Sad incident and that too because Imran Khan did not visit Rajan Pur? It was the Rajanpur incident that definitely made her come to this decision..
Shireen Mazari was a good person and aligned to the vision of PTI. Sad to see her leave.!
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I had posted my reaction in another thread. Copying it here:
The PTI actually seems to be hijacked by the so-called ideologists who do not want to be surpassed by anyone. They are not willing to let the limelight focus elsewhere. Every single newcomer in the party is resisted tooth and nail. None of these so-called ideologists is good enough to beat even a councilor on its own. And no political ideology, however genuine it maybe, can be of any use to the people if its followers fail to reach the corridors of power and put the ideology into action.
Dr Mazari has been an excellent analyst, but she has grossly misread the script. I do not want to bring the factor of traditional rivalry of Mazari and Laghari tribes in this move, but she should have tried to understand the broader and complicated canvass of electoral politics of Pakistan. There might be some angels staying on the earth, but none of them is based in Pakistan — not even Imran himself.
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So her 16 years of hard work got wasted cz Imran Khan didnt went to Rajan Pur
Seriously our Politicians should stop acting like crying babies now
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Following entry is copied from her daughter’s blog.
I can tolerate criticism regarding my work, my attitude towards ex-fellow party members and a lot of other things but one thing I have put up with for the last 6 months (since April when I joined PTI in Rajanpur District) is abuse and character assassination. This is something I am simply not ready to tolerate anymore, be it for PTI or anything/anyone else; my respect and principles are more important to me than a party that continues to attack me despite my contributions to it ever since I joined. Admitted, I have made mistakes in the past, but being called a “prostitute,” or hearing/reading insults regarding my late grandfather by PTI workers is simply unacceptable. Yes, I wear what I want and I live my personal life exactly the way I want to – that is between me and myself; no one else ever had or will ever have a right to comment on it. I will never make any apologies for the way I choose to live my personal life. I tolerated my personal life being put up for criticism and abuse by PTI workers and ignored it because I believed in PTI’s vision and did not want to put any impediments in the way to their success.
When PTI started taking in feudals and lotas, I stood by them because Khan convinced us that he knew what he was doing. Despite his dictatorial decisions in the PSC in granting Musharraf’s ex-ministers the most significant positions in the party, I stood by my ex-leader. I trusted his judgment. I trusted that these people were coming into our party because they had changed and wanted a Pakistan that was a democratic, progressive welfare state. I was only to realize slowly and gradually how impaired my judgment had been. I even went so far as to stick by my party when party workers hurled stones at me and literally molested me at the Pindi Jalsa because I thought “if its for Pakistan, I can stick it out.” I just recently realized, well no, its not really for Pakistan is it? Is this a Pakistan any sane person would want to say? Admitted, PTI is the only option right now as the others have PROVEN to be corrupt and inefficient, but why should I continue to defend a party where a) not only am I abused but b) the senior party leadership has only its power-hungry interests at heart.
When I was angry, I wrote a 2 page article on specific people that were discrediting PTI and details of how they were influencing Khan to move away from the ideology we have had for 16 years. This was till I realized, I’m better than that. Just because PTI had treated me like dirt doesn’t mean I’m going to reciprocate such disgusting treatment. PTI Rajanpur and I will continue to work on an individual level on social work projects which are my main aim for the next few years. The people of Rajanpur are just as much my responsibility as I am theirs. I will continue to speak for those oppressed as I have always done – no Leghari or feudal sardar is going to be able to defeat that part of me. I truly pray that Khan wakes up and realizes that his party has been hijacked, as my mother stated, which only resulted in sick PTI workers abusing her as well, conveniently forgetting about how hard she has worked for Pakistan all her life, even without party affiliations. Khan may think he knows what he’s doing, but when he passes comments (regarding the Rajanpur jalsa which he did not attend), saying “convince them to come back later/why cant they just come back tomorrow,” I feel he has lost touch with the poverty-stricken and neglected population of not only Southern Punjab, but Pakistan, as a whole. These were poor people, most of them affected directly by the floods, who had borrowed money to try to make ends meet just to be able to hear Khan speak to them for 20 minutes. A delay in DGK, sitting and convincing more sardars to lend their support just doesn’t cut it as a justification for keeping these people waiting. If it had been just the wait, one could even forgive that – but the fact that he didn’t even bother apologizing to those people was what made me sick to my stomach. What pushed it one step forward was Awais Leghari’s attack against my mother, calling her “unreasonable” for standing up for people who are oppressed by the system his feudal mindset propagates.
I for one am tired of slogans of change without any concrete policy. I sincerely pray internal party elections result in the removal of damaging elements from within PTI. I could write on and on about how senior leadership in the party has disrespected one another, including Khan’s disrespect towards my mother, but that’s another issue which I do not wish to delve into – ENOUGH of dirty politics.
Pakistan is and always will be my home; my soil to which I will always give back in whichever way I can – but I can no longer remain in a party where my ideology conflicts with theirs. If it is really a change Khan wants to bring about, why is the old guard of PTI shunned and humiliated so that he can use Tareen’s private jet? How Imran Khan thinks this isn’t elitism shocks me!
InshaAllah when I have my degree in hand and have served Pakistan to the extent where I feel I am in a position to re-enter politics, I have no other ambition but to do so. Until that day, health, education, women’s rights and other projects that I had been working on in Pakistan will not come to an end. Infact, with no party affiliation, I am in a more credible position to carry out my work. To all those who abused me and my family, I pray for you and hope you develop into decent human beings because that is something that PTI clearly hasn’t taught you. Criticizing Imran Khan does not make me a “traitor.” I am free to criticize on issues where I feel the nation is being misled; blind faith in a leader (any leader at all) is not the way I work – sorry to disappoint.
I appreciate the work that the Imran Khan Foundation and Shaukat Khanum are engaging in – but that’s what Imran Khan is superb at; social work. He is an asset for Pakistan in terms of his dedication in the field of social work. As a politician, I feel like he needs to remember who he was 15 years ago and what vision he had because it no longer exists in the party. What are considered “electables” aren’t what Pakistan needs – what we need is an honest and focused leader who will stick to his initial convictions and beliefs even when offered the short cut.
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PTI responds to Shireen Mazari’s resgination
Islamabad: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has responded to the resignation of their Vice President Dr. Shireen Mazari, who is a renowned geostrategic analyst and political scientist.
While PTI has expressed regret over partying company with Mazari, PTI has also criticized her recent activities and discipline inside the party.
According to a press release from the party, PTI has stressed that observing discipline of the party is necessary upon all party members.
“Sadly, Dr Mazari chose not to do so by going public about her grievances during Mr. Imran Khan’s visit to the flood affected areas of Dera Ghazi Khan and Rajanpur,” press release states.
Subsequent upon her tirade against Khan, PTI issued a show cause notice to her and rather than replying to the notice, Mazari decided to resign from the party.
Stating the background of her resignation, press releases adds that it all started with visit of Chairman PTI Imran Khan’s visit to flood affected areas including Dera Ghazi Khan and Rajanpur.
“His (Khan) flight from Islamabad to DG Khan got delayed by three hours due to rain with the result that he could not visit Rajanpur. Dr Mazari knew about the circumstances but still chose to publicly criticise the party and its leadership.”
This was unacceptable but the party did not immediately suspend her or terminate her membership. Instead as per party rules and the norms of any democratic organization, she was asked to show cause why disciplinary action should not be taken against her. She chose not reply and has instead widened her scope of attack on the party while resigning.”
Press release further states that PTI respects the views of its members and allows everyone to voice his concern but cannot allow the grievances or disagreements within the party go public.
This is indeed sad and uncalled for.
“Political parties are voluntary organizations and everyone has a right to join them or leave. She has decided to leave. This is her prerogative and PTI respects it while completely rejecting all the uncalled for allegations made by her,” press release concludes.
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STA, can you paraphrase ? It's painful to read.
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Shireen Begum - egotistical much ?
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Is there any single politician whose character has not been attacked?
“What are considered electables” may not be what Pakistan needs, but these are the people who run the country, you like it or not. Plus, no blogger has won any election in the history of country.
What she did not mention in her blog is that instead of making practical efforts for the betterment of the country, she would rather use his blog to change the destiny of 180 million people — typical drawingroom wizard .
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It is a sad loss for PTI but the reasons presented in her resignation letter were very incoherent. IK even met her personally to reassure about Rajanpur visit and regarding 'feudal interference' in party matters. I am sure the day Legharis leave PTI (which I reckon they will), she will be back.
Shireen Mazari is a very good analyst but as a politician she let her ego come in between. Hopefully shireen Mizari will be back after some soul searching and discussions with PTI's leadership.
But I like how she defended IK's character and how Shireen Mizari and Arif Alvi has been interacting with each other in TV programmers. Civil and respectfully.
While new comers like Bhinder and Hoti constantly attacked and resorted to cheap shots.
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It is a loss to PTI as she represented PTI well at all forums but i must admit it's quite a CHILDISH reason to leave a party.
Imran Khan was visiting flood areas going from Chitral to South Punjab to Sindh to Balochistan and somehow missed Rajanpur which was planned but bad weather and delayed flights made it impossible for Imran Khan to visit Rajanpur but he requested for Rajanpur visit to be postponed till next morning but Dr Shireen was probably upset because Imran was visitng DG Khan (Legharis). She probably thought that Imran was giving more importance to them who are feudals (Dr Mazari's background isn't much different).
Even though she wasn't politically that important but still a sad loss to see an educated person go like this.
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I think she had already made up her mind to leave due to lagharis and tareens, and this rajanpur issue she used to justify her departure. If Imran khan couldn't make it there on the day he went to dg khan, she could have rescheduled it for the next day but she used this to vent frustration.
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PTI has been hijacked by the rich lotas like Qurashi, hashmi and some vaderas. The loyalest and founders are leaving one by one. By the time next elections come PTI can not be recoganized, it will look like a mixed party for PPP and Pmln unsatisfied ministers.
I wont be surprised if Imran Khan either leaves the party or gets kicked out in near future.
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PTI has been hijacked by the rich lotas like Qurashi, hashmi and some vaderas. The loyalest and founders are leaving one by one. By the time next elections come PTI can not be recoganized, it will look like a mixed party for PPP and Pmln unsatisfied ministers.
I wont be surprised if Imran Khan either leaves the party or gets kicked out in near future.
With all these rich lotas coming, there will still be place for hundreds of youngsters/newbies. In comparison, other parties contain 100% such people so if these rich people are concern then PTI should be an automatic choice??
I think anyone would be stupid to think that a bunch of highly educated non political youngsters can simply come and replace these waderas. Imran has to mix the youth with some of the educated waderas like Tareens, Qureshis etc to bring the change.
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^^ I think PTI has more ratio or will have more ratio of of lotas than other mainstream parties. reason is simple, PTI is just too new and too small. to fill up the ranks with electables they will have to get people from other parties. while other parties have lotas too , they still have a good number of people who started their career with them.
Young, educated, enthusiastic and honest people are good but in subcontinent politics they are hardly electables.
Imran only needs youth to vote for him. even if he gets the best results he still wont have enough seats to form a single party parliament. he will have to join hands with most def MQM, ANP and may be with the big two. so same old politics will continue even after he 'wins'