By: Asem Mustafa
What happens next is the promised food and money which is distributed in a manner that leaves a big question mark on the funding which these political parties dole out in the rallies
The nation gets a shock when decades of poured poison turns to sweet nectar when warring factions join hands for common goals and that too for ousting the elected government which is led by Imran Khan as Prime Minister.
History repeats itself as Imran Khan before taking the esteemed office of the Prime Minister had made enough hue and cry over poll rigging. His efforts bore no fruit and he was unsuccessful as sitting government at that time, when he made all the noise had the then Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif at the helm of affairs.
Nawaz Sharif got ousted from the office after Panama Scandal besides people voted for Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf and Imran Khan took over as Premier.
How many of the people have died raising slogans for their leaders when they carried the march against each other blaming the one at the helm of affairs shouting at the top of their lungs Chor Chor meaning thief.
The Pakistan Democratic Alliance is sadly an amalgamation of elements who for their want of power joined hands ditching the ideologies with which they built up their followers, which revolves only around them as the ‘saviour of Pakistan’. A claim shared by all the political stalwarts in Pakistan as they see themselves as the only ‘beacon of hope for Pakistan’.
The three main stalwarts with Fazal-ur-Rehman as chairman PDM, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari representing People’s Party and Maryam Safdar Nawaz carrying the banner of Pakistan Muslim League have extreme of opinions about state and stately affairs.
The governments can come and go but state represents the whole of country and its inhabitants. The PDM in its Lahore gathering had raised many a slogans which can be deemed anti state and represented a mindset which is all out for bifurcation of Pakistan.
Pakistan Democratic Alliance took to stage and showed their power in front of Minar-e-Pakistan. It was all mixed up ideologies from the political parties of left, right and center.
The three extremes have been at daggers drawn in the past and everyone called the other with the names like ‘plunders, looters and security threats’.
Their union has also made the people of Pakistan raising eyebrows as for decades these extremes were hammering their followers about the misdeeds.
Everything vanishes when the interest are common and sadly the public is now also seeing the clear picture that all are gathered for ousting the incumbent Prime Minister Imran Khan who beat them to power corridors which had their presence for decades.
Mariyam Nawaz who represents Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz as Shahbaz Sharif suffers from Corona unleashed a barrage of attacks on Prime Minister and showed the participants bit and pieces of statements over the years to pander the feeling of masses.
Bilawal on the other hand, out-rightly rejected the dialogue and announced long march towards Islamabad besides announcing another political rally falling on the death anniversary of Benazir Bhotto on December 27.
The narrative from Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehamn was power to the people and he rejected government totally and asked people for ousting the current government.
Such charged political stalwarts who have been told and retold many a times of the problems Pakistan is faced with besides the world of the Corona second wave was dismissed without a second thought.
Commoners in Pakistan have limited or next to nil access to these political stalwarts in real life. The prevailing practices in the politics have people that are gathered like sheep and it happened in many rallies where people were asked why they are here they replied with answers that put many to shame.
What happens next is the promised food and money which is distributed in a manner that leaves a big question mark on the funding which these political parties dole out in the rallies.
Prime Minister Imran Khan on the political showdown at Lahore shared his pictures on twitter feeding his canines. The sad part in this entire political hotchpotch is total lack of empathy towards the poor. These leaders from ruling as well as opposition elite have total disregard for the public which has been crushed under many things and to make ends meet has become a task which is like reaching for the skies.
None of these leaders remember their workers who have died for them and went to jail for them as these people who suffer for them are the pawns in the game for the greater project that is ‘total control’. They have millions in form of funds but they have no money for their poor followers who suffer in extreme cold for them amid Corona which is on the rise and takes lives with each passing day.
When will these politicians grow up is a question that has multiple answers and they are all wrong as politics in Pakistan is at such a low ebb which put an ordinary person to shame when these leaders are exposed for the deeds which are below par.
The writer is Special Correspondent at the ‘The Daypsring’