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“Pakistan’s February 8th, 2024 Sham Elections” Under the Gun Point of the Corrupt to the Cores Army Generals, Election Commission, Politicians and Judges

The One & Only AND The Legend of Legends: Imran Khan! Pakistan’s Most Popular Political Party PTI’s Most Popular Leader is in Jail Due to Bogus Politically Motivated Cases

A top Pakistani political party is subjected to a harsh crackdown ahead of national elections. Its members are harassed, abducted, and arrested. Media outlets are pressured not to cover any of the party’s activities, and critics of this repression are silenced. The party’s top leader is given a long jail sentence on the eve of the polls.

This was the situation for the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) in 2018. Today, the PML-N is contesting Pakistan’s Feb. 8 elections with no problems, and it is former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party that is receiving this treatment. Hundreds of PTI supporters have been arrested, the party’s top leadership is hollowed out, and the already-imprisoned Khan received three new sentences within 10 days of Thursday’s vote.

Thanks to court rulings, the PTI is reduced to fielding candidates as independents, who are denied the use of the party’s symbol (a cricket bat) on the ballot in a country with a 40 percent illiteracy rate. The PTI’s plight is an especially intense manifestation of a long-running pattern in Pakistan: The all-powerful military uses a range of tactics to shape the electoral environment in ways that weaken the parties it doesn’t want in power.

What has happened in the lead-up to the Feb. 8 elections is not new, but the backdrop it has played out against may be unique. The country is facing a convergence of acute crises: economic stress so severe that the upper classes are feeling the pinch, upsurges in terrorism, worsening border tensions, and dangerous levels of political polarization. Pakistanis’ pessimism about the economy, elections, and safety is at the highest levels in years.

“Pakistan on Edge As ‘Old Corrupt to their Cores Dynasties Vie For Power’ and Populist Imran Khan Languishes in Prison Due to Baseless Politically Motivated Cases”

The confrontation between Khan and the military leadership has been aggressive and sometimes violent. Khan blamed the military for orchestrating his ouster in a parliamentary no-confidence vote in April 2022. After being targeted in an assassination attempt that November, he escalated his campaign against the military establishment, leveling allegations against senior security officials and calling them out by name—practically unheard of from a former prime minister.

After Khan was arrested last May on corruption charges, protesters attacked military facilities, including the General Headquarters building. Rarely had political violence taken such direct aim at Pakistan’s military, which has long held a sacrosanct status. The military dramatically ramped up its crackdown against the PTI. In turn, public anger with the military surged, fueling a crisis of confidence that runs deep: Some military officers have reportedly faced discipline for retaining support for Khan.

Social media has in part exacerbated this anger and polarization leading into the elections. PTI supporters have vented on online platforms, and some hard-liners have developed large followings by directing withering criticism at the military on social media. Many vocal PTI supporters have turned to anonymous accounts, fearing retaliation by a state that has restricted internet access during the party’s online campaign events. (The PTI cannot mobilize offline.)

The outcome of the elections on Thursday is unlikely to be stabilizing. The next government will probably be a weak and fractious coalition; if turnout is low, it will lack a strong mandate. The losers will bitterly reject the elections result, hardening public anger, especially among PTI supporters. Despite everything, Khan’s party is rallying its supporters with get-out-the-vote calls and contesting elections with independents on the ballot—but the cause is seemingly futile.

Keen to play a leading role in Pakistan’s economic recovery, the military is unlikely to retreat to the barracks after the elections. This could set the stage for a new crisis—especially if PML-N’s Nawaz Sharif, who sparred with the Army during his previous terms as prime minister, returns to power. Sharif’s relationship with the military has tended to blow hot and cold. Today, he is back in the military’s good graces: His experience likely makes the military think he can stabilize the economy—and he is a bitter rival of Khan.

Any fresh political tensions could distract policymakers from addressing critical social, economic, and security challenges, just as Khan’s confrontation with the military has. For many Pakistanis, these elections could be the latest sequel of a movie they prefer not to watch.

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Pakistan prime minister: Shehbaz Sharif chosen to succeed Imran Khan

Parliamentarians vote for a new leader after Imran Khan lost no-confidence vote

Pakistan elected Shehbaz Sharif to be the country’s 23rd prime minister on Monday, a day after incumbent Imran Khan was ousted by a vote of no confidence brought by opposition parties.

Mr Sharif received 174 votes from the house’s 342 MPs after days of political drama that saw Mr Khan, the former cricketer-turned-politician, removed just after midnight on Sunday.

In his maiden speech as prime minister, Mr Sharif called for unity to tackle Pakistan’s economic crisis.

“If we have to save the sinking boat, what we all need is hard work, and unity, unity and unity. We are beginning a new era of development today,” he said.

Ahead of Monday’s vote, members of Mr Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf had resigned in protest and demanded a national election.

“We boycott this election according to the decision of our party, and we are resigning,” said Shah Mahmood Qureshi.

Mr Qureshi had been the PTI candidate to be the new leader and his name remained on the ballot, but after the boycott, he received no votes.

The PTI action followed a night of large protests across the country where tens of thousands of Mr Khan’s supporters marched on Sunday evening in cities across the country, with big gatherings in Karachi and Lahore.

The PTI party has pledged to keep up pressure on any new administration with additional marches in the coming days.

Mr Khan insists he is the victim of an American-led conspiracy because of his determination to pursue friendly ties with China and Russia. Washington says the accusations are baseless.

On Sunday night, Mr Khan, 69, said he was the victim of “US-backed regime change” abetted by local traitors “to bring into power a coterie of pliable crooks”.

Mr Sharif is widely expected to win the parliamentary vote on Monday afternoon, when he runs against Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Mr Khan’s former foreign minister.

Mr Sharif, 70, the younger brother of Mr Khan’s predecessor, Nawaz Sharif, had three spells as chief minister of Pakistan’s Punjab province and has acquired a reputation for being a shrewd and pragmatic administrator.

He is also one of the dynastic political elite that Mr Khan vowed to drive from Pakistan’s politics and he is currently on bail as part of a money-laundering investigation. He denies wrongdoing and says the investigation is politically motivated.

He ousted Mr Khan with a broad coalition of opposition parties that range from centre-leftists to the religious right. It is unclear how long he will be able to maintain unity among such a diverse group.

Michael Kugelman, deputy director of the Asia programme at Washington’s Wilson Centre, a think tank, said: “These mass mobilisations of Imran Khan supporters will be fuelled by a narrative around the new government being a bunch of traitors and US-backed provocateurs that ousted Mr Khan.

“Pakistan’s political environment in the weeks ahead will be partisanship and polarisation on steroids.”

Mr Khan’s swift fall from power came after his government was blamed for bungling an already weak economy and falling out with the country’s military, who wield formidable political clout.

Mr Sharif will inherit an economy with high inflation, a sliding rupee and a balance of payments crisis.

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Pak considers registering treason case against PML-N leader over remarks on release of Abhinandan

LAHORE: The Pakistan government is mulling over registering a treason case against a senior Opposition leader for his controversial statement that the country handed over captured Indian Air Force pilot Abhinandan Varthaman to India under pressure, a top minister has said. Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Sardar Ayaz Sadiq on Wednesday said that “legs were shaking and forehead perspiring” at a meeting of Pakistan’s top leaders, including Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa, wherein Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi pleaded to release Wing Commander Abhinandan, saying if he was not released, India would attack Pakistan. “Legs were shaking and forehead perspiring, and the foreign minister (Qureshi) told us, ‘For God’s sake, let him (Varthaman) go back now because India is attacking Pakistan at 9 PM in the night’,” Sadiq said, recalling the meeting which was also attended by parliamentary leaders, including those from Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and PML-N, and added that “India was not planning to attack…They just wanted to kneel before India and send back Abhinandan.” Responding to Sadiq’s remarks, Pakistan Interior Minister Ejaz Shah told reporters that the government was pondering over registering a treason case against Sadiq as police have received a number of complaints against him. He said those toeing the line of India should better go to Amritsar. Posters of Sadiq have also appeared in Lahore, dubbing him a “traitor”. A number of posters and banners with pictures of Wing Commander Abhinandan and Sadiq were displayed in the constituency of the former National Assembly Speaker. Portraying Sadiq in Abhinandan’s getup, the posters read: “Mir Sadiq, Mir Jaffar… Ayaz Sadiq.” The PML-N has strongly reacted to the move blaming the PTI government for ‘awarding traitor certificates’ to its political opponents. PML-N Punjab information secretary lawmaker Azma Bokhari said the one who put up “traitor” posters of Sadiq must be having a criminal record like in the past cases registered against the PML-N leadership. The 37-year-old Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot was captured by the Pakistani Army on February 27 after his MiG-21 Bison jet was shot down in a dogfight with Pakistani jets during aerial combat. In the early hours of February 26, 2019, the IAF jets bombed the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terror camps in Balakot in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa of Pakistan and avenged the Pulwama terrorist attack that claimed the lives of 40 CRPF personnel. Before his jet was hit, Abhinandan downed an F-16 fighter of Pakistan. He was released on the night of March 1 by Pakistan. In a speech in the National Assembly, Sadiq said that Prime Minister Imran Khan skipped the high-level meeting, which was attended by top leadership, including Army chief Gen Bajwa and Foreign Minister Qureshi.

source https://bbcbreakingnews.com/2020/11/01/pak-considers-registering-treason-case-against-pml-n-leader-over-remarks-on-release-of-abhinandan/

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From yesterday's speech we started considering Nawaz Sharif as a traitor, Ghulam Sarwar Khan - Express Urdu

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Folks! It’s Fucked-up Pakistan. Pakistan's Ex-PM Imran Khan Arrested and Sentenced to Three Years in Prison By a Biased Corrupt Judge in a Fake Case

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) — An Islamabad court has sentenced former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan to three years in prison after finding him guilty of corrupt practices in the Toshakhana case, media reported on Saturday.

Shortly after the court's verdict, Khan was arrested at his residence in Lahore, Pakistani press reported, adding that the ex-prime minister and his lawyers were not present in court.

Following the verdict, the former prime minister's lawyer, Barrister Gohar Khan, condemned the court's decision, calling it a "murder of justice."

Nightmare For Corrupt to Their Cores Army Generals, Politicians and Judiciary. The Legend of Legends and The One & Only IMRAN KHAN.

"We Weren’t Even Given a Chance. We Weren’t Even Allowed to Cross [Question], to Say Anything in Defense or Conduct Our Arguments. I Haven’t Seen This Kind of Injustice Before," He Was Quoted as Saying By The Newspaper.

On May 9, Khan was taken into custody on corruption charges after an Islamabad High Court (IHC) hearing in the Al-Qadir Trust case, where he had gone to seek bail in several cases filed against him. Following his arrest, his supporters launched mass protests across the country, resulting in violent clashes with police and attacks on government and military facilities. At least eight people died and about 290 were injured during the protests.

In October 2022, Pakistan's election commission stripped Khan of his parliamentary mandate as well as the right to be elected and appointed to both the country's federal and regional legislatures for five years, after finding him guilty of selling 52 valuables stored in the Toshakhana, Pakistan's national treasury, and concealing information about gifts he received personally. In April 2022, then-opposition leader and current Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said Khan had sold state treasures in Dubai worth a total of 140 million Pakistani rupees ($500,000).

— Saturday August 5, 2023 | Sputnik International

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Imran’s paradox: Legal wins, political troubles - analysis

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has warded off strong challenges from his political opposition, including a stiff one from Maulana Fazlur Rehman, who launched a march to Islamabad last month to topple the Tehreek-e-Insaf government. But, for Khan, the challenges posed by the recent judicial decisions are proving to be much bigger political headaches. First came the suspense over the extension of the Chief of the Army Staff (COAS), General Qamar Javed Bajwa’s tenure during the last week of November. General Bajwa’s three-year tenure was to end on November 28. However, a notification signed by Khan on August 19 stated that General Bajwa was “appointed for another term of three years from the date of completion of current tenure”. The decision was justified on the basis of the “regional security environment”. On November 26, a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court, headed by chief justice Asif Saeed Khosa, rejected an application to withdraw the petition, questioning the extension, declaring that it fell in “the domain of public interest”. During the hearing, Attorney General (AG) Anwar Mansoor Khan failed to explain how the PM had issued the notification when the appointing authority is the president. A presidential order described it as “extension” while the PM had mentioned “reappointment”. Further, since only 11 Cabinet members out of 25 were present when the decision was taken, how had the views of the other members been ascertained? Dismissing the AG’s defence, citing “clerical error”, the bench suspended the extension order. Law minister Farogh Naseem resigned to appear as defence lawyer for General Bajwa. The following day, questions regarding the tenure of the COAS, the terms and conditions, retirement perks and precedents could not be answered. The bench dismissed a second notification produced by the AG, declaring that it failed to meet the test of law, procedure and justifiable grounds for extension.Finally, on November 28, the court approved a third notification “appointing General Bajwa as COAS under Article 243(4)(b) of the Constitution for a period of six months with effect from 28.11.2019”. The government provided an undertaking that parliament will pass legislation to determine “tenure” and “terms and conditions of service”. The judgment has diminished the army by exposing the COAS’s untrammelled powers, as well as the ineptness of the civilian government. The second judicial decision to pose a challenge came on December 17 when a special court, headed by Peshawar High Court chief justice Waqar Ahmed Seth, convicted former COAS General Pervez Musharraf of high treason, awarding him a death sentence. The treason case pertains to the declaration of a state of emergency on November 3, 2007, following his showdown with the judiciary. After the election of a Pakistan People’s Party government in 2008, a deal was brokered for President Musharraf to step down in return for promised indemnity. The situation changed when Nawaz Sharif came to power in 2013 and charged him with treason. The trial began after the indictment on March 31, 2014.Despite being summoned repeatedly, General Musharraf never testified and left the country for medical treatment in March 2016. The then army chief, General Raheel Sharif, made it clear that the army was not going to disown one of its own, stating that “the army will preserve its own dignity and institutional pride”. After General Musharraf was declared an absconder and following the apex court’s direction, the special court moved forward with the trial. Nervous about the outcome, the government sacked the prosecution team on October 23, and got a restraining order from the Islamabad High Court to prevent the pronouncement of judgment on November 28. On December 5, a new prosecution team asked that former PM Shaukat Aziz, law minister Zahid Hamid and chief justice Abdul Hameed Dogar be included as suspects for advising General Musharraf. The special court advised prosecution to file fresh indictments against the three and proceeded to announce its verdict. Major General Asif Ghafoor, director-General, Inter Services Public Relations Pakistan, questioned how Musharraf could be named a traitor, and said that the decision “has been received with a lot of pain and anguish by the rank and file”. In the detailed judgment, Justice Seth had added that if found dead, the fugitive’s corpse “be dragged to the D-Chowk (in front of the Parliament House) and be hanged for three days”.Having won the case, Imran Khan’s government is backing off furiously from its victory. It has decided to file a case against Justice Seth before the Supreme Judicial Council. AG Mansoor has said that the government will appeal against its “victory” in the Supreme Court.For Imran Khan, who owes his elevation to the tacit backing of the army, legislating rules governing tenures of army chiefs in Pakistan is a politically charged exercise, and he would want support from Zardari and Sharif. However, having been treated harshly by the government, Zardari and Sharif may have other ideas, and use the growing tensions between Imran Khan and the army to their advantage. Both judgments strengthen civilian authority, but for Imran Khan, these are serious political headaches.Rakesh Sood is a former diplomat and currently distinguished fellow, Observer Research FoundationThe views expressed are personal Read the full article

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میری غداری ثابت ہوجائے تو مجھے ورنہ الزامات عائد کرنے والوں کو سرعام پھانسی چڑھا دیا جائے

اسلام آباد: پاکستان کے سابق وزیر اعظم اور پاکستان مسلم لیگ نواز کے سابق صدر میاں محمد نواز شریف نے کہا ہے کہ 26/11کے ممبئی حملوں پر ان سے منسوب بیان کی روشنی میں ان کے خلاف غداری کے الزامات اور ان کی حب الوطنی پر شبہ کی تحقیقات کے لیے قومی کمیشن تشکیل دیا جائے۔ خیبر پختون خوا کے بونیر میں تقریری ...

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Nawaz Sharif Accuses Pakistan for 26/11 Mumbai Attack - Is Nawaz a Traitor? Or Patriotic Pakistani?

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Newly freed Pakistani Islamist calls ex-PM Nawaz Sharif a 'traitor' http://ift.tt/2BhrdGa

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Chorney Maryam Nawaz Beghairat Besharam Traitor !!!!!!!!!!!!

I am not at the moment doubting anyone but I was watching Dr Shahid Masood program purposely to get his input on today Chorni Maryam Nawaz topi drama and he mentioned very lightly not in clear language but what I comprehend was that army gave Imran khan a dose that they can loosen the reins of these people to spread anarchy if Prime Minister of Pakistan will not follow their orders I hope I am wrong but if that is the case then WE ALL SHOULD CONDEMN OUR ARMY and from this forum raise our voices to refrain our army committing this SIN and CRIME of supporting these Dacoits murderers thieves and on top of everything TRAITORS of Pakistan 🇵🇰 and we should raise our voice aggressively to wake up our juridical system from their deep slumber

May Allah bless our honorable Prime Minister with lots of successes Ameen and May Allah keep our country safe from all internal and external enemies Ameen

Pakistan 🇵🇰 Zindabad

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Testing Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan’s ‘Independent’ Mind

When Pakistani Key Minister Imran Khan requested the release and handing in excess of of the captured pilot to India previously this month, the phase was hailed as a self-assured transfer to defuse tension right after several days of hostilities in between the two estranged neighbors.  

Previously, Khan had purchased the opening of the Kartarpur border corridor to facilitate the pay a visit to of Sikh pilgrims from India to their sacred temple just across the border within Pakistan, a move apparently intended to bridge the belief-deficit hole with India.   

Notwithstanding the applause in the Pakistani parliament as perfectly as the international media, there also emerged queries equally locally and internationally.

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For illustration, why has Khan so significantly failed to get the release of a number of youthful Pashtun civil rights activists arrested on doubtful costs of anti-point out pursuits? Or Baloch rights activists? Why is Khan silent on his pre-election want to pay a visit to Kabul, regardless of a rapid invitation by Afghan President Ashraf Ghani shortly soon after Khan’s swearing in as key minister and why has Pakistan, under Khan, opted to sit in the Saudi-UAE camp following obtaining large sums of funds from the royals disregarding worries from Iran? Was not Khan, as an opposition politician, the initial to challenge Pakistan’s feasible sending of troops to participate in the Saudi-led conflict in Yemen?

While the opening of Kartarpur and the handing more than the Indian pilot are commendable measures by a civilian chief, one particular has to wonder at the movers and shakers at the rear of the scenes.

Was not previous Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif labeled a “ghaddar” or traitor in a maligning media campaign next his peace overtures with Indian Key Minister Narendra Modi only a yr ago?  

This and numerous other this sort of inquiries offer place for doubt whether or not choices such as the opening of Kartarpur, the release of the pilot, or partnering with the Arab royals belong to the civilian authority?

Think about this: The toughest classes Pakistani politicians find out soon after assuming power, some even at the head of real common aid, is to tread meticulously lest they trespass the ostensible crimson traces separating two vital domains – military services and civilian.

Overseas plan, in this regard, has been 1 of the trickiest topics where by the de facto overshadows the de jure. Considering that the late 1970s, successive Pakistani civilian leaders have all but surrendered powers, albeit grudgingly, which are meant to relaxation with the overseas workplace in Islamabad, to the highly effective armed forces establishment centered in Rawalpindi.

Apart from a dwindling economy, Pakistan’s next largest problem comes in the overseas policy domain. The nation has a heritage of tense relations with a few of its 4 closest neighbors – India, Iran, and Afghanistan apart from the country’s international picture owing to accusations of “harboring” and “sponsoring” militant proxies.

Khan’s victory in the May well 2018 parliamentary elections and his getting charge as primary minister really should be viewed in opposition to this backdrop. Charismatic and independent-minded, as he is thought to be, Khan was found as a person who could shift Pakistan’s international plan course.

The opening of the Kartarpur corridor making it possible for visa free entry to Sikh pilgrims quickly immediately after his swearing in, and unconditional launch of the Indian pilot, speaks volumes of Khan’s excellent intentions regarding peace with India. Similarly promising are his words that “we will only progress when we free ourselves from the chains of the previous.”

But soon soon after Kartarpur, there arrived Pulwama.

Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) claimed duty for the February 14 suicide attack in Indian-administered Kashmir whilst Prime Minister Narendra Modi, battling tricky to get next time period in workplace, was nevertheless weighing his solutions how to reciprocate to Khan’s gesture of goodwill by opening the border corridor.

JeM, led by Pakistan-centered cleric Masood Azhar, claimed obligation for the attack. Previously, Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, head of banned Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (Let), was accused of masterminding a terrorist attack in the Indian metropolis of Mumbai in 2008.

The million dollar concern ahead of Khan is whether or not and how to choose action against jihadi groups whose management, these types of as Hafiz Saeed, are functioning with flexibility and even organizing rallies, working seminaries, and taking part in elections in Pakistan.

Pakistan’s international policy with India, Afghanistan, and to some extent with the United States is carefully interwoven with the country’s internal plan of dealing with the jihadi outfits and their leadership. 1 level of discord involving civilian and army leadership in this regard is how to deal with jihadist groups. The issue continues to be a no-go space for civilian management, which frequently generate issues on the global phase for Pakistan. Pakistan’s existence on the FATF gray listing and the discord in its relations with the United States, India, Afghanistan and even Iran, to some extent, stems from this solution.

In point, no civilian management, not even Nawaz Sharif, has managed to alter Pakistan’s common approach. Can Imran Khan question that policy, notably when his coalition authorities is savoring only a marginal vast majority in the parliament?

Nawaz Sharif is an an example well worth thinking of. After witnessed as the favored of the navy establishment, Sharif was deposed, jailed, and exiled by Normal Pervez Musharraf in the aftermath of Kargil war with India in 1999. He returned as a adjusted gentleman to Pakistan in 2007 to obstacle the military’s overextended position in issues relating to civilians, including overseas plan. For various many years, Sharif retained the overseas minister portfolio along with functioning the primary minister office (from 2013 -2018), only to assert civilian control in that spot.

Nonetheless, he was hunted with slogans such as “Moody Ka Jo Yaar Hai, Ghaddar Hai Ghaddar Hai” (whoever befriends Modi, he is a traitor) just after Indian Key Minister Narendra Modi’s unannounced take a look at to Sharif’s home in Lahore in 2015. Sharif’s other perfidy was his phone for an end to jihadist proxies.

The a few-time elected primary minister is now languishing in jail for keeping “assets further than recognized sources of income,” a demand that may force several other individuals at the rear of bars in Pakistan if used the Sharif way.

It is typically believed that, remaining saddled by the armed forces to counter the anti-institution Pakistan People’s Occasion of late Benazir Bhutto and the Muslim League get together of Nawaz Sharif, Imran Khan has the backing of the country’s military institution. His foreseeable future will count on Khan’s steps on numerous plan fronts, including India.  

Recall that Navjot Singh Sidhu, the previous Indian cricketer, who was invited to Khan’s swearing in ceremony, was quoted as indicating that it was his “jhappi” (hug) with Pakistan army main that assisted open the Kartharpur corridor.

Khan’s future overseas plan obstacle is his country’s relations with Afghanistan, the subsequent-doorway neighbor that accuses Pakistan of harboring the Taliban.

Just after a long time of tense relations with Afghanistan and the United States, Pakistan’s part in bringing the Taliban to the negotiation desk has a short while ago been appreciated by the administration of U.S President Donald Trump. Nonetheless, selections in this realm are also considered to be in the arms of the army, which keeps a tight grip on Pakistan’s Afghanistan policy.

Pakistan’s relations with its third neighbor, Iran, nosedived subsequent the February 13 attack on an Iranian elite drive device claimed by the al-Qaeda-linked Jaish al-Adl group. “Pakistan[‘s] govt, who has housed these anti-revolutionaries and risk to Islam, appreciates wherever they are, and they are supported by Pakistan stability forces,” Iran’s Revolutionary Guards commander was quoted as expressing, the strongest these statement in modern yrs.

Iran’s anger is understandable partly mainly because of the assault and partly for the reason that of Pakistan’s getting also near to the country’s ideological adversaries Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Retaining a harmony in relations with Iran and Saudi Arabia has normally been a tricky matter for Pakistan’s policymakers (for occasion, Nawaz Sharif’s refusal to engage his nation in Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen price him his friendship with the Arab royals).

Khan, who was a staunch proponent of balanced relations in between Iran and Saudi Arabia, tilted too a great deal toward the latter by accepting $6 billion Saudi deposits and deferred oil facility to salvage the country’s dwindling economic climate. But here, far too, the plan initiative was considered to be taken by the military leadership.

Perfectly just before Khan’s having cost of the key ministerial place of work, Military Chief Normal Qamar Javed Bajwa had already compensated 50 % a dozen visits to Saudi Arabia and the UAE for reviving protection and strategic ties.

Imran Khan has still to generate the imprint of his “independent” brain on Pakistan’s international policy. Shifting command of the country’s international policy from Rawalpindi to Islamabad will insert yet another feather to Khan’s cap right after his landmark victory of the 1992 cricket planet championship for Pakistan.

Daud Khattak is Senior Editor for Radio No cost Europe Radio Liberty’s Pashto language Mashaal Radio. Before joining RFE/RL, Khattak labored for The News Intercontinental and London’s Sunday Situations in Peshawar, Pakistan. He has also labored for Pajhwok Afghan Information in Kabul. The sights expressed here are the author’s own and do not signify those people of RFE/RL.

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India using Nawaz’s statement in Kulbushan case: Murad

India using Nawaz’s statement in Kulbushan case: Murad

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Communication Murad Saeed on Friday regretted that a three-time prime minister Nawaz Sharif is coming out as a traitor in front of everyone, ARY News reported.

“His controversial interview was presented by India at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in Indian Spy Kulbhushan Jadhav case hearing,” He said while expressing his views on the floor of the…

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Why did Nawaz Sharif say - 'I am not a traitor' Former Pakistan Prime Minister and PML (N) chief Nawaz Sharif is not taking the name of the problem. His steps taken to improve relations with India are being widely criticized under an agenda in Pakistan. They are being accused of misbehaving with the country. This series started when, on behalf of them, the acceptance of the involvement of Pakistani nationals in Mumbai attack (26/11) was accepted, in which 166 people were killed.

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Pakistan’s Corrupt To Their Cores Army Generals Look Increasingly Desperate! A Heavily Fraudulent Election May Not Keep Imran Khan’s Fans At Bay

— March 14th 2024 | The Economist

Illustration of a Ballot Being Shredded. Image Credit: lan Truong

Thief, Looter, Traitor, International Money Launderer Nawaz Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League Party (PML-N) is Back in Power with the Help of Heavily Rigged Elections by the Pakistan’s Corrupt To Their Cores Army Generals, ISI, Politicians and Judges. Following elections last month, the thrice former prime minister’s younger brother, Shehbaz, has been installed in the ruling post. His Daughter, Lowlife, Looter, Thief, Corrupt and Stupid to her Core Maryam Safdar, is the New Chief Minister of Populous Punjab in result of Stolen Mandate of Imran Khan’s Party PTI. So why is Mr Sharif so glum? The 74-year-old “Lion of Punjab 😂😂😂” has said little publicly since the vote. Bunkered down in his mansion outside Lahore, he is said to be depressed.

He has reason to be. The PML-N’s success is much less than Mr Sharif was promised when he returned home last year. He had spent four years in exile in London because Pakistan’s Generals—Stage Managers of its Democracy—were against him. They rigged an election in 2018 in favour of his main rival, Imran Khan. But then they fell out with Mr Khan and reverted to the lion. A former cricketing god, Mr Khan is Now in Jail on Graft Charges. His Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party has been dismantled. PML-N was therefore expected to sweep the election and Mr Sharif to become prime minister for a fourth time. Instead, something unprecedented happened.

Despite the Army’s Myriad Ploys to prevent Pakistanis voting for Mr Khan, it seems most did so. Standing as independents, candidates linked to his party swept the country. Early counting put them on track for Two-Thirds of Punjab’s seats and an overall majority. At which point the Army Intervened to a degree that might make a Tin-Pot Tyrant Blush.

Army agents were allegedly sent into counting stations with alternative tallies. Salman Akram Raja, a Supreme Court Lawyer running as a De Facto PTI Candidate in Lahore, had been informed that he had won by 95,000 votes. And then—whoops—that he had lost to the PML-N Candidate by 13,500. Mr Sharif’s Party would otherwise have faced oblivion. As it is, it won only 75 of 264 seats. It cobbled together a majority by striking a deal with the Pakistan Peoples Party, which is run by another Fading Dynasty, the Bhuttos.

This might seem like Pakistani business as usual. The country has been ruled by the army, directly or at varying degrees of remove, throughout its history. In a cycle that Mr Sharif has been through several times, the Corrupt Generals put a Biddable Civilian in Power then, after he or she dares to act independently, switch to a different proxy or Army Rule. Thereby Pakistan has had Four Army Dictators and None of its 20 Civilian Prime Ministers has completed a Five-Year term. This helps explain why it is so badly governed. Having little prospect of a full term, Pakistan’s civilian regimes abjure long-term decision-making in favour of populist giveaways and graft. As recently as 2006, Pakistanis were better-off than Indians; now the average income in India is 60% higher than that in Pakistan.

A big question arising from this latest turn of the wheel is whether the army can maintain control. There are two reasons to think it could struggle. The first is Mr Khan. Perhaps unwittingly, given his erstwhile compliance with the army, he has channelled Pakistanis’ long-standing despond into anger at the military establishment. This has put Pakistani Politics on New Terrain. Had the Boak Bollocks Corrupt Army Chief, General Asim Munir, responded to the vote count by calling a state of emergency, as his predecessors might have, he would have risked an uprising. “There is This Sense That the Gravy Train Needs to Stop,” says Mr Raja, an Old Acquaintance of Banyan. “We Can’t Be Forever Governed by Two Families in Cahoots with the Powers That Be.”

The second factor endangering the status quo is a protracted economic crisis. The inflationary shocks experienced in many countries have in Pakistan combined with the effects of long-standing malgovernance to deliver chronic inflation, joblessness and balance-of-payment problems. Mr Khan’s ousting in 2022 now appears well timed for him. Mr Sharif’s decision to let Shehbaz (Both Brothers Certified Corrupt to Their Cores) lead an 16-month-long replacement government instead of calling early elections looks like a major blunder. It has hung the crisis around his party’s neck. With Pakistan’s 24th IMF Bail-Out set to expire this month, and a bigger loan urgently required, the new government will need to take measures that will make it even more unpopular than it is. Its prospects—and Mr Sharif’s hopes of rebuilding his party—appear dire.

The same could be true for the army-run establishment that Mr Sharif has unhappily rejoined. It may have got away with its latest election heist. But in the process Mr Khan’s supporters have made the Corrupt Army, ISI, Politicians and Judges Look Desperate and Vulnerable. ■

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The Shiv Sena lashed out  at Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu for visiting Pakistan and hugging its Army chief, dubbing it as “heights of shamelessness”. It also took a dig at the BJP, saying Sidhu was not labelled a traitor, even though people were termed “anti-national” for opposing demonetisation and criticising Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The cricketer-turned-politician was among the special guests present on Saturday at Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s oath taking ceremony. The Shiv Sena claimed Sidhu’s act was a “height of shamelessness” as he hugged the Pakistan Army chief who was supporting insurgency in Kashmir. “Nobody called Sidhu a traitor despite his visit to Pakistan amid opposition and the situation (in Jammu and Kashmir), but there are some people who are easily labelled as anti-national for opposing note ban or criticising Modi,” it said in an editorial in party mouthpiece ‘Saamana’. Earlier, Modi had hugged the then Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif and it was called his “masterstroke”, it said, adding, “then how can we criticise Sidhu alone”. Though Sidhu was now with the Congress, he had been with the BJP for a long time and “the BJP should introspect where exactly its ‘sanskar’ (teachings) fell short”, it said. “The prime minister is known for taking strong steps, and he could have simply issued a similar ban against those who wished to visit Pakistan,” the editorial said. The Rediff.com : 20th. Aug,18

SHIV SENA LASHED OUT PUNJAB MINISTER NAVJOT SINGH SIDHU FOR VISITING PAKISTAN AND HUGGING ITS ARMY CHIEF : The Shiv Sena lashed out  at Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu for visiting Pakistan and hugging its Army chief, dubbing it as "heights of shamelessness".