PPP government 3 years and counting

[Zakk]

Re: PPP government 3 years and counting

@Aceones

Swat operation, clearing Bajaur: PPP had no role, it was presented, planned and executed by the armed forces. PPP’s job was to perform some post military operation political reforms in those areas and set up civil govts writ which they totally failed in

cooling balochistan down: not cooled down at all, target killing of non-local population specially educationists continues non-stop
NFC awards: already mentioned above, its credit goes to showbaz more than ppp
18th amendment: CM mentioned in first post, plus it needs to be cleaned a bit
freeing the judges, dropping the NRO: these too are funny : D

You are mistaken about the Swat operation and Bajaur, the Army had tried repeatedly to clear things up they needed political backing..they got that from the PPP and ANP. The Army as a force to put down insurgency is quite weak without political support..what has happened is that the Army doesn’t allow the civilian govt to make any decisions during the post operation because it wants to take all the credit.

Balochistan is in an insurgency situation thanks to Musharraf, unfortunately the FC/Army won’t allow any intiatives to take hold..but the moves have kept the door open in a situation that could have been far worse (apologising for military actions, Balochistan package and 18th amendment)

NFC, all groups made compromises, Shahbaz had no choice to comrpomise unless he wanted the PML-N to be doomed as a provincial party.

Freeing the judges and NRO, the govt flip flopped, but in the end they accepted public pressure..that is what democratic govts do..compared to the previous govt which didn’t do either.

None of this is an excuse for a dismal performance by the PPP but they should be acknowledged.