The Arrests!

The headlines that propped up on my Facebook newsfeed were about how absolutely amazing Imran Khan is as both Zardari, Nawaz and Altaf Hussein are in jail now. What I remember is that the political party said that they are not interfering in the judicial system… but if that was soo, how can some political party take credit for some politicians in jail. Weird though, how only ‘some’ people are in jail, how only some (read two) Generals are convicted and how just those judges, who pointed at the most prestigious institution of the country, are targeted!

The things that are marginalised in the chaos of all this mayhem, was the budget! The most weird thing is that the Prime Minister addressed the nation saying that the economy is under control and we are going in the right direction from now on. What they failed to explain was ‘how?’ They didn’t explain the need for an outsider for the position of the head of the State Bank of Pakistan. They did not throw any light on things that they have promised to the IMF.

Questions remain unanswered. The state of Madina that was promised, seems like a forgotten dream.

What’s In For Us…

The Prime Minister has gone back on his words of not taking loans soo many times that people are either mocking him or blindly supporting his way of doing things. I agree with the previous views of IK that no one would give you money because they like you. There are terms and conditions that make you their slaves when you ask for money.

The other day, IK’s advisor said that it is only because that the Prime Minister is an honest man that the world is coming in to invest in Pakistan. Like seriously ?! Are they that naive?? The colonists invested their interests not in the people who were loyal to their tribes, people or country but in those who were loyal to them. A lot of questions have been raised in the recent money and financial and business investments that are being done in Pakistan. Are they all for the benefit of Pakistan and local people? Only time will tell as CPEC has not yet done anything for the local people of the Makran Coast.

Recently, the information minister said that they will crack down any extremist propaganda on social media against the government. Does that mean that we are living under the dictatorial regime? Why is there such hush hush about the terms and conditions on which IMF and rest of the world’s bailout package for Pakistan??

I don’t know about the rest of you, but all this is very unsettling for me… There is always more to it than what seems and the facade may paint a rosy picture for us all but the molded interior will soon eat up its beauty.