The overseas contingent, majority of them are just like common people in Pakistan, hardworking with families and ties to Pakistan and I still maintain they are more Pakistanis than some nut jobs and traitors like you Mamoon. You think overseas Pakistanis such as [MENTION=9]Saj[/MENTION] and [MENTION=93712]MenInG[/MENTION] show fake love? Grow up!
Corruption is there in PTI too, 100% agreed, but I refuse to believe that majority of them are corrupt, including their leader Imran Khan. He is honest and is not from the political family elite of Pakistan unlike Sharifs and Zardaris. He is an outsider and that what bothers a lot of Politicians. Atleast he doesn't have billions of tax payers money stored in offshore accounts. Musharraf left the country in a better economic state than the 90s Bhutto-Sharif era, and look what your quaid zardari and sharif did afterwards, "destroyed Pakistan" is an understatement.
One thing I agree is that India and BD left Pakistan behind, thanks to your quad's corruption. India BD has trade surplus, they export more than they import. You can google the data, but just look since 2008, our exports have declined, until just last year. Now who is to blame for that? If you think from an open mind, you will know.
Military indeed was the issue in the political circle. Can you provide a good evidence that they're in political circle right now? I have been following Pakistan politics for the last 40 years, and this is the first time I am seeing Military being neutral and out of political circle. So if you don't have the evidence that they're in the political circle now, it is better not to spread lies and misinformation.
There is no need to go crying to the mods by tagging them. We are not in grade 2.
Military dictators always leave the country in a better economic state because of playing a mercenary role for the U.S.
Ayub, Zia and Musharraf all sold themselves to the U.S. during the Cold War and WoT in exchange of U.S. aid. It provided an artificial boost to our economy but it is not a sustainable model.
For sustainable economic growth and development, Pakistan needs to get the military out of the political economy. Pakistan needs to look at what India have done in the last 70+ years and learn from them.
As far as the honesty of Imran is concerned, if he is the self-proclaimed saint that he and his supporters claim to be, he would not be running away from his foreign funding case for 5+ years and his party would not be demanding secrecy in investigations.
If you have nothing to hide and have no skeletons in the closet, you do not run away and you publicize the investigations because it is another opportunity to prove your honesty.
If Imran was honest, he would not be using the sugar mafia head and certified fraud like Jahangir Tareen as the chief financier of his election campaign.
Naya Pakistan is built on black money of the various mafias. We keep hearing about a new mafia every 6 months and then we find out that these mafia leaders are Imran’s buddies.
The military will always be involved in Pakistan politics. They can never be neutral because it goes against the strategic culture of Pakistan. The only difference is that post Musharraf, they have changed their strategy and are running the show from behind the curtains.
They supported Nawaz in 2013 and they ditched him when he started to interfere with the India policy and became “Modi ka yaar”. The Panama Leaks was just a convenient smokescreen; Nawaz’s time was up anyway because he was a threat to Pakistan’s foreign policy which is determined by the military leadership.
Imran is their latest pawn and if they feel that Imran is now a threat to their interests, they will chuck him out. All these foreign funding cases and other allegations against him will be used against him when the time is right.
Pakistan’s strategic culture centers around keeping the military the most powerful and influential institution in the country. As a result, they are deeply involved not only in politics but also in the economy.
The Pakistan PM and the COAS do not have the same relationship that the Indian PM and COAS do. In Pakistan, the PM is subservient to the COAS.
Look at what happened in 2019 when King Bajwa was desperate to hold onto his throne and refused to retire with dignity. The constitution was amended to extend his tenure when there was no valid justification for it. Not only in Imran but other parties were also willing to sign on the amendment act because they know which side of the toast they need to butter.
PMLN agreed to sign on the act because Bajwa made a deal with them that allowed Nawaz to leave jail and go to London, leaving Imran humiliated.
While Imran was mocking Nawaz and asking his supporters if he should allow him an air-conditioner in his prison cell, Bajwa was making a deal behind Imran’s back and made Imran look weak and powerless.
Bajwa had no regard for the interests and the image of the government and the promises it made to the public regarding keeping Nawaz and co. in jail. They only thing he cared about is power.
The ex-COAS Raheel Sharif is now working for the Saudi government. Is this even constitutional? How is it justified to have a former COAS work for a foreign country? The COAS has state secrets and access to sensitive information that even the PM does not have.
After doing record corruption during his tenure, Raheel Sharif has ended up in KSA because of his endless greed for money, and there is no one to hold him accountable or question him.
It is a myth that the military is not involved in politics anymore. It is simply a part of their propaganda that has shaped the narrative of Pakistan since the death of Quaid-e-Azam which created a power vaccum that was filled by the military establishment.
Whenever the military and the federal government appear to be on the “same page”, the page number is decided by the military.
Pakistan’s biggest problem has never been corruption; it is the hegemony of the military establishment. They have and continue to hold the country back from prosperity and economic growth.
