Tuesday, December 29, 2020

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Biden Slams Trump For Slow COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout

By Lydia O’Connor
The president-elect also revealed his plan to speed up the distribution process, as coronavirus cases rise.
President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday called out Donald Trump’s administration for bungling the COVID-19 vaccine rollout and laid out his own plans for quickly immunizing as many Americans as possible.
“The Trump administration’s plan to distribute the vaccine is falling behind ― far behind,” Biden said from Wilmington, Delaware.
“As I long feared and warned, the effort to distribute and administer the vaccine is not progressing as it should,” he said, adding that if the current pace continues, “it’s going to take years, not months, to vaccinate the American people.”
The pace of vaccinations has been much slower than promised, despite the Trump administration naming its vaccine effort “Operation Warp Speed.” Only about 1 million of the 9 million doses distributed so far have reportedly been administered, officials leading the rollout said Tuesday.Biden said he’s searching for ways to increase the speed of immunization and wants to that ensure 100 million shots will have been administered by the end of the first 100 days.It was also reported earlier this month that Trump’s administration repeatedly declined offers from Pfizer, the producer of one of the two Food and Drug Administration-approved coronavirus vaccines, for millions of additional doses. Now, the U.S. could be waiting until June or July for those vaccines while Pfizer fulfills its contracts with other countries.
“I’m going to move heaven and earth to get us going in the right direction,” the president-elect said, noting he will be invoking the Defense Production Act to speed up vaccine production.
Trump has been largely silent on the pandemic since losing his reelection bid to Biden last month, instead expending all his energy on propping up his baseless claims of voter fraud, even as his Republican allies drop their support of his crusade to overturn the election.
Meanwhile, the U.S. is suffering through the worst stage of the pandemic yet. Case counts, hospitalizations and deaths all remain high, though slightly lower than they were two weeks ago. There’s a good chance those numbers will skyrocket again following Christmas and New Year’s celebrations held despite warnings from officials, according to Dr. Anthony Fauci.
“I share the concern of President-elect Biden that as we get into the next few weeks it might actually get worse,” Fauci, the country’s leading infectious disease specialist, said Sunday.
Biden pleaded with Americans to heed warnings about the need for safety measures and called on Trump to change course and encourage them, too.
“Look, my ability to change the direction this pandemic starts in three weeks, with thousands dying every day between now and then,” he said. “If we just step up together, wear masks, socially distance, wash our hands, avoid large indoor gatherings ― I know all these are not easy to ask. But I’m asking you to make a sacrifice. You’re already making tremendous sacrifices every single day.”
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-trump-slow-coronavirus-vaccine-rollout_n_5feb672fc5b6acb5345b6bbf

Opinion: Will Pence Do the Right Thing?

By Neal K. Katyal and John Monsky
On Jan. 6, the vice president will preside as Congress counts the Electoral College’s votes. Let’s hope that he doesn’t do the unthinkable — and unconstitutional.
President Trump recently tweeted that “the ‘Justice’ Department and FBI have done nothing about the 2020 Presidential Election Voter Fraud,” followed by these more ominous lines: “Never give up. See everyone in D.C. on January 6th.”
The unmistakable reference is to the day Congress will count the Electoral College’s votes, with Vice President Mike Pence presiding. Mr. Trump is leaning on the vice president and congressional allies to invalidate the November election by throwing out duly certified votes for Joe Biden.
Mr. Pence thus far has not said he would do anything like that, but his language is worrisome. Last week, he said: “We’re going to keep fighting until every legal vote is counted. We’re going to win Georgia, we’re going to save America,” as a crowd screamed, “Stop the steal.”And some Republicans won’t let up. On Monday, Representative Louie Gohmert of Texas and other politicians filed a frivolous lawsuit, which has multiple fatal flaws in both form and substance, in an attempt to force the vice president to appoint pro-Trump electors.
Mr. Trump himself has criticized virtually everyone’s view of the election, from that of the Supreme Court to the F.B.I. to Senator Mitch McConnell, but he has never attacked Mr. Pence, suggesting he has hopes for the vice president.
But as a matter of constitutional text and history, any effort on Jan. 6 is doomed to fail. It would also be profoundly anti-democratic and unconstitutional.
Both Article II of the Constitution and the 12th Amendment say that the votes of the Electoral College are to be opened by the “president of the Senate,” meaning the vice president. The Electoral Count Act, passed in 1887 to avoid chaotic counts like the one that followed the 1876 election, adds important details. It provides a detailed timeline to tabulate electoral votes, culminating with the final count to take place on Jan. 6, and it delineates the powers of the vice president.He is to be the “presiding officer” (meaning he is to preserve order and decorum), open the ballot envelopes, provide those results to a group of tellers, call for any objection by members of Congress, announce the results of any votes on objections, and ultimately announce the result of the vote.Nothing in either the text of the Constitution or the Electoral Count Act gives the vice president any substantive powers. His powers are ministerial, and that circumscribed role makes general sense: The whole point of an election is to let the people decide who will rule them. If an incumbent could simply maneuver to keep himself in office — after all, a maneuver to protect Mr. Trump also protects Mr. Pence — the most foundational precept of our government would be gravely undermined. In America, “we the people,” not “we, the vice president,” control our destiny.
The drafters of the Electoral Count Act consciously insisted on this weakened role for the vice president. They guarded against any pretense he might have to throw out a particular state’s votes, saying that the vice president must open “all certificates and papers purporting to be” electoral votes. They further said, in the event of a dispute, both chambers of Congress would have to disagree with a particular state’s slate of electoral votes to reject them. And they made it difficult for Congress to disagree, adding measures such as a “safe harbor” provision and deference to certification by state officials.
In this election, certification is clear. There are no ongoing legal challenges in the states of any merit whatsoever. All challenges have lost, spectacularly and often, in the courts. The states and the electors have spoken their will. Neither Vice President Pence nor the loyal followers of President Trump have a valid basis to contest anything.
To be sure, this structure creates awkwardness, as it forces the vice president to announce the result even when personally unfavorable.
After the close election of 1960, Richard Nixon, as vice president, counted the votes for his opponent, John Kennedy. Al Gore, in perhaps one of the more dramatic moments of our Republic’s short history, counted the votes and reported them in favor of George W. Bush. Watching Mr. Gore count the votes, shut off all challenges and deliver the presidency to Mr. Bush was a powerful moment in our democracy. By the time he counted the votes, America and the world knew where he stood. And we were all lifted up when Mr. Gore, at the end, asked God to bless the new president and vice president and joined the chamber in applause.
Republican leaders — including Senators McConnell, Roy Blunt and John Thune — have recognized the outcome of the election, despite the president’s wrath. Mr. McConnell put it in clear terms: “The Electoral College has spoken. So today, I want to congratulate President-elect Joe Biden.”
Notably, Mr. Pence has been silent. He has not even acknowledged the historic win by Kamala Harris, the nation’s first female, first African-American and first Asian-American vice president.He now stands on the edge of history as he begins his most consequential act of leadership. The question for Vice President Pence, as well as other members of Congress, is which side of history he wants to come down on. Can he show the integrity demonstrated by every previous presidential administration? The American people accept a graceful loser, but a sore loser never goes down well in the history books.
We urge Mr. Pence to study our first president. After the Revolutionary War, the artist Benjamin West reported that King George had asked him what General Washington would do now that America was independent. West said that Washington would give up power and go back to farming. King George responded with words to the effect that “if he does that, he will be the greatest man in the world.”
Indeed, Washington did so, surrendering command of the army to Congress and returning to Mount Vernon for years until he was elected president. And he again relinquished power eight years later, even though many would have been happy to keep him president for life. Washington in this way fully realized the American Republic, because there is no Republic without the peaceful transfer of power.
And it’s now up to Mr. Pence to recognize exactly that. Like all those that have come before him, he should count the votes as they have been certified and do everything he can to oppose those who would do otherwise. This is no time for anyone to be a bystander — our Republic is on the line.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/29/opinion/mike-pence-electoral-college-votes-congress.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage

Video - Bilawal Bhutto's Media Briefing following the PPP CEC Meeting at MCBH Karachi

میڈیا پر چلنے والی خبروں کے متعلق کچھ نہیں کہہ سکتا: بلاول بھٹو

'استعفے تو ہمارا ایٹم بم ہیں اور اجلاس میں ایسا کوئی فیصلہ نہیں ہوا ہے کہ پیپلز پارٹی استعفی نہیں دے گی، سی ای سی کے اجلاس میں پارٹی کے رہنماؤں نے جو بھی اپنی رائے دی ہے، وہ میڈیا کو بتانا ان رہنماؤں کے ساتھ ناانصافی ہوگی'۔ 


پاکستان پیپلز پارٹی کے چیئرمین بلاول بھٹو زرداری نے کہا ہے کہ پارٹی کی سینٹرل ایگزیکٹو کمیٹی (سی ای سی) میں استعفوں کی مخالفت کے حوالے سے مقامی میڈیا پر چلنے والی خبروں کے حوالے سے وہ کچھ تبصرہ نہیں کریں گے۔

بلاول ہاؤس کراچی میں پی پی پی کی سینٹرل ایگزیکٹو کمیٹی (سی ای سی) کے کئی گھنٹوں تک جاری رہنے والے اجلاس کے بعد پریس کانفرنس سے خطاب کرتے ہوئے چیئرمین بلاول بھٹو زرداری نے کہا: 'استعفے تو ہمارا ایٹم بم ہیں اور اجلاس میں ایسا کوئی فیصلہ نہیں ہوا ہے کہ پیپلز پارٹی استعفی نہیں دے گی، سی ای سی کے اجلاس میں پارٹی کے رہنماؤں نے جو بھی اپنی رائے دی ہے، وہ میڈیا کو بتانا ان رہنماؤں کے ساتھ ناانصافی ہوگی'۔ 

پاکستان پیپلز پارٹی (پی پی پی) کی سینٹرل ایگزیکٹو کمیٹی (سی ای سی) کے اجلاس کے دوران مقامی میڈیا میں ذرائع کے حوالے مختلف خبریں چلتی رہیں کہ 'اجلاس میں شریک پاکستان پیپلز پارٹی کے مرکزی رہنماؤں کی اکثریت نے اسمبلیوں سے استعفوں کی مخالفت کردی ہے اور اجلاس کے شرکا نے یہ شرط عائد کی ہے کہ اگر سابق وزیر اعظم نواز شریف وطن واپس آکر لانگ مارچ کی قیادت کریں تو ہی استعفوں پر غور کیا جاسکتا ہے'۔ 

ایسی افواہوں کے متعلق پوچھے گئے سوالات کے جواب میں بلاول بھٹو نے کہا: 'اجلاس میں شریک پاکستان پیپلز پارٹی کے مختلف رہنماؤں نے مختلف رائے دی ہے، جس کو یہاں بتانا مناسب نہیں ہوگا۔ رائے دینا ہر کسی کا حق ہے۔ مگر میڈیا جو بھی خبریں چل رہی ہیں اس کے متعلق کچھ نہیں کہہ سکتا'۔ 

سی ای سی کے اجلاس میں شریک چیئرمین آصف علی زرداری سمیت پارٹی اہم رہنماؤں نے شرکت کی۔  

بلاول بھٹو نے کہا31 دسمبر تک پاکستان پیپلز پارٹی کے تمام پارلیمینٹرین استعفے پارٹی قیادت کو جمع کرائیں گے اور پارٹی کی سینٹرل ایگزیکٹو کمیٹی نے ایسی منظوری دی ہے۔ اور سی ای سی اجلاس کے فیصلوں کے متعلق پی ڈی ایم کے سامنے رکھیں جائیں گے۔ 

ایک سوال پر کہ کیا عمران خان حکومت سے بات چیت کی جاسکتی ہے کے جواب میں بلوال بھٹو نے کہا: 'ہم بات چیت ضرور کرسکتے ہیں، مگر پہلے عمران خان استیفی دیں، دوبارہ الیکشن کرائیں، پھر جتنا مرضی بات کرلیں'۔

https://www.independenturdu.com/node/56096 

سینیٹ انتخاب میں موجودہ حکومت کا ڈٹ کر مقابلہ کریں گے، بلاول بھٹو

پاکستان پیپلز پارٹی کے چیئرمین بلاول بھٹو زرداری نے اعلان کیا ہے کہ ان کی جماعت سینیٹ الیکشن میں حصہ لے گی۔ اسمبلیوں میں رہ کر حکومت کا مقابلہ کریں گے۔


کراچی میں پارٹی کے دیگر رہنماؤں کے ہمراہ پریس کانفرنس کرتے ہوئے ان کا کہنا تھا کہ اکتیس دسمبر تک تمام جیالے ارکان استعفے قیادت کو جمع کرائیں گے۔ اس بات کی سنٹرل ایگزیکٹو کمیٹی نے منظوری دے دی ہے۔ تاہم سی ای سی فیصلوں کو اپوزیشن اتحاد پی ڈی ایم کے سامنے پیش کریں گے۔

بلاول بھٹو زرداری نے کہا کہ پارٹی کی مجلس عاملہ نے وزیراعظم عمران خان کو 31 جنوری تک استعفی دینے کی ڈیڈ لائن کی توثیق کی ہے اور اب وقت آگیا ہے کہ عمران خان کو جانا ہوگا۔

بلاول بھٹو نے کہا کہ پیپلز پارٹی پہلے دن سے مردم شماری کیخلاف آواز اٹھا رہی ہے۔ مردم شماری میں درست اعدادوشمار نہیں دکھائے گئے۔ ہر فورم پر حکومت کو چیلنج کریں گے۔ نااہل حکومت کو عدلیہ اور پارلیمان میں بھی چیلنج کرنا چاہیے

چیئرمین پیپلزپارٹی کا کہنا تھا کہ سینیٹ الیکشن میں حکومت کا ڈٹ کر مقابلہ کرنا چاہیے۔ اسمبلیوں میں رہ کر حکومت کا مقابلہ کریں گے۔ پی ڈی ایم سینیٹ الیکشن میں مل کر مقابلہ کرے تو کامیاب ہو سکتی ہے۔

بلاول بھٹو نے ایک بار پھر اپنا مطالبہ دہراتے ہوئے کہا کہ وزیراعظم عمران خان 31 جنوری تک مستعفی ہوں، وزیراعظم خود چلے جائیں، ورنہ ہم بھیجیں گے۔ پریس کانفرنس کے دوران چیئرمین پیپلز پارٹی نے خواجہ آصف کو گرفتار کرنے کی بھی مذمت کی۔

https://samachar.pk/

خواجہ آصف کی گرفتاری سیاسی ہے، بلاول بھٹو


پاکستان پیپلز پارٹی کے چیئرمین بلاول بھٹو زرداری نےخواجہ آصف کی گرفتاری پر مذمت کی اور کہا کہ ان کی گرفتاری سیاسی ہے۔

ایک بیان میں بلاول بھٹو زرداری کا کہنا تھا کہ انتقام کی سیاست پاکستان کی جمہوریت اور سالمیت کے خلاف ہے۔

دوسری جانب اے این پی کے سربراہ اسفند یار ولی خان نے بھی خواجہ آصف کی گرفتاری کی مذمت کی ہے، ان کا کہنا ہے کہ نیب حکومتی ایما پر اپوزیشن کو سیاسی انتقام کا نشانہ بنارہا ہے۔

واضح رہے کہ گزشتہ روز اپوزیشن کی سب سے بڑی جماعت مسلم لیگ (ن) کے سینئر رہنما خواجہ محمد آصف کو اسلام آباد سے گرفتار کیا گیا تھا۔

 

#Pakistan #PPP - Imran regime cannot survive a single day without illegitimate support from establishment, Chairman PPP Bilawal Bhutto Zardari

Chairman Pakistan Peoples Party Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that his Party’s Central Executive Committee (CEC) has endorsed all decisions and action plan of Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) including submission of resignations of Assembly members to the Party leadership and stressed that the present incompetent, incapable, illegitimate and corrupt government should be challenged at every forum and every political weapon should be used against it.
The PPP Chairman expressed these views while addressing a press conference following the meeting of his party’s Central Executive Committee at Bilawal House and added that the CEC had also ratified the decision of the PDM to collect resignations by December 31. Bilawal Bhutto Zardarui that the PTI regime has dragged the country to worst-ever economic quagmire in the region with negative growth rate and unprecedented inflation trailing far behind even from Afghanistan and Bangladesh. Root-cause the sufferings of people of Pakistan is the illegitimate support of the establishment to the PTI regime and its interference in politics, he said adding that PDM struggle was heading to genuine democracy, he added.
He said that the selected regime should be politically attacked from all sides including roads, assemblies, Senate and courts. The resignations are an atom bomb, it has not been decided when they will be used, it has just been decided that the members of the assembly will submit their resignations to their respective leadership by December 31. If we contest the Senate elections together, we can win, but the final decision will be by consensus of the PDM, he added.
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said that now is the time for Imran Khan to resign and go home. If the selected PM does not go himself, we will send him home. Establishment interference in domestic politics must be stopped as we believe that PTI government cannot sustain even for a single day if it is deprived of the illegitimate support of the establishment, he stated.
The PPP Chairman said that the CEC has decided that the Party would make direct contact with labourers, farmers, students, doctors, lady health workers and lawyers’ organizations, including Pakistan Steel Mills and PIA workers. Because unless we fight together, we will not succeed. He said that the issue of census is in fact a matter of concern in the whole country where injustices have been committed against the provinces. PPP position on this issue has been clear from day one. All parties that are openly talking against the census results will be contacted to work together and the same issue will also be raised in the PDM forum.
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said that the CEC meeting has also condemned the occupation of the islands by PTI government, and will liaise with the parties which are already protesting on this issue, and we will resist together with them. He further said that the meeting strongly condemned the rigging in the recent elections in Gilgit-Baltistan and demanded that immediate steps be taken to ensure fair and transparent elections in the future including in the upcoming general elections of Azad Jammu & Kashmir (AJK).
The PPP Chairman said that his Party’s CEC had also strongly condemned the atrocities against the people in occupied Kashmir at the hands of Indian occupying forces and called upon the international community to play its due role.
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari also strongly condemned the arrest of PML-N leader Khawaja Asif and said that this act of revenge was against the security and stability of Pakistan adding that we want across the board accountability of all instead of an accountability aimed at political engineering and victimisation.
Earlier, the PPP Central Executive Committee met at Bilawal House, co-chaired by PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and PPP Parliamentarian President Asif Ali Zardari. During the meeting, organizational matters, including the overall political situation in the country were discussed and future course of action was worked out.
https://www.ppp.org.pk/pr/24226/

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Opinion: Which Developing Economies Will Rise After the Pandemic?

By Ruchir Sharma
After 2000, globalization and surging commodity prices astronomically boosted economic growth among nations with emerging economies. Over the next decade their share of the global economy nearly doubled, growing to 35 percent. By 2007, 107 of the 110 developing economies featured in the Penn World Table were catching up to the United States in average income, helping millions to escape poverty. The celebratory mood was captured in a popular phrase: “The rise of the rest.”
Then came the crisis of 2008. Trade and capital flows plunged and commodity prices tanked, while slowing global population growth started to shrink work forces. Instead of rising again, developing economies saw their share of the global economy stagnate in the 2010s. Half the countries in the Penn World Table fell behind the United States in average income. Recently hyped stars like Brazil and Russia are growing slower than the U.S. economy is. With the exception of China, “the rest” have fallen off the radar of the global media and financial markets.
This would be more disheartening if it weren’t normal. In most decades after World War II, developed and emerging economies grew at a similar pace. Since nations with emerging economies tended to have populations that were growing faster, their per capita income was in fact often falling behind. These nations might leap forward for a decade or two, and possibly rise up an income class, only to stumble into crisis and find themselves back where they started.
Of 195 economies tracked by the International Monetary Fund, only 39 are “advanced,” and most of those were already advanced by 1945. The few that rose out of poverty and into the developed class are celebrated as “miracles,” such as Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. Their secret: export manufacturing, which by bringing in revenue from all over the world can sustain growth rates that would be impossible in a domestic market alone.
Today, however, manufacturing and exports are shrinking as forces in the global economy, so it can be hard to imagine what would power the next growth miracles. This explains the silence that engulfs emerging economies.
But in economies, as in nature, nothing is created, nothing is destroyed — everything is transformed. And the transformations of the pandemic are already providing energizing possibilities for at least a few emerging economies. Those transformations include an accelerating digital revolution, economic reform and a revival of commodity prices.
The pandemic is accelerating the adoption of digital technology, which has a particularly strong effect on immature economies. Digital technology is unlikely to generate double-digit growth because its impact is largely limited to domestic economies, with no added boost from exports. But it can simultaneously and sustainably transform domestic emerging economies.
Countries with developing economies are less attached to a “legacy infrastructure” of brick stores and land lines, so they are adopting wireless tech faster than countries with developed economies. Despite trouble in its old state-run industries, China is still growing significantly faster than the United States, catching up in average income, thanks to the rapid emergence of its cashless “new economy.”
New internet companies are rising quickly outside China as well, from Russia and Poland to Argentina and Kenya. With deep knowledge of local tastes and languages, they are expanding access to a wide variety of services such as banking and back-office operations, making it easy for start-ups to get going. On average, digital revenue is rising, and the cost of starting a business is falling, faster in countries with emerging economies than in countries with developed ones.
From the steam engine to cars, the economic effect of tech revolutions has tended to gain momentum over time and peak decades after the original invention. The digital revolution is young; its biggest influence on the growth of emerging economies is most likely still to come.
Another major development is economic reform. One of the biggest drags on the long-term prospects of these nations is that they tend to get stuck in a cycle of success and failure, reforming only when forced to in a crisis, frittering away the gains during the ensuing boom, then falling back into crisis. A crisis as big as the pandemic could be relied on to force major reforms — and it has.
The United States and other nations with developed economies are ramping up spending to ease the financial pain of the pandemic, but there will be negative consequences for growth in the future. Lacking the means to spend, poorer countries are pushing reform that, while often unpopular, should boost productivity and promote growth. India is relaxing labor laws and rules that have protected farmers from market forces for decades. Indonesia is cutting taxes and red tape to generate investment and jobs. Brazil is pushing ahead with plans to downsize its unaffordably generous pension system. Saudi Arabia is overhauling its immigration rules to open labor market competition. Similar campaigns are underway in Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and other nations.
Unfortunately, many emerging economies depend on exports of oil, metals, farm products and other commodities, so their prospects shift with the prices of those commodities. Long booms and busts have left commodity prices essentially flat in inflation-adjusted terms since records began in 1850. That explains why so many economies are stuck in the developing stage. The per capita income of Brazil, a major commodity exporter, is no higher today, relative to the United States, than it was in 1850. Most leading oil exporters are no richer today, relative to Western nations, than in the year they discovered oil.
Still, in decades when commodity prices rise, the number of developing economies catching up to their developed counterparts spikes. Now, after a down decade, which forced producers to cut back on excess supply, market forces point to a revival for commodity prices in the 2020s. That in turn should lift the fortunes of emerging markets like Brazil, Russia and Saudi Arabia, at least until the commodity cycle turns again.
It’s also worth noting that although the path to prosperity through manufacturing is narrowing, it hasn’t closed. In the past, manufacturing accounted for more than 15 percent of G.D.P. in export powerhouses. Today the economies in this class include Vietnam, Bangladesh, Poland and the Czech Republic. They are among the big winners as companies seeking lower wages and shorter supply lines move factories out of China.
The transformative effect of manufacturing is visible in a country like Poland, where multinational corporations are now making cars, light fixtures and other goods. Before the pandemic, a quarter century of unbroken growth had increased Polish incomes nearly tenfold to almost $16,000 — on the cusp of the advanced economic class. A similar transformation is underway in Vietnam, which is investing not only in new factories, roads and ports, but also in programs to eliminate poverty.
If only a few nations stand to gain from export manufacturing, many more have a chance to thrive on the back of economic reform, a possible revival in commodity prices or the accelerating digital revolution. These growth engines won’t bring back the “rise of the rest,” which lifted virtually every developing economy in the 2000s. But they will be enough to power a few growth stars. In the 2020s, some of the rest will likely rise again.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/28/opinion/developing-economies-covid.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage

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Peshawar’s women polio workers accuse seniors of harassment, threaten to boycott vaccine drive

  

Female polio workers hold protest, urge heath minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa district to take note of situation that has allegedly led to some of them losing their jobs.

A group of women polio workers from the Hayatabad Union Council in Peshawar, staged a protest against harassment by senior officers Saturday. The polio workers alleged that officials called them for meetings at any time and threatened them with removal if they did not oblige.

The protestors also submitted a written application against the officers responsible.

The workers highlighted how several women had lost their jobs because they refused to entertain the demands of seniors and many suffered from mental stress due to the rude behaviour of the officers.

The workers urged the health minister of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa district, Taimur Khan Jhagra, to take note of the situation or threatened to boycott the entire polio campaign.

According to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, Pakistan is the only country with consistent barriers preventing vaccination and the eradication of polio, which are linked to religious extremism and harassment of polio workers.

Polio workers are often harassed, and even killed in some cases, due to the narrative that vaccination is a western agenda forced upon Pakistan.  

OP-ED: #BenazirBhuttoShaheed - Would anyone fill the political vacuum left by Benazir Bhutto?

By M Alam Brohi

On the 2 nd December 1988, the stage was set in the grand and sprawling presidency in Islamabad for the swearing-in of a young, intelligent and a beautiful lady as the Prime Minister of Pakistan after the oppressive Martial Law of 11 years. The history of this nation was being rewritten. The designated Prime Minister was hardly 35 years and was taking over as the first elected leader of a conservative Muslim country. The ceremony illustratively represented a triumph over suppression, a victory over sufferings and a vindication of constitutionalism over dictatorship. The presidency reverberated from time to time with thunderous slogans of political activists who had toiled in sweat and blood for this day.
This iconic young lady was Benazir Bhutto, the brave daughter and political heiress of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto who had started grooming her in the art of politics and diplomacy when she was a teenage girl. She along with her mother inherited the leadership of the biggest political party of the time, Pakistan People’s Party, after the execution of her illustrious father by the Martial Law authorities on 4 April 1979. The following years were a grueling journey of grief, solitary confinement, oppression and fear, and a triumphal return from exile. In all these years, the groundswell in the mass support for Bhuttos helped the two women display courage, strength, forbearance and resilience in the face of the oppressive military dictatorship rekindling hope for the dawn of democracy, freedom and rule of law.
Bhutto had struggled hard to reawaken the masses against the dark forces of status quo. Even after his overthrow by his treacherous military chief, he emerged as the sole champion of democracy and liberty challenging the military junta and their political and judicial partners banding shamelessly against him. Unfortunately, this tragic tale of our history signified the callous elimination of a genius by an unholy alliance of obscurant forces and the suppression of light by darkness, of freedom by tyranny, of enlightenment by dogmatism, of advancement by regression. Bhutto was liberal, secular, progressive and involuntarily revolutionary. His foes, steeply enmeshed in religiosity, dogmatism, regression, were voluntarily counter revolutionary and determined to extinguish the light that Bhutto had diffused over this land.
Unconscious of the ill will of evil stars in the dark and merciless skies and the vicious smile of the destiny; she scheduled her last public meeting in Rawalpindi on 27 December 2007.
They feared the spark of revolution this man was involuntarily radiating.
The PPP of Bhuttos stood for the people’s rights, and was committed to the cause of the poor masses. Thus, the harsh political conditions unleashed by the military regime galvanized it to stand solidly behind the leadership of Begum Bhutto and Muhtarma Benazir Bhutto. The party had that class of workers who, when diminished in numbers, showed more courage. They were flogged and confined to dungeons. With every lash striking their naked back, they shouted Jiye Bhutto (long live Bhutto). Nothing is more touching than the agony overflowing in devoted acclamation. Their valour in the face of the tyranny and barbarian punishments was indescribable.
The masses voted Benazir Bhutto into power in 1988 and 1993 despite formidable odds. Certainly, she was destined to have her third term as Prime Minister in February 2008. But the deep conspiracy for her assassination woven by her not-so-invisible enemies succeeded in martyring this iconicleader.
Unconscious of the ill will of evil stars in the dark and merciless skies and the vicious smile of the destiny; she scheduled her last public meeting in Rawalpindi on 27 December 2007 before moving to KPK and Balochistan in the run up to February 2008 elections. The venue was the infamous Liaqat Bagh (Garden). She had pulled a mammoth crowd. The sprawling space of the garden was filled to the brim. She was in a combative mood throwing thunderous challenges to the militants and the dogmatic, intolerant and anti-democratic forces. She kept the people spellbound with her firebrand and brilliant speech for over an hour. As she was leaving the venue, there were charged groups of workers around her vehicle chanting slogans, and obstructing the move of her small caravan. She stood up to wave to the workers.
Her enemies were waiting in wings for this opportune moment to strike.
There were few revolver shots followed by a powerful explosion. She slumped down in the hands of her companions sitting in the car with blood oozing from her neck. The second security car had speeded to Islamabad with Rehman Malik, the chief of her security squad, riding in it. Benazir was shifted in another vehicle and driven to the hospital. But it was too late. The angel of death was quicker. The doctors tried in vain to resuscitate her but the last icon of Bhuttos; the last hope of a democratic and progressive Pakistan; the chain of the Federation of Pakistan; the indisputable leader of the underprivileged had already succumbed to her neck wound and massive loss of blood. A dark cloud of gloom and anger engulfed the horizon of her land she had so eagerly sought to retrieve from the iron clutches of dark forces of dictatorship and religious bigotry.
She had come of age and learned her lessons in the trying years of political wilderness and exile. She had returned to Pakistan with a new resolve. She wanted to make amends for her past political errors. She wanted reconciliation, democracy and economic prosperity in the country. She wanted to work hand in glove with other political leaders to attain these lofty objectives. She wanted to leave behind a country free from bigotry, sectarianism, intolerance and ethnic and tribal fragmentation. Her slogan was ‘national reconciliation and tolerant politics’ Her person, her resolve, her objectives were a threat to some vicious forces which conspired together to remove from the scene this towering national leader of Pakistan; this thundering voice of the masses; this pride of Sindh, leaving millions of Pakistanis to mourn her tragic death.
https://dailytimes.com.pk/703754/would-anyone-fill-the-political-vacuum-left-by-benazir-bhutto/

بینظیر بھٹو کی تیرہویں برسی


ماہ دسمبر پاکستان کیلئے نہایت دکھ اور رنج و الم کا مہینہ ہے جس میں سقوط ڈھاکہ، سانحہ آرمی پبلک اسکول اور بینظیر بھٹو کی شہادت جیسے دلخراش واقعات پیش آئے۔ زندہ قومیں ملک کی قسمت بدلنے والے لیڈروں کو ہمیشہ یاد رکھتی ہیں۔ اللہ تعالیٰ نے پاکستان کو بھی قائداعظم محمد علی جناحؒ کے بعد شہید ذوالفقار علی بھٹو اور بینظیر بھٹو جیسے عظیم لیڈرز عطا کئے جنہوں نے بے شمارقربانیاں دے کر پاکستان کو ناقابل تسخیر بنادیا۔ میرا اور میری فیملی کا شہید بینظیر بھٹو سے انتہائی قریبی تعلق تھا اور یہ میری خوش نصیبی ہے کہ مجھے ان کے قریب رہ کر کام کرنے کا موقع ملا۔ آج میں شہید بینظیر بھٹو کی تیرہویں برسی پر ان کے ساتھ گزارے گئے کچھ تاریخی لمحات قارئین سے شیئر کرنا چاہوں گا۔

شہید بینظیر بھٹوسے میری پہلی ملاقات 1994میں سائٹ ایسوسی ایشن ایوارڈ کی تقریب میں ہوئی جس میں انہوں نے مجھے صنعتوں کی بحالی کا ایوارڈ دیا تھا۔ بعد میں محترمہ کی درخواست پر میں انہیں مختلف اوقات پر بیمار صنعتوں کی بحالی، ملکی معیشت اور توانائی کے بحران کے حل کے حوالے سے مختلف تجاویز دیتا رہا جس کی بناء پر مجھے ان کی قربت حاصل ہوئی۔ وہ مجھے اپنے ساتھ کئی ممالک کے سرکاری دوروں پر وفاقی وزراء کے ہمراہ لے کرگئیں۔ بی بی عموماً اپنے خصوصی طیارے کی روانی کے بعد وفد کے ارکان کو فرداً فرداً بلاکر ان کی تجاویز اپنے دورے کے ایجنڈے میں شامل کرتی تھیں۔ 2002کے الیکشن میں شہید بینظیر بھٹو نے مجھے کراچی کے قومی اسمبلی کے حلقہ NA-250سے پیپلزپارٹی کے ٹکٹ پر الیکشن لڑنے کیلئے کہا جس کیلئے میں بالکل تیار نہ تھا لیکن بی بی، مخدوم امین فہیم اور سینیٹر رضاربانی کے اصرار پر میں محترمہ کو انکار نہ کرسکا۔ یہ الیکشن میری سیاسی زندگی کا آغاز تھا۔

بینظیر بھٹو کا شایانِ شان استقبال اور سانحہ کارساز تاریخ کا حصہ ہیں۔ محترمہ اپنے قریبی ساتھیوں کومختلف ذمہ داریاں دے کر آزماتی تھیں۔ کراچی میںمحترمہ نے اپنے کاغذات نامزدگی جمع کراتے وقت الیکشن آفس میں ہنگامے کے بعد واپسی پر بلاول ہائوس میں ایک اہم میٹنگ کی جس میں فہمیدہ مرزا، ذوالفقار مرزا، شیری رحمٰن، رضا ربانی، رحمٰن ملک، شاہ محمود قریشی، قائم علی شاہ اور دیگر اہم پارٹی رہنما بھی شریک تھے۔ اجلاس میں طے پایا کہ سیکورٹی کے پیش نظر محترمہ بینظیر بھٹو اپنے کاغذات نامزدگی کی تصدیق کیلئے دوبارہ الیکشن کمیشن آفس نہیں جائیں گی۔ اس موقع پر میں نے محترمہ کو مشورہ دیا کہ ہمیں الیکشن کمیشن سے آپ کی حاضری کا استثنیٰ حاصل کرنا چاہئے۔ میں نے فوراً الیکشن کمیشن کے اس وقت کے سیکریٹری کنور دلشاد سے رابطہ کرکے بینظیر بھٹوکا الیکشن کمیشن میں حاضری سے استثنیٰ حاصل کیا۔ میں یہ بات محترمہ کو بتانا ہی چاہتا تھا کہ رحمن ملک نے مجھے الیکشن کمیشن سے تحریری اجازت نامہ لینے کا مشورہ دیا۔ اتوار ہونے کے باوجود کنور دلشاد نے تحریری اجازت نامہ بلاول ہائوس فیکس کیا جسے میں نے فخریہ انداز میں محترمہ کو پیش کیا۔ تحریری استثنیٰ دیکھ کر محترمہ نے مجھے Welldon کہا۔محترمہ نے مجھے لندن کے پارٹی اجلاس میں 2008کے انتخابات کیلئے کراچی سے قومی اسمبلی کے حلقہ NA-250کا پارٹی ٹکٹ دیا۔ 2008کے الیکشن میں بی بی اور نواز شریف کی خواہش پر پاکستان بھر میں مجھے پاکستان پیپلزپارٹی اور مسلم لیگ (ن) کا مشترکہ امیدوار نامزد کیا گیا تھا جبکہ اے این پی، جے یو آئی اور سنی تحریک کی حمایت بھیحاصل تھی۔ شام کو میرے قریبی دوست فرخ مظہر نے اپنی ڈیفنس رہائش گاہ پر میری انتخابی کارنر میٹنگ رکھی تھی۔ میں نے جیسے ہی اپنی تقریر شروع کی، آغا خان اسپتال کے ڈاکٹر مختار بھٹو تیزی سے بھاگتے ہوئے میرے پاس آئے اور روتے ہوئے بتایا کہ سب کچھ ختم ہو گیا۔ میں اپنے دوست فرخ مظہر کے ساتھ ان کے ڈرائنگ روم کی طرف بھاگا جہاں ٹی وی پر ہمیں یہ اندوہناک خبر سننے کو ملی کہ بینظیر بھٹو کو شہید کردیا گیاہے۔ یہ دلخراش خبر سنتے ہی میں سیدھا بلاول ہائوس بھاگا جہاں پیپلزپارٹی کے سینیٹرز اور قومی و صوبائی اسمبلیوں کے امیدوار بڑی تعداد میں جمع تھے اور اپنے عظیم لیڈر سے بچھڑ جانے پر ایک دوسرے سے گلے لگ کر زار و قطار رو رہے تھے۔ رات گئے جب میں ٹوٹا ہوا بلاول ہائوس سے اپنے گھر کی جانب روانہ ہوا تو لوگ سڑکوں پر جگہ جگہ آگ لگا کر اپنے غم و غصے کا اظہار کررہے تھے۔ پارٹی کی درخواست پر میں نے نوڈیرو جانے کیلئے دبئی اور مختلف جگہوں سے چارٹر فلائٹ کیلئے رابطے کئے۔ طیارے میں میرے ساتھ مخدوم امین فہیم، رضا ربانی، شیری رحمٰن، فاروق ایچ نائیک اور پارٹی کے دیگر رہنما موجود تھے جنہیں یہ یقین نہیں آرہا تھا کہ بینظیر بھٹو انہیں ہمیشہ کیلئے چھوڑ گئی ہیں۔ میں شہید بینظیر بھٹو کا جسد خاکی نوڈیرو سے گڑھی خدا بخش لے جانے اور مجھ سمیت لاکھوں افراد کی آہوں و سسکیوں میں ان کی تدفین کا منظر کبھی نہیں بھول سکتا۔ بینظیر بھٹو کی شہادت کے کئی روز بعد اُن کی بلیک بیری سے شریک چیئرمین آصف زرداری کا ایک میسج آیا کہ ’’شہید بی بی کے آخری پیغامات میں آپ کو کیا گیا یہ ایس ایم ایس بھی شامل ہے‘‘۔

"Are you happy, now you must win this seat, good luck"

دراصل یہ میسج میں نے اپنے حلقہ NA-250 میں مسلم لیگ (ن) کے ساتھ سیٹ ایڈجسٹمنٹ پر شکریہ کیلئے کیا تھا جس کے جواب میں بی بی نے مجھے میسج کیا تھا۔ میں تصور بھی نہیں کرسکتا تھا کہ بی بی سے یہ میری آخری گفتگو ہوگی۔

https://jang.com.pk/news/864119 

مریم نواز، بھٹو کی چوکھٹ پر

تحریر: ملک سراج احمد

مریم نواز کی گڑھی خدا بخش حاضری اور شہید رانی کی قبر پر بطور عقیدت پھولوں کا نچھاور کرنا اور عوام کے جم غفیر سے خطاب اس بات کی عکاسی کرتا ہے کہ مریم نواز شریف جمہوریت کی بحالی کی خاطر سنجیدہ ہیں۔پنجاب کی طرز سیاست سندھ سے یکسر مختلف ہے مگر ایک نقطہ مشترک ہے اور وہ جمہوریت ہے۔پاکستان کی سیاست میں جمہوریت کے علمبرداروں کی گڑھی خدا بخش کے قبرستان کی حاضری ضروری ہے۔بھٹو کے مزار کی چوکھٹ پار کرنا ضروری ہے۔اس مزار کے آنگن میں ننگے پاوں سرجھکا کر حاضری کے بنا جمہوری سفر مشکل ہی ناممکن ہے۔

گڑھی خدا بخش پر حاضری کا مطلب بنیادی طورپر اس جمہوری فلسفے پر یقین کرنا ہے جو شہید بھٹو نے دیا جس پر ساری زندگی شہید رانی نے عمل کیا اور جدوجہد کی۔جمہوریت کی بحالی کی حالیہ جدوجہد میں بس یہی ایک کمی تھی اور وہ مریم نواز شریف کی حاضری کے بعد پوری ہوگئی۔رہی بات منزل کی تو سفر شرط ہے آج نہیں تو کل منزل تو مل ہی جائے گی۔حقیقی جمہوریت کی خاطر اور عوام کے حق حاکمیت کی خاطر جدوجہد بنیادی فرض ہے نتائج سے بے پرواہ ہو کر سفر جاری رہے گا تو منزل ملے گی۔ اور جمہوریت کی منزل کی طرف ہر رواں دواں ہرکارواں کا پڑاو گڑھی خدا بخش میں ضرور ہوتا ہے ۔یہاں پر شہدا کی قبریں دیکھ کرسفر کی بے یقینی کی کیفیت ختم ہوجاتی ہے۔عزم و ارادہ مصمم ہوجاتا ہے۔ حوصلے بلند ہوجاتے ہیں۔زاد راہ کے طورپر بھٹو کا فلسفہ مل جاتا ہے۔

گڑھی خدا بخش کے شہدا کو دیکھ کر یقین ہوجاتا ہے کہ جمہوریت ہی طرز سیاست ہونی چاہیے ۔وہاں پر آئے ہوئے جیالوں کو دیکھ کر یقین ہوجاتا ہے کہ طاقت کا سرچشمہ عوام ہی ہے ۔تیسری دنیا کے انسانوں کا المیہ ہی یہی ہے کہ ان کو دہائیاں لگ گئیں انسانی حقوق کے حصول کی خاطر اور وہ تاحال اس میں کامیاب نہیں ہوسکے ۔پرآسائش زندگی کی خاطر نہیں بلکہ بنیادی انسانی حقوق کی خاطر اپنی بنیادی ضروریات کی خاطر اور چند لمحے آسودگی کے حصول کی خاطر یہ تیسری دنیا کے انسان جئیے جاتے ہیں اپنی زندگی گذارے جارہے ہیں۔پاکستان کی اشرافیہ اور بالادست طبقات نے گویا کچھ نا دینے کی قسم اٹھا رکھی ہے۔ اور اس طرح کا رویہ اپنایا ہوا ہے جیسے اپنی جیب سے کسی کو کچھ دینا ہو۔حالانکہ جو کچھ یہ بدنصیب عوام مانگ رہے ہیں یہ ان کا بنیادی حق ہے ۔ان کی ملکیت ہے ۔یہ اس سرزمین پر موجود اور اس کی تہہ میں موجود ہر نعمت کے مالک و حق دار ہیں۔مگر اپنے حق سے محروم ہیں

اسی حق سے متعلق بھٹو نے بتایا کہ عوام کو یہ حق لینا چاہیے ۔عوام کو شعور دیا کہ اپنے حق کی خاطر جدوجہد کرو آواز بلند کرو۔جو نا دے اس سے حق چھین لو۔یہ جرات بھٹو نے دی کہ ایک ہاری زمیندار کے برابر بیٹھنا شروع ہوا۔ایک صنعت کار اپنے ورکر کے ساتھ مصافحہ کرنے لگا۔ معاشرے کے پسے ہوے اور محروم طبقات کو زندگی کی امید دینا بہتر مستقبل کی آس دینا ، مایوس آنکھوں کو خواب دینا ، سہمے ہوے لوگوں کو زبان دینا کوئی معمولی بات نہیں۔ بالادست طبقات کے نزدیک یہ اسٹیٹس کو کے خلاف بغاوت کے مترادف ہے اور بھٹو اس بغاوت کا مرتکب ہوا۔بھٹو کو خبر تھی کہ بغاوت ناقابل معافی ہے اوراس کی سزا ضرور ملے گی مگر وہ انجام سے بے پروا تھا۔ بھٹو تاریخ کے اس سفر میں اپنا متعین کردہ کردار ادا کرچکا تھا۔بھٹو وہ سوچ پیدا کرنے میں کامیاب ہوگیا تھا جس سوچ کے تحت محروم طبقات نے سوال کرنا تھے۔

اور آج کے ارباب اختیار اسی دھوکے میں ہیں۔ان کو لگتا ہے کہ شاید معاملات سنبھل جائیں گے مگر ان کو اندازہ نہیں ہورہا کہ وقت گذرنے کے ساتھ ساتھ پاکستان کی سیاست میچور ہوتی جارہی ہے۔سیاست دان اپنی انا کے بت گرا کر اور اپنی زات سے بالاتر ہوکر ملک وقوم سے متعلق سوچ رہے ہیں ۔میثاق جمہوریت وہ دستاویز ہے جس نے سیاسی جماعتوں کے لیے سیاسی قبلے کی شکل اختیار کرلی ہے ۔اگر سیاست کرنی ہے تو میثاق جمہوریت کو ہر سیاسی جماعت کو من وعن تسلیم کرنا ہوگا اس کی روح کو ماننا ہوگا اس پر عمل کرنا ہوگا۔

مریم نواز شریف نے اگر کوئی آسان راستہ نا چنا اور کسی کے کہنے پر شارٹ کٹ نا لیا تو بلاشبہ ان کا سیاسی سفر بہت دیر تک جاری رہے گا۔ان کی گڑھی خدا بخش حاضری سے ان کے سیاسی نظریات کو مزید تقویت ملی ہوگی۔ان کے سیاسی شعور کا دائرہ مزید بڑا ہوا ہوگا۔شہید رانی کے مزار پر پھول نچھاور کرتے ہوے مریم نواز شریف کو ضرور فخر ہوا ہوگا کہ وہ ایک عورت کے مزارپر حاضر ہوئی ہیں۔ایک ایسی عورت جس نے ہر ستم سہا مگر اپنے مقصد سے پیچھے نہیں ہٹی اپنی راہ کو نہیں چھوڑا اوراپنی عوام سے اپنا رومانس کبھی کم نہیں ہونے دیا۔حرف آخریہ کہ اگر مریم نوازشریف نے اس فلسفے پر یقین کرلیا کہ جمہوریت بہترین انتقام ہے تو ن لیگ کی سیاست میں واضح تبدیلی دیکھنے کو ملے گی اور یہ تبدیلی خوشگوار ہوگی۔ اور اس کے اثرات ملکی سیاست پر ضرور پڑیں گے۔رہی بات بھٹوز کی تو یہ اس خاندان کا سیاسی قبلہ ہی گڑھی خدا بخش ہے ۔اور گڑھی خدا بخش کے ماننے والوں کے لیے جمہوریت کے لیے قربانی دینا نئی بات نہیں اس بات کی گواہی گڑھی خدابخش میں شہدا کے مزارات دے رہے ہیں 

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Sunday, December 27, 2020

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بلاول بھٹو نے شہید بینظیر بھٹو کو کن الفاظ میں یاد کیا؟

پاکستان پیپلز پارٹی (پی پی پی) کے چیئرمین بلاول بھٹو زرداری نے کہا ہے کہ شہید بینظیر بھٹو کی کمی ہمیں آج بہت محسوس ہو رہی ہے۔

بینظیر بھٹو کی 13ویں برسی پر تقریب سے خطاب میں بلاول بھٹو نے کئی بار اپنی والدہ شہید بینظیر بھٹو کو خراجِ تحسین پیش کیا اور سیاسی جرات اور بہادری کا تذکرہ کیا۔

انہوں نے کہا کہ شہید بینظیر بھٹو آج ہوتیں تو ان کٹھ پتلیوں کی کیا اوقات تھی کہ وہ ہمارا مقابلہ بھی کرسکتے، انہوں نے ضیا الحق جیسے آمر کے خلاف تحریک چلائی تو ایوانوں کے در و دیوار کانپ اٹھے۔

پی پی چیئرمین نے مزید کہا کہ وہ دہشت گردوں کے لیے دہشت کی علامت تھیں، وہ جانتی تھی کہ قاتل گھاٹ لگائے بیٹھا ہے، پھر بھی جرات اور بہادری دکھائی۔

ان کا کہنا تھا کہ ضیا الحق کی قبر ویران ہے اور پرویز مشرف موت سے بدتر بزدلی کی زندگی گزار رہا ہے جبکہ شہید بینظیر بھٹو ہمارے دلوں میں زندہ ہیں، ان کا احترام ہمارے دلوں میں ہے اور رہے گا۔

بلاول بھٹو زرداری نے یہ بھی کہا کہ شہید محترمہ بینظیر بھٹو کا سبق ہمیں یاد ہے، جبر کے مقابلے میں صبر کا سبق، ہمیں ان کا عوام سے محبت کا درس وراثت میں ملا تھا، ہم آج اُن سے تجدید عہد کرنے آئے ہیں، اُن سے طاقت لینے آئے ہیں۔

انہوں نے کہا کہ ہمارے دلوں میں آج غم ہے، آنکھیں پرنم ہے مگر حوصلے بلند ہیں، ہم شہیدوں کے وارث ہیں، ہم آئین کے خالق اور عوام کی آواز ہیں۔

پی پی چیئرمین نے کہا کہ تاریخ کا فیصلہ حسین کے حق میں ہے اور رہے گا، تاریخ کا فیصلہ شہید محترمہ بینظیر بھٹو کے حق میں ہے اور رہے گا، خون شہدا کو خراج اہل حق ملتا رہے گا اور ہر دور کے یزید رسوا رہیں گے۔

ان کا کہنا تھا کہ بینظیر بھٹو نے آخری ملاقات میں کہا تھا کہ عوام کا ساتھ کبھی نہیں چھوڑنا، ہمیں شہید بھٹو کا وعدہ نبھانا ہے، پاکستان بچانا ہے، میری والدہ نے جس صبح کے لیے شہادت دی وہ صبح ضرور آئے گی۔

بلاول بھٹو زرداری نے کہا کہ والدہ چاہتی تھیں کہ ملک میں اسلامی جمہوری آئین کی حکمرانی ہو، خواتین کو برابری کے حق ملیں، مذہب کے نام پر ظلم نہ ہو، پاکستان کا دفاع ناقابلِ تسخیر ہو اور پاکستان کو دنیا میں وقار ملے، وہ چاہتی تھیں کہ ملک میں عدل و انصاف ہو، برداشت ہو، بات کرنے کی آزادی ہو۔

انہوں نے کہا کہ شہید بینظیر بھٹو کے خلاف سازشیں ہوئیں، انہوں نے اس کی پرواہ نہیں کی، جمہوری طاقتوں کی قیادت کے لیے وہ نہیں ہیں لیکن ان کے اصول ہمارے لیے رہنما ہیں۔

https://jang.com.pk/news/863996 

بینظیر کی شہادت پر میری والدہ سمیت سب رو رہے تھے، مریم نواز


پاکستان مسلم لیگ ن کی نائب صدر مریم نواز  کا کہنا ہے کہ سابق وزیراعظم محترمہ بینظیر بھٹو کی شہادت پر میری والدہ سمیت سب رو رہے تھے۔

گڑھی خدا بخش میں خطاب کے دوران مریم نواز جذباتی ہوگئیں۔

 مریم نواز نے کہا کہ بی بی شہید کی موت کا زخم صرف آپ کے دلوں پر نہیں، ہم پر بھی لگا، بےنظیر بھٹو کی موت پاکستان کا قومی سانحہ ہے۔

انہوں نے کہا کہ بھٹو شہید اور بےنظیر شہید کو خراجِ تحسین پیش کرتی ہوں، بھٹو اور بینظیر کے قاتلوں کا آج کوئی نام لیوا نہیں ہے۔

مریم نواز نے کہا کہ بھٹو اور بی بی کے چاہنے والے ہزاروں لاکھوں ہیں۔

انہوں نے کہا کہ ٹی وی پر محترمہ کے جان لیوا حملے کی خبر آئی تھی، خبر سنتے ہی نواز شریف سب سے پہلے اسپتال پہنچے، نواز شریف ان چند لوگوں میں سے تھے جنہیں ڈاکٹروں نے بی بی کی شہادت کی خبردی۔

مریم نواز نے کہا کہ میں نے تو کچھ سال اپنی والدہ کیساتھ گزارے، لیکن بلاول نے بچپن میں ماں کو کھودیا، میری بینظیر سے نسبت باپ اور بیٹی سے لازوال محبت والی ہے۔

رہنما مسلم لیگ ن نے کہا کہ مجھے اپنے باپ کے نظریہ سے محبت ہے، ملک سے محبت ہے۔

https://jang.com.pk/news/864022 

BENAZIR BHUTTO - A tribute to "a woman of tremendous courage and a symbol of freedom in tumultuous times."

By M Waqar


ڈرتے تھے بندوقوں والے ایک نھتی لڑکی سے ڈرتے ہیں اُن کے حواری اب اُس کے نام سے اسکی سوچ سے -اسکے نظریہ سے اسکے ذکر سے - اسکی فکر سے اسکی وراثت سے-اسکے وارث سے اسکے نام سے -اسکے کام سے اسکی آن سے -اسکی شان سے اور آج بھی ڈرتے ہیں بی بی شھید سے


A tribute to "a woman of tremendous courage and a symbol of freedom in tumultuous times." Benazir Bhutto, Her name, which translates to the “One without equal” signifies and trails her uniqueness.
She had gone to university at the age of 16 and had emerged from Harvard University with startling distinctions, having earned a Cum laude degree in Comparative Government. Benazir was a true leader. A woman of heart, a woman of mind, a person is driven by the courage and passion of heart to maintain democracy as a way of life on this globe and to defeat those determined to take the liberties of democracy away and to keep those liberties from those who have never known such freedoms of thought and the dreams associated with democracy. To millions of her supporters, she was a brave daughter of a brave father who died while fighting for democracy and self-rule. To them, she was a woman of unflinching determination who returned to Pakistan to reclaim what rightfully belongs to the people of Pakistan.
Benazir was, by all accounts, a devoted patriot, a loyal friend, and a loving mother. Benazir Bhutto was a woman of immense personal courage and bravery. Knowing the threats to her life she risked everything in her attempt to win democracy in Pakistan. She would be remembered for her long struggle for the return of democracy in Pakistan. Forced reluctantly into politics by her circumstances, she proved better than what her father could have ever hoped for. She led the persecuted family in the aftermath of her father's assassination, Spent five precious years of her youth in the jail. She saw two younger brothers killed. To the end, she looked after an old heart-broken mother. She traveled vast distances battling for her country, party, and family.
In between, she even found time to raise a family, and check the homework of her kids, drop her son at the mosque for Friday prayer in Dubai. She persuaded Musharraf to give up the military positions. From the Sindhi haris to the Western politicians she could hold forth before anyone. She had become the most seasoned and wise leader of not just the country but the world beyond as well. She had become the symbol of the promise that this wretched land of ours holds. But she was not to be forgiven one small discretion of standing up to respond to her enthusiastic supporters from the safety of her transport. But then as Ali, the cousin of the Prophet and husband of Ummay Abeeha has said, "I found my creator in my broken resolve" and "Death is a man's greatest lifeguard".It is amazing that even under such trying circumstances, she stayed strong and fought for what she believed in. It takes a tremendous amount of inner strength to spread your message and fight for what you believe in when you know that you are in danger. I think that Ms. Bhutto showed us the definition of a leader. It is so hard to believe that this amazing woman's life has ended. Her death came too sudden and unexpected.
My heart ‘wept’ in shock the moment I saw the newsflash of Benazir Bhutto’s violent death. Who could have thought that her departure would come so soon? I always thought that nothing would happen to her. She will remain safe. No harm will be inflicted on her. Even the day and the time when the news came that she is injured, it did not cross my mind that any fatal harm could be done to her. We always saw her hail and hearty, fighting, and surviving. For eleven long years, she fought for her honor. She fought for her lost respect. For eleven long years, she was the subject of a malicious campaign. Not a day would pass by when a "cock and bull" story would not adorn the front page of a newspaper. Today she is no longer with us, but her absence will always be missed forever.
History will remember her as a great leader and as the only Muslim woman leader, who stood the tests of time, who never betrayed the trust of the people and who accepted every challenge that life threw at her. What is the difference between a politician and a leader? A politician asks for sacrifices, a leader gives one. She gave the ultimate sacrifice for her nation. One does not need the power to be a leader. A leader needs followers, and she had plenty of them, even when out of power. How many prime ministers, presidents, and generals can claim that? Power does not make leaders. History and followers do.
Benazir Bhutto was brave and courageous then her male counterparts and coward opponents, determined to succeed and deliver the agenda of moderation and reform, she had the drive to put Pakistan onto the right track. Far bolder than any male leader, she told the Afghan president hours before her tragic assassination on December 27 that "life and death is in the hands of Allah, and that is why I have the courage to stare in the eyes of death without any fear", just like her great and brave father Z A BHUTTO, who refused to bow his head in front of dictator Zia.
Her sophistication and diplomacy established a large network of friends and admirers around the world. At the World Political Forum in Italy in 2003, when she walked into the conference hall, almost forty world leaders stood up and applauded her, was not that honor for Pakistan and the Muslim World? She would stop a conversation or an activity just by walking into a room. She lectured regularly at universities globally where she would dazzle a large audience, In the preceding decade of political struggle, Ms. Bhutto was arrested on numerous occasions; in all, she spent nearly 6 years either in prison or under detention for her dedicated leadership of the then opposition Pakistan Peoples Party, while her one political opponent couldn’t stay in jail for a year and ran to Saudi Arabia by making a deal with General Mush. Throughout the years in opposition, she pledged to transform Pakistani society by focusing attention on programs for health, social welfare, and education for the underprivileged. Benazir was God’s gift to Pakistan. A brave woman who knew no fear and wanted for her country and its children things that all civilized world cherishes; food, clothing, housing, education, and a future. She saw the evil of religious extremism for what it is; a self-defeating disease and was not afraid to define it and fight it. Despite the controversies, which may never be resolved, her accomplishments as a woman in a Moslem society are remarkable.
To many Pakistanis, she was a leader who spoke for them, their needs, and their hopes. If you asked an ordinary person what they achieved when Benazir Bhutto was in power, they would say at least she gave us a voice and she talked about us and our problems. That was her real achievement." Benazir was a person of great character and she never forgot her traditions, although she spent most of her life in the West during her education years she had arranged marriage.
The arranged marriage of Benazir Bhutto and Asif Zardari was not expected. Benazir when asked "Why would someone as independent as you accept marriage to someone you hardly knew? She said, Actually, I had reconciled myself to a life without marriage or children for the sake of my career ... So keeping in mind that many people in Pakistan looked to me, I decided to make a personal sacrifice in what I thought would be, more or less, a loveless marriage, a marriage of convenience. The surprising part is that we are very close and that it's been a very good match ... I'd love to arrange my own children's marriages. I say that because I've been so happy." She also inherited the legacy of by far the most pro-people tradition in the otherwise elite-oriented political process of the country. Before coming back to Pakistan, she, herself, observed that there were two most important battles going on in the country. One, between dictatorship and democracy, the other, between moderation and extremism. Benazir was a woman of extraordinary power. Her critics often dismissed her credentials by saying that she was a privileged woman who did not reflect the true status of Pakistani women, Yet they seemed to miss the point in their critique - precisely because of her privilege and status she could have led a life of luxury and seclusion but instead chose to embrace many of the shackles of tradition. She married a landlord, had three children, and acquired the Islamic garb of modesty. Since entering politics, she never let her /dupatta/ (or head covering) slip down for more than a few seconds in public and played by most of the rules.
As the first Muslim woman to become a head of state, Benazir Bhutto will remain an icon for generations to come. The fact that even a privileged woman could reach her level in a society where traditional tribal elders are still debating whether or not it is permissible to beat your wife, makes her story particularly inspirational.Her acquiescence in benign traditions was matched with her astonishing ability to move masses in a male-dominated society. What she managed to accomplish as a Muslim woman by breaking the taboo of female leadership was her least appreciated and most lasting legacy. Talking about Benazir’s political history would require a long article to include her successes, failures, disappointments, and official triumphs. But she was a charismatic unique character coming from Kurdish-Farsi roots with a vision that believed in the Pakistani community regardless of its different ethnicities. She believed strongly that the country had so much potential to progress and advance so that its citizens would achieve success strongly. 

Benazir was only 25 years old when her father Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto was hanged in Rawalpindi in April 1979. She was 32 when her younger brother Shahnawaz was mysteriously killed in France in 1985. She was 43 when her other brother Murtaza was killed by the police in 1996. Murtaza's killing was a great tragedy for her. Benazir spent more than nine years in exile without her husband. She raised her children as a single parent. She used to teach them the Holy Quran regularly with English translation. She tried her best to ensure the children did not feel the absence of their father. When her husband was released on medical grounds, he was sent to the United States for treatment. Once again Benazir was alone with her children in Dubai. She did not allow her husband and three children to accompany her to Pakistan when she returned on Oct 18, 2007, the last 30 years of her life were full of struggle and trouble, but she proved to be a woman of strong nerve. She was a caring wife, a loving mother, and a courageous leader. Her agenda for better Pakistan was to seek reconciliation, peace, ending militancy, eradicating poverty, building institutions of civil rule and democracy, spreading education and providing hope to the people of Pakistan for a better future.
Benazir’s platform had been leftist, including food for the hungry, health care, jobs, slum clearance, and a monthly minimum wage. She has been opposed by Islamic fundamentalists who have been suspicious of the PPP because of its alleged leftist. According to Western media and intelligence agencies reports Hamid Gul, Nawaz Sharif, and Osama bin Laden conspired to assassinate Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. Husein Haqqani, a Pakistani journalist who claims to have been involved in the plot, will later say that ISI Director Hamid Gul contacted Osama bin Laden, who was then known to provide financial support to Afghan mujaheddin, to pay for a coup/assassination of Bhutto. 

Gul also brings Nawaz Sharif, then the governor of Punjab province and a rival of Bhutto, into the plot. Bin Laden agrees to provide $10 million on the condition that Sharif transforms Pakistan into a strict Islamic state, which Sharif accepts but he puts all the money in his pocket. Benazir was not assassinated at this time, but bin Laden allegedly helps Sharif replace Bhutto one year later. In October 1990, Nawaz Sharif is running for election to replace Benazir Bhutto as the prime minister of Pakistan. According to a senior Pakistani intelligence source, bin Laden passes a considerable amount of money to Sharif and his party, since Sharif promises to introduce a hard-line Islamic government.

 Bin Laden has been supporting Sharif for several years. There is said to be a photograph of Sharif chatting with bin Laden. Sharif wins the election and while he does not introduce a hard-line Islamic government, his rule is more amenable to bin Laden’s interests than Bhutto’s had been. Sharif will stay in power until 1993, they will take over from Bhutto again in 1996 and rule for three more years.
Former ISI official Khalid Khawaja, a self-proclaimed close friend of bin Laden, will later claim that Sharif and bin Laden had a relationship going back to when they first met face to face in the late 1980s. This tells us that there were people who wanted to kill her a long time ago. Independent Investigators appointed by the UN must find out who are the real murderers of Benazir. Chaudry Pervaiz Elahi; Chaudry Shujhat; and the son of Zia Ul Haq, all haters and sworn enemies of the Bhutto family and of Benazir in particular, and former officials of ISI must be investigated. She never believed in violence and revenge, in her own words, ‘’ democracy is the best revenge’’. She was innocent. Before her tragic death, she wrote Reconciliation, Islam, Democracy and the West, which is one of the greatest books I ever read., according to Arianna Huffington,’’ This is a courageous and powerful answer to hatred and intolerance, written by an extraordinary woman.’’She believed in democracy, freedom, and openness -- not as slogans, but as a way of life, she remained the most potent Pakistani voice for liberalism, tolerance, and change. Her place in history will be written with golden words and she would be remembered and honored by generations to come. Benazir Bhutto was a symbol of Democracy in Pakistan.
Her killing is the Killing of Democracy in Pakistan. She was a great daughter of a great Father. The most popular leader and Chairperson of the Peoples Party fell victim to the murderous and cowardly act of terrorism. One can cite many examples of the courage and determination of the fallen leader and the domestic and international media is not lacking in enumerating her qualities of courage and intelligence, democratic credentials, popularity, charisma, farsightedness, and bravery in the face of adversity, love for her people and country, her abhorrence of and determination to root out terrorism and her rightful understanding that terrorist supporters still exist in the Establishment and political circles of the country.
Benazir had also fought for women's health, social, and discrimination issues. She had plans to set up police stations of women, banks, and also courts. She always spoke against abortion. She was one of the forefronts to form the council of women world leaders. As a politician, wife, and mother, Benazir fulfilled her responsibilities to the fullest. Thus being an icon to many women. Especially Muslim women. Benazir was against violence on women. Benazir's zest for life, her charisma was so good that she became a role model to many. From getting the best of education and being a great leader. Benazir has done it all. She fought for democracy until death. Her intelligence and charm has an everlasting print in everybody's mind. Her proudest accomplishment, as Benazir Bhutto said, is her success as a woman in a man's world. "My greatest contribution lies in that my success as a woman in a Muslim society, where tradition and tribal taboos held sway, has emancipated other women," she said. "My success helped other women make choices that were not available to them before, not only in Pakistan but all over the Muslim world."
One of the most disgusting aspects of the murder of Benazir is that Ms. Benazir Bhutto was callously murdered by people who were SCARED of her return to power. The fact remains, that she was perhaps amongst the very few Pakistani Women and indeed from Asia who could have changed the political scenario. Benazir Bhutto’s brutal and gruesome slaughter equates a decline in the quality of the democracy prevailing in our world today. To have watched, helplessly or conveniently, while such a stunningly charming, charismatic, cerebral, and flamboyant political giant is slain reduces the world’s claim to civilization and to humane ideals. Today as we are celebrating her birthday; she lies buried next to her father, her life cut short at a time when she seemed the only symbol of hope for leading Pakistan to a semblance of democratic normalcy, the tsunami of chaos and unanswered questions, comments, and commentaries, flooded all airwaves and social gatherings globally. Her assassination, the fear of an uncertain future not just of her party but Pakistan is an ongoing topic of discussion. Needless to say, its impact is being felt the world over, and what happens in Pakistan will have repercussions on the international community as well.
There are many who remember her as a warm, generous, and extremely lovable woman; a fantastic mother, wife, and friend. Those who love her also say that as a politician Benazir tried her best in spite of the many roadblocks put in her path, loved her country, its people, and wanted to lead it towards a democratic path once again. Hers was a life that was meant for something special...for something more. Hers was a life that was meant to change the world. And change the world she did. She felt the hand of destiny upon her and she never wavered from following its direction. Benazir Bhutto made extraordinary choices of bravery and self-sacrifice. When her father was about to be hanged, he told her that she did not have to stay in Pakistan, that she could leave and live in safety and comfort elsewhere. She promised him that she would stay and take up his fight for democracy. She never swayed or faltered, not from her promise, nor in her commitment. In 2007 - some 28 years since she first made that promise - she once again made an extraordinary choice. She left a life of comfort and safety to return to Pakistan - knowing the risk, knowing the peril - to continue her fight and her struggle to fulfill that promise. And fulfill it she did. In life and in death, Benazir Bhutto lit a flame, a flame of hope, of courage, of commitment - a flame for the birth, realization, and hope of peace and democracy.
The flame she lit is a flame we must commit ourselves to carry, to embrace, to rise high, and to never let be extinguished. We must all become keepers of the flame. In this way, she lives. Benazir lives. Her promise lives and will see fulfillment each day we carry, raise, and keep the flame. A flame that will live, and will burn, and will inspire people the world over for the duration of time. Her life here on this earth may have ended but her spirit lives on. And her cause goes on. It goes on within all of us who embrace her courage and her spirit - and who believe in the hope and vision that were the mission of her life. What makes a martyr is not the who or the how of the person's murder, but the why. Joan of Arc was martyred because she fought for and spoke for her beliefs - and because she was willing to pay the ultimate price for continue fighting for, and standing for, and speaking for what she believed in regardless of anything else.
Patrick Henry who famously said "Give me liberty or give me death," was willing to die - to lay down his life for his vision, hopes, beliefs, and convictions - and his commitment to such was stronger in his heart than the fear of death. Socrates made people think. Most people fear the truth as if it were death. Socrates did not, believing in the immortality of the soul. He went to his death not afraid, but eager to go and enjoy the fortunes of the blessed, drank poison like wine but did not bow his head. And so was Benazir Bhutto martyred - for standing up, speaking out, and struggling and fighting for her beliefs, for her vision, and for her hopes for her country, and for the rights, opportunities, and freedoms of its people. Her commitment, dedication, and belief in her cause and her vision called her to make the ultimate sacrifice, to pay the ultimate price. It was a sacrifice and a price that, throughout her life, she seemed to know in all her prescience and wisdom that she would one day have to pay. And she marched on. Ever onward. With spirit and strength; with faith in God; with conviction and commitment to her beliefs and her vision and her cause; with hope; and always with courage, undaunted, unblinking, undying courage.
What she gave to the world, to humanity, to time itself - courage, faith, spirit, bravery, love, kindness, self-sacrifice, optimism, and hope - will live forever. Her life was a light in an oft-darkened world. She was the embodiment of courage, beauty, and strength. She never failed to put her country and her people above and before herself. Her light has gone out of this world but will shine forever in the hearts of those who loved her. Her memory is enshrined forever in the fabric of time. And I know and believe that her courage and spirit will live forever in the hearts of those whose lives she touched; in the warm, immortal wind; and in the dusty earth of the land she loved. Hers truly was and forever will be in every way, a heart, a spirit, and a life without comparison.
She had longed to walk once again upon the dusty roads of her homeland. Now she walks there forever. Now she walks with God. Now she is free. As the "Daughter of Destiny" that she was, it was fated before her time on this earth even began that she would be a martyr for her country, her people, and for freedom and democracy. She died as she lived, embracing those who loved her with her beautiful smile and a heart full of love for Pakistan and its people. The idea and vision of a democratic Pakistan was the cause, the struggle, and the dream for which Benazir Bhutto so courageously gave her life. And it is an idea, a cause, and a dream that must not die with her - it is an idea, a cause, and a dream that must live and breathe and come to fruition. It is a struggle and a fight that she began - and it is a struggle and a fight that we must finish. when a reporter from the Times suggested that her life was the stuff of Greek tragedy, she laughed. "Well, I hope not so tragic," she said. "Don't all Greek dramas end in tragedy?"
Benazir’s Bhutto's assassination was a blow to people all over Pakistan, and the world, who hold life sacred and believe in the basics precepts of democracy. It is also a blow to women worldwide who took strength from seeing such a courageous, articulate, and charismatic woman playing a leadership role in a powerful Muslim country. Inside Pakistan, even her most bitter critics wept at the news of her death, understanding that it is indeed a dark day when assassination becomes a tool for eliminating opposing viewpoints.
She gave her life serving the cause and hope of democracy, equality, justice, freedom, and humanity. She was one of the greatest leaders and advocates for democracy and human rights that our world has ever known. She was a mother. She was a wife. She was a daughter and a sister. She was a friend. She was a remarkably special person. She was, is, and forever will be everyone's inspiration. Benazir Bhutto lives. Her spirit lives forever in the hearts of those who loved her; in those to whom she gave hope; in those who were touched by her unbreakable, beautiful, and special spirit; in those who were inspired by her courage, her bravery, and her largeness of soul. Those of us whose lives and hearts were forever touched and changed by hers - those of us who loved her - will forever carry her extraordinary spirit in our hearts. Hers was an extraordinary, epic life of tragedy, triumph, love, bravery, and sacrifice. She died as she lived - and as she will forever be remembered - a woman of great faith in God and of tremendous courage. Forever brave. Forever beautiful.
Forever BENAZIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Benazir, They killed you, you knew they were going to kill you, the same people who killed your father, the same group of generals, politicians, mullahs and bourgeois, who did not want to see you as a liberal, educated leader, but you fought for us, you fought for democracy and freedom. You are our HERO and will always be... YOU WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED AND WILL BE ALIVE LIKE THEY NEVER WANTED YOU TO BE. 

May God give the people of Pakistan to fight the tyrants. Benazir! our hearts will cry for you on every beat until alive. She lives on. And her courage lives on. As is the legacy of a martyr. Benazir Bhutto for the past 30 years has been a part of our life, I dare say that for most of us she will remain a part of our lives as long as we live. The Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto & Mohtarma BB shall always respectfully be remembered by all democratic masses of Pakistan in particular & those of the world in general. We are very unfortunate people of this Country that we lost Zulfiqar Bhutto and now Benazir. She was the last hope for the unity and prosperous Pakistan.
You can imprison a man, but not an idea. You can exile a man, but not an idea. You can kill a man, but not an idea." Long Live Bhuttoism. BB, we miss you. We love you, we salute you for your courage. !!!!!