tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8801866465903086287.post4840498250599214968..comments2023-12-24T12:37:29.532+05:00Comments on The Emergency Times: Enlightening Benazir!The Neem Revolutionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10473285371250915033noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8801866465903086287.post-34277976040437309642007-12-10T15:09:00.000+05:002007-12-10T15:09:00.000+05:00Boycott: a solo flight for the dictatorIt is again...Boycott: a solo flight for the dictator<BR/><BR/>It is again an intense time in the history of the country, not only in political terms but also in social, psychological and institutional arenas, the same as this country has been facing each time a dictator comes into “play” with all the knives sharpened, with all the “khakis on his back, and with all the “interest seekers” in “control”.<BR/><BR/>The question raised here is the same raised several times before, and the consequences discussed here have always been there in the entire history of this nation.<BR/><BR/>Mr. Mehdi, its not about the stories its about the ground realities and facts that the country is passing through. <BR/><BR/>The emphasis on boycotting elections seems the emphasis on giving once more a solo flight to those who have enjoyed these opportunities.<BR/><BR/>The emphasis on boycotting elections seems an emphasis for another five years full of social and psychological destruction and disorder of the common man.<BR/><BR/>The emphasis on boycotting elections seems an emphasis on snatching the “Rooti, Kapra and Makan” for another five years from the already deprived people.<BR/><BR/>The emphasis on boycotting elections seems an emphasis on rewriting the fate of the nation for another five years to stay wounded, kidnapped, mollified, and silent.<BR/><BR/>The emphasis on boycotting elections seems an emphasis on giving room for further insurgencies, bloodshed and violations at borders resulted and strengthened by political and social deprivations across the country.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Mr. Mehdi, I wonder if someone asks you about those boycotting the elections, why were they at the mainstream in 2002, how will you satisfy them?<BR/><BR/>If someone ask you about raising a voice for a Chief Justice who had taken oath under PCO in 2000 and is now facing the net result of presenting loyalties to a dictator, what will you answer?<BR/><BR/>If someone asks you about raising voice for the freedom of media and the “grazing” of civil society in the entire world behind donors in the name of development and prosperity, who welcomed a dictator and presented their loyalties for allowing them “speak and hunt around” freely, what will you tell them?<BR/><BR/>Mr. Mehdi, <BR/>Its about giving place to the common man, to express his/her will as freely as possible.<BR/><BR/>Its about confronting the dictator by participating in the same game he has prepared for himself and his “fellows”.<BR/><BR/>Its about giving a room for expression to those who have been pushed to the wall and have been compelled to raise arms against their own country and countrymen.<BR/><BR/>Its about an optimist look at future where there will be prosperity and development in the true since the people of the country have ever dreamt of.<BR/><BR/>And its about restoring the constitutional norms in a peaceful and democratic way.<BR/><BR/>Who so ever has the courage, will urge to participate, and who so have the fear, will search around for other avenues.<BR/><BR/>Bekhatar Kood para aatash-e-namrood me ishq,<BR/>Aqal ha mehv-e-tamashai-lab-o-bam abhi.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com