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"Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and I say openly that this is present government is constructed on the basis of Forms 47. That PTI had the more votes, seats and legitimacy": Miftah Ismail
I trust you have competence and financial integrity; I also expected you to show intellectual honesty and moral courage. But you elected not to. You know neither I nor
S. Khaqan Abbasi was guilty of any financial corruption. Asad Umer knew it; as Engro Chairman he had bid a much higher price for this terminal. Imran Khan knew it. Yet your leader and party chose to persecute us and all of you stood silently. Even today you couldn’t bring yourself to say you guys were wrong and should never have done it. Introspection and self-criticism is not easy, but it is necessary.
Today your party is under the hammer. Some of which you brought onto yourselves by riding the shoulders of the establishment and curtailing political space for all political actors. And you know it, but won’t admit it.
Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and I say openly that this is present government is constructed on the basis of Forms 47. That PTI had the more votes, seats and legitimacy. We have openly said that the people involved in the May 9 attacks must only be prosecuted and not persecuted, cases of under-trial prisoners should be resolved forthwith and that women prisoners, who are entitled to bail under our laws, should be given bail.
I have ridiculed on tv the Iddat case and the ToshaKhana asset mis-declaration case. But I cannot in good conscience say that deliberate undervaluation of ToshaKhana watches was not corrupt or giving Baharia Town £190 million in exchange for certain gifts was anything but corrupt. I think in your heart you too agree to this.
I and Shahid Khaqan Abbasi have raised our voices and told the truth. Have you?
You want a Naya Pakistan? Start with saying the 2014 Dharna was wrong and anti-democratic. Say that kicking out Mian Nawaz Sharif for not taking Director’s fees was wrong. Say jailing many innocent PMLN and PPP leaders was wrong. Before you give sermons to others about condemning oppression, admit to your part in oppressing others.
You want the establishment to not be part of politics? Stop saying you will only talk to them. Talk to your political opponents. Think of them as your political adversaries and not your enemies. When you try to rob them of their legitimacy, you destroy your own space.
Peaceful protests are your right. Absolutely; but you guys are no longer the ladlas. Others have taken that spot. So engage in peaceful protests and don’t think you can now get away with what you could in the past.
Yours is by far the biggest political party in Pakistan. Keep looking only to the people of Pakistan. Don’t look for shortcuts again. Power can come and go. But honour once lost cannot be regained.
Allah says in Surah e Ash-Sharh
فَإِنَّ مَعَ ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا -إِنَّ مَعَ ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًۭا- فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَٱنصَبْ- وَإِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَٱرْغَب
“So, surely with hardship comes ease. Surely with that hardship comes more ease. So once you have fulfilled your duty, strive in devotion. Turning to your Lord alone with hope.”
May Allah guide us all and eases our hardships.
The worst thing that could happen to someone is to be falsely accused of a crime & have to go through character assassination campaigns & the hardships of trials.
But Miftah Bhai, you didn’t raise a voice for thousands falsely accused/imprisoned/tortured post 9th may as well.
I trust you have competence and financial integrity; I also expected you to show intellectual honesty and moral courage. But you elected not to. You know neither I nor
S. Khaqan Abbasi was guilty of any financial corruption. Asad Umer knew it; as Engro Chairman he had bid a much higher price for this terminal. Imran Khan knew it. Yet your leader and party chose to persecute us and all of you stood silently. Even today you couldn’t bring yourself to say you guys were wrong and should never have done it. Introspection and self-criticism is not easy, but it is necessary.
Today your party is under the hammer. Some of which you brought onto yourselves by riding the shoulders of the establishment and curtailing political space for all political actors. And you know it, but won’t admit it.
Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and I say openly that this is present government is constructed on the basis of Forms 47. That PTI had the more votes, seats and legitimacy. We have openly said that the people involved in the May 9 attacks must only be prosecuted and not persecuted, cases of under-trial prisoners should be resolved forthwith and that women prisoners, who are entitled to bail under our laws, should be given bail.
I have ridiculed on tv the Iddat case and the ToshaKhana asset mis-declaration case. But I cannot in good conscience say that deliberate undervaluation of ToshaKhana watches was not corrupt or giving Baharia Town £190 million in exchange for certain gifts was anything but corrupt. I think in your heart you too agree to this.
I and Shahid Khaqan Abbasi have raised our voices and told the truth. Have you?
You want a Naya Pakistan? Start with saying the 2014 Dharna was wrong and anti-democratic. Say that kicking out Mian Nawaz Sharif for not taking Director’s fees was wrong. Say jailing many innocent PMLN and PPP leaders was wrong. Before you give sermons to others about condemning oppression, admit to your part in oppressing others.
You want the establishment to not be part of politics? Stop saying you will only talk to them. Talk to your political opponents. Think of them as your political adversaries and not your enemies. When you try to rob them of their legitimacy, you destroy your own space.
Peaceful protests are your right. Absolutely; but you guys are no longer the ladlas. Others have taken that spot. So engage in peaceful protests and don’t think you can now get away with what you could in the past.
Yours is by far the biggest political party in Pakistan. Keep looking only to the people of Pakistan. Don’t look for shortcuts again. Power can come and go. But honour once lost cannot be regained.
Allah says in Surah e Ash-Sharh
فَإِنَّ مَعَ ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا -إِنَّ مَعَ ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًۭا- فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَٱنصَبْ- وَإِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَٱرْغَب
“So, surely with hardship comes ease. Surely with that hardship comes more ease. So once you have fulfilled your duty, strive in devotion. Turning to your Lord alone with hope.”
May Allah guide us all and eases our hardships.
The worst thing that could happen to someone is to be falsely accused of a crime & have to go through character assassination campaigns & the hardships of trials.
But Miftah Bhai, you didn’t raise a voice for thousands falsely accused/imprisoned/tortured post 9th may as well.
