Political confrontation: PPP vows to ‘expose politics of turncoats’

LAHORE: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has decided to use the 15-day period afforded by the law requiring the governor for approving the summary to remove PPP ministers to “expose Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s politics of turncoats before the national audience,” sources in the party told The Express Tribune on Sunday.
A party office-bearer said that Governor Punjab Latif Khosa would not sign the summary until the very last day. They said that the PPP “knows that although the governor has no legal power to reject the summary, he can hold the summary for two weeks, after which period it would assume to have been approved automatically”.
During the two weeks, he said, PPP’s federal ministers would visit Punjab and other provinces in a bid to improve the PPP’s public image.
On Sunday, Governor Latif Khosa said that he has not yet dealt with the summary sent by Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif. He said that he would act in accordance with the law.
A handout quoted the governor as saying that the PPP “will not destabilise the Punjab government, but if anyone takes any illegal step, he will perform his constitutional role,” adding that he would not allow the politics of turncoats in the province.
Taking pride in calling himself the first Ghazi of the lawyers’ movement who shed blood for the restoration of the judiciary, he said that the PPP’s policy of reconciliation should not be construed as weakness.
Reminding that the law dealing with floor-crossing was Article 63-A of the Constitution, he said that as a lawyer and a governor, he could better perform his constitutional role to deal with such adventurism.
Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah Khan said he was surprised why the governor was taking so much time to approve the summary for removing the PPP ministers from the provincial cabinet.
He said that the delaying tactics being used by the Governor House was “creating doubts”.
“If this is not a conspiracy for creating a crisis, then what is hindering PPP ministers to leave their ministries?” he said.
Also on Sunday, federal Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Babar Awan addressed a press conference at the Lahore Press Club and criticised the PML-N leadership for making public statements in support of what he described as the turncoats.
He said that Nawaz Sharif’s statement that they “have rejoined their parent party was enough to disqualify the turncoats”. He said that the PML-N was paying a “very high price for securing the loyalties of turncoats”, adding that the chief minister was emptying the provincial coffers to appease them.
The PPP, he said, could have formed government in Punjab with the support of independent lawmakers, but it had respected the public mandate and supported the PML-N.
Awan said the PPP-led government had honoured the 18th constitutional amendment when the PML-N presented its 10-point agenda, but then the PML-N went to “Chhanga Manga, ruining the 18th amendment.”
Published in The Express Tribune, February 28th, 2011.

Over 90 men appointed on political basis Ansar Abbasi DAWN WIRE SERVICE Week Ending: 02 January 1999 Issue : 05/01 http://www.lib.virginia.edu/area-studies/SouthAsia/SAserials/Dawn/1999/02Jan99.html#over

ISLAMABAD, Dec 27: The year 1998 has been one of the worst years for civil bureaucracy in Pakistan for mounting politicization, intensified inter-service rivalries, controversial promotions and non-resolution of outstanding issues. According to official sources, during 1998 well over 90 persons were appointed on political basis and were given key positions in
the civil bureaucracy on the orders of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

The political appointees include retired government servants and persons from open market. At least 13 persons were offered grade 22 positions; 17 were adjusted against grade 21 posts; 31 were offered
grade 20; and the rest in other grades. These include the retired civil servants re-employed in violation
of the rules and without fulfilling the conditions for re-employments. These political appointees also include those retired military officers who were re-employed without following the prescribed procedure.

“Most of these appointments were irregular,” a source said, adding the prime minister had been using his discretionary powers to make these appointments.

Political appointments in certain cases is allowed under the rules provided it is done in the public interest. However, during the year under review hardly any of these political appointments were made on the recommendation of relevant government agencies.

“Everything has been travelling down from big office,” a source said. The sources said transfer of bureaucrats remained a tricky issue and most of the appointments at key positions were made without consulting the government agencies which were supposed to initiate
and regulate the transfers of bureaucrats.

The establishment division, which is responsible for the career planning of the officers, has turned into a post office and is there only to stamp whatever is communicated to it by the prime minister’s office.

Under the rules the prime minister issues the transfer order for bureaucrats in grade 21 and 22. The rest is the jurisdiction of the secretary, establishment. But in case of the transfer of grade 21 and 22 bureaucrats the establishment division is the authority to identify the vacancy, look for suitable candidates and propose a
panel of officers before the prime minister. The PM is then supposed to select one of the officers.

“But in actual practice no such exercise is done. Now everything is done by the PM’s office who simply conveys as to who should be transferred against which position,” a source said, adding during this year almost all the key positions like federal secretaries, chief secretaries, inspector generals of police (IGPs) and heads of different departments were decided without the knowledge of the ED.

“The ED has been only bothered at the time of the issuance of notifications,” the source said.

Even in those cases where the secretary, establishment, is the competent authority, the PM office has been interfering to give the plum postings to ‘blue-eyed’ bureaucrats. Sources in the PM’s office confirmed to this correspondent that most of these posting orders were issued by the PM’s office on the wish of the parliamentarians and other influentials.

The promotions have also been very controversial during this year. Most of the groups of the civil bureaucracy remained frustrated because of their bleak promotion prospects. The district management group, however, got good promotions. It got two promotion in grade
22, 14 in grade 21, at least 21 in grade 20 and others.

Information group officers, having very bleak promotion prospects, were happy during this year because of their en-block promotions. These promotions were made without following the statutory provisions.

Disparity in the pace of promotion between different groups has further worsened. Bureaucrats, particularly belonging to the groups of office anagement/secretariat, information, military land and cantonment, railways, and commerce and trade, remained the worst as far as promotion is concerned.

The government has set a new precedent during the year 1998 by giving out of turn promotions to at least four of its ‘blue eyed’ bureaucrats. Two juniors were promoted (in grade 20 and 21 respectively) in PSP; and one each in secretariat group (in grade 22) and DMG (in grade 20) without considering a brigade of their
seniors. All these officers were promoted without following the statutory provision or fulfilling the prescribed procedure and in complete violation of government rules.

Long-standing issues, like the fixation of share for different occupations in the secretariat group, remained unresolved. The issue is pending since the introduction of the 1973 administrative reforms.

نوازشریف کی سیاست ضیاالحق کے دور میں شروع ہوئی‘ جو ان کی زندگی تک ان کے زیراثر رہی اور بعد میں بھی وہ اپنی سیاسی طاقت کی بنیاد‘ ضیاء کے حامیوں میں تلاش کرتے رہے۔ لیکن جب پہلی وزارت عظمیٰ کے دوران ہی انہوں نے اسٹیبلشمنٹ کو للکارا‘ تو عوام کی امیدیں ان سے وابستہ ہو گئیں اور وہ ضیاء کے حامیوں کے دائرہ اثر سے باہر نکل کر‘ عوامی لیڈر بن گئے۔ مگر وہ بھی اپنے کسی دور حکومت میں بنیادی عوامی مسائل حل کرنے کے بجائے‘ ایسے منصوبوں پر زوردیتے‘ جن کا فائدہ صرف امرا‘ پارٹی کے حامیوں اور کرپٹ بیورو کریٹس نے اٹھایا۔
موٹروے عملی طور پر بڑے لوگوں کے کام آئی اور غریبوں کے حصے میں جی ٹی روڈ ہی رہی۔ جبکہ ییلوکیب سکیم دیکھتے ہی دیکھتے سیاسی لٹیروں اور کرپٹ افسروں کے درمیان ہی خوردبرد ہو گئی۔ شروع میں جو ہزاروں پیلی ٹیکسیاں سڑکوں اور دیہات میں ہر طرف نظر آنے لگی تھیں۔ دیکھتے ہی دیکھتے غائب ہو گئیں اور اب مثال دینے کے لئے بھی نظر نہیں آتیں۔ اصولی سیاست میں نوازشریف کو اس وقت عزت ملی‘ جب انہوں نے فلور کراسنگ کی مجرمانہ سرگرمی کے خلاف محاذ کھولا۔ اپنی جماعتوں اور منشور سے بیوفائی کرنے والوں کے لئے لوٹے کی اصطلاح تقسیم سے پہلے لاہور میں ہی رائج ہوئی تھی۔ مگر آزادی کے بعد لوگ اسے بھول گئے۔ یہ نوازشریف ہی تھے‘ جنہوں نے تیس پینتیس سالوں کے بعد اس ٹرم کو پھر سے زندہ کیا۔ جب ان کی پارٹی کا ایک گروپ ٹوٹ کر پیپلزپارٹی سے جا ملا اور پنجاب میں مسلم لیگ نوازکی حکومت بننے کا موقع چھین لیا گیا۔
لوٹا کریسی اتنا بڑا جرم نہ ٹھہرتی‘ اگر اس کے ذریعے آمریتوں کو سہارے نہ ملے ہوتے۔ لوٹوں کی آمدورفت صرف سیاسی جماعتوں تک محدود رہتی‘ تو شاید وہ زیادہ توجہ کا مرکز نہ بنتے۔ زیادتی یہ ہوئی کہ جب بھی لوٹاکریسی کا کھیل ہوا‘ نتیجے میں فوجی آمریتوں نے فائدے اٹھائے۔ ایوب خان نے بھی لوٹے جمع کرنے کے بعد حقیقی سیاسی لیڈرشپ کو منظر سے ہٹا دیا۔ یحییٰ خان کو وقت نے مہلت نہ دی۔ ضیاء الحق نے غیرجماعتی انتخابات کرا کے لوٹے جمع کئے۔ اسی طرح پرویزمشرف نے بھی لوٹوں کی خدمات حاصل کر کے اپنی حکومت کو جائز بنوایا۔ ضیاء نے ایک سیاسی پارٹی کو ہدف بنا کر اس کی قیادت پر ظلم و ستم ڈھائے اور پرویزمشرف نے تو دونوں بڑی جماعتوں کو عملاً اپنے رہنماؤں کی قیادت سے محروم کر کے‘ الیکشن میں دھکیلا اور پھر اسمبلی میں آنے والوں کے اند ر سے لوٹے ڈھونڈے اور اپنی حکومت کو آئینی حیثیت دلوائی۔ میں نے یہ تاریخی پس منظر اس لئے بیان کیا ہے کہ لوٹوں کے خلاف عوام کے اندر نفرت اور حقارت کے جو جذبات پائے جاتے ہیں‘ ان کے پیچھے انتہائی تکلیف دہ اور تباہ کن سیاسی تجربات کی تاریخ ہے۔ اگر معمول کے سیاسی نظام کے اندر کوئی گروپ ایک جماعت کو چھوڑ کر دوسری میں چلا جاتا‘ تو شاید عوام اتنا مضطرب نہ ہوتے‘ جتنا عدلیہ‘ آمریتوں اور لوٹوں کے گٹھ جوڑ کے تلخ تجربات کی وجہ سے اب وہ ہوتے ہیں۔

پنجاب میں اب لوٹوں کو جمع کر کے جو سیاسی دھماکہ کیا گیا‘ اس کی وجہ سے عوام میں اندیشے پیدا ہونے لگے ہیں۔ پرانے تجربے یاد آنے لگے ہیں اور ان تجربات کی تلخیاں ذہنوں اور سوچوں میں زہرگھولنے لگی ہیں۔ جب میثاق جمہورت میں ملک کی دونوں بڑی جماعتوں نے‘ لوٹا کریسی کو مسترد کرنے کا عہد کیا‘ تو جمہوریت پسند قوتوں نے سکھ کا سانس لیا تھا۔ انتخابات کے نتیجے میں ماسوا صوبہ سندھ کے‘ کسی بھی اسمبلی میں کسی کو فیصلہ کن اکثریت نہیں ملی تھی۔ لیکن میثاق جمہوریت کے زیراثر وفاق اور صوبوں میں بڑی خوش اسلوبی سے حکومتیں قائم ہو گئیں اور اس وقت تو جمہوریت پسندوں کے حوصلے مزید بلند ہو گئے‘ جب سینٹ کے انتخابات میں پہلی بار لوٹوں اور ووٹ فروشوں کی دال نہ گل سکی۔ یہ صرف اسمبلیوں میں موجود سیاسی پارٹیوں کے درمیان اس انڈرسٹینڈنگ کی وجہ سے ہوا کہ ہر جماعت اسمبلیوں میں موجود‘ اپنی عددی طاقت کے تناسب سے جتنی نشستوں کی حقدار ہو گی‘ اتنے ہی امیدوار کھڑے کرے گی اور اس طرح لوٹوں کو موقع ہی نہیں ملے گا کہ وہ اپنے ووٹ بیچ سکیں۔
بحالی جمہوریت کے بعد تین سال کا عرصہ بڑی خوش اسلوبی سے گزرا۔ حالانکہ منتخب حکومت قائم ہوتے ہی چند عناصر مارشل لا کو آوازیں دینے لگے تھے۔ مگر یہ آوازیں صدا بہ صحرا ثابت ہو رہی تھیں۔ کچھ لوگوں نے معمول کے سیاسی اختلافات کو بڑھا چڑھا کر پیش کرتے ہوئے فوج کی حکمرانی کے حق میں دلائل دینا شروع کر دیئے۔ مگر یہ کوششیں بھی اکارت گئیں۔ کسی کو حوصلہ نہیں پڑ رہا تھا کہ سیاسی جماعتوں کے درمیان عملی طور پر‘ ایک دوسرے کو برداشت کرنے کا جو مظاہرہ ہو رہا ہے‘ اس کی موجودگی میں جمہوری نظام کی بساط الٹا دیں۔پنجاب کی حکومت پہلے ہی مسلم لیگ (ن) کے پاس تھی اور آئندہ بھی رہے گی۔ مگر لوٹوں کا کھیل شروع ہونے سے‘ جمہوری نظام کے خلاف سازشیں کرنے والوں کے حوصلے بڑھ گئے ہیں۔ فی الحال دیوار سے چند اینٹیں نکلی ہیں۔ مگر اینٹوں کے گرنے کا سلسلہ نہیں رکے گا۔ غیرجمہوری قوتوں کی فتح کے لئے جمہوریت کے قلعے کا ایک دروازہ کھول دیا گیا ہے۔ ن لیگ والے دیکھیں گے کہ ان کے گن گانے والے میڈیا کو عوامی دباؤ‘ کس طرح ن لیگ کی حمایت کی پالیسی پر نظرثانی کے لئے مجبور کرتا ہے؟

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‘PPP will not stoop to horse-trading’

MURIDKE: The government will not stoop to bribing lawmakers to switch their loyalties to gain majority in Punjab, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said on Saturday.
Talking to reporters after a ceremony at a local school, the premier said that the PPP would prefer to sit on opposition benches, instead of resorting to horse-trading, adding that some people might genuinely want to join the PPP of their own free will.
Commenting on PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif’s assertion that his party might push for mid-term elections, the premier said that if provincial governments were not able to hold local bodies elections, how could they conduct general elections. He said that even if elections were held, the PPP would win by a wide margin.
Prime Minister Gilani said that despite the end of its formal partnership with the PML-N, the PPP would call upon all political parties, including the PML-N, to play their part in steering the country out of crisis. “All of our coalition partners are cooperating with us and the PML-N has also played an effective role as parliamentary opposition,” he added.
Referring to the PML-N’s economic agenda, he said that lawmakers of both parties had discussed it “very efficiently for 200 hours”, adding that PML-N should de-link the 10-point agenda from the Punjab government as the PPP has been working to implement it.
The prime minister also said that there were no deadlines or ultimatums in politics, and if the PML-N has decided to part ways with the PPP, “we will not shun the policy of reconciliation.” He said that all political parties would have to make joint efforts for the country’s progress. “Today, I announce that no single party can steer the country out of crisis,” he added.
He said that because of the effective and viable policies of the federal government, “Pakistan’s economy is improving, foreign reserves are at their peak, stock markets have shot up and there is a boom in the agricultural sector.”
He added when he took over the government, there was a shortage of wheat, but now it is being exported. “We are used to overcoming Herculean challenges. We will surpass all targets, and we will take Mian Nawaz Sharif on board about our economic agenda,”he said.
Earlier, the prime minister said that education and health were the government’s top priorities. “Literacy rate in the country would be raised to 85 per cent by increasing GDP spending up to seven per cent by year 2015,” he said.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 27th, 2011.

Democracy On The Brink – Pakistan
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I wonder how Sharif brother talk about corruption and governance of government. By criticizing government they are very much trying to save their own skin. People are well aware of the history and assets piled up by the looted money and national assets. Sharif brother minted billions through yellow cab scheme, Qarz Utaro Mulk Sunwaro, Mehran bank and several other scams not on the pages.
A spokesman for the government, Maj-Gen Rashid Qureshi, told Dawn that almost 80 per cent of the Sharifs’ property had been “taken over” by the government.

According to Mr Qureshi, the 15 assets that have been taken over by the government in return for providing a safe “exit” to the Sharif family include Rs300 million in cash; industrial assets including Brother Steel Mills; Ilyas Enterprises; Hudaybia Paper Mill; Hudaybia Engineering Company; Hamza Spinning Mills; residential property including the Model Town bungalow; three houses at Mall Road Murree; property at 135 Upper Mall Lahore; a plot at Model Town Lahore; a plot at Upper Mall, Lahore; agricultural property including 10.2 kanals of land at Khanpur Sheikhupura Road Lahore; 41 acres and 7 kanals of land at Sheikhupura; 14.2 kanals of land and another 35 kanals at Bhaipharu in Chunnian and 88 kanals of land at Raiwind. Apart from this other assets include Agriculture properties include 10 kanal and two marla land at Khanpur, Sheikhupura Road, Lahore; 41 acres and seven kanal land at Watton, Sheikhupura; 14 kanal and two marla land at Bhaipheru, Chunian; 35 kanal and three marla land at Bhaipheru, Chunian; and 88 kanal land, Phubtian, Raiwind.

Following is detail of the confiscated assets of the Sharif family:

Bank deposits: Rs 300 million. How will you conclude the politics of principles being prompted by Sharif brothers. By building palaces and industries by the money of poor and downtrodden people of Pakistan, PML-N thinks it is playing politics of principles, shame on such leaders.

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