Pakistan must grasp the moment
Pakistan history is scarred from day 1 when land reform should have been implemented – instead of creating feudal laws that on the whole have not had the interest of the nation at heart. They have created a huge void in our history resulting in the poor getting poorer and the rich simply not caring a damn apart from personal gain.
The Bhutto clan is a perfect example – acquiring 40,000 acres of Sindh to do as they please. Did the forefathers of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto work their fingers to the bone to gain this land??
I am no supporter of Imran Khan but the time was right for a change – Pakistan has been in a quagmire not being able to break the shackles of feudalism and raw corruption to the core. Any leader coming into power with the Sharif and Bhutto clan have actually treated the countries coffers as their personal slush fund – and no one had the balls to question or stop. Now there is potential for real change. Has he got what it takes – or will he slide round the challenges?
Pakistan needs change. Pakistan needs not to allow the culprits of the last 70 years to depart into “political asylum” – Pakistan must not allow them to sit in a jail.
Pakistan needs the rivers to flow of blood. Im afraid to remove the cancer – the nation has to rise and punish those responsible of systematic rape of the nations coffers.
I see Hassan Sharif and his brother Hussain have – amongst other assets 4 flats worth in the region of 200 million pounds. This is clearly property belonging to the state of Pakistan. We cannot wait for court orders – we cannot wait to follow judicial procedure – we cannot wait for extradition of these scoundrels in the normal way – it could take years. We need a leader to take control and grasp the moment. He may in the short term create enemies and uproar – but in the long term Pakistan WILL thrive.
Get them back – deal with them speedily and hang those responsible along with their henchmen – get it done and let it be an example and lesson for all that Pakistan has a new dawn arising.
Pakistan and the present international climate must be ready to change as the world nations start jostling for a new world order. No longer should Pakistan be the “yes sir” “we are at your service” nation as the USA desperately try to hold onto their superpower status. The world is a changing and its changing rapidly.
It used to take decades to see shifts in power changes – not anymore. Saudi Arabia has shown their intent for example in the last 72 hours with the loan repayment demand. They seem to have short memories and this stance will backfire guaranteed.
Pepe Escobar has been saying it for about 10 years now. China Russia Iran Turkey Pakistan will be automatically pushed together and its time to grasp the moment. Its time to have the creative willpower to make the leap forward to take advantage of these changes.
For China to achieve its goals – it needs a healthy Pakistan free from the shackles of the likes of Saudi and the USA. Pakistan leadership must grasp the moment and show the necessary drive and subtle political intellect to place Pakistan in pole position to control regional strategy.
India – self combusting in its policy selection – is clearly backfiring and will aid Pakistans policy changes – thank you professor Modi for your actions. Their policy of “bullying the Kashmiri people” will not pay dividends. Having hundreds of thousands of troops hasn’t isolated or broken he Kashmiri spirit – what makes you think you will do anything but stir more resolve and hatred – resulting in the biggest slap down in world history? Only a matter of time
We need patience. We have had 2 years of IK. Dont expect miracles overnight. His heart is in the right place – lets give him another term because it will need this time. Im prepared for the long haul. Hell i have waited long enough not to see Zardari or Sharif humiliating the nation – let this man at least try.
We have a lot to be grateful for. Our nation is fantastically placed to grasp a fulcrum position in the new world order. We must thank Jinnah and his supporters for giving us the opportunity - we have incredible potential ready to be leashed and need to pick our allies and friends carefully.
I may live in the UK but i live breathe and eat thinking of my fatherland and my heart is with the soil of the nation and hope one day Pakistan will grasp the moment....
Brilliant post sir. If I may attempt a brief centrifugation and extraction of the valuable sediment that lies within...
I think the key association made in your righteous monologue is that of Pakistan pandering to the whims of "foreign financiers" at the national level, while Pakistanis pander to the whims of feudal overlords at an individual level.
The pattern of corruption is identical.
Nationally, without thought or any form of collective rationalisation or attempt long-term justification, our nation state has for too long lazily devoted itself to certain geopolitical entities. Indeed, certain leaders were deliberately paid and nurtured to keep our state apparatus down and well within its limits of possible potency, and to not rationalise objectively, and to disregard consequences of actions in the here and now. This dumbs our nation down from the supreme statecraft, foresight and rationalisations of our highly intelligent forefathers, into the simpleton functionaries and yes-men corrupted shills of nowadays (I exclude Imran Khan from this definition - for now).
Locally, quality improvement, evolution of processes and thought, technological advancement and economic adventurism are all hindered by the very same corruption at middle and higher levels of managerial hierarchies. Feudalism ensures wealth acquired by simple happenstance is rewarded blindly with more wealth, whereas our nation's forefathers intended for innovation, effort and enterprise to be rewarded in this way - a meritocracy no less.
Laziness on a national level and an individualistic level will always hold a nation's true potential in check.
Yet, that these problems are now well recognised in posts like your own lends succour even in times of darkness. Pakistan is actually on the right path for once. We are not completely stagnated by corruption any more, though there remains much of it to clear out. Certain events appearing to converge upon us by coincidence (CPEC, JF17 fighter program and its live action testing last year, diplomatic and p.r. assertiveness in the face of Modi's policies) have actually forced Pakistanis from every walk of life to realise our nation can do so much for itself if it chooses the path of quality, innovation and service of the nation, as opposed to the path of psycophancy, nepotism and service of the self.
A sleeping giant should now be waking up from its slumber. Once the shackles are broken there will be no stopping Pakistan.
