An interview of Afghan President Hamid Karzai by Salim Safi broadcasted on GEO TV on 16^th June had clarified the things more. Mr Karzai repeatedly blamed the Pak-Army and ISI for all the trouble in Afghanistan. He openly accused the Pakistani ‘establishment’ to be interfering on the internal affairs of Afghanistan. He said that:

‘The Pakistan Army is supporting the Taliban insurgents who control large areas of Afghanistan and is giving refuge to them on Pakistani territory. If THEY will continue interference in Afghan affairs, Pakistan will also continue to suffer with losses of human lives & economy; will see the persistent bloodshed also – you have chosen the way.’

The message was very clear.

On 17^th June 2013, the leader of PKAMP Mahmud Achakzai repeated the same charges in the National Assembly’s session. He confirmed that Pakistan was interfering in the internal affairs of Afghanistan and asked the Government to withdraw troops from FATA and negotiate with all representative factions of the Taliban.

The bottom line of the stand was that Pakistan had nothing to do with alleged Indian plans in Afghanistan or to support or criticize any government in Afghanistan. Afghanistan’s political scenario should be handled through normal diplomatic activity and NOT through ISI’s guidance or taking side of Haqqanis or similar Afghan groups.

The defence of Pakistan is the ‘statutory’ role of the armed forces but Pak-Army had nothing to play role in government formation in neighbouring countries; as has been doing since two decades.

When Ch Nisar Ali Khan, the Federal Interior Minister and Mahmood Achakzai roared on Parliament’s floor questioning the role of Pak-Army in Afghanistan, a very special lobby of TV anchors, columnists of the print media and social net work specialists immediately jumped to defend two decades old but miserably failed policies of status quo. For instance an article on internet circulated on 17^th June 2013 said:

· ‘As things stand today, if Pakistan compromised on its policy to have a friendly administration in Afghanistan after NATO troops leave, there would be civil war much more bloody and destructive than the one that followed the withdrawal of Soviet troops.

· Pakistan would face another flood of refugees and the war would be fought primarily on the soil of Pakistan.

· The Pakistan Army understands that the initiative is in the hands of the enemies of Pakistan - RAW and the CIA.

· Afghanistan is the base of both for clandestine operations against Pakistan.’

What can Pakistan do?

The above premises were considered by veteran nationalists, no doubt, but the intelligentsia tended to disagree with the above presumptions on which Pakistan had continuously been suffering since two decades.

The new brigade of torch bearers on this path had very simple solutions for the above apprehensions that:

· Pakistan should immediately stop worrying about ‘friendly administration’ in Kabul. That should be their prerogative, their people’s sweet will; so no further guidance – no interference please. If there will be civil war then what to Pakistan; let big powers take note of it.

· Pakistan should otherwise keep vigilant to check the influx of the expected refugees from Afghanistan – as the other countries of the world behave; as the European countries behave with Pakistani asylum seekers. Don’t be sentimental, international law is very clear.

· The hidden attacks and intrigues of CIA & RAW should be dealt with by the Pak-Army and ISI for which they exist. They should work out adequate measures while remaining in Pakistan’s limits. To counter their initiatives, it is not valid that Pak-Army should try to establish its bases in a neighbouring country.

· Lastly, that ‘Afghanistan is the base of CIA & RAW for clandestine activities in Pakistan’ would not qualify for Pak-Army’s wrong armed interference in another sovereign country.

Elaborating the last point, one thing went clear that it was a direct admission of failure of successive Pakistani governments to think and saying so; their foreign policy and the capability of security forces. Foreign office should have taken the matter with India and America with evidences if Pakistan was right. Secondly, Pakistan’s security forces should have taken steps to formulate a cogent strategy to counter those clandestine activities; for which they are being heavily paid from national exchequer.

The fact remained that Pakistani governments had always kept the best friendly relations with the two countries; India & America as sovereign countries – then why not with Afghanistan on the same pitch.

1) 210 Billion Rs for Education (24%) of total Budget
2) Metro Bus for Multan , Faisalabad and Rawalpindi
3) Three new industrial Cities
4) 12000 Children of Labor class to Get Scholarships
5) Six Danish Schools in backward Areas
6) Land Record Automation
7) Police Reforms with help of UAE and Turkey
8 ) 20 Billion Rs for Energy
9) Nandi pur and Chichoun kialiyan Plants
10) Interest Free loans for Setting up Small business .
11) 15 Billion for women Devolpment Projects
12) Laptop Scheme
13) Ahsiyana Housing Schemes
14) Ramzan Package for Poor
15) Sasta Atta Scheme
16) Flyovers and underpasses
17) Agriculture Devolpment Fund
18) PEEF
19) Ujala Scheme
20) Foreign Scholarship for student (50% women Quota)
21) Taxes on people having bigger House than 2 Canals
22 ) 30 % Cut in CM House Budget
23) Ban on Purchase of New vechiles by Government
24) 10000 Minimum Wage for Labour
25) 29 Billion for construction of Mega Roads
26 ) 10% Increase in Salaries
27 ) Health insurance policy
28) Building of Rajan Pur and DG khan Canals
29) 93 Billion Devolpment Budget for South Punjab .

We have become so immune to violence and destruction that nothing matters.  Not even the destruction of our Quaid’s home where he spent his last days.  It is our heritage and our history; how can we just let a bunch of terrorists destroy our heritage and boldly claim responsibility?  All we can expect our leaders to do is issue some statements and appear in press conferences to promote themselves.

Now is the time to question our leadership… Weather I voted for you or you came in through rigged election! You are in charge.  Take your responsibilities seriously.  Go after the terrorists! Stop their funding!  If another country is supporting them and you have evidence then go after that country with a stern warning.  Make the message loud and clear: You will not “screw” with our nation.  Pakistan is a nuclear country.

If we become honest about Pakistan, and really care about doing it then we can do it in a heartbeat.  But the key is to be honest with ourselves.  The terrorists are getting funding from somewhere.  Stop that! They are buying arms and sophisticated weapons from somewhere, stop that! Why can’t the supposedly most effective intelligence agencies of our country for once work in its country’s interest, and apprehend the culprits before they kill and destroy.

How come the military of our country can effectively help Sri Lanka to overcome their decade’s long insurgency that was supported by a super powerful country, yet we cannot control a bunch of terrorists and cowards who pride in killing women and children in our own country.  What is wrong with us?  Why will we not wake up and save our people, our villages, our towns, our cities and our country! I guess when we become Pakistanis first!

If Nighat Sheikh would have just gone to Police and complained about the behavior of bus hostess, it was fine, but she became the law unto herself and not only called names to the Iqara and beaten her. Iqra also retaliated and also hit Nighat but Nighat was a heavy weight man eater lady who thrashed the Iqra. This free women wrestling in Pakistan was watched by the passengers and they sided with the Iqra which angered the MPA a lot.

Well, its good that Shahbaz Sharif took notice of the incident and abolished the case against Iqra and have ordered the investigation. But he must ensure that his party members in assemblies don’t consider themselves above law and some sort of Mughal prince and princesses. They must behave like common people and act like one and should be treated like one.

We all know that manners and friendliness is a rare commodity from the bus hostesses and the air hostesses but that’s just our society. Common people tolerate that and so Nighat has to do that too.

Malik Ibrar Hussain, who won election from Mansehra would be forests and environment minister. Yes you heard it right. They have literally put a cat to protect the milk, and an experienced hungry con cat.

It was the early spring of 1991, when my uncle was transfered to Mansehra as the assistant forest officer. Our hometown is also nearby in the Oogi area. My uncle knew that the most lucrative black money in the area was made from the illegal cutting and smuggling of the timber. The whole area is blessed with very precious and solid timber, and if done properly could bring millions of dollars to the country in revenue, while changing the destiny of the area.

This whole area is very poor and deprived and lacks basic necessities of the life. No education , no health and nothing at all for the people. The poor people are denied any share in the lucrative timber business. All that business has been hijacekd for decades by the powerful ruthless mafia, who don’t spare a second to kill if someone even mentions them.

So my uncle started the job in his second month at his job he was shot down in the leg by goons of Malik Ibrar Hussain as he tried to stop them from timber cutting in the area. He was then offered bribe and then death threats, and then he was transfered near to FR Bannu as a punishment. He wrote letters to the officers and to even ombudman, but in vain and everybody asked him to just shut up.

Now this Malik Ibrar Hussain is the forest minister in the PTI led coalition government. Can u imagine that? Imran Khan said that he would finish corruption in thirty days and this was reiterated by Pervaiz Khattak. I wonder about that claim now.

I have also written directly to the PTI secretariat in Islamabad and have also called them and told them the whole story but they say that they cannot do anything about it as it was the decision of coalition partners. The response from Peshawar PTI leaders was very disappointing too as they even didn’t listen to me.

I voted for PTI. I know that Malik Ibrar doesn’t belong to PTI, and he is from the Sherpao Party, but its the government of PTI and they are responsible. Everybody in our area is asking in muffled voices as what happened to the change and what happened to the transparency and corruption free government?

By Gul Zareen

Welcoming Tarek Mishkhas to Riyadh Engr. Soomro mentioned that Tarek Mishkhas was a proud recipient of Sitara-e-Quaid-e-Azam in 2010 - one of the highest civil awards in Pakistan. “Tariq is well known as an intellectual and a journalist-cum-writer of a high standing in the Saudi society. He is equally known and quite popular too amongst the Expatriate community, especially with the Pakistanis, for his services and contributions to Urdu News and Malyalam News”, he informed. Soomro also informed that Tarek Mishkhas has travelled widely throughout the length and breadth of Pakistan. “He is the one who actually encouraged and motivated the Saudi Writer Yusf Safrallah – to write a book on Pakistan entitled, Pakistan: The Land of Seasons and Sceneries”, he added. Engr. Soomro also mentioned that Urdu News was in fact quite popular amongst the Pakistan community. “It is popular for the basic reason that it brings news from home and makes us feel homely”, Soomro remarked.

Engr. Soomro then allowed the audience to introduce themselves to the Chief Guest.

After this brief introductory session, the floor was then handed over to Tarek Mishkhas for his address.

Tariq said he was very delighted to be amongst the Pakistani readers of Urdu News this evening. “It is always good to be amongst the readers wherein it becomes possible to get feed back about the newspaper first hand”, he mentioned. He also promised to make frequent visits to Riyadh and have similar sessions with the readers’ community in Riyadh. He informed that at Urdu News he has a dedicated team who are working hard to bring out a daily newspaper in Urdu. “You see these days it is hard to bring out dailies as most people tend to read news online. We have to incur losses and are struggling hard to cover the losses via advertisements. The revenue generated through circulation of newspapers is barely enough to meet the printing cost. And, advertisements are in fact the life line for any newspapers”, he informed the audience. He also added that despite financial difficulties, Urdu News continues to be published and shall move into the future with added number of pages and with changes for better.

After his brief talk he entertained questions from the audience. The audience took keen interest in his talk and overwhelmed him with lots of questions.

One question and few others were directed towards the content of the newspaper and the need for improvement. To this Mishkhas informed that it was his desire to bring in syndicate writers from the leading Urdu newspapers in Pakistan. “However, it is associated with costs and Urdu News cannot do that now – and may be in future we should be able to engage with some of them”, he informed. Answering a question about the closure of the Friday Urdu Magazine he mentioned that Urdu Magazine was incurring a loss of about o.5 million per year. “I know Urdu Magazine was quite popular amongst its readers but it was sheer reason of running into losses that forced us to take this harsh decision of its closure”, he informed. He however said that he was looking for some dedicated sponsor in terms of a sustained advertisement for this magazine and may be hopefully in some years this Urdu Magazine would return with all its glamour.

To another question about its distribution and no-availability at many places, he informed that he was aware of this difficulty and he would do al in his capacity and control to bring about an improvement towards that end.

He welcomed one suggestion about considering to publish one or two pages weekly in Pushto as most Pakistani taxi drivers were Pushto speaking and it was also an interesting fact that they were avid readers of Urdu news too. A question was also brought forward about the issue of its non-availability in the Saudi Airlines – both in its domestic and international flights. Tarek promised that he would look into this issue and try to make it available. In this connection it was also suggested by one that Pakistan International Airlines aka: PIA should consider entering into yearly contract with Urdu News to make this newspaper available in all its 32 flight per week to Pakistan from Riyadh, Jeddah and Dammam. Arshad Shaikh – Marketing Manager of PIA in Riyadh – promised to bring this suggestion to his upper management for their consideration and approval.

Beside the host, this reception was attended and participated by the following noted personalities of Riyadh: Choudhry Nazir Ahmed Jutt, Waseem Bajwa (newly arrived Commercial Conselor at the Embassy of Pakistan in Riyadh), Ghulam Haider Ali Khan, Sardar Razzak, Arshad Shaikh, Rana Khalid Akram, Dr. Asad Roomi, Fayyaz Khan, Muhammad Rasooldeen, Ghazanfar Ali Khan, Sanobar Sani, Zahoor Ul Hasan, Javed Iqbal, Khalid Rana, Khalid Raja, Zubair Munir, Amjad Ali Khan, Manzar Khan, Qari Aziz Ur Rehman, and Faiz Al-Najdi.

The program concluded with closing speech by the host – Engr. Tariq Soomro – and with sumptuous dinner.

My life gives me everything such as cooperative family. I have 1 brother and 3 sisters as time passes my father is no more with us this is the day when we suffers a lot our setup completely disturb but my mother behave as a great lady make her every  effort to manage everything that we cannot feel anything which make the difference between us and other.

Life is what happens at the stage when you are busy making plans for your own future. It’s the time when you feel sensitive and make someone to hold you till your last breath. I am also among those who are conscious about their future life, relations and everything. As time passes the day come whether part of my partner’s life. It’s my life most precious moment which cater my whole happiness, everything happened in a way I am so excited cooperation, outing, dinner, new things and everything changes it like a dreamy world the world which I thoughts become the part of my life. As time pass life changes the up and down are the part of my life.

Now I am also the part of ups and down which take place at every home but there are many factors which become the cause of this situation my domestic burden, lack of financial support from my family and my siblings which lives in Spain. With the passage of time the way I treated by my husband and in-laws irritates me because they always threat me that your family not supports you even your brother and sisters are in Spain. Why they always support your other family members’ we think you are not the part of your family and many other questions? Sometimes I am the one who become the victim of mentally and physically torture even at the situation I am endure with my baby which is the part of my body.

The day come when my husband go back to Malaysia but the distress of my mother-in law increases day by day even I am the part of that mistake which I never done or think. When I am with seven month back to my mother’s house by force for the delivery till my delivery n so on my husband never supports me financially even call me to know at what stage I suffered from during those days. When my daughter becomes the part of this world the world related to me. I cater my baby like my world, everything. When she was 2 month my husband post me the divorced without saying anything. That time I am in this world in real but not in actual. He even not calls me to tell what’s the actual the reason which compels him to do this act. After forcing my mother-in-law tells your first daughter is the reason which compels us to do this act now you and your daughter is not the part of our family. She straight away says live where you want. We have no more connection with you people and we are here to see now your family supports you or not and now you are no more relation with us.

Time comes in my life when I feel alone, imperfect, one who have nothing which maintain relation. Whenever I saw my daughter at that little age with label my eyes always burst into tears. If my family not supports me it’s not her fault that moment which is equal to destruction of everything.

With the passage of time, everyone knows that I am separated with my husband’s family and called as a divorcee. I start busy myself with the attachment of my daughter. I have no other aim of my life except the grooming and caring of my daughter.

When she is 2 years old my family and my relatives start doing effort for my marriage again that how I face my whole life with my daughter, how I cater her, educate her and make her future bright as a single. After that they talk here and there for my re-marriage day come when a family invited at my home to see me and my daughter. They lived also in Lahore. They accept me and my daughter as the part of their family. Once again I am with hope in my life to prove myself the best. At that time my daughter is 3 years old. My family arranged a Nikkah get to gather where my family member’s n some relatives come with their family. My family gives me dowry, gold and all other things which is the part of the routine life.

With holding hope that I prove myself among the best with that family I always cooperate with them do my routine work as time pass I know it clearly that family accepts my just for the sake of lust of money, dowry and my daughter. Like other they are also interested in my family background then me. I planned to live them but my daughter not lived with this family because I am not feeling secure towards the future of my daughter with this family I call my mother to take care of my daughter and from now she lived with you people but again a lot of issues with the passage of time and taunting, mentally and physically threat again a paper decide my future. No other way except my childhood home. Now I spend the same thing which I spend at my childhood but with my daughter. I have no reasons, explanation to tell other satisfy other that why I treated in the same way. I feel regret of everything.

Now I am the highlighted topic of my relatives again. Everyone take interest in my story to keep them enjoy and then pass to other. Even everyone at my area knows that I am among those who got second chance but having no guts to prove a good wife. My family member’s also become the part of my mentally torture and they always behave in a rude way that I am the one who can’t manage with anyone at any cost and faults lies in me. I have no explanation to satisfy anyone that how I face all this and what’s the situation, difficulties which I passed from in all that time.

In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life “it goes on”.
How, Why, where it never matters…

Analysis:
When life gives you a hundred reasons to cry, show life that you have a thousand reasons to smile.

But situation comes when you have no control on your life, happiness, joy because Divorce is something which ALMIGHTY also orders to avoid. I never observe that what the issue is, stories lies behind this word ‘Divorce’. Everyone have its own story which changes her whole life. This is my story which changes my life and also affects my daughter’s life.

I personally never observe what’s the life of divorcee from the day I passed from this phase I feel regret of everything now I am not among those who can live their life in a way they want. My daughter which is only 6 year old is also now neglected by everyone. Even my own family ignores us in every matter. When a person suffers in that situation she died in every moment in front of other eye.

The terrorists in Balochistan have made fun of the new government. While the new government was basking in their glory of giving so-called nationalist their share of government and making some middle class doctor the first time chief minister, the terrorists struck and told the idiots in ruling elite that they least care and they are ready to take the head on and that’s what they did. Those who want to talk doesn’t do what they did in Quetta yesterday.

Attacking the girls, women, kids, and the innocent people in markets is nothing new for the terrorists and that’s how they spread their terrorism. From Malala’s attack to this attack on the girls of Balochistan’s only women university are the parts of the same chain. And then as usual they occupied the emergency ward where the injured were expected and also blasted it. Just imagine the agony and fear of those who first suffered the trauma of first attack and then saw the second one in the hospital where they were supposed to get relief.

Information Minister Pervaiz Rashed and interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan should no imitate Qamaruzzaman Kaira and Rehman Malik and must understand that this bleeding cannot go on and they have to strike at the terrorist with the same ruthlessness and impunity and without any mercy. They need to utilize those nukes against the enemy. Those are not decoration pieces. We won’t survive if this go on and we must understand that these terrorists are biggest enemy of Pakistan, even bigger than India or Satan.

It is also being said that its clear that the target was the Quaid-e-Azam’s residency and there are reports of explosives material being planted around the building and near it. The message is clear but it’s unclear as from where it’s coming. Either this has been carried out by the BLA, the Balochistan Liberation Army or our agencies are trying to threaten Malik Baloch.

Abdul Malik Baloch and agencies/FC role is mutually exclusive in Balochistan. One has to bow down or quit. There are only two ways forward. One way is that the agencies and FC stop their operation and stop kidnapping Baloch people and producing their bullet ridden and tortured corpses and let Malik Baloch handle the situation peacefully through dialogue. The second way is that agencies don’t stop and Malik Baloch stops to be the CM.

The results of the first way have been seen in the form of Bangladesh already, but security agencies don’t seem to get it. Still even after the new government they are keeping their old ways and ignoring the new dispensation and its priorities. I have a suspicion that this rocket attack on Ziarat residency is not work of Baloch dissidents. This is a message to the Malik Baloch from the security forces.