Thursday, 7 December 2023

 Karachi Political Diary

Mubasher Mir


 

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari's speeches and Asif Ali Zardari's TV interview are both being discussed in political circles. But this time his direct gestures were towards his party and home. Earlier in an interview, he had also said that he is bound to obey his father's orders in home matters, but he also has his own opinion in politics. . Although this is not surprising, our political culture generally has a tradition of following in the footsteps of parents.

In Pakistani politics, the way that there is talk of monkey distribution, the positions are being distributed before the elections, this is not only an indication of the immaturity of the system, but pre-poll rigging (pre-election rigging) is starting to show. Asif Zardari's style throughout the interview was not aggressive but pleading. From which it can be estimated how uncertain and worried they are about the upcoming elections. The head of Sindh's caretaker government is also supported by him and he has a long-standing relationship with Asif Zardari. And they are still very close to him. Caretaker Chief Minister Sindh is making exchanges across the province. Especially in the education department, many officers have been transferred and the people of the same department have to perform election duty as well.
 
The closeness between MQM and Muslim League-N is increasing, these contacts which ended at the time of Hakeem Muhammad Saeed's martyrdom, after that Mian Nawaz Sharif has been giving strong statements regarding MQM. But now MQM and PML-N have come very close. The MQM leadership has talked about changing the constitution. They have said that the 1973 Constitution is the protector of the powerful. In the 18th Amendment, MQM supported the People's Party, for this MQM should apologize to the nation and then start a campaign to change the constitution. Although the constitution of 1973 is unanimous, it was also passed by the members of the assembly of West Pakistan who won under the 1970 election. After the separation of East Pakistan and the formation of Bangladesh, new elections were held there. But in West Pakistan, the new Pakistan was declared as the Islamic Republic of Pakistan under the constitution, but the new mandate was not obtained from the people, which was necessary because the 1970 elections were held as a United Pakistan, and then the then members of the Assembly. The opinion of the majority was not even accepted. This is a historical mistake that will be written in the political history of Pakistan. Now, if there is talk of changing this constitution, first a representative assembly should come into being as a result of transparent elections, the current environment does not indicate the coming into existence of any representative assembly. If transparent elections are held in the country, he will have the power to make any kind of change in the constitution.
 
After the robbery by a police officer of Karachi, street crimes and kidnapping for ransom are also being considered suspicious. The police is the protector or the robber. The DSP was under the patronage of SP South Umar Qureshi, both of whom have been sacked. The under-trained DSP is said to be the son of a close friend of former Sindh Chief Minister Abdullah Shah. This officer was recruited during the PPP era. According to police sources, there is no direct recruitment in the police at this level in many countries of the world, including the United States and the United Kingdom. There is no ASP cadre either. In America, the developed country of the world, constables are recruited who are promoted to the position of chief constable, reforms in the police department are very necessary, otherwise criminals will continue to rob the public.

A fire broke out in a commercial plaza in the city of Karachi and 11 people went to the valley of death. The irregularities in the construction of multi-story buildings in Karachi are the responsibility of the Sindh Building Control Authority, which is directly under the control of the Sindh government. Big stories of corruption keep coming out in this institution. Its leaders escape from the country by corrupting crores, they get the support of politicians. Builders of Karachi are also called builders mafia for this reason. Where the irregular process is formalized, precious lives are played with. Many more incidents of fire also come to light but nothing comes out, people save their lives by using effective means. In the present unfortunate plaza basic facilities and There were no life saving devices in case of emergency. Every building in the city of Karachi should be inspected and such irregularities should be rectified otherwise people will continue to lose their lives in the same way.

Karachi Political Diary

 Karachi Political Diary

Mubasher Mir


 
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari criticized Mian Nawaz Sharif while speaking in Quetta, Chairman PPP is constantly addressing the former prime minister with critical sentences, but there is not much talk from the Muslim League-N camp. Although some former ministers are responding in one way or another, Mian Shahbaz Sharif or Maryam Nawaz are not criticizing Bilawal Bhutto Zardari. In general, the Muslim League-N and the People's Party are trying to give the impression that they are the real rivals in the field by using rhetoric against each other. But this impression did not fully take hold. The third force, Tehreek-e-Insaf, which ruled for three and a half years and is now at its worst, is still under scrutiny. But since the election of the new PTI chairman, the PTI has not taken an aggressive approach. There is an impression that PTI will get a chance to participate in the elections. But it will be difficult to conduct the election campaign in a vigorous manner, in such a situation PTI candidates will depend on social media and try to give better performance on the election day.

MQM seems to be completely ambiguous, they raise slogans against the oppressive ruler, but so far they have not been able to clarify who they consider to be the oppressor. In the last two governments, they have been a co-ruler. Therefore, they have not yet been able to give a clear message to their voters. Their meetings with PML-N are taking place regarding seat adjustment. The Muslim League-N wants its leaders Mian Nawaz Sharif, Mian Shahbaz Sharif and Maryam Nawaz to contest the elections from Karachi and they are demanding the help of MQM in such seats that they can win. Till now there has been no contact between PML-N and PPP. PML-N is reluctant to do so. PML-N Sindh President Bashir Memon surely knows that he will not be able to get popular support by allying with the People's Party in Sindh.
 
Although many things have been revealed about the political framework of Sindh and Karachi, many things remain unclear. Muslim League-F leader Safdar Abbasi has criticized the election commission's process of changes in constituencies and changes in voter lists. One wonders how the Election Commission is authorized to transfer the vote of any citizen to another constituency without his will. According to Safdar Abbasi, the Election Commission is doing this at the behest of Asif Zardari. Such a situation is being termed as pre-poll rigging.

The constitutional term of caretaker governments has expired across Pakistan. Sindh's caretaker chief minister, however, has added a minister to his cabinet. Arts Council Karachi president Muhammad Ahmad Shah has been made caretaker minister for information, minority affairs and social protection. It is surprising that the wise and intellectual poet like Iftikhar Arif also participated in this style of political process by participating in the swearing-in ceremony. The opposition group of the Arts Council had issued a message while reacting to the announcement of the Caretaker Chief Minister of Sindh that the constitutional term of your government has been completed. In this situation, NAB started an investigation against the person in 2015 , on which no final decision you are adding to the has come out yet , in caretaker cabinet . According to informed sources, this appointment has also been supported by the Governor of Sindh.
The Istehqam Pakistan Party, Ipp, is also trying to gain a foothold in Sindh. The leader of the IPP, the former Governor of Sindh Imran Ismail and the President of Sindh Mahmood Maulvi have also criticized the changes in constituencies by the Election Commission. Pirpagada has also mobilized before the elections. Former Sindh Chief Minister Dr. Arbab Ghulam Rahim along with his son and colleagues participated in their recent meeting. Earlier, former Sindh Chief Minister had joined Tehreek-e-Insaaf. So far no announcement has come from his side to join GDA.

Haleem Adil Sheikh has been elected Sindh President unopposed in the intra-party election held by Tehreek-e-Insaf. This was the way for Tehreek-e-Insaf to hold the election as soon as possible to elect their candidates unopposed so that the mark of the BAT could be saved. The caretaker chief minister of Sindh met the World Bank delegation and discussed the ongoing projects in Sindh. There are many projects under completion in Sindh province by the World Bank, on which work is in progress. The World Bank has been told that the ongoing projects will continue at the same pace and reach completion.

There is a lot of concern regarding the use of official vehicles in the province of Sindh. People not only use government vehicles but also spend petrol from government exchequer. The caretaker government has announced to take back the vehicles from the outgoing ministers and MPA's. How surprising that politicians are brazenly using government vehicles even though they have no mandate for this facility at present. The tendency to waste Pakistan's resources is high among the influential classes, which is a burden on the people.