Tag: political parties

ڈان‘‘ اور سیاست دان اور عام لوگ’’

[سیاسی قضیے: [5 جولائی، 2018

ویسے تو انگریزی اخبار، ’’ڈان‘‘ اشتراکیت اور اشتراکیوں کی طرف جھکاؤ رکھتا ہے، جو اپنے مقصد حصول کے لیے طاقت اور تشدد کے استعمال کو جائز سمجھتے ہیں۔ مگر لیاری میں ووٹروں نے پیپلز پارٹی کے ’’کراؤن پرنس‘‘، بلاول بھٹو زرداری کا جس طرح استقبال کیا، ’’ڈان‘‘ کو یہ انداز اچھا نہیں لگا۔ ’’ڈان‘‘ نے اس پر جو اداریہ لکھا، اس کا عنوان ہی معنی خیز ہے: سیاست دانوں کو شرم دلانا [3 جولائی، 2018]۔

اداریہ پڑھ کر اس عنوان کا مطلب یہ بنتا ہے کہ لیاری کے ووٹروں کا سیاست دانوں کو اس انداز میں شرم دلانا درست نہیں۔ ’’ڈان‘‘ کی رائے یہ ہے کہ ووٹروں کو سیاست دانوں کی نااہلی پر اپنا ردِعمل ووٹ کی صورت میں ظاہر کرنا چاہیے۔

ڈان کے مطابق یہ رجحان تکلیف دہ ہے۔ ناخوش ووٹروں نے متعدد انتخابی امیدواروں کے ساتھ اچھا سلوک نہیں کیا، اور یوں ممتاز …

Quaid’s 11 August (1947) Address Be made Substantive Part of the Constitution

Since long, a controversy has been raging as to what kind of state Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah wanted Pakistan to be: a religious state or a secular state. Fortunately, that controversy precludes certain extremes, for instance, it is generally understood and admitted that Quaid never wanted Pakistan to be a theocratic or a socialist state. That amounts to saying that the controversy focuses mainly on whether it was an “Islamic” state or a “secular” state that Quaid may have envisioned.

That controversy has its roots in what Quaid himself said, that is, the speeches and addresses he delivered on various occasions. Both of the camps quote and cite inconsistent statements and argue for their case. That’s what makes the controversy complicate manifold.

Apart from such dishonesties with the help of which concocted statements are attributed to Quaid; or out of the context meanings are drawn from his statements; or this …

Why taxes are not a political issue in Pakistan?

Note: I sent this piece of writing to all the newspapers one by one; none bothered to see it or use it, that I am justified to conclude!
Why taxes are not a political issue in Pakistan?
All the politics is about collecting and spending taxes; but unfortunately that reality does not translate into political issues in Pakistan.
What it translates into is power-politics pure and simple! See the arrogant issueless politics of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf; see the pseudo-development politics of Pakistan Muslim League (N); see the outdated Roti-Kapra-Makaan politics of Pakistan Peoples Party (P); see the identity-less politics of Awami National Party; and also see the self-centered religious politics of Jamat-e-Islami, Jamiat-e-Ulema-e-Islam (F). At the end of the day, all of their politics is about seeking power and state-benefits; or it is politicking on pseudo-issues ranging from anti-Americanism and pro-Palestine rallies to this or that religious or sectarian wrangling.
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What the political parties are doing in hospitals!

Pakistan is a criminally horrible state. Read the whole story, published in The Express Tribune on September 15, 2015:

Minister directs hospitals to remove political parties’ offices

KARACHI: Sindh health minister Jam Mehtab Dahar has directed the managements of all public hospitals in the city to remove the offices of political parties from their premises, ordering them not to take any pressure while taking action against them.

The major public hospitals, including Civil Hospital, Karachi (CHK), Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC), Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, National Institute of Child Health and National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, until now, housed the offices of various political parties that enjoyed influence in the area where the facility was located.

“These should be hospitals, not offices of political parties,” he directed the officials. The minister has also asked them to immediately remove political slogans, banners, pamphlets and other such materials from these institutions.

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A depoliticized Pakistan on the rampage

The pivot of politics is always seeking power, so that a political party is able, so to say, to implement its program on the basis of which it wins voters’ mandate. That’s an ideal statement of an ideal polity! In reality it doesn’t happen like that. There are betrayals, treacheries, and opportunism on the part of political parties. There is perennial interference, for instance in the case of Pakistan, by the players who are external to the political realm but are always intent upon unleashing political instability and uncertainty in the country. Also, there are other elements different from both of the above, who now and then venture to seek power but in non-political ways. For such elements the society of Pakistan has always proved unimaginably fertile. That’s what may be termed a depoliticized Pakistan!
Let’s try to understand what it is
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Charter of Democracy’s half truth

As the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and Pakistan Awami Tehreek launched this August 14 their “Azadi March” and “Inqilab March” respectively, and then undertook the Sit-Ins (Dharnas) in Islamabad; day by day it was increasingly perceived as a deadly threat to political constitutional set-up prevailing in the country. With worsening law and order situation in the capital including the fears of occupation of state buildings by the marchers, the fear of military intervention loomed large on the political horizon. However, in the face of it something very surprising took place: All the political parties sitting in the parliament reposed and reiterated their complete confidence in the current political set-up, including the government, rejected the marchers’ calls for prime minister’s resignation, dissolution of national and provincial assemblies, and holding of mid-term elections. More to it, bar associations and civil society organizations throughout the country supported
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