The partition of countries is generally resented by those who are getting partitioned. Such movements go by the name of separatism, secession, irredentism, treason and so on. But the discourse of the nation-state which opposes any separation of its territory defines national interest as the holding of territory, not the welfare of the people. In my opinion, however, a partition should be judged by the criterion of human happiness, prosperity of the people and whether the cause of peace has been served or not.

The partition of British India did not begin with a war. When the Muslim League finally went to demand for the partition of India, the Congress, after opposing it as was expected, agreed with it. But, while there was no official war, there was actually a civil war between people which could have been avoided. There was also perpetual conflict especially on Kashmir and now both countries possess a nuclear arsenal and could annihilate each other’s cities. In short, unless the two countries solve their disputes and go for nuclear disarmament — which no country ever has — the peace and happiness which one expects from partition is still to be achieved. That is why Faiz said: ‘chale chalo ke vo manzil abhi nahin ayi’ (move on as that destination has not yet arrived). That ‘destination’ is peace and the happiness of the people of South Asia and it still eludes us.

As for the partition of Pakistan, the alternative could have been the acceptance of Sheikh Mujib’s demands (six points), the transfer of power to him, the acceptance of a confederal structure or some other peaceful solution. But Yahya Khan’s regime, almost all political parties, the army and the bureaucracy of West Pakistan chose brutal suppression leading to the creation of Bangladesh through a war. However, now that Bangladesh is an independent country and its people have prospered we can say that the separation had a happy outcome. The lessons for the issue of Balochistan are obvious but whether our leaders will repeat their mistakes or learn from history is to be seen.

Other demands in South Asia have been less lucky. In Kashmir partition was suggested by Owen Dixon along religious lines but it was rejected. India maintains control by the force of the army and draconian lows. Pakistan has tried to wrest Kashmir out of Indian hands by sending in armed fighters in 1965 (operation Gibralter), 1999 (Kargil) and jihad-oriented private groups from 1990 onwards. Both countries have shown themselves more interested in the land than the people. Hence the independence of the vale of Kashmir (or the so-called ‘Third option’) finds no support in the establishment of both states. But it is only by solving this issue in accordance with the wishes of Kashmiris, to be determined by the UN or some other neutral body, that both countries can prosper and there can be peace.

In Sri Lanka, the Tamils were discriminated against and demanded justice. Then they demanded a state but this was refused. Then the movement became more militant and eventually the Tamil Tigers became so brutal that even their supporters were sickened. The state eventually prevailed by sheer force but if Sri Lanka wants enduring peace it will have to address the problem of discrimination against Tamils sooner than later.

Like Sri Lanka most countries do experience war. On July 9, 2011, South Sudan became an independent state and on July 14 it became a member of the United Nations. But the partition of the Republic of Sudan, formed in 1956, took two civil wars (2.5 million killed) and 55 years. Another African country, Eritrea, declared its independence from Ethiopia in 1993 after a 30-year war. Again, the human cost was tremendous.

In 1991-92 Yugoslavia broke up into Slovenia; Croatia; Macedonia and Bosnia. This divided the Serbs into four countries — Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia — a situation not acceptable to Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic. The situation became desperate in Bosnia-Herzegovina where the Serbs declared their republic of ‘SRpska’ and formed Serbian autonomous regions and the Croats formed the Herzeg-Bosnia. The Bosnian war (1992-1995) followed when these were rejected by the government, costing 100,000-110,000 human lives. Most happened to be Bosnian Muslims. However, it must be noted that it was the Nato which bombed the Serbians in 1999 to force Milosevic to acknowledge the independence of Albanian (Muslims) Kosovars.

The Soviet Union broke up in 15 republics between 1990 and 1991. This happened only because there were armed uprisings and unarmed protests in these republics. The war-weary Soviet Union wisely refrained from wars against all these peoples. But in Chechnya, the Russian leaders chose to fight turning the Chechens into terrorists and causing mayhem within Russia itself.

The outstanding cases of areas which want autonomy or independence apart from those already mentioned are the Palestinians and the Kurds. Unless Gaza and the West Bank do not become an independent two-region state at par, at least as far as rights and human dignity are concerned, with Israel, there can be no peace either for Israel or for the Arabs. The Kurds are divided between Iraq, Iran, Syria and Turkey. Only in Iraq the Kurds were given autonomy in 1970, which was reconfirmed in 2005, but even there they have been massacred. Elsewhere they are suppressed without mercy and in Turkey even the Kurdish language was banned.

Independence movements in Tibet, in the south of Thailand and in other parts of Asia linger on with various human rights violations. In Latin America, too, there are several separatist movements in Argentina (Mapuche), Bolivia (Santa Cruz), Brazil (south) etc but there is not enough space to go in details here. Indeed the total number of such movements are too many to record here.

Most states respond to independence movements with force. However, wise decision-makers use the ‘carrot’ at least to appease the alienated groups of people. In Canada, for instance, they offered all kinds of facilities to the Francophone of Quebec including French being made an official language. In Belgium, they did the same to Flemish speakers. In Spain, too, they conceded the Catalonians the right to use Catalan and gave special privileges to them. Whether our South Asian leaders will use the stick and plunge the region into violence or the carrot and prosper, is for them to decide. But do we, the ordinary people, want human happiness or blood? That is our preference.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 14^th, 2011.

Indian and Pakistani Nuclear Forces

It is difficult to determine the actual size and composition of India’s and Pakistan’s nuclear arsenals, but NRDC estimates that both countries have a total of 50 to 75 weapons. Contrary to the conventional wisdom, we believe India has about 30 to 35 nuclear warheads, slightly fewer than Pakistan, which may have as many as 48.

Both countries have fission weapons, similar to the early designs developed by the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s. NRDC estimates their explosive yields are 5 to 25 kilotons (1 kiloton is equivalent to 1,000 tons of TNT). By comparison, the yield of the weapon the United States exploded over Hiroshima was 15 kilotons, while the bomb exploded over Nagasaki was 21 kilotons. According to a recent NRDC discussion with a senior Pakistani military official, Pakistan’s main nuclear weapons are mounted on missiles. India’s nuclear weapons are reportedly gravity bombs deployed on fighter aircraft.

NRDC’s Nuclear Program initially developed the software used to calculate the consequences of a South Asian nuclear war to examine and analyze the U.S. nuclear war planning process. We combined Department of Energy and Department of Defense computer codes with meteorological and demographic data to model what would happen in various kinds of attacks using different types of weapons. Our June 2001 report, “The U.S. Nuclear War Plan: A Time for Change,”

Scenario: 10 Bombs on 10 South Asian Cities

For our first scenario we used casualty data from the Hiroshima bomb to estimate what would happen if bombs exploded over 10 large South Asian cities: five in India and five in Pakistan. (The results were published in “The Risks and Consequences of Nuclear War in South Asia,” by NRDC physicist Matthew McKinzie and Princeton scientists Zia Mian, A. H. Nayyar and M. V. Ramana, a chapter in Smitu Kothari and Zia Mian (editors), “Out of the Nuclear Shadow” (Dehli: Lokayan and Rainbow Publishers, 2001).)

The 15-kiloton yield of the Hiroshima weapon is approximately the size of the weapons now in the Indian and Pakistani nuclear arsenals. The deaths and severe injuries experienced at Hiroshima were mainly a function of how far people were from ground zero. Other factors included whether people were in buildings or outdoors, the structural characteristics of the buildings themselves, and the age and health of the victims at the time of the attack. The closer to ground zero, the higher fatality rate. Further away there were fewer fatalities and larger numbers of injuries. The table below summarizes the first nuclear war scenario by superimposing the Hiroshima data onto five Indian and five Pakistan cities with densely concentrated populations.

As in the case of the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, in this scenario the 10 bombs over Indian and Pakistani cities would be exploded in the air, which maximized blast damage and fire but creates no fallout. On August 6, 1945, the United States exploded an untested uranium-235 gun-assembly bomb, nicknamed “Little Boy,” 1,900 feet above Hiroshima. The city was home to an estimated 350,000 people; about 140,000 died by the end of the year. Three days later, at 11:02 am, the United States exploded a plutonium implosion bomb nicknamed “Fat Man” 1,650 feet above Nagasaki. About 70,000 of the estimated 270,000 residents died by the end of the year.

Ten Hiroshima-size explosions over 10 major cities in India and Pakistan would kill as many as three to four times more people per bomb than in Japan because of the higher urban densities in Indian and Pakistani cities.

Scenario: 24 Ground Bursts

In January, NRDC calculated the consequences of a much more severe nuclear exchange between India and Pakistan. It first appeared as a sidebar in the January 14, 2002, issue of Newsweek (“A Face-Off with Nuclear Stakes”). This scenario calculated the consequences of 24 nuclear explosions detonated on the ground — unlike the Hiroshima airburst — resulting in significant amounts of lethal radioactive fallout.

Exploding a nuclear bomb above the ground does not produce fallout. For example, the United States detonated “Little Boy” weapon above Hiroshima at an altitude of 1,900 feet. At this height, the radioactive particles produced in the explosion were small and light enough to rise into the upper atmosphere, where they were carried by the prevailing winds. Days to weeks later, after the radioactive bomb debris became less “hot,” these tiny particles descended to earth as a measurable radioactive residue, but not at levels of contamination that would cause immediate radiation sickness or death.

Unfortunately, it is easier to fuse a nuclear weapon to detonate on impact than it is to detonate it in the air — and that means fallout. If the nuclear explosion takes place at or near the surface of the earth, the nuclear fireball would gouge out material and mix it with the radioactive bomb debris, producing heavier radioactive particles. These heavier particles would begin to drift back to earth within minutes or hours after the explosion, producing potentially lethal levels of nuclear fallout out to tens or hundreds of kilometers from the ground zero. The precise levels depend on the explosive yield of the weapon and the prevailing winds.

For the second scenario, we calculated the fallout patterns and casualties for a hypothetical nuclear exchange between India and Pakistan in which each country targeted major cities. We chose target cities throughout Pakistan and in northwestern India to take into account the limited range of Pakistani missiles or aircraft. The target cities, listed in the table below, include the capitals of Islamabad and New Dehli, and large cities, such as Karachi and Bombay. In this scenario, we assumed that a dozen, 25-kiloton warheads would be detonated as ground bursts in Pakistan and another dozen in India, producing substantial fallout.

The devastation that would result from fallout would exceed that of blast and fire. NRDC’s second scenario would produce far more horrific results than the first scenario because there would be more weapons, higher yields, and extensive fallout. In some large cities, we assumed more than one bomb would be used.

NRDC calculated that 22.1 million people in India and Pakistan would be exposed to lethal radiation doses of 600 rem or more in the first two days after the attack. Another 8 million people would receive a radiation dose of 100 to 600 rem, causing severe radiation sickness and potentially death, especially for the very young, old or infirm. NRDC calculates that as many as 30 million people would be threatened by the fallout from the attack, roughly divided between the two countries.

Besides fallout, blast and fire would cause substantial destruction within roughly a mile-and-a-half of the bomb craters. NRDC estimates that 8.1 million people live within this radius of destruction.

Most Indians (99 percent of the population) and Pakistanis (93 percent of the population) would survive the second scenario. Their respective military forces would be still be intact to continue and even escalate the conflict.

Thinking the Unthinkable

After India and Pakistan held nuclear tests in 1998, experts have debated whether their nuclear weapons contribute to stability in South Asia. Experts who argue that the nuclear standoff promotes stability have pointed to the U.S.-Soviet Union Cold War as an example of how deterrence ensures military restraint.

NRDC disagrees. There are major differences between the Cold War and the current South Asian crisis. Unlike the U.S.-Soviet experience, these two countries have a deep-seated hatred of one another and have fought three wars since both countries became independent. At least part of the current crisis may be seen as Hindu nationalism versus Muslim fundamentalism.

A second difference is India and Pakistan’s nuclear arsenals are much smaller than those of the United States and Russia. The U.S. and Russian arsenals truly represent the capability to destroy each other’s society beyond recovery. While the two South Asia scenarios we have described produce unimaginable loss of life and destruction, they do not reach the level of “mutual assured destruction” that stood as the ultimate deterrent during the Cold War.

The two South Asian scenarios assume nuclear attacks against cities. During the early Cold War period this was the deterrent strategy of the United States and the Soviet Union. But as both countries introduced technological improvements into their arsenals, they pursued other strategies, targeting each other’s nuclear forces, conventional military forces, industry and leadership. India and Pakistan may include these types of targets in their current military planning. For example, attacking large dams with nuclear weapons could result in massive disruption, economic consequences and casualties. Concentrations of military forces and facilities may provide tempting targets as well.

Azeem Ijaz Khan Is One Of the twinkling star Who have innovate qualities of being Verstile.He has Proved Himself in Various Fields Of Life.Azeem Ijaz Khan, (Urdu: عظیم اعجاز خان) (born January 7, 1991 in Lahore) is a famous English Debater,Urdu Columnist,Essay Writer, drama writer and Article Writer From Pakistan.He received his education in Lahore. He Passed His Matriculation from Cathedral High School #2,Lahore. He Done His Fsc From Punjab College Of Science Lahore. He Was A famous Speaker Of L.D.B.E.And Won Many Competitions For His School.In College He Take Part In CM Punjab English Debate Competition and Won 2nd in District,3rd in Division Round Of The Competition.He Also serves as a head Boy Of His School. Currently he is the Coordinator of Column.com.pk.Azeem Ijaz Khan writes in Teens Club and including the very popular Magazine “Al-Razi”. He has written many columns, translation, criticism and essays.Now A days He is Writing Columns & Research Articles in Column.com.pk to Boast the spirit of Young Youth of our Country.

Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi,(November 20, 1916 … July 10, 2006) was a legendary Urdu language Pakistani poet, journalist, literary critic,dramatist and short story author. With some 50 books of poetry, fiction, criticism, journalism and art to his credit, Qasmi was a major figure in contemporary Urdu literature. His poetry stood out among his contemporaries’ work for its unflinching humanism, and Qasmi’s Urdu afsana (short story) work is considered by some second only to Prem Chand in its masterful depiction of rural culture.He was a great urdu poet. With some 50 books of poetry, fiction, criticism, journalism and art to his credit, Qasmi was a major figure in contemporary Urdu literature. His poetry stood out among his contemporaries’ work for its unflinching humanism, and Qasmi’s Urdu afsana (short story) work is considered by some second only to Prem Chand in its masterful depiction of rural culture. He also published and edited the prestigious literary journal Funoon for almost half a century, grooming generations of new writers

.Qasimi died on the 10th of July, 2006.

His Poetry books are:

Rim Jhim

Jalal o Jamal

Shoula e Gul

Dasht e Wafa

Muheet

Dawam

Loh e Khak

His short story Books are:

Chopal

sannatta

neela pathar

kappas ka phool

Ablay

Ghar se Ghar tk

Barg e Hina

Bazar e Hayat

Ass Pass

Dar o Deewar

Selab

Gardab

Anchal

Azeem Ijaz Khan Is One Of the twinkling star Who have innovate qualities of being Verstile.He has Proved Himself in Various Fields Of Life.Azeem Ijaz Khan, (Urdu: عظیم اعجاز خان) (born January 7, 1991 in Lahore) is a famous English Debater,Urdu Columnist,Essay Writer, drama writer and Article Writer From Pakistan.He received his education in Lahore. He Passed His Matriculation from Cathedral High School #2,Lahore. He Done His Fsc From Punjab College Of Science Lahore. He Was A famous Speaker Of L.D.B.E.And Won Many Competitions For His School.In College He Take Part In CM Punjab English Debate Competition and Won 2nd in District,3rd in Division Round Of The Competition.He Also serves as a head Boy Of His School. Currently he is the Coordinator of Column.com.pk.Azeem Ijaz Khan writes in Teens Club and including the very popular Magazine “Al-Razi”. He has written many columns, translation, criticism and essays.Now A days He is Writing Columns & Research Articles in Column.com.pk to Boast the spirit of Young Youth of our Country.

Memorable Quotes and quotations from Hazrat Ali Ibn-e-Abi Talib

 Man is a wonderful creature, He Sees through layers of Fat(eyes), hears through Bones(ears) and speak from a lump of flesh(tongue)

Do not violate the rights of your friend, because when deprives of his rights and privileges he will not remain your friend.

If you want to cease relation with your friend, then do not break off totally and completely, let your heart retain some consideration of him.

 Be afraid of a gentleman when he is hungry, and of a mean person when his stomach is full. 

Peak of knowledge is friendship and causing offence destroys it.

 Live amongst people in such a manner that if you die they weep over you and if you are alive they crave for your company.

 Unfortunate is he who cannot gain a few sincere friends during his life and more unfortunate is the one who has gained them and then lost them (through his deeds).

 Man is a wonderful creature; he sees through the layers of fat (eyes), hears through a bone (ears) and speaks through a lump of flesh (tongue).

 A wise man first thinks and then speaks and a fool speaks first and then thinks.

If you overpower your enemy, then pardon him by way of thankfulness to Allah, for being able to subdue him.

Be generous but not extravagant, be frugal but not miserly.

The best kind of wealth is to give up inordinate desires.

(Turn Your Face Towards your opponent)”I liked the information that you gave to me because it helped me do a analytical essay for this short story and i give it a 0/10 =)”

Albert Einstein once says and I quote “It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity” Quote Ends

Modern technology is machinery that makes life easier. And more dignified for most of people. The first and the major advantage is that medical science is very progressive and vastly available. Without the needed technology a lot of people would struggle with their health. In addition it saves many innocent lives. The point is to spread it and reach with medicine help to the poor nations of the Third World. Secondly, the advanced technology improves industry by making it more effective and, what is vital today? Safer for environment. Moreover when we look at TV, personal computer, mobile phone or internet for instance is quite obvious that all this inventions have been made in the last 20 years. Thus the speed of improvement is huge and unpredictable.

I feel myself very honored to deliver my feeling in front of this august House and keeping this honor in my mind let me ask you some simple questions

Those who are speaking against this motion can ever feel their lives organized without modern technologies???

Can any army would be able to defend their boarder with their humanity or they need weapons???

Do you realize if it weren’t for Edison we’d be watching TV by candlelight?

I Question you  in a long journey you will travel by car or just  in the mere name of soul & humanity  you travel with any vehicle..

The Answer to All these questions is NO NO NO &No

I am sorry to say that there is too much point to the wisecrack that life is extinct on other planets because of the scientists…Please Come out from your fantasies and try to live in reality

I Quote “The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom. “Quote ends

We should remember that there are some children who are away from their families; it could be because of schooling or their parents working abroad. It is only with the use of our modern technology that they would be able to communicate. We are now in 21st century, and the demand of mass production, it is only with our modern technology that it would be made possible. We are not anymore in the era where Egyptians would still pull stones to make their pyramids. It is with the modern technology that the burdens of employees nowadays are lessened. It will never mean that we are getting lazy for it does not change the fact that you are still working.

In the end I conclude ,The machine does not isolate man from the great problems of nature but plunges him more deeply into them.

(Azeem Ijaz Khan)

Extraordinary circumstances… needed extraordinary measures… no half-hearted measures. I had to act and I acted. ”

– Pervez Musharraf

GENERAL PERVAIZ MUSHARRAF:

A REFORMER AND A TRUE NATIONALIST

Fortunately, we are living in a country where democracy prevails to some extent. I would like to take the liberty of expressing my views for a person who fought three wars for Pakistan and saved it from many hardships. He is none other than Former President Gen ® Pervez Musharraf. In his tenure he brought about many positive changes in Pakistan. The issues surrounding his achievements are endless therefore I’ll be shedding some light on “enlightened moderation”

People criticize enlightened moderation because they believe it adapts western ways and goes against Islamic teachings. Let me tell you what enlightened moderation is. It is a progressive Islam where women are empowered and economy is flourishing. We are living in the modern world, we cannot let our women be derived of their birth right which is acquiring education. 1500 years back our Holy Prophet (pbuh) made education compulsory for both men and women. He did not say that education is compulsory for women only. Similarly Quaid-e-Azam wanted Pakistan to be an Islamic, welfare, modern and a democratic state. After Gazw-e-Ohad Prophet Mohammad (pbuh) said that time has come for Jihad-e-Akbar (bigger jihad). Jihad means a noble struggle to eradicate extremism, ignorance, illiteracy and poverty. This is what exactly what enlightened moderation is.

Former President Musharraf saved Pakistan’s sinking economy when it was about to be declared a failed state. It was due to his wise approach and aggressive decisions that brought economic revival to Pakistan. Immense foreign investment was witnessed during his tenure like telecom industry and banking sector. Pakistan became no 3 in banking profitability. Multinationals like Telenor, Warid Telecom, World Call and Wateen established their businesses and created a healthy competition in the telecom industry, as a result customers got good deals and 7 lac people were employed. As privatization is the backbone of economic revival, so many industries were privatized like PTCL and Habib Bank Limited and many institutions were denationalized. Lets take the example of Forman Christian College that has been privatized and drastic improvements in the standard of education have been witnessed. Industrial estates were setup throughout Pakistan like Sundar Industrial estate in Lahore which employs 60,000 people. Gawadar port became functional and highways were constructed throughout the country. So his visionary leadership brought GDP growth to 7 %, stock exchange to 17000 points dollar was sustained at Rs 60 and foreign exchange reserves were at the highest. Thus president Musharraf brought economic revolution to Pakistan. The present government openly criticizes the economic policies of General Musharraf while begged in front of IMF on the basis of his economic policies. If the economic boom was fake then why did the IMF approve a loan on the basis of previous economic policies?

We are living in a modern world where we cannot let our women be derived of their birth right which is acquiring education. President Musharraf emancipated the women of Pakistan and gave them their due rights which even a woman prime minister could not give. During his tenure, the first seven female fighter pilots were inducted into Pakistan Air Force which was the real empowerment. Women were inducted as cadets in army, navy, rangers, and commandoes in police, traffic wardens and national highway police for the first time. They were inducted in 1122 as well. He increased women representation in the National Assembly, Provincial Assemblies, and local government system, for which I can firmly say is more than any western democracy. He abolished the discriminatory laws like honor killing, vani, karo kari, and Quran marriage etc.

President Musharraf empowered the youth of Pakistan by lowering the voting age to 18. He gave youth the power to vote and in turn decide their futures. This was something really remarkable. Higher Education Commission was setup in 2003 and in its 6 year tenure 43 universities were initiated, research output grew to 400%, and student enrollment was tripled from 125,000 to 375,000. This is something to be really appreciated. According to different world institutions, there is no better example than Pakistan’s growth in higher education. For the first time a Pakistani university was ranked amongst the top 400 universities of the world. Forman Christian College is the biggest example of HEC. Other examples are virtual university, University of Gujrat, Malakand University, university of Chakdara, Air University Islamabad etc.

President Musharraf brought the essence of democracy by enforcing local government system to transfer funds to grass root level and as a result health and educational facilities improved to a great extent and thus the people of Pakistan were empowered.

Now I would like to mention his biggest achievement which was media freedom and how in the end he himself fell prey to it. He rightly said “I am a victim of my own creation”. It is true media is a commodity that goes with the best bidder. Before 1999 there was only one television channel and that was PTV. Today there are countless channels with which we are well aware of what’s going on in our country and we can easily point out the wrongs of our society.

Critics say that not a single MW of electricity was produced in his tenure. The expansion of Mangla Dam was bigger than any dam, then he revived the thar coal project which contains the world’s second largest coal reserves which are 148 million tones, and if we use even 4% of that coal we will not have power shortage for about 40 years. Then he initiated Neelam Hydro power project of 1000 MWs, then he gave a plan of Basha Dam which will be the world’s largest rollercoaster dam and will produce 4500 MWs, built Mirani, Subukzai and Zhob dams which irrigated lacs of acres.

What the present government is doing is that it has stopped funds for Basha Dam just because it was initiated by General Musharraf. Now the question that arises is why we have become short of electricity. It was due to the immense industrialization during his tenure. The demand of electricity was increased from 7% to 15%. The pace of growth and consumption of electricity could not be calculated, but it was not intentional. The situation became worst under the current government. Atta, ghee, gas, and electricity went missing ad suddenly reappeared after the elections. What a coincidence? This was a part of a greater conspiracy against him to destabilize his power and infect Pakistan. This conspiracy started from 2004 when President Musharraf refused to handover A. P. Khan to the USA. Western powers wanted a liberal government which could give them complete access to Pakistan, so therefore our current situation is before you I need not ellaborate

President Pervez Musharraf was the only leader who defended Pakistan when it was at the risk of two front wars. What a courageous leader he was that while standing with the world’s most powerful president he disclosed that America threatened Pakistan to take Pakistan back to the Stone Age.

National security had become a vigilant issue during President Musharraf’s term but he managed to handle the situation in a very professional and fair manner. During his term Pakistan became self sufficient in defence production and our defence revenue reached the highest level. We made Al-Zarrar and Al Khalid tanks, which are one of the best tanks in the world. Then we made JF17 thunder jets parallel to F-16s in collaboration with China and Agosta submarines in collaboration with France and last but not the least we made unmanned drones (Auqab).

The most important and historic peace initiatives he took with India have no parallels. We must not ignore the famous handshake with Vajpayee in the SAARC conference, which changed the whole Indo-Pak scenario. As a result, from 2004 not a single bullet was fired from both sides on LOC till the end of his tenure. His able leadership skills brought the Kashmir resolution on table and his Kashmir road map was widely hailed throughout the world. AG Noorani, an eminent Indian lawyer said, “President Musharraf brought the Kashmir solution to resolution but unfortunately couldn’t be resolved due the internal mess these lawyers created”.

The Kashmir peace road map was a line of action in order to resolve the Kashmir issue. It stated that there be demilitarization, free trade, and free movement on both sides; and LOC was to be made “Line of Commerce”. Borders were to be made irrelevant. There would have been maximum self governance for the kashmiris under the watch of Pakistan and India for 15 years. As a result ties with India improved drastically like never before which further improved the trade, air and railway links. During President Musharraf’s tenure, we had at par relations with India and other superpowers. His achievements can never be denied.

Soon after the so called judicial movement started, it was part of a greater conspiracy to overthrow Gen Musharraf’s regime because he took stand on many important and sensitive national issues like refusal to handover A.Q Khan and sending our troops to Iraq, Gawadar port’s completion, IPI gas pipeline, Nuclear missile programme, relations with China etc. He was never dictated nor influenced by anyone that’s why he was not suited to the foreign powers so they decided to overthrow him and they succeeded. The fake judicial movement was foreign funded too because there are around two lac lawyers in Pakistan and at the time it seemed that the whole nation of sixteen crore had become lawyers. According to Ahmad Qureshi, a renowned journalist the people who participated in that movement were paid professional agitators who were only planted to destabilize Gen Musharraf’s government.

A reference was filed against the CJ by the PM and was passed to the president. He referred it to the supreme judicial council and then to the full bench. It was fully constitutional. As a result the CJ was restored and the president accepted this whole heartedly. But what did Iftikhar Choudhary want to do? He wanted to derail the democratic process which was put on rail and for the first time assemblies were about to complete their 5 years term. Regarding 3rd November steps, again whatever he did was constitutional and in the supreme national interest.

Abraham Lincoln who was the 16th President of the United States violated the constitution and flouted its laws many times. He told the people that the most important clause of the constitution is to preserve the country. So if someone is flouting the laws and violating the constitution in order to preserve the country, that person is still abiding by the constitution because he would be following the most important clause of the constitution which is to preserve the country. At that time America was facing the civil war.

Now the question is what situation did Pakistan face that President Musharraf had to take the 3rd November steps. The answer is Pakistan was facing civil disobedience and a parallel judicial government was in the making that paralyzed the executive and the government ceased to function. So these steps were in need at the time and had to be taken. For the first time assemblies completed their term which was a big achievement. In this way President Musharraf saved the democratic process which no one other than him could do. Then he initiated the process of reconciliation in which he brought back the self deposed leadership of Pakistan, acting in line with the people’s wishes.

For the first time assemblies completed their term which was a big achievement. In this way President Musharraf saved the democratic process which no one other than him could do. Then he initiated the process of reconciliation in which he brought back the self deposed leadership of Pakistan, acting in line with the people’s wishes.

The most free, fair, and transparent elections were conducted under him. He added another word which was peaceful and for the first time such peaceful elections were held. The law and order situation was never so bad under his government. It deteriorated after the elections. The peaceful election in Swat is a testimony to my statement.

Finally, the impeachment drama started. It was not simply a number game, the baseless charges leveled against him were to be proved and this could have taken many months. Prestigious institutions like army would have been dragged into the parliament which would have lead to the disclosure of national secrets. Just to save the prestige and integrity of the Army and to prevent the political chaos, he stepped down in the supreme national interest and proved that he meant by what he said that, “Pakistan comes first”. On 18th August 2008 we lost a great leader who always led from the front and President Musharraf will be remembered as the greatest leader Pakistan ever had, Infact people have started remembering him like well-known journalists Najam Sethi and Hasan Nisar. After General Musharraf we have sadly reverted to the parliament of corrupt politicians who unfortunately do not understand the true meaning of nationalism as does honorable President Pervez Musharraf, a true nationalist of Pakistan.

People used to call him a dictator.

What is the situation now?

Pakistan is being ruled by a civilian dictator.

Saad Naseer Malik

Ashes To Ashes, Dust To Dust, Life Is Too Short So Party We Must!

Indeed what a beautiful quote it is and very true, it gives us a lot to think about, I mean why waste time lets do something with this life. We got only one. Let’s have a party, what else we have to do…. I got my dads car Guys lets hop in! Ahmed! “you got your dads money right”, ‘yeah man right here’!!….Woo Hoo!.  Here we go.

Yes a party! That is something we all must do, I mean lifes gonna end anyway! But the real question is can we all party? Can all human beings are in position to party? Are we all that resourceful? The answer is No! “But why?” Is it not true that life is short? We are going to end up dead anyway why not hit a few drinks, drugs and get high. The answer is that the life indeed is short but have you ever stopped and think while looking at a man on the street crying of hunger and pain that does he deserves as such. Why God did this to him? Why do I have more and he has less? Does my life have a meaning?

All human beings might be equal but not equally blessed. God has a way of distributing his blessings to its creature. Everything is in due proportion and a balance of a life has been created. And that same balance is for our moralities as well. The things that develop our natural care and affection towards other humans include such qualities, besides that our religion teaches us the way to that affection and its need so that we may understand ‘the less blessed’. So does the meaning of life ends at a certain point? Well it does not! It continues till we get mature enough to understand it, it might be relative for a individual or a different class but it helps one to get into balance.

So does this mean we shouldn’t party? ofcorse not! Lets define what party is… if party means to enjoy life as it is and let others too, help people and feel good. But if your party means wasting time and money on yourself your vanity and being a wall for others  to enjoy and becoming a selfish person, developing ego, greed and pride in your heart then my friend you are destroying nature and balance of morality of the human lifecycle.

What is then the enjoyment of this short life? A short answer for this question is “love”. God has provided every one with a balanced distribution of it as well. A man who loves his work enjoys it, a man who loves his family he enjoys it, a man who has nothing still he wakes up in the morning and looks at the beauty of gardens and birds and feels his love in it, a man who worships his God feels the love and finds his enjoyment inside.  Love is something everyone has .Its best to share it and live with happiness, why not share? We share the sun, we share the moon, we share this beauty of mother earth so why not open your hearts and share your love.

Life indeed is short and no one knows when he is going to die. So its best to live this life with true harmony, peace and love and enjoy it while it lasts. Seek the truth within, let go your ego. No matter whom you are, what religion you belong to, what color you are or where you from. Just “Live and let live”