February 20, 2008...6:32 pm
Don’t Look Back in Anger
by kinkminos
phew!
An election!
A General Election at that!
Not, however, a General’s Election. At least not to the extent that all of us priggish pettifoggers had predicted.
Shaheed Benazir and Ghazi Nawaz have won a significant (but perhaps not significant enough) majority of parliamentary seats. Apart from the terrifying spectre of sorry Brother Asif as First Minister, that’s a good thing, no? The King is dead. Long live the King!
So what are we, or rather they going to do now? Perhaps consult navigational charts to see what needs to be done to correct the direction of the ship of state? Yeah, right!
More likely stiffen their right index fingers with a heavy dose of 100mg Viagra and wag them at villains past. Wow! i can’t wait for the orgasmic catharsis of yet newly formed accountability bureaus to work their cleansing magic.
When are we going to stop looking back in anger? When are our poilticains [sic] going to stop basing their manifestos on the philosophy of rooting out evils past and start focusing on what needs to be done in the future?
The biggest problem, bar none, with military intervention in our affairs of state is that it has the effect of f**king up the electoral process to the extent that all anybody has to do to win an election is to promise the ouster of the military from the political sphere.
Ok.
Then what???
i don’t hear anybody talking about “education of the masses” as a cure for our ills. About widening the tax net. About providing a safe, healthy economic environment as a way to nullify the lure of quasi-religious extremism.
The election is over. In my humble opinion those who boycotted it deserve to be consigned to some form of Dantean hell. Cos the only thing that will pull us out of the morass of political purgatory is the participation in the electoral process of all parties who wish to see democracy take root in Pakistan. This process will take ten, twenty, thirty years… if the process is allowed to continue unimpeded by our so-called uniformed saviours.
Having said that, i still retain warm feelings towards the erstwhile General. Don’t ask me why. i don’t know. Perhaps the result should speak for itself.
8 Comments
February 20, 2008 at 7:01 pm
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February 20, 2008 at 10:37 pm
hehe
politicains?
as good as k(h)akistocrats
February 21, 2008 at 4:56 am
but the PPP says they’re revenge will be Democracy, surely you can give him er them credit for that.
When asked about economy, he mentioned Microsoft and stock options?!?! as the solution to our economic problems.
Oh and I was fortunate enough to view the show “Great Debate” where the debtors - candidates of each party were asked their opinion and policy regarding education. the question was to the effect that
“UN recommends a minimum of 4% of GDP to be spent on education, what will your govt. do…”
Here is how they answered:
PPP: we will spend 4.25 % of GDP on education
PML-Q: we wanted to bur err umm…4% eh? ok we will spend 4.5% on education.
MQM: 4.75%
ANP: 5%
JUI: blah blah blah..
February 21, 2008 at 10:03 am
As far as I am aware, Imran Khan was the only person who mentioned education but since he boycotted the election he deserves to be consigned to the inferno
‘ALI: Pretend by some magic, you’ve become Pakistan’s Prime Minster, and you’re given control and autonomy. What would be the first immediate steps and actions you would take to change Pakistan’s current course?
KHAN: I would first of all have rule of law and institutionalize the independence of the judiciary. Secondly, I would have an education emergency in Pakistan. Thirdly, I would have an employment emergency. Finally, I would change the economic policies to change it from an elitist system, but change it to make sure that the priority becomes the common man: the bottom 40% of the population.’
More here: http://counterpunch.org/ali02182008.html
February 22, 2008 at 3:06 am
Oh come on Kinkminos! Have a heart yaar! Can we please stop being cynical for a change and just enjoy the moment. After all we have voted out a bunch of absolute @#$%^&^.
I for one am optimistic that things may take a turn for the better now. I choose not to have any other choice.
February 22, 2008 at 8:52 am
@T: ho ho ho… our boys in *cacky* are the true “feudals” in this day and age.
@shez: good to see you’re alive and kicking… and boli lagaoing.
@cubano: poor immi kaka seems to be all at sea in a rubber dinghy. can someone please dhl him an oar or two?
@nuzhat: your point about optimism is well taken. however i cannot bring myself to be happy simply cos a bunch of effing cutthroats have been voted out in favour of infamous bands of marauding brigands. the point i was trying to make is that i accept the results of this election a) cos it seems to have been for the most part “free and fair” and b) cos only a succession of elections can succeed in weeding out the aforementioned qazzaq brigade. having said that, there’s no shortage of scoundrels in india, despite their impressive record, vis a vis pakistan, in the electioneering field. just think laloo, m.g.r., jayalalitha, narendra modi, babubhai katara, waghaira waghaira.
February 22, 2008 at 6:25 pm
Free and Fair…. in Karachi. Oh yes ji yes.
80,000 registered voters, and MQM gets 100,000 votes from it!
In another constituency, MQM gets ALL the votes! The other candidates get ZERO votes, i.e. even their kith and kin didn’t vote
wah ji wah
Balle Balle
Elections are great! Long live Democracy! 2 donkeys are better than one horse, and 3 badmashes with TTs are better than 30,000 people.
Free & Fair free & fair. Why? Cos ‘Bhutto’ won?
February 23, 2008 at 7:33 am
dear sir or madam, you surely have not the foggiest idea (how could you) of the extent of my, shall we say, *warm* feelings towards members of the buttho klan, including his highness, the erstwhile prince consort.
i hope you will allow me the liberty of directing your attention to the following pieces of random ravings and drivel:
Why BB must stay - 28.10.07
Hanh mein Musa… - 22.10.07
In memoriam - A.A. on B.B.
A short walk at the crossroads
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