Enough is enough! Zardari resign NOW please…
October 15, 2009
It’s about time that the people of Pakistan realized that the current government is not working in the interests of Pakistan and its sovereignty. Ongoing terror attacks, blame game, politicking, and no comprehensive strategy to curb this downward spiral that the country is going through is making Pakistanis really nervous and sick and tired of the situation. Not to mention the on-going inflation, price hikes in just about every item that you can buy and hoarding of wheat, sugar and what not by the traders is not helping a common man there.
This increasing instability and Pakistan being labeled as a failed state is not fair to its hardworking people who definitely do not deserve this. If anything we have to blame ourselves for letting this Zardari government and its minions run the state’s affairs and compromising Pakistan’s sovereignty on daily basis. They have definitely been not shy about taking orders from the US government and at times encouraging that to save their powers and special privileges that they enjoy at the moment.
If the drone attacks are helping the country then please convey it to the people of Pakistan. If the government has allowed the use of drones to attack inside the Tribal Belt of Pakistan then say so. Pakistani people are not stupid or idiots that you have to hide your arrangements with the foreign powers. If it helps the country and you have a case, please do tell rather than making fake statements in the media against the drone attacks and then letting it happen. Its increasingly making the government look like patsies and untrustworthy. Plus special arrangements with the US Army and other forces is not a bad idea if it really helps fix our militant and terrorism problem. It just needs to be conveyed and the people have to be taken into confidence. Rather our sitting government resorts to stupid and failed methods in conveying their weaknesses and problems. Let’s admit it and make an effort to fix it as a nation. But NO, that is too much to ask for I suppose.
The PPP Government, especially its “officers” who have hijacked the party think it’s still the 70′s where they can lie to its people and get away with it. This is NOT the 70′s. With open communications and web technologies utilizing social media nothing is hidden anymore. Every step of theirs is reported and displayed to the world as it happens.
I am not against or for any party but for the record Pakistan has shown better position under military rule sadly enough. It’s because our “leaders” have failed in their jobs and have consistently throughout the history displayed self-interest while increasingly compromising Pakistan’s sovereignty. Military rule is definitely not a good option for us but that needs to be proven by our stupid leaders. A civilian government which enjoys the military support and if both the parties can agree on the stated agenda and mandate will prove to be good enough for starters. It doesn’t matter what party or party alliance sits or runs the government.
For now due to obvious horrible track record of the incumbent government of Zardari, it is clear that things are not headed in the right direction. As mentioned above the on-going problems demand for immediate resignation of “President” Zardari and his minions in the government including Pakistan ambassador to the US Husain Haqqani, and interior dumb minister Rehman Malik. These people have done more damage to the country than good. As they say the leaders of the country are a true reflection of the nation, if we were to prove that then we must realize that these people do not represent us and nor are a reflection of us.
Peace!
Nasir Aziz
nasiraziz@pakaffairs.com
October 18, 2009 at 5:44 pm
Mr. Nasir, I am a journalist and have been in this business for the last 3 years. I have read this “opinion” of yours But I would disagree to it. And there are number of reasons. I would only ask two questions and for that please give me a logical answer. 1… Do you believe in Democracy and if yes or no than why?
2… OK.. if President Zardari resigns what options or suggestions will you put forward after his resignation…I mean who should come and why? I am no one to ask you these questions but i hope the answers of these questions will help me and you as well……..Looking forward for your reply..
Hassan Jamil
October 18, 2009 at 9:43 pm
@Hassan:
First of all I am sharing my opinion for real and not pretending, so putting “quotes” around opinion doesn’t mean anything here. This is a blog and not a newspaper. For you to agree or disagree with it is your right, so feel what you please. I do not owe you any “logical answers”. I have said what I have said and its pretty clearly stated. Take it or leave it. And what I believe in is my problem and not yours, so lets not go there.
And I am not putting forth any options or suggestions after Zardari resigns by some miracle. If you paid attention, I said I am not for or against any party (or personality for that matter), speaking on merits only. So if you are trying to tell me that this is the best Pakistan and Pakistanis can do for a president, then shame on me, shame on you and shame on the rest of the nation. I guess we deserve what we are going through right now so rest of it is a moot point.
November 6, 2009 at 8:42 am
@Mr. Hssan Jamil: What kind of democracy are you talking about? Do you think that bringing these corrupts into power under the umbrella of NRO and so-called free and fair elections is democracy? Try to understand the true essence of democracy. Democracy is not all about elections and bringing civilians into power. Democracy is about people and their rights. Democracy is about safety and security of the people and freedom of speech. Democracy is about creating abundant resources to fulfill the basic needs of the people. In Pakistan, if Army is not in President House then we believe we have a democratic govt. and we call it democracy. In fact, its not! Because when military dictators leave civilian dictators come to rule. And when military is too tired of its routine work, after giving few years to these corrupts, come back into power and what happens then. We all sing and dance and distribute mithais. If this is the kind of democracy you want us to believe in then I am sorry to say we don not want this. Did we ever try to think that what is going on in Pakistan and how long are we going to play this power play, don’t we think that there should be an end to this drama, as Nasir said, “enough is enough”. We need a leader my friend, an honest leader, a revolutionary leader from the people not from feudal lords and Choudhary and Malik. A leader, who is not picked by Americans and a leader who does not lick Americans. We do not need Zardari, Nawaz and others, they are tried tested, they are missed kartoos (lol)….trust me, they are good for nothing. We need to educate our people, and tell them what their rights are, and tell them what they can do. Pakistan has never seen a true democratic govt. ever because we do not have a leader and we won’t be seeing on unless we get rid of these corrupts. Kill them all!
November 20, 2009 at 4:57 am
The vilified campaigns to remove democratic president started from the same day PPP came into rule. First it was propagated that Govt is no more than six months but this heinous dream of conspirators did not materialize. Then Asif Ali Zardari entered in corridors of presidency with thumping majority against wishes of conspirators. It was a great blow for those who were against Pakistan and PPP.
The main agenda of these fifth columns is to scratch name of PPP from hearts of people and for this they not only martyred Z.A Bhutto but also greatest leader Benazir Bhutto but unfortunately they failed again, as Zardari vowed to materialize dreams of great father and his great daughter. The dream to make Pakistan strong, stable and insuperable country. It was hard for these elements to digest this fact and they once again got united to malign image of Zardari to oust him. How pity those who never elected even as councilors in their constituencies, advising democratically elected president to step down. They have no right to defy the mandate of masses. Who are these?. Why they don’t want a stable Pakistan, why they don’t let democracy to prevail, why they don’t want prosperity of masses. We must kick out them from this soil because these are the worst enemies of this soil.
November 25, 2009 at 7:43 am
Agree!!
December 12, 2009 at 5:15 am
پلیز ذرا متوجہ ھونا اور پلیز غور سے ساری حدیث قدسی پڑھنا۔
ایک حدیث قدسی کا مفہوم ھے الله تعالی فرماتا ھے کہ “تم حکمرانوں کو برابھلا نہ کہا کرو اس لیے کہ ان کے دل میرے (الله تعالی کے) قبضے میں ھے۔ اگر تم میرے بن کر رھوگے تو میں ان کے دل تمھارے لیے نرم کر دوں گا اور وہ تمھارے ساتھ ایسے طریقے سے پیش آئیں گے کہ تم خوش رہو گے تمہیں کوئی پریشانی نہیں ھوگی وہ تمھارے لیے ھر طرح کی سہولیات مہیا کریں گے اور اگر تم میرے بن کر نہیں رھو گے تو میں ان کے دل اتنے سخت کر دوں گا کہ وہ تم پر اس اس طرح کے ظلم و ستم کریں گے کہ تمھارے وھم گمان میں بھی نہ ھوگا کہ ظلم کرنے کا یہ طریقہ بھی ھے اور اس طرح ستایا بھی جاسکتا ھے اس لیے اگر مطمئن زندگی بسر کرنا چاہتے ھو تو میرے اطاعت گزاراور فرما بردار بن کر رھو۔”
جی اب آپ نے پوری حدیث قدسی پڑھ لی۔ اب ان سب کو جو “سر آصف علی ذرداری صاحب” کو برا بھلا کہتے ھیں ان کو شرم کرنی چاھیے ویسے بھی یہ جمہوری حکومت ھے آمرانا نہیں لہزا اب ان کو برا بھلا کہنے کا کوئی تق نہیں بنتا
سر آصف علی صاحب ایک عظیم انسان ھیں “مردے مومن”
میرے خیال میں ھمارے ملک کے 4 بڑے لیڈرز مندرجہ ذیل ھیں۔
1:قاعدے اعظم
2:ذولفقار علی بٹھو
3:اور اس نمبر پر میڑم بے نظیر بٹھو اور سر آصف علی ذرداری صاحب دونوں ھیں.
ان چاروں لیڑروں کی میں دل سے بہت عزت کرتا ھوں۔
جئے بٹھو
جئیے ذرداری
تم زندگیاں مٹاتے جاؤ
ھم بٹھو بٹھو کہتے جائیں گے۔۔
December 19, 2009 at 1:18 am
There is no doubt.
December 19, 2009 at 1:15 am
A man is known by the company he keeps, so, it is obvious that the government has no intelectual. They are thinking on the proverb “Might is right”. Please is a word for them only a simble of their own will quit them.
December 19, 2009 at 4:38 pm
kaut b kaala, moo b kaala, dil b kaaaaala!
wah re CHEAP JUSTICE, buhat aala buhat aala
December 29, 2009 at 10:19 pm
President Asif Ali Zardari’s attack on his unnamed enemies has raised many eyebrows and caused apprehensions about a possible repeat of October 12, 1999 when the then prime minister had sacked the Army chief.
who in return conducted a successful military coup by dismissing the elected government.
The presidential spokesman, however, does not see any such thing happening. “There is no such possibility,” Farhatullah Babar told The News, adding the PPP government does not apprehend any such thing.
President Asif Ali Zardari’s speech in Naudero on the second death anniversary of Benazir Bhutto has stirred a countrywide debate over the targets of his hostility. He did not mention in clear words whether it was the Army, the media or the opposition that was threatening democracy. Many, however, see it as a subtle attack on the Army after the reports pouring out of the Presidency suggest Zardari’s growing negativity about the establishment.
A senior columnist and political observer, while talking to this correspondent, feared as to what would happen if President Zardari makes an announcement about key changes in the military in a public meeting like the one he addressed in Naudero. Though the president’s spokesman finds it a hypothetical “concern” and simply ruled it out, the question does agitate many minds.
Without identifying the enemies of democracy and those accused of trying to destabilise the democratic set-up, President Zardari has furthered the conspiracy theories instead of removing confusion about those threatening his government. Farhatullah Babar repeated that the president’s target was neither the Army nor the media but the anti-Bhutto forces, which too were not identified. Babar said that the president made a political speech that had the required tone and tenor meant for the PPP followers.
Credible sources recently confirmed, although the presidency has denied, the president’s growing mistrust vis-‡-vis the top military leadership. In the absence of any clear explanation from the president, such behaviour on part of Zardari is incomprehensible.
Although October 12, 1999 events were the outcome of the known mistrust between the then prime minister and the Army chief following the Kargil adventure of General Musharraf, in the present scenario the incumbent Army chief, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, is widely respected for his professionalism and pro-democracy stance. General Kayani is not only highly popular within the Army but is also admired by political parties for the excellent role that he had played during the last year’s general elections and later on the occasion of the judges’ restoration.
In a situation when the Army as an institution has regained its respect and there is absolutely no sign of the military’s attempt to destabilise the democratic set-up, any effort by the president to make key changes in the Army top command would be extremely dangerous for the system. Last year, the government’s abrupt shifting of the ISI under the Interior Ministry was unacceptable to all and sundry, including the media, which resulted into the immediate cancellation of the government’s notification.
Perhaps foreseeing the dangers ahead, different views were being expressed in the media as a reaction to the president’s speech such as, “There are only so many possibilities about where the threat Mr Zardari keeps referring to can come from. With his public comments, Mr Zardari may in fact be alarming the persons in those institutions that they could be the target of impending attacks themselves and, therefore, need to strike before they are struck against. Our advice: put up or shut up. The president is supposed to be a symbol of the federation, a unifying force rather than a hyper-partisan figure fuelling conspiracy theories. More presidential, less political – that’s what the county needs from Mr Zardari.”
October 11, 2010 at 4:38 am
I totally agree with hasan jamil, and completely reject nasir aziz comments.
i am not affiliated with PPP but know a lot about the shit and unfortunate system that prevails in Pakistan. it is not zardari or anybody else to be held accountable for but our bullshit army. our army is the main player of running the country affairs. the worst menace in the country is not corruption but terrorism which originated, managed and will be carry on by our army just to keep an illegitimate control over Afghanistan and Indian Kashmir. honestly, it makes me very happy when our army got humiliated by the NATO forces sometimes in this proxy war.
July 3, 2011 at 2:14 pm
زرداری۔۔۔۔ تجھے سلام
جب میں نے پہلی مرتبہ بھائی كی زبانی زرداری صاحب كو صدارت كی دعوت سنی تو مجھے شك ہوا كہ شائد بھائی كی طبعیت تھوڑی ناساز ہے۔۔۔ یا پھر انھیں اپنی “خوراك” شائد اس دن ہضم نہیں ہوئی۔۔۔ كیوں كہ اس نالائق كا خیا ل تھا “كیا كوئی ڈاكو بھی ملك كا صدر ہو سكتا ہے؟؟؟” مگر یہ نالا ئق نالائق ہی ثابت ہوا۔۔۔ اور یہ صدر بننے كا (زرداری صاحب كا)
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