Pakistan represents traces of compelling authoritarian tyranny, stupidity, political sinisterism of rooted insolence of lost wisdom and hopes for a navigational change. Despite the national elections, pains, horrors and degradation of the nation for change are distinctly visible on the screen.The nation is fraught with loss of time and opportunities for political change and sustainable future-making. The February 8, elections arranged by the Generals and the Judges produced no signs of systematic optimism that the nation will lose more when sadistic egoism and the authoritarian governance of the few have left nothing more to lose. A paradox of unforgivable systematic infested political corruption complemented by the ego of few Generals aligned with higher court judges to a new threshold of emerging disunity, military intervention in public affairs and favorite perversion of evil mongering claiming to serve the 240 million conscientious Pakistanis. Despite the PTI (independent) clear winning majority of the National Assembly seats, the reports spell out the hidden truth of Sharif brothers – the criminally indicted terrorists, thugs and money launderers to form the next government. What a shame – what a disgrace to conscientious new educated generations of Pakistanis. One wonders, what was the precarious reason to hold the national elections when the Generals and few Judges wanted the corrupt and morally and politically disgraced Sharfi brothers back to powerhouse? These were the same neo-colonial families of Bhuttos, Sharfis and Zardari produced by the previous Generals who stole 50 years of the national lifetime, wealth and opportunities for change to buy palaces in the UK, France and Spain and discredit the nation, its honor and standing in global affairs.
Do intelligent people learn words of wisdom even from the enemies? General PNK Choudry (former Chief of Staff of the Indian Armed Forces), who fought wars against Pakistan, narrated that if Pakistan had honest and intelligent leaders, they could have averted the 1971 surrender and defeat at Dakka- East Pakistan. I asked him how? He disclosed that ZA Bhutto had asked Mrs. Indira Gandhi (PM India) to help him become the next president of Pakistan; whereas Sheikh Mujib Rehman ( the elected majority leader) was more a Bengali nationalist aspiring to become the next leader of Pakistan. If the Pakistani had transferred the power to Sheikh Rehman, it would have been the right thing to do and he would not have survived more than a few months as all the official machinery was based in Islamabad. Mrs. Gandhi agreed to help Zalfikar Bhutto but the price was defeat and surrender of Pakistan, and Bhutto was a power maniac to become the unelected leader of Pakistan. Altaf Qureshi (“Skoot-e Dacca say Purdha Utha Hey” the Urdu Digest), narrated the historic facts: ‘General Yahya Khan stabbed the body of Pakistan and Bhutto did the same.’ Please see: “British Colonialism and how India and Pakistan Lost Freedom.” 2022. https://www.globalresearch.ca/british-colonialism-how-india-pakistan-lost-freedom/5765810Are we not seeing the same story being repeated again in Pakistan after more than 50 years?
Imran Khan, the PTI elected leader was ousted by the whim of a few generals aligned to the politically cursed Sharif family – is that the mental microscope of the military leaders to rejoin the dead political
entities? Under false and politically orchestrated impulses, Imran Khan has been sentenced to 10 -14 years in jail on multiple bogus legal cases. Vengeful and paranoid Generals wanted to keep Khan and PTI out of power so nobody could question their wrong thinking and deceitful actions against the nation. The few generals under the Chief of the Staff Assem Munir have no sense of time and history as they are playing with the destiny of the Nation for which they have no moral or intellectual capacity, no right or legal mandate to do so. Most dreadful tragedies have infallibly resulted in victimizing the masses. Today, the nation is crippled with catastrophic events of insecurity, mismanagement and socioeconomic and political exploitation.
The Pakistani Generals are not the people of reasoning and open to listening and learning. Bhuttos, Zardari and Sharifs are not the people of honesty and leadership to rebuild the nation for its survival. They cannot realize the imperatives of hopes and expectations of the new generation of educated and morally and intellectually competent people. Future belongs to the new generation of educated people, not to the naive and obsolete Generals. They view “power” and “Pakistan” as their own property. The authoritarian leaders played with its destiny and future without being questioned. The Five military coups were stabbing the living body of Pakistan. They are the wrong people, with wrong thinking and doing the wrong things. Please see “ Pakistan Confronts its future under betrayal of Generals.” 01/24 https://www.uncommonthought.com/mtblog/archives/2024/01/15/pakistan-confronts-its-future-under-betrayal-of-generals.php
Progressive Nations Produce and Enlist Educated People of New Generations to Make the Future
Progressive nations search for new-age educated and intelligent people of new ideas and integrity to build a sustainable future. Ironically, Pakistani neo-colonial systems have kept old and obsolete to run the country. Nations cease to exist when educated people of new generations who could have replaced the old and redundant guards leave the country and never return to build the nation. Young educated generations embark on migrating to Europe or America and never come back.
Today, the nation is crippled with catastrophic events of insecurity, non-productivity, mismanagement and socioeconomic and political exploitation. The Pakistani ruling elite and the Generals are not open to reason and accountability. They are engaged in systematic subversion of national freedom, security and future-making.They cannot realize the imperatives of hopes and expectations of a new generation of educated and morally and intellectually competent people. Future belongs to the new generation of educated people, not to the naive and obsolete Generals. They view “power” and “Pakistan” as their own property. They are the wrong people, with wrong thinking and doing the wrong things.
Although Imran Khan spoke of moral and intellectual values and nation-building, he did very little to support that agenda. Khan could have arranged evidence-based legal prosecution of Sharif brothers, Zardari and others for corruption, killings and stolen wealth but failed to do so. He did not kill anybody nor robbed any banks and political governance was infested with corrupt figures of the past. They never imagined–how the present and future generations will identify them? Please see by this author:“Pakistan Imperatives of Political Change for a Progressive Nation”2019; “Pakistan where Politics and Corruption are the Same” 2014; “Pakistan in Search of Freedom and Security”, Uncommon Thought Journal and Global Research: 10/20/22, and “Pakistan, Planned Political Chaos: Imran Khan a Victim of Hope for the Future”, Global Research: 11/06/2022; “Pakistan Striving for Its Soul.” 8/23 https://www.transcend.org/tms/2023/08/pakistan-striving-for-its-soul/
Tyranny of the Few Darkens the Future of Nation
The few Generals and Sharif brothers are egomaniacs with an overwhelming pathological urge for political power to distort and reject the will and aspirations of the people of Pakistan striving for political change. Tyranny is always powerless and transitory. Imran Khan and some 20k of his party supporters have been imprisoned under false pretext of political vengeance and to pave the way for another opening to the crime riddled Sharif family. What is the solution to the morally and intellectually sickening political culture of Pakistani politics? A reconstruction and overhaul of the law and justice system and non-intervention by the Generals into politics and transfer of political power to the majority elected leader and party. It is a long way to build a working democracy in Pakistan. If not, could the few Generals and top Judges be tried for violations of the Constitution, human rights, arrests of innocent masses and fake cases against Khan at the ICJ and ICC, the Hague? The possibility is there for accountability.
Pakistan needs an urgent navigational change but a few Generals and judges are part of the problem. Would they ever realize and learn having wrong thinking, wrong priorities and wrong actions? The current state of Pakistani affairs reflects a complete societal breakdown and march towards self-annihilation. Despite hollow claims of the Generals, no moral and ethical behavior is seen in the sudden and inexplicable plunge to human wickedness highlighting the affairs of the besieged nation. They would claim democracy at work when the majority winning party (PTI) is being blocked to form the next legitimate government and masses are outraged and oppose the Generals and Judges lacking respect, professional integrity and impartiality to serve the nation.
Dr. Mahboob A. Khawaja specializes in international affairs-global security, peace and conflict resolution with keen interests in Islamic-Western comparative cultures and civilizations, and author of several publications including the latest: One Humanity and the Remaking of Global Peace, Security and Conflict Resolution. Germany, 12/2019.
Pakistan: The Generals and Judges Who Betrayed the Nation – By Mahboob A. Khawaja, PhD.
Would the Generals and Judges Learn from History?
Pakistan exhibits a portrait of authoritarian anarchy, political mismanagement, injustice, and degradation in global affairs and an elusive imagination terrified by the challenges of a disdained future. Political paradox represents a delusional culture of authoritarian absolutism led by profligacy, malevolence and tormenting miseries of varied multitudes. The trajectory calls into question the roleplay, deception and betrayal by the few Generals and a few judges of the Supreme Court – either bribed or coerced, playing with destiny of the nation.Their sinister and unacknowledged motives have incapacitated the mainstream thinking hubs of the nation by using power beyond their position, capacity and authority to imprison Imran Khan, PTI leader under false pretext of politically geared cases to reinstate a thug, a killer and criminally indicted Sharif brothers back to the powerhouse. Are the same values common to the perpetrators of this crisis? The national election scheduled on February 8, is just a fraudulent stunt to claim success achieved at the cost of degeneration of new age people and destabilization of the country.
Pakistani Generals could be bought and sold at market places disclosed Bruce Riedel, Brooking Institute, USA (“Battle for the Soul of Pakistan” ), a former President Obama’s advisor on Pakistan and Afghanistan, 2009; is now repeated by President Joe Biden, “most dangerous nation in the world.”The few Generals under Assim Munir and the Chief Justice Qazi lack vision and characteristics and standards of equal justice, honesty and righteousness to demonstrate reason and strength to the nation.They are directly complicit in planning the fake elections. They could be held accountable for their wickedness and interventionist strategy to derail the stability and future of Pakistan.
Pakistan is fast becoming a dead-ended entity of moral, political and intellectual landscape. The Generals and aligned few judges appear to be monstrous shadows of wickedness to undo the national freedom, security and future of an Islamic and a democratic Pakistan. They lack intellectual and moral capacity to understand the implications of time and history as they were never part of the Pakistan National Freedom Movement led by Allama Mohammad Iqbal and Mohammad Ali Jinnah – Quaid-E-Azam. Their egoism and naive self-interest are the compelling factors to intervene in politics and destroy political freedom, security and nation-building goals.
Nation-building requires men of new ideas, innovative ideals and excellence from the new, educated and proactive generations of people. Progressive nations enlist young, educated and people of excellence to make the future happen. Not so, the new, educated and intelligent generations were stalled to any role-play in nation-building – while the Generals were active to conspire military coups and produced gangsters and so-called politicians Bhuttos, Sharifs, Zardari and thousands of others to govern the country against reasoned political governance. The Five military coups obliterated the moral, intellectual and political foundation of Pakistan leading to catastrophic disintegration of Pakistan in 1971.
Tyranny Unleashed by the Generals is Powerless and Absurd
Are the Generals waiting for another mishap of formative history? Please see“British Colonialism and How India and Pakistan Lost Freedom.” Global Research and Uncommon Thought Journal: 1/01/22. In “Pakistan Leaders or Criminals”, you will discover how Bhuttos, Zardari, Sharifs and General Musharaf – these thugs stole billions and billions to own properties in UK, France and Spain.They never imagined–how the present and future generations remember them? Please see by this author:“Pakistan Imperatives of Political Change for a Progressive Nation”2019;“Pakistan in Search of Freedom and Security”, Uncommon Thought Journal and Global Research: 10/20/22, and “Pakistan, Planned Political Chaos: Imran Khan a Victim of Hope for the Future”, Global Research: 11/06/2022; “Pakistan in Search of Its Soul.” Uncommon Thought Journal: 8/06/23
Imran Khan is a person of new ideas and ideals and the Pakistani masses view him with great deal of optimism and integrity and hope for political change, free of corruption paving opportunities for sustainable development and a better future. The neo-colonial agents feard him to imprison Khan under bogus accusations of corruption. please view “Pakistan Confronts its Future under Betrayal of Generals”,:Uncommon Thought Journal:1/15/2024
Tyranny is always powerless and transitory. Military dictates and absurd judgments lead to distorted propositions of conflicts and instability. Often when political conspirators cannot solve one set of problems, they come up with other naïve ideas to create more critical problems to distract the masses. What is the solution to the morally and intellectually sickening political culture of Pakistani politics? It needs a navigational change, new public institutions free of neo-colonial implanted culture, a New Constitution and new educated and honest leadership. History will judge the imposters by their actions, not by their claims to serve the nation. In summary, We the Conscientious People of Pakistan invite Urgent attention for a navigational change, equal participation of all the political parties to a fair, representative and just national elections, and reconstruction of a new political system of governance. Otherwise, February 8, national elections are a dress rehearsal for continued military rule and travesty of justice imposed upon the masses of Pakistan by the few against all:
1. Pakistan, its people and its future are NOT the sole property of a few Generals or the current Chief Justice.
2.The General’s insane ambitions and actions are the outcome of the briefing and dictate by the US political interests.
3. If bogus elections are held to bring the indicted criminals and money launderers – Nawaz Sharif family back to power as appears to be the case, there will be massive socioeconomic and political chaos, disruptions, street battles and bloodbath between the armed forces and common people.
4. The Generals and the judges do not plan economy, agriculture, education, moral and intellectual hubs, or build nations but people of knowledge, thinkers,visionary, specialists and young people of moral and intellectual integrity contribute for such a vital national agenda.
5. Pakistan’s socio-economic, political and strategic needs are not the task and mandates of the judges and the Generals – they are a misfit for such roleplays..
6. The few Generals and Judges are misusing the time and opportunities for individualistic agendas and creating appalling socio-economic and political misfortunes for the nation. We, the People of reason, remind them that they are not above the law and justice and could face public trial and even the firing squads for their treachery and dishonesty to the future of the nation.
7. There must be a free and fair national election inclusive of the PTI and its leadership. Pakistanis believe if a free election is held, Imran Khan will be the next legitimate elected leader of the country.
Dr. Mahboob A. Khawaja specializes in international affairs-global security, peace and conflict resolution with keen interests in Islamic-Western comparative cultures and civilizations, and author of several publications including the latest: One Humanity and the Remaking of Global Peace, Security and Conflict Resolution. Germany, 12/2019.
The Generals who could not think to Serve the Nation
Pakistan is in the midst of a fraudulent trajectory of national elections. Progressive nations produce new, educated and intelligent people of the young generation to manifest progress in future-making.But Pakistanis are stuck to fight the old bags and few inept generals for their survival and future-making. Since April 2022, Pakistan had no legitimate government except a small and egoistic group of few generals managing the governance from behind the scene. Imran Khan, the PTI leader was ousted by the whim of a few generals aligned to politically cursed Sharif family – is that the mental microscope of the military leaders to rejoin the dead political entities? Under false and politically orchestrated impulses, Imran Khan has been sentenced to 10 years in jail. Few generals have no sense of time and history and they are playing with the destiny of the Nation for which they have no capacity, no right or legal mandate to do so.
A snapshot of critical moments in time and history unfolds dark imagery of political governance and military coups in Pakistan. We, the People of Pakistanlost half of our country (East Pakistan), and India swallowed Kashmir by force and we continued to lose more in socioeconomic and political domains because of the dishonesty and failed leadership of Bhuttos, Sharifs and the Generals. These thugs stole billions and billions to own palaces in the UK, France and Spain. The Thinking People of the New Generation of Pakistanis view the Bhuttos, Zardari, Sharifs and General Musharaf – all in one slot – the most corrupt and crime riddled monsters. They never imagined–how the present and future generations remember them?
Pakistani Generals could be bought and sold at market places disclosed by one of Obama’s advisors on Pakistan and Afghanistan in 2009.Wherever US-Aid operates there ought to be moral, intellectual and political systematic corruption to trade-in national interests. When the US occupied Afghanistan in 2001, Pakistani Generals according to the NY Times (May 18, 2007), were paid by the US to act on its behalf – abduction and killing of thousands of Pakistani and Afghani nationals to fill Guantanamo Bay Prison. America and India had a Strategic Plan to undo Pakistan by capturing its nuclear arsenals and asking for surrender. Also See “US NATO Agenda-The Destabilization of Pakistan” 04/17/2009 by Professor Michel Chossoudvsky(https://www.globalresearch.ca/us-nato-military-agenda-the-destabilization-ofpakistan/13228. Would these 5- 6 generals under General Assam Munir respect our national interest and apologize from the nation for their mistakes and return to serve the nation?
Most dreadful tragedies have infallibly resulted in victimizing the masses. Today, the nation is crippled with catastrophic events of insecurity, mismanagement and socioeconomic and political exploitation. The Pakistani ruling elite and the Generals are not open to reason and accountability. They cannot realize the imperatives of hopes and expectations of a new generation of educated and morally and intellectually competent people. Future belongs to the new generation of educated people, not to the naive and obsolete Generals. They view “power” and “Pakistan” as their own property. The authoritarian leaders played with its destiny and future without being questioned. They are the wrong people, with wrong thinking and doing the wrong things. Please see “Pakistan Imperatives of Political Change for a progressive Nation”2019; “Pakistan where Politics and Corruption are the Same” 2014.
Bogus Elections could Unleash Street Battles and Political Insanity Imran Khan had almost four years in office and despite optimism he failed to use the time and opportunities for any major socio-economic and political change. Either he lacked the vision or was encircled by corrupt colleagues. The overwhelming culture was infested with corruption and mismanagement by the previous corrupt leaders. Comparatively speaking, Imran Khan did not kill anybody nor robbed any banks and was keen to have legal accountability for the stolen wealth and killings by Sharif brothers, Bhuttos, and Zardari and others. To change the society, Khan needed people of new age education and intelligence to work out creative strategies for political change. That simply did not happen and he was hurriedly ousted by a political–military conspiracy. Please see by this author:“Pakistan Imperatives of Political Change for a Progressive Nation”2019; “Pakistan where Politics and Corruption are the Same” 2014; and “Pakistan, Planned Political Chaos: Imran Khan a Victim of Hope for the Future”, Global Research: 11/06/2022; “Pakistan in Search of Its Soul.” Uncommon Thought Journal: 8/06/23
Pakistan appears financially, politically and intellectually a bankrupt entity scorched by the Generals and their civilian accomplices over 50 years. It owes some 100B or more to the World Bank but is unable even to pay the applicable annual interest. Where did the borrowed money go? There is no credible record if such funds were used to develop the economy, agriculture or other manufacturing and productive projects. Western strategic analysts claim Pakistan to be a ‘failing state’ as it is run by dubious political-military elite. Tyranny is always powerless and transitory. Often when sadistic politicians cannot solve one set of problems, they come up with other naïve ideas to create more critical problems to distract the masses. What is the solution to the morally and intellectually sickening political culture of Pakistani politics? History will judge the imposters by their actions, not by their claims to serve the nation
Towards Problem Solving and Restoration of Normalcy We, the Conscientious People of Pakistan are searching for logical and workable approaches to undo the violence and increasingly sectarian divides for the unity of the nation. None of the Generals or their accomplice could think intelligently to understand this vital linkage for the survival and progress of the country. Under military Generals, nations are destroyed, humiliated and not developed for future-making. The following message was recently shared with fellow Pakistanis: Pakistan once again faces a critical situation of LIFE and Death for its survival. General Asim Munir and Five of his colleagues, vengeful, paranoid and pursuing wrong thinking and wrong action to hold fraudulent national elections by depriving the PTI and its leadership. The Generals lack understanding of time and history and repeating the 1971 story of the loss of East Pakistan. Pakistan is NOT for sale and its destiny and future belong to the PEOPLE of Pakistan , and NOT to the whim of Few Generals. 1. The General’s insane ambitions and actions are the outcome of the briefing and dictate by the US interest. 2. If bogus elections are held to bring the indicted criminals and money launderers – Nawaz Sharif family back to power as appears to be the case, there will be massive socioeconomic and political chaos, disruptions, street battles and bloodbath between the armed forces and common people. 3. America-India Strategic Alliance has been in-waiting for such political chaos to emerge and to move-in under the guise of protecting the Pak nuclear arsenals – a new challenge to the freedom and security of the nation. 4. Being a non-partisan, non-political scholar in global affairs and a fellow Pakistani, our statements are truthful, rational as we love our country and people and its present and future is of utmost importance to all of us. PLEASE RISE UP to the challenge and help to save Pakistan from a catastrophic disaster in the making by few selfish and terribly naive and unprofessional Generals currently running the show and so called system of law and justice. We are fast becoming a joke on the global screen of political affairs. 5. Your thoughts and services to defend our national freedom and future at this critical moment of our lives, you can organize yourselves and make your VOICES heard loud and clear to stop the egoistic Generals from acts of insanity against the very people they claim to serve. 6. Please do not wait for another tragedy to hit the hearts and minds of the Nation. There must be a free and fair national election inclusive of the PTI and its leadership. Pakistanis believe if a free election is held, Imran Khan will be the next legitimate elected leader of the country. Dr. Mahboob A. Khawaja specializes in international affairs-global security, peace and conflict resolution with keen interests in Islamic-Western comparative cultures and civilizations, and author of several publications including the latest: One Humanity and the Remaking of Global Peace, Security and Conflict Resolution. Germany, 12/2019.
Pakistan once again faces a critical situation of LIFE and Death for its survival.
General Asim Munir and Five of his colleagues, vengeful, paranoid and pursuing wrong thinking and wrong action to hold fraudulent national elections by depriving the PTI and its leadership. The Generals lack understanding of time and history and repeating the 1971 story of loss of East Pakistan.
1. The General’s insane ambitions and actions are outcome of the briefing and dictates by the US interest.
2. If bogus elections are held to bring the indicted criminals Nawaz Sharif family back to power as appears to be the case, there will be socioeconomic and political chaos, disruptions, street battles and bloodbath between the armed forces and common people.
3. America-India Strategic Alliance is in-waiting for such political chaos to emerge and to move-in under the guise of protecting the Pak nuclear arsenals and then demand surrender – the END OF PAKISTAN NATIONAL FREEDOM.
4. As a non-partisan, non-political scholar and a fellow Pakistani, I love my country and people and its present and future is of utmost importance to me. I ask you to PLEASE RISE UP to the challenge and help to save Pakistan from a catastrophic disaster in the making by few selfish and terribly naive and unprofessional Generals currently running the show and so called system of law and justice.
5. You have served the nation honorably and at this critical moment of our life, you can organize yourselves and make your VOICES heard to stop the stupid Generals from acts of insanity against the very people they claim to serve.
PLEASE ACT NOW.
Yours fellow Pakistani,
Dr. Mahboob A. Khawaja
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Tuesday, January 9, 2024 7:58:46 PM
The Times
Pakistan Confronts its Future under Betrayal of Generals
Written by Mahboob A. Khawaja, PhD
How We, the People got to Disdained Present?
The new, educated and proactive generations of Pakistanis wonder why the country and its systems of governance are dysfunctional, corrupt and self-destructive. Why over 75 years we have been fighting with ourselves, the neocolonial systems of thinking and actions which remain in tact to the savagery of British colonialism. The national freedom movement was a political struggle over ages inspired by Allama Mohammad Iqbal – the poet and philosopher and led by Muslim League under the leadership of Mohammad Ali Jinnah-Qaid-e-Azam as our history narrates. There were no military generals fighting for the freedom of Pakistan. While the new generations were ignored and deprived of any practical role-play in nation-building – the essence of framework for nation-making, the generals were active to conspire military coups of their interests and produced inept and corrupt so-called politicians to govern the country against reasoned political governance. The Five military coups obliterated the moral, intellectual and political foundation of Pakistan bringing to a catastrophic ending of losing its eastern part and the state of Jammu and Kashmir to India. The Five military coups were a stab in the body of Pakistan.
The Generals embody naive and violent assumptions of freedom plagued with tyranny and corruption to reassure the foreign Masters continuing financial and military support to the Army, IMF loans, the Civil Service and systems of political governance for their allegiance to British imperialism now replaced by American political hegemony, US-AID and military domination. This institutionalized betrayal and deception is nothing new to the cause of national freedom. The Europeans subjugated the masses to “divide and rule” and viewed the ‘subjects’ as unequal less than human beings at the ballot box or to stand beside the colonial Masters.The contemporary trajectory of politics spells out the unthinkable wave of chaos and mismanagement by few generals and corrupt judiciary, shaping a dark future for the present and future-making. Pakistan is fast becoming a dead-ended entity of moral, political and intellectual landscape. Truth telling is maligned and persecuted by the ruling elite. The British changed the sub-continent in 90 years, but Pakistan after 75 years has no viable system of political governance. Its home-grown enemies and traitors like ZA Bhutto, Ms. Bhutto, General Yahya Khan, Zardari, Sharifs and General Musharraf were more harmful than foreign enemies. These impostors are seen as scum floating on a torrent. Pakistan lives in limbo with a legitimate system of political governance and accountability and system of law and justice.
Nations cease to exist when educated people of new generations who could have replaced the old and redundant guards leave the country and never return to build the nation. Young educated generations embark on migrating to Europe or America and never come back. It is an irresistible necessity of time and truth that those in power must be warned and listen to voices of reason and political necessity for change and truth for restraint and civilized behavior.
When would we learn about our wrong thinking, wrong priorities and wrong actions? This current state of Pakistani affairs reflects a complete societal breakdown and march towards self-annihilation. Despite hollow claims of the generals, no moral and ethical behavior is seen in the sudden and inexplicable plunge to human wickedness highlighting the affairs of the besieged nation.
People Won the National Freedom and the Generals Destroyed it
Most dreadful tragedies have infallibly resulted in victimizing the masses. Today, the nation is crippled with catastrophic events of insecurity, mismanagement and socioeconomic and political exploitation. The Pakistani ruling elite and the Generals are not open to reason and accountability. They are engaged in systematic subversion of national freedom, security and future-making.They cannot realize the imperatives of hopes and expectations of a new generation of educated and morally and intellectually competent people. Future belongs to the new generation of educated people, not to the naive and obsolete Generals. They view “power” and “Pakistan” as their own property. The authoritarian leaders played with its destiny and future without being questioned. They are the wrong people, with wrong thinking and doing the wrong things. If there was any fair system of accountability, some of the Generals and accomplice politicians could well have faced firing squads for their crimes against the nation. Are the Generals waiting for another mishap of formative history? Please see “British Colonialism and How India and Pakistan Lost Freedom.” Global Research and Uncommon Thought Journal: 1/01/22. In “Pakistan Leaders or Criminals”, you will discover how Bhuttos, Zardari, Sharifs and General Musharaf – these thugs stole billions and billions to own properties in the UK, France and Spain. The Thinking People of the New Generation view them as the most corrupt, crime riddled monsters who will never come to terms with reason and honesty to reflect on their own wrongdoings. They never imagined–how the present and future generations will remember them? Please see by this author:“Pakistan Imperatives of Political Change for a Progressive Nation”2019; “Pakistan where Politics and Corruption are the Same” 2014; “Pakistan in Search of Freedom and Security”, Uncommon Thought Journal and Global Research: 10/20/22, and “Pakistan, Planned Political Chaos: Imran Khan a Victim of Hope for the Future”, Global Research: 11/06/2022; “Pakistan in Search of Its Soul.” Uncommon Thought Journal: 8/06/23
Was Imran Khan a Victim of Political Vengeance?
The Generals and Sharif family wanted to dehumanize Khan and his PTI organization and for the last two years, they bent on destroying his political integrity under false charges of corruption. Pakistan’s failure to hold any credibility of the law and justice system is widely observed by all concerned. Although Imran Khan spoke of moral and intellectual values and nation-building, he did very little to support that agenda. He did not kill anybody nor robbed any banks and was keen to have legal accountability for the stolen wealth and killings by Sharif brothers, Bhuttos, and Zardari and others. But political governance was infested with corrupt figures of the past. Tyranny is always powerless and transitory. Often when sadistic politicians cannot solve one set of problems, they come up with other naïve ideas to create more critical problems to distract the masses. Khan has been imprisoned under false pretext of political vengeance and to pave the way for another opening for the crime riddled Sharif family. What is the solution to the morally and intellectually sickening political culture of Pakistani politics? It is hard to imagine that General Assam Munir and his few sadistic partners including the Sahrfi family would create an environment of free and fair elections. The law and justice system has already collapsed and Pakistan could fall into another conspiracy for its disintegration. They would hold fake elections and do their best to see the return of the Sharif family corresponding to the geopolitical agenda of the inept generals. If the Generals and Sharif have any sense of history, reasoning, and accountability, they should not be part of any conspiracy against the people of Pakistan.They could well face the same fate as all conspiratorial and traitors should do – court martial and firing squads to clean the floating scum.
History will judge the imposters by their actions, not by their claims to serve the nation.
Dr. Mahboob A. Khawaja specializes in international affairs-global security, peace and conflict resolution with keen interests in Islamic-Western comparative cultures and civilizations, and author of several publications including the latest: One Humanity and the Remaking of Global Peace, Security and Conflict Resolution. Germany, 12/2019.
After the Partition in 1947, mishandling and mismanagement of Evacuee Properties laid the foundation of corruption in Pakistan. It created a class of upstarts who prospered during the decade of development of Ayub Khan in the 1960s.
Devaluation and nationalization by Bhutto pulverised the economy and industry. Jayala culture and promotion of secularism indisciplined the society and promoted liberalism.
Fighting someone else’s wars for thirty years militarized the society and infected it with extremism, intolerance, ethnicity, sectarianism, religious bigotry and divides, and the cultures of Kalashnikov, drugs and other social vices. The Junejo era gave birth to bank loans, Mafias and parallel economy.
The era of the 1990s saw Pakistan getting engulfed in the aftereffects of the Afghan war which nosedived our morals and values, and craze for making big money overnight intensified.
The political class, bureaucrats, the military and big tycoons got involved in power politics and political engineering to protect their selfish interests.
VIP culture and cultures of commissions, kickbacks, graft intensified. Merit was discarded and was replaced by nepotism and loyalists. Pakistan’s economic hub Karachi was mercilessly plundered by MQM and PPP.
The elite class controlling the wealth, and with all the levers of power, got detached from the commoners. They neither made any effort to integrate the nation, or to reform the state institutions. The accountability was in name only. The IPP deal was the worst which is one of the key factors of our debt burden. Agriculture being the backbone was neglected.
These factors bolstered black economy and strengthened the Mafias.
The post 9/11 era saw Pakistanis getting bloodied and traumatized in the US imposed war on terror. Enlightened moderation was promoted to show the soft face of Pakistan, but it heightened the secular-Islamic divide and promoted obscenity and immorality. The 20-year war destabilised the country, divided the nation, and impoverished the economy.
The war didn’t make any difference to the rich class which continued to live an ostentatious and pompous life, and detested simplicity. To upkeep their high lifestyle, they got more loans which were pilfered.
The spending was much more than the income which enlarged deficits. Population explosion further complicated economics. Debt burden kept mounting. More debts were taken for debt servicing.
The 3rd political experiment made by the military establishment to improve economics and to maintain its control over power politics proved devastating for the country. Pakistan is still suffering from its consequences and is still clueless how to get out of the self-created mess.
With so many internal shortcomings and vulnerabilities, it was easy for our adversaries to keep sprinkling oil on our weak areas and keeping Pakistan perpetually politically destabilised, socially divided and economically weak and dependent.
The tool of media was used to mind clone the educated urbanites. The hirelings and the misled added to Pakistan’s troubles. They picked up arms against the State and their Army and unwittingly promoted the dangerous agenda of enemies of Pakistan.
The deplorable conduct of the rulers and the elites have depressed Pakistani youth who see no future for them. The youth bulge is going to waste, and the educated younger generation prefers to go abroad.
It is because of the misconduct of the civil and military leaders and the bureaucrats that Pakistan today finds itself gripped in multiple crises which include political, economic, constitutional, judicial and moral crises. Political polarization has scaled new heights of hatred.
With so many failings, and without having carried out crucial reforms, to what good will be the elections on Feb 8?
Several political parties are expressing doubts and are demanding level playing fields and fair and transparent elections’.
The losers will not accept the results, the winners would be of the same stock. A tug of war between the govt and the opposition would restart, the spoilers would hatch new conspiracies to derail the so-called democracy, the snakes in the grass would keep hissing and stinging the federation, and our enemies would happily keep fishing in our dirty waters.
Steps Required
The steps that are urgently needed to be taken by the future govt are:
1. Continuation of reforms of the Judiciary, Police Bureaucracy, FBR, and other State institutions that are politicized and corrupt.
2. Continuation of economic uplift programs with the same zeal.
3. Attracting foreign investment by the SIFC.
4. Continuation of chalked out development of Mining, IT, Agriculture, Energy and Defense Production Sectors under monitoring and implementation teams.
5. Continuation of crackdown against the smugglers, hoarders, money exchangers and other culprits involved in mega corruption and crimes.
6. Deportation of all the illegal immigrants and making the border management and immigration laws more stringent.
7. Dealing with the foreign paid and equipped terrorists sternly.
8. Banning sit-ins, and political gatherings inciting violence and hatred.
9. Establishment of rule of law and making the accountability effective.
10. Improving governance and work ethics in all the departments.
11. Getting rid of the sick public sector enterprises that have become white elephants through privatisation.
12. Geo-economics is given higher priority over geo-politics.
13. Effective measures taken to offset negative effects of Indo-US-Israel controlled social media and of the hybrid war.
14. Measures should be taken to make our economy self-reliant by getting rid of the dependency syndrome.
15. At the same time, efforts should be made to gel the society and unify the home front.
United Home Front
The united and strong home front will be possible, if: –
Our elite class mend their ways.
The policy of one-sided appeasement is shunned.
Foreign, economic and defence policies are balanced, serving our national interests.
Political stability and harmony between the power centres are achieved.
The confidence of the youth is rebuilt and they are put on constructive channels.
The yawning gap between the rich and the poor is narrowed.
Poverty is alleviated.
Equitable dispensation of justice is ensured.
Moral turpitude improved and national character strengthened.
The above looks impossible, but where there is a will there is a way. Sincerity and honesty of purpose, combined with total dedication and commitment, and faith in Allah, can remove all hurdles howsoever insurmountable.
