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

Sunday, December 4, 2022

The Daily PakistanPolitics (aka Pakistan Punch/Political Punch) Dec1-15, 2022

Dec15-2022-- politics on assembly dissolutions continues...many suggest that PTI mpa's want  imran to pay their salaries...PMLn counters that will participate in provincial elections even as their organisational efforts show extreme weaknesses...imran tries to get national assembly resignations thru...PTI mna's have to meet speaker personally to verify...on the other hand imran tries to woo the army to come back into politics behind him despite his continuation of bad mouthing Bajwa...his blaming the army for killing arshad sharif/firing on him  and swati/gill episodes suggests that the army maybe happy to be rid of their enfante terrible...PDMs  smart ministers ayaz sadiq and tarrar called on Alvi...many suggest they wanted imran to cool it on  army outbursts and he is the one responsible and not Bajwa whatever he advised...otherwise it seems that they dont want provincial assemblis  dissolved


Dec15-2022--remittances decline to $2.1 billion in November...as government flails away attempting to raise dollars imran suggests that rupee should be devalued again...shebaz says he still depends on the IMF and exports...chinese experience suggests that world economy is slowing down...

Dec15-2022--three civilians killed in north waziristan as motorbike bomb rams into convoy...

Dec15-2022--firing from afghanistan kills 1 at chaman...afghan side says pakistan initiated it...

Dec15-2022--we always think that China is fully employed however the economy which is export/import driven is stutterring as exports fell 8.7% and imports fell by10.6% in November...retail sales fell by 5.9% in november..problems related to covid and  a world economy slowing after the covid surge...however china has a social securiy system for the unemployed...industrial production rose for two months straight


Dec14-2022--the default theory canonly be mitigated says Miftah if IMF and mulilateral lenders open their chequebooks...S.audi Arabia alo asked to double deferred oil payment

Dec14-2022--the seemingly confused Pti to hold another rally in lahore to anounce dissolution of the punjab assembly...it is thought that imran is facing resistance to his idea of relecting the punjab assembly...technically it should be similar and the PDM need to vote together to maintain a balance in the assembly...the PTI has done little work in punjab barring completing the sukkur motorway and will only have their cards philosophy for support...people might also not like their price hike on the orange line...

Dec13-2022--Shahbaz Sharif's other son suleiman arrives from a UK exile and gets a 14 day bail...not previously in the limelight he looks like a younger shahbaz with hair plugs.. was accused in the same case of Rs16 billion money laundering by the imran run NAB...theoretically he should also be cleared...others suggest that he could be the next chief minister punjab if the PTI coalition stumbles...

Dec13-2022--reports unverified state that Bilawal Bhutto offered to give iran a nuclear device and shah mahmood qureshi threatened to atom  bomb the UAE..!

Dec13-2022--imran who  is more narcisstic and egoist than anyone else now is being refused a dialogue by shebaz...most politicians are... despite the nature of the strange individuals... talks can resolve issues especially the hawai logic of imran in which he derides the military but still is urging them to support him somehow...he now wants the apolitical army to run the economy too...! i think that he will take /use anything to avoid talks too...he is frightened to sit across the table with a simple opponent like shebaz sharif because he will not get what he wants...and obviously both cant convince opponents...many suggest that Dar who has met alvi twice was just informing him about the governments policies and positions...otherwise both sides have opposite views on everything 

Dec12-202--the PTI created situation in Punjab is supposedly to counter the PMLn support with a pervez elahi media campaign showing his images with lying words...the skirmish between imran's men and pervez elahi seemingly to show an  increase in the elahi clout and ability to standup to the Pti...however it seems like nurakushti and imran is already backing away from dissolution because he probably does not want anybody else strong enough in punjab even from his close circle and is supposedly frightened of another shooter/security...unless he brings in a strong pti chief minister it will just turn into a Buzdar situation...the Pervez elahi campaign also seems to snub sheikh rashid with the center/province both stingy on extra funds for rawalpindi...Imran already backing away into a election date first stance but his dirty/negative language suggests that he does not want cohabitation or interaction...again he has targeted the military in his campaign having shifted to apolitical from "only talk to us..." how the military can be apolitical when it generally runs the intelligence organisations and paramilitaries and border guards...The army chief has to advise the government anyway on military/security/strategic matters! And with a huge voters base of around 30-40 lakh voters they can effect elections by  just voting like everyone else...ie individually...methinks he wants the military to urge the government to announce early elections...but generally elections in October/Nov are similar to elections in April-July and the military cannot effect the economic situation too much apart from urging a massive cut in military/civilian spending...was imran's economics designed by the army...?..The military supposedly likes the dollar rate hikes/IMF and electricity tariff rates donot effect them and they can control prices for the military thru free atta to soldiers and CSD stores...the only thing that can be done is for everyone to pay the same electricity rates which can end the subsides to the army, industry agriculture and exporters...and for importers to get a dollar that is five dollars more expensive...!

Dec12, 2022--afghan border shelling killing six in chaman while pakistani retaliation kills one afghan security man...chaman situation is almost on/ off and something keeps happening ...probably the military incharge on the other side has problems with us...huge number cross over at Chaman mostly from afghanistan for trade etc. while trucks carrying fruit like pomegranates and grapes also are common

Dec9-2022--SBP's forex reserves fall to four year low...they have fallen by almost $4 billion...SBP says debt payments in complete control...dollar selling in open market at around 231 ..however money exchangers tending to hold on to the dollars and they have kept the rate fairly steady..however rumours of default abound...SBP says the inflows have been low and they expect them to increase in the second half...they needed $33 billion  this year...and  they had to make payments of $23billion...they expect the rollover of $12 billion government related loans..they still have to return $3.5 billion of multilateral loans...while $6 billion  have been paid and $ 10 billion will be the fiscal deficit...import of oil, raw materials for medicines have no restrictions..restrictions on 10-15% of imports

Dec9-2022--fire at H-9, islamabad weekly bazaar leaves 130 shops gutted


Dec9-2022--Fawad wants elahi to dissolve assemblies to maintain alliance...

Dec9-2022--another tape and again the selling of watches...Bokhari who lived at Banigala willing to sell a imran watch for imran's wife...why imrans wife at the forefront of the watch empire is unclear...earlier watches said tobe sold by a different set of imran's people..imran must have a lot of watches and they seem expensive.. so the urge to profit from them...maybe imrans wife needs money for her children or imrans stepchildren...!imrans wife who was dressed in a white burqa apparently also on the advice of bokhari at the inauguration has a lot of normal photos online now...



Dec9-2022--Nacta says that peace talks made TTP start returning to certain areas in Pakistan such as malakand and swat and they might be attempting to restart their militant natured activities...most of the TTP was pushed into afghanistan all the way from Swat thru the tribal territories by the Pakistan Army...where they have survived and now feel emboldened with the support of the taleban. Pakistans talks attempt... failed mostly on the  TTP demands to end integration with KP...others suggest that they were more inclined to the PTI as were the taleban and with the PTI on the warpath there was no stopping them...whatever policy is followed it must be consistent and talks have tobe continued over a long duration tobe successful...the key must be a return to a peaceful coexistence with other people living in those areas...

Dec8-2022--ECP chief says he is not opposed to EVM's but they will inducted only after thorough testing

Dec8-2022--Alvi and Dar meet supposedly to negotiate...

Dec8-2022--fact finding commission overturns kenyan police views and says that occupants of car may have  killed arshad sharif...they also suggest links of the hosts to a politician and the Ary chief...

Dec8-2022--delay in dissolving pti assemblies could be regarded as cowardice or a failure of imran and pervez elahi who has suggested that keeping the assemblies would be better for their personal security...

Dec7, 2022--The PDM now says  Russia will provide subsidized petrol, diesel, gas, crude to Pakistan and even build a LNG pipeline...the pipeline was approved in the nawaz sharif era..the west has said that russian crude should be capped at $60 and transport by sea would be sanctioned...
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Dec7,2022--The SC is batting away at saving PTI wala's from being  banished/disqualified  from politics...

Dec7, 2022--Centaurus mall desealed after CDA said it was being used for non conforming purposes...it is supposedly Pti owned..apparently the opposition did very well in Ajk local elections...

Dec7-2022--The police have registered an FIR on SC orders against the alleged murder of Arshad Sharif who was apparently killed by kenyan police...the FIR blames the hosts of arshad sharif and unknown persons...it is not yet known if it was a murder by torture or a police muqabala..no one in Pakistan has been identified as yet who threatened arshad sharif ...the SC is apparently behaving without logic and should appoint  a special investigator...imran too should be arrested and investigated for his accusations...the autopsy report also says there are suspicious pre mortem injuries...The time period of pre mortem injuries could ascertain when they occurred..if there is cause the police officers concerned should be investigated who handled him in Pakistan...things like nails being pulled are not normally done in Pakistan...it is possible he might have been tortured in  UAE or Kenya too...that should be the initial focus...

Dec 7-2022--FC soldier killed in his home in janikhel, bannu and beheaded and his head hung from a tree in the bachki market...this seems tobe a murder as the soldier and his son were shot down by 18 men ...in mirali a tribal leader was shot down...a villager and his attacker were killed in Tapi...In DI Khan three alleged militants from the TTP gandapur group were killed...in khoibarah a police officer survived an attack on his convoy who was checking the polio campaign..The TTP has apparently restarted its campaign and maybe initiating fear tactics ...during the Pti era they were relatively subdued and the Pti might be now aiding them...with imran and ali amin gandapur both having threatened suicide attacks...

Dec5-2022--Bajwa seems to have become  a volleyball between the Pti and Pmlq...while the Pmlq says he was helpful Imran says he ordered his allies to run for cover..Imran forgets how he treated his allies refusing to even listen to them and saying they were blackmailing him...The Mqm was up in the air upto early April and any realistic offers to them of projects, more ministries and governorships would have got him their support...but he just wanted his personal rule and nothing for anyone else...he would not do even normal consultations...the Pmlq was offered the same thing by both sides...Bajwa however showed that his mind kept drifting in the handover...at one point he tried to draw  a zero or play football with his feet...he several times had to run to catchup and to stay in position...Asim Munir seemed to offer the cane back to Bajwa who refused...in a sop to imran... Asim has appointed an EME man as DG ISPR and transferred Baber Iftikhar to head  the karachi corp...many regard the sleepy head baber iftikhar lucky to be pomoted..only in recent times have DG ISPR's been promoted to Lt.Gen...Bajwa had been very helpful to imran until the appointment of the new ISI chief which imran insisted was his job...he than sort of snubbed Bajwa who retreated into his shell...Bajwa was also seemingly opposed to the Taliban taking over and designed a tough and difficult role for the taliban...and he has stayed away from Afghanistan since...Asim Munir has however started out as a military man and given a warning to india..he however seemed to suggest that National security and military strategy will still be his preserve and that he might also maintain seperate communication with the US army...whether he will interfere/control  all regional strategics/defence policies is not known yet...Bajwa controlled many matters in foreign policy...obviously a new army chief can either continue in the same vein or change his overall view...

Dec4-2022--Stray dog that he is many feel Imran  is running round in circles trying to catch his own tail..Case in point u are so dumb u cant understand my offer of talks...so talks are cancelled...a usual Pti ploy...many think he wants to create interest in the army to again rekindle its desire to be only his handlers...The PDM have responded that they  are willing for talks if imran does not set conditions which makes talks useless...he supposedly wants to interest them in his gimmick of KP and Punjab provincial assembly dissolutions...he will wait another five days ...!the government is short of money so they will not be able to finance the election commission or pay provincial shares...The CEC wanted around Rs.50 billion for the next polls...the financial condition of the country is precarious and defaults could be looming on various payouts...the government says it will not default...Imran has no apparent plan for improving the countries finances...elections on their own cannot solve the countries financial woes...as for Imrans dissolution theory the PDM(win or lose) seems willing to participate in provincial elections and it is not too keen on governors rule/minority rule which seems tobe the only answer...Imrans woes are the direct result of believing reports of his spies in the military , intelligence agencies and government...he also says that Bajwa tried  to divide the PMLq and succeeded...others say that pervez-shujaat decided to fight each other to deceive Imran...!Imran has threatened a suicide attack if arrested and thrashed naked...even though there is no confirmation of Swati having been denuded...these simpletons go up in flames even if somebody sends them porn...they have again said that there fright at replacing Bajwa was a wrong decision...

Dec4, 2022--three policemen killed in Nowshera after TTP gunmen opened fire on a police van...a militant was killed in security forces fire in Shewa, North Waziristan...while the TTP has ended its ceasefire   many suspect that it could be  PTi militants and that the  TTP ceasefire was ended after the resignation of Faiz Hameed...Faiz hameed said tobe initiator of talks with the TTP

Dec4, 2022--police have intimated speaker KP assembly that they  will arrest Pti mpa fazal elahi for demonstrating outside the peshawar corp commanders house on Nov3...

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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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