Entries for October 2008

Ever since the new government has arrived, we have hardly heard a good news. Justice Iftikhar, who is a beacon of hope in terms of independence of judiciary, is yet to be reinstated. Lawyers movement, which got Iftikhar Chaudhry reinstated for the first time on 20th July, has been dormant for quite a while now (thanks to the bitter end of long march).

Our political struggle must for equal opportunities irrespective of gender, color, religion, ethnicity and social status for all, in all spheres of life. It is shameful to see inPakistan, the poor dying for lack of food, hunger, bad health, etc and the rich classes oblivious to what they see every day on their streets.  Capitalism has failed in achieving a true emancipation of people.  The promised crumbs never fall of the table.  The rich become super rich and the poor remain in their ghettos. Super powers while protecting their interests have brutalized poor nations and people and in the last 100 years more killings have been done than ever before, in the name of democracy, liberalism and free economy.  The shameless begging bowl reminds me of Ibne Insha who said:

جس جھولی میں سو چھید ہوئے

اُس جھولی کو پھیلانا کیا

Mr Khan reiterated on Express TV today on 17th October (host Javed Chaudhry) that all politicians should bring back their own wealth to Pakistan to inspire confidence in the business community, and others to do the same.  Why beg from others when our own money can go a long way?  Javed Hashmi (PMLN leader) who was also on the show endorsed the appeal saying that he would request Nawaz Sharif to do the same.

It is said that the government is thinking seriously about constructing a green zone in Islamabad. It will be very much a carbon copy of Iraqi capital Baghdad's green zone, where the masters & their sycophants will be protected. It is indeed a sad story, reported in a local news paper. A common man is bewildered as to why the government is going down wards with it's policies? Iraq is a copmletely different story; their is foreign occupation in Iraq, the people are against it & there for they attack foreign troops. For the safety of foreign masters the puppet Iraqi government had build up the green zone in the heart of capital Baghdad. But there is no foreign occupation in our sacred land; there are no foreign troops based in our capital; then why a green zone here in Islamabad? Is this for the foreign masters or is there something fishy fishy going on!
Such plans had failed completely in the past. There is absaloutely no logic in it. If the government keeps planning in this way then the masses will ask as to where they seek safety?

I was in Sweden in the last week of September and our PTI friends Mr Barkat and Dr Amir arranged meetings with Swedish parliamentarians.  Each one of them came down to receive us at the main gate, escorted us to the meeting room and came down to see us off.  Even the Deputy Prime Minister who was on crutches because she had taken a recent fall-injury, followed this courtesy.  Reminds me of Omar and his servant entering Jerusalem.

In recent foreign visits, Chairman Khan has stepped-up his calls for increasing foreign members paying 10 dollar/month for the party.The ideal target is to gather 5000 such members and once achieved it can generate a continuous flow of money to run our party offices being opened (and already open) in all
districts of Pakistan.The foreign coordinators and officials are working hard to implement this task. I want to stimulate a discussion on how to increase paying foreign members. Please answer the following specific questions:

I was talking with my brother in law the other day and we are discussing Pakistani politics. He is a software engineer and works at a software application firm.

He asked me the  if he wants to join politics, how will he manage it? "How will I support my family if I am a fulltime politician but not an elected member? How will I fund myself to gain political strength?How will I convince my parents, my family? How will I reach people? Basically, tell me how do I become a politician?"

As you have already noticed, website is under going some major changes. They are not completed yet, and some improvements will be made over the next few days. However I would like to mention how we want to move on from here.