KARACHI: Muttahida Qoumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain has asked army chief General Raheel Sharif to take control of government affairs for two years and hold all those who looted the country accountable.
“…My statement would be taken as an endorsement for martial law but in reality there is no party in Pakistan, which does not have or had contact with the military.”
While addressing a telephonic conference in Karachi via London, Altaf said that rather than setting up military courts, it is better that another martial law is imposed in Pakistan.
The MQM chief argued that if a non-democratic way has to be adopted in the country, it is better that martial law is imposed.
“…We have seen many martial laws…let there be another one,” he said.
Altaf went on to add that those who migrated to Pakistan were labelled as traitors but still the MQM chants the slogan of ‘Pakistan Zindabad’.
The MQM chief argued that whoever believes Pakistan can be saved by the armed forces is wrong; the entire nation has to stand behind the army.
“Army cannot achieve anything without the nation’s support,” he said. “Military has had a role in revolutions across the world but even civilians stood beside them.”
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Pakistani military is to be loved by the masses of Pakistan as a provider of security and safety with its true and only role .It is not a political party or a sole guardian of Pakistan as had wrongly been perceived by some ambitious generals who brought Military coups on 4 occasions since 1958.
Military dictatorships had created all these corrupt politicians who superficially ran sham democracy between military dictatorships that ruled Pakistan with a remote control and as a deep state. Corrupt politicians and those military generals have already ruined Pakistan with East Pakistan having become Bangladesh and West Pakistan in utter ruins today.
This time around, we hope and pray that all of them ( the present and future military and civilian leadership ) will learn their bitter lessons from the past and unite against internal terrorism and alien interferences to help transform Pakistani civil society and provide best of governance to achieve success in the future.The entire Pakistani society including civilian and military leadership need to ask for Allah's forgiveness for our collective blunders for a new and successful Pakistan Allah willing.
"Altaf went on to add that those who migrated to Pakistan were labelled as traitors" - what does it mean?
Now terrorist will define which is better law???
Speedy trials and decisions are only possible by military courts because the nation has seen the delayed justice's demonstrations and procedures in our civil courts.Military courts must be established in Pakistan because thus the terrorists can be prosecuted and punished without any prejudice and wastage of time and money because only army has the full solutions of Pakistan's internal problems created by the civil governments and the terrorists.....
Reinstate Musharraf......... he is the most sincere soul for the country.... whatever progress in the country we witnessed in his time is not there any more...the present government has losts its credibility entirely.... An army mans vision and his ability to protect the country's assets from collateral damage is far greater than any politician's wisdom ....
He is afraid. If military courts are formed his goons serving a death sentence will be hanged ASAP. In essence every political leader is a selfish individual who serve their own interests before others especially national interests.
@agha: There are no "development programs"!
The state doesn't function....it's glaringly obvious as mass barbaric events are the norm and protection is provided from the top down with judiciary fully compliant. Our precious kids were martyred because of politicians that allowed the country to be hijacked by mulvis that introduced extremism & enabled protection under the law. It's the other way around as enemies of the state are the ones that protect these laws and all that sympathies and propagate extremism which has led to savagery which even in the animal kingdom is not seen!
No sir, we don't need army to take over. Give this advice to your Queen. What would army do, in case it takes over. It would seize fire and call off operations with the promise that Taliban would also stop bloodshed. To entertain nation and prolong its rule, it would go after politicians and other nationalists.
This is exactly what enemies of Pakistan want and he is speaking their language. They want to drag military into civilian affairs, weaken its war preparedness and its ability to fight on the borders. Above all weaken the democratic institutions so that, there is no continuity in the development programs each government is trying to undertake.
As much as I hate to accept what Altaf says, he probably is right for the first time in his life (though I don't understand his motives. It can't be this simple). The real problem, should army take over would be the concurrent handling of national and international issues. Army has our mischievous neighbors plus this anti terrorist issue to handle. Would it be able to deal with all the national issues as well?
Army needs to take over asap as things will get worse. have Musharraf run the country while they clean house of black kafir laws & take state out of the business of religion! Shut all madrasahs till extremism is removed, hold politicians, judiciary & media men accountable for their sympathy towards terrorists.