Would Nawaz Sharif Be Able to Damage Control in Hazara?
By Mohsin Sehgal • Apr 15th, 2010 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look • 7 CommentsGauhar Ayub Khan, the son of former dictator Field Marshal Ayub Khan must be basking in unexpected glee as he got a chance to screw PML-N with full force from out of the blue. That, and the way PML-Q leadership landed in the Hazara division like vultures and played politics over the dead bodies has written a new dark chapter in our history. Police and media also threw petrol on the fire and another division of Pakistan got engulfed in flames and blood.
Hazara division has always been casting votes either in favor of PML-N or JUI-F, but the most dominant factor has always remain the clan-ship. Community and clan is the decisive factor in all the elections and the party comes secondary but despite of that fact, this was the area upon which Nawaz Sharif banked always, but not any more perhaps. Like rest of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif took Hazara for granted and went ahead silently and lazily with the name change and rushed it to get the ticket to become third time prime minister of Pakistan.
ANP got its prize of Pakhtunkhwa with an illogical prefix of Khyber. Hazara erupted in the reaction and Nawaz Sharif brushed it aside as temporary unrest and kept on sleeping. PPP from behind the scene and PML-Q from front reached at scene and flamed the hurt emotions of the people. People of Hazara are justified in their demand, as Pakhtunkhwa suppresses their identity and nullifies their existence, but Nawaz Sharif thought that because Hazara-wals never raised voice, so be it. But the fact was that Hazara people were of the opinion that Nawaz Sharif would protect their rights but Sharif disappointed them and that enraged the people.
Difference in opinion is part of democracy and being a democratic government, it is the responsibility of the ANP government to respect the opinion of every person. Freedom of opinion is a basic right. 18th Amendment had been prepared by political forces and had been endorsed by parliament with absolute majority, but it is not some thing etched in stone and can be reviewed and revised, and it should be. There is no other option.
Nawaz Sharif has understood that, though as usual late and is in Hazara to appease the people. PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif has blamed Q-League for Hazara unrest and said they are doing politics of dead bodies. He, with other leaders of his party reached in the restive region to take the people into confidence. But he cannot take the Hazara for granted anymore.
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1. 1. Nawaz Sharif: A History of Ingratitude
Mr. Sharif is not as innocent as he portrayed himself to be. If Mr. Sharif wants accountability, let’s open all the books.
By MIRZA ROHAIL BAIG
Saturday, 14 June 2008.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan—If you are one of the Pakistanis who applauded former prime Nawaz Sharif when he addressed a crowd of deranged lawyers and paid hungry supporters – who turned the most expensive piece of property in the heart of Pakistan’s federal capital into an open air toilet last night, then you should know that Mr. Sharif is not as innocent as he portrayed himself to be.
This is a guy who went shopping in Washington DC for a U.S. $ 25,000 watch as brave Pakistanis died fighting for their honor in Kargil, a battle that Mr. Sharif ensured we lost because he was busy in a personal fight with the nation’s military leaders.
Mr. Nawaz Sharif’s record is so embarrassing that, in another country with educated voters, he would never be reelected by the people.
His record includes unforgettable lapses and mistakes, each of them worthy of an inquiry commission that could disqualify him for life:
1. This man declared emergency after the May 1998 Nuclear detonations. Under the pretext of sanctions, he swallowed up the nation’s $10 billion foreign reserves. No questions asked and no accountability since!
2. This man, Nawaz, siphoned off millions of dollars of the money collected under the ‘Qarz utaro mulk sanwaro’ scheme where he appealed to the Pakistani nation’s patriotism and asked everyone to donate money to pay off the national debt. No accountability so far!
3. This man was shopping for $25,000 Philip Patek watches in the United States when our brave soldiers were dying in Kargil. No shame!
4. This man built a 2000-acre Raiwind palatial complex for himself and his family when our nation was contributing to the ‘Qarz utaro mulk sanwaro’ scheme to pay off the national debt.
5. This man Nawaz is a PROTEGE of past military rulers who turned him from a dumb, Nehari-loving imbecile into a leader. General Imtiaz brought him from Dubai. General Jillani and General Zia-ul-Haq groomed him. Lt. Gen. Hameed Gul created for his an entire new political party, the IJI. Today he makes fun of the military. It says something about his character. He is an ungrateful person, someone we call EHSAAN FARAMOOSH in our language!
6. He is the first ruler in the history of Pakistan and maybe the world who ransacked the Supreme Court building and unleashed the private armed thugs on Shahbaz Sharif’s payroll as a private Sharif Militia and used them to stone the building of the Supreme Court and chase out its judges who dared to challenge his actions in 1997.
7. More than 80 complaints of corruption and misuse of authority were pending at different stages of inquiry, investigation and trial against former PM Nawaz Sharif when he was granted pardon by the president and went into a self-chosen exile. The complaint said Nawaz Sharif did not mention in his declaration of assets in the nomination form for NA-12 in 1997 that he owned a helicopter. It was alleged that he did not pay duties of Rs. 30 million on this machine. Don’t take my word for it, check this news story: http://www.millat.com/ghalibcom/events/nawaz%20exile/80_cases_pending_against_nawaz_b.htm
8. According to a report:
8.1 Rs. 1.5 billion loan was taken out by the Sharif brothers against the security of their company, Ittefaq Foundries
8.2 Rs. 302 million were obtained for Brothers Sugar Mills
8.3 Rs. 92 million for Brothers Textile
8.4 Rs. 392 million for Brothers Steel Mills
8.5 Rs. 102 million for Ramzan Sugar Mills and Khalid Siraj Textiles each
8.6 Rs. 385 million for Ittefaq Sugar Mills
8.7 Rs. 368 million for Ittefaq Textiles and
8.8 Rs. 239 million were loaned to Ittefaq Brother.
9. The Nawaz family which is now one of the richest in the country largely due to the largesse of Pakistani banks has unveiled its one billion rupee Raiwind Complex. Spread over an area of around a thousand acres it houses palatial residences, a 300 acre farm, a 500 bed hospital, a school, a medical teaching facility, 200 acre dairy farm, a 350 line telephone exchange, Polytechnic institute, Nursing and Midwifery school etc. The Sharifs who must really be minting money have built it all in 17 months at a cost of Rs 740 million. The Punjab government headed by a Sharif has chipped in by providing government-funded roads and forcibly purchasing land for papa Sharif. http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/2423/20.html
10. Nawaz is currently Pakistan’s 4th RICHEST MAN in the list ‘Top 40 Richest Pakistanis’.
11. Nawaz has asked for Pakistan to open permanent border with India, VISA-FREE! Why doesn’t he simply call for making both one & same country? This way he’ll get an endless supply of Indian music DVDs that he so loves!
Finally, when Nawaz’s son was suspected of having blood cancer and needed treatment in London, Pervez Musharraf violated his own 10-year agreement with the Saudis and ordered the Pakistani Embassy in Riyadh to provide the Sharifs with passports on humanitarian grounds.
Musharraf again put the exile agreement aside and helped Shahbaz Sharif get treatment in New York.
In comparison, Mr. Nawaz Sharif could have shown magnanimity and rise above petty revenge and address the real issues facing Pakistan, internally and in the region.
Mr. Baig is a Pakistani commentator. He can be reached at opinion786@yahoo.co
PAKISTANIO HOSH KE NAKHUN LO AUR ISS NAWAZEY KI BATON MEIN MAT AAO. YE WOHI AADMI HEY JISKE JANEY PER (OCT. 99) TUM LOGON NEY MITHAIAN BANTI THI.
YEHI AADMI HEY JIS NEY DUNYA KI TAREEKH MEIN PEHLI BAR KISI SUPREME COURT PER HAMLA KAR WAYA THA.
YEHI HEY JIS KI WAJAH SEY ZIA-UL-HAQ GIARA SAL HUKUMAT KAR GAYA. AUR YEHI HEY JIS KI KINA PARWARI KI WAJAH SEY MUSHARRAF KO MARTIAL LAW LAGANA PADA.
AB TO AQAL SEY KAM LO
O! BEWAQUF LOGON YEY BATON KA JADUGAR HEY AUR KUCH NAHIN.
ZARA IS KA MAHAL TOU DEKHO RAIWIND MEIN MAGAR IS NEY AIK TAKA PAKISTAN KEY KHAZANEY MEIN KABHI JAMA NAHIN KARAYA TAX KI MAD MEIN.
YEY KIA MULK SUDHAREY GA
1. 1. Nawaz Sharif: A History of Ingratitude
Mr. Sharif is not as innocent as he portrayed himself to be. If Mr. Sharif wants accountability, let’s open all the books.
By MIRZA ROHAIL BAIG
Saturday, 14 June 2008.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan—If you are one of the Pakistanis who applauded former prime Nawaz Sharif when he addressed a crowd of deranged lawyers and paid hungry supporters – who turned the most expensive piece of property in the heart of Pakistan’s federal capital into an open air toilet last night, then you should know that Mr. Sharif is not as innocent as he portrayed himself to be.
This is a guy who went shopping in Washington DC for a U.S. $ 25,000 watch as brave Pakistanis died fighting for their honor in Kargil, a battle that Mr. Sharif ensured we lost because he was busy in a personal fight with the nation’s military leaders.
Mr. Nawaz Sharif’s record is so embarrassing that, in another country with educated voters, he would never be reelected by the people.
His record includes unforgettable lapses and mistakes, each of them worthy of an inquiry commission that could disqualify him for life:
1. This man declared emergency after the May 1998 Nuclear detonations. Under the pretext of sanctions, he swallowed up the nation’s $10 billion foreign reserves. No questions asked and no accountability since!
2. This man, Nawaz, siphoned off millions of dollars of the money collected under the ‘Qarz utaro mulk sanwaro’ scheme where he appealed to the Pakistani nation’s patriotism and asked everyone to donate money to pay off the national debt. No accountability so far!
3. This man was shopping for $25,000 Philip Patek watches in the United States when our brave soldiers were dying in Kargil. No shame!
4. This man built a 2000-acre Raiwind palatial complex for himself and his family when our nation was contributing to the ‘Qarz utaro mulk sanwaro’ scheme to pay off the national debt.
5. This man Nawaz is a PROTEGE of past military rulers who turned him from a dumb, Nehari-loving imbecile into a leader. General Imtiaz brought him from Dubai. General Jillani and General Zia-ul-Haq groomed him. Lt. Gen. Hameed Gul created for his an entire new political party, the IJI. Today he makes fun of the military. It says something about his character. He is an ungrateful person, someone we call EHSAAN FARAMOOSH in our language!
6. He is the first ruler in the history of Pakistan and maybe the world who ransacked the Supreme Court building and unleashed the private armed thugs on Shahbaz Sharif’s payroll as a private Sharif Militia and used them to stone the building of the Supreme Court and chase out its judges who dared to challenge his actions in 1997.
7. More than 80 complaints of corruption and misuse of authority were pending at different stages of inquiry, investigation and trial against former PM Nawaz Sharif when he was granted pardon by the president and went into a self-chosen exile. The complaint said Nawaz Sharif did not mention in his declaration of assets in the nomination form for NA-12 in 1997 that he owned a helicopter. It was alleged that he did not pay duties of Rs. 30 million on this machine. Don’t take my word for it, check this news story: http://www.millat.com/ghalibcom/events/nawaz%20exile/80_cases_pending_against_nawaz_b.htm
8. According to a report:
8.1 Rs. 1.5 billion loan was taken out by the Sharif brothers against the security of their company, Ittefaq Foundries
8.2 Rs. 302 million were obtained for Brothers Sugar Mills
8.3 Rs. 92 million for Brothers Textile
8.4 Rs. 392 million for Brothers Steel Mills
8.5 Rs. 102 million for Ramzan Sugar Mills and Khalid Siraj Textiles each
8.6 Rs. 385 million for Ittefaq Sugar Mills
8.7 Rs. 368 million for Ittefaq Textiles and
8.8 Rs. 239 million were loaned to Ittefaq Brother.
9. The Nawaz family which is now one of the richest in the country largely due to the largesse of Pakistani banks has unveiled its one billion rupee Raiwind Complex. Spread over an area of around a thousand acres it houses palatial residences, a 300 acre farm, a 500 bed hospital, a school, a medical teaching facility, 200 acre dairy farm, a 350 line telephone exchange, Polytechnic institute, Nursing and Midwifery school etc. The Sharifs who must really be minting money have built it all in 17 months at a cost of Rs 740 million. The Punjab government headed by a Sharif has chipped in by providing government-funded roads and forcibly purchasing land for papa Sharif. http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/2423/20.html
10. Nawaz is currently Pakistan’s 4th RICHEST MAN in the list ‘Top 40 Richest Pakistanis’.
11. Nawaz has asked for Pakistan to open permanent border with India, VISA-FREE! Why doesn’t he simply call for making both one & same country? This way he’ll get an endless supply of Indian music DVDs that he so loves!
Finally, when Nawaz’s son was suspected of having blood cancer and needed treatment in London, Pervez Musharraf violated his own 10-year agreement with the Saudis and ordered the Pakistani Embassy in Riyadh to provide the Sharifs with passports on humanitarian grounds.
Musharraf again put the exile agreement aside and helped Shahbaz Sharif get treatment in New York.
In comparison, Mr. Nawaz Sharif could have shown magnanimity and rise above petty revenge and address the real issues facing Pakistan, internally and in the region.
Mr. Baig is a Pakistani commentator. He can be reached at opinion786@yahoo.co
PAKISTANIO HOSH KE NAKHUN LO AUR ISS NAWAZEY KI BATON MEIN MAT AAO. YE WOHI AADMI HEY JISKE JANEY PER (OCT. 99) TUM LOGON NEY MITHAIAN BANTI THI.
YEHI AADMI HEY JIS NEY DUNYA KI TAREEKH MEIN PEHLI BAR KISI SUPREME COURT PER HAMLA KAR WAYA THA.
YEHI HEY JIS KI WAJAH SEY ZIA-UL-HAQ GIARA SAL HUKUMAT KAR GAYA. AUR YEHI HEY JIS KI KINA PARWARI KI WAJAH SEY MUSHARRAF KO MARTIAL LAW LAGANA PADA.
AB TO AQAL SEY KAM LO
O! BEWAQUF LOGON YEY BATON KA JADUGAR HEY AUR KUCH NAHIN.
ZARA IS KA MAHAL TOU DEKHO RAIWIND MEIN MAGAR IS NEY AIK TAKA PAKISTAN KEY KHAZANEY MEIN KABHI JAMA NAHIN KARAYA TAX KI MAD MEIN.
YEY KIA MULK SUDHAREY GA
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Nawaz sharif has never been my fave on a personal count , anyways on a total scale o 10 he is no better then the previous.
Its politics and the memory of people is short. Senate already approved khyber pakhtunkhwa and hazara returns to normalcy.
The 18th amendment as discussed a no of times is indirectly NRO being legalized by our political filth. As the Nang E Millat Nang E Deen Nang E Watan political filth when upon their differences of opinions pointed of an expected Marshal Law by the media has started patching up by damaging the constitution as before & once again is after twisting & turning it to make it a rubber stamp that may be applicable anywhere anytime. The 18th amendment has been rejected by Supreme Bar Council as well as Punjab Bar Council. The Meer Jafar/Meer Sadiq Group is just finding ways of being auctioned for as much worldly wealth as possible as they doubt coming in the govt once again. Nawaz Sharif bluntly said that if decisions were to be done on a phone call it would have been finalized. But Pakistanis have lost trust over their political filth & if a marshal law is enforced this time it would be enforced by Pakistanis & not army. Is the political filth ready to face this Marshal Law?
NAWAZ SHARIF = GENERAL MUSHARRAF =SMILING ZARDARI=CHAUDRY=ALTAF BHAI=.ARMY GENERALS ………………………………..
MILITARY DICTATORS HAVE MADE PAKISTAN INTO A TOILET BOWL OF CORRUPTION. IT WILL TAKE TIME TO CLEAN
THE ARE ALL CROOKS. BUT DEMOCRACY ALLOWS YOU TO GET RID OF CROOKS. SO WE MUST CONTINUE AND THROW THESE CROOKS OUT LIKE WE HAVE THROWN OUT MUSHARRAF AND HIS CHAMCHAS
Nawaz Shareef thinks, he is most popular politician in the country. As a Nation we should get rid of, these kind of politicians. Nawaz Sharif’s behaviour is most unfortunate and unfathomable. He has once again proved that he is only a leader of Punjab and does not care about smaller provinces. He has been going on and on about Charter of Democracy and now he is backing out. Mr. Sharif is not as innocent as he portrayed himself to beIt is a shame we are stuck with politicians like him.