The Daily PakistanPolitics Oct16-31, 2019

• 31Oct-2019--The PTI evinces a deep fright at the JUI-f dharna probably remembering what they attempted during their own dharna...at the moment all roads into islamabad are sealed and the dharna can only make its way by removing containers and police resistance or go all around rawalpindi and come back onto the kashmir highway from tarnol/haji camp...!
  
• 31Oct-2019--four killed in mohmand,dera blasts
  
• 31Oct-2019--balochistan university students accuse vice chancellor of harassing and terrorizing students...!
  
• 31Oct-2019--SC tells government to remove personal disputes from definition of terrorism...!
  
• 31Oct-2019--Imran Khan's handling of kashmir seems devoid of sense and he seems to lack a conscience about ordinary people problems...even the foreign minister has said that they are open for bussiness with india and seem willing to forget about kashmir...are they sikhs and not kashmiri's...!
  
• 31Oct-2019--Imran Khan may not know much about human rights as he is amongst 54 countries who oppose china as a human rights violator of Uighur muslims who are literally rounded up and put in internment camps to de-islamize them...even chinese wives of pakistani traders are locked up when they visit china
  
• 31Oct-2019--Government quickly reaches a face saving agreement with traders...traders reject sales tax demand of the advisor...however they are willing to become meaningless filers by paying a few thousands as taxes...Advisor says only 338000 traders are filers out of 4 million...most traders barely make a daily living while most file Rs1000/Rs5000 as income tax...government should realize that its economic policies are meaningless and anti people...mostly bigtime wholesales are really worried...government defers iD card condition for three months
  
• 31Oct-2019-- other reports suggest that Imran Khan has escaped to karachi with his wife to meet his shiite/barelvi comrades...he is talking about an emergency to army commanders and has asked for military protection in islamabad...
  
• Oct31-2019--JUI-F says government has blocked all roads while Shah mahmood still crying crocodile tears about the PTI Dharna...we remember his staying at an army rest house and meetings with generals...!
  
• Oct29-2019--Imran Khan suddenly claims his economy has recovered and the opposition is bent on sabotaging it...a dharna hardly dents any specific parts of the economy...the tariff increases and increased cost of life/vegetables/fruit/roti/cars hardly is noticed by the banigala resident...they are now even deducting taxes on national savings...!
  
• Oct29-2019--Nawaz Sharif being diagnosed at Services Hospital by panel of doctors for his sudden drop in platelets
  
• Oct28-2019--Rawalpindi-Islamabad traders to strike for next two days against the Imran Khan policy of tax harassment
  
• Oct28-2019--US says they have eliminated Abu Bakr Baghdadi a red herring probably created by the Syrians to turn the tables on their opponents...a radical he troubled the west and the entrenched governments...apparently he went down honourably in a suicide blast although events suggest that the US dogs according to Trump gunned him down...
  
• Oct28-2019--Imran khans kashmir program is down to speeches as he says he or the pakistan army are just incapable of fighting...!a liberation struggle without a fight is really not possible...he should maybe go and become a slave to Trump and Modi...!
  
• Oct28-2019--JUI-f start its long awaited march to islamabad...good show at hyderabad bypass...The religious groups rank and file had voted for Imran Khan and the TLP in Sindh, Punjab and KP...so this march is a reorganisation as Imran Khan has not turned out as an Islamist or a saviour of the people...his era has seen rising prices which he had himself said indicated a cruel and corrupt government...although a dharna at the H-9 site cannot topple or even trouble a government...although it may shut down several universities...!and the route to airport/metro might be affected...
  
• Oct27-2019--with three spinners in his side two of whom were ineffective at the one day world cup new captain Baber azam says he will be relying on his five fast bowlers to win him some T20's...Australia literally bushwhacked sri lanka who had easily outclassed pakistan..so it is down to an extra batsman wicketkeeper or the new bowlers...!
  
• Oct27-2019--This is one of the weakest governments in pakistan...they want to refer even matters such as a uniform tax on traders to the IMF...!The PM's information advisor says they cannot assure anyone of good health...!or the government cant take responsibility for even a prisoners health...!
  
• Oct27-2019--Nawaz Sharif is now on bail and his platelet count are said tobe rising...his health is still precarious however doctors see signs of improvement from new treatments
  
• Oct27-2019--parents have protested outside the premiers house in lahore for not implementing the SC's orders on high private school fees...!
  
• Oct27-2019--In what seems tobe a sudden turnaround or muk muka the dharna will now take place on a H-9 ground...
  
• Oct26-2019--Containers continue to pile up many say outside the imran khan banigala estate and other key areas in islamabad...traffic congestion has increased in rawalpindi...talks are under way but the PTI is not to keen on the dharna demands which include the premiers resignation, easing of media censorship,, reelections, supremacy of civilian institutions and enforcement of islamic clauses...The government refused to allow a d-chowk dharna or anywhere near it...many suggest that it could end up on faizabad chowk choking the two cities...while Imran Khan has talked about the mythical state of medina he is against mullahs and known to ridicule specifically mulla fazlur rehman...he is also running a mockery of social security in the name of Ehsas and creating difficulties in the daily lives of people...he only worries about the few richest in the country typically the Dawoods and Nestle owners...who are literally reaping money...recently his punjab government decided to eliminate open milk sellers literally giving all the milk to engro and nestle...!his understandings of islam are limited to extreme conservatism and burqa's and even his women advisors cover their heads in his presence...!
  
• Oct26-2019--Nawaz Sharif gets bail in one case and an almost defacto approval to go abroad...many others suggest that Nawaz Sharif might have attempted suicide by taking multiple anti coagulant and anti platelet pills...the function of the pills is to thin blood so that blood clots are not formed...doctors see only slight improvement and hope to see improvement over the next two days
  
• Oct25-2019--while the Dawoods Engro saw its profits jump auto sales fell 39% across the board...most auto prices have been increased manifold...however there are already too many cars on our roads and islamabad especially sees cars parked all over roads and streets...many suggest that bank loans that had spurred car sales since 2005 have been diverted to government paper with the high SBP interest rate...!
  
• Oct25-2019--SC suspends PHC internment center ruling...the PHC had for first time given a proper judgement and told the police to take them over as jails...
  
• Oct25-2019--In some strange political thinking imran khan signs kartarpura agreement...Imran Khan should realize that issues with india cannot be treated seperately or individually...
  
• Oct25-2019--All six policemen acquitted by an anti terrorist court who had opened fire on a car killing four...they pleaded that the driver was a terrorist...they should at least have been charged with manslaughter and indiscriminate firing as is done in western countries
  
• Oct25-2019--Nawaz Sharif diagnosed with a immune system system disease which causes platelets tobe destroyed...in dengue fever too platelets fall to a low level...the doctors have fed nawaz sharif plasma but his platelets again fell to a low level...The PTI in a surprise turnaround has allowed nawaz Sharif to go abroad if desired...Imran Khan who is being called a sikh as nothing usually effects him has softened his attitude...
  
• Oct24-2019--government allows JUIf march to go ahead...and the govt-opposition talks to take place
  
• Oct24-2019--PTI walks out of scrutiny meeting with
  
• Oct24-2019--Ms Zia batool becomes head of Peira which deals with private education
  
• Oct23-2019--reports suggest that the PTI is one of the worst commission mafia's with Imran Khan being referred to as the supreme al capo of commissions...!
  
• Oct23-2019--In strange contrasts Misbah picks totally different test and T20 teams...while the test team has a list of competent batsmen they also contain a new lineup of fast bowlers and newcomers kashif bhatti, imran khan senior, naseem shah and musa khan alongwith shaheen shah afridi......In the t20 team older tired bowlers have been included plus salman qadir, musa khan and hasnain...he also takes along the oldish spinners in imad and shadab. Shadab just seems tobe throwing the bowl upto the batsman...Imad also is not dependable...khushdil shah is new hitter in the t20 who has hit a lot of sixes in the domestic tournament...the new captains might have a more professional approach as Sarfraz specialized in buying wickets...!
  
• Oct23-2019--government organizes diplomats visit to the LOC...indian atrocities can not be stopped diplomatically unless the pakistan army takes the matter seriously...The PTI also has a curiously dubious attitude viz India...as they approve Kartarpura but probably wont allow Modi to cross over...!maybe imran khan/bajwa think that sikhs are not indians...!
  
• Oct23-2019--both key opposition figures shifted to hospital as they face health problems...Nawaz Sharif has a low platelet count suggesting something serious while Zardari is tired and weak...
  
• Oct23-2019--PTI government attempts to lockdown islamabad in the face of rising opposition from the people as the opposition imitates its tactics...in dharna's..
  
• Oct23-2019--The inarticulate PTI government approves a whopping eight more ordnances which generally reflect its mean, vindictive,sadistic nature of governance...in one the PTI wants to give c-class jail to those accused of Rs50 million coruption cases when they would be entitled to A class as politicians...the PTI is unable to take along the opposition in the senate in most cases...and wants a yes sir type of attitude not acceptable in the politicians club...you can only whine and dine when you lack a majority
• Oct22-2019--Nab shifts Nawaz Sharif to Services hospital for medical diagnosis
• Oct21-2019--india pounds azad kashmir villages...loses nine troops in reprisals
• Oct21-2019--PMDC
• Oct21-2019--JUIf breaks off talks...talks now tobe conducted by Rehbar committee
  
• Oct20-2019--PTI facing another embarassment as they are unable to take Rana Sanaullah case to court waiting for a favorable judge...most regard the ANF as creating a false unsavoury case out of an arrest which was not even filmed...!the ANF has no other evidence and is still trying to suggest that Rana Sanaullah is the head of a huge drug smuggling conglomerate..."El Chapo" or "al Pacino" are two different characters unknown to the ANF minister...politicians and people commonly transport drugs usually in small quantities...one would suggest that even if the ANF is truthful(sic) Rana Sanaullah would at best be a mole in drug smuggling terminology...one would suggest that Imran Khan shift the ANF to the Interior ministry rather than keep it under the dubious afridi...!
  
• Oct20-2019--The dharna or the JUI dharna of which the PMLn is a reluctant participant and which might not come to much given the mild natured mullah and politicians in the opposition is taking on a different tone...The PTI desperately trying to down mullah Diesel with a few student loans and threats of banning his student wing...The negotiators led by the dubious natured(pockets full of the peshawar metro gold dust)Pervez Khattak already turning nasty without even talking or the dharna starting...The PMLn say the Imran Khan dharna was mere rowdism and Imran khan should apologize to Nawaz Sharif...Imran at the moment playing a dumb IMF economist with nothing to show for a year in power barring tariff increases and super high inflation...!Imran Khan who had meekly submitted to the than army chief says the JUI cant last seven days...we calculate that as three days...!The army had than argued rhar governments can only change thru the elctoral process...The army has however cancelled leaves and the islamabad police is looking for riot/tear gas cans...things could get interesting although as Imran Khan like Modi is refusing to resign and the PMLn only talking behind the screens...
  
• Oct20-2019--Plummeting sales caused by a higher dollar and extremely high inflation is causing the pakistan auto industry to almost sink some say...The Suzuki Alto that used to sell for less than half a million now has a tag of Rs1.5 million and no way does it look like a 1.5 liter car...the reasoning some say is the Imran Khan dumb economy which apparently is running on some say dubious mixed up statistics...for example remmittances that were down last month are supposedly up 17% in September...despite the same level of foreign loans, no particular improvement in domestic revenues is seen... Imran Khan is up in arms for his dubious economists that can be found unemployed all over pakistan...The only positive sign is a decrease(18%) in imports and a mild increase in exports(5%)...when the government cant get year to tear good figures it goes to month to month figures...Inflation as usual is poorly understood by the PTI economists(sic)...they claim that an increase in the SBP lending rate will reduce it but to no avail...what it has done is reduce bank loans and increased the buying of government paper...many suggest that the government has ended L/C's for afghan imports...!
  
• Oct19-2019--In another delayed decision the PCB kicks out out Sarfraz as captain and wickekeeper...he missed an easy catch against Sri Lanka to his right and was unattentive behind the stumps...!his batting had deteriorated even before the World Cup but the PCB decided to turn a blind eye at the time...his test average was 49 when he was appointed captain which has fallen to 30...no oneday captain was appointed suggesting that the PCB might go in for three captains...a new keeper was not immediately announced...PCB needs at least two or three new fast bowlers and a set of new spinners too...Misbah should be beaming smiles as he had suggested that Sarfraz was not being responsible any longer...some suggest that Waqar had hit Sarfarz on his legs with a bat during training as he usually was just lounging around...nearly all the PSL teams had a bowler who could bowl over 150...however the PCB has too many preferences or likes and dislikes...!
  
• Oct19-2019--PTI 's focal person for polio eradication steps down after a terrible time in office...
  
• Oct19-2019--two wood be suicide bombers killed in Loralai area which has become a hub of terrorism...
  
• Oct18-2019--PTI which is running a hidden from view Ehsas program and seemingly does not understand what social security means allocates another Rs100 billion for student loans a quarter of which will go to women...the loans are small to 5 million which suggests favoritism or corruption for a few...they suggest that the loans are for the weaker segment of soceity and merit will be criterion...!!!
  
• Oct18-2019--PHC declares army setup internment centers in KP as unconstitutional...
  
• Oct18-2019--GDA wins back provincial seat in Larkana...
  
• Oct17-2019--IHC dismisses pleas against JUI-F march
  
• Oct16-2019--Imran Khan attempts to be the iranian envoy to saudia and urges the kingdom to negotiate disputes...saudi's insist that they are not in a war with iran despite which iran has been attacking them at sea, across the border and thru yemen...saudia had broken off relations with iran after an attack on their embassy after a radical ayatollah was hanged in saudia...Imran Khan apparently told both sides that he is frightened of another conflict in the region
  
• Oct16-2019--a rapid response force sniper killed in quetta blast caused by a roadside IED
  
• Oct16-2019--selection of low grade railways appointments by ballotting stopped by the LHC...after complainant said that most of the selected belonged to the sheikh rashid constituency