Revolution or same old drama?

Revolution Revolution Revolution

These are the words which are on the mouth of each Pakistani specially the youth. On this given day when "Father of the Nation" Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah was born, we should ask our self first; are we the nation whose ancestors gave everything which they had, from house to their children. Just for Pakistan. Today sadly saying sacrifices which our ancestors gave all have gone in vane. Today we talk about revolution but are not ready to bring revolution within our self. We as youth are not even ready to stop at a signal for 1 minute or even making an effort to dispose the waste material of our home. If we are not able to teach children picking up garbage in street we are also not making any effort to provide them with basic meal.


Revolution or same old drama?
Rally of Imran Khan which we witnessed today was an impressive show of peoples strength. It showed us that the young generation of Pakistan are alive (just for sake of jalsas which have concerts). Since spring this year PTI has emerged as a party which has attracted people from every corner. Top leadership which also now contains dry cleaned politicians speak about a revolution. A revolution that would wipe out corruption which they think is the root cause of evil in Pakistan.


But with all this, simple questions still remain to linger around. Questions which somewhere or the other have to be answered. 


A distinguished former Jamaati in the top leadership is PTI Vice President Ejaz Chaudhry who was ejected from the JI after facing accusations of corruption. He is now the PTI’s advisor on religious affairs and Imran Khan’s point person in the Punjab. Chaudhry is also key person of PTI’s youth wing, the Insaf Students Federation.  PTI remains close to former MMA partners the JI and JUI and also shares same ideology, often jointly arranging rallies. In 2009, Imran Khan piled praise on the JI’s then leader Qazi Hussain Ahmed at a seminar at the Lahore Press Club, referring to Ahmed as his “brother.”


Sharing extremist's ideology
More disturbing are the relations between the PTI and other fanatic organizations in Pakistan. Imran Khan individually visited the Darul-Uloom Haqqania in Akora Khattak in way to adharna (sit in) in Peshawar. The Darul-Uloom, an extremist seminary popularly known as “the University of Jihad,” is also accused of being the launching pad for former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto’s assassination.


Moreover, in May this year Ejaz Chaudhury also was present in a rally with Hafiz Saeed, the head of Jamaat-ud-Dawa, the political arm of the banned terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Tayyaba. The rally damned the killing of Osama bin Laden, and declared him a “Martyr of Islam.” Funeral prayers were duly offered.

The flags of the Sipah-e-SahabaPakistan (SSP) have also become a view seen at PTI rallies, some even featuring SSP-affiliated speakers. The SSP, a violently sectarian anti-Shia and anti-Christian organization, was banned as a terrorist group in 2002. SSP factions are clearly folding into the PTI while carrying their own vile agendas, as indicated by the presence of their distinct flags. PTI time in time out has shown links to right-wing extremist groups that Imran Khan rarely condemns their hateful activities in public. Unfortunately, he usually does not do so publicly.

1. Bombing of ashura procession in Karachi

2. Attack on christians in Gojra

3. Ruthless killing of Hazaras in Mastung

4. Killing of scouts in Karachi

5. Sucide bombing of mosques, imambarghas 

6. Killing of military personals.

On all these occasions PTI central leadership and Mr Revolution i.e. Mr Imran Khan remained quiet. Not a single statement against these actions. There are hardly any instances of the PTI directly condemning Pakistani terrorist groups.

Why not trying PTI?

Substantial thrust has built behind Imran Khan on the base of the thinking that everybody else has been tried, so why not the PTI? This is baloney, and perhaps the worst of all probable causes to vote for the PTI. If Pakistan’s supremacy is to be a rotating door where everyone gets a turn, then should the likes of the SSP and the TTP line up too? After all, they have never been tried in government either.

Conclusion

Vote for the PTI if it fits your attitude and values. But remember politics, and particularly is an intrinsically chaotic team sport. Even with a star player, the team and its strategies, alliances and associations matter.  And as it stands, Imran Khan is not politics of change its just politics as usual