http://www.pkhope.com/ppp-and-zardari-are-here-to-stay/ A Candid Blog Thu, 24 May 2012 23:31:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.pkhope.com/ppp-and-zardari-are-here-to-stay/comment-page-1/#comment-1075007 Zaigham Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:06:45 +0000 http://www.pakspectator.com/?p=21692#comment-1075007 The Pakistani nation is tired of moving from crisis to crisis. Crises of all hues and nature from energy, wheat, sugar, water, and security crises to judicial and political crises — form the routine diet of the hapless people of Pakistan. Unfortunately, we are now in the thick of another one. A purely technical matter has been turned into a political issue. The balm of reconciliation extended to the nation by the two major political parties and archrivals of the past, seemed to be evaporating fast as Nawaz Sharif shed his mild-mannered posture toward the president and painted him in the darkest of hues. The country stands divided so deeply for the first time after the civilian government assumed office. It does not augur well for democracy and the country. The attitudes on display have the tendency to promote opposition for the sake of opposition, which marred politics during the 1990s and finally paved the way for the military to intervene in the guise of a saviour. We need no saviours except those that have been elected by the people of Pakistan. We cannot afford a derailing of the system. Our security and economic condition does not allow another traumatic round of mid-term elections. Catering for petty political interests will not serve the purpose of democracy, which is threatened more by these kinds of dissension in society than by any one person or his notification, which is the subject of equally convincing opposing interpretations, depending on which side you are on. It is for the government and the judiciary to work out an amicable solution to the problem, which is not as big or intractable as the Kashmir issue economy issue and other challenges. The Pakistani nation is tired of moving from crisis to crisis. Crises of all hues and nature from energy, wheat, sugar, water, and security crises to judicial and political crises — form the routine diet of the hapless people of Pakistan. Unfortunately, we are now in the thick of another one. A purely technical matter has been turned into a political issue. The balm of reconciliation extended to the nation by the two major political parties and archrivals of the past, seemed to be evaporating fast as Nawaz Sharif shed his mild-mannered posture toward the president and painted him in the darkest of hues. The country stands divided so deeply for the first time after the civilian government assumed office. It does not augur well for democracy and the country. The attitudes on display have the tendency to promote opposition for the sake of opposition, which marred politics during the 1990s and finally paved the way for the military to intervene in the guise of a saviour. We need no saviours except those that have been elected by the people of Pakistan. We cannot afford a derailing of the system. Our security and economic condition does not allow another traumatic round of mid-term elections. Catering for petty political interests will not serve the purpose of democracy, which is threatened more by these kinds of dissension in society than by any one person or his notification, which is the subject of equally convincing opposing interpretations, depending on which side you are on. It is for the government and the judiciary to work out an amicable solution to the problem, which is not as big or intractable as the Kashmir issue economy issue and other challenges.

]]> http://www.pkhope.com/ppp-and-zardari-are-here-to-stay/comment-page-1/#comment-1074835 khalid humayun Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:48:41 +0000 http://www.pakspectator.com/?p=21692#comment-1074835 Well said Fatima! I have nothing to add. Well said Fatima! I have nothing to add.

]]> http://www.pkhope.com/ppp-and-zardari-are-here-to-stay/comment-page-1/#comment-1071165 Fatima Alvi Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:50:50 +0000 http://www.pakspectator.com/?p=21692#comment-1071165 The Pakistani nation is tired of moving from crisis to crisis. Crises of all hues and nature from energy, wheat, sugar, water, and security crises to judicial and political crises — form the routine diet of the hapless people of Pakistan. Unfortunately, we are now in the thick of another one. A purely technical matter has been turned into a political issue. The balm of reconciliation extended to the nation by the two major political parties and archrivals of the past, seemed to be evaporating fast as Nawaz Sharif shed his mild-mannered posture toward the president and painted him in the darkest of hues. The country stands divided so deeply for the first time after the civilian government assumed office. It does not augur well for democracy and the country. The attitudes on display have the tendency to promote opposition for the sake of opposition, which marred politics during the 1990s and finally paved the way for the military to intervene in the guise of a saviour. We need no saviours except those that have been elected by the people of Pakistan. We cannot afford a derailing of the system. Our security and economic condition does not allow another traumatic round of mid-term elections. Catering for petty political interests will not serve the purpose of democracy, which is threatened more by these kinds of dissension in society than by any one person or his notification, which is the subject of equally convincing opposing interpretations, depending on which side you are on. It is for the government and the judiciary to work out an amicable solution to the problem, which is not as big or intractable as the Kashmir issue economy issue and other challenges The Pakistani nation is tired of moving from crisis to crisis. Crises of all hues and nature from energy, wheat, sugar, water, and security crises to judicial and political crises — form the routine diet of the hapless people of Pakistan. Unfortunately, we are now in the thick of another one. A purely technical matter has been turned into a political issue. The balm of reconciliation extended to the nation by the two major political parties and archrivals of the past, seemed to be evaporating fast as Nawaz Sharif shed his mild-mannered posture toward the president and painted him in the darkest of hues. The country stands divided so deeply for the first time after the civilian government assumed office. It does not augur well for democracy and the country. The attitudes on display have the tendency to promote opposition for the sake of opposition, which marred politics during the 1990s and finally paved the way for the military to intervene in the guise of a saviour. We need no saviours except those that have been elected by the people of Pakistan. We cannot afford a derailing of the system. Our security and economic condition does not allow another traumatic round of mid-term elections. Catering for petty political interests will not serve the purpose of democracy, which is threatened more by these kinds of dissension in society than by any one person or his notification, which is the subject of equally convincing opposing interpretations, depending on which side you are on. It is for the government and the judiciary to work out an amicable solution to the problem, which is not as big or intractable as the Kashmir issue economy issue and other challenges

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