People have risen up. They are being squatted like flies. Ashamed for being Pakistani for the first time in my life. Army nowhere to bee seen. Many dead. Hundreds injured.
http://tribune.com.pk/story/754861/i...-khawaja-asif/
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Today is the 9th day of massive protests lead by Imran Khan, and another by Dr. Taherul Qadri. You can read this for some background: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azadi_March and http://online.wsj.com/articles/pakistan-protest-leader-lashes-out-at-u-s-1408641901
I was upset at the USA reaction to the crisis:
Almost 100,000 people have marched to the parliament demanding the resignation of the Prime Minister for rigging. What would Americans do?
1) Dr Taher ul Qadri boycotted the elections and said without electoral reforms, any elections would be a farce.
2) Imran Khan contested the election and won about 10% of all seats despite getting 2nd most votes.
3) He alleges rigging. Personally, I witnessed massive rigging in my constituencies. International organizations said the elections were "largely free and fair." The chief election commissioner admitted that there was massive rigging but it was out of his hands. He later resigned. Even the interior minister admitted about 70000 votes could not be verified in each constituency.
4) It's been more than a year since the elections. Imran Khan went to the parliament for a recount in 4 (out of 372) constituencies. The government largely ignored his demands. The judiciary did not do much either.
5) IK and Qadri said 1 million would march. They could get only about 20,000 - 100,000 depending on which news channel you watch.
6) All status-quo parties (all other parties in parliament) support the PM and said calling for his resignation is "unconstitutional." But some parties are playing the waiting game and some issuing statements that the PM should resign to save democracy.
7) Imran Khan and Qadri says that Pakistanis have become enslaved by the two ruling parties.
8) 22 political workers from Dr. Qadri's party , including women and children were killed last month from blind firing by police. Later, a Sessions court ruled that an FIR should be lodged against 12 individuals from the ruling party including the Prime Minister and his brother, Punjab's chief minister. No FIR has been registered.
9) Many important posts in the Govt. have been alloted to the the Sharif family. People say the are corrupt to the core.
10) Imran/Qadri won't back down from their demand of the PM's resignation.
11) The police chief of Islamabad refused to use tear gas and batons on the protestors after govt. orders. He instead asked for a written order. He was later fired.
12) The army is staying out for the most part apart from calling for the issue to be resolved ASAP. They were called into the define the "red zone" of the capital but they refused to face the protestors. Instead they are now protecting government buildings--not the govt.
What would you do if you do? If 70000 votes could not be verified in each district, and if the president was a murder suspect, would you accept election results? The US state department does not support democracy. They only support puppets: according to Wikileaks, Imran Khan was the only leader that the USA had no influence upon.
http://tribune.com.pk/story/754861/i...-khawaja-asif/
__________________________________________
Today is the 9th day of massive protests lead by Imran Khan, and another by Dr. Taherul Qadri. You can read this for some background: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azadi_March and http://online.wsj.com/articles/pakistan-protest-leader-lashes-out-at-u-s-1408641901
I was upset at the USA reaction to the crisis:
Almost 100,000 people have marched to the parliament demanding the resignation of the Prime Minister for rigging. What would Americans do?
1) Dr Taher ul Qadri boycotted the elections and said without electoral reforms, any elections would be a farce.
2) Imran Khan contested the election and won about 10% of all seats despite getting 2nd most votes.
3) He alleges rigging. Personally, I witnessed massive rigging in my constituencies. International organizations said the elections were "largely free and fair." The chief election commissioner admitted that there was massive rigging but it was out of his hands. He later resigned. Even the interior minister admitted about 70000 votes could not be verified in each constituency.
4) It's been more than a year since the elections. Imran Khan went to the parliament for a recount in 4 (out of 372) constituencies. The government largely ignored his demands. The judiciary did not do much either.
5) IK and Qadri said 1 million would march. They could get only about 20,000 - 100,000 depending on which news channel you watch.
6) All status-quo parties (all other parties in parliament) support the PM and said calling for his resignation is "unconstitutional." But some parties are playing the waiting game and some issuing statements that the PM should resign to save democracy.
7) Imran Khan and Qadri says that Pakistanis have become enslaved by the two ruling parties.
8) 22 political workers from Dr. Qadri's party , including women and children were killed last month from blind firing by police. Later, a Sessions court ruled that an FIR should be lodged against 12 individuals from the ruling party including the Prime Minister and his brother, Punjab's chief minister. No FIR has been registered.
9) Many important posts in the Govt. have been alloted to the the Sharif family. People say the are corrupt to the core.
10) Imran/Qadri won't back down from their demand of the PM's resignation.
11) The police chief of Islamabad refused to use tear gas and batons on the protestors after govt. orders. He instead asked for a written order. He was later fired.
12) The army is staying out for the most part apart from calling for the issue to be resolved ASAP. They were called into the define the "red zone" of the capital but they refused to face the protestors. Instead they are now protecting government buildings--not the govt.
What would you do if you do? If 70000 votes could not be verified in each district, and if the president was a murder suspect, would you accept election results? The US state department does not support democracy. They only support puppets: according to Wikileaks, Imran Khan was the only leader that the USA had no influence upon.
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