I found this one in the Dawn website. It makes for interesting reading:
http://www.dawn.net/wps/wcm/connect/Dawn%20Content%20Library/dawn/news/pakistan/the+accidental+presidency
This one also is a nice one:
http://www.dawn.net/wps/wcm/connect/Dawn%20Content%20Library/dawn/news/pakistan/punjab/zardari+is+not+legal+heir+of+ppp+khar
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Slogans drive this nation foolish
Yesterday I was surfing news channels at lunch break at home and saw the end of a recent interview of AZ by BBC. The portion that I got to hear referred to his party's (PPP) policy not to persecute Mr. Musharraf any further and his ardent desire to hear (after he becomes the President of Pakistan) from his daughter Asifa Bhutto-Zardari:
ZINDA HEY BHUTTO, ZINDA HEY
ZINDA HEY BHUTTO, ZINDA HEY
"Bhutto is alive, she really is (alive)"
I really can't understand the people of this country. May be they have the shortest memory among all nations. But whatever memory they might be having about the corrupting potential of AZ vanishes in a jiffy when AZ utters slogans like this in a public meeting or in the media. Then as if he becomes a God-sent messiah to set things right for this wounded nation.
Unfortunately it seems that AZ might get what he (and US) wants. He and his hunchmen must be laughing at the response he is getting from this foolish nation. He just had to cash the death of Benazir.
I hope this nation wakes up in time before any further damage is done. I hope...
ZINDA HEY BHUTTO, ZINDA HEY
ZINDA HEY BHUTTO, ZINDA HEY
"Bhutto is alive, she really is (alive)"
I really can't understand the people of this country. May be they have the shortest memory among all nations. But whatever memory they might be having about the corrupting potential of AZ vanishes in a jiffy when AZ utters slogans like this in a public meeting or in the media. Then as if he becomes a God-sent messiah to set things right for this wounded nation.
Unfortunately it seems that AZ might get what he (and US) wants. He and his hunchmen must be laughing at the response he is getting from this foolish nation. He just had to cash the death of Benazir.
I hope this nation wakes up in time before any further damage is done. I hope...
Friday, August 22, 2008
Asif Zardari as President? Oh my God!!
Today I read in online news that Asif Zardari's (AZ)name is being proposed by PPP for the post of President of Pakistan. I also heard in the news channels that MQM will back his candidacy. What a blatant turn around by this party's chief who is demonstrating for a long time that he is without any morals. But which politician in Pakistan has?
I remember around 1999-2000 when I used to work in Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), there used to be a VIP room in the private ward in which AZ used to be under house (hospital) arrest. Everyone back then and even now knows his potential in corruption. Who would have thought at that time in 1999-2000 that one day the people of Pakistan will allow a person like AZ to hold such a prestigious post as the President of their country, let alone allow him to be the party chief! But things are happening and that too real fast. The people of this country have become senseless. One day it seems, he will become the President and no one will seem to care.
That day, I think, will be culmination of a plot that had gone into effect with the elimination of Benazir Bhutto. Quite conveniently, the blame had been put on Musharraf or militants. But who had gained the most from this. AZ, of course.
We can't blame our destiny for this. We, as a nation, are to blame because we allow such things to happen. We will get the same rulers as we are ourselves-senseless, immoral and corrupt.
Unless we rise to the occasion and do our moral duty by whatever means, this will not stop. So let us start educating people and raise our voices in whatever forum we can raise our voices in and start making the difference.
I remember around 1999-2000 when I used to work in Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), there used to be a VIP room in the private ward in which AZ used to be under house (hospital) arrest. Everyone back then and even now knows his potential in corruption. Who would have thought at that time in 1999-2000 that one day the people of Pakistan will allow a person like AZ to hold such a prestigious post as the President of their country, let alone allow him to be the party chief! But things are happening and that too real fast. The people of this country have become senseless. One day it seems, he will become the President and no one will seem to care.
That day, I think, will be culmination of a plot that had gone into effect with the elimination of Benazir Bhutto. Quite conveniently, the blame had been put on Musharraf or militants. But who had gained the most from this. AZ, of course.
We can't blame our destiny for this. We, as a nation, are to blame because we allow such things to happen. We will get the same rulers as we are ourselves-senseless, immoral and corrupt.
Unless we rise to the occasion and do our moral duty by whatever means, this will not stop. So let us start educating people and raise our voices in whatever forum we can raise our voices in and start making the difference.
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