Death of BB is a great loss. No body can feel its gravity more than me as three young children in their tender age lost their mother same as I lost my mother two months back. A husband became lonely like my father in his old age who I see though did not speak a word but how he feels loneliness in his old age. With the death of my mother the whole system of my home has dismembered. But to me BB’s death is not a national loss. It is loss of his family, his party and to his followers but not of nation. If one is not emotional but is honest and judicious he can well understand it from another side. In the Press Conference Asif Zardari disclosed BB had left a Will appointing him as Chairman of the party as the leadership is in inheritance. This is another mockery of the so called democracy. Notwithstanding however when a newspaper reporter demanded copy of the purported Will the curt reply was that it is a family paper and all family members have read it hence no copy. It is universally believed there is nothing personal of a “national leader”. Even the personal life of a national leader is open like a book before the public. This so called Will was not concerning disposal of “palaces, Swiss bank accounts” etc but about the “politics” of the party. Though not in clear words but some surprise on the Will has been shown by many quarters the existence of which was never known in her life. The existence of a Will in one’s life is never a secret except its contents. Likewise when indirect questions about inheritance in the party was raised in a TV debate senior PPP leadership tried in vain to explain that Asif Ali Zardari did accept the will of late BB and became Chairman. However being a wise man Asif after acceptance transferred this chairmanship to Bilawal on the ground that “third party” will not mentally accept him (Asif) as the Chairman. The “third party” psychologically accepts only Bhutto hence Asif delegated his authority to Bilawal. When on TV it was asked which the third party, the PPP answer it was the “people”. The question is then why to deprive copy of the so called Will to this “third party” as the contents of this so called will are entirely and exclusively concern this Third Party namely the politics. Working in Pakistan I resigned which was not accepted because I was treated a very important and efficient employee. My big government company was always in loss. I ran away from Pakistan for Saudi Arabia. After two years the company was running in profits. With BB or without BB Nawaz Altaf, Pakistan is to remain as ever hence departure of BB is not a national loss at all. The national loss was Quaid-e-Azam which was a unanimous charm for all, not for a 20 to 30 percent. She is also not Shaheed is being labeled. She was known as anti Islamic. She did not die fighting defending attack on Islam or for Islamic Republic of Pakistan but she died fighting for securing the top seat. After daily Khaleej Times of Dubai the second best newspaper of middle east is the Gulf Daily News which is published from Bahrain. Its Chief Editor the owner of the biggest publishing house of the country. He is married to a Pakistani women and is I think the biggest authority in the world on Ilama Iqbal. His writing is very honest and writes like Irshad Ahmad Haqqani. In his big editorial he is surprised how the Pakistani nation was mourning on a leader who had plenty of corruption cases against her. He details many giving references. But most pity he showed was that the people are wailing for a such a leader who always claimed herself from and for poor but her own children were living in most posh Dubai villa and her Islamabad house is a platelet place. The PPP is demanding investigation from international commission etc. Its leader yesterday stated since 1947 including Liaquat Ali Murder no enquiry has ever been completed and report made public. It is quite right. Hence question is did her father make Humoodur Rehman report public? Why did not she complete despite sitting on PM chair and make public report of her own’s brother’s death. Why did not she demanded and continued pressed for full investigation and making public report of her brother who got poisoned in Paris? The fact is no political party of the day and no political leader has any interest with Pakistan and its people. Like BB, Ijazul Haq too when is on chair never remembers about death of his own father but when in opposition starts demanding reopening of case.
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I agree with you mate. The death of anyone is a tragic loss. to her family and friends yes... but let us not forget what she did...and didnt do ..during her tenures in office!!
and the term shaheed is used very oh so lightly these days....
In the end it was good riddance from a national point of view..but a grave loss from a family perspective!
What?
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You will never get 100% of people to agree on anything.
However it is obvious from the reaction in Pakistan, and around the world, the vast majority of people considered her assassination to be a huge loss for Pakistan.
A few anti-Bhutto propagandists matter not.
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^^ and I think there are more anti-bhutto people than pro bhutto people in the country.
every Pakistani lost life due to terrorist activities has same value of life. poor blood is not cheap.
its a great loss for PPP and supporters. however given her contributions to our homeland, she cant be a national loss. though Pakistan has lost a main political leader of the country.
I dont know why PPP dont have guts to go democratic itself when its so called fighting for democracy(power only) always even when civillian (NS eras) government were in place.
there was only one bhutto, rest are abusing his name including BB.
so instead of clinging to bhuttos/zaradris, PPPlis should think with open mind and go for favourite real leaders ie Aitzaz, Yousaf Gillani, Amin Fahim, Shah Mahmood Qureshi etc.
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Death of BB is a great loss. No body can feel its gravity more than me as three young children in their tender age lost their mother same as I lost my mother two months back. A husband became lonely like my father in his old age who I see though did not speak a word but how he feels loneliness in his old age. With the death of my mother the whole system of my home has dismembered. But to me BB’s death is not a national loss. It is loss of his family, his party and to his followers but not of nation. If one is not emotional but is honest and judicious he can well understand it from another side. In the Press Conference Asif Zardari disclosed BB had left a Will appointing him as Chairman of the party as the leadership is in inheritance. This is another mockery of the so called democracy. Notwithstanding however when a newspaper reporter demanded copy of the purported Will the curt reply was that it is a family paper and all family members have read it hence no copy. It is universally believed there is nothing personal of a “national leader”. Even the personal life of a national leader is open like a book before the public. This so called Will was not concerning disposal of “palaces, Swiss bank accounts” etc but about the “politics” of the party. Though not in clear words but some surprise on the Will has been shown by many quarters the existence of which was never known in her life. The existence of a Will in one’s life is never a secret except its contents. Likewise when indirect questions about inheritance in the party was raised in a TV debate senior PPP leadership tried in vain to explain that Asif Ali Zardari did accept the will of late BB and became Chairman. However being a wise man Asif after acceptance transferred this chairmanship to Bilawal on the ground that “third party” will not mentally accept him (Asif) as the Chairman. The “third party” psychologically accepts only Bhutto hence Asif delegated his authority to Bilawal. When on TV it was asked which the third party, the PPP answer it was the “people”. The question is then why to deprive copy of the so called Will to this “third party” as the contents of this so called will are entirely and exclusively concern this Third Party namely the politics. Working in Pakistan I resigned which was not accepted because I was treated a very important and efficient employee. My big government company was always in loss. I ran away from Pakistan for Saudi Arabia. After two years the company was running in profits. With BB or without BB Nawaz Altaf, Pakistan is to remain as ever hence departure of BB is not a national loss at all. The national loss was Quaid-e-Azam which was a unanimous charm for all, not for a 20 to 30 percent. She is also not Shaheed is being labeled. She was known as anti Islamic. She did not die fighting defending attack on Islam or for Islamic Republic of Pakistan but she died fighting for securing the top seat. After daily Khaleej Times of Dubai the second best newspaper of middle east is the Gulf Daily News which is published from Bahrain. Its Chief Editor the owner of the biggest publishing house of the country. He is married to a Pakistani women and is I think the biggest authority in the world on Ilama Iqbal. His writing is very honest and writes like Irshad Ahmad Haqqani. In his big editorial he is surprised how the Pakistani nation was mourning on a leader who had plenty of corruption cases against her. He details many giving references. But most pity he showed was that the people are wailing for a such a leader who always claimed herself from and for poor but her own children were living in most posh Dubai villa and her Islamabad house is a platelet place. The PPP is demanding investigation from international commission etc. Its leader yesterday stated since 1947 including Liaquat Ali Murder no enquiry has ever been completed and report made public. It is quite right. Hence question is did her father make Humoodur Rehman report public? Why did not she complete despite sitting on PM chair and make public report of her own’s brother’s death. Why did not she demanded and continued pressed for full investigation and making public report of her brother who got poisoned in Paris? The fact is no political party of the day and no political leader has any interest with Pakistan and its people. Like BB, Ijazul Haq too when is on chair never remembers about death of his own father but when in opposition starts demanding reopening of case.
Very good assessment and analysis.
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Exactly...in a truely free and democratic party....the party members would decide if you were up to the job of being the leader..Birthright is no right!
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Maybe when our dictator realizes that you cant illegally rule a country without the people's mandate, then we can impose such things in the PPP.
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looking at past two terms of BB, yeah, no big loss.
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Benazir forien agent thi, aq khan ko amrika kay havalay kar deti hor fata par amrika say bambari karati. watan farosh ghadar.
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A leader who has support across the entire country, and its not considered a loss? What other leader has as much support she had?
Even Kashmiris in occupied Kachmir protested...
So how is this NOT a loss for the entire country?
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Maybe when our dictator realizes that you cant illegally rule a country without the people's mandate, then we can impose such things in the PPP.
Spock,
For once, can you not leave Musharraf out of it and just focus on the topic at hand, which is Benazir? The two were not entwined. He was a nobody when she was PM for two terms. What she did during her 'reign' as 'Queen' cannot be pinned on Mushi or anybody else. That was all her and her husband's doing.
What did she accomplish when she was in control of Pakistan? What did she really do that benefitted Pakistan? Yeah, she went around preaching democracy, but did she ever practice it, when she was in power or even when she wasn't? Musharraf didn't put a gun to her head and tell her to 'bequeath' her legacy to her son. She did that on her own!
Yes, it is sad she died. We all feel afsos as she was literally a part of our lives, in our homes, at our dinner parties, she was always there in form of discussions. Her name was ingrained into all Pakistanis, whether we liked her or not. That's why there is afsos. She's been a part of our lives for 20 years. That doesn't make her a saint or a martyr.
It's easy to point the finger at the current government, but who can you point the finger at when she was PM? She did all that on her own .....
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Spock,
For once, can you not leave Musharraf out of it and just focus on the topic at hand, which is Benazir? The two were not entwined. He was a nobody when she was PM for two terms. What she did during her 'reign' as 'Queen' cannot be pinned on Mushi or anybody else. That was all her and her husband's doing.
What did she accomplish when she was in control of Pakistan? What did she really do that benefitted Pakistan? Yeah, she went around preaching democracy, but did she ever practice it, when she was in power or even when she wasn't? Musharraf didn't put a gun to her head and tell her to 'bequeath' her legacy to her son. She did that on her own!
Yes, it is sad she died. We all feel afsos as she was literally a part of our lives, in our homes, at our dinner parties, she was always there in form of discussions. Her name was ingrained into all Pakistanis, whether we liked her or not. That's why there is afsos. She's been a part of our lives for 20 years. That doesn't make her a saint or a martyr.
It's easy to point the finger at the current government, but who can you point the finger at when she was PM? She did all that on her own .....
It has everything to do with it. When Mushy apologists come out here and show grave concern about lack of democracy in the PPP when it comes to electing its leader is concerned, I can only laugh at them for i) they're determination to make PPP strong ii) their dictator's illegal and illgit reign and we all know how much popularity he really thinks he has