Munaeem's Blog

Musharraf will relinquish the post of chief of the staff on Thursday. This was the demand of our donors(US and Britain) and Pakistan’s opposition parties.

It is too early too say whether he will be able to keep his grip on power or not.

However, media reports and comments expressed by analysts indicate that he would be replaced by a new president.

Robert Oakley and Joshua Yaphe recommend that he should be replaced by an interim civilian president. Mr. Oakley has served as ambassador to Pakistan.

They are of the opinion that Nawaz’s return marked the end of Musharraf’s career. They think Nawaz has strong following in the army and the intelligence agencies. As far as Ms. Bhutto is concerned they think she destroyed her political career by entering into negotiation with Musharraf.

It was shocking to know that suicide bomber was aware of security arrangements of that area. The bomber tried to sneak into the gate used by senior army officials, using secret signals. Luckily as he approached the gate the secret signal had been changed. When he could enter into the building he rammed his car into the bus, which killed 32 personnel.

The secret signals were used senior army intelligence officers to get in and out of the building.

It looks that extremist belonging to al qaeda has infiltrated our security agencies. The government should try to find out these moles on priority basis.

It looks the Washington's policies are alienating their Arab allies. They are leaning towards Russia.

Saudi Arabia , traditionally the most loyal client of western defense contractors plan to buy helicopters and other things from Russia. It is reported that Russian government's arm exporting agency , RosoboronExport is finalizing deals with Arab countries.

Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen , who become famous because of her blasphemous writings against Islam, is on the run from Indian Muslims. Indian Muslims are asking the government to banish her from India.

Religion is very touchy subject. One should deliberate on it very carefully. However, after reading her writings, we come to conclusion that she deliberately targeted Islam to become famous. We should not blame Islam for the repressive attitude of Muslim men. Islam has laid out golden rules of conduct to build a good human being. If someone does not follow these rules , Islam should not be targeted for this.

Pakistan’s commonwealth’s membership has been suspended because of the imposition of emergency by President Musharraf.

The Commonwealth, which is made of Britain and its former colonies, does not have any influence in the international affairs. Its membership only brings in some benefits through the Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation.

So it will have not much affect on Pakistan. Canada , which recommended Pakistan suspension from the Commonwealth , will get into trouble. Its forces are  fighting militants in Afghanistan.

Western powers are not in a position to dictate anything to Pakistan after 9/11. Pakistan and its army has become very important for the Muslim world. If western military aid is stopped , Pakistan will be aided secretly by Muslim countries to fulfill its military needs.

In a fresh outbreak of sectarian violence, which left 100 people dead in Parachinar. Sunni and Shi'ite Muslim tribesmen used  mortars, rockets and heavy weapons.

There are conflicting reports about the outbreak of violence. AFP reported that fighting started when Sunni Mengal tribe allegedly fired on a passenger vehicle, killing two people.

AP reported that unidentified persons attacked the people coming out of a mosque in Parachinar.

We can see that no one knows how the fighting started. These Sunni and Shi'ite Muslim tribesmen started to kill each without bothering to investigate about the incident.

Pakistan snubbed at the Common Wealth demand to lift emergency saying these demands were made without assessing the ground realities.

The Commonwealth had given Pakistan a 10-day deadline to lift emergency , release all political prisoners and lift curbs on the media.

Pakistan’s stance indicates that they are not realizing the implications of their behavior. It could face international isolation and suspension of military aid.

Pakistan’s membership was restored in 2004 when they pledged that Musharraf will relinquish the post of army chief. If the government of Pakistan does not honour their pledges this could made commonwealth members angry and get into trouble because we dependent on foreign charity for our survival.

People like Bolton and Richard Holbrooke , who served as U.S. ambassadors to the United Nations are frightening Americans by their statements about Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal.

These two  gentlemen are of the view that Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal could fall into the hands of militants and threaten world peace.

Mr. Bolton made a startling claim that Pakistan Army had been infiltrated by militants and they could get their hands on these weapons if Musharraf was toppled.

There is no doubt we Pakistani are angry with the Pakistan Army because of their involvement in internal political affairs of the country. But we know that they are highly committed and professional soldiers and they know how to safeguard nation’s secret.

Western leaders talk about the situation in tribal belt. We Pakistanis know that extremists are funded by India, Afghanistan and many western intelligences agencies.

As far as Pakistan's nuclear arsenal are concerned they are in good hands and we do not need American assistance or share intelligence about their locations with US and western countries. We know they will misuse this information. We know that we are dependent upon US and western aid, but we are not stupids. We know what is happening around us and the people who are carrying out subversive activities in Pakistan.

Americans and Western countries talk about the proliferation activities of Dr. Qadeer But they do not say anything about the US and European companies, who have been selling nuclear parts to terrorists. The world knows that Halliburton supplied centrifuges to Iran , when Cheney was the head of that company.

 Was Mr. Cheney and Halliburton prosecuted for this crime?

The General Musharraf told his corps commanders at the General HQ that emergency had been imposed in the best interest of the country.

He said that it would help him stabilize the political situation and eliminate militancy and extremism.

I urge the corps commanders to take their chief’s explanation with a pinch of salt.

His stupid action has caused damaged to Pakistan’s economy. It is reported that foreign investors have taken out 250$ from the Karachi Stock Exchange.

Can the megalomaniac general explain this?

General Musharraf has made an amendment in the Army Act of 1952, which will allow military courts to prosecute civilians.

The government did not offer an explanation why the general made this amendment.

In my opinion, General Musharraf made the amendment to terrorize the people of Pakistan. The General must know that his dictatorial behavior will bear resentment towards the Pakistan Army.

I urge the Pakistan Army to take notice of the dictatorial behavior of its chief. Otherwise Pakistan will disintegrate like Yugoslavia.

The Pakistan Army should try to improve its fighting capabilities. But it looks that their fighting capabilities are decaying. I hear that militants have taken hostage a major, a captain and five soldiers.

The general should pay attention to crisis like this  instead of trying to think ways to repress his people.

Ethnic strife in Bosnia can become headache for EU in the coming days.

According to reports, Russia and Belgrade are fuelling tensions in Bosnia to provoke instability in the Balkans so that the issue of Kosovo can be shelved.

Can EU-NATO and US counter Russian moves aimed at destabilizing the Balkans?

Fearing a large-scale protest against his unconstitutional decision , the US backed Pakistani dictator launched a crack down across the country on opposition politicians , prominent lawyers and rights activists.

According to reports, law enforcement agencies have detained thousands of people.

In my opinion, this crack down will further aggravate the political situation in Pakistan. If the army does not stop its chief from carrying our repressive measures then it will create resentment towards the armed forces.

The Pakistan nation welcomed this dictator so he could do something for them. But this man and his cronies plundered the nation’s wealth in a very sophisticated way.

NATO and the US-led coalition have failed to bring peace and stability in Afghanistan. Mounting civilian causalities are creating resentment among Afghans. Highways and cities are not safe. Taliban suicide bombers have forced well-armed NATO and US-led Coalition troops hide inside their bases.

In my opinion, peace will never come to Afghanistan unless the US and western power include Taliban in their talks. They made a blunder after Bonn conference by giving representations to warlords to counter Tablian.

Islamic militants beheaded four law enforcement men in Swat to avenge the deaths of their comrades. The way these poor people were killed is barbaric.

It is painful to hear that the government wants to negotiate with these barbaric people, and politician like Maulana Fazlur Rehman wants to stop the action against the militants. He has demanded to pull troops out of Swat.

These cruel militants deserve no respect. I urge the government to continue till these militants are eliminated. They should not succumb to pressure like the government on self-professed crusader Ms. Benazir Bhutto, which gave concessions to militants in Swat in 1994.

President Bush has made a request to the U.S. Congress for an extra $46 billion Iran and Afghanistan. He says money is needed to provide resource to American troops to do their job perfectly.

The present Administration has spent more than $455 billion in war without any results. The Congress should him where did he spent this huge money.

In my opinion, all the money went into the pockets of American politicians, military contractors and corrupt officials. If they had spent this money on Afghan and Iraqi people, they would have killed bin laden and associates.