The following paragraph, taken from a report in Dawn today makes me sick.
…“In accordance with the wishes of Mr Jamali, Chaudhry Shujaat accompanied by Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi and MNA Chaudhry Wajahat Hussain, called on him in the presence of his cousin and former Balochistan chief minister, Mir Jan Mohammad Jamali, at the Balochistan House.”
The liberal use of the title Chaudhry and Mir, smacks of a feudal monopoly, unshackled and very much in power despite all of Pakistan’s alleged advances towards liberalisation. The feudality within this paragraph is even more galling given the background to this story, that Mr Jamali, a former Prime Minister of Pakistan, has agreed to settle the war of words with Shujaat only if it is within the context of a family Jirga.
So here we have feudalism at its most primal, practised by past, and probably future, leaders of our country.
Well to appreciate the full extent of the Chorys influence..here is a list of all their relatives in politics..
Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and
Chaudhry Wajahat Hussain , two sons of late Chaudhry Zahoor Elahi, have been elected to the National Assembly from two Gujrat constituencies. Their niece,
Eman Naseem, daughter of
Maj Tahir Sadiq (retired), Nazim of Attock District, has also won elections on general seats from NA-59.
Tanzeela Aamir Cheema, who has been elected to the N. Assembly on women reserved seat, is daughter of Chaudhry Tajammal Hussain, first cousin of Chaudhry Shujaat. She is also daughter-in- law of
Chaudhry Anwar Ali Cheema , another member of National Assembly from Sargodha (NA- 67) and wife of Anwar Sultan Cheema, who has also been elected member of Punjab Assembly.
Chaudhry Shufaat Hussain , younger brother of Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, was Nazim of Gujrat District and his cousin ,
Chaudhry Pervaz Elahi, is chief minister of Punjab.
Aloo…how does a title such as Chaudhry or Mir smack of feudalism? These are very common last names in parts of Pakistan. Most Chaudhries I know are dirt poor.