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Chak Bamu
I'm from the same town Dr Qadri, ASWJ, SSP, LEJ, HJA originate from.
I will testify in the afterlife that if one man has NEVER caused killing, murder and mayhem in Jhang or Pakistan, its Dr. Qadri.
Being close to the religious circles through social connections, i can also state that Dr Qadri will NEVER go violent. He defeats people with reason and argument, rather than 7.62x51mm rounds, like these Islamofascist terrorists do.
You and i, differ on the extent of rigging. I've seen it myself, which formulates my opinion. I have spoken to ROs and NADRA officials from my own social net who have stated that it wasn't only rigged but staged, as the ballot boxes were simply replaced by boxed stuffed in advanced and the staff was threatened.
Two session judges in Jhang were replaced by NS govt after their candidate somehow wracked up an 8000 vote lead (bless the round figures) in the bi election, and the opposition candidate lodged a complaint. Miraclously, the case has never been heard so far!
Democracy doesn't = Elections
Democracy = Transparency and sanctity of the process.
I don't doubt Dr Qadri's aims, morality, his will. What I had a problem with from the beginning was the political side of things, which I don't subscribe too. If you know TuQ's inner circle and know about the man, you will know that he was warned by someone who he himself looked for guidance, his own murshid had warned him not to enter politics. I personally feel that he shouldn't have.
Also I'm more of a secular guy, my individual is religious, but I want society around me to be secular. Now TuQ for sure promotes secular values within the Islamic ideal, he for sure is 100 times more liberal and level headed than other clergy and religiously motivated individuals in the country. However what I don't like seeing is how Minhaj Ul Qur'an and his religious influence is used for his politics. It turns our voters, our pro-democratic hordes in to zombies with no minds of their own. No party or leader have I seen who takes oaths from protesters, that I find disturbing and very dangerous. Also model town and what happened after are another story all together.
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And as for rigging, terrible and crippling corruption, no man in Pakistan can deny the existence of this. My difference in opinion is based solely on the fact that I don't believe in top down politics and purification unless in special circumstances and even then the chances of that top down stuff even working is slim. The most tried and proven method of making a nation stand on it's two feet isn't by putting on stilts and seeing how long they can keep them up, it's to teach the nation how stand on their own feet by themselves, starting from the top down.
Pakistanis have this very bad misconception that their salvation lies in the hope that there will be some sort of God given leader who will fix the world around them, two things wrong with that, God won't help them who don't help themselves and it's asking a lot to fix the world around you when you yourself are rotten to the core and in need of help. Pakistanis clearly gave a very valid mandate to the PMLN government, even if rigging is considered, there's quite a margin there for the big parties to fall back on.
Now I personally feel, big reforms need to be pressed and made before we go looking for re-elections or trying to topple governments. TuQ doesn't have that much support either, even if he is our saviour, if the vast majority of Pakistanis do not support him, his actions are not warranted, same goes for Imran Khan, if so many PTI supporters objected, and if so few people support action like this, then why should be the case that for better or for worse, these people should be allowed to force and decide the fate of an entire nation. The very thought itself is undemocratic.
Here's my wishlist for real reform, Pakistan needs to understand that the way democracy works is; Majority rules, minorities protected and heard. That goes for anything, religion, caste/creed, even political views and wealth. The individuals are important but not more important than society, however, at the cost of many things, the individual is granted civil liberties. Equality before the law, vote and political worth independent of wealth, my vote counts for the same as a billionaire's vote.
Implementation of inalienable rights. The necessity of the state and the state's bare apparatus to be independent of influence, secularism, free of any religious or moral inclination, free from holding to or preferring any political ideology or school of thought, same goes for economic school of thought. A clear definition of individual freedom, a long established norm in the West where my freedom ends where yours starts, whereas in Pakistan, anything you do is my business and anyone else's.
Absolute freedom can't exist, that's anarchy, the people and the freedom's they're granted with decide what happens.
Do the above and all your top down issues are gone.
Pakistanis always prefer learning the hard way and this is the most effective way. And when they don't learn from the hard way, looking for the free and painless way out is usually the worst option, it completely makes all the pain itself go in vain, with nothing gained but the luxury of postponing what needs to be done for another day. It's a really cold view of the world, but it's the truth.
