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NAWAZ SHARIF PASSED STATE SECRETS TO INDIA
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Not quite satisfied Nawaz Sharif engaged in quarrels with Gen Asif Nawaz Janjua and later with Gen. Jehangir Karamat, who had merely proposed the formation of a NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL which had been the need of the hour and is the norm in most countries.Shams Z Abbas, Lahore
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Amongst many other super things Gen Musharraf did, which Dr. Attaur Rehman has omitted, one was sponsoring Higher Education. Every public sector university received billions to send teachers for PhD abroad, on yearly basis. Even University of Balochistan was able to send 35 Assistant Professors for PhD abroad at an average cost of Rs.7m per student within 2006-8. Electrification and provision of natural gas to hundreds of thousands of villages was another…Maqsood Kayani, Selection Editor,Pakistan Think Tank
Let us take the economy first. Pakistan was financially in a very difficult position in October 1999. By 2008 it was included in the N-11 (Next 11) group of countries that were predicted to join the most powerful economies of the world. During 2000-2008, the GDP grew from $63 billion to $170 billion, and there was an annual GDP growth of about seven percent, better than most economies of the world.
Per capita income increased from $430 to about $1000, and the foreign exchange reserves that had slid to $0.5 billion in 1999 grew to $16.5 billion by 2008. The revenue generation grew from Rs. 308 billion in 1999 to about Rs.1 trillion in 2008. The debt-to-GDP ratio improved from 102 percent to 53 percent. The exports grew from $7.8 billion to $17.5 billion. Foreign direct investments increased from $400 million to $8.4 billion.
The Karachi Stock Exchange Index shot up from about 950 points to 16,500 points. The annual development budget increased from Rs90 billion in 1999 to Rs520 billion in 2008, while poverty was reduced from 34 percent to 17 percent. The dollar value was maintained at about Rs60, thereby controlling the rate of inflation.
The communication infra-structure also saw a rapid improvement. The major new roads built in this period were: Coastal Highway Karachi–Gwadar 700KMs, (M1) Peshawar to Islamabad Motorway, (M3) Pindi Bhattian to Faisalabad Motorway, (M4) Faisalabad to Multan Motorway, National Highway (N5) dualised Karachi to Peshawar, Quetta-Zhob-D I Khan road, Quetta–Loralai-D G Khan Road, Gwadar–Turbat-Rato Dero road, Chitral linking with Gilgit over Shandur Pass, Gilgit linked with Skardu via Astore – Chillum–Deosai Plains, Lowari Tunnel linking KPK to Chitral, Kaghan Valley linked with KKH at Chilas over Babusar Pass, Kohat Tunnel, Lahore-Sialkot Road, Lahore-Faisalabad Road, Karachi-Lyari Expressway, Karachi Northern Bypass, and Lahore Ring Road.
The strategically significant Gwadar Port was developed with Chinese assistance. A number of airports were developed and expanded. The Lahore airport was completed, the new Islamabad airport was started, the new Sambrial (Sialkot) airport was built, the Multan airport was expanded, the Gwadar airport was developed and the Quetta airport was expanded.
In the agricultural sector a number of important irrigation projects were initiated. The Diamer Bhasha Dam was launched. The Mangla Dam was raised by 30 feet increasing 2.9 maf water storage capacity and 100MW electricity. A number of new dams and canals were built (Mirani Dam for Balochistan, Subukzai Dam for Balochistan and Gomal Zam Dam for KP; Kachi Canal from Taunsa to Dera Bugti and Jhal Magsi to irrigate 713,000 acres of barren cotton producing land, the Thal Canal for Punjab, Rainee Canal for Sindh).
Overall three million acres of barren land were brought under cultivation. The Right Bank Outfall Drain (RBOD) was constructed through Sindh, thereby saving Indus River and Manchar Lake (Sind) from pollution. The steps taken led to an increase in wheat production from 14 million tons to 22 million tons, and increase in cotton production from nine million bales to 13 million bales.
Price control was exercised on essential items. The prices of edible household items (flour, naan, milk, tea, sugar, meat, vegetable oil etc) have tripled or quadrupled in the last five years. A rotational loan system was introduced through banks for poor farmers and loan facility for farmers increased from Rs35 billion through ZTBL only, to Rs160 billion from all other private banks.
Overall 2900MW of electricity was added to national generation capacity. The new energy projects initiated included the Ghazi Barotha hydro electricity project (1600MW), the Chashma-II nuclear electricity plant (300MW). The Neelum-Jhelum hydroelectricity project was initiated (1800 MW), the Satpara Power project in Skardu, and the Naltar power project in Gilgit.
A true revolution was brought about in the telecommunications sector. The number of mobile phones increased from 600,000 in the year 2000 to over 7 crore in 2006. Tele-density was increased from 2.9 percent to over 70 percent, and millions of jobs were created in the telecom sector. The IT sector also saw a phenomenal growth with internet connectivity spreading rapidly, particularly during 2000-2003 from 40 cities to over 2000 towns of Pakistan.
Fibre optic connectivity increased from 30 cities to over 1500 towns of Pakistan in the same period. The bandwidth cost of two megabytes was reduced sharply from $86,000 to $3,000 per month. Pakistan’s first satellite PakSat 1 was placed in space. Industry prospered as never before and industrial growth was in double figures throughout the nine-year period.
A revolution was brought about in the higher education sector with the establishment of the Higher Education Commission. The annual allocation for higher education was increased from only Rs 500 million in 2000 to Rs 28 billion in 2008, thereby laying the foundations of the development of a strong knowledge economy. Student enrolment in universities increased from 270,000 to 900,000 and the number of universities and degree awarding institutes increased from 57 in 2000 to 137 by 2008.
A number of steps were taken to strengthen democracy at the grassroots. A large number of new TV channels were allowed and the media given full freedom. The local government system was launched to empower the people through a third tier of government. Women were empowered politically through reserved seats at all tiers of government. Minorities were provided with the system of joint electorate.
In the field of defence, the production of Al Khalid tanks for the army and JF 17 Thunder Fighter jets for PAF was carried out. All missiles were tested and proven for nuclear capability and our nuclear arsenal was strengthened and protected through an impenetrable command and control system. The Army Strategic Force Command was created to protect these strategic assets.
The position of president is purely ceremonial. The power lies entirely with the prime minister. The president can only act on the written ‘advice’ of the prime minister. He acted on the advice of the PM and only after wide consultations with his cabinet colleagues and the corp commanders. The guilt, if any, lies with all of them.
The writer is the president of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences and former chairman of the HEC.
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A Courageous Indian General Tells The Truth
All India | Nitin Gokhale | Updated: May 31, 2010 00:36 IST
In an exclusive interview to NDTV, Lieutenant-General Kishan Pal, who was then the head of the Srinagar-based 15 Corps, says India has failed to consolidate its tactical gains.
Asked for his assessment of the conflict 11 years later, Gen Pal told NDTV: “Well for 11 years I did not speak at all…I did not speak because I was never convinced about this war, whether we really won it…We did gain some tactical victories, we regained the territories we lost, we lost 587 precious lives. I consider this loss of war because whatever we gained from the war has not been consolidated, either politically or diplomatically. It has not been consolidated militarily.”
Gen Pal was recently in a controversy involving the battle performance report of one of his juniors, Brigadier Devinder Singh.
Speaking to NDTV, the then Army chief General VP Mailk refused to get into the debate but said there was little doubt who won that war.
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Nawaz Sharif has not learned from his past egregious mistakes and anti-state commercial crimes.He has egregiously started the process of privatisation of Pakistan Strategic State Assets. These will be given away at pittance of their actual price to cronies and family members. Nawaz Sharif has multiplied his assets from a few hundred thousand dollars into billions of dollars. Over 60 percent of Pakistanis live below the poverty line.
Under the Nawaz Sharif government (1990-1993), the proceeds of privatization were to be distributed equally for defense, repayment of foreign loans and social welfare. The Sharif government did not practice this formula but at least that was the declared purpose. Under Musharaf-Shoukat Aziz, this formula was changed: 90% was to go toward the repayment of foreign debts with the other 10% used to operate the Privatization Commission and for social welfare expenditures.
The Musharaf Shaukat regime earned $2.5 billion during 2006-2007 from privatizations with the target for the following year an additional billion. If the chief justice of Supreme Court of Pakistan had not stopped the privatization of Pakistan Steel Mills Karachi in 2006, the regime would have sold most of the remaining public institutions at bargain prices. This would have been like selling Pakistan. 
Still, the website of Privatization Commission updated in March 2008 announces the planned privatization of Pakistan Railways, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), State Life Insurance Corporation, Oil and Gas Development Corporation, Sui Northern and Sui Southern Gas Companies, Faisalabad Electric Supply Corporation, Peshawar Electric Supply Corporation, National Fertilizer Corporation, Port Qasim Authority, Civil Aviation Authority, Karachi Port Trust, Printing Corporation of Pakistan, All Utility Stores and Corporation, Rice Export Corporation, Cotton Export Corporation and Convention Center Islamabad.
We demand that the PPP government stop the process of privatization. An independent commission should be established to investigate the corruption involved in the previous privatizations. The Privatization Commission and the Privatization Ministry should be abolished. Because it gives constitutional protection to the process of privatization, the Protection of Economic Reform Ordinance should be withdrawn
According to the Privatization Ordinance of 2000, the purpose of privatization is to alleviate poverty and repayment of foreign debts. But obviously these two purposes have not been accomplished. When privatization began in 1991, the foreign debt was $23.323 billion, today it is $45 billion. Internal debts have also been increasing. According to all government and independent surveys, over 45% of the population lives below the poverty line. The country’s national economic growth during the previous decade (1981-1991) averaged 6.7%; during the first decade of privatization (1991-2001), growth averaged only 4.4%.
The direct negative impact of privatization has been seen on working class. At least 600.000 workers have lost their jobs during the 15 years of privatization and those still working in the privatized factories are on a contract system. There are no permanent jobs in these factories. Meanwhile the informal sector has grown. But no labor laws govern informal work, consequently superexploitation rules, particularly for women workers.
According to the 2002 report of Public Inquiry Committee of National Parliament, 80 billion Rupees earned by the Privatization Commission cannot be traced. In addition the privatization process has helped create five large cartels that have looted the masses at an unprecedented level. These are:
The creation and effective functioning of these cartels has resulted in an unprecedented price hikes and profits for the companies. On the other hand, the privatization process has weakened the trade union movement. While registered trade union membership stood at 870,000 in the early ‘80s, by 2007, it declined to 296,250.
Clearly privatization is a political weapon in the hands of the capitalists. It is not just an economic attack but a political attack as well. It retards the growth of social, political and class-based consciousness. It reduces the country’s social capital and increases private capital. Instead of meeting social needs, it creates and increases private greed.
The World Bank, Transparency International and other international institution talk of state corruption but never speak about the corruption involved in privatization process. The stories of corruption during the privatization process are in abundance in every country but are ignored for political reasons.
The Anti-Privatization Alliance will do its best to stop the path of privatization by exposing the corruption and other irregularities in the process and launching a movement against privatization. We are happy to hear the stories of re-nationalization of privatization companies in several Latin American countries. That is the only answer that can be followed by all countries.
English translation of Anti Privatization Alliance (APA) press conference by members of APA: Farooq Tariq, Khaliq Shah, Azra Shad, Yousaf Baluch, Maqsood Mujahid
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