“Jinnah: India, Partition, Independence”

“Jinnah: India, Partition, Independence” is the name of a new book launched two days back on August 17th. The book is written by India’s senior politician Jaswant Singh, a former Indian Foreign and Finance Minister and a member of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Jaswant in his new book, praised the founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, and described him as a “great man” and said that India had not only misunderstood Jinnah but demonized him. The book puts the blame of the division of “United India” and the creation of Pakistan on Jawaharlal Nehru rather than on Jinnah. 

Jaswant’s book has stirred up a huge controversy in India where Muhammad Ali Jinnah has been demonized for splitting India, creating a separate homeland for Muslims. In his comments, Jaswant said,

I was unable to convince myself that Mohammad Ali Jinnah was a demon (as some Indians believe). I was also unable to convince myself of the ideography of Jinnah as some in Pakistan believe. He was neither. He was a man of flesh and blood,

Sadly, two days after the book was launched, BJP’s leadership cancelled Mr. Singh’s party membership and expelled him from the party. In his press conference this morning, very emotional Mr. Singh was very disappointed by the Party’s decision and said,

"I had never imagined that 30 years of my service would have ended this way. It's regretful,"

It is really unfortunate for all of us that our leaders (Pakistani leaders are no different) have zero tolerance for the truth, for their own history. The is the only reason we are still a third world country, and I am afraid, will forever remain a third world country because we have a very short memory span and tend to forget our past very quickly. Instead of learning from the past we ignore it, only to repeat the same mistakes all over again.

I would urge all of you to support Jaswant Singh and buy his book. (I will post a link from where you can buy it as soon as I get it.)

Sources

- “From BJP's Hanuman, I am now its Ravana: Jaswant” - http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/india/From-BJPs-Hanuman-I-am-now-its-Ravana-Jaswant/articleshow/4910486.cms
- “Jinnah According to Jaswant” - http://www.jaswantsingh-mp.com/interview/jinnah_jaswant.html
- “Jinnah was a great man” - http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/4900197.cms

Judges restored! Now what!?

First of all, congratulations to all Pakistanis for standing up to injustice and making this happen. You all have proved that we, as a nation, can still be united and can do miracles, if need be.

So, the Government has finally gave in and promised to restore the sacked judiciary. Pakistanis through out are celebrating for this great victory. But I see it a bit differnetly.
What people do not realize is that Mr. Zardari has played his cards very well. Although, he initially miscalculated the intensity of protests and reaction of people, but he did play it very smooth. It seems like he lost, but I strongly believe he only made a fool out of us all.

The government only restored the judges and that is it. Neither the President nor the Prime Minister laid out any plan about the current judges who took oath under PCO. If all of our leaders agreed to this restoration plan, that means they are accepting and validating the current Judiciary as "Legal". If they are allowing Mr. Dogar to complete his "legal" term limit and retire, they have already accepted the current Judiciary as legal. So the Long March and all the protest has been thrown out the window...Think about it!!

And, what about the change of Governor in Punjab? What about abolishing 58-2b? What about transferring some powers back to the Prim Minister? What about the deteriorating economy, growing unemployment, poverty, crimes increasing budget deficit etc. The list goes on and on.

This is not a victory to celebrate yet, it is not the end, it is only a start... start of a long journey to make Pakistan a civilized Islamic Nation.. we have a long long long way to go and we need sincere leadership not criminals to lead Pakistan into the next century (yes we still are living in 1990s).

Our new Crime Minister??

Oh did I say "Crime Minister"...?.. I was trying to say Crime Mini..... I meant Prime Minister!...

Exactly a month after the General Elections, our political situation is still where it was before, if not deteriorated further. So far there is no candidate that have the right credentials for becoming Pakistan's next Prime Minister.

Makhdoom Amine Fahim was the only candidate that could have been a tad better than others. But after the outright rejection of his nomination by Asif Zardari (or should I say Asif Bhutto), we are back to square one. He is not only trying to downplay the role of Amine Fahim but also keeping him away from important party decisions. It appears that Asif Zardari will try to nominate himself for the Prime Minster post as he is taking his sweet time in deciding on one. 

 

Just think, who would have imagined that after spending seven (7) years in jail, he will become the chairman of Pakistan biggest political party, PPP. The scenario of him becoming our next PM is not very far from reality. These are power hungry people who can and will play every dirty trick to hang on to it.

 

The point I was trying to make here is, if (God forbid) Zardari becomes our next Prime Minister, it would be the darkest and the most unfortunate era in the history of Pakistan. A person known to the world as "Mr. 10 percent" and whose corrupt activities are out in the open, will  represent us in the Global Arena as the Prime Minister of Pakistan. Not only that, he would then have a free hand to once again to spread corruption and rob the wealth of Pakistan... just imagine!!!