There is hardly any good news for the people of Pakistan. The people have the right to assume that Pakistani politics is basically played for power and there is nothing for the common man. The division of PDM was not good news for Pakistani politics. Difference of opinion exists everywhere and in politics, difference of opinion is not only the beauty of democracy but an integral part of any political movement and dialogue. The initiative to create PDM was good but unfortunately, soon it fell prey to certain major mistakes. Some of those mistakes have been expressed below as a lesson for a future political roadmap.
I would like to put a question to
the public; what action was taken against Jamiat Ulema-i-Pakistan leader Owais
Noorani when on October 25, 2020, while addressing a public meeting organised
by PDM in Quetta Balochistan, he stated, “We want Balochistan as an independent
state.” Did PDM take any action against him and his party or issue any
explanation?
Similarly what action was taken
when PkMAP chief Mehmood Khan Achakzai spoke against Punjab while addressing a
PDM rally in Lahore in December last year. Did PDM issue any show-cause notice
to Mr Achakzai and take any action? These voices of provincialism and
separation of Balochistan coming from the platform of PDM caused fear among the
people and they have the right to ask what service PDM is doing for the
integrity and unity of Pakistan if such highly controversial statements come
from its rallies.
PPP had the right to express its
opinion and genuinely advised PDM not to resign from the assemblies. What was
the harm in the statement of President Asif Ali Zardari if he informed PDM
about his party’s Central Executive Committee (CEC) decision on resignation
from assemblies rather than accepting on the spot. He democratically informed
the PDM that PPP would go back to CEC to get a fresh mandate over the issue.
PDM should have served a
show-cause notice to itself as the gentleman Maulana Ghafoor Haidari could not
bag the seven votes of PDM while contesting elections for deputy chair of the
Senate. PDM should have announced an investigation to know those seven senators
from PDM who did not vote for Ghafoor Haidari for deputy chairman Senate. Who
were those seven senators and which party backstabbed PDM? I think PDM had
stood dissolved on the same day when many from PDM voted against PDM during the
election of Chairman and Deputy Chairman of Senate.
I agree with the demand that PDM
needs to investigate as to how seven votes of Yousuf Raza Gilani were managed
to be declared invalid. Has PDM investigated who openly got these votes invalid
by asking the members to stamp on Gilani’s name instead of the box? People have
the right to have clarification as to how Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani was defeated
at the cost of a favour to someone. Did PDM issue any show cause to itself or
to its President as to why it happened under his nose? Yousuf Raza Gilani has
the right to know why he was sacrificed for some unknown cause. The leadership
of PDM must know and the truth will prevail if PDM does not bring these
miserable failures itself to the public.
Regarding some doubts on the
selection of the opposition leader, I wish the opposition leader should have
been elected through consensus. PPP leaders, Senator Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar and
Senator Raza Rabbani, and Br Aitzaz Ahsan have publicly criticised their party
for accepting the votes of Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) members to get Yousuf
Raza Gilani elected as the opposition leader in Senate, which displays acceptance
of the freedom of speech and difference of opinion. No rebuttal was issued and
no action was initiated against these senior leaders of the party for criticism
as PPP upholds democratic norms within the party as well as believes in freedom
of speech within the party and at the national level. I still pray that PDM
brings PPP back to the fold by properly apologising after the withdrawal of the
show-cause notice. Whatever is happening on the platform of PDM is highly
undesirable and looks like the “Premature Democratic Movement” which ultimately
benefited the government and next it looks like PDM will stand for “Pakistan
Divided Movements’’. The public is crushed between the government and the
opposition whereas PDM looks like a live show for the TV channels to create
some spicy material for evening shows. Previously it was PDM versus the
government but now it is a triangle. Actually, I get disappointed when such
movements are initiated without proper homework. Let me tell you, a businessman
has already initiated a strong movement to bring PTI close to two political
parties of PDM and it will be a shocking surprise for many. Can the
opposition/PDM give the countdown of what pressure it has built for Kashmir and
against the government’s move of independence of SBP? What programme/agenda has
PDM given for a common man and have they protested against price hikes? Let me
conclude with an independent mind, that serving a show-cause notice to PPP
means disservice to PDM and looks like deliberate action to bury PDM, but I
hope PDM takes action against those members who made both PDM candidates lose
in the Senate. Many parties in the PDM are looking forward to having some share
in power and rewards from some special angels like the past. These special
angles distribute blessings of power to many and it is expected that they will
receive those blessings after Eid, for which some will travel out of the
capitol and some will travel in. Let us see who the lucky ones are.
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