and who could thus easily thumb their noses at the sindhi provincial governance...The PPP which has a dual purpose meanness in attitude willing to divide punjab but not sindh and nwfp was accused by terrorist mohajirs of discriminating against them...and also threatened even more violence...The sindh PPP also immediately bared its fangs and refused to even consider a division of sindh...the PPP also refused to continue the meaningless zardari attitude of concession after concession to the mqm in the name of reconciliation...the PPP has failed to get alongwith any other party but continued their supposed reconciliation with the mqm...the mqm accused them of facial reconciliation but refusing to show any concrete change in attitude...The mqm was earlier allowed even secession by the chaudhry shujaat if they did not change their mind after six years...The PPP must in talks to the mqm be truthful and not just hide behind the bush waiting for mqm support to wane due to their negative pro terrorist attitudes...
Jul 12-2011--many suggest that the PPP's seraiki visionary has again fallen into a 60 year old USAID method to dupe pakistanis...he reccommended on instructions from USAID that people should follow birth control to reduce the population to increase wealth and the economy...The PPP seen as increasingly unable to handle the economy and military relations with the US...others suggest that Obama needed 800 million for his election campaign and Kiani said u can take it out of our aid...The great visionary apparently suggested that reduced children will increase the per capita income and thus the countries supposed wealth...unfortunately per capita income means little with an inflation of 15-20%...with the birth rate at around 2% that means around 3 million children per year...th government does little for children anyway...even if the birth rate falls by say a few lakh children it will barely have any effect apart from statistics...The USAID suggested the same thing in the 1950's-60's...research suggests that the birth rate actually falls with economic well being and not the other way around...
Jul 11-2011--The mqm their street terrorism knocked out by the rangers went on a night time attack by suggesting that they would terrorize the entire country if driven to the wall...The mqm goes crazy whenever out of the government and accused the sindh government of cutting off their telephone lines...anis qaimkhani and mohammed anwer came across as the terrorists in the mqm...with landlines increasingly useless in teh time of mobile phones the mqm obviously came across as attempting to cause more trouble as karachiites started to remember the time of 2002-2005...many suggest that karachi is getting sick of the mqm's daily doses of terrorism and killings and want a more peaceful alternative...qaim ali shah his chief ministership threatened by teh failure of his mqm policy kept trying to suggest that they had not been kicked out but had run away from responsibility and would as usual return to the fold...not being able to sustain themselves out in the cold...many suggest that the mqm want to trouble the duped PPP further and will probably take about a month to return to the fold...the PPP has been sitting around watching the mqm terror tactics against other ethnic groups and not taking any actions...many suggest that it is time to at least incarcerate a couple of mqm's terrorist controllers...
Jul 11-2011--as expected teh US government stopped $800 million of military aid and many said it might be time to say good riddance to the americans this time for good...many suggest asif zardari told cameron munter to go to hell when he asked for pasha's removal two days ago for eliminating a journalist close to the taleban and some say mqm...many suggest that the americans now want to get out of the region having achieved their major objective and Ossama again wants to playup to the indian/israeli lobbies as elections near despite having no serious challenger...pakistan has done whatever teh US asked barring literally turning into a panama...the US had already slowed down aid deliveries which were being spent in insignificant amounts and on non issues like advertisements for treckking to swat...and repairing shrines...the pakistan army had already ridiculed US military aid which generally was focused on F-16 deliveries...only 18 repaired F-16's were delivered and the ten new ones have not arrived a typical US tactic...obviously pakistan would have problems repairing the problematic US helicopters and supposedly they even refused night vision goggles...many suggest that paistan is better off depending onits own resources in intelligence and military affairs...with attacks from afghanistan becoming frequent many blamed the american tactics of fueling an internal insurgency and threatening to invade thru taleban irregulars from afghanistan...

The Daily Pakistanpolitics 01-10 July, 2011

2011-07-01T10:13:00.035+05:00

Jul 10-2011--bahria challenges CDA's extremely high priced Park enclave where CDA to sell kanal plots for 12 million each...bahria to sell at an equally high price of 6 million...CDA obviously attempting to mint money and bahria leeching onto the venture...since Bahria does its own work it can obviously challenge on prices...CDA has not previously created a beautiful heavily parked enclave as yet and many doubt its committment apart from the money minting...Bahria probably can match the roads, park building although its bahria towns generally lack greenery...and its park building has been slow as it cannot earn from just building a useless park...CDA too has been unable to keep up the greenery of islamabad and the flowers although it did some park building in the musharaf era
Jul 10-2011--foreign secretary and pakistans ambassador to india threatened by HUJi...now the secretary foreign affairs also has a team of commandos posted at his house
Jul 10-2011--Military intensifies Kurram Operation...another 21 militants killed
Jul 10-2011--why the sindh government brought the rangers into town again after four days of internecine killings is seen as part of the inept nature of the PPP...many suggest that they were embarassed after having kicked the rangers out of town after the killing of a dacoit and initiating cases against the rangers...the rangers had the troublemakers of karachi subdued within the day...
Jul 10-2011--The fake opposition of the PML-F joins government in sindh too
Jul 10-2011--the army many say should not setup seperate personal natured relations with foreign armies and the gilani government should handle tough negotiations itself rather than leaving them to military officers...in the realm of foreign, political, regional, strategic and military affairs...this in teh context of an ISPR release which many say is a bit farfetched...as it accuses the NYT and Admiral Mullen of attempting to weaken pakistan as the ISI is the first line of defence...one has not noticed that ...defending at the first line of attack...as the attacks have continued mercilessly by the american military, and CIA as well as indian attempts to derail pakistans kashmir position...In fact one must say that the ISI has been pretty muted as literally all pakistans strategic enemies attack at will......The ISI which is generally regarded as pretty pathetic in matters related to the defence of pakistan or even negotiations on strategic matters such as those with afghanistan and india...The CIA, RAW and Khad has pretty much defeated it in the regional contexts as seen in relation to the bombay attacks and matters related to afghanistan and al qaeda...nor have they been too successful in dealing with CIA spies who have been moving around at will trying to push their noses into pakistans defence secrets and military hiding places......As far as the NYT claims about pasha's anti americanism...eliminating journalists maybe one of the charges too... and problems with the CIA many say these have occurred because the Gilani regime has been unable to replace the two important military positions in time...New chiefs can handle situations as their personal ego's are not involved and the three year tenure for military chiefs and two years for the ISI chief have been generally successful...one might not agree about replacing pasha and kiani in the context of the NYT and Admiral Mullen attacks but it is pretty much certain that anybody else but the Gilani-Zardari duo would have replaced the military chiefs by now since they are pretty much failures...it is like keeping on a bowler who keeps getting thrashed in cricket...
Jul 09-2011--11 militants killed in Kurram operations...nato tankers fired at in mastung...16 inch gas pipelines in dera bugti area blownup...
Jul 09-2011--The Geo fed New York Times calls on the US government to get ISI chief Pasha removed who is seen here as ineffective and a Kiani crony/subordinate...with ISI chiefs coming from a usually recently promoted lieutenant general the change is only in attitude and nobody with any real credibility can be in that position...The PPP in earlier terms had brought in a retired air marshal and than a retired major general but the military again wanted their own subordinates in the position...very few ISI chiefs can claim tobe independent as they usually have to follow government head and army chief orders...most have followed similar policies that are not remarkable as they have usually been unable to control coups or identify mavericks in the armies officer corp...others suggest that some ISI chiefs might have directed coups and acted as intelligence and control systems for military coup plotters...The ISI's major responsibility has been to monitor armed forces officers and spies but have usually been sidetracked into political investigations and operations and many say instead of killing foreign agents are more used to exterminating and vanishing opponents of the government...many suggest that of late there major responsibilities have been taken over by the IB, MI and the foreign office...they now only provide manpower for undercover appointments
Jul 09-2011--The notoriously slow sindhis finally tell rehman malik to go to hell alongwith his ineffective mqm...with his chief ministry in teh doldrums the dumb looking qaim ali shah allows major changes and brings back zardari crony zulfikar mirza as housing and works minister...the mild and moderate manzoor wassan takes over as sindh home minister...apparently the police and rangers were refusing to handle things until they were given powers to shoot at sight and were finally allowed to warn and shoot...the rangers were brought back in and the kati pahari control taken back fron suspected mqm or taleban shooters...others suggest that rangers renegades were firing at people from the kati pahari's occupied security checposts...hand grenades and rocket launchers also started tobe used as over a hundred were shot dead...the khapi mqm again sat around wringing their hands in grief as people attempted to move out of troubled areas...the mqm usually blames the police and rangers for all the trouble and wants a urdu speaking police and rangers for karachi...mqm has to understand that unleass the people are peaceful and cooperative no police,rangers or army can succeed in keeping the peace as troublemakers surface again and again...that has been the mqm scoring point as they cause trouble and than blame the police and rangers for killing them as they donot understand urdu...!!!...rangers say they assisted those falling victim to seemingly ethnic cleansing operations...problem as usual started with a possible mqm kidnapping of a bus and killing its occupants...in another unprecedented move sindh now has two senior ministers...as in the punjab sindh too quickly fell back to the british era commissioner system and almost killed the musharaf era changes to the local body system...five divisions came into effect and karachi went back to five districts and the KMC..politicians scared of taking personal responsibility want beaurocrats to handle the kill the troublemaker routine...karachi has remained unsettled eversince the zia era when the mqm came into being with successive governments unable to control trouble...krachi only had one period of calm from 2002-2005 when the mqm was not allowed to take part in elections and their top 300 troublemakers(read killers) were jailed and the jamaat islami ran the karachi local bodies...zia ul haq initiated the trouble in karachi to unsettle the PPP and it has not changed since with repeated law and order problems every few weeks or months...
Jul 08-2011--shah mahmood qureshi who could lead the PMLn in the punjab in future elections falling afoul of teh PPP's punjab chapter too...
Jul 08-2011--actions against Fia director zafar qureshi stopped by the SC...many blame gilani for running a personal vendetta against a supposedly family friend...
Jul 08-2011--Dr. AQ Khan implicates generals such as jehangir karamat known for financial scams in the nuclear selloff to north korea...
Jul 08-2011--In further evidence of the anti pakistani motivation of the americans Admiral Mullen said journalist saleem shehzad who apparently used to expose mqm tactics in karachi and later became a taleban specialist was killed by the pakistani government...his body was suspiciously found buried in a town near islamabad...blame fell on the ISI which usually is unable to clear its own name...the ISI, military and several intelligence groups some extremely secret have been blamed for many of the political killings in pakistan
Jul 08-2011--In an almost ritual cull mostly blamed on armed and terrorist mqm groups...opponents of the mqm are gunned down in karachi without conscience keeping the rest loyal to the evil genius or shaitan sift altaf hussein...many groups in the mqm operate independently and surface whenever things are about to change...rehman malik the almost evil interior minister had recently said that karachi was pur aman...the weak PPP government in sindh led by another ghaddi hugging syed seems usually unaware of what is happening and cannot as usual control the killings ...63 over three days...with mayhem occurring in one area it is unbelievable that the government has to wait for intelligence to move in armed forces...many suggest that karachi should be handed over to the army like the Fata...most killings in karachi are usually ethnically motivated with some based on sectarianism and the rest on an anti terrorist operation against militants...most believe that the police and mqm both are killing people without thought...the mqm usually has a loud speaker but is unable to effect anything that happens which it continually blames on the police and sindhis...
Jul 07-2011--The SC asks government why it suspends FIA director after reappointment...the court should note the negative influences of teh chaudhry shujaat family on the government and the governments strange behaviour since...
Jul 07-2011--as the situation started to change post ossama taleban started to move into afghanistan while afghan militants started attacking areas in upper dir...many suggest some afghan governors in teh border areas are encouraging the invasions...a hospital near miran shah in north waziristan was destroyed by the military after they came under attack on wednesday in which three troops were killed ...a huge hospital for the area had 45 private rooms and a 24 bed ward...troops clashed with militants after the military blew up its fourth floor...operations in the kurram agency have killed over 40 militants while 4000 families have been displaced...
Jul 07-2011--PMLn building up its forces in seraiki areas as shah mahmood qureshi feels out of place under zardari and gilani...moderate seraiki leaders could move to the PMLn to challenge the gilani-abida family buildup in multan...nawaz sharif should be looking for a populist option to challenge the entrenched families many say...
Jul 07-2011--pakistans military wants governments complete backing and participation for their anti terrorist operations...there are no other organisations that can fight terrorism and none as heavily funded and doing nothing else as the army..the people would probably prefer if both the terrorists and teh government left them alone...what with their power shortages,price hikes, tax hikes and bombings......apparently gilani stutters when saying pakistan ki ghud mukhtari in urdu so he made a speech to swati's in english where the indians would not be confused about teh khud mukhtari of kashmir and the americans would understand the ineffective primeministers equating drones and sovreignity and the US's narrow interests that are opposed to pakistans existence even...de-radicalisation...many suggest that the fight aginst terror now has little left init and kiani looked odd when he said they would continue teh fight against terrorism...with Ossama gone even teh uppity afghans want to try and invade the weakish and frightened pakistan...and many said how can everyone fight the fight with kiani...the people dont have the resources to build walls around army house's and golf courses for an individuals safety...others suggest that a defence minister who is frightened of fighting for pakistan and suffered apparently losses in teh sale of shoes in the 1965 war should also be replaced...
Jul 07-2011--As the mqm went on the rampage in karachi killing pukhtuns at will nawaz sharif embarassedly stated that we donot support the killing of innocent karachiites...tell that to the mqm...apparently nawaz sharif and shabaz sharif agreed to forget everything since 1992 when coas asif nawaz started to clear karachi of terrorists...and than obviously everyone will forget about the asif nawaz's strange death at the hands of the mohajirs favorite delicacy tea...?
Jul 05-2011--The jokes about the current PPP are mounting...with the one about gilani whether he was a punjabi, arab, pakistani, afghan, turk or seraiki...many say he is actually an american when he forced american security to make haji adeel enter the embassy on foot...?...and when david cameron wanted cooperation on militants...zardari assured him that they will all die out themselves...the drones, army and suicide bombs will eventually take care of them.....we just try to protect the red zone and GHQ...others say that the " roti, kapra aur makan" is really a ZAB nara and not applicable to the current zalim PPP... in teh days of car, bijli aur petrol...others say that the PPP has happily pushed roti, kapra and makan out of the range of poor people(roti at rs5-15)...the rich and corrupt already enjoyed such facilities...others say roti kapra and makan only apply to gilani, kiyani and zardari who get free food and 8000 dollar suits..recently they say even the army chief was seen wearing an imported uniform(in the old days all faujis wore teh same khaki uniform and sweater which were locally manufactured although their blankets came from china...)...the one about BISP's punjabi philanhropist suggesting that we have already bought 40000 households in baltistan and 10000 in azad kashmir...how can the PMLn win any seat even in an honest election...even the AJK election commissioners vote was illegally cast...?...and the last one in which zardaro offered the latest BMW to bilawal ...please son dont fire me as co chairman...it is becoming increasingly difficult father...!and how about firing gilano as deputy chairman since he is now a seraiki...many say the PPP leadership and their children and wives are all millionaires and unable to understand the peoples plight...obviously nobody now wants a dose of free polio vaccine only...and that too paid for by donors!
Jul 03-2011--Nawaz Sharif hints at joining hands with the MQM and later on teh JUI and PMLq to topple the defective PPP regime...while teh PMLn and MQM have had negotiations earlier many regard the attitude of the MQM as being incapable of an honest relationship and make sharp accusations of military operations in the early nineties when the mqm openly followed an ethnic seperatism based militant politics...since that time when their militant wing was crushed and militant leaders exiled themselves the MQM top leadership has attempted to show that they are supposedly peaceful moderate pakistanis while middle order leaders and followers have continued a policy of semi altaf directed violence...or simply brutal ethnic violence...The MQM a group of student leaders supposedly setup by the military to become kingmakers have always joined all the governments since their formation only to exit before teh next elections have been able to keep the support of karachis so called mohajirs with this policy...The PMLn leaders too are east punjabi mohajirs and are impressed with the mqm's attempts to slay the duped PPP and fool karachis mohajirs again and aagin...attempts at bringing their politics into the punjab have failed because of the mqm's duality...many suggest that the nawaz sharif alliance if it contains the jui and mqm will be bedeviled by PPP attempts to use their former allies to control the nawaz sharif government or attempts to topple them...
Jul 03-2011--US spokesmen show disrespect for pakistani politicians such as Gilani aand ahmed mukhtar who say they are working to stop drone attacks and vacate the shamsi airbase...americans say they have no intentions of following the orders of such ineffective pakistani politicians...whom they accuse of lying...
Jul 02-2011--JUI chief attempts to torpedo a united opposition which could woo the PMLq into toppling the clueless PPP whose main policies are price hikes and tax hikes...the mqm too in a fix as nobody willing to support their ethnicism and isharat ul ibad does not want to giveup sindh governorship they say as the the PPP unable to decide who should be governor and whether qaim ali shah should be replaced too for his failed mqm policy
Jul 01-2011--Kharotabad commission says that terrorists should not be killed if they are not wearing suicide jackets...appoint judges to patrol streets and mann checposts say the police and rangers......does'nt that apply to drone attacks...
Jul 01-2011--In another attempt at fooling teh people FBR trumpets achieving a reduced revenue target...The FBR is also very very misinformed say people as they still are suggesting that only 1.5 million people pay taxes...many want to know who are the 20 million foreigners who pay sales tax and advanced taxes on their mobile and phone bills...and who are the idiots who pay sales taxes on each and every purchase and utility bill...many suggest that the government should bring in the IRS of teh USA to handle things..who go in and check each individuals income and tax returns...
Jul01-2011--In mid summer with temperatures rising... floods increasing hydel power...the government goes for further gas load shedding and minor CNG price hikes
Jul 01-2011--According to the dawn the pakistani government and military have collapsed to the same satus quo with the military not sending back any FC trainers and allowing in 70 new CIA agents ostensibly to look for the new alqaeda chief...obviously the new CIA agents are not clerical workers here to run USaid projects...The drone attacks continue and now the US has also refused to vacate the shamsi airbase in balochistan...no aid is being pumped in by teh USA nor any coalition support funds...this military and government are little more than subjugated CIA agents themselves...
Jul 01-2011--The PPP with no visible change in government style or substance says it is dancing with teh achievement of supposed provincial autonomy..Sindh is still run by the presidency and karachi by the interior ministry and Gilani continually tries to interfere in teh punjab specifically the subjugated enslaved multan...The federal interference in AJK is also a case in point...with almost all PPP walas suggesting on PTV that they were rigging the polls......now the ICC also wants no government interference...cricket autonomy...who will provide teh police and security...the taleban...if sri lanka try to win...poof goes teh stadium...

The Daily Pakistanpolitics 23-30 June, 2011

2011-06-24T11:42:00.017+05:00

Jun30-2011--upto eight navy personnel arrested for involvement in mehran base atack as it is revealed that all security cameras had been turned off...?
Jun30-2011--ISPR spokesman ridicules statements of new american commanders suggesting that pakistan is not serious in following american orders... the pakistan army is carrying out its responsibilities in Fata with due regard to our own sensibilities......The earliest operations were carried out in north waziristan and pakistan army says it is working on parameters of agreements signed than...another american official mark grossman wants us to prove that we want peace in afghanistan..!!
Jun29-2011--two nato tankers destroyed near nowshera
Jun29-2011--rallies in sindh call for zulfikar mirza as chief minister...zulfikar mirza, faisal raza abidi and agha siraj durrani considered close to zardari before the 2008 elections were being considered for governor...others suggest that farook h naek a concilator could take the job or even rehman malik whose whatever u want negotiations style has caused the mqm to opt for aggression every few months...while chaudri shujaat looks stronger than the mute gilani-zardari governance many say the PMLn could break away a major group of upto 12 PMLq mna's...
Jun29-2011--Pakistan tells US and afghanistan to end their one sided blame syndrome...u cannot get any cooperation from pakistan on issues that contravene our own sovreignity and who we are friendly with...everybody cant be friendly with the US given its attitudes...the views of the US ambassador to afghanistan show that anti pakistanism is a basic attitude amongst US diplomats and military..if they only want us to suffer than they should focus on areas under their control and not trouble us...when forces from afghanistan attack us nobody is around but they quickly find anti US militants for their drones to attack...Obama should appoint a conciliatory person rather than send in one animosity prone person after another..we dont go and attack people in teh US and india who issue statements against pakistan...?
Jun29-2011--The dawn says that almost 1200 settlers in balochistan have been killed since teh 2008 elections mostly small service providers and later also teachers and doctors....these have been mostly punjabi with a few mohajirs and some from hindko areas...pukhtuns who are the other major ethnic group in the area have not suffered...this has led to widespread migration from balochistan which could be 20000 or even higher...pukhtun and baloch areas are now very distinct...punjabis now only work in security provided government projects...that this has occurred mostly in a PPP led government shows the apathy and nature of the zardari regime..according to the PPP information minister the situation in balochistan had improved due to provincial autonomy forgetting the large scale killing of punjabis and hazara's...?pukhtuns and punjabis no longer live in any baloch areas sch as quettas dreaded sariab road where even professors talking to students have been shot dead...others say that there have been the 170 odd bodies of baloch who apparently were killed for participating in the violent movement...some punjabis are returning as this year the violence has decreased..earlier the punjabis had been forced out in the government of attaullah mengal in the seventies but came back with changes and attitudes of those in government...now probably enough baloch with working abilities exist and probably apart from those whose livelihoods were in balochistan the rest would probably settle eleswhere...
Jun28-2011--PPP says that this is the seventh time that the mqm has performed this routine of quitting the coalition...others say that the mqm was fooled by shabaz and the PPP to think that they had some popularity in AJK and punjab...altafs homilies are meaningless shown his past record in literally all sort of governments...the results supposedly indicated that in 29 AJK constituencies the mqm got no vote at all...the PPP with the PMlq in the bag now seems least worried...others say that this happens whenever altaf hussain runs out of money or ideas.....governor sindh has resigned and many say that new names for chief minister also being considered...murad shah and zulfikar mirza being considered for chief minister and Nd khan for governor...The mqm has been a useless part of the coalition as it has been unable to ensure peace despite getting everything that it asked for...most PPP coalition partners have been unable to play any major role as the PPP literally kicks the people in teh butt...the ANP , PMln and the PPP have opted for their political manifestos and nobody has cared about the sufferings of the people...for example the ANP sold out for the nwfp name change and more royalties...the pmln got their control of the SC and army strengthened...and the PPP got its changes that the sindh PPP wanted......The sindh governor who looks as if he has just gotten up from bed most of the times has been unable to play a sindh wide role and has at best been a mediator in every dispute that teh mqm kicks up...the mqm has still to normalize the situation in hyderabad and the sindh government has yet to start processing the cases against the mqm...In karachi the norm from all sides seems tobe direct violence which usually results in blood letting every few weeks...The government according to our information has not picked up any of the mqm killers...many say the PPP is unable to implement any sort of vision and is happy at being embroiled or distracted by political issues...all political parties PMLn, mqm and PPP say that the AJK elections have been rigged...others say that further rigging is being attempted and the mqm asking for the seats whose results have not been declared...
Jun27-2011--dawn says insurgency violence in balochistan has been muted amongst teh other conflicts that plague the province...the sardar/tribal conflicts alongwith the sectarian conflicts as well as the anti nato and taleban tensions...with balochistan divided amongst the baloch,pakhtun and coastal belts...the liberation insurgency has divided but not gained popularity...areas of baloch tension such as teh sariab road still see killings of teachers, religious figures and hazaras in teh sectarian conflict...mastung they say also sees such tensions...the political tensions in the power, and gas domains and electricity shortages also cause tensions...government should allow balochistan to use its gas for power production or purchase as much power and fuel from iran that it can afford...
Jun27-2011--grandson of akber bugti ..talei bugti shot dead alongwith five others in a bizzarre clash at a dance party in DHA karachi...
Jun27-2011--PPP leaders still cry foul and keep complaining like crybabies as they topple teh muslim conference in AJK...PMLn make inroads in pakistan based seats...mqm also starts its crybaby routine...PPP headed towards 20 seats...PMLn 10, independent 2, MC 3...results of several seats withheld with at least three seats yet to hold elections..mqm wants two sindh/baloch seats which the elections the PPP canceled...
Jun24-2011--The PPP seemingly losing in the punjab to the PMLn recalls that the sharifs were originally lohaars...however they have progressed from hammer wielders to industrialists and government runners...the PPP however has fallen from grace of being the only representatives of the people and are turning into ordinary corrupt tarkhans...The lohaar and the tarkhan were usually the center of old agri based soceities...
Jun24-2011--driver killed as nato oil tanker gutted in bolan
Jun24-2011--In what can be said tobe an act of common sense Marvi Memon resigns from the PMlq and the national assembly after her party joins up with its traditional opponents the PPP
Jun24-2011--The US as is usual for it has already slowed down military and financial assistance and a clear break could be the obvious result...The US has achieved its objectives of destabilizing pakistan and getting rid of Osamma while pakistan is still striving for its 28 F-16's...and the kerry lugar aid is at best dust to dust...
Jun24-2011--Obama's withdrawal plan considered pathetic by the pakistan foreign office while teh frightened afghans probably heaved a sigh of relief...after having achieved the Ossamma elimination the americans are still refusing to leave teh area showing their conflicting purposes and confused viewpoints...Obama probably thinks Osama removal is enough for victory but the american people might have other ideas too although a dominating candidate is not yet visible...the american objectives are in pakistan so what are they doing occupying afghanistan...many say the 30000 being withdrawn had been infiltrated into pakistan...
Jun24-2011--Like Obama our military leadership claims it has seperate agreements with the wazirs and mehsuds and will withdraw from fata when the tribals can take responsibility...Under teh situation expectations of peace in the various fata areas seems impossible as the tribal structure has deteriorated and a modern electoral system is needed to subdue the warring and tribal leaders...

The Daily Pakistanpolitics 12-22 June, 2011

2011-06-12T13:28:00.034+05:00

June22-2011--In a daring move shahbaz sharif who needs to change from his stodgy politics agrees to bring back his foreign holding most of which he says are loans...?The PMLn needs to bring about about a province wide policy rather than address a few points here and there...and turn lahore into a city of concrete...addressing popular problems seems to be the least of teh concerns of the PMln and obviously the sindh only policies of teh PPP...with only a few hundered mw in power added naveed qamar insists that teh power problems will be resolved although there seems tobe no real change in teh short or long term evident from the policies of teh PPP regime...
June22-2011--Even the pakistan police are becoming funny when they suggest that inuendo at who knocked out saleem shezad are just general allegations...
June22-2011--Asif Zardari suggests that the nawaz sharif campaign against the army is to pit the PPP against the army...however one does not see any mention of the PPP or zardari anywhere in teh PMLn campaign which is directed at a change in armed forces attitudes of amassing useless weapons and being unable todo anything when teh indians or the US infiltrate...even the US newspapers point to a Kiani statement which says that the wobbling army chief and the PPP have mortgaged the country to the USA...one should actually say we have mortagaged teh defence of teh country to the USA...nawaz sharif and his men have differing perspectives on teh army...nawaz sharif remembers the kargil fiasco and the coup when he attempted to remove teh army chief...others see the millionaire and billionaire generals and the attempts at personal self preservation...while others see teh refusal by the military to replace failing commanders...The criticisms are valid and the armed forces should themselves change to see realities and change leaders if teh PPP is frightened to do so...otherwise teh only alternative will be a coup when one of the top army leaders dies or is incapacitated...??discussions and viewpoints should not be turned into diehard ideologies of one sort or the other...The military defence thinktanks should at least bring in the pakistani intelligentsia to hear differing viewpoints and at the least let their own thinktanks to stretch their visions..obviously the mere viewpoint that we are a weak and powerless country unable to fight does not require much discussion...
June22-2011--In what was many say is probably a propaganda shot across the bows army announces arrest of a GHQ brigadier who went AWOL a month and half ago...supposedly for working with hizb al tahrir a not very famous banned organisation...many suggest that the timing suggests some links to the abbottabad incident or possibly even mehran base attacks...in that context many see the navy chief as very funny as he was involved in ransom payments for the somali kidnapping of a ship...navy must be very weak if it cant board a ship with just a few somali militants on board...others suggest other nefarious objectives including coruption..the naval chief supposedly a studious type arrived at the mehran base in a BMW..!!...
June20-2011--nato oil tanker attacked by two motorcyclists and set on fire near mianghundoi...five tankers gutted in last four days
June20-2011--mohmand area cleared after airstrikes with 25 militants and four soldiers dead
June20-2011--reports suggest that karzai is worried about the nature of Us occupation as they dither about withdrawal and talks with the taleban...he would like pakistan to work out an arrangement with taleban instead...The US constantly wants to try out military subjugation but history shows that solutions only come from talks directed at mutual governance rather than exclusion
June19-2011--nwfp chief minister divides hazara into two dicisions to dampen provincial movement...Abasin division created in battagram district to increase anp support in the region...
June19-2011--Three killed in bomb attack on FC in panjgur
June19-2011--reports suggests that teh four mehran base attackers came from the same family and were eurasians and possibly foreigners...
June19-2011--The US said tobe initiating talks with the taleban...the UN creating a difference between taleban and alqaeda...many say nothing concrete is being discussed as the real solution has tobe US withdrawal and an open political system without militirization on all sides...In vietnam US talks finally resulted in teh US rushing out and the north vietnamese taking over...the situation in afghanistan might not be that polarised but there has tobe an agreement between north,south and west and obviously an american withdrawal...with the taleban emerging or maintaining their power profile a mutually agreed coalition government could also be one of teh alternatives...
June19-2011--many suggest that the army is using the 500 billion budget to raise its walls higher and turn itself into the fortress army...protecting itself rather than pakistan..the army probably at its lowest ebb in stature since the 1958 coup...one lawmaker called the armed forces status confidence shaking even though the army has never been able to really deliver...mehtab abbasi teh former chief minister of nwfp said the security policy has turned teh safe nwfp and fata into problem areas and balochistan has plunged into military operations which seem tobe directionless..many however point out that nwfp has always been suspect security wise and only constant monitoring has kept teh situation calmer than it is now...many regard the abbottabad operation and tbe mehran airbase attacks as the lowest ebbs in the armed forces history...while some criticised the 25-50 crore(wealth) owning generals that teh country is making as teh cause of teh problem while others said that teh armies political motives were the real cause of teh problems
June18-2011--the retired Admiral Mullen says they dont want to break off relations with pakistan.. just make them tremble with embarassed subjugation given the haughty attitudes in the pir, zardar and army chief mentalities...one or the other is liable tobe embarassed by every event...he says the pathetic pakistanis wont be able to stop drone attacks and teh combo of kiani, pasha and gilani just fooling the populace...with zardari a step ahead wanting just one drone for personally directing teh attacks...many suggest that the PPP's anti people nature is apparent by the sanaullah comment that zardari and gilani are wearing 7-8 eight lakh suits...no wonder they have a trillion rupees budget deficit...probably the largest in history...many laud the temperament of the kicked out baber awan who is still ready to fight the PPP top duo and rana sanaullah's fatwa's...PTV acting as the PPP's mouth piece under the dictatorial buffalo doctor...kaira was probably a little straighter than teh current PPP cabinet?..methinks the US has the 7-10 year itch and is as usual moving towards another period of problematic relations...
June18-2011--The afghan invasion in the bajaur area resulted in teh killing of another 12 militants and one civilian volunteer
June18-2011--In what some term as the pukhtun dominated outer areas of rawalpindi people demonstrated against electricity shutdowns on peshawar road and burnt a police van, damaged several vehicles and destroyed a military chackpost on pir wadhai mor...there were also shouts of nawaz and zardari murdabad...shows the pathetic nature of teh Gilani regime..many remember the benazir era when she used the entire US Aid funds to set up IPP's and solve teh energy crisis...The current PPP regime seems blind to teh peoples problems and many forecast a terrible defeat for them in elections which many say could be held later this year...they are only interested in bringing this group and that into the coalition to protect their personal governance...
June18-2011--pakistan army claims that the double dealing malicious US intelligence chief lying when he said that they let information out of the bag on IED factories...the army says that they got info on four such locations of which two were destroyed...the army says with what happens to secret documents in teh USA especially the wholesale wikileaks it is quite clear where the information is leaked...pakistan army and intelligence known tobe close mouthed people who share very little with anyone whether it is finances or intelligence...The only people that teh army and intelligence talks to are presidents and primeministers...The armed forces in pakistan are very isolated... living and working in highly secretive and seperate places which are generally offlimits to the populace...i recently passed by the old army house in rawalpindi a very friendly location in the old days and it was surrounded by a high wall and sharp fences and all its gates on the front had been closed and shuttered...a similar look at the army chiefs route to the GHQ shows roads blocked off and whole areas shuttered for security...a similar story comes from looking at an army secretariat in saddar...blocked with cement boulders...our army was paranoid about security before and now it has almost closed itself off from public view...generals live in seperate compounds almost totally isolated from public view...however teh upscale nature of teh armed forces living standards is demonstrated by the askari villas and plazas and teh DHA's which demonstrate the high premiums that teh pakistani people pay for almost a weak armed force which can barely react to attacks verbal or military...many say the development in rawalpindi is concentrated on teh roads that the army chief uses regularly...one however is flabbergasted to learn that the army has to use US special forces to train its paramilitary wings such as the FC...recently shabaz sharif has invested in 2 billion rupees in upgrading all the roads in teh rawalpindi cantonment and the road that got most of the attention was the expansion of a road leading to the CMH from the place where the two top generals live in pakistan...a ambulance they say can get to the CMH from the army chiefs house in minutes now...almost a century old grapefruit trees they say were pulled out so that teh generals could get to the CMH quickly...?and these faujis used to live in barracks in the old days...is'nt it time that the fauj started to fight rather than just enriching itself(different from uranium enrichment)
June17-2011--The generally perceived as pathetic shabaz sharif comes out as the richest member of teh punjab assembly with 500 million in assets...it is maybe time that serious middle income politicians with populist agendas are elected as this lot of rich politicians barely can understand the meaning of governance...
June17-2011--it is really pathetic that the US thinks that there can be IED factories in Fata...probably being made in a remote afghani village where they are more popular...the pathetic and slavish hussain haqqani with such a high sounding name turns out tobe a tame US slave...suggesting that the pakistanis are grateful for the paltry few billions that teh US wastes in pakistan...The US probably the richest country in the world should not quibble over a few dollars and put its money where its mouth is...the small amounts that it doles out are barely enough to cover costs...many suggest that pakstan should ask for its total debt writeoff for subjugated slavish occupied cooperation...
June17-2011--As al qaeda accepts Mullah umar as the supreme leader with al zwahiri as teh defacto boss the secoond invasion from afghanistan in mamond of bajaur leaves five dead while eight attackers are killed
June17-2011--Shahid Afridi had to share his world cup winnings and was fined 4.5 million...Afridi who is barely selectable these days can no longer be classified as a dependable alrounder as he sells out early..many suggest that he should retire and do an indian movie and become a politician...
June16-2011--nawaz sharif the original dictators son now wants to recreate himself as a do gooder and human rights activist aka imran khan...earlier he had touted himself as teh only amir ul momineen aspirant and obvious dictator aspirant...like imran khan his party bigwigs are slowly being pushed into the background..a party needs a lot of top level enthusiasts to win and govern appropriately...the same process goes on in the PPP as teh top two crush any challengers...
June16-2011--The indians who can best be characterized as amreeki chakar baaz now know how inefficient teh pakistan army is and they could hardly mount an operation like the bombay attacks...however an american gilani and a retired tuhawwer rana can hardly be expected to plan something and get it executed by a rag tag band of terrorists training on the roads of pakistan...however teh americans should be told that they should stop becoming indian mouthpieces and develop their own policies...pakistan too should stop falling for the chakri indians and start making their own agendas...the current foreign secretary a mousy little sifarishi says he will now force kashmir as teh only agenda and leave the bombay attacks tobe handled by teh pakistani police...aka rehman malik...many now say that pakistan will act the same way as india as the indians are teh original terrorists in the region alongwith the afghan khad...
June16-2011--eighteen killed as american drones target vehicles in north and south waziristan..most of those killed were local militants who were loyal to maulvi nazir a pro army militant commander
June16-2011--IG islamabad who is suspected by many of being involved in eliminating politicians has been appointed IG sindh..two politicains were eliminated in islamabad recently while murtaza bhutto was eliminated in karachi by a posse under the orders of the present IG ...while teh army chief has yet to appoint a new DG rangers...?
June16-2011--The army according to Dawn is conducting a purge suggesting that teh CIA spies might be all military men...? In what can be said tobe a late reaction investigating people who worked for the CIA on the Osama residence...while spying for the enemy is definitely culpable many are questioning the CIA nature which is basically enemy natured towards pakistan..depicting pakistan as a failed state and not worthy of confidences is not a friendly gesture and pakistan should many say restudy its terrible economic and military dependence and now intelligence dependence on an enemy of teh state...friends donot behave like enemies nor do they run operations to embarrass the host government...it would hardly have mattered if Osama had been caught five or even ten years later given the situation...reports suggest that upto now five or even more have been arrested and interrogated in the working for the enemy routine including a milkman and an army doctor...and the person who rented a home to teh CIA...many suggest that some CIA spies even fired flares over teh house to help the helicopters fly in and also refueled the helicopters...while others suggest that this is just a replay of the blackwater philosophy by the pakistanis...first they ask the CIA, FC and police to kill every suspect and terrorist and than recoil to remove DG's and IG's and arrest FC men who kill dacoits on chief minister orders......?the same process is not however carried out when suspect agencies remove troublesome journalists...many question the usurpation of the primeministers job of removing top officials from their positions which teh SC has been doing without even referring to a law under which teh action is taken...
June12-2011--bangladesh to generate 9000MW more electricity by 2015 in contrast to the slow moving pakistani regime...they also will buy electricity at 2 taka for gas fired and 6.8 takka for furnace oil plants...one wonders why the rates are so high in pakistan...
June12-2011--CIA chief leaves apparently unable to enforce his usual tactic to embarass Kiyani...that they donot trust pakistan and that video imagery show militants leaving two facilities soon after having informed pakistan...however video imagery as earlier american attempts demonstrate can be cooked up...however given past experience the taleban should be ready for further attacks as the CIA is used to lying about everything...pakistan going ahead with arresting suspicious americans...
June12-2011--two blasts in peshawar kill 32
June12-2011--shahid khaqan abbasi the airblue owner suggests that two thirds of the national assembly members donot pay their taxes...taxes these days are mostly indirect and everyone has to pay those..the punjab governments nominal taxes on farm houses is however a good move and CDA too should impose such taxes...if landowners are not paying enough than appropriate indirect taxes on land ownership should be enforced too...direct taxes are so small a part of revenues that the validity of not paying taxes does not hold these days...khaqan abbasi whose father also earned wealth thru suspect saudi bussinesses said that 50 million peopel still earn around Rs3000 a month and the government should try to think of them when they go for their needless largesse to industrialists and revenue increases and price hikes...
June12-2011-- five militants killed in mohmand as taleban kidnap 18 coalminers from akhorwal near darra