2018 Elections

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

Saturday, May 3, 2025

The Daily Pakistan Politics (aka Pakistan Punch/Political Punch) May 1-May 15, 2025

May8-2025--26 killed in indian attacks...indians have fired at least 24 missiles at the various target areas in Pakistan...various targets include at least four mosques ... some completely destroyed...the educational/health complex in Muridke was a LTP residential base taken over by the govt.  several years ago...Pakistan retaliations have mostly been against artillery/mortar targets on the LOC...Pakistan not ready to fire missiles because they are probably not targeted...five indian aircraft destroyed in protective attacks across the border...reports of a missile attack near islamabad...in a funny gesture asif zardari has offered a dubious hand of fiendship supposedly...if the war continues Pakistan will either blindly fire short range missiles initially and probably longer-range missiles after targets are decided...one indian post on the LOC has put up a white flag signaling surrender..indians seen running from 40 outposts on the LOC..Indian hostilities started at 1am  today in the middle of night and the operation called sindoor

May7-2025--In the middle of the night India started hostilities across the Pakistani, AJK border...missiles have been fired at muzaffarabad, kotli, bagh, muridke ahmedpur sharqia  and bahawalpur, shakargarh...loud explosions in some other areas...Pakistani has not responded immediately with missiles but aircaft have rushed to the border...two indian aircraft reportedly shot down...while missiles donot cause a lot of damage Pakistan should have been ready for firing back...Pakistan suggesting that it has started retaliation, but they will fire back after studying casaulties and damage...it seems that Pakistan is fightened and wary and not onits toes......10 deaths reported...most attacks on civilian areas...two - five mosques attacked...reports of attack on Srinagar airbase...heavy firing across the LOC...Pakistan claims to have destroyed an indian brigade HQ...Pakistan reports downing an indian rafale near bahawalpur...

May7-2025--seven soldiers perish in IED blast in Kachhi Baluchistan. Seperately two vehicles of the coast guard and levies were hit by remote/IED bombs...

May6-2025--the inflows of the Chenab river have fallen dramatically as india diverts water to fill three hydel dams...reports suggest that the indians are carrying out maintenance work on dams  on pakistani rivers...the dams in question have been troubling Pakistani supplies of water...they have been built over the years since the treaty...salal, baglihar, kishenganga and ratle hydel projects with at least another six on the anvil...

May6-2025--the military and government leadership visited the ISI headquarters for a detailed briefing on the military situation... the prevailing security environment, with a particular focus on preparedness for a conventional threat in the light of India’s increasingly aggressive and provocative posture along Pakistan’s eastern border. The leadership was apprised of regional security developments and the evolving threat matrix, including conventional military options, hybrid warfare tactics and terrorist proxies. Recently a huge incursion from Afghanistan was also eliminated which has a dubious security posture...The ISI headquarters is underground and would probably be safe for everyone to meet under one roof or maybe they went there after reports of an imminent attack...!


May5-2025--national assembly session being called which primarily might declare war and authorize the military to be ready for all eventualities...even ground warfare...most situations being prepared for are lightening aerial attacks...however India seem tobe reaching the conclusion that it might be a local incident as they have increased army patrols in public places...In Pakistan which has a varied debate people surmise that they could be ordinary civilians or even americans..The military usually does not attack civilians, and some see that attacks on civilians by insurgents/terrorists in Baluchistan might have encouraged the dubiously muted Kashmiris...The USA has warned of further attacks inside india

May5-2025--PTI and PPP trying to drag along the canal issue in which they are in tandem or closer...reports from Punjab suggest greater anti Pti and anti PPP feelings caused by the two parties anti Punjab animosity...PTI's suggestion that Imran be released or allowed participation has raised little or no support as they have also refused to join even informative gatherings on the this or other crisis...

May5-2025--There have been some strange statements from the current government...we have nothing to do with things/happenings in occupied Kashmir--khawaja Asif...we do not want to get involved with disputes--Shebaz Sharif...tensions increasing - says frightened civilian handler/interior minister...The country cannot isolate or distance itself from its issues whether occupied Kashmir or India or water...if India does not want the water treaty than it should remove all obstructions on Beas, Sutlej and Ravi and even other rivers or Pakistan army should move in to do it...

May5-2025--two things came to my notice ...weekly inflation which has never really been too much of a problem 0.3%...5 kilos mutton--cost Rs.12000 now which displays the real inflation...in 1964-5kilos mutton cost Rs20...The rulers are turning the country into a rich only state and disregarding the large poverty-stricken group...the economy (anti people) is almost a joke under Aurangzeb...and making a joke out of inflation too...atta is available at Rs4000 per maund and there is no effect of any reduced inflation 

May4- 2025 --The occupied Kashmir incident gunmen could be four in number and could possibly have escaped the country as a SriLanka flight was searched on Indian complaints

May4-2025--7 militants killed in KP's north Waziristan, Bajaur and Bannu

May4-2025--Pakistan tests longer range 480m Abdali nuclear missile...it could be a battlefield nuclear missile with a small nuclear warhead which could be fired at advancing troops...Missiles are tested during times of tension to increase confidence among the people...while missiles are not supposed to be ready for battle and positioned in forward areas however having movable launchers they could be launched within a few hours...Pakistan's initial response missiles were said tobe Korean 300 missiles...

May3-2025--armed men blocked the Karachi - Baluchistan highway near mongochar and set fire to government buildings in the local bazaar i.e. Nadra building, judicial complex and national bank 

May3-2025--armed men attacked and fired at a Levi checpost in Kot Longove killing one levi official

May3-2025--an explosion was reported under a bridge near Kalat on the Karachi Quetta highway

May3-2025--in another shooting incident six persons were injured due to firing in Khudkoka , Mastung

May2-2025--tensions continue with people surmising where the Indian attack/attacks will take place and whether they will be handled adequately or not...most think that the attacks will be in the Kashmir region while the previous Indian attacks targeted a KP region...while a across the board  surface, ground and air attack  requires quite a lot of preparation most thoughts focus on the aerial route of missiles and fighter aircraft...some surmise a quick attack on Karachi thru naval submarine  torpedoes..Pakistan is although prepared for a fighter aircraft attack and a response could involve the much talked about but never used missiles. Many think that the army chief maybe pointing to a massive ground offensive across the Kashmiri border from all sides to capture as much territory as possible...or a possible all-out attack and elimination of all Indian formations near the border. While that requires considerable courage Pakistan is largely considered tobe a supposedly defensive country with nothing much else than bravado...


May 2-2025-- while the country is preparing or thinking about the worst... police in AJK have started to turn back local tourists to areas near the border...seminaries have been closed down for ten days and major airports will remain closed for eight hours daily. India too has closed down its airspace until May 23...Bajwa the previous army chief had said ' for our wars small arms and mortars are enough'. However, things like stingers and artillery and occasionally aircraft and small drones have been used on the Kashmir border...Pakistan should move temporary radars to the Kashmir area. If the Indians wobble, we should be ready to move cross the Kashmiri LOC/ frontline to maintain order as well as control...and occupy territory as well. Pakistan should have its aircraft and missiles ready in other areas as well


May2-2025--The sindhi hoopla of the six imaginary water canals and the Sindhis  readiness to die for water and create problems for Punjab initially in truck movements of food is dying down as Irsa says water availability has improved...it is Irsa's responsibility to see to it that water availability is controlled...the supposed end of water flows in early January is not acceptable...anyway people say that the sindhi canals are full of water and sowing of rice should just be delayed to May..?
The above photo is from today's newspaper and there seem tobe enough water in the Larkana canal for buffalos...it is probably not too hot as in Punjab you find canals full of young kids cooling themselves by diving in... during hot days

May2-2025--Indian Fauji's also standing around in Srinagar...the governments thinking that Trump might be willing to resolve Kashmir as well should studied carefully as he would probably want half of Kashmir for himself...given his greediness 
May2-2025--While the Punjab government is studying whether it can build a bullet train system from Lahore to Rawalpindi...the present slower trains are difficult to maintain and run as well...CDA is thinking of trams for Islamabad after starting to run 150 electric buses. China is the only option for money, building and equipment expertise ...obviously the money/loans from China are usually quite welcome...electric trains in some European countries even look beautiful. Obviously, a new railway track would have tobe built and it could be kept as straight possible...the ML-1 track improvement program is still pending...

May2-2025--a heavy thunderstorm starting out as a dust storm swept across the north of the country sweeping away a PSL cricket match as well...the heavy rain followed in all the northern cities...


 May2-2025--The PSL points table

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

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

debacle in Dacca

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

allah be praised

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

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