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Friday 22 August 2014

This is a rant. Forgive me.

Can Imran Khan, for the love of all that is Holy, be at least even a little polite in his speeches? Honestly, if your speeches are making me cringe, rest assured, I would be reluctant to even accept whatever is right with your accusations.
Also, PMLN, "Aap sab ghar jayein, Imran Khan tou siyaasi khudkushi ker raha hai, waise hum muzaakraat ke liye tayaar hain" can be added to "A guide on what not to say in case you want negotiations 101."
I agree that the elections were rigged, I agree that the electoral process has a million loopholes and then some, but that is what parliaments are for, oh graduate of Oxford. You sit yourself down in the parliaments and you pass a bill and then you get the votes on it and then you proceed from there. There are two hundred ways to reform your electoral process, dharnas are the not one of them. Don't make me doubt your qualifications Imran.
Someone remind Saad Rafiq that he was caught rigging the elections, on camera. In the words of Captain America, "Son, just don't."
Imran Khan has turned Islamabad into the party capital of Asia, and well, "enjoyz lein" because if this government falls, that will be a solid step backwards for democracy. Stop with the resignation demand, heavens above, I beseech you. Aur yeh, "Pakistan democracy deserve nai kerta" waali awam, aapko apne ghar mei khush rahein.
It took you three days to form a negotiation committee, PMLN. And while the formation of a judiciary committee two days before the march, was rather clever and calculating of you, the entire country is still waiting on updates about it.
I understand if you don't support Imran Khan right now, but do you really, honestly and truly want to quote Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman or Maryam Nawaz or Bilawal Bhutto as your defense? Do you REALLY?
There are a million reasons to disapprove of this march, "Loag naach rahe hain" or "Gaaney baj rahe hain" comes way down that list.
"He is standing in the rain, he leads from the front," waali baatein naa kerein. Karachi mein baarish hui tou aadhe sheher ne baahar aa ke khara hojana hai.
This isn't black and white and this isn't PMLN vs. PTI. 
I even understand where IK's sentiments are coming from. Nobody in their right minds would deny that the elections were rigged. But the electoral reform needs to be brought in through the parliament. If this government fails to complete its term, we will be dragged back to the politics of 1990s with Imran Khan cosplaying as Benazir Bhutto. Nobody wants that. 
Nawaz Sharif is as important in the government as Imran Khan is in the opposition. The country can not afford to lose this balance. Electoral reforms are needed, but they are supposed to come from the parliament. Nobody perfects democracy in the first attempt, but that doesn't mean you risk the system in an attempt to straighten it out.
Now that was definitely a rant. Forgive me.

1 comment:

  1. I think PTI should be more concerned to prove it self in KPK. They must put their ideas to practice where they hold authority. The rest would automatically follow. Being restless would only question their credibility. A fall before rise wali situation banti jaa rahi hai PTI.

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