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ISLAMABAD TONIGHT

WITN NADEEM MALIK

13-02-2012

TOPIC- SC INDICTS PRIME MINISTER

GUESTS- YASEEN AZAD, AKRAM SHEIKH, SM ZAFAR

YASEEN AZAD PSCBA said that the PM has decided to defend the contempt of court charges. He said that had PM written the letter to Swiss court contempt charges were going to be waived. He said that because of the denial of the PM SC had no other choice. He said that there are other important cases in the SC so court has not adjourned for too long. He said that morally PM should step aside from his position but legally he can stay. He said that SC could not implement its decisions and we should speak about it. He said that no where in the country the judges have their full strength at the moment. He said that the executive should abide by the SC decisions.

AKRAM SHEIKH A LAYER OF SC said that the PM should resign from his position after the indictment. He said that the PM has put the nation in test. He said that president Zardari and Firdos Ashiq Awan are calling the NRO case a trial of the grave of Benazir Bhutto. He said that the government should not play politics with the court and that politics should be used to resolve the problems of the people. He said that Kamal Azfar a lawyer of the government in NRO case himself said to the court that he is not willing to defend NRO case. He said that Kamal Azfar said to the court that NRO cases should be reopened. He said that the SC is showing extreme restraint so far against the government. He said that the government is trying to become martyr. He said that the government is intentionally trying to ridicule the Supreme Court.

SM ZAFAR FORMER LAW MINISTER said that the Sc should have not adjourned for too long. He said that important international decisions are about to be taken about our region but PM is busy fighting case against him.

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Karachi Literature Festival 2012 was fortunately organized at a time when I had no clash with anything except one extra class on Sunday morning. Having missed the first event on account of being out of city visiting my sister and getting stuck there due to PIA strike, I was looking forward to attend interesting sessions. I was not disappointed and the two days had gave me a lot to think on.

Here are some of the sessions that I attended.

Manto and Partition

The first session that I attended was on Manto by historian Ayesha Jalal and it was moderated by M.R.Kazimi. After introductions, Mr. Kazimi spoke at length that made me yawn but I tried to keep up as much as possible. When Ayesha Jalal herself took the podium, the real fun began. I never read Manto but heard a lot about it and hearing about his life from AJ was a treat. Some of the cheeky statements made me laugh, such as:

“Manto was a heavy drinker, he became alcoholic after coming to Pakistan”

“Manto never fell for Ismat Chughtai, his wife did”

The perspective was new and gave a lot of insight into Manto’s life before and after partition.

Pen as Sword: Expressing the New Pakistani Narrative through Fiction

This sesssion was moderated by Khaled Ahmad and the real star in it was Ahmed Rashid. Although not a fan, I was looking forward to listen to the acclaimed expert on Afghanistan. I never read any of his books but read a lot about Ahmed Rashid’s views in articles. Khaled Ahmed made a sound beginning and compared the title “Pen as Sword” with the Urdu idiom. The session was designed to be conversational and once Ahmed Rashid finished his speech, the question and answer session proved enlightening.

To cut the story short, Ahmed Rashid stressed the importance of a sound political front with regards to Afghanistan and use English to greater level to bring awareness. Everyone, including the audience, lamented the fact that Urdu language was slowly dying due to its delegation to level of propagation language for the country and supporting only establishment and right-wing viewpoint. Fresh ideas are not encouraged in Urdu and neither is any narrative contrary to the army’s, making it difficult to bring any worthwhile addition to Urdu language and literature. Not much is being done except for some poetry which has lost its quality as well one compares it with the likes of Urdu poets from pre-partition days. Ignoring regional languages has also played a big role in restricting the level of education in the country and have stagnated their growth. Only Sindhi survives as Sindhi writers are still generating content for local consumption.

At one point, towards the end of the session, well known writer Zulfikar Haliphoto stood up and brought everyone’s attention to the matter that mainstream is only limited to English and Urdu, with the former reserved for the elites who attend such festivals and latter for those who don’t bother knowing what is happening in the rest of the country. He said that there are plenty of modern, secular and effective Sindhi writers raising their voice and on Salman Taseer’s murder, over 200 articles were written in Sindhi newspapers and magazines. One only has to pick them up and read but alas most of the country think the only worthwhile content to read is written either in English or Urdu which is a mistake committed by most, particularly those who live in the Urban areas.

A Conversation With Anatol Lieven

This session had a lot of promise but proved rather disappointing. Anatol Lieven, who wrote the popular book of 2011 “Pakistan: A Hard Country”, was the main star of the show with Ayesha Siddiqa, Mohsin Hamid and Ghazi Salauddin as the moderators. Anatol gave a short summary of the book that focused on Pakistan as a society that was resilient and was against extremism as a whole due to its blood relations and bonds … but the same structure prevented it from progress and held it back.

When the time came for questions and answers, Ayesha Siddiqa fired some direct and pointed questions that forced Anatol to say something about the lack of criticism on army in his book. Anatol however remained evasive and never answered her properly, forcing Ayesha to ask harder questions. At one point I really believed that she will simply grab his collar, shake him and threaten to sit on him if he didn’t answer properly. Thankfully the turn moved on towards Mohsin Hamid and Ghazi Salauddin who remained a lot more receptive and polite, their questions a lot more relaxed.

I felt that Anatol, despite his brilliant writing, was not made for stage. He seemed flustered and it was difficult to follow his chain of thought as he attempted to answer questions. It could be stage fright or the mere fact that he sat with Ayesha Siddiqa on the stage was terrorizing him (there was a tweet circulating that Anatol had requested more moderators as Ayesha Siddiqa would eat him alive at one-to-one session). Except for one question towards the end, Anatol simply beat around the bush while answering and that kind of made the session disappointing.

Today’s Pakistan: An Economic and Political Perspective

I came late to this session and didn’t get the chance to hear much. The session included Asad Sayeed, Ishrat Hussain, Anatol Lieven and Maleeha Lodhi with Ghazi Salauddin as the moderator. I remember some parts of Ishrat Hussain’s talk where we told how some of the technocratic solutions for Pakistan’s economy, as they had prepared and hoped to work during Musharraf’s time as the sole leader of the country, failed due to the fact that they were simple but flawed. The solutions to Pakistan’s economic woes should have been dynamic in nature and take into account various factors that would have made a better impact on the country.

Anatol also shared his views by talking about the complexities of Pakistan’s political system and how it affects the economy (and he slowly gained strength in his voice since the crowd was smaller and the sight of tea got him excited).

Pakistani Zabanon Ka Adab/Pakistani Languages

I came late to this session on Sunday owing to an extra class that had quiz as well. The session was curated by Mohammed Hanif and the poets were Amar Sindhu, Ahmad Fouad and Nukhbah Langah. At the time of my entry it was Nukhbah Langah’s turn and she started to read the Seraiki poem “Meda Ishq” for the audience. Her voice had clarity and a hint of haunting melody, creating a peaceful listening environment which was made lively by Hanif Mohammed at intervals.

At one point when Nukhbah apologized to the audience regarding speaking in English despite the session being about Pakistani languages, Mohammed Hanif chirped

“Koi masla nahi, aakhir English bhi to Pakistan ki ilaqai zaban hai”

(No worries, English is also Pakistan’s native language)

Education In Pakistan With A Focus On Textbooks

This proved to be a enlightening session. Although I had a thorough understanding of the topic, it was still great to listen to the expert. The panel included Rubina Saigol, Pervez Hoodbhoy, Tariq Rahman, Faisal Bari and Baela Jamil. The moderator was Ameena Saiyid. I didn’t listen much to Rubina but Faisal Bari presented a good case regarding state of education. His points were referred by others when their turn came.

Pervez Hoodbhoy, in his great style, stressed the importance of proper education at lower levels. He gave the example of surface tension, a concept in Physics, which was poorly explained in Pakistani textbooks while even the lower quality textbooks around the world explained it better. He said the culture of handing down information and root-learning it without explanation and understanding is hurting students growth and has been a major factor in making them run away from science and maths. The lack of trained teachers and large number of ghost schools in the provinces is a major obstacle in Pakistan’s progress.

Tariq Rahman was as enlightening as ever as he stressed the importance of education from linguistic point of view. He explained about Pakistan’s languages that are used in the country and how they contribute to early education. He shed light on how the students were misguided in history regarding languages and attempt to bring them under the official narrative by painting a “Hindu India” and its “Hindu Languages” that have nothing to do with Pakistan and Pakistani languages (namely Urdu). He also traced the origins of Urdu and how it is being used as brainwashing medium for students throughout the country.

Baela Jamil was last to speak but she spoke well. She told about the state of textbooks and how attempts were made to improve them. She said that Urdu writers that have been writing Urdu textbooks for decades are stuck in the same mindset and despite repeated attempts they still haven’t seen reason. Urdu books look more like Islamic Studies books as they start from “Hamd” and “Sana” (respecting Allah and his last Prophet) and following up with lessons in morality, good living, Jihad etc. She also gave example of a research that was conducted in 85 districts of the country and students were interviewed. As per the result, about 45% of the students couldn’t read Urdu despite it being compulsory subject and most complained about the subject being too Islamic, full of repetitive lessons across different classes and little in the way of learning.

The Mother-Tongue As A Medium of Instruction

This session could have been much better. The panel included (Retd) Justice Wajiuddin, Zubeida Mustafa, Abbas Rashid and Ray Brown. The moderator was Arfa Sayeda Zehra. Everyone, including the moderator, spoke in favor of having Mother Tongue as the early education language except for Justice Wajiuddin. He said he suffered a lot due to his early education in Urdu and when he came to college, he couldn’t understand a single thing for first 6 months and through sheer hard work managed to learn English. He stressed on the fact that all the hard work done to prepare knowledge in English should not be thrown away by attempting to use native languages as medium of instruction, otherwise great institutions like KGS, Aitchison College etc will wither away.

Both the audience and the moderator of the session took on the retired judge on this and reminded him that it wasn’t about discarding everything but only about using mother-tongue for early education and then introducing other languages. Ray Brown gave a great example of an African country where British Council not just attempted to develop written script of their spoken languages but also saw the remarkable results on children that were educated in the mother-tongue in the initial school years before introducing them to English.

The Silent Minority: A Voice for the Voiceless

This proved to be disappointing session. The hall was barely 30% full and the panel included Khaled Ahmed, Tariq Rahman and Stefan Weidner with Haris Ghazdar as the moderator. Haris spoke well and gave the podium to Khaled Ahmed who spoke about ethnic minorities (Shias mostly). He stressed on the fact that how killings take place with impunity and anyone can get killed for speaking against, just like in the case of Salman Taseer; therefor there is a great need for effort to give minorities such as Shias and non-Muslims greater share of voice in the country.

Tariq Rahmen spoke about linguistic minorities as there are about 62 languages in Pakistan that make around 4.5% of the country’s population and are in danger of going extinct. The reasons he stated was the power rested with languages like Urdu (which was made national language by Jinnah on the ill-advice of his companions) as well as overwhelming population of other popular native languages.

Stefan Weidner simply said he is no expert and was placed in the wrong session as a panelist, thus his part concluded fastest compared to any speaker I heard in this festival.

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ISLAMABAD TONIGHT

WITH NADEEM MALIK

13-02-2012

وزیراعظم نے فیصلہ کیا ہے کہ وہ توہین عدالت کے کیس کا دفاع کریں گے۔یسین آزاد کی اسلام آباد ٹعنائٹ میں گفتگو

وزیراعظم خط لکھ دیتے تو توہین عدالت کا کیس ختم ہو جاتا۔ یسین آزاد

وزیراعظم کے نہ ماننے کی وجہ سے عدالت کے پاس اور کوئی راستہ نہیں تھا۔ یسین آزاد

وزیراعظم کو فرد جرم لگ جانے کے بعد استعفی دے دینا چاہئیے۔ اکرم شیخ

وزیراعظم نے پوری پاکستانی قوم کو ایک امتحان میں ڈال دیا ہے۔ اکرم شیخ

زرداری اور فردوس عاشق اعوان این آر او کے مقدمے کو بینظیر کی قبر کا ٹرائیل قرار دے رہے ہیں۔ اکرم شیخ

سپریم کورٹ کو مقدے کی زیادہ لمبی تاریخ نہیں دینی چاہئیے تھی۔ ایس ایم ظفر

ہمارے علاقعے کے بارے میں اہم فیصلے ہونے والے ہیں اور وزیراعظم مقدمے میں مصروف رہیں گے۔ ایس ایم طفر

سپریم کورٹ میں اور مقدمات بھی زیر سماعت ہیں تاریخ زیادہ لمبی نہیں ہے۔ یسین آزاد

اخلاقی طور پر وزیراعظم کو حکومت سے الگ ہو جانا چاہئیے لیکن قانونی طور پر نہیں۔ یسین آزاد

حکومت کو عدالت کے ساتھ سیاست نہیں کرنی چاہئیے سیاست عوام کے مسئل حل کرنے کے لئیے کرنی چاہئیے۔ اکرم شیخ

حکومت کے وکیل کمال اظفر نے خود عدالت کو کہا تھا کہ وہ این آر او کیس کی پیروی نہیں کرنا چاہتے اور مقدمات دوبارہ کھول سکتی ہے۔اکرم شیخ

سپریم کورٹ نے اب تک نہایت کمل ضبط کا مظاہرہ کیا ہے۔ اکرم شیخ

سپریم کورٹ اپنے فیصلوں پر عل نہیں کروا سکی ہمیں یہ بات کہنی چاہئیے۔ یسین آزاد

حکومت شہادت کے مرتبے پر فائز ہونا چاہتی ہے۔ اکرم شیخ

اس وقت پورے ملک میں کہیں بھی ججوں کی تعداد پوری نہیں ہے۔ یسین آزاد

ایگزیکٹو کو چاہئیے کہ سپریم کورٹ کے فیصلوں پر عمل کرے۔ یسین آزاد

حکومت جان بوجھ کر سپریم کو بے توقیر کرنے کی کوشش کر رہی ہے۔ اکرم شیخ

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Charges Framed-PM Willfully Flouted Orders: Supreme Court

NADEEM MALIK

PM Willfully Flouted Orders: Supreme Court
’وزیرِ اعظم یوسف رضا گیلانی نے جان بوجھ کر عدالتی احکامات پر عملدرآمد نہیں کیا۔ ‘
ان کا کہنا تھا کہ سپریم کورٹ نے اپنے فیصلے میں کہا تھا کہ این آر او کے تحت زیرِ التوا مقدمات پر عمل درآمد شروع کروانے کے لیے سوئس حکام کو خط لکھیں۔ جبکہ وزیرِ اعظم نے ایسا نہیں کیا۔ عدالتِ عظمٰی کا کہنا ہے کہ وزیرِ اعظم آئینی طور پر عدالت کے احکامات ماننے کے لیے پابند تھے۔ تاہم وزیرِ اعظم گیلانی نے فردِ جرم کی صحت سے انکار کرتے ہوئے اسے چیلنج کر دیا ہے۔

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NADEEM MALIK Senate Elections Almost Secured For PPP: For All Practical Purposes, Supreme Court Proceedings postponed till Last Week of February, So PPP’s 42 Seat on March 2 Senate Elections are Guaranteed. Prime Minister Gilani can Opt to Resign after the Senate Vote and either a New PPP Prime Minister or uncement of General Elections would make the Contempt Court Irrelevant. Aitzaz Ahsan and Babar Awan are Going to Get the PPP Senate Tickets.

NADEEM MALIK

Charges Framed against Prime Minister Gilani

NADEEM MALIK

Prime Minister Gilani in Supreme Court to Face Contempt Charges

NADEEM MALIK

Pundits are still puzzling out the prime minister’s motivations for risking his job for Zardari, who has dismal popularity ratings and a long rap sheet of kickback, shakedown and other corruption allegations. Some see the 59-year-old prime minister finally shedding his unassuming personality and coming into his own.
-Another theory holds that Gilani wants to go out as a selfless political martyr who showed his unflagging party fealty to the very end. Such sacrifice would leave a dynastic legacy for his children, who also are involved in politics.
-Then there’s another option, according to party insiders: Zardari could pardon Gilani immediately after he’s convicted. (Washington Post)

NADEEM MALIK

A Perfect Setting for PPP Before the Next General Elections:
According to the Constitution the Speaker of the National Assembly – Dr Fehmida Mirza – would become the Acting Prime Minister, in case PM Gilani loses his job. But the moment the President nominates a new Prime Minister, there would be problems. The PPP does not enjoy majority in the National Assembly; it needs the votes of its coalitio…n partners – ANP, MQM and PML(Q) – to elect a new Prime Minister. (Usman Khalid)
Name of Khurshid Shah is also doing the rounds, as son of ‘South Punjab’ would become Sayasi Shaheed and Sindhi PM would assume the office to face the music, a perfect setting for ruling PPP before the next General Elections. The timing of the court orders and strategy of the government to delay it at least till the Senate Elections, would allow the PPP to get ready for the final showdown.
There is hardly anything like governance, rule of law, basic service delivery, and there are many negatives like loadshedding, gas shortages, price hike, job losses and economic difficulties, but Shahadat is still something that PPP would be able to sell in Sindh and South Punjab.See More

NADEEM MALIK

Asked if he would rather resign for the sake of the president, Gilani said if convicted of contempt, he would automatically lose office, so there was no need for him to quit.
“There’s no need to step down,” he said. “If I’m convicted, then I’m not supposed to be a member of the parliament.”
President Asif Ali Zardari: “There had been a lot of cases against him, and they were all politically motivated,” Gilani said, referring to Zardari.
“He has got immunity. And he has not got immunity only in Pakistan, he has transnational immunity, even all over the world.”

NADEEM MALIK asked: YOUR OPINION: PM CONTEMPT OF COURT CASE

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To Step Down if Convicted: Gilani
“If I am convicted, then there is no need for me to even be a member of the parliament.”

NADEEM MALIK

At last, Supreme Court Takes Assertive Role in Missing Persons’ Case. I Wish the Court Becomes Champion to Protect Human Rights of 180 Million Hapless Pakistanis

NADEEM MALIK

Appeal Dismissed

NADEEM MALIK

The Supreme Court should have the power to get its decisions implemented otherwise there is no point to take up so many issues and put everything on hold. Impartial, Transparent and Timely Decisions. No Favours. No Fears. Cost of Delay is Loss of Pakistan.

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The Supreme Court should have the power to get its decisions implemented otherwi…se there is no point to take up so many issues and put everything on hold. Impartial, Transparent and Timely Decisions. No Favours. No Fears. Cost of Delay is Loss of Pakistan.See More
By: Nadeem Malik

NADEEM MALIK

سنہ دو ہزار آٹھ سے سنہ دو ہزار گیارہ تک واشنگٹن میں پاکستانی سفارتخانے نے باون ہزار سے زائد امریکیوں کو ویزے جاری کیے۔

BBC Urdu – پاکستان – تین برس میں باون ہزار امریکیوں کو ویزے جاری
www.bbc.co.ukسنہ دو ہزار آٹھ سے سنہ دو ہزار گیارہ تک واشنگٹن میں پاکستانی سفارتخانے نے باون ہزار سے زائد امریکیوں کو ویزے جاری کیے۔

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ISLAMABAD TONIGHT

WITH NADEEM MALIK

09-02-2012

TOPIC- POLITICAL SITUATION OF THE COUNTRY

GUESTS- KHURRUM DASTGIR KHAN, BABAR SATTAR, NAYYAR BUKHARI, ANSAR ABBASI, MOEED YOUSUF

KHURRUM DASTGIR KHAN OF PML-N said that executive of Pakistan is not abiding by the resolutions of the parliament or the decisions of the Supreme Court. He said that the parliament passes a resolution but the executive ignores it. He said that after the rejection of review petition there is no more hope left. He said that the people should ask their representatives that they are abiding by the law or not. He said that his party stressed on the problem of Balochistan but went in vain. He said that the people say that the agencies are involved in Balochistan. He said that talking about the personal rights is not treason against the country. He said that about 1500 settlers are also killed in the province of Balochistan. He said that the role of agencies should be finished in Balochistan. He said that an amnesty should be declared for the people of Balochistan gone astray. He said that the nationalist leaders do not represent the majority of the Balochistan people.

BABAR SATTAR A COLUMNIST said that the court has to follow a due process. He said that the courts can not deliberate on the wishes of the people. He said that Aetzaz is arguing that it can be observed that the decisions of the court are according to the law and constitution or not. He said that it is a dangerous argument by Aetzaz because it will not let any decision to be followed. He said that the government in Pakistan is not protecting the basic rights of the people. He said that in Balochistan people and agencies are killing each other. He said that we have handed over the national security issues to the military. He said that it is not the job of the military to judge that who is traitor and who is not.

NAYYAR BUKHARI OF PPPP said that according to his information a consensus has been achieved on twentieth amendment. He said that now the resolution of the twentieth amendment will be presented in front of the parliament.

ANSAR ABBASI A JOURNALIST said that the whole onus is on the Supreme Court at the moment. He said that the parliament is not playing its role. He said that the members of the parliament do not even know that what the 18th amendment all about was. He said that it seems that Aetzaz is taking lesson from Babar Awan because his arguments do not make any sense. He said that Aetzaz says no letter will be sent to the Swiss court and at the same time contempt of the court is not committed. He said that the court should only deliberate when it is needed. He said that America is dared to talk about Balochistan problem because we are the slaves of America. He said that our leaders do not have courage to protest to America. He said that America is responsible for state sponsored terrorism more than any body else. He said that we should talk to the people have gone astray towards the terrorism. He said that we should not hand over our problems to the military because it complicates things. He said that amnesty should be announced both for the people of Balochistan and tribal areas.

MOEED YOUSUF A ANALYST FROM AMERICA said that American government does not support the discussion on Balochistan in their country. He said that Pakistan is on target at the moment and there is a negative impression about it in the Washington DC. He said that the problem of NATO supply will be resolved and a levy will be charged on NATO containers.

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Pakistan’s high commissioner warned the Britain warned that Pakistan would be left with no choice but to support Iran if Israel attacks Iran.

In an interview to British newspaper he also added that Britain must to help to stop American drone attacks causing killings of many innocents.

“We know the damage — destroyed schools, communities, hospitals. They are civilians — children, women,

Afghanistan continues to be an overt or proxy ‘playing ground’ for diverse outside powers, both near (Russia) and far (US, West). The decade old US meddling after the failure of Russian invasion of Afghanistan in 1979 has yielded more familiar results i.e. exacerbated ethnic and cultural tensions, warlordism, drug-trafficking and rampant corruption. It is not that these traits did not exist in

There are signs to suggest that the Pak-US ties, which touched the lowest ebb in the wake of the November 26 killing of 24 Pakistan soldiers in a Nato air attack, may return to normalcy as the ruling military and political elite contemplates to reopen the Nato supplies to Afghanistan after negotiating new terms and conditions with the US to get some major concessions, including an apology.The

ISLAMABAD TONIGHT

WITH NADEEM MALIK

09-02-2012

پاکستان کی ایگزیکٹو پارلیمنٹ اور عدلیہ کے فیصلوں پر عمل نہیں کر رہی۔ خرم دستگیر کی اسلام آباد ٹونائٹ میں گفتگو

پارلیمنٹ قرارداد پاس کرتی ہے لیکن ایگزیکٹو اسے نظر انداز کر دیتی ہے۔ خرم دستگیر

عدالت نے ہر مسئلے پر طے شدہ طریقے کے مطابق چلنا ہوتا ہے۔ بابر ستار

عدالت نے لوگوں کی رائے کے مطابق فیصلے نہیں کرنے ہوتے۔ بابر ستار

مجھے خبر ملی ہے کہ بیسویں ترمیم پر اتفاق رائے ہو گیا ہے۔ نئیر بخاری

اب بیسویں ترمیم کا معاملہ عدالت کے سامنے پیش کیا جائے گا۔ نئیر بخاری

اس وقت سارے کا سارا بوجھ سپریم کورٹ کے اوپر ہے۔ انصار عباسی

پارلیمنٹ اپنا کردار ادا نہیں کر رہی ممبران کو یہ بھی نہیں معلوم کہ اٹھارویں ترمیم میں کیا تھا۔ انصار عباسی

لگتا ہے اعتزاز آجکل بابر اعوان سے سبق لے رہے ہیں ان کی باتیں میری سمجھ سے باہر ہیں۔ انصار عباسی

اعتزاز کہتے ہیں کہ خط بھی نہیں لکھنا اور توہین عدالت بھی نہیں ہوئی۔ انصار عباسی

اعتزاز کا کہنا ہے کہ دیکھا جا سکتا ہے کہ عدالت کا فیصلہ قانون اور آئین کے مطابق ہے یا نہیں۔ بابر ستار

اعتزاز کی یہ دلیل بہت خطرناک ہے اس طرح تو عدالت کے کسی فیصلے پر عمل نہیں ہو گا۔ بابر ستار

مقدمے پر نطر ثانی کی درخواست خارج ہو جانے کے بعد اب مزید کوئی گنجائیش باقی نہیں ہے۔ خرم دستگیر

عوام کو اب اپنے نمائندوں سے یہ بھی پوچھنا چاہئیے ک وہ قانون پر عمل کر رہے ہیں یا کہ نہیں۔ خرم دستگیر

عدالت کو جس وقت فیصلے کرنے کی ضرورت ہو اس وقت کرنے چاہییں۔ انصار عباسی

امریکہ میں بلوچستان پر کی گئی بات کو امریکی حکومت کی حمایت حاصل نہیں ہے۔معید یوسف

پاکستان اس وقت نشانے پر ہے اور اس کے بارے میں واشنگٹن میں منفی تاثر پایا جاتا ہے۔ معید یوسف

نیٹو سپلائی کا مسئلہ حل ہو جائے گا لیکن کنٹینرز گزرنے کی کوئی قیمت مقرر کر دی جائے گی۔ معید یوسف

ہم نے بلوچستان کے مسئلے پر زوردار آوز اٹھائی لیکن فرق نہیں پڑا۔ خرم دستگیر

بلوچستان کے لوگ کہتے ہیں کہ وہاں ایجنسیوں کے لوگ ملوث ہیں۔ خرم دستگیر

اپنے حقوق کی بات کرنا ملک کے ساتھ غداری نہیں ہے۔ خرم دستگیر

بلوچستان میں ڈیڑھ ہزار سیٹلرز کو بھی مارا گیا ہے۔ خرم دستگیر

پاکستان کی حکومت عوام کے بنیادی حقوق کی بھی حفاظت نہیں کر رہی۔ بابر ستار

بلوچستان میں ایجنسیاں لوگوں کو اور لوگ ایجنسیوں کے لوگوں کو مار رہے ہیں۔ بابر ستار

امریکہ کو اس لئیے بلوچستان کے مسئلے پر بات کرنے کی جرات ہوئی کیونکہ ہم اس کے غلام ہیں۔ انصار عباسی

ہمارے لیڈروں میں جرات نہیں کہ امریکہ سے احتجاج کریں۔ انصار عباسی

دنیا کا سب سے بڑا سٹیٹ سپانسرڈ دہشت گرد ملک امریکہ ہے۔ انصار عباسی

ہمارے جو لوگ دہشت گردی کی طرف چلے گئے ہیں ان سے بات کرنے کی ضرورت ہے۔ انصار عباسی

ہمیں اپنے معاملات فوج کے حوالے نہیں کرنے چاہییں اس سے مسائل الجھ جاتے ہیں۔ انصار عباسی

بلوچستان میں سکیورٹی ایجنسیوں کا کردار ختم ہونا چاہئیے۔ خرم دستگیر

بلوچستان کے لوگوں کے لئیے ایمنسٹی کا اعلان کر دینا چاہئیے۔ خرم دستگیر

بلوچستان کے قوم پرست لیڈر وہاں کی اکثریت کی نمائندگی نہیں کرتے۔ خرد دستگیر

ہم نے نیشنل سکیورٹی کے معاملات فوج کے حوالے کر دئیے ہوئے ہیں۔ بابر ستار

کون غدار ہے کون نہیں ہے یہ دیکھنا فوج کا کام نہیں ہے۔ بابر ستار

بلوچستان اور قبائلی عوام دونوں کے لئیے ایمنسٹی کا اعلان کر دینا چاہئیے۔ انصار عباسی

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ISLAMABAD TONIGHT

WITH NADEEM MALIK

08-02-2012

TOPIC- ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL SITUATION

GUESTS- FAISAL SALEH HAYYAT

FAISAL SALEH HAYYAT OF PML-Q was the only guest on the show he said that accepting every demand of IMF can bring chaos in the country. He said that we can not live with out IMF we need it. He said that the government is giving subsidy on electricity but billions of rupees bills are not recovered.

He said that PML-N wants to exploit on twentieth amendment for maximum political gain. He said that he wants health and education departments back to federal government by the virtue of twentieth amendment. He said that the devolution of health department is proved very harmful and Punjab is its worst example. He said that if we talk about unity in the country then there should be one syllabus in the whole of the country.

He said that to have consensus in Pakistan on some issue is almost impossible. He said that the election commissioner should be neutral but PML-N wants every thing of their will.

He said that he does not see next elections before May 2013. He said that Peoples Party and its allies are not in the favour of the elections before May 2013. He said that they are elected for five years and will complete their turn. He said that Peoples Party and PML-Q will get majority in the senate elections as coalition partners.

He said that PML-Q will have seat to seat adjustment with Peoples Party in the next elections but their options are open. He said that PTI has come forward as a strong political power. He said that Imran Khan is showing political maturity now. He said that PTI has done political harm to PML-N at the most.

He said that those days are over when political parties used to take huge majority. He said that in the future only coalition governments will be formed. He said that the regional parties will also have their share in the next elections. He said that if his party could not deliver situation can be difficult for his party too.

He said that he reimbursed 12 billion rupees of the nation in rental power projects. He said that he not only put the blame for corruption but also went to a forum to prove it. He said that SC has reached a verdict on rental power projects and can deliver it any time. He said that PM fixed the price of 50 rupees per unit of his brother in law Zulqarnain rental power project.

He said that in the elections the people are concerned about the issues they are directly affected. He said that the people are directly affected by load shedding and hike of prices. He said that corruption will not be a factor in the next elections because people are not directly affected by it.

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