The Country under Critical Lense exposes Power Grab and Corruption

Pakistan's political governance embodies loss of basic human values, systematic corruption, despotic policies and decision-making to tolerate the opposition and dreadful apparatus of missing legitimate governance. Is Pakistan drowning or its destiny is vulnerable to be ruled by a few neo-colonial families?

The recent authoritarian action signals the coming of martial law administration against the freedom of people and democratic values. Nations cease to exist when governed by egoistic Generals, incompetent and dishonest politicians caring for the self lacking vision, integrity and logic of nation-building. Contemporary progressive nations produce educated, intelligent and proactive leaders to plan for sustainable future-making.

Pakistani Generals could be bought and sold at market places disclosed Bruce Riedel, Brooking Institute, USA ("Battle for the Soul of Pakistan" ), a former President Obama's advisor on Pakistan and Afghanistan, 2009. Formative histroy tells Pakistanis lost over sixty years stolen by political conspirators, martial law administrators and egositic dictators making disdained future. The seven or more known military coups stabbed the body of Pakistan time and again. Pakistan faces serious problems of national unity, identity and nation-building.

First, it was ZA Bhutto and General Yahya Khan in 1971 failure to transfer power to the elected party. Today Shahbaz Sharif, so called Prime Minister once again stabbed the nation with the complicity of few Generals to avert peaceful political demonstration in Islamabad. The delusional politics of the few - Punjabi political elite are alleged to have stolen the time and opportunities for systematic change, harmony and national unity. They prefer to blame and bomb Afghanistan, an ethnic- cultural neighbor rather than overcoming their own failure to ensure border security.

Zardari, an illegitimate politician and president, dismissed a Pakhtunawa elected provincial government as it would not allow federal actors to undermine its functional apparatus. The masses demand restoration of democratic institutions, freedom of Imran Khan and public accountability of criminals ruling the country. Political corruption and nepotism is the order of the day. Do responsible people learn from their past mistakes and make navigational changes for the good of people and nation?

Not the Pakistani elite, they lost half of the country to India (1971 and making of Bangladesh) but refused to transfer political power to elected Sheikh Mujib ur Rehman's Awami League. Recall (" Brtish Colonialism and How India and Pakistan Lost Freedom. https://www.globalresearch.ca/british-colonialism-how-india-pakistan-lost-freedom/5765810") what General PNK Choudry, the former Chief of the Indian Army, told me in early 1970's.

If Pakistanis were intelligent and honest to transfer the power systematically to Sheikh Rehman (the Majority elected leader), they would have saved Pakistan's honor and defeated Mrs. Indra Gandhi's plan to make Pakistan surrender at Dakkah, December 1971. The legacy of Bhutoos, Sharifs and Generals is a history of shame, disgrace as the present and future generations of conscientious Pakistanis would curse them for their corruption and dishonesty to national interest. The seven military coups obliterated the moral, intellectual and political foundation of Pakistan bringing to a catastrophic ending of losing East Pakistan and the state of Jammu and Kashmir to India.

The 2024 National Elections were Rigged by the Ruling Elite

Today, the nation is crippled with catastrophic events of insecurity, mismanagement and socioeconomic and political exploitation. The ruling elite - Sharif family and the Generals view Pakistan as their own property and are not open to reason and accountability. They are engaged in systematic subversion of national freedom, security and future-making. They cannot realize the imperatives of hopes and expectations of a new generation of educated and morally and intellectually competent people.

Future belongs to the new generation of educated people, not to the naive and obsolete Generals. They are the wrong people, with wrong thinking and doing the wrong things. If there was any fair system of accountability, some of the Generals and accomplice politicians could well have faced firing squads for their crimes against the nation. Are the Generals waiting for another mishap of formative history?

Please see "Pakistan Leaders or Criminals", "Pakistan: What Next after the Rigged National Elections? https://countercurrents.org/2024/02/pakistan-what-next-after-the-rigged-national-elections/ you will discover how Bhuttos, Zardari, Sharifs and General Musharaf - these thugs stole billions and billions to own properties in UK, France and Spain. The Thinking People of the New Generation view them as the most corrupt, crime riddled monsters who will never come to terms with reason and honesty to reflect on their own wrongdoings. They never imagined-how the present and future generations would remember them?

Few Generals Run Pakistan and Sharif Brothers Stabbed the Nation

These egoistic generals and accomplices have no sense of time and history how Pakistan was created and its imperatives for nation-building and democratic principles of fair and honest political governance. It is widely believed that the generals played an active role in removing Imran Khan - an elected PM from power and installing an indicted criminal and money launderer Sharif to power.

Pakistani politics, if any, has become a hollow joke in global affairs. They are working and supporting the same plan of individualistic interest to undermine the freedom of Pakistan. please see: https://www.thetimes.com.au/world/24661-pakistan-how-neo-colonial-leaders-stabbed-the-nation Pakistan needs a navigational change but where would the change come from?

Arguably, a moral and intellectual leader could reset the future of highly colonized conutry. Tyranny is always powerless and transitory. Often when sadistic politicians cannot solve one set of problems, they come up with other naïve ideas to create more critical problems to distract the masses. The emergency in Pakhutnawa Province is one of those scenarios. Imran Khan wasted four years as an idealist and not a realist to know the conspirators. He was not a gangster, killer or money launderer as are Sharfis, Bhutoos and Zardari.

Perhaps few Generals were at odds with Khan against his futuristic plans for change and reformation. "Pakistan, Planned Political Chaos: Imran Khan a Victim of Hope for the Future", Global Research: 11/06/2022.Khan has been imprisoned under false pretext of political vengeance and to pave the way for another opening for the crime riddled Sharif family. What is the solution to the morally and intellectually sickening political culture of Pakistani politics?

It is hard to imagine that FM Assam Munir and his few sadistic partners including the Sahrfi family would create an environment of free and fair elections. The law and justice system has already collapsed and Pakistan could fall into another conspiracy for its disintegration. You may find ideas and ideals in "How to Change Political Culture of Corruption and Rebuild the Future?" 2/16/2019: Pressenza, NY. (https://www.pressenza.com/2019/02/pakistan-how-to-change-political-culture-of-corruption-and-rebuild-the-future/).

Dr. Mahboob A. Khawaja specializes in international affairs, global security, peace and conflict resolution. His academic experience across the Russian, Ukrainian, and Central Asian regions informs his interest in political governance, cultural diversity, and Islamic-Western civilizations. He is the author of several publications, including Global Humanity and Remaking of Peace, Security and Conflict Resolution for the 21st Century and Beyond (2025), We, The People in Search of Global Peace, Security and Conflict Resolution (2025), and Wars on Humanity.