Cabinet asks Navy, PAF to vacate state land

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Cabinet asks Navy, PAF to vacate state land
The Newspaper's Staff ReporterPublished August 4, 2021 - Updated about 12 hours ago
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Prime Minister Imran Khan presides over a cabinet meeting on Tuesday. — Photo courtesy: Prime Minister's Office/Twitter
ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet on Tuesday directed Pakistan’s navy and air force to vacate state land that they had “encroached on”, especially in the federal capital’s National Park area.
The cabinet meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Imran Khan, once again invited the opposition to sit with the government to discuss important national issues, but said talks would not be held with Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif, Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman, Maryam Nawaz and Altaf Hussain.
“They have no right to even lead their parties as they are not part of the parliament,” the meeting said.
The prime minister, however, decided to write a letter to the leader of the opposition in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif for consultation on the appointment of two members of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).
“Prime Minister Imran Khan has directed that action be taken against the influential and powerful people as well as organisations that had encroached state land and asked the naval and air force authorities to re-demarcate their boundaries,” Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry said in a press conference after the cabinet meeting.
He said that Islamabad Capital Police had also been asked to remove their check-posts from green areas.
“The prime minister wants action to be taken against the powerful who have encroached upon state land,” he added.
The minister said even the Centaurus Mall management had been asked to remove encroachments.
It may be mentioned here that the building is owned by Sardar Tanveer Ilyas, who is a leader of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and a hopeful for the slot of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) prime minister.
PM’s letter to Shehbaz
Fawad Chaudhry said as the process of open and backdoor talks between the government and opposition had started, the prime minister would shortly write a letter to Shehbaz Sharif to seek his consent on the appointment of two ECP members.
“However, the government would not discuss electoral reforms with fugitives like Nawaz Sharif and Altaf Hussain,” he added.
Mr Chaudhry said many PML-N and PPP leaders were part of the parliamentary system and wanted its improvement, whereas Nawaz Sharif, Maryam Safdar, Fazlur Rehman and others sought to disrupt it for personal benefits.
The minister said for continuation of democracy, the government and the opposition would have to agree on certain basic issues and electoral reforms were vital in this regard.
He said the cabinet was briefed on the electronic voting machines (EVMs) by PM’s Adviser on Parliamentary Affairs Babar Awan, Minister for Information Technology Syed Aminul Haque and Minister for Science and Technology Shibli Faraz.
He further said the PTI had presented 49 proposals for electoral reforms and if the opposition had any objection on EVMs, it should come up with suggestions.
The minister said the PTI had lost 10 by-elections, whereas the PML-N started levelling allegations of rigging after losing just one provincial assembly seat.
“The PML-N has its government in the Azad Jammu and Kashmir with police and administration under its control, and had also appointed the chief election commissioner, but when it got a drubbing in the elections, its leadership cried foul,” he said, adding that this was not the way a democratic system was run.
The minister said vaccination drive was in full swing in different cities of the country, but Karachi and Hyderabad were lagging behind, calling on the Sindh government to improve its performance to control the pandemic in mega cities.
“The federal government can only draw the attention of provincial governments to their governance problems for the betterment of the people,” he added.
Mr Chaudhry said the cabinet meeting was also informed that 23 more Pakistani prisoners arrived from Saudi Arabia today, adding that so far hundreds of citizens languishing in jails abroad for involvement in petty crime were repatriated due to personal efforts of Prime Minister Imran Khan.
“It showed how much the prime minister cared for overseas Pakistanis, especially the labour class,” he added.
The minister said in the eyes of the prime minister, the criteria for judging the performance of Pakistani missions was their treatment of compatriots.
“The officials posted at the missions should not only respect overseas Pakistanis like their own family members, but also help resolve their problems,” he added.
He said the cabinet approved the appointment of Mohammad Jabbar Khan as chief executive officer of Peshawar Electric Supply Company, adding that the issue of loadshedding was also taken up.
“Minister for Energy Hammad Azhar had informed the cabinet that the current power supply in the country was between 24,000 and 26,000MW and no loadshedding was being carried out,” Mr Chaudhry said.
About the current economic indicators, the information minister said the cabinet was told that despite the coronavirus pandemic, the economy was moving in the right direction, with inflation showing a downward trend.
The current account deficit was $1.9 billion, which was $20bn in 2018, he said, adding that exports and foreign reserves had reached a record level, which was a manifestation of the prudent policies of the government.
He said the private sector was given Rs489bn loans by banks during the last fiscal year compared to Rs75bn in the previous year.
The industrial sector was booming and duties on 61 items had been abolished to deal with the pandemic, he added.
The minister said the cabinet also approved grant of loans amounting to Rs315bn to youth under the Kamyab Jawan Programme.
He said the support price of cotton had been fixed at Rs5,000 per 40kg, which would attract farmers, adding that the cabinet had rejected a proposal to increase salaries of ministers and ministers of state.
Mr Chaudhry said the cabinet had also approved extradition of Mujahid Pervez to the US after he was found guilty of corruption in an investigation conducted in Pakistan.
“We have an old extradition treaty with the US under which a wanted man, Hamesh Khan, was handed over to Pakistan,” he added.
Published in Dawn, August 4th, 2021

Cabinet asks Navy, PAF to vacate state land

Prime minister has ordered action against "influential" people, organisations that have encroached state land, says Fawad.

www.dawn.com

 

[Xestan]

Navy and the Air Force would be really offended because the same is never asked of the Army.

 

[Syed1.]

Navy and the Air Force would be really offended because the same is never asked of the Army.

But as per you noonies IK is a selected puppet PM.... how can selected PM ask Navy and Air Force to vacate state land?

We need Mian Nawaja Butt back

#vote ko izzat

 

[bhola record]

Navy and the Air Force would be really offended because the same is never asked of the Army.

That doesnot matter.If prime minister says it will be done.

Fauji corrupt khurpay

If i make you a general right now, first thing you would do is secure some land for your self. Khurpay

 

[Chagai-I]

This is what civilian supremacy looks like.

People who regurgitate the “hurr durr Army puppet” narrative don’t really understand Pakistani politics. Imran Khan is probably the only politician in Pakistan that has gained relevance after an independent struggle spanning 22 years. There’s a lot of leverage that comes with that as he has an organic base that supports him over ideological basis.

And coincidentally his rise to power has coincided with massive schisms forming between the military and the political mafias it had created in the Bhutto and Sharif families. Khan has till now focused his populism around delegitimizing them, making governmental corruption the centerpiece of his domestic politics, while he criticizes the army’s historical foreign policy blunders he does not attack their legitimacy domestically.

The Army is now stuck between a rock and a hard place, the mafias they helped create have gone rogue as their hoarded wealth and status is being targeted and they are pressuring the military with threats that they will bring them down with them in hopes that it will pressure Imran Khan to give them another ‘get out of jail free’ card. PML-N and, to a lesser extent, PPP don’t even target Khan for amnesty in their Panama Papers induced corruption cases but rather the military or “selectors” because in their calculations the army is more susceptible to public perception and the more they fling mud at them the more desperate it will get to push Imran Khan to a compromise.

However, the Army doesn’t have the leverage to do that. If Imran Khan drops his “the military and I are on the same page” mantra it will spell disaster for them. A positive public opinion is essential for any militaries ability to have legitimacy domestically, and with PPP and PML-N having gone beyond the rubicon, it is PTI that holds all the leverage over the military.

That’s why CPEC Chairmanship is now being transferred from retired General to a civilian administrator with experience in the Chinese corporate sector, that’s why PTI is the first party to challenge the militaries massive land encroachments. I fully expect the military to enact a “voluntary” anti-corruption drive within its ranks in the coming years as well.

As the economic and demographic indicators will make it increasingly unviable to maintain the current status quo without sparking intense internal discord. If Pakistan continues to fail to allocate resources amongst its people more equitably there is immense action potential for not a soft revolution like the one DG-ISI Hamid Gul yearned for but rather a very violent one.

 

[The Eagle]

Why the negative intended headline is always coming from DAWN? Predictable.

 

[S A L M A N.]

This is what civilian supremacy looks like.

People who regurgitate the “hurr durr Army puppet” narrative don’t really understand Pakistani politics. Imran Khan is probably the only politician in Pakistan that has gained relevance after an independent struggle spanning 22 years. There’s a lot of leverage that comes with that as he has an organic base that supports him over ideological basis.

And coincidentally his rise to power has coincided with massive schisms forming between the military and the political mafias it had created in the Bhutto and Sharif families. Khan has till now focused his populism around delegitimizing them, making governmental corruption the centerpiece of his domestic politics, while he criticizes the army’s historical foreign policy blunders he does not attack their legitimacy domestically.

The Army is now stuck between a rock and a hard place, the mafias they helped create have gone rogue as their hoarded wealth and status is being targeted and they are pressuring the military with threats that they will bring them down with them in hopes that it will pressure Imran Khan to give them another ‘get out of jail free’ card. PML-N and, to a lesser extent, PPP don’t even target Khan for amnesty in their Panama Papers induced corruption cases but rather the military or “selectors” because in their calculations the army is more susceptible to public perception and the more they fling mud at them the more desperate it will get to push Imran Khan to a compromise.

However, the Army doesn’t have the leverage to do that. If Imran Khan drops his “the military and I are on the same page” mantra it will spell disaster for them. A positive public opinion is essential for any militaries ability to have legitimacy domestically, and with PPP and PML-N having gone beyond the rubicon, it is PTI that holds all the leverage over the military.

That’s why CPEC Chairmanship is now being transferred from retired General to a civilian administrator with experience in the Chinese corporate sector, that’s why PTI is the first party to challenge the militaries massive land encroachments. I fully expect the military to enact a “voluntary” anti-corruption drive within its ranks in the coming years as well.

As the economic and demographic indicators will make it increasingly unviable to maintain the current status quo without sparking intense internal discord. If Pakistan continues to fail to allocate resources amongst its people more equitably there is immense action potential for not a soft revolution like the one DG-ISI Hamid Gul yearned for but rather a very violent one.

Well said.

 

[muhammadhafeezmalik]

So the Cabinet will decide who should lead the JUIF??

 

[ACE OF HEARTS]

Chairman Joint Chief Of Staff should also be chosen from Air Force and Navy
Army is not the only caretaker of the country

 

[ARMalik]

Highly doubt that news is true since it is coming from DAWN, the newspaper which has its as.s in its mouth.

 

[S.Y.A]

This is what civilian supremacy looks like.

People who regurgitate the “hurr durr Army puppet” narrative don’t really understand Pakistani politics. Imran Khan is probably the only politician in Pakistan that has gained relevance after an independent struggle spanning 22 years. There’s a lot of leverage that comes with that as he has an organic base that supports him over ideological basis.

And coincidentally his rise to power has coincided with massive schisms forming between the military and the political mafias it had created in the Bhutto and Sharif families. Khan has till now focused his populism around delegitimizing them, making governmental corruption the centerpiece of his domestic politics, while he criticizes the army’s historical foreign policy blunders he does not attack their legitimacy domestically.

The Army is now stuck between a rock and a hard place, the mafias they helped create have gone rogue as their hoarded wealth and status is being targeted and they are pressuring the military with threats that they will bring them down with them in hopes that it will pressure Imran Khan to give them another ‘get out of jail free’ card. PML-N and, to a lesser extent, PPP don’t even target Khan for amnesty in their Panama Papers induced corruption cases but rather the military or “selectors” because in their calculations the army is more susceptible to public perception and the more they fling mud at them the more desperate it will get to push Imran Khan to a compromise.

However, the Army doesn’t have the leverage to do that. If Imran Khan drops his “the military and I are on the same page” mantra it will spell disaster for them. A positive public opinion is essential for any militaries ability to have legitimacy domestically, and with PPP and PML-N having gone beyond the rubicon, it is PTI that holds all the leverage over the military.

That’s why CPEC Chairmanship is now being transferred from retired General to a civilian administrator with experience in the Chinese corporate sector, that’s why PTI is the first party to challenge the militaries massive land encroachments. I fully expect the military to enact a “voluntary” anti-corruption drive within its ranks in the coming years as well.

As the economic and demographic indicators will make it increasingly unviable to maintain the current status quo without sparking intense internal discord. If Pakistan continues to fail to allocate resources amongst its people more equitably there is immense action potential for not a soft revolution like the one DG-ISI Hamid Gul yearned for but rather a very violent one.

to play the devil's advocate: navy and airforce are not army. this is nothing but a PR exercise. if they really want to do anything, first step would be to appoint an AF or Navy officer to the post of Chairman JCSC, and some proper power to him. followed by amending the army act, so that any crime/excess committed by a military person can be punished by a civilian court, and the perpetrator can be arrested by civilian police.