Jun14, 2022--some people want a dying musharaf to return...as the dollar shoots to Rs205...imran's honesty is really dubious...in the bahria case he took Rs5 billion and 486 kanals thru a trust owned by Mr and Mrs...240 kanals were transferred to Farah a partner in dubious corruption activities...
12, June, 2022--Frankenstein s Monster...the djinn of chaos, anarchy and insecurity(from Dawns smokerscorner)
Being a populist(more a right wing dictator who wanted to rule singlehandedly apparently for life or 15 years) wasn’t enough for Khan to frame his ‘struggle’ (against ‘corrupt elites’) as a noble cause. It needed to be manifested as a sacred conviction. So, from 2014 onwards, he increasingly began to lace his speeches with allusions of him fighting for justice and morality by treading a path laid out by Islam’s sacred texts and personalities. He then began to explain this undertaking as a ‘jihad’.imran was never persecuted per se...and he even benefited from the system by getting land and plots...even the 800 kanals of SKMT was given by the punjab government where the very sharifs that he targeted ruled before him...he was no innocent by any standards...his night life in London, upmarket friends an uncle who was part of the Ayub Khan coup plot, another uncle who was military governor of east pakistan when it seceded...another a corrupt lt general who was as corrupt as they come headed the infamous Wapda...!
Editorial: Grandiose rhetoric(dawn editorial)
Indeed, so advantageous has this blurring of institutional boundaries been for the PTI in recent years that after being ousted from the centre, the party has twisted ‘neutrality’ into a pejorative, where the very stance of being ‘neutral’ is posited as a dereliction of duty.
In a television interview on Wednesday, Mr Khan went a step further and painted a doomsday scenario in which Pakistan was on the brink of “self-destruction”. If the establishment did not “take the right decisions”, he said, the country would experience economic collapse and forced denuclearisation, and break up into three parts.(many surmise that he would isolate KP while rebels would takeover karachi..however the plan failed and many see the death of its president raisi(a characterisation of a karachi politician who died recently)as another nail in imran K's coffin...or plan) according to some his military allies rejected the planned partition...
A system only works when responsibility and authority are in one place says ...the god of anarchy
He has now seen that play out up close and personal. However, amidst his grandiose rhetoric of good versus evil and his angst at being ‘out of favour’, does Mr Khan have the capacity to understand that playing his role in strengthening parliamentary democracy, instead of repeatedly looking towards unelected forces, is in the interest of the PTI? There is only one winner in the way politics is presently played in Pakistan — and it is not the... — and it is not the civilian leadership.
Frankensteins monster contd...
These were/are pure populist manoeuvres and entirely performative. Once the cause transformed into becoming a ‘jihad’, it not only required rhetoric culled from Islamist evangelists and then put in the context of a ‘political struggle’, but it also needed performed piety — carrying prayer beads, being constantly photographed while saying obligatory Muslim prayers, embracing famous preachers, etc.(the religious groups supported him for that)
And since ‘jihad’ in the popular imagination is often perceived to be something aggressive and manly, Khan poses as an outspoken and fearless saviour of not only the people of Pakistan, but also of the ‘ummah’.
Yet, by all accounts, he is not very religious. He’s not secular either. But this is how populists are. They are basically nothing. They are great performers who can draw devotion from a great many people — especially those who are struggling to formulate a political identity for themselves. There are no shortcuts to this. But populists provide them shortcuts.
Khan is a curious mixture of an errant Islamist and a brawler. But both of these attributes mainly reside on the surface and in his rhetoric. The only aim one can say that is lingering underneath the surface is an inexhaustible ambition to be constantly admired and, of course, rule as a North Korean premier does. Conjuring lots of adulation, but zero opposition....and of course not being removed from power till death do us part...thus the need for a suspiciously untruthful conspiracy theory...
12, June, 2022--the government probably missed the word people while making the budget and they will have to suffer the governments inability to control things financially. There is literally nothing in the budget for the poor apart from invisible subsidies that are already charged to high end consumers...Rs2000 for those earning less than Rs40000 is hardly even a thirst quencher...most of the favors go to the government employees including the armed forces with a 15% across the board increase...the government should realize that government employees are only a tiny fraction of the populace...drivers of grade 20-22 officers now have an additional salary of 25000...while allowances have been increased for executive level employees...they will get an additional 1.75 lakhs many say...income tax has been reduced for lower end salaries...while inflation is a continuous phenomenon it is still too high with prices having multiplied in the last three years...electricity and gas prices slated to rise by another20%/45%...there are some incentives for the pharma industry but the real estate and construction sector have lost … Revenues are budgeted at Rs9 trillion and expenses at Rs9.5 trillion...and the budget deficit is Rs3.9 trillion...4.1 trillion to go to provinces which is almost equivalent to the deficit...supposedly a IMF budget some aspects will invite their wrath and things will be changed later to accommodate them...however the government has not listed IMF and China loans which amount to around $5 billion... the general economy will see a deficit of 20 billion dollars which the government will have to arrange from somewhere as there is nothing in the budget about exports and imports...this year the export-imports deficit was $45 billion...the government also to announce a massive increase in petroleum products prices...what havoc an agreement with the IMF will cause is still up in the air...The government seems only tobe aware of employees that work closely with them...the system probably will reduce the commitment to work by 99% of employees. Electricity prices to go up to Rs30...the finance minister does not seem to realize that Rs11is only paid by the Army …Tarin the former finance minster suggests that revenue targets will not be met without giving any figures. Pakistan also faces a LNG supply deficit as the world runs out of sources
8, June, 2022--four terrorists killed in North Waziristan
8, June, 2022--Dawn says that the Revenue collected in the first 11 months is Rs5350 billion a 28.5 % jump over 2019-20...Total Revenue in 2021-22 maybe as high as 6300 billion or as low as 6000 billion...so revenue may not be the issue but a dollar deficit may become severe if the government cannot control imports/exports/loans and remittances...Generally these are easy targets and control needs tobe imposed on imports alone...IMF wants a high target of Rs7255 billion for next year which is around 19/21% more than this year...government expected to increase Rs300 billion in taxes and achieve the rest by expansion in a economy that might be forced to slow down...
8, June, 2022--Hamza maybe feeling that it is difficult to allocate the 20 PTI defector seats for JULY 20 elections...upto eight defectors had been elected independently..technically the defectors should have got tickets...but it seems that the defectors, independents, PMLn and the PPP too want some of the tickets...so dividing the tickets between, independents, tareen, aleem and PMLn/PPP seems an impossible choice war...technically the defectors should be strong candidates and only those should be replaced who want to sit it out...
8, June, 2022--cabinet back to five days a week...fuel quotas for government employees reduced40%...looking into Friday as a work from home day...purchases of vehicles would be restricted..government to cut utilities use by 10%...all his could reduce load shedding on two days
8, June, 2022--upto eight pakistanis arrested in Italy for being associated with an attacker on a french magazine in 2020... upto six being pursued in France and Spain
8, June, 2022--Shebaz wants elite to sacrifice...can they...? or how or what do u have in mind...!after crucifying the poor with price hikes one wonders what political stability can achieve...!chaos, anarchy typically spends the tear gas budget or police riot budget...can rich textile barons and rich ghee firms provide cheaper products...petroleum still dominated by government...PSO could reduce profits...!a charter of the economy translates into...continued loot and plunder of the poor...!not being able to change economic parameters to tackle concerns is just not feasible...having no tools to control load shedding and how a supposedly poor man pays for food, transport and education...!u could provide lets say no cost education upto primary/matric levels..more government schools...!...subsidize roti, ghee, milk, aloo, piyaz, dehi...(or make the rich pay for them)...its all right to make petrol expensive to restrict long rallies...!there is less and less irrigation water...but still u want Rs250 billion for Chasma right bank canal where land has not been allocated for decades...trying to buy KP...!or pulling the rug from under Imran...!
8 June, 2022--Imran has his arrest and violent politics in his mind and says that will upset his parties momentum against the government..i think failure on May25 has already done that...methinks also Imran frightened of getting arrested and theatening some what weak leaders at the helm...it could also intensify his meaningless movement...u dont need Imran to make unsubstantiated accusations of theft and being traitors...according to his theory opponents of the pakistan government are traitors anyway...!u should look at what his movement stands for ...nothing and he is meaninglessly mouthing against two individuals who can be replaced if they fall by the wayside...Today dawns editorial itemizes how three PTI minor leaders have threatened to commit suicide bombings...mna attaullah niazi says in a video 'neither u or your children will remain'... shocking language says Dawn...it is basic terrorism...verbal threats are the first wall to cross..this guy also stormed the sindh house...than there was shehryar afridi who threatened suicide blasts against the constitutional process of no trust...than aviation minister ex ghulam sarwar also wanted a suicide vest...obviously key elements of the PTI dont go around making such threats without urgings from the top...recently bomb blasts in karachi looked suspiciously politically motivated...add to it imrans warnings or threats against Pakistan..breaking it into three and why establishment did not stop no trust....it looks pretty like AAK Niazis east pakistan situation...he only needs a niazi crazy general type...increasingly u see niazis being trusted more and more in the khandani/afghan tribal or racially motivated PTI...and than there are threats from shah mahmood and asad umar...and attacking the PMLn saying there wins in the 20 seats will be called dhaandli even though he is now matching up against the countries two-three-four major parties looking like one...!Than there was the ammunition bust in PTI's lahore echelon...any other party doing such things would be locked up and here we even have not yet arrested Imran...!
6, June, 2022--shebaz the simple person that he is...although he now has one or two properly tailored suits thinks that education and the health sector is above politics...economically they are the bigger looters in Pakistan as they have escalated fees to an unholy level... the important sectors in the economy are all into looting...he should look into the pharma sectors almost daily price rises...sometimes they make name changes and packet changes so that higher prices are not noticed...!making the poor sections of the economy almost penniless due to high prices in food, education, transport, energy and health is criminal to say the least...
6, June, 2022--escaped criminal imran aka PTI leader returns from exile in KP...Fata was famous for providing protection to escaped criminals from punjab over history...people would rob cars and escape with them to Fata...This is probably the first time that a politician has taken protection in Kp where he got bail before arrest...the famous interior minister says that they will consider his arrest after his bail expires...he will probably seek protection from islamabad courts...the government wants his resignation from the assemblies accepted so that they can file cases against his anti pakistan statements....the government might accept the resignations of top PTI walas and leave the riff raff...The PTI has threatened a severe reaction if imran is arrested...he would probably be released by the courts almost immediately...PTI losing its credibility and threat potential many suggest as the shebaz regime makes them look like ordinary looters/anti pakistan politicians even worse than the fata terrorists...many could not care less if they locked up the entire top leadership of the PTI...
5, June, 2022--the PTI wants the ISI to handle parliament...with the PTI faces blackened in the NA by the judicary as Imran tried to backhand parliament..they do not have an ability to deal with a large coalition with dictatorial types(imran etc.) in control...the PMLn has however given carte blanche to ISI on beaurocratic appointments...the civilians have no large reservoir of info on individuals background...and with some saying the inteligence wala's looking into family backgrounds they have created families which they dont want to give up...most recomendations are of people who are in control of the ISI...so the civvies need to keep their minds open too despite ISI recomendations...the military prefers dictatorial types...!
5 June, 2022--government to allocate Rs1.45 trillion for armed forces...armed forces paid Rs 935 billion in taxes...spending is Rs265 million per soldier...however if the forces fall short of cash it is replenished as needed...people worry more about the armies efficiency and bravery more than anything else...military has not as they say improved dramatically or become equipment/satelitte based...Pakistan probably needs better missiles and the bravery to fight the enemy or at least a quick retaliate ability ..other armies now developing hypersonic missiles...pakistan attempting to match up to the indians missiles and rafales...iran and turkey visibly have better military purpose drones
5 June, 2022--after the koh sulaiman wildfires which has decimated pine forests fires break out in KP...swat, haripur, shangla and mohmand
5 June, 2022--PMLn coalition unable to solve the PTI created electricity conundrum...PTI had dams empty on Feb 20 and there is no water still in the main dams... without the 5000 MW from Tarbela and 1600MW from Mangla and other smaller hydel resources solution of shortages is impossible...dead level generation falls to 200-300 MW and is based on inflows...The government needs to create another 5000 MW to cover for hydel decimation from non hydel fuels...the newer dams wont be complete till the middle to late 2020's...ie 2026-28..These days load shedding is taking place even in the middle of the night...and early mornings...
4, June, 2022--local transport fares increased eg. Rawat to kitcheri raised fromRs70 to Rs80...government planning metro from Rawat to Pims at Rs50...and Barakahu to Pims...
4, June, 2022-- The PTI has something wrong with it's thinking...first they wanted talks with the judiciary/establishment meaning the government...nobody had any problems with jalsa's...they had over forty of them...but the government put its foot down on widescale dharna type protests...however even in talks they displayed a type of madness not seen in pakistans history...apparently a top leader associated with the concocted letter sent a message thru a celebrated thekedar and wanted to know from Zardari whether they really did not conspire with the surprised USA...The USA usually supports widescale democratic type of protests but did not find any such case in Pakistan as the PTI is more dictatorial than anything democratic...however the PTI subjugation has already been witnessed as the coalition ramps up prices to subdue the generally pukhtun(own banks and vegetable stalls)types in the PTI...
The price of potatoes increased by 9.08pc, eggs 6.38pc, vegetable ghee 1 kg 4.59pc, bread 2.72pc, mustard oil 2.65pc, pulse msoor 2.33pc, cooking oil 5 litre 2.18pc, pulse gram 1.99pc, sugar 1.93pc, cooked beef & pulse mash 1.69pc each, vegetable ghee 2.5 kg 1.51pc and bananas 1.35pc.
In the non-food items, the price of high-speed diesel rose 20.69pc, petrol 19.91pc and toilet soap 1.40pc.On the other hand, the prices of five items declined during the week, including chicken 4.68pc, garlic 2.75pc, wheat flour 1.91pc, tomatoes 1.26pc and LPG 0.74pc.
PTI's Tarin senator from Mardan said that the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) used to blame his government for high prices and resignation correctly.
In a tweet, Mr Tarin called for fresh elections and said, “PDM, Instead of passing on the burden of fuel prices to the public, should reduce margins of refineries, get discounted Russian oil, shift to targeted subsidies. Don’t be a post box, use imagination.... Call fresh elections as you cannot handle the economy.” The elections are not far away tareen (a banking fatso)...u can wait upto a year for them...and they have given u poor people a 1000 subsidy...although i must say that the real poor are the old and unemployed(not people who own banks and banigala's)...and not those who earn Rs40000...
Over the year the cost of imported oils had risen to $14.67 billion that is double what it was last year...this year petroleum costs rose to $113 per barrel...last year it was an average of $66
Jun4, 2022--a 65 men jirga says that they have negotiated a cease fire with the TTP...in kabul
Jun4, 2022--The punjab government says that imrans food, security , water(Rs22 bottles that he even uses to bath), transport(helicopters) being paid for by the KP government(lives in CM house)...He is a coward and cannot live without being in power. Ever since he left power, he has been writhing like a fish out of water. Imran Niazi sahab(PMLn joke as imran really is mean and nasty), has taken the nation to the precipice of destruction, has now received bail. He has a phobia of going to jail. Because it is difficult to provide the things he requires in prison.”
Jun4,2022--much is being made of a Rs16 billon case of money laundering against shebaz and hamza...the FIA counsel said it wanted them arrested...the sharifs counsel said that after a one a half year of investigation nothing had been established and it was a glaring example of the PTI's crooked political engineering..The PTI said that Rs16 billion from a peons account was transferred overseas thru hundi...nothing on what the money came from and what criminality is involved...16 billon is a huge amount and even industrialists do not have so much money lying around...Shebaz accounts which are frozen have upto 300 lakhs in them say observers...!many suggest that Imran may have wanted kickbacks by creating such huge money cases...!
3, Jun, 2022--milk prices also rise by Rs25...
3, June, 2022--TTP announces indefinite ceasefire
3, June, 2022--Javed Iqbal resigns as NAB chief...appointed by the PMLn he turned out tobe single minded anti PMLn person...according to imran amendments to the NAB ordnance almost no one can be charged in government
3, June, 2022--In what can be said today is "never trust liars who are economic advisors"... miftah Ismail seems one of those types as he raised petrol prices by Rs60 and electricity prices by Rs8...petrol now at a whopping Rs209.86... and could be Rs280 soon say others...at best one must say that even a child can handle things like that...
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