By Ayesha Zee Khan
The noon of December 25th 2011 brought the PTI Tsunami to Karachi: The atmosphere electric, the stage humongous, the people jubilant with a Captain who carried the spirit of a true warrior there to win the Match for his Team Pakistan. What a show of resilience, unity, courage, commitment and love for the country! Karachi became exultant coming together with Captain and his team who vouched for a peaceful Karachi. After months and years of violence, kidnapping, target killing and extortion in the city, people became alive and kicking with this congregation of an Ocean of people celebrating with their families the spirit of patriotism and unity beneath the umbrella of Mr. Jinnah’s Mausoleum. Every Pakistani watching on the television or witnessing it first hand at the venue had one common thought: Pakistan! What an amalgamated mentation!
The highest point to this Rally was the playing and singing of the National Anthem, when the nation sang as one. The charged up people chanted in favor of Pakistan, their beloved country whom they are witnessing before their eyes being plundered, raped and beaten up! The Anthem left goose pimples on all those who were singing it and all those who were witnessing on the television via live broadcast. A nation of nearly 190 million people glued to one spectacle: A breath-taking history in the making, in short, the Rally Rocked!
Tsunami, for many Imran Khan’s opponents may be a humongous wave of water that sweeps away humanity and its belongings, since they only consult the English dictionary. Metaphorically, Tsunami here reflects the sweeping away of Nepotism, Bribery, Corruption, lies, deceit, plunder, aristocracy wrongly termed as Democracy in the country, and incompetence: With a harsh force that it gets flushed out in the Arabian Sea!
Powerful addresses made by Brig (Retd) Samson Simon Sharaf, Fauzia Kasuri, Jahangir Tareen, Justice (Retd) Waji, Dr. Yasmeen Rashid, rendition of Naat by Ibrar-ul-Haq, Azam Khan Swati, Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri, Qasim Khan Suri, Ahsan Rasheed, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Makhdoom Jawed Hashmi and Imran Khan left an impact on the crowd present at the venue, and on the ones intently watching from the comfort of their homes. Amidst all this IK informed that Sardar Asif Ahmad Ali called to join PTI soon.
The opposing parties should ask this question to themselves: What has brought this Tsunami? The answer lies in the following replies that the have-nots give: The lack of Jobs, Opportunities, Electricity, Gas, Education, Health Facilities, Drones, bomb blasts, killings, US's role in the matters of Pakistan and the falling apart of Railways etc, contributed to a change in the mindset of the people.
People who joined PTI in the past one month were termed as: “seasonal opportunists” by contradicts of IK. Chairs that
were taken away at the end of the Rally at Kasur were made fun of by many commentators. PPP’s Faisal Raza Abidi went to the extent of saying on a television Channel, “If Imran Khan will not change his ways the “Awaam” will take off his clothes too which he got through begging.” Such a remark from a senior politician of PPP was highly arrogant, and in that haughtiness he forgot he behaved like the Pharaoh (Firon) of Egypt who too was Egoistic in front of God at one time. Whatever IK got for the Shaukat Khanum Cancer Hospital as Charity or Zakat cannot be termed begging, for if you bring the former to the level of the latter you refute the commands of Allah which are thoroughly instructed in the Quran. For Zakat is one of the Five Pillars of Islam, it has been mentioned along with the daily prayers (Salah or Namaz) over seventy times in the Quran. Faisal Raza Abidi should recite “Astaghfar” on his behalf for such a chesty observation.
If lifting the chairs was a crime people noticed on the television screens, talked gravely about PTI’s workers as “Chair Lifters” why don’t the ones who oppose this party talk about the gravity of misfortune people of Pakistan are suffering from? Those chairs taken could be sold at Rs.300/500 at least, the laminated boards with their wood taken away can be used to burn for cooking at homes of those have-nots who have no electricity and gas. The Primary fault of this ruling Government is that of plunder, why isn’t that visible?
IK talked about bringing a change amidst the mayhem created in the country. He referred to ridding the country of the occult of Feudalism. He talked about animal rights; a person who thinks of animals is a great humanitarian at the core of his heart. He indicated to making a strong team from his party that will be made on merit with no recommendations attached. Bring forward the Education Policy, Tax reforms that will bring Pakistan to self reliance, a forceful civil service appointed on merit, Police clear of Political Interference. Agricultural reforms (giving a reference to the Indian Punjab, with free seed, fertilizer and subsidized electricity to the farmers), labor reforms: giving a raise to the 50% downtrodden of this country. Wave off Corruption and attract foreign investors, encourage Pakistani Diaspora to vest in Pakistan with confidence.
Why are the so-called democratic forces insecure of all this? How can Pakistan build and strengthen democratic institutions that provide good governance to solve its international and domestic problems? Is it the fault of Pakistan’s military or the poor performance of civilian governments that have failed to solve its major problems? Have the poor performance politicians ever thought about human development and industrialization in the country? Have they ever invested anything in the fields of research and science? Will the contradictors of PTI ever solve: The lack of Intra-Party Elections? There are no elections in the political parties that are in coalition today. The Founder of the party becomes the Prime Minister for life and then his/her relatives take the queue e.g. Nawaz Sharif, Benazir Bhutto, and the rest in line are Asfandyar Wali, Pervez Elahi etc. Will they ponder over all this? And if they will, then when will they take action?
The highest point to this Rally was the playing and singing of the National Anthem, when the nation sang as one. The charged up people chanted in favor of Pakistan, their beloved country whom they are witnessing before their eyes being plundered, raped and beaten up! The Anthem left goose pimples on all those who were singing it and all those who were witnessing on the television via live broadcast. A nation of nearly 190 million people glued to one spectacle: A breath-taking history in the making, in short, the Rally Rocked!
Tsunami, for many Imran Khan’s opponents may be a humongous wave of water that sweeps away humanity and its belongings, since they only consult the English dictionary. Metaphorically, Tsunami here reflects the sweeping away of Nepotism, Bribery, Corruption, lies, deceit, plunder, aristocracy wrongly termed as Democracy in the country, and incompetence: With a harsh force that it gets flushed out in the Arabian Sea!
Powerful addresses made by Brig (Retd) Samson Simon Sharaf, Fauzia Kasuri, Jahangir Tareen, Justice (Retd) Waji, Dr. Yasmeen Rashid, rendition of Naat by Ibrar-ul-Haq, Azam Khan Swati, Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri, Qasim Khan Suri, Ahsan Rasheed, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Makhdoom Jawed Hashmi and Imran Khan left an impact on the crowd present at the venue, and on the ones intently watching from the comfort of their homes. Amidst all this IK informed that Sardar Asif Ahmad Ali called to join PTI soon.
The opposing parties should ask this question to themselves: What has brought this Tsunami? The answer lies in the following replies that the have-nots give: The lack of Jobs, Opportunities, Electricity, Gas, Education, Health Facilities, Drones, bomb blasts, killings, US's role in the matters of Pakistan and the falling apart of Railways etc, contributed to a change in the mindset of the people.
People who joined PTI in the past one month were termed as: “seasonal opportunists” by contradicts of IK. Chairs that
were taken away at the end of the Rally at Kasur were made fun of by many commentators. PPP’s Faisal Raza Abidi went to the extent of saying on a television Channel, “If Imran Khan will not change his ways the “Awaam” will take off his clothes too which he got through begging.” Such a remark from a senior politician of PPP was highly arrogant, and in that haughtiness he forgot he behaved like the Pharaoh (Firon) of Egypt who too was Egoistic in front of God at one time. Whatever IK got for the Shaukat Khanum Cancer Hospital as Charity or Zakat cannot be termed begging, for if you bring the former to the level of the latter you refute the commands of Allah which are thoroughly instructed in the Quran. For Zakat is one of the Five Pillars of Islam, it has been mentioned along with the daily prayers (Salah or Namaz) over seventy times in the Quran. Faisal Raza Abidi should recite “Astaghfar” on his behalf for such a chesty observation.If lifting the chairs was a crime people noticed on the television screens, talked gravely about PTI’s workers as “Chair Lifters” why don’t the ones who oppose this party talk about the gravity of misfortune people of Pakistan are suffering from? Those chairs taken could be sold at Rs.300/500 at least, the laminated boards with their wood taken away can be used to burn for cooking at homes of those have-nots who have no electricity and gas. The Primary fault of this ruling Government is that of plunder, why isn’t that visible?
IK talked about bringing a change amidst the mayhem created in the country. He referred to ridding the country of the occult of Feudalism. He talked about animal rights; a person who thinks of animals is a great humanitarian at the core of his heart. He indicated to making a strong team from his party that will be made on merit with no recommendations attached. Bring forward the Education Policy, Tax reforms that will bring Pakistan to self reliance, a forceful civil service appointed on merit, Police clear of Political Interference. Agricultural reforms (giving a reference to the Indian Punjab, with free seed, fertilizer and subsidized electricity to the farmers), labor reforms: giving a raise to the 50% downtrodden of this country. Wave off Corruption and attract foreign investors, encourage Pakistani Diaspora to vest in Pakistan with confidence.
Why are the so-called democratic forces insecure of all this? How can Pakistan build and strengthen democratic institutions that provide good governance to solve its international and domestic problems? Is it the fault of Pakistan’s military or the poor performance of civilian governments that have failed to solve its major problems? Have the poor performance politicians ever thought about human development and industrialization in the country? Have they ever invested anything in the fields of research and science? Will the contradictors of PTI ever solve: The lack of Intra-Party Elections? There are no elections in the political parties that are in coalition today. The Founder of the party becomes the Prime Minister for life and then his/her relatives take the queue e.g. Nawaz Sharif, Benazir Bhutto, and the rest in line are Asfandyar Wali, Pervez Elahi etc. Will they ponder over all this? And if they will, then when will they take action?
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