Re: Carry on, Imran Khan
As far as establishment is concerned:
I have full consensus with you that they are the real culprits. Who is better placed to tackle them.. here I have a disagreement with you. I think Imran Khan being financially more upright is in a better position to tackle them. He has a stated policy that Pakistan should denounce support for any militant outfit working for what-so-ever cause. This can only be done by curtailing the activities of the military establishment. Although I personally believe that NS also has the same intentions. He had the same intentions in 1999 also and look what establishment did to him and nobody came out on the streets to support him.
As far as IK is concerned I believe he will stick to his stated policy of denouncing the militants.. and it will be difficult for the army to do what they did to NS in 1999.. just because he has no loot-maar baggage with him..
I wish he can, but here let us agree to disagree…
i leave you with the following comments by a PTIan from Insaf dot pk, i could have said many other things about Mehmood of Lahore, Alleem Khan, Bhinders of Gujranwala, but that would be my word and can be biased.. so let us see, how previous candidate of PTI from Rawalpindi is charaterized… and how he still is in the party, and i believe he is fighting for the same change IK is
So here we go:
Then at least we shouldn’t try to find logical reasons for rather purely political decisions. No formal charge of corruption has been brought against Sheikh Rasheed (other than the talk show that I seem to have missed. SC applauded Sheikh Rasheed’s role as Railway Minister. And in a rather extraordinary order CJP asked Sheikh Rasheed to advise the sitting Railway Secretary on how to deal with the current inefficiency of Pakistan Railway. Please also keep in mind that Sardar Asif Ahmad Ali and Azam Sawati are already a part of PTI as PTIs “political decisions”. “Ideological Insafian” Khursheed Kasuri is also on the line.
The second point that I want to forcefully make is that it is highly unfair, unjust and frankly ridiculous to paint Sheikh Rasheed and Ijaz Jazi alike in the perspective of Dr Arif Alvi’s facts report.** I had a chance to live in this particular constituency for two years while I wan studying in NUST. I was living near Bunny Chowk which is a stones throw from Sheikh Rasheed’s Lal Haveli and the place where Jazi lives. I have met Sheikh Rasheed and Jazi many times and due to my interest in politics I also engaged with the constituents of this constituency. **
**Jazi is a rich man and have nothing to do with politics and particularly with the people of constituency. He was associated with PML N and due to his riches was a candidate for a national assembly ticket from N League. After N League rightly refused him the ticket, he quickly got a ticket from PTI (somehow), and was bitterly and shamefully beaten. He is well known in the constituency for his links with drug dealers, kabza mafia and what not. He is extremely discredited in his constituency. I was working for an NGO in Pakistan who had an anti drug abuse project. I was visiting many places including darbars where I could find more drug addicts. I met Jazi first time at Pehlwan shah darbar near Rawalpindi medical college (RMC). I am not beating about the bushes and am giving you a specific point on ground that if you are living in Rawalpindi you can go there today and find out yourself. This Darbar is actually a centre of drug proliferation and one of the biggest “Jua Khana” in this constituency we are talking about. Front room is a tomb of some Pehlwan Shah (God knows if anybody is buried there or not). There are three back rooms with a couple of dozen TVs sofas chairs and at some places sitting arrangement on ground. The couple of dozen TVs broadcast races, sports, roulette and other betting games round the clock and “Jua” is played at this place round the clock. The chief hand behind this “Rohani Dargah” is Ijad Ahmad Khan Jazi (Former NA candidate of PTI). The day I met Jazi for the first time there, it was an Ayftar part being given at the darbar, and Jazi was naturally the chief guest in there. I remember he came a bit late, just had a little plate of fruit salad and then a double ciggerate (Jargon for a cig with chars in it) was offered to him. I an eyewitness that he smoked that hash cig with complete “Rohaniyat”. I am also eyewitness to Jazi’s talk with his affiliates who ARE running this darbar relating to the planning of some kabza’s that somebody has hired them to take. **
**Now I will introduce you with the flag-bearers of Jazi. For that you will have to visit Peer choa Kabrastan (in the heart of this constituency) near Bunni Chowk. There are two darbars in this Kabrastan, one is called Tho Shah Sarkar’s darbar and I forgot the other’s name. A group of Malangs, local youth and other people from this constituency sit around these darbars every single day smoke chars, drink Bhang and plan much of the stuff you can very well imagine. Anyday, if you are in Pindi just go though Peer Choa Kabrastan, you will know what’s happening there, and if you are used to these kind of environments go sit down with these people and ask them about their political Saviour PTI’s former NA seat runner, Ijaz Ahmad Khan Jazi. Eyewitnessesband people sitting around there have reported to me that Jazi has also visited this place, and offers financial support to these malangs and their gangs from time to time.
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