Gloves off.
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Independence Day brings to mind military rule, violence, threats to sovereignty and the failure of the system.
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Pessimistic approach, maybe?
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A nation without direction from its birth, the state has become a rogue because of continuous interference from the army.
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What do we have to blame the Army everytime? We are the ones responsible.
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It is the country’s foreign debt that makes it so vulnerable to the influence and pressure of Western powers. It is said that every unborn child will have to pay Rs1,500 in interest on the country’s loans even before coming to into the world.
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I hope you're not blaming the army again? Do you also know that the debt is now at an all time low? Yes, it's happened in the Musharraf era.
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After July 20, however, the judiciary and legal community asserted themselves and won a major victory over military and bureaucratic powers. Even after the struggle of the lawyers led to the restoration of the chief justice, Iftikhar M. Chaudhry, there is a long road ahead to achieve the complete restoration of democracy and fundamental human rights, supremacy of the rule of law, abolition of “black” laws and reforms in the policing system.
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And this article isn't going to help build the nation. It's time to bring out the positives and show them to the people for inspiration.
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Therefore, Pakistan is celebrating Independence Day at a time when there is still strong military rule and in which a general who has ruled the country for eight years after dismissing the civilian government is insisting on another five years in office and the right to wear his military uniform.
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The corrupt civillian Government run by the crooks. It's people like you who wanted Nawaz and likes out because the entire country was in trouble.
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Though fundamental rights have been restored with the reinstatement of parliament, these rights are denied by the powerful ruling elite. Policy decisions are made by a group of five-star generals , the Corps Commanders, and the cabinet has little choice but to approve these decisions. The parliament – the National Assembly and Senate – are virtually rubber stamp institutions.
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What decisions? Do you go out of the house after seeking permission from an Army personnel?
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Pakistan is celebrating Independence Day despite the fact that a military operation has been going on since 2001 in the southern province of Balochistan. The army and air force are bombarding the civilian population regularly and have to date killed more than 3000 people
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Excuse me? They are TERRORISTS! Does that say anything to you? Have you heard of the suicide bomb blasts and abduction of innocent civillians? I'm sure you have. It's just that you don't consider them worthy to be mentioned in your article.
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along with several political activists including Akbar Bugti, a former chief minister and tribal leader.
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That does it for me. He was a traitor at best and we're glad that he's dead.
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More than 5,000 people have been arrested including another former chief minister, Akhter Mengal. Several hundred people are missing after being arrested by state intelligence agencies.
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National interest; I hope you're aware of the global scenario as well.
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The civilian government has no control over the province and Balochistan is controlled by a military installation situated in the province capital. It is the army that has checkpoints on the highways and ensures that natural resources are out of the reach of the local population and even the local government.
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Bullshit, I say to that. The Army is protecting those resources from being attacked by the same terrorists whom you consider innocent civillians. The one's who've previously attacked pipelines with rocket launchers and whatnot!
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The incidence of rape remains high and more than 3,000 cases, including gang rape, have been reported throughout the country. No equal opportunity of employment is provided. Religious violence is endemic and there is a struggle for the creation of a separate Islamic home land. Sectarian violence accounts for more than 500 deaths a year, mainly Shia and Sunni but also those who base their beliefs on the Brelvi and Deobandi schools of thought. Bomb attacks on mosques of different sects are very common.
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Haha! But I thought you opposed military action against the terrorists using these issues to their own advantage?
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Pakistan celebrates its Independence Day despite the fact that minorities, who have always claimed equal rights as citizens, do not even have the right to perform their religious duties.
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How moronic of you to say that. The minorities are part of Pakistan and every citizen regardless of race, creed, or culture respects each other. I studied in a catholic school for 10 years situated in the heart of Pakistan so based on my experience, the above is totially not true.
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Pakistan celebrates its Independence Day with more than half its population living in shantytowns and slums without drinking water, sanitation, access to health care and education. Every year more than one million people are displaced without compensation from their homes or threatened with displacement. Old villages are demolished on the pretext of construction of mega-projects despite the fact that the inhabitants have been living in them for more than a century. The gap between the rich and the poor is widening day by day.
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What part of Pakistan are you talking about? The situation here is far and I mean FAR better than India.
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According to the State Bank of Pakistan more than 34 percent of the population is living below the poverty line, whereas independent sources claim that the figure is closer to 42 percent. Prices of essential items are almost 300 percent higher now than in October 1999 when the Pakistan Army took over control of the country. Due to privatization without transparency, unemployment has increased and the working hours for those fortunate enough to have jobs has increased from eight to twelve hours a day.
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So has the quality of life. Pakistan today is 10x better than it used to be in the 1990's.
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The government’s statistics about unemployment are generally believed to be incorrect but there is no way to check. It is because of unemployment and job insecurity that cases of suicide have increased.
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How about educational reforms? Free education? Free healthcare? Free books? Local governments?
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It is in this atmosphere that the Pakistani elite is celebrating Independence Day with great enthusiasm. The media is talking more about freedom and independence than it is about the truth of how a nation is being betrayed in the name of nationalism and Islam.
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You need to do a lot of research my friend.
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article by Baseer Naveed
agree with most of the things
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What is that you agree with?