The only Good Thing said in the Press Conference

Zardari and BilawalSince the Press Conference in Larkana this blog has been a witness to my discontent on watching Asif Ali Zardari assuming control of Pakistan Peoples Party, not that he did not have control but simply watching him at the helm scares the shit out of me. The thought of one day Pakistan will be ruled by this ruthless feudal lord who reeks of corruption. Appointing Bilawal might on the other hand been a party saving decision, dictatorship no doubt but in from the perspective of PPP he can potentially keep the sinking ship afloat. Though Zardari’s direct involvement will most likely lead to a shattering of this dynasty.

All said there is one said one good thing that Asif Zardari said which must be appreciated, he is known to lie and I have my doubts and suspicions on other items but this short excerpt from his press conference quite literally saved this country from burning itself to the ground

Now we would like to pay tribute to those martyrs who lost their lives in protecting Benazir, they were Punjabis. They were my friends that I happened to meet in jails of Punjab where I was imprisoned for 8 years and they sacrificed their lives. They were loyal friends and party supporters. – Asif Ali Zardari


It would not have been difficult for a grieving Sindhi party to lay the blame for the assassination of Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto to squarely lie on the shoulders of Punjabis. Had he said that, it would have resulted in instant riots throughout the country. I must admit he talked about the federation, he talked about stabilizing the country and he talked about Pakistan in general, sadly but I truly belied he ‘lied’ and does not mean it at all only catered these words for public consumption [apologies, but this is my personal opinion]. As one day he will most probably back off from these statements, I say this as Pakistan knows him all too well, but this Punjabi statement quite literally saved Pakistan TODAY


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9 responses to “The only Good Thing said in the Press Conference”

  1. Sam Avatar
    Sam

    Last night (in the USA) GEO TV showed some “GEO exclusive” photographs of the vehicle of Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto. The amount of blood shown in the vehicle can not be a result of hitting a lever or letch. So far I can not find these photographs on the web. I think these are important photographs. I hope they will be soon made available on the web.

  2. E Ilahi Avatar

    I dont’ know about pictures being available online but that same Geo News video is available on this link http://pkpolitics.com/2007/12/29/benazir-vehicle-video/

  3. AAmir Avatar
    AAmir

    Another good thing he did by promoting the notion of party federation in the press conference. Please read more at:

    http://www.chowrangi.com/federated-decisions-by-ppps-cec.html

  4. temporal Avatar

    ahab

    you are being charitable

    here is what pakistanis wanted to hear

    “i will urge all party supporters to refrain from acts of lawlessness. if you see any law breaker try to restrain them. help the police maintain law and order. this country belongs to all of us. show your passion on election day.”

    but if he had said that he would be a statesman in my eyes not a feudal mr. 10%

  5. Bilal Avatar
    Bilal

    Temporal, agreed!

  6. Internationalist Avatar
    Internationalist

    Asalamo Alikum,

    Musharraf, the compulsive gambler sold another chunk of its sovereignty and independence only to show he can do it better than what Benazir had promised to the warlords in Washington. Musharraf must have told the US officials, Benazir is mere promises, conditional on her success, I can sign a deal right now. Hence the report was published by the Washington Post the day Benazir was assassinated. It means the deal between Mush and the US official was inked days before that.

    Under the pretext of training and supporting indigenous counter-insurgency forces and clandestine counter-terrorism units read Pakistans mercenary forces, fighting and dying for the neocons designs in the region – US special forces are expected to vastly expand their presence in Pakistan early next year. According to Washington Post, this was revealed by the American defence officials involved with the planning.

    These Pakistan-centric operations will mark a shift for the US military and for US-Pakistan relations. In the aftermath of Sept 11, the US used Pakistani military bases to stage illegal and illegitimate attacks into Afghanistan, which resulted in the butchery of thousands of innocent civilian and innocent lives. According to the reports, once the US deposed the Taliban government and established its main operating base at Bagram, north of Kabul, US forces left Pakistan almost entirely. This however doesnt make sense in the light of the present revelations that troops level “will be increased, which means there is already some presence of the US forces in Pakistan. Although the pro-regime reports say that Pakistan has restricted US involvement in cross-border military operations as well as paramilitary operations on its soil. But the evidence of events since 2001 and the US sustained attacks on Pakistan, any time it wanted to attack, tells a story to the contrary.

    Despite that the Pentagon pretends that it has been frustrated by the inability of Pakistani forces to control the borders or the frontier area. Pakistans political instability is further used as a ruse to express heightened US concern about “extremists there. These are all part of the bigger plan. The objective is to pave the way for the impending surge of US troops within Pakistan which has been presenting itself a nuclear power and an independent, sovereign state. Now it has to face the second stage of direct US occupation.

    According to Pentagon sources, reaching a different agreement with Pakistan became a priority for the new head of the US Special Operations Command, Adm Eric T Olson.

    Olson visited Pakistan in August, November and again this month, meeting with the self-imposed president Pervez Musharraf, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Gen Tariq Majid and Lt Gen Muhammad Masood Aslam, commander of the military and paramilitary troops in northwest Pakistan. Olson also visited the headquarters of the Frontier Corps, a separate paramilitary force recruited from Pakistans border tribes.

    Now, a new agreement, reported when it was still being negotiated last month, has been finalised. And the first US personnel could be on the ground in Pakistan by early in the new year, according to Pentagon sources. Thanks to General Musharraf, his ambition to remain in power and his nature as a compulsive gambler, which forces him to surrender almost anything in order to secure his stay in power.

    US Central Command Commander Adm William Fallon alluded to the agreement and spoke approvingly of Pakistans recent so-called counter-terrorism efforts in a recent interview.

    “What weve seen in the last several months is more of a willingness to use their regular army units, along the Afghan border, Fallon said. “And this is where, I think, we can help a lot from the US in providing the kind of training, assistance and mentoring based on our experience with insurgencies recently and with the terrorist problem in Iraq and Afghanistan, I think we share a lot with them, and well look forward to doing that.

    In fact, this is the initial phase of finding a niche within Pakistan army for the pro-US elements in preparation of the bigger struggle. Chaos is being manufactured on the other hand for unfolding the next phases of the plan neutralize Pakistan. As chaos deepens and the situation escalates to a civil war, the US forces will already be on the ground in Pakistan to support in invading and attacking forces. The already present US forces on the ground will stand by those elements of the Pakistan army which will be resisting the break away factions as was indicated by Frederick W. Kegan and Michael OHanlon in the New York Times on November 18, 2007.

    The theme of attacking or, at least, temporarily occupying Pakistan is not new. This idea has been part of the necons-Zionist lobby for quite some time. David Albright wrote a paper, “Securing Pakistans Nuclear Weapons Complex in 2001. The paper was commissioned and sponsored by the Stanley Foundation for the 42nd Strategy for Peace Conference from October 25-27, 2001. The paper pointed out:

    “a special concern is that Pakistan will suffer another coup. A new leadership can be expected to place a high priority on seizing the countrys nuclear assetsIn the most extreme case, a coup takes place and the new regime attempts to gain control of the nuclear complex. Foreign governments may intervene to prevent hostile forces from seizing the strategic nuclear assets.

    A realistic look on the unfolding situation clearly suggest that the “extreme situation pointed out in the said paper is being created with undue support to all the illegal and outright criminal moves by Musharraf. This US-UK support to the tyrant only exacerbate the situation.

    David Albright, Kevin ONeill and Corey Hinderstein, conclude in their proposal, “Securing Pakistans Nuclear Arsenal: Principles for Assistance, (ISIS Issue Brief, October 4, 2001):

    “Several observers have suggested that if Pakistan suffers a coup by forces hostile to the United States, the US military should be ready to provide security over the nuclear weapons (or even to take the weapons out of Pakistan entirely) without the permission of the Pakistani authorities.

    Neocons-Zionists and other warlords in Washington and UK believe that time has come to invade and strip Pakistan of its nuclear weapons. Thats how the US got a green light from Islamabad to consolidate its position on the ground within Pakistan and in return Musharraf only maintained his indispensability and rule only for the time being.

    As usual, the Neocons-Zionists are paying no attention to the consequences of their totalitarian designs. They hardly care if Iraq and Afghanistan are in total chaos and millions of innocent lives have been lost. What is chaos to us is a success to them. Without such a vast turmoil, they believe it is not easy to redraw the maps in the Middle-East (including South Asia) and permanently tame the Muslim world in favour of Israels expansionist drive.

    These are the evil designs of our enemies and the enemies of Islam against us. All the following evidences are pointing to the fact the USA wants to weak, divide and destroy all those Muslims countries that has the capability to become the launching point for re-establishment of khilafah. They know very well that Islam is not only a combination of rituals and worships rather it gives to the world an alternative in the form of Socio-Economic, Ruling and Judicial system. Therefore they conceder Islam an ideological rival.

    It is the time for the Muslims to wake up and understand the reality of the world USA wants, and to expose there evil agenda, which they have for the Muslims.

    “We need an Islamic reformation, the then Deputy Defense Secretary of the United States, Paul Wolfowitz confided on the eve of the US invasion of Iraq, “and I think there is real hope for one. [http://www.antiwar.com/lobe/?articleid=2273]

    Indeed they will not succeed in their evil plots against Islam. As Allah (Swt) said in Quran “They plan and Allah (Swt) also plan, and Allah is the best planer.

    Regards

  7. javeria Avatar

    Is it just me that I smell something fishy with what asif zardari said?

    Thugs and criminals – pals of asif zardari from jail were bodyguards of Benazir?!!

  8. Silence Avatar
    Silence

    @Javeria, exectly samething was in my mind but I dont had courage to speak out, Benazir reached hospital in 15 minutes, just a walking distance away.

    People with her were Amin Fahim who can not be PM in her presence, Nahid Khan was fired few days back, Shreens Rehman….and Asif Zardari not worth to be a Union Council Nazim became defecto Chairman ……….

    If Benazir had survived, many people were saying her government would go less then one and half year, that meant Musharaf also have to go home………

    Now, who will be next, the only force which seems to have some weight is expelled judges, lawyers, doctors and civil society which means an end to status quo….

    Did all of these thugs, fudals, corrupts and ESTABLISHMENT won with Benazir’s killing?

    If so then it seems quite complex and messed!

  9. Wajid Avatar
    Wajid

    “Punjabi’s didn’t do it”, just this saved Pakistan?
    Mr. Daant Wala, you are out of your mind, there is no doubt that Mr. Zardari was indeed corrupt, and misused the power in Shaheed Bhutto’s Govt, however you must not write dubious and harsh statements against anyone on a good forum, I respect your opinion but dont agree with you that this single phrased saved Pakistan.You seem so far away from the ground of reality. Sindhi’s are indeed part of this country, and have always sacrificed their blood in saving Pakistan.