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MILITANCY IS NOW IN EVERY PAKISTANI.... LETTER TO PM
MILITANCY IS NOW IN “EVERY PAKISTANI” WE DON’T HAVE TO IMPORT ENEMIES
It is high time we call spade a spade and stop behaving like “Holy Cows” to face the above reality. Whoever said Delhi Doorest at least knew that the enemy was coming. Unfortunately we cannot even say that in Islamabad as the government and the media is totally mindless about the advancing enemy. Today militancy has taken birth in every Pakistani which is in the shape of revolution. However if this revolution is concluded by the Taliban and the insurgents, it will sadly take us to caves.
We didn’t have to import enemies to take us to the militant mindset. A good example is the manner Dr. Niaz Khan and I have been treated in offering a home grown economic package to the government that will make the country self reliant in economy and gain self respect. When the finance minister took over, he was very different to the other ministers whose mobiles are carried by their touts. He would answer his mobile calls and speak with lot of humility. He invited us for presentation without my requesting a third person to speak to him. At our cost we made several visits from abroad and stayed in Islamabad at our expense. Despite the fact that he shouted at us in all the presentations, he later regretted. I even judged and wrote to him that an angel was born in a devil’s house. I became his well wisher. Least did I know that the devilish system in corridor of power would soon have a hypnotic affect to take away his good qualities of humility, honesty and conscious. Some time ago he would respond to provocation but now it is total darkness. Since we have made so much expense and made a formal presentation, he is duty bound to respond. He is not even implementing what his IMF planted colleagues (to whom we made the presentation) have recommended to test the package at micro level. He now does not attend to my phones nor is giving me a reply whether he wishes to implement or not.
I have narrated the above story to highlight and prove that how we treat our fellow countrymen who wish to help the country in giving economic self reliance and self respect. Instead we have given preference to humiliation and begging whether it is Kerry/Lugar bill or IMF. When the finance minister is questioned for such preference, he feels humiliated.
I have personally requested the opposition Mr. Nawaz Sharif, Imran Khan and Sh. Rashid Ahmed (who appears in so many talk shows), MQM, ANP for support to put pressure on Mr. Tarin and government. I have written to anchors like Shahid Masood, Hamid Khan, Talat Hussain, Nusrat Jawaid, Nadeem Malik and journalists Ansar Abbasi in the hope that I will get media support once again to put pressure. I have even written to the Chief Justice and Army Chief with the same intent. Every day, the politicians and media are blasting on electronic and print media to finding a home grown solution to our economic crises but would not support a solution that is lying at our door step.
The above is just one example that would make any person go crazy. Let me add to this the sugar crises, atta crises, load shedding, blasts that are not only taking human lives but destroying the lively hood of the poor businessmen. While the above is pulling the nation to a revolution that is now visible in the form of insurgency, our elected leaders and the parliament are busy with NRO. The government, finance minister and the army seem to be totally oblivious to the fact that the current insurgency may long for more than 10 years. Are we going to fight this with borrowed money? Since our inception we faced the BD system of Ayub Khan, we faced the breakup of Pakistan by Yahya Khan, we faced the gun culture of Zia Ul Haq but we are very afraid to face a small test of our economic package in a city that will lead us to make us stand on our feet.
Prime Minister Sahib, despite your restriction, you have made several bold/good decisions in national interest in the past one year. To name some is the restoration of Chief justice, re-instating Punjab government and now the decision on NRO. Therefore I will request you to take one more bold decision that will save the nation from the catastrophic revolution that will one day reach Islamabad. A military victory will not be a total victory as the insurgency will continue to bleed us to our death. Our only survival lies in the economic package as it will restore the economic plight of the common man that will reverse the revolution and Mr. Tarin is aware and has been well briefed.
We may reverse the internal militancy but we will have to face the militancy around us in the region. I am attaching a letter I have written to President Obama and regional ambassadors that carries a region solution.
Sikander H Shah
P O Box 4277 Sharjah, Mobile (97150) 5396967, Fax (9716) 5626004
PERFECT SOLUTION TO WAR ON TERROR AND NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION
Following President Bush’s tenure, there was a genuine realization and desire amongst the American people for a change to undo their image in the world. To prove such a desire to the world, they elected a Black American for the first time in their history. The Nobel Committee award for peace to Mr. Obama may have been in a hurry but the decision will strongly support the American choice for a “Change”. I am writing this letter in the same spirit in the hope that the implementation of the contents of my letter will bring a global “Change” for peace that will also add credence to his Noble award.
If we look into the history of peace and development, it took its birth from the ashes of wars. The Second World War and Vietnam can be good examples to quote. South West Asia has been in a grip of war since the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. It is now high time that South West Asia should rise from the ashes of its regional war. A slow birth of peace has taken place from Iraq and a move towards such a goal should be contemplated in Afghanistan and Pakistan. It is important to understand that so far a divided strategic interest of the regional and major powers are pursuing more destabilization, blood bath and drain on resources.
Unfortunately there is no coherent movement on the horizon that will change the direction in the region towards peace and development. The situation has become so precarious that a US withdrawal will spell a disaster for the region by giving Al Qaeda and Taliban a safe region to permit every global evil. Pakistan has already become a target of such an evil. On the other hand a prolong occupation of US / NATO troops will continue to transform public opinion against occupation forces. This will further strengthen Al Qaeda and Taliban in gorilla warfare.
What message is being spelled out from all the above. US / NATO have to bring a big change in their regional objectives of China containment and monitoring that was originally conceived. Mr. Obama has to think far beyond Kerry/Lugar bill and “SURGE” proposed by the US commander in Afghanistan. I am aware that President Obama and his advisors are at logger head to find a solution.
The whole mindset has to be revotionalized to contemplate on a Marshal Plan that will contribute to a creation of an economic block of South West Asia. A collective regional union of countries to include the subcontinent, China, Iran and Afghanistan with US investment will be a very powerful message for the insurgents to survive. It will also provide an opportunity to US/NATO forces to pull out of the region. A regional assault on the insurgents will be considered indigenous and public opinion will remain with assault forces resulting in further weakening of insurgency.
The Marshal plan I referred to earlier will reflect a US, NATO and Russian investment in the region. There is also a global need to provide alternate option of economy (in consumers) to the US that heavily depends on its military hardware for its economy to run. The emerging economy will convert the region into peace protected by three nuclear powers. Once Iran will come under the union umbrella, there will be automatic pressure in stopping Iran to go nuclear as such a protection will be available to them within the union. Once the global economic union will cement, there may not be any need to keep nuclear weapons in future. The smaller deprived nations in the region will also be given a proportionate opportunity to rise economically. South West Asia with its population of 3.5 billion people will become a global epic centre of world economy. The enormous money that is being wasted in fighting the war and the human losses will be spared and converted into an era of peace with a global income for every one. South West Asia economic union can be regionally extended unto Turkey, Jordon and Israel and this will further open the door towards Israel/ Palestine peace that cannot be covered in this paper.
To bring the final curtain on Al Qaeda and Taliban, a global security council resolution has to be passed in condemnation to send a clear message that there is now no future for them.
Mr. President you would have ushered a new global era of peace for the first time in the world. The Noble Committee would be proud that they did not make any mistake in giving you the award. Global economy will also generate a new era towards destruction and against proliferation of nuclear weapons. I am sure it must be conceded that a plan can best be implemented by the one who conceived it.
Sikander H Shah
P O Box 4277 Sharjah UAE Mobile (97150) 5396967)
If we look into the history of peace and development, it took its birth from the ashes of wars. The Second World War and Vietnam can be good examples to quote. South West Asia has been in a grip of war since the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. It is now high time that South West Asia should rise from the ashes of its regional war. A slow birth of peace has taken place from Iraq and a move towards such a goal should be contemplated in Afghanistan and Pakistan. It is important to understand that so far a divided strategic interest of the regional and major powers are pursuing more destabilization, blood bath and drain on resources.
Unfortunately there is no coherent movement on the horizon that will change the direction in the region towards peace and development. The situation has become so precarious that a US withdrawal will spell a disaster for the region by giving Al Qaeda and Taliban a safe region to permit every global evil. Pakistan has already become a target of such an evil. On the other hand a prolong occupation of US / NATO troops will continue to transform public opinion against occupation forces. This will further strengthen Al Qaeda and Taliban in gorilla warfare.
What message is being spelled out from all the above. US / NATO have to bring a big change in their regional objectives of China containment and monitoring that was originally conceived. Mr. Obama has to think far beyond Kerry/Lugar bill and “SURGE” proposed by the US commander in Afghanistan. I am aware that President Obama and his advisors are at logger head to find a solution.
The whole mindset has to be revotionalized to contemplate on a Marshal Plan that will contribute to a creation of an economic block of South West Asia. A collective regional union of countries to include the subcontinent, China, Iran and Afghanistan with US investment will be a very powerful message for the insurgents to survive. It will also provide an opportunity to US/NATO forces to pull out of the region. A regional assault on the insurgents will be considered indigenous and public opinion will remain with assault forces resulting in further weakening of insurgency.
The Marshal plan I referred to earlier will reflect a US, NATO and Russian investment in the region. There is also a global need to provide alternate option of economy (in consumers) to the US that heavily depends on its military hardware for its economy to run. The emerging economy will convert the region into peace protected by three nuclear powers. Once Iran will come under the union umbrella, there will be automatic pressure in stopping Iran to go nuclear as such a protection will be available to them within the union. Once the global economic union will cement, there may not be any need to keep nuclear weapons in future. The smaller deprived nations in the region will also be given a proportionate opportunity to rise economically. South West Asia with its population of 3.5 billion people will become a global epic centre of world economy. The enormous money that is being wasted in fighting the war and the human losses will be spared and converted into an era of peace with a global income for every one. South West Asia economic union can be regionally extended unto Turkey, Jordon and Israel and this will further open the door towards Israel/ Palestine peace that cannot be covered in this paper.
To bring the final curtain on Al Qaeda and Taliban, a global security council resolution has to be passed in condemnation to send a clear message that there is now no future for them.
Mr. President you would have ushered a new global era of peace for the first time in the world. The Noble Committee would be proud that they did not make any mistake in giving you the award. Global economy will also generate a new era towards destruction and against proliferation of nuclear weapons. I am sure it must be conceded that a plan can best be implemented by the one who conceived it.
Sikander H Shah
P O Box 4277 Sharjah UAE Mobile (97150) 5396967)
Dhir Kot Road presents very pathetic look nowadays
This is sad story of a road of Azad Kashmir which is called Kohala
Dhir Kot Road in District Bagh which presents a very pathetic look
nowadays. This road was constructed by local people in 1947 and 1948
to combat Indian forces which occupied major area of Kashmir in 1947.
This road helped Mujahideen a lot. But it is very sad that the road
was neglected in past. However, Sardar Atiq Ahmad after becoming Prime
Minster of Azad Kashmir started its widening and alignment. He ordered
its digging on war footing from Kohala to Dhir Kot but he was ousted
from the premiership in January 2009 through a no confidence move by
the legislative Assembly of Azad Kashmir. It is very sad again that
the work on this road was stopped by the new government of Sardar
Yaqub Khan. This speaks of some kind of misunderstanding in the mind
of the new Prime Minster of Azad Kashmir.
People of this area request the new Prime Minster of Azad Kashmir to
immediately restart work on this road so that it may be able to be
used for smooth transportation. This will create a lot of goodwill for
Sardar Yaqub Khan’s government in minds of people who face tremendous
problems while passing through this road. This is just 30 Kilometer
road. There are other roads in Azad Kashmir as well where people are
complaining of same situation. If we are in an age of development as
claimed by people at helm of affairs all these roads should be made
useable for commuters.
Syed Muzammil Hussain
Chaman Kot
Azad Kashmir
0301 5030533
Dhir Kot Road in District Bagh which presents a very pathetic look
nowadays. This road was constructed by local people in 1947 and 1948
to combat Indian forces which occupied major area of Kashmir in 1947.
This road helped Mujahideen a lot. But it is very sad that the road
was neglected in past. However, Sardar Atiq Ahmad after becoming Prime
Minster of Azad Kashmir started its widening and alignment. He ordered
its digging on war footing from Kohala to Dhir Kot but he was ousted
from the premiership in January 2009 through a no confidence move by
the legislative Assembly of Azad Kashmir. It is very sad again that
the work on this road was stopped by the new government of Sardar
Yaqub Khan. This speaks of some kind of misunderstanding in the mind
of the new Prime Minster of Azad Kashmir.
People of this area request the new Prime Minster of Azad Kashmir to
immediately restart work on this road so that it may be able to be
used for smooth transportation. This will create a lot of goodwill for
Sardar Yaqub Khan’s government in minds of people who face tremendous
problems while passing through this road. This is just 30 Kilometer
road. There are other roads in Azad Kashmir as well where people are
complaining of same situation. If we are in an age of development as
claimed by people at helm of affairs all these roads should be made
useable for commuters.
Syed Muzammil Hussain
Chaman Kot
Azad Kashmir
0301 5030533