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Great news for Imran Khan for being rated as world No. 1 & 3.

Without prejudice to the former President of Pakistan Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf or incumbent President Asif Ali Zardari or for that matter Nawaz Sharif, as per Global Post, none but Imran Khan, has been ranked amongst nine most powerful leaders of the world.

Where none of the three mentioned earlier have any place proves who is who.

Incidentally, it must be mentioned that all other persons except Imran Khan, are either rulers in their countries or holding international position. Whereas, Imran does not fall under such category which as such elevates him a bit higher than those.

Link:-http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/letters/12-Apr-2013/number-three-in-world

Can anybody inform, where is PPP and who is leading and running its campaign?
It looks no opposition or the lashes of any dictator has succeeded in obliterating this great political party of yester years, than the leadership of Asif Ali Zardari.
Never ever in the history of the world any political party has been buried very deep by its own leadership.
RIP PPP

China has really made a Maamoo of India. Never ever an armed to teeth nuclear nation has been so hapless and miserable.

It is just unbelievable how India is tamed and now behaving like a wet cat.

Indians are now remembering a Chinese saying “”Respect the strong, blackmail the weak”

A Times of India news

Chinese are not going to vacate Ladakh anytime soon, strategic experts feel

Link:- http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Chinese-are-not-going-to-vacate-Ladakh-anytime-soon-strategic-experts-feel/articleshow/19804826.cms

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singhhad tried to soothe a frazzled nation by saying that the Chinese incursion into Depsang Bulge in eastern Ladakh on April 15 was a “localized” affair, and the government had a plan to resolve it.

But strategic experts believe this latest round of border problems between India and China is the most serious till date, and unlike the government, they don’t think the Chinese are going to vacate any time soon and that this may lead to other similar face-offs in other sectors along the Line of Actual Control (LAC).

Bhaskar Roy, Chinese security expert, says, this time India has not depended on its own strength to stand up to China. There is a Chinese saying, “Respect the strong, blackmail the weak”.

Former foreign secretary, Kanwal Sibal, observes, while the PM has suggested that the matter should not be escalated, the fact that the Chinese ambassador was summoned by the foreign secretary has already done so. Any Chinese intrusion across any point at the LAC will always be a local affair and hence, says Sibal, the implication is that the Chinese can keep doing it and we will keep reacting to it like this in the face of “uncompromising attitude of the Chinese and their determination to question our sovereignty.

Strategic affairs expert Brahma Chellaney says, it will be nationally demeaning if either foreign minister Salman Khurshid’s visit to Beijing on May 9 or Chinese Premier Li’s Keqiang trip to India on May 20 takes place while the intruders stay put and fortify their positions. Singh has given only comfort to the aggressor by his remark that the intrusion was a local affair, he says, with Beijing welcoming his comment. “To make amends, Singh should at least signal that good-neighbourly ties demand respect for the territorial status quo and that he hopes Beijing will withdraw its intruding troops so that Khurshid’s Beijing visit and Premier Li’s New Delhi stopover can go ahead,” he says.

Jayadeva Ranade, another China expert, says, this intrusion was unprovoked, but this is not an “isolated” incident, as the government is trying to show. There have been similar incursions in many areas along the LAC particularly since 2008, he says. “Beijing remains transparently unmoved by the adverse media publicity and damage it has caused to India-China relations. It has neither moved to resolve the situation despite three flag meetings at the level of local army commanders and communications from New Delhi requesting resolution. Beijing has thus made it abundantly clear that it will defuse the situation only at a time of its choosing. Beijing’s stance confirms too that the stand-off is not a local incident provoked by the action of a local commander, but one initiated with the full knowledge of China’s senior leadership,” Ranade explains. He says that the timing may be coinciding with Singh’s Japan visit and probably be a signal from China warning India against New Delhi’s Tokyo outreach. “Beijing is adept at using a blend of threats and promise of military retaliation to deter an adversary from taking actions contrary to Beijing’s interests,” he adds.

While the PM’s statement would appear to substantiate the Indian official position that the conflicting perceptions of the LAC in the Western sector has resulted into this situation at the Daulat Beg Oldie (DBO), says Alka Acharya of the Institute of Chinese Studies, an early resolutiondoes not seem imminent. “To that extent it is localized in northern Ladakh, south of the Karakoram Pass. But to the extent that it has brought about a situation which earlier “intrusions” did not, it has to be treated with more than the usual response,” she says.

“In many ways, the responses have been initiated but the manner in which the talks are continuing, an early resolution does not seem imminent. We appear to be reaching the point where both sides are upholding the position that they are operating in their own territory- question is will both agree to restoring status quo ante,” she adds.

This is a wrong perception that ONLY youth of Pakistan, wants change and is with Imran Khan.

The fact and ground reality is, that Pakistanis in all age group are fed up with the status quo and wants a change; and for that matter, they are whole heartedly supporting PTI candidates, to win the elections, in a landslide victory.

We may not be against PPP, PMLN, MQM, ANP, JUI and JI etc., but we are in favour of PTI and PTI only.

The entire nation also thanks the PPP for accepting this reality; and for announcing PPP’s support for Imran Khan as future PM Pakistan.

Thank you the wise leadership of PPP, for reading and feeling the pulse of the nation, at the right time. In politics, timing is every thing.

So much for the PPP TV advertisements about the shining Sindh.

The below given extracts are from a letter of Mr. Hashim Abro, published on 4 January, 2013 in the daily “Pakistan Observer”.

This letter must be an eye opener for ALL the Pakistani ruling elites, including major & minor political parties, who are unable to digest the un-precedented public support, Allama Dr. Tahir ul Qadri, is getting for his slogan of CHANGE.

One thing is for sure that this mammoth public support, may or may not be for the personality, charisma or oratory of Allama Dr. Tahir ul Qadri, but definitely, its against the callousness of the incumbent government; which not only deprived the general public from the safety and security of their lives and property, but even snatched the basics of daily life from the teeming millions, like food, health (people are dying in hordes, almost daily, due to measles and spurious medicines), electricity, gas and CNG. Obviously, under these miserable living conditions, mention of education as basic human right, looks like a joke in Pakistan.

Suicides due to economic hardships, have become order of the day in Pakistan.

However, it was HARAM on the government to impose austerity measures to save few pennies to give any sort of relief to the poor.

And now, the politicians are advising the poor suffering masses of Pakistan, to support the old system against Allama Dr. Tahir ul Qadri, who has taken up cudgels, to free them from all the exploitations of the corrupt politicians.

Link:- http://pakobserver.net/detailnews.asp?id=190078

“Shockingly, the reliable statistics from a few research organizations and NGOs reveal that every day more than a dozen people of all age group, particularly, young people, somewhere in the upper and lower regions of the province, attempt suicide. This makes suicide the third major cause of death, after prevalent diseases, tribal killings and honour killings. The gone year was the worst year in which a huge number of Sindhi youth committed suicides. Only a few were reported but numerous were unreported due to fear and terror of police.”

Hope the above explicitly explains the answers, why the general masses wants to get rid of this decadent system in Pakistan, which only gives disease, hunger and death to the poor.

However, the Pakistani ruling elite is still living in a state of denial, like the French Princess; and are continuously trying to befool the people, with media advertisement campaigns worth billions of Rupees, to make them believe that canals of milk and honey are overflowing in Pakistan, as a result of their five years GOLDEN rule.

Definition of Banana Republic in Wikipedia

A banana republic is a politically unstable country that economically depends upon the exports of a limited resource (fruits, minerals), and usually features a society composed of stratified social classes — a great, impoverished working class and a ruling plutocracy, composed of the élites of business, politics, and the military.

Kleptocracy, government by thieves, features influential government employees exploiting their posts for personal gain (embezzlement, fraud, bribery, etc.), with the resultant government budget deficit repaid by the native working people who earn money, rather than make money. Because of foreign (corporate) manipulation, the kleptocratic government is unaccountable to its nation, the country’s private sector–public sector corruption operates the banana republic, thus, the national legislature usually are for sale, and function mostly as ceremonial government.

Look at the level and difference of Pakistani government’s slavery to America, compared with Afghanistans.
Afghanistan’s government, which is an occupied country, stopped NATO supplies for 17 days (July 22 to August 07) into their own country from Pakistan, for non payment of a paltry sum of Rs.80 million i.e. Pak Rupees 8 Crore. 
In contrast to the Afghan government’s action stated above, Pakistani government doesn’t even thought of stopping NATO supplies, for the years of over due payments, of billions of US dollars. 
Even now, the US has not paid any amount, due since last June 2011. 
Under the circumstances, it can be easily said that, Pakistani government of a nuclear nation, has allowed the US to treat Pakistan, worse than the occupied Afghanistan, which doesn’t even have a regular army.
The moral of the story :- The sovereignty of a nation is not dependent on the nuclear power or the strength of its armed forces, rather, on the guts of the government.

Link :- http://dawn.com/2012/08/09/afghanistan-restores-nato-supplies/

QUETTA: The Afghan authorities restored on Wednesday Nato supplies after private companies paid a customs duty of Rs80 million.

Nanhiali Faizi, a senior official of Afghan Customs, said the issue had been settled and now there was no restriction on the entry of Nato containers into Afghanistan.

Later, 20 containers were allowed to cross the Chaman border into Afghanistan.

Pakistani officials in Chaman confirmed that the Afghan authorities had restored Nato supplies.

Afghanistan had put restrictions on the entry of Nato containers on July 22 for non-payment of duty.—Staff Correspondent (DAWN).

The degree of the sovereignty of a country, is directly proportional to the state of economy of that nation. Actually, in constant growth & development lies our salvation. Secondly, we Pakistanis must know, that without any doubt, the easiest and surest way of moving ahead, is to stand on our own feet.

Foreign aid, can keep us afloat, but won’t allow us to swim.

Now the time has come to separate the growth, development, education, eradication of poverty & security of Pakistan, from the politics, forever.

In this regard, it is suggested that, we should aim to bring Pakistan, to the level of Singapore of 2010, by the year 2030. All politics & other considerations should be made subservient to this target for 2030, even if we have to abolish weekly holidays for the next 20 years & reduce our daily sleeping time to 6 hours.

All stake holders in Pakistan must immediately come forward for deciding about the direction of the future of the nation.

Biggest factor in any victory is self-confidence. Anti-thesis of terrorism is education, coupled with economic emancipation.

As such, the nation must embark upon the following agenda, to resurrect our economy without any further loss of time.
 
1. Request to all foreign donors for a 5 years moratorium, on all debt repayments by Pakistan, which is a frontline state of the world’s war on terror.  
 
2. 20% per annum reduction in all non-developmental government expenditures, plus total freeze in all perks paid from the national exchequer, involving foreign currency.
 
3.Maximum tax rate on each and every type of income in Pakistan should be fixed at 10%. This will not only bring huge revenues to the government but will also discourage the tax evasion tendencies.
 
4. Increase in productivity & exports with liberal tax relief  to industry, commerce & trade.
 
5. Set a target for 20% per annum increase in foreign remittances, by offering innovative incentives to expatriate Pakistanis.
 
6. Abolish FBR (which will alone increase income by Rs.500 billion) & impose flat 10% tax on all & every type of income (as already mentioned at 3. above), without any exemption (except for the security forces personnel, whose salaries may be doubled with expected receipt of un-precedented  increase in revenue, due to this formula). This will not only reduce income tax burden on salaried class (with max. tax rate of 10%) but will also result in so much increase in revenues, to the extent that government will not require any tax imposition  in the budget. Plus, the government will be able to give tax free salaries to all armed forces, rangers, police and other security agencies personnel, who are shedding their blood, in fighting the menace of terrorism, for our safe tomorrow.
 
7. Initiate steps (by imposing economic emergency) to bring each and every economic activity under document.  

I am more than confident that by the dint of sheer hard work, sincerity & honesty, which is imbibed in the bones of Pakistani work force, we can surely bring Pakistan, into the comity of 20 developed nations of the world, in the next 15-20 years.

Freedom is meaningless without dignity, in fact, its worse than slavery.

Pakistan should announce a head money on Raymond Davis (because as per their promise with Pakistan, the US government failed to take legal action against RD) of double the amount of $10 million, notified by USA on Hafiz Saeed.

And if, Americans say this has been done on the 26 November killings of US citizens in Mumbai attack, OK, then Pakistan has also the right to demand trial at International Court of Justice, of those US troops and their commanding general, who killed and injured dozens of Pakistani soldiers on 26 Nov. 2011 attack at Salala post.

What’s good for the goose is good for the gander. The process of justice must be a two way traffic.

We must remember no one can insult us without our permission or in other words we ourselves determine our level of insult. This is as simple, take it or leave it. Look what Iran did with US drone and what we did with the downed US helicopter at Abbotabad?