“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

First Quaid-e-Azam and now the flag?

Following is a recent picture of Pakistan Cricket team, invited to the President House by Asif Ali Zardari, after winning the T20 World Cup. In the background, on the wall, you can clearly see the pictures of himself, Bilawal, Benazir Bhutto and Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto but there is no picture of Quaid-e-Azam.


If you pay a little more attention to Zardaris' or even the Prime Ministers' TV appearances, you would at once notice that all the pictures of Quaid-e-Azam have been replaced by Benazir.

Following is a report form GEO:

Qaid-e-Azam is the founder and one of the greatest leader. Replacing his picture with some corrupt politicians is a great insult not only to him but for all the Pakistanis out there. This should be treated as an act of treason

In another news, Peoples Party (PPP) did not stop there. They also replaced all Pakistani flags with their party flags through out Islamabad. They were not even removed for the Independence day of Pakistan.


This is happening in the Capital city of Pakistan. According to the laws of Pakistan, disrespecting the flag is a criminal offense punishable by death in some cases.
If this is not a blatant disregard for the flag of Pakistan by PPP, I do not know what else is!!
Where is all of our party leaders and scholars? Why nobody is saying anything about it?

MisEducation

Pakistan is among the nations with the lowest literacy rate in the World. The literacy rate in Pakistan in 2008 was at 49%. It has been estimated that this number has gone up in 2009 to 54.4%.
Following is a brief video of our government school system. You decide if it is 49% or at 4.9%..!



We spent more on our Defense and Military than we should. According to statistics, we spend 3% of our total GDP on Defense, almost 13 Billion Dollars. Why?
Why cannot we spend even half of it on Education, specially on Primary and Secondary?

We should realize that Education is the key to Survival and Success in this world and not a large Military.

According to Nelson Mandela, one of the greatest modern day leader:

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

You decide...!

Corruption Jumps 400%

Transparency International on June 17 2009, published their National Corruption Perception Survey 2009’s (NPC 2009) results, indicating that  corruption is up by 400% percent in 3 years. According to NPC 2009, “overall Corruption in 2002 has increased from Rs. 45 Billion to Rs. 195 Billion in 2009.”

The survey found that Police, Power, Health and Land are the most corrupt departments, and Judiciary, Customs & Taxation have improved their ranking since 2006.

The complete report can be found at:

http://www.transparency.org/news_room/latest_news/press_releases_nc/2009/2009_06_17_pakistan_cps_2009

I am not at all surprised to see these results. Just wait couple of more year and it will jump even more. With Zardari, his minions and other so called leaders running the show without any checks and balances, corruption will only grow.

I have always said and stood behind my statement that Democracy cannot work for Pakistan. We always need a dictator or a military government from time to time to pull Pakistan out of destruction.

So Mr, Kiyani (COAS) a little help here…!!!..