PAKISTAN (THE LAND OF HEZBOLLAH) Part-1

PAKISTAN (THE LAND OF HEZBOLLAH) Part-1

By

Waqar Abro

Pakistan is the acronym of Persian word “Pak” which means pure and “Istaan” which means territory. Therefore, Pakistan can be categorically defined as land of pure people. Before leading the topic towards present scenario,history of Pakistan should be given a focused view.

 Basically, Pakistan did not get independence on 14^th of August 1947 rather it was made independent in the skies by the lord of heavens, earth, and all universes on 712 A.D when Muhammad Bin Qasim for the very first time hoisted  flag of Islam in Sindh and planted roots of Islam in Subcontinent which immediately grew up after Hindhi-Urdu controversy in post war of independence(1857) period. Though,it took time for Pakistan (The land of Hizbullah) to be officially independent yet it came into being on 27^th of Ramzan considered as Lailatul Qadar a night better than thousands of nights on 14^th of August 1947. During the course of independence struggle, our Muslim brothers burnt their all boats to make possible an independent sovereign state yet it’s worth mentioning that Education played pivotal role  in the whole struggle. 

Coming back to the roots that were planted in our soil by Muhammad Bin Qasim that why they took a number of centuries to be grown. Although, during this time course many rulers  ruled the masses yet their part can never be considered as independence struggle cause they all were practicing the nefarious designs of  Hizbu Shiyateen ( party of Ibless). Few of them went to such extent that Islam should be mixture  of all religions and termed it as Deen e Ilahi. Though, their motive of mixing Islam with other religions was completely political yet they were unsuccessful  in  their plans.

 In surah Al-Imran Ayat no 3:54 Allah says:” And they planned and Allah (also) planned, and Allah is the best of planners”. Allah punished all those rulers who misused his religion for their personal vested interests and most of the sufferers were Mughals. Not only He punished them but also brought changes in polluted Muslim societies which were affected by Mughals and other rulers through “Shaikh Ahmed Sirhindi , Shah Waliullah and other Sufis.

It appears as Allah went on cleaning the land(Sub-Continent) to make it the Land of Hezbollah (Party of Allah). And, during all these happenings, a number of wars also took place between Muslims and Infidels.Most prominent among those  wars was “ War of Independence” for which Muslims were declared responsible for the carnage and mutiny.In the post war period, Prophet of Education; Sir Syed Ahmed Khan emerged as a glimmer of hope for the Muslims.Though, he was like a drop of water in the drought yet many Muslims started pointing on their fingers over the credibility of Sir Syed. They went to such extent that they declared him through Fatwas as Kafir (Infidel). Reason of their in-depth loathe was mainly to not regain lost glory of education. They were of the view that Sir Syed wanted them to be like English but they did not understand the depth of his emphasis that it was not English’s education but of Muslims.And, a few decades later "Allama Iqbal" endorsed the same views in his poetry.

It goes without saying that “Sir Syed” was the next gardener of the plant that had been planted by Muhammad Bin Qasim. Sir Syed asked Muslims who were in the grip of chaos to acquire education. He knew that if Muslims would dedicate their head and heart towards politics their growth and separate state dream would be unachievable. That is the same we notice in the divine instruction. Allah says 857 times in Quran to get education more than salaat and zakat. It is also worth mentioning here that Allah himself chose education to guide his people however he revealed four different sacred books to different Prophets. Without an iota of doubt, Human beings particularly demon incarnates have always molded divine instructions according to their own wishes yet it is worth to mention here it is the only “Quran” which can never be omitted cause Allah has himself assured its protection.

(We have, without doubt, sent down the Reminder [i.e., the Quran]; and We will assuredly guard it [from corruption].) (Al-Hijr 15:9)

(It was We who revealed the law [to Moses]: therein was guidance and light. By its standard have been judged the Jews, by the prophets who bowed [as in Islam] to Allah's will, by the rabbis and the doctors of law: for to them was entrusted the protection of Allah's book, and they were witnesses thereto: therefore fear not men, but fear Me, and sell not My signs for a miserable price. If any do fail to judge by [the light of] what Allah hath revealed, they are [no better than] unbelievers.) (Al-Ma’idah 5:44)

To continue with post war period, though Sir Syed was neglected by many Mullahs yet he was helped by Allah to complete his mission. Mission of creating a separate Muslim state. Since, he disallowed Muslims to take part in politics even after the creation of “Congress” yet he himself politically declared in his two nation theory that Muslims and Hindus have different religion and culture thus they could not exist together.

“First stone of Pakistan was laid down by Sir Syed”

(Moulana Abdul Haque)

During his time of struggle, Allah had already sent down his other soldiers to make possible a Muslims separate state and few of those soldiers were Quaid e Azam, Allama Muhammad Iqbal, Moulana Muhammad Ali johar, Moulana Shaukat Ali, Hasrat Mouhani, Salimullah Khan,Wiqarul Mulk ,Mohsinul Mulk etc. All these leaders  contributed their best in pre-independence struggle period and most of them were either disciples of Sir Syed or his students. Since, role of Congress was getting influential Muslims thought that they should also have a political party through which their genuine demands could be heard by the ruler. Hence, Politically, Pakistan came into existence on 1906 when Muslim League was formed.

فرد قائم ربط ملّت سے ہے تنہا کچھ نہیں موج ہے دریا میں اور بیرون دریا کچھ نہیں

The individual exists in relation to the community Alone he is nothing

The wave exists in the river, outside the river it is nothing.

(Allama Iqbal)

In the part-2 of the article writer will discuss pre-independence struggle from 1906 to 1947. In part-3 Complete post independence period till date shall be discussed. 

Comments will be highly appreciated.

Pakistan Judicial Reforms

Pakistan Judicial Reforms 

by 

Waqar Abro

What Reforms to be brought at lower and higher level of judiciary?

1.     A law should be legislated that would bind judges not to adjourn a case for more than 7 days. This point totally depends upon the quick delivery of facts and figures by the police. Coordination gap between police and judiciary should be bridged. 

      2.      A committee should be formed by CJ province which will hear complaints of the litigators and other issues pertaining to law.

3.      Free legal advisor should be provided to deserving and poor people. 

4.      E-justice: all cases should be computerized and maximum 15 days to be set to dispose of cases (final verdict br given maximum in two weeks)

5.      Administration of court should be made efficient and effective for speedy judicial system, for this right man on the right job.

6.      Postings, transfers and other related issues of judges should be dealt by superior judiciary instead of law ministry.

7.      Few provision of law should be part of the middle class syllabus for prevention of crime and augmentation of awareness on judicial or legal matters.

8.      The discouragement of the liberal adjournments granted by the subordinate courts and high courts.

9.      Bar council be more effective and honest,loyal and efficient lawyers should head the bar.

10.  Judicial investigation wing be set up to verify the fabricated charges.

11.  Salaries of judges be increased to discourage malpractice. 

12. Sms service can be used for coordination, dissemination of case information and hearing dates. This will hugely save time of court and plaintiffs. 
13. Vacancy for Judicial Ombudsman should be created and all issues pertaining to administration of courts should be dealt by Ombudsman. He must be appointed by Chief Justice of Supreme Court and prior to consideration his/her credibility should be a matter of serious concern.   
14. Outdated laws of evidence should be replaced with new laws.

Letter to Pemra Chairman

To,                                                         
PEMRA CHAIRMAN 

Subject:      Contributing article on “Negative role of Media in Pakistan and World”

Respected Sir,

As you know, the growing influence of Media, does not only affect psyche of the people but also throw them at the state of complete disparity. At International level, our posture has been  portrayed by our own media as “Dysfunctional Society”. This portrayal has largely affected our economy and progress. Though, it’s not hidden from you that Media in Pakistan to larger extent is biased and showing one side of the picture yet  I “being a CSS aspirant” contribute my article to PEMRA that suggests some stern measures to elevate media towards maturity.Respected Sir, Pakistan is facing a number of inside and outside challenges in different forms and they must be addressed adequately and efficiently. Hence, a broader change in PEMRA rules is need of the hour. I hope my article will help you in this regard and it’s also my sacred duty to defend my country from all demon incarnates. 

I look forward for positive response from you and hoping that the growing immature influence of Media will be thwarted.

                                                                                Sincerely yours

                                                                                WAQAR ABRO 

Negative Role Of Media In World And In Pakistan

By Waqar Abro July 7, 2012

Synopsis

1.     Is Role of media in Pakistan totally biased?

It is biased due to one sided approach and it focuses more on commercialization than on stabilization of the country.

2.     The importance of article 19 has been vehemently violated by the current media or not?

Article 19 speaks of freedom of speech but in the name of freedom of speech country’s image at international level has been negatively portrayed by the so called fourth pillar of the state. It is not fourth pillar of the state that is considered in a number of western and eastern countries but rather it has become fifth column of the enemies.

3.     National interest of Pakistan and the concept of two nation theory have been literally distorted?

 Yes. Reasons are many; few among them are Indian dramas, Indian shows and Programs like voice of American aired, on the contrary the importance of our religion and state that bases on two nation theory are not aired to the larger extent. During the time of Indian attacks Kasab who was caught red handed, had been declared as Pakistani by so called Geo TV. While, hundreds of Americans, Raw agents, Mossad Agents are penetrating in Baluchistan and in Afghanistan their media never claimed their presence rather defended them to all possibilities.  This factor clearly imply to the world that Pakistan is the exporter of terrorism not of peace.

4.     Why media does all this shit?

Virtue is not sellable vice brings a lot of price that means the things that are comprised of goodness and of moral values do not bring money while the programs in which suicide bombers and evil things are shown that brings a lot of money. For instance, the theme of dramas which we used to watch on PTV are of good character and based on our traditional and cultural ethics but the dramas we see on rest of Pakistani channels are apoles apart

(showing Indian culture or copying it shamelessly).

5.      Comparison of Pakistani media with BBC, CNN and Fox?

Wherever in the world a mishap occurs it is presented as Muslims did this or responsible for it.  It is worthwhile to mention here, once there was a report on bbc of which headline was Muslim terrorist attacked on Nato.

Are we peace lovers or terrorist exporters? Certainly Muslims means followers of Islam which means peace then why are we maligned or labeled as terrorist? The same role intentionally or unintentionally has been vitally exercised by Pakistani media. All the day, news of havoc comprised on sensation is appearing on our TV screens while natural beauty and human and natural resources exist in Pakistan are partially touched. What is the difference between west and east media then?

6.     Nature of news reporting?

50 years ago there was a provision in media ethics that dead bodies should not be printed in the newspapers. This provision is whether part of Pakistani media or not but all the day Pakistani media shows dead bodies of the people on the TV which has no doubt created the concept of volatility and insecurity. Psyche of the people has been plundered and they are left at the status of depression and callousness. According to State bank of Pakistan 64 percent foreign direct investment in the country has been nosedived, why investors are frightened of investing in our country? Its answer is crystal clear that at the international level we are regarded as unsafe and most dangerous nation which had also been stated by many investors, companies’ owners and politicians.

7.     Why media uses this tool as a source of income?

Basically, Human by nature becomes happy when someone is scandalized or maligned. For instance,Sui Sothern Gas Company has been providing a very remarkable and meritorious service since a long time  but  its role has never been appreciated on the other hand when news of gas shortage start booming, Pakistani media presented SSGC AND SNGC as irresponsible and inefficient institution.

8.     Is this a type of war or has it been hijacked?

Geniuses of the world who believe more on facts and on ground realities are of the view that the current role of media in world in general and in Pakistan in particular is of psychological war of which conspiracy has been hatched by Jewish lobbies. To continue with the fact, media has been totally hijacked and dances over the tunes of the hijackers that are as mentioned above Jews. This has been confirmed by many theologians like zakir naik and great politicians like Mahatir mohammad.

9.     Has media been funded or used for vested interests?

Yes. It has been funded and used for personal vested interests. It was reported last year that 340$ million would be doled out to Pakistani media just for presenting America as a friend not foe, of which, outcome, came under the knowledge after the commencements of programs like voice of America in which culture of America that  has been nicely portrayed. On the other hand, programs like Big Boss and India award programs had also started appearing on our TV screens.

10.  Remedial measures:

Ø 1)    There should be code of conduct that must speak of cultural dignity,traditional values safety and neutrality.

Ø 2)    Rules and Regulations of Pemra should be upgraded and whosoever uses    media as anti state element or media itself falling prey to ignorance of its duties, can be made accountable.

Ø 3)    There should be independent commission that on regular basis keeps its vigilant watch over the role of media and issuance of licenses should be followed on the recommendation of the independent commission that after thorough study of the nature of channel and its future plans in black and white will direct PEMRA to issue new licenses to new channels.

Ø 4)    Biasness and affiliation with any political party of anchors should be investigated before their inductions by Intelligence bureau.

Ø 5)    There should be formation of a wing in ministry of Information that should be tasked with the assessment of news and reports and whenever any misinterpreted or fake fable is published or aired ,concerned authority should be liable with heavy fine.

Ø 6)    There should be formation of institutes that train media personnel at least annually. In training, they must be given a thorough understanding of national interest and policies of the state.

Ø 7)    Credibility of anchors should be matter of serious concern and exposed media anchors should not be inducted by any media channel like Amir Liaquat, Mubashir Luqman and Mehr Bukhari etc.

Ø 8)    Sub judicial cases should be strongly prohibited and Media should be directed in black and white that programs should not be aired on judicial matters.

Ø 9)    A team of observers should be formed to set vigilant watch on Media for recommending suggestions time to time to independent commission(discussed in clause No.3).

Ø 10)  Scandalizing someone for personal vested interest shall be deemed to cancellation of licence of Private Tv channels.

Ø 11)  A poll button should be placed on official web portal of PEMRA seeking votes on role of different news channels for  rating purpose.

Ø 12)  Promotion of culture should be prime focus of Media channels therefore PEMRA must determine which channel is promoting Pakistani culture and which is engaged in promotion of western culture.

If I Were The President Of Pakistan By Waqar Abro

Crippling democracy, prolonged dictatorship and bureaucratic hegemony have given remarkable blow to the growth of Pakistan. Hence, if i were the President of Pakistan, i would  bring a number of changes in our social ,economic, political, administrative and democratic cultures. Basically, root cause of all a fore mentioned lingering issues is dearth of education in the country. Half populationof Pakistan  does not know about fundamental rights however illiteracy prevails. This, lack of education factor does not create a problematic situation for entire nation but also helping few families to rule us intermittently. Basically,feudal mindset is the bottle-knot of all crisis. Feudal lords, who are also parliamentarians know that  democracy brings political independence but education brings economic and intellectual independence however they always favoured the former and ignored the later. Therefore, a small chunk of budget is always allocated for education  so that people of Pakistan would not get intellectual and economic  independence  and remain slaves of the ruling elite.
Hence, education would have been my one of the biggest priorities if i were the President of Pakistan. For this, i would have allocated lion’s share from Presidency budget on education. Though, it’s the responsibility of the parliament to augment education budget yet i would have started from President house.  Not this, i would also address joint sessions of upper and lower houses in order to draw attention of the parliamentarians that “Sir Syed our founding father once said honour of an state can be achieved through education” and without education growth and development of the country is impossible.
Besides, I would also  take part in policy making process by forming a number of highly intellectual teams of the country.The researchers would have been working in President’s Research Council  and their task would be to research on the remedial measures for the prevalent crisis  and making new policies for the betterment of the country.  I would also visit a number of schools, colleges, universities, and other institutions for assessing the delivery of the service.
Apart from this, i would also have placed right man on the right job.  The plummeting phase or crippling condition of Public sector organizations is mainly due to placement of ineffective and inefficient people on key posts. This trend would have been severely dealt and  merit had been given importance in their placement if i were the President of Pakistan. Placing honest and efficient servants on key posts like Governors,PEMRA Chairman,State Bank Governor,Public service commission chairman and Ombudsman would not  only increase accountability of  civil servants but also elevate service delivery of Public sector organizations. As, Pakistan is created under the principles of Islam which clearly speak of accountability of head of the state.In the light of this  Islamic principle i would have passed an ordinance for accountability of the President. For this, i would also have requested in joint sessions of the parliament to prepare an amendment in the constitution for deleting the immunity clause.
It goes without saying that Pakistani society is heterogeneous and the main reason of losing East Pakistan was ignorance to provincial autonomy. Therefore,If, i were the President of Pakistan, i would have propounded the notion of creating new states rather than provinces on lingual or cultural basis.
The new states of Pakistan would have been given full autonomy and issues pertaining to language or culture could have been diplomatically solved.
Not only this, as i know music plays pivotal role in our lives and can be used as a catalyst for uplifting the sentiments of nationalism prevailing for separate Balouchistan and Sindh in Pakistan. A musical band would have been created in which singers from  all units of the federation would have been given only one task which is to strengthen patriotism or national integration. This, would only only  keep our youth away from demon incarnates vested interests of separatism but also grip roots of the federation.
For political harmony, a number of administrative and structural changes would have been brought in “Council of common interest” and all the political forces had been taken into confidence for the cause of national interest.
For quick service delivery, I would have created an independent ” complain commission” in the President House which had been entitled to entertain complains of the people. I myself would have head the commission and all the Governors and Ombudsmen of the states would have been members of this commission.  All Pakistanis had been informed through mass media that if they witness hypocrisy or malpractice of any civil servant they could easily file an application against the official. This commission would also have increased service delivery to larger extent.
It is also worth mentioning that Pakistan is tapped with natural and human resources which have been ignored since the inception of the country. It is therefore, an step would also have been taken to explore both resources through fair means. This, would not help me to make Pakistan economically strong but also bridge the gap of unemployment.
For economic growth, I would have created “ Pakistan’s Economic Growth Council” through which not only businessman encouraged to build their industries inside the country but also accountability of written off billions of rupees had been carried out. I would also direct to concerned authorities to make vocational institutes and technical training centers in all installed schools for increasing labour force. For creating job opportunities of the labour, i would make a summit with all friendly nations to provide enough opportunities to Pakistani labour force. For welfare of the emigrants , computerised remittance system could also have been made  and all the remitters would have been given enough benefits when they return back to Pakistan.

For political, economic, territorial, and cultural protection i would call “Muslim Summit Islamabad” in which i will request to all heads of the Muslim countries to make “Muslim Union” like European Union. They will also be requested to form military alliance with the name of “Muslims united force” like NATO and Warsaw.  A general law for whole Muslim Ummah could also have been legislated  and Muslim Justice court could also be made to review the issues of Ummah. This block would also be requested to collectively represent the whole Ummah in the United Nations so that onslaughts like Afghanistan and Iraq would not take place in future.
Hence, it can be concluded as  “dreams of IQBAL , vision of Jinnah , thoughts of Sir Syed and actions of Johar” would have been formed together to make a new Pakistan( the land of pure people) but alas when it comes to my untiring mind that “if i were the President of Pakistan” i feel that there is a long way to go. Hence, i sum up the topic with one German poet’s quote “DUCLE ET DECORUM EST PROPATRIA MORI”(It is sweet and fitting to die for ones country)

Democracy and Pakistan

Democracy and Pakistan

By

WAQAR ABRO

Importance of democracy is far away from understanding in countries like Pakistan where most of the people do not know about their fundamental and voting rights.

Basically, democracy brings political independence but it is meaningless without economic and intellectual independence.

Since the creation of Pakistan, Pakistani people have been in search of real democracy that prevails in western countries. But due to dearth of education people have not fully understood the essence of democracy. Although, the current democratic setup is a positive omen or can be said as transitional democratic period yet it would take time to come in its actual form at mass level.

The political setup in Pakistan is not completely democratic in nature. Politicians are successors of their fathers and contest of elections in democratic way can never be named as democracy. In simple words, current political setup is post-mughal political system to some extent.

To begin with the Abraham Lincoln’s saying that “Democracy is government of the people by the people and for the people”.

Does it mean government by the feudal lords? Does it mean government by the bureaucrats? Or does it mean government by dictators? Simply, it means government by people that can be a labor, a peasant, a worker or any citizen. If we trace out the history of Pakistan, we would never find a single leader name that could be considered as peasant or laborer. 

Though Pakistan got independence through democratic channel yet it survived without real democracy in the country. Plutocracy, aristocracy, theocracy, dictatorship and ethnicity based leadership always prevailed in Pakistan in the name of democracy but astonishing point is that people never agitated or asked for original democracy. They always supported overtly or covertly all forms of governments and made themselves seekers of silence. Their silence could be due to lack of proper understanding to democracy or education yet they are partly responsible for the prevalent worse condition of the country.

The misuse of religion has also largely contributed for destabilizing the political setup. There is system of (peeri-Mureedi) Pious (spiritual guide)-disciple system on the basis of which most of the illiterate people cast their votes to said representative whether he who fulfills the pre-requisites for contesting elections or not.

 Apart from this, role of teachers, socialists, media men, civil society and educationalists is also worrisome. They never informed people how to vote, why to vote and whom to vote. Every Pakistani wants his child to be an engineer, civil servant, doctor, teacher, pilot, army men, or sports man but he does not want to encourage his child to be a politician because contesting election against a feudal lord is not as easy as one paints it.

Actually feudal lords never allowed Pakistani people to grow their intellectual independence due to threat to existing political setup. However, they have built countless industries outside of Pakistan and provided very limited facilities to peasants in their constituencies. No doubt, industrial development does not only bring intellectual independence for peasants but also provide them an opportunity to sell their skills rather than everything through peasantry. Besides, dependence of peasants due to cropping on feudal lords will also be nosedived if peasants are provided opportunities in industries.  In nutshell, feudal lords used to threaten peasants if they cast their votes against their will then their production of land will be seized. It is therefore thana(Police station) culture develops in remote areas where chosen officers are posted after giving assent to feudal lords.

It goes without saying that most of the politicians in Pakistan movement were also feudal in nature and democrats in practice but their sincerity with the country can only be gauged by peeping into the history of Pakistan. They were the main heroes who hugely contributed for the separate Muslim state for which they not only lost their near and dear ones but also lost their wealth.

Contradiction to this, current feudal lords want to maintain their hegemony on people along with heading all institutions.

However, they love to be parliamentarians who have a wide scope and area of exercising power at national and provincial level.

“Lord Action” has rightly said that power tends to corrupt but absolute power corrupts absolutely. Plutocrats, aristocrats, theocrats, dictators and ethnicity based leaders have enjoyed the taste of absolute power therefore they never brought reforms in education sector and always allocated low budget for it from national exchequer. They know that education develops a sense of judgment of right and wrong and an educated society would never allow such type of rulers to rule the masses.

But, present scenario strikes a note of hope. People have started understanding the structure of government and started acquiring more and more education which is no doubt changing the state of mind of Pakistani people to larger extent regarding the prevailing political setup.

Owing to this, feudal lords have prepared a couple of new plans in order to secure their power. They have created a number of challenges for youth and for masses so that people may not indulge themselves in understanding the political system of Pakistan. Awami league and Pakistan Tehreek I Insaf have largely suppressed these sorts of tiny but lasting far reaching consequences threats and implied to people that the existing parliament is completely bogus because 45% bogus votes had been cast in the election.

There is also another technique which is often observed, is to get back confidence of the masses by announcing some relief packages like Watan cards, free laptops, free rickshaws etc.

Apart from this, slogans are also uttered according to psyche of the people (Pakistan Khappy, Roti kapra Makan, Qarz Utaro Mulk sawaro)etc.

The height of folly can be observed from the fact that whatever relief packages are offered to people, they are solely from national exchequer not from personal pockets of the rulers. And people are jubilant enough that their rulers vividly and tirelessly work for their betterment and relief in Pakistan.  Sir Syed must be crying that did I dreamed of this Pakistan? Quaid I Azam must also be moaning that I struggled for this Pakistan? And Allama Iqbal must be requesting Allah to ask his people to thoroughly understand what he wrote in his philosophies.

To lead the topic towards remedies, Pakistanis need to work day and night if they want to change the system. They should collectively put their efforts in order to fight against few families. They must teach every citizen of the country whether educated or not the importance of vote.

Hence, it can be concluded as; though we are having post mughal political setup yet hopes are high that one day Pakistan would be a complete democratic country in which leaders would be emerging from grass root level and there would be no room for dynastical political system.

“Yahi mera sapna hay k Pakistan jag uthy aur ese political system ko khatam kary jo swiss accounts men gareebo ka luta howa pesa jama kar k mulk ko tabah karta, lekin manzil bohat door hay aur ye hay sirf mera pehla Kadam”.