I agree this much that stakes are very high and not a pretty picture.
However, there can be a counter narrative to this too:
1). Why is Raheel Shareef sitting in KSA and what is he doing there?
2). Can Raheel Shareef provide the counter punch to neutralize Shareefs?
3). International associations (personal or state) are merely marriages of convenience. If KSA is offered a better security situation for their ruling class by Pakistan Army then they will not take a minute to ditch NS.
4). Due to the behaviour shown by NS in the last 5-years, Pakistan Army is mighty pissed off with all of them. Allowing them back in the power circles would mean allowing Maryam Nawaz to run her anti-army cell again. This would be very bad for the morale of the officers who have worked tirelessly to counter this snakes pit.
5). At present army has an alternative in the form of IK. He has not been tried as yet and, in the current scenario, there are many reasons for him to be in power:
A). Army needs political leadership to counter PTM in Pashtun areas - IK can do this.
B). Army needs someone to start a dialogue with Afghanistan - IK has influence there.
C). Successes in KPK that are related to police, education and courts are worth implementing in other
other provinces - PTI can do this.
D). Economic and taxation system needs to be rebooted in the country - IK can do this.
I completely agree with your counter narrative.
I'm only guessing possibilty of Arshad Sharifs claim: The only logical possibility is a substantial economic package worth billions of Dollars that could be pledged to uplift Pakistan's dismal economic state...to let Sharifs live to fight another day politically...or else this multi billion dollar empire is gone along with the political clout their Middle Eastern business partners enjoyed over a powerful Pakistani family.(remembering the players involved who saved them last time around: Britain, USA, Saudia, UAE.)
How the game is being played with traitors this time is beyond a common man's understanding. An event on day one that seems to be damaging turns out to be beneficial later. Establishment has become very unpredictable, and the courts too
The mere thought that a component of Sharifs is kept lingering as an asset to counter any new political force taking too much political power beyond control...this desire to control the political forces is enough to let such a thought realize.
This seemingly innocous thought is so deadly that it can tople everything in Sharifs favour yet again after a few years. They have their mafia men entrenched everywhere, waiting for the right time.
That's what i am afraid of due to our chequered history. I know it seems like paranoia but they are filthy rich and cunning enough to linger on, even if it is by an innocent looking thread of an imagination.
Do you get what I'm saying? Complete political annihilation of corrupt families is the only way for Pakistan to move forward or else its all a failure if they are left to lick their wounds and fight another day.
This is where I agree with
Shane that this time, divine power has taken the sou moto.
And it really is about MakafateAmal that we have an opportunity against the corrupt that their LEGAL, political, military and bureaucratic pawns stand neutralized now like never before...
This is Pakistan's chance to start to get rid of them one by one...if we miss it now then they will again learn to adapt to this kind of anomaly in the future...
If not given credit of his stature that he deserves like anything good by his opponents, one thing is for sure that even his opponents would agree with: a relentless IK is a political anomaly that wont happen again and again.
This judiciary is an anomaly that wont happen again and again.
Last but not the least by any stretch of imagination, this establishment is an anomaly that wont happen again and again.
This scenario is a gift from Allah Subhan Taala. We are only going to damage our own cause if we miss this golden opportunity to get back on the path towards a better, progressive, stronger and just Pakistan.
JazakAllah to
@PakSword @Dil Pakistan and
@Farah Sohail ...Too tired to review what i just wrote but it is from my heart so posting it as it is.
