This set me thinking; is this the perception that people have about our PM? Can our PM’s public relations people in the PM office be so incompetent as to allow the image of our PM to fall so low, that doubts of his educational qualifications have been raised at international levels?
The reality is more dangerous: our PM's education is not as low as his IQ, which for a nuclear power is akin to giving a monkey a razor. Only, being a nuclear power, is dangerous for the others.
Being PM of Pakistan is a formidable task, and the destiny of 200 million people, is in the hands of someone who has a serious image problem,and the reality could be worse than the perception.
The time has come for the citizens to rise up, against this sham democracy, which has succeeded in removing all the safeguards that had been placed to protect the people from the tyranny of the “elected” majority. It would be pertinent to point out that Hitler and Mussolini were both elected as rulers through a massive majority, and it took a world war to finally remove them !
Pakistanis have no constitutional option other than to wait out the five-year term. In the meantime, the “majority” with a pliant opposition can empty the national coffers, and pile up debts that will be impossible to repay. Surely, our founding fathers did not envisage such a country for us. Do we deserve such rulers?
While we have an army chief that is standing by and watching the plunder? A Supreme Court that refuses to take notice of the destruction of a once flourishing society?
A target killer was hanged a few months ago, Saulat Mirza, who had confessed to killing 129 persons. Now someone has confessed to the murder of 400 persons. These are people who were used to bring the rulers to power, and sustain them in their positions. The army has succeeded in arresting and bringing some of the killers to book. But the army has not yet moved to prosecute them, nor has it decided to prosecute those who ordered the kills. The people are confused watching the Pakistan army waiting for further instructions. Meanwhile, many of the criminals are escaping and their money has already been moved to safe havens. The final go ahead from the prime minister is awaited, but this signal is already subject to a “muk muka” (settlement) between the PML-N and the PPP, both hesitating to yank the chain, lest both political parties are ejected.
One thing is sure. The country cannot continue like this. The rulers of Pakistan have not realised the anger in the people simmering, just under the surface. The recent examples of Saddam Hussain, Muammar Gaddafi and Hosni Mubarak are all before us. Though Gaddafi and Saddam had given their people fantastic welfare benefits, education, medical facilities amongst the best in the world, yet, when the tide turned, they set upon their rulers and despatched them ruthlessly, without remorse. In Pakistan our rulers have given us nothing, taking away the future of our children. In our political setup the accountability of the rulers has been taken away, and replaced with more safeguards to protect the rulers when in fact it should be the people who should be protected from the rulers.
Other than Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, no other politician has been held to account, and even Bhutto was hanged for the wrong reasons. The crimes he committed against Pakistan were manifold — the breakup Pakistan was engineered by him,and was a treasonable offence, as he played into the Indian plan of reducing the Pakistani threat to India, by half.
By retaining the position of Chief Martial Law Administrator he put himself above the law. This showed the Pakistani political ethos of putting self above state. A dictum that has been followed assiduously to the present day. It can safely be stated that after Bhutto no political leader has considered the effects of egocentricism on the state. The use of target killers to eliminate hundreds of people for selfish political reasons, conjures visions of some medieval bloodthirsty feudal lordship. The practice of politics by Pakistan’s so-called leadership is incommensurate with the simplest tenets of a democracy.
This is the 21st century. Yet, these are the leaders that have foisted themselves upon us. Can we break the stranglehold they have on the nation? Even Imran Khan has strayed from his path, which should be the elimination of the present corrupt leadership, through a ruthless accountability.
Sparing none. All those politicians who have committed crimes including murder, to further their political agendas should be ruthlessly punished. For example, the rise of the MQM using extortion, kidnapping and murder under the cover of politics, within the knowledge of the former head of the ISI General Kayani, makes him an accomplice and as guilty as the target-killer involved. The terrorists should also include the current political leadership. Can Interior Minister Ch. Nisar claim that he was not aware of the crimes being committed under his watch during the past two years? Can General Kayani plead he was unaware of these criminal acts?
If, indeed, the leadership of the ISI kept its silence at that time, to retain its position at the trough of corruption, then is he not liable to punishment? And as an accomplice, the punishment should be equal to the crime. It seems that the entire leadership of all the parties are accountable. For none can plead innocence of the knowledge of the criminal activities. This knowledge makes them criminally culpable as they were in positions of power, and could have stemmed the rot.
Fortunately, the present army leadership is in a position to wipe the slate clean.
Only then can a new leadership emerge.
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