Why Pakistani people have not taken to the streets?

[teggy]

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^lol...errr not exactly!

[teggy]

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Army looks better on the border, not in the streets.

[Reza_Pahlavi]

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@Khehkeshan

500 select idiots in jail does not equal "hunting all and sundry and putting them in jails". Pakistan has 160mil population.

Yes, exactly!

[mercenary2k]

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@Captain1

people correlating “poll results” with “no-street demos”

Polls showed “common/street” people responses, “street demonstrations” are ignited/started by political parties. MQM and PPP are in bed with Musharraf already, regardless of what Mushy does to Pakistan as long as he promises something to these two greedy parties they will be “yes sir”. So there goes out big chunk of “demonstrations”… just before this emergency, PML-N was in talks with another lota party PML-Q, so there goes yet another chunk of possible people coming out on streets. Fazlu diesel is a lota as well, so forget his contribution in streets… who else?

really?

then why do believe poll results which show Musharraf with low approval ratings?

[Captain1]

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really?

then why do believe poll results which show Musharraf with low approval ratings?

Poll results mean the approval rating is down, I agree but that in no way means people will resort to street demonstrations if a bad decision is made...

[daleel]

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@Khehkeshan

500 select idiots in jail does not equal "hunting all and sundry and putting them in jails". Pakistan has 160mil population.

Those idiots are better than the morons and robots sitting in his cabinet and serving the madman. One who can use brute force and lies to hold on to his kursi, one who can push the whole nation into crisis to keep his kursi can do anything to the crowd to keep his hold on to the power. Crazy and desperate measures from a crazy and desperate man. If he has any shame let him come out and face the 160 million people form any constituency of Pakistan. He will lose his deposit.

[SindSagar]

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Todays News says a lot of unrest in Lahore and Islamabad, people ARE protesting...............

[Rebel_X]

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so the choice is between idiots and morons/robots.
man that is a depressing thought

[yazdi]

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@Sa1eem

At the time Zia hanged Bhutto, Zia was very popular, and Bhutto was very unpopular. Zia lost his popularity with time and while Zia was loosing his popularity, Bhutto popularity was increasing, though even today there are many supporters of Zia in Pakistan that no one can deny.

How about interior Sind...I really believe you that Zia was really popular>>>>

[PyariCgudia]

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Because the police are abusing anyone who protests. The pictures of lawyers in business suits getting the crap beaten out of them by fresh-out-of-the-village police this morning in the NYtimes, was just an embarrassment.

I mean, really, I was expecting some swift civil movements as they did against Iftikhaar Chaudry - house arrest him, end of story.

But no, they use the big guns on the poor average man, not the high profile criminals. I'd like to see BB's behind get kicked like that on the streets by those tullay.

[Decent_6Chora]

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@mawarid

80% of the judges have refused to take oath under PCO. Does that tell you something? Police have arrested hundreds form their homes. Does that say anything?

80% of these 80% judges (Including Iftekhar Chaudhry) took oath on first PCO of Musharraf, Does that tell you something?

[PyariCgudia]

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@Reza_Pahlavi

http://thenews.jang.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=78934

**Life in city normal after emergency **

Karachi

Despite emergency imposed in the country, life in Karachi after a day had passed was normal. Activities at shopping centres and hotels, was the same like every other day. During a survey conducted by The News most of the common citizens expressed their complete ignorance of emergency and said all such actions did not make any difference. Aslam Siddiqi said he was a salaried class person and expressed his complete no confidence on all political parties in his vociferous tone they were all making us fools. What I need he said was to get my salary and the first measure this emergency government should take was to curb the price hike of essential goods. This was the most important issue.

Another lady Shaista Khan while shopping at a bazaar in Gulshan-e-Iqbal said, she did not care about emergency, the politicians of this country were not sincere to the country and they all should announce retirement and give a chance to the youngsters. They would for sure not be corrupt, she added. She also said that due to price hike my monthly budget was shattered every month. I do not see anything new due to emergency. A shopkeeper Naimatullah said I am least bothered about emergency. What was needed at the moment was the political leaders should get united to raise their voice against emergency. He lamented that now all calls would be turned on deaf ears.

An auto rickshaw driver Rahmat Rana reading a local newspaper when asked to give his comments over emergency he said Yar apana kia haay, let anything happen, anything printed in the newspapers appear to be a bundle of lies. I have been living in Karachi for the last 20 years but have never seen any such situation which would deliver fruits to the poor. This is the first day of emergency one Khalid Khilji doing shopping with his family said we did not care about emergency. Just please ask these new rulers of the country to rectify the police of Karachi then everything would be fine. They were the cruel people doing a lot of humiliation daily to the poor people. He said if this emergency corrected them let this emergency be forever. During a survey made at hotels like Lal Qila, Karachi Haleem and other Nihari hotels, the managers at these hotels said the sale on Saturday was little higher than normal days and their customers never showed any sign that emergency was imposed in the country.

There have been a high frequency of strikes on and off for the past two months - people have been hindered in their business. This is no joke. The tamasha these idiots play on the streets of Karachi, I don’t understand. I do not get the point of constant strikes that do more damage than good to every normal citizen, and if the Pakistani government can ban strikes or regulate them so that businesses not related to the strike can stay open, then that’ll do a whole lot good. I spoke to my family in Karachi, and they’re hoping that this emergency will put a temporary halt on the number of strikes going on in the city.

[Reza_Pahlavi]

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Business activity as usual in Lahore
http://www.dawn.com/2007/11/06/ebr8.htm

“The imposition of emergency has added to that feeling but has not affected much the general business sentiment,” Lahore Qaumi Tajir Ittehad (QTI) chairman Ansar Butt said.

The government is said to already have tamed trading community by allowing them several tax and other concessions over the last few years. Therefore, most traders are not prepared to indulge in any kind of political activity against it. “This government has settled a number of issues facing the traders’ community. Therefore, traders are not prepared to pull down shutters as a community,” he said.

[Iconoclast]

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People should stay at home. The power of state is too much in modern times and cannot be taken on by ordinary people. And the recklessness of our gov is obvious. No use endangering people lives for a lost cause.

[Aalsi]

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@Reza_Pahlavi

Business activity as usual in Lahore
http://www.dawn.com/2007/11/06/ebr8.htm

“The imposition of emergency has added to that feeling but has not affected much the general business sentiment,” Lahore Qaumi Tajir Ittehad (QTI) chairman Ansar Butt said.

The government is said to already have tamed trading community by allowing them several tax and other concessions over the last few years. Therefore, most traders are not prepared to indulge in any kind of political activity against it. “This government has settled a number of issues facing the traders’ community. Therefore, traders are not prepared to pull down shutters as a community,” he said.

People are continuing with life as normal. The obviously do not want to sabotage the unprecedented economic growth.

[Reza_Pahlavi]

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People are continuing with life as normal. The obviously do not want to sabotage the unprecedented economic growth. :)

Very true, but people are sick to death of the political parties as well, especially with their track records.

[zain281]

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I think people not going to the streets because know even if they sacrifice their lifes and families and get musharraf ousted.. then what? They will have same politicians back and more loot and more corruption.. they just dont see any benefit for a common men.. they suffer no matter who the leader is and whether or not its democracy or not.. so why even bother?

[Rebel_X]

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true...zain and that is a point i have made before,... i.e. if i was there and i was in that position I would say what am i fighting for now? yeah i know what I am fighting against, but show me how things will be different, and then looking at the faces as likely alternatives, it would be like a back to the future sort of analysis.

I may nto be happy in the frying pan, but heck i was in fire before and dont want to go back there..and I dont see a cooling plate anywhere on the horizon..that is how many ppl are thinking.

[5Abi]

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maybe people dont want to get sotified, arrested, tortured, diappear and sent to places like gunatnama bay. a common man's needs are how to feed the hungry kids and how to buy the next meal, and in many cases he is the sole bread winner of the entire family of 10 or something. that may also be the reason

[antiobl]

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@Iconoclast

People have become hopeless and then the bombing in BB's rally has scared them.

it is hard to come on the street when your belly is full with halwa, charghas, mutton, and in some cases daal. Unless off course you are Ben Laden lackie, then you will be out on the street regardless of the halwa availability.