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Will ANP and MQM support / oppose NRO ?

MB — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:28:31 +0000

NRO, known now as National Robbers Ordinance is soon be tabled in NA and two parties will play a key role in its winning or loosing. This will be also the test of their “political morals” and principles since both have made much noise about the two major political parties of corruption and transferring money abroad. Moreover the “sarmayadarana” “jageerdarana” mantra is also deafening our ears since 70s as well as ANPs socialist makeup (esp the fuss they created during elections). We shall see how much their motives match their words in practicality and who is willing to give up “zaati mafad” for “ejtamai mafad”. Keep in mind, i am not using “abstain” as a separate option as its obvious abstain means to support the motion. It is when these tests are thrown at the leadership when we see the true color of personalities. Will “principles” stay high or “siyasi mafadaat” we shall see shortly.
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Clean the mess before Exit – Street Thoughts

MB — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 09:25:17 +0000

Karachi police has done well till now to tackle the terrorist threat, though there is a huge potential of any incident anytime. This pic below i took an hour back reminds us of the situation we are facing. Apparently nothing extra-ordinary happening in it but i’ll tell you. These 4 jawanz on 2 bikes were constantly being a pain in my *** since neither they were leaving the fast lane nor allowing me to pass. What more, they were even not allowing anyone to come close. On two occasions the guy sitting back at right used hath ka ishara asking me to stop (sort of) to stay back on 2 turns. While seeing these vehicles was routine in KHI this never happened before, except for VIPz obviously. For a moment i felt myself being a terrorist. From their perspective i guess they were doing the right thing because we already know how the terrorists were attacking the officers these days. Recently we had 2 brigadiers being attacked, one got killed. And i think we should support them and bear inconvenience for a while.

But this is not the point i wanted to make here. My point was does the officer sitting in this vehicle understands how their decisions in one era create a huge impact for the future generations? Does he understand that this “TERRORIST” is their product from GHQ laboratories of 80z/90z. That he (and his org) is equally responsible for all the mess along with weak political setups. We cant allow them to simply incite religious emotions at one time for Jihad and then take a U-turn after 2 decades. The question , we , as citizens be asking these fellows is, now that they are feeling the heat, will they not repeat history and have they understood well the old quote : As you sow so shall you reap. We cant allow our ARMY to manufacture one WHOLE NEW GENERATION of JIHADIST and push the EXIT button on a call from Washington. As that creates million jobless Jehadist who cant be integrated into rest of the society.

We strongly need to tell them that please clean your own mess first before you EXIT.

Who can guarantee that our karta-dhartaz are not planning PROJECT-JIHAD v.2 once we are done with this “inteha-pasandi” mess. Are we learning from history or just passing a difficult phase?

The Feudal Conglomerate of Pakistan

MB — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:02:38 +0000

Pakistan is country under the occupation of a feudal Conglomerate consisting of different components (show at right side in a chart). While people have almost complete freedom of movement they are restricted by design in their thinking through the very same components that makeup this setup. Terror is one of the productive weapons of this setup to keep its occupation tight. This occupation is never discussed in electronic and print media which is itself a baby in an atomic age and is hardly able to come out of the roti, kapra, makan slogan. Under the very same occupation some media groups, civil society and courts have tried to get rid of this setup and it is too early to judge if they will succeed.
You must have all seen this video which is at least not a surprise for me since we know the reality is worst than what we can imagine. This video below, however is related to Karachi. I have full sympathy to these fellows terrorized by one of the components of this feudal setup (the rangers). If they had any proof of the wrong doings the law should have taken its course but as you will see, the “official” terrorist abuse law and beat the fellows just because they belong to a particular ethnicity.
(warning : Language/violence)
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Jinnahpur fuss – One more dirty game to save Musharraf ?

MB — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 07:32:36 +0000

Our establishment’s competency is well proven without any doubt. Controversy manufacturing is their core area of expertise. One retired Brigadier (whose notoriety needs no discussion) & whose conscience took 17 years to wake up is behind this noise. What he said is this: That the Jinah Puur maps was not true PLUS the Mr. Nawaz Sharif as PM had not been taken into confidence about the operation against MQM and he was only informed about the anti-dacoits operation in interior Sindh. Guess what, the 90 INC. immediately started thrashing PML with the first part saying why Mr. Nawaz, then PM, didn’t stop the 92-operation, though mostly it was PPP from 93-96 & Naseerullah Babar is absent in their attack. And if we recall correctly, their own best friend Mr. Ch. Shujaat Hussain was Interior Minister then, where his name dissappeared ? Answer coming shortly but first a new twist: One Major rtd. Nadeem Dar says Brigadier is all lies and indeed maps were found and showed in a press conference but later on ISPR put pressure on media to stop it. He didn’t tell you why though we can figure it out, that too coming shortly. Now 3^rd twist, a list submitted to court in 1994 by RAM Asghar Khan has also been dug up on money distributed to IJI by our “honest and clean” ISI.

But first over to what Nusrat Javed has tried to exposed on LVT and he is on spot without wasting time. This is neither about 92 operation, nor about PML vs MQM and nor about what really happened in 92, this is actually a new stunt to save Mr. Musharraf. Let’s expose the script:

The timing of this disclosure by Brigadier is strange but since recently a new fashion among retired officers to become haji/momin on TV has developed (The durraniz, the hameed guls and the Aslam baigs) telling us fascinating stories excluding themselves of any ill doing. They start like: I was a kid, I was stationed there, here, in air, under water but I swear I had absolutely no idea about this dirty evil game being played, trust me its mr. XYZ who did all the dirty killing, abduction, MNA/MPA buying, I was just doing my holy ISI/MI/IB duty.
Everyone knows the agencies rule this country, and politicians are just a public face on whom all dirt is thrown when something goes wrong. Be it Nawaz, BB, Altaf or any other we known well the actual power and decision making especially on National Security comes from Pindi. Even if NS has intervened to stop the operation the agencies might well ask him to pack the bag (the same pretext Durrani used while referig to a question as to why PPP gov was conspired against and removed, his reply was it was acting agaist national interest) therefore instead of acting on screen, MQM should reach out to the collars of those GENERALs or in Waseem Akhtar’s own words if they have a “mard ka bacha” if they have guts but wait, like Khuaja Asif said the other day, there is a method behind this MQM madness and it is this:
With or without Jinah pur being a drama or truth, there is no doubt that MQM then (openly) and now (covertly) has a militant wing and it should have been dealt the way it was in 92 except that, since our establishment has this habit of going too far they mostly killed the innocent Urdu speaking in their anger on MQM. If Altaf bhai has anyone to shout at, wisdom dictates, to have some guts to name the Generals/Brigadiers/colonels behind the decision making. It is also very unfortunate that his brother (who no doubt is innocent) had to pay the price for some dirty fishes in MQM then. And if history’s mind serves correctly it was PPP gov when his brother was gunned down. This he conveniently (deliberately?) forgets to mention since kiunki Sindh hakumat bi toh chalani hai.
The reason why ISPR later pressurized media to further continue with Jinahpur map drama was possibly because it could also put MQM-Haqiqi (one more agency PRODUCT ) in bad position since haqiqi also claims true representation of Mohajirs. Haqiqi might have requested agencies not to continue it since it could also undermine their own cause.
Also an innocent is an innocent nowhere whom he/she belongs to. Why he is ot vocal a judicial commission on May-12. The tele-acting might be justified for the light hearted viewers (especially the ones whose loved ones were brutally killed in 92) but experience has taught the wise one’s to see behind the apparent.
Altaf bhai asked Chief Justice to take suo moto action and inquire on 92. Here is my humble question to him: If CJP does inquire and a commission is set will he present himself in it for TRUTH FINDING purpose? Will he accept that there were indeed some kana’s langraz and dhobiz who were indeed terrorists? If the commission concludes, that some content of the proof against MQM (say 25%) was indeed true and there were some torture cells etc. Will he as LAW loving preacher accept that commission report or repeat court storming of SHC like they did to pressurize judges on May 12 fact finding inquiry? If his answer is YES, we as KHI citizen fully support his demand.

A simple summary of this complex game goes like this:

Mr. Nawaz Sharif, due to twist of fate finds himself trying to break the Establishment’s KID label and is seen now as the only anti-establishment person in political basket. Everyone tried to get him away from Mr. Musharraf’s trial but no success so guess so first the Saraiki provice fuss and now the new drama? This PKpolitics post (alternate link ) saves my time to explain in detail the reason why MQM is hell bent upon selectively thrashing PML. Are all these frequent meetings recently by Mush himself and his men to discuss weather in London?. Has anyone noticed how suddenly article 6 has disappeared from screens and all the noise now is about a dead story, just because some lately-mominized brigadier’s conscience woke up to uphold the truth?

MQM should now grow up and try to act like a political party (which it has full potential) instead of playing in the hands of agencies. The same agencies who kept using it to pressurize/control PPP in Sindh and PML/ANP in center. The dictator has thrown many bones since 2002 and they enjoyed his company and now he is dying. Why they want to risk their own party life for a lost chapter. If they are really honest with their own cause they should (and everyone should support them) forcefully push for bringing the agency officers then to justice instead of selective criticism to save a dictator, that is, if they are really honest to the innocents killed in 92. Moreover mr. NS should stop acting like he was too helpless then and apologize for not resigning in 92 with dignity or else face the Law accordingly.

I believe PML is as corrupt/as PPP/MQM but even a kid can see why this whole fuss is started : Very simple : put as much pressure as possible on PML so it can quit its stance on NRO (to benefit ZARDARI) and ARTICLE 6 (to benefit MUSH saheb).

Nazims or Magistrates?

SwERveUT — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 10:48:04 +0000

Gilani says local govts illegal, unconstitutional

ISLAMABAD: Defending the provinces’ demand for wrapping up the local governments, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Friday that the decision to replace the 150-year-old magistracy system with the local bodies was ‘illegal and unconstitutional’. ‘Former president Pervez Musharraf’s decision to make local governments a federal subject under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution was illegal and undemocratic,’ he told reporters after attending a function at the ministry of science and technology…

…The five-year tenure of the local government will expire in October and there is a strong possibility that no more LG polls will be held and the old magistracy system will come back…

…The government, he said, was taking tough and unpopular decisions to save the country from difficult situation. ‘I would not say that the government is taking popular decisions. We have to put the country on right track. We are democratic people. We have faced imprisonment not for becoming the prime minister but for the rights of the people,’ he said.

read full news story here…

It seems like we are headed back to the old draconian system of having magisterial fiefdoms. Whereas the local government gives us the advantage of choosing representatives from our own area, the magistracy system is based on having somebody appointed over you who may not even be from your area. He will not be sincere to the region, will not know its problems well, and will have a tendency to rule with an upper hand like his personal jagir – which basically gives him power over anyone else – to use and abuse as he likes without question.

Which system do you prefer? I personally have a clear preference for the local governments system; primarily because its more democratic, more modern, ensures that the person running your government is answerable to you rather than being your boss, and because it gets results. The magistracy system leads nowhere. What do you have to say? Let your voices be heard – because YOU should make such key decisions in a real democracy.

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Is this legal?

SwERveUT — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:38:35 +0000

Spotted near Jinnah Bridge yesterday

A few weeks ago, I also saw a car with the number plate saying Benazir. It also had blackened windows.

Excellent strategy to make sure you are never stopped by the police! Take lesson folks.

Operation to Klean Karachi from Arms

MB — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:27:48 +0000

There is much WEIGHT in the argument that If establishing the WRIT of the government and Militancy ( another IN-fashion word among elite) is what all noise in upper Pakistan is about then is Karachi not facing the same issue since writ of the gov. is absent here now for around 2 decades. Do we have any wise heads around on how to clean Karachi from Militancy. Is Operation Clean up the solution? What people think . . .

[Image : LAtimes]

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US consulate construction – Just another Scam

MB — Mon, 25 May 2009 06:16:36 +0000

Here the wrong doings always unearthed once they are gone. As Musharraf and “his ENLIGHTENED team” slowly disappear into history we shall come to know their kaarnamaz time to time. It’s very important to know past facts if one wants to move forward, one reason why posting events from past is necessary. But no need to panic and like my friend says hum awam bhi dheet hain so just one more story in our bucket:
” The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Friday was told about the first order issued by Shaukat Aziz, soon after taking oath as the prime minister of Pakistan in 2005. It was to give 28 acres of KPT land, worth billions of rupees, to the US for construction of its consulate in Karachi for only Rs 1.1 billion on a 99-year lease.

On the personal instructions of Shaukat Aziz, the Americans were given the land at the laughable rate of Rs 15,000 per square yard against the market rate of Rs 222,000, causing a loss of billions to the country”

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Karachi Erupts To A Sudden Violence.

Jamash — Sat, 23 May 2009 10:45:03 +0000

Karachi at times shows very unpredictable trended, may it be weather or the city’s law and order situation It can take a sudden change to a better or worst. And certainly it takes no time for the city to snap back to it’s normal flow.

The citizens of Karachi were caught by surprise late last night a similar unpredictable round of riots erupted across the city and the news tickers on different tv channels started reporting vehicles being torched, incidents of firing and a number of fatalities across the city.

The unrest and violence continued even after the morning today with several reports of similar incidents across the city but the police and Rangers were quickly moved in and put on high alert to keep the city under control. The dawn newspaper covered the these incidents in a news report Here, while some unconfirmed reports of markets being forced to shut down including the DHA’s Badar Commercial Area, early after noon today, Circulate the city. But the situation now seems calm and under control, lets hope it remains this way.

Violence and aftermath – Time for a change

MB — Tue, 12 May 2009 03:28:52 +0000

Part II : The Problem

Whenever we go to a doctor we believe him he is competent to understand the illness, honest in opinion and has no PERSONAL interest clashing to that of the patient. Its exactly why we allow him to operate on us and we trust our lives at his views. We know he has a solution to the problem. A leader is an intellectual doctor who can see what we can not and therefore can suggest the best medicine for our society. Like a doctor we go to him willingly, since we believe he has a SOLUTION to our problems. We vote i.e we hand over our trust and believe our futures are in secure hands since we, collectively, as society want to proceed towards betterment, a natural instinct in a society. By book, a leader has to have some 10 qualities that we don’t go into and we never expect a REAL leader to have all of them, practically. But there has to be a thin line , before and after which a person should be told if he deserves to lead or not. If a person deserves to lead he should be allowed as such else removed. A leader, in politics is an ADJECTIVE not a noun . .

A LEADER is not the first person in first line in a HERD . . . . and A Leader is not the person who follows Popular DEMAND . . .

and here is where we MAKE mistake when we choose our leadership and therefore the CRISIS of leadership we are facing now. Whether our 170 million people are a MOB or a NATION will only be decided upon the type of LEADER(ship) in first row and first position.

continue . . .