سو دن کے بعد عمران نے الطاف حسین کی نقل شروع۔ Imran copy Altaf Hussain s...

Imran follows MQM Altaf Hussian in making lengthy, boring speech studded with lowly references on 100 days in office

Hassan Khan

The lengthy boring speech of Prime Minister Imran Khan at the pompous ceremony marking 100 days of Pakistan Tehrik Insaaf in office, no doubt, reminded the listeners such rhetorical utterances once made by Altaf Hussain – chief of Muthahida Quami Movement- to a similar captive audience.

To sum it up in a sentence, the speech made by Prime Minister Imran Khan to a locked up audience was high in rhetoric and very much low in substance.

It does not seem that a prime minister of a country with 200 million population making serious statement at an important ceremony. It was more like an angry opposition leader bombastically speaking with lowly references; counting on the problems faced by the people for which he was simultaneously accusing others for not delivering.

As said, listening to the long-drawn-out speech of Prime minister Khan - both its contents and spectacles brought in one minds the scenes when MQM supreme leader Altaf Hussain was making long boring sermons to an audience which once nicknamed by Imran Khan himself as ‘dead human elements’.

Truth of the matter is that any political government irrespective of political affiliation would have struggled hard to make certain visible achievements in its first 100 days in office. So PTI or Imran Khan was not any exception.

However, as to its character, the PTI’s extraordinary haste of demonstrating the people that its government was quite prepared in advance for meeting the demands of high office not only put undue pressure on administration, but also needlessly raised expectations of people.

The political opposition is right when it say that no body told the PTI to deliver in 100 days. It’s a fact the target was set by the PTI itself promising to deliver and achieve visible changes on the ground both in improving the system of governance and bettering the people lives.

Listening to the prime minister speech talking of 100 days achievements of the PTI regime in office, it turned out to be high in promises and rhetoric and lowly in delivery and achievements.

When PTI took over reign of power it promised to ‘deliver quick results’ saying people will feel the difference with in first 100 days.

However, to many, on the completion of 100 days in office, even the high-cost ceremony and media campaign proved to be a scene from famous Shakespearean comedy “Much Ado About Nothing”.

It would have been much better, had the PM avoided appearance with such fun fair when there was nothing to present or talk about. A simple press conference by a minister would have been enough.

In an hour long speech, the PM was quite short of saying something substantial, new or meaningful about policy matters or revealing achievements on the economic fronts. All he said was asking the people to tight their belt further and wait for Saudi Arab, UAE or the Chinese aids to reach.  

Daily Dawn has magnificently editorialized government performance saying, “On the financial crisis whose basic contours were set before PTI took office….was perhaps rendered somewhat worse by indecision on part of the PTI’s economic team… There is a contradiction in Khan’s economic philosophy that could hamper his government’s medium-term plans: is economic growth about bringing back allegedly looted wealth stashed abroad, or is it about creating a business- and investment-friendly economic climate?”

The references prime minister made in his speech were again quite similar to the ones generously made by Altaf Hussain sahib in his notorious speeches.

Had Prime Minister Imran Khan being a truthful or honest or somewhere near to politics of Quaid Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah as claimed by him, he would have honorably accepted failures of his administration instead externalizing all challenges or accusing past regimes.

For hundred days in office, PTI has did zero legislation despite spending millions of tax payers money on sessions of both houses of parliament. But how can legislation be done in absence of parliamentary committees which are yet to be formed.

Imran Khan again and again refers to corruption as prime malaise befallen on Pakistan. Certainly, corruption is unacceptable but again poor governance is tied to corruption. But the government seems to have not yet focused on generating wealth which is the obvious way to lift millions of poor out of poverty not the false promises of returning ‘billions of dollars’ stashed by Pakistanis abroad.

At the end one can assume Prime Minister Imran Khan has fortunately one good advantage over MQM leader Altaf Hussian. Imran has an intelligent wife in madam Bushra Manika which keeps on reminding him who he is once he make wrong moves or go off the track. This is a luxury that Altaf Hussian had not had otherwise he would not have fallen from the grace.

Afghan doesn't need Corridor with Pakistan, Kartharpur is for Sikhs in India & world over

Hassan Khan

On Wednesday November 28, when Prime Minister Imran Khan laid foundation stone of the Kartharpur Sahib corridor project between Indian and Pakistan providing a conduit between two holiest places of Sikh religion, some Pakistani politicians, nationalist leaders and social
media activists raised voices for having such a corridor between Pakistan
and Afghanistan.

The critics of Kartharpur corridor or the one demanding corridor between Pakistan and Afghanistan are criminally ignoring the huge differences that existed between Pakistan relations with India and Pakistan relations with Afghanistan respectively.

Since birth of Pakistan in 1947, both Pakistan and India are perpetually in state of hostility. Both had fought three major wars, scores of border conflicts still existed between Delhi and Islamabad and having killed hundreds of thousands of people from both sides.
Like the dissimilarities between people of Pakistan and India, there also existed multiple disputes between the two countries ranging from territorial disputes over Himalayan state of Kashmir to border disputes over Line of Control.

The cross border movement between people of India and Pakistan is almost non-existent; and exports and imports trade between the two countries is done via third countries.  

There is a strict visa regime between India and Pakistan.
People from both countries are facing extreme hardships in visiting each other families or relations, or even the religious sites in respective countries.

There is hardly any movement at the border points between India and Pakistan except Wahga and Attrari border point. The spectacles of machoism at Wahga-Attari displayed by border forces of India and Pakistan are just for the visitors eyes to see. However crossing the point even with valid documents  is the most difficult exercise and is hardly seen done.

Contrary, to this situation, there are multiple open border points between Pakistan and Afghanistan. During the last seven decades, the border points along Pak Afghan border are flooded by people round the clock from both sides.
Until recently, there was hardly any visa regime existed between Pakistan and Afghanistan and people used to visit each other countries without valid documents.

Even today, majority of Afghans are still not used to cross the border with valid visa or other documents. The scenes at Torkham, Chaman and Ghulam Khan border points are witness to the reality that prevailed between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Daily hundreds of thousands are visiting their relatives, hospitals for medical treatment and educational institutions.

Visiting the Torkham border point at any time of the day one can see thousands of people still coming from Afghanistan entering Pakistan without having visa. No doubt, to check the movements of bad elements on both sides of the border, both the countries agreed to have a proper visa regime like other
countries.

However, just a year or two ago, Afghans or Pakistani never felt any need to have a visa regime from either sides to cross the border. Even today more people or crossing border points between Afghanistan and Pakistan without valid visa than those having valid documents between any two countries of the world.

After Torkham, other most busy border point is Chaman linking Balochistan with Kandahar province of Afghanistan.

According to a senior official in Pakistan Consulate in Kandahar, majority of Afghans even today not applying for visas at the Kandahar mission; the reason is they believed – and quite obvious - for them it is more easy to cross the border without having visa than going through the ordeals of getting visa.

Hundreds of Afghans are visiting the Pakistani hospitals for treatment almost daily. Majority of the ailing Afghans are availing the facilities even at public sector hospitals which are meant for the Pakistan own people who are paying taxes. Afghans kids are studying in Pakistani educational institutions while residing with their relatives.

Ghulam Khan, Angoor Ada, Tri Mangal, Torkham, Nawa Pass, Arando and Chaman are the few important openings between Pakistan and Afghanistan which are flooded by people from both sides all the time. Scores such other points along the border are not listed, however, they are used by the local people from both sides.

Its a fact that people of Pakistan and Afghanistan are just like one nation, while people of India and Pakistan have lots of dissimilarities ranging from religion, language, culture and geographies.

Those asking Pakistan to have similar treatment with Afghans as Islamabad is meting out with Indians is asking for creating hatred and mistrust between the two people.

What I suggest would to have open border policy with Afghanistan as like the past instead having corridor type facilities which are symbol of hatred.
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In panel discussion on killing of SP Tahir Dawar with Aimal Khattak

لوئر اورکزئی دھماکہ اورچینی سفارت خانے پرحملہ

                                                                                                                                                  حسن خان
دو دن پہلے کرتا پور کوریڈورکھولنے کی پاکستان کی پیشکش پر بھارت کی جانب سے رضامندی کے فیصلے سے دونوں اطراف خوشی کی ایک لہر دوڑ گئی تھی اور یہ سمجھا جارہا تھا کہ دونوں ملکوں کے مابین کشیدہ تعلقات کی برف اب پگھلنا شروع ہو گئی ہے لیکن کراچی کے علاقے کلفٹن بلاک 4میں گاڑی میں سوار دہشت گردوں نے چینی قونصل خانے اور اورکزئی میں جو حملہ ہوا ہے یقینا اس نے اس خوشی کو ماند کر دیا ہے ۔ واضح رہے کہ دہشت گروں کے چینی سفارت خانے پر حملے کے نتیجے میں 2پولیس اہلکار وں سمیت 4افراد شہید اور سیکیورٹی گارڈ شدید زخمی ہوا ہے جبکہ پولیس اور رینجرز کی جوابی کارروائی کے نتیجے میں 3دہشت گرد ہلاک ہوئے ہیں جن کے قبضے سے خود کش جیکٹس، اسلحہ اور گولہ بارود برآمد ہوا ہے۔دوسری طرف لوئر اورکزئی کے علاقے کلایا بازار میں بارودی مواد کے دھماکے میں30افراد جاں بحق اور 40سے زائد زخمی ہوئے۔دوسری طرف کابینہ اجلاس کے دوران خطاب کرتے ہوئے وزیراعظم عمران خان کا کہنا تھا کہ چینی سفارت خانے اور اورکزئی حملے سر پرائز نہیں ہیں۔ ہمیں پہلے سے خدشہ تھا کہ ایسا ہو سکتا ہے کیوں کہ چین کے ساتھ معاہدوں کے بعد کچھ طاقتوں کو فکر لاحق تھی، کچھ طاقتیں پاکستان کو کمزور کرنا چاہتی ہیں۔عمران خان نے کہا کہ ہم چین کے ساتھ معاہدوں کو سامنے نہیں لاسکتے وہ خفیہ ہیں، سب کو پتہ ہے ایسے معاہدے کسی ملک اور پاکستان کے درمیان نہیں ہوئے لہٰذا ان معاہدوں کے بعد خدشات موجود تھے۔ انہوں نے کہا کہ معیشت مستحکم ہو رہی ہے اور پاکستان میں انتشار دیکھنے والوں نے ایسا کرنا تھا۔اس سے قبل وزیراعظم عمران خان نے چینی قونصل خانے پر حملے کی مذمت کرتے ہوئے کہا کہ پولیس اور رینجرز کی بہادری اور کارکردگی پر فخر ہے، انہوں نے چینی قونصل خانے پر حملے کی جامع تحقیقات کا بھی حکم دیا۔
 جہاں تک چینی سفارت خانے پر ہونے والے حملے کا تعلق ہے اس حملے کی ذمہ داری علیحدگی پسند تنظیم بلوچ لبریشن آرمی نے قبول کی ہے جبکہ لوئر اور کزئی حملے کی ذمہ داری تاحا ل کسی کی جانب سے قبول نہیں کی گئی ۔ علیحدگی پسند تنظیم بلوچ لبریشن آرمی کی جانب سے حملے کی ذمہ داری قبول کرنے کے تانے بانے بھارت سے بھی ملتے ہیںکیونکہ بھارت کے جاسوس کلبھوشن یادیو نے اپنے اعترافی بیان میں ''بلوچ لبریشن آرمی(بی ایل اے)کو بھارتی فنڈنگ کا انکشاف کیا تھا اور اعتراف کیا تھاکہ یہ تنظیم بھارت کی ایما پر پاکستان میں کارروائیاں کرتی ہے۔ کلبھوشن یادیو کے اسی بیان کی بنیاد پر گزشتہ روز چینی قونصلیٹ پر ہونے والے حملے میں بھارت کے ملوث ہونے کا شبہ ظاہر کیا جا رہا ہے۔اس شبہ نے ایک بار پھر بھارت کے مکروہ چہرے کو بے نقاب کردیا ہے کرتا پور کوریڈور کے کھولنے پر رضامندی کے پیچھے بھی مودی سرکار کی ایک چال تھی کیونکہ اس وقت بھارت میں الیکشن ہونے جارہے ہیں اورمودی سرکارنے سکھ برادری کو خوش کرنے کیلئے ایسا کیا ہے لیکن دوسری طرف اس نے دہشت گردوں سے چینی سفارت خانے پر حملہ کروا کے پاکستان کو بھی واضح پیغام دے دیا ہے کہ وہ کسی غلط فہمی نہ رہے کہ وہ پاک چین تعلقات کو قبول کرے گا۔ یاد رہے کہ علیحدگی پسند تنظیم بی ایل اے نے حملے کی ذمہ داری قبول کرنے کے ساتھ ساتھ یہ بھی کہا ہے کہ یہ حملہ چین کے لیے ایک تنبیہ ہے کہ وہ ہماری زمین پر قبضے کی کوشش چھوڑ دے ورنہ مستقبل میں اسے مزید سنگین معاملات کا سامنا کرنا پڑے گا جبکہ چینی اور پاکستانی حکومتیں سی پیک کو پاکستان اور خاص طور پر بلوچستان کے لیے گیم چینجر قرار دیتی ہیں۔ ان کا موقف ہے کہ سی پیک کے ذریعے بلوچستان سمیت ملک کے بہت سے پسماندہ علاقوں میں ترقیاتی کام کیے جائیں گے جس سے ترقی سے محروم ان علاقوں میں خوشحالی آئے گیلیکن بھارت پاک چین تعلقات کو خراب کرنے کے ساتھ ساتھ پاک چین اقتصادی راہداری منصوبے کو بھی نقصان پہنچانا چاہتا ہے۔اپنے انہی مذموم عزائم کے حصول کیلئے بھارت بلوچستان لبریشن آرمی اور چھوٹی چھوٹی علیحدگی پسند تنظیموں کے ذریعہ پاکستان سے پراکسی جنگ جاری رکھے ہوئے ہے اگرچہ بلوچستان میں دہشت گردوں کا کافی حد تک صفایا کردیا گیا ہے لیکن مکمل صفایا اس لئے مشکل ہے کہ یہ دن کے وقت عام لوگوں کی زندگی بسر کرتے ہیں رات کو دہشت گرد کاروپ اختیار کرلیتے ہیں تاہم ان کی تعداد اب بہت کم ہے جس کا ثبوت صوبے کے ان علاقوں سے جہاں ان کا زور تھا پریشان کن خبریں نہیں آرہیں۔ بہت کم افرادی قوت رہ جانے کے باعث کیونکہ پہلے جیسی دہشت گردی ممکن نہیں رہی اس لئے اب ایک نئی حکمت عملی کے تحت ان چند دہشتگردوں کے ذریعہ جو پہاڑوں میں روپوش ہیں ہائی پروفائل ٹارگٹ نشانہ بنائے جارہے ہیں ظاہر ہے ایک سو عام لوگوں کے مارے جانے کو عالمی سطح پر اتنا محسوس نہیں کیا جاتا جتنا کسی پولیس آفیسر یا اہلکار اور فوج رینجرز یا ایف سی کے آفیسر یا جوان کا نشانہ بننا توجہ حاصل کرتا ہے اسی حکمت عملی کو بروئے کار لایا جارہا ہے۔لیکن بھارت یہ بھول گیا ہے کہ پاک چین دوستی ہمالیہ سے بلند اور بحریہ عرب سے گہری ہے، پاکستان اور چین کے معاشی، اسٹریٹیجک تعلقات کے خلاف سازش کامیاب نہیں ہوسکتی۔
اس میں کوئی شک نہیںکہ کچھ قوتیں نہیں چاہتیں کہ اس ملک میں استحکام اور امن ہو، یہ قوتیں معاشی ترقی کے راستے میں رکاوٹ بننا چاہتی ہیں تاہم سیکیورٹی فورسز نے ان کے عزائم کو خاک میں ملادیا ہے۔ پاک چین دوستی لازوال ہے اور دونوں ممالک کے راستے میں یہ قوتیں رکاوٹ بننا چاہتی ہیں تاہم وہ اپنے عزائم میں ناکام ہوں گے۔یقینادونوں حملے ملک میں بدامنی پھیلانے کی سوچی سمجھی سازش کے تحت کئے گئے ہیںاور ان حملوں میں وہ قوتیں ملوث ہیں جو پاکستان کی ترقی سے خوش نہیں تاہم کسی کے ذہن میں کوئی شبہ نہیں ہونا چاہیے کہ ہماری پاک فوج اور سیکورٹی ادارے ہر قیمت پر ان دہشت گردوں کو شکست دیں گے۔

Kartarpur Corridor&attack on Chinese consult; Is India behind attack?

Hassan Khan
The attack on Chinese Consulate in Karachi on Friday, just a day after India agrees to Pakistani proposal of opening the Kartarpur Corridor to facilitate the Sikhs pilgrims, has lead to many questions.
The incident hinted at the usual practice of saboteurs who always resort to such terrorist strikes whenever there is any positive development between India and Pakistan.
The group that claimed responsibility for the attack – known as Baluchistan Liberation Army – BLA has long been known to have relations with India intelligence agency RAW. The Indian prime minister Narender Modi and Indian National Security adviser Ajeet Davol has a number of times threatened Pakistan of being hit at Baluchistan front - if what they accused- Islamabad did not stop support to the Kashmiris freedom fighters.
The timing and the target of the attack is quite intriguing and seem to be done quite intelligently. Of the timing; Pakistan’s offer of Kartarpur corridor in August this year has been accepted by the Modi administration after lapse of months. While the target is the Chinese diplomats. Pakistan and China has come very close to each other, and the latter is investing billions of dollars in Pakistan on the CPEC projects.

Of the timing and the Kartarpur corridor opening; many in India believed the Indian administration has accepted the Pakistan proposal Kartarpur corridor with a heavy heart. Initially, New Delhi tried to put the issue under the carpet and kept silence over the proposal for months.
However, as national elections are around the corner in India, so it was not possible for Modi administration to annoy the Punjab population, largely comprising of the followers of Sikh religion. And Modi's Bahartia Janta Party does not want to loose the Sikhs votes in the parliamentary elections.

Then the patron of the attack is quite usual. We see in the recent past that whenever there is any good or positive development between India and Pakistan certain bad incidents happen. This sabotage all the good work consummated over the period of years by official of both the countries.
Right from the starting of composite dialogue to comprehensive talks to meeting of foreign ministers of India and Pakistan at the UN general assembly every move is followed by terrorist attacks in either country.
Now the question is whether BLA – which has accepted the responsibility for attack and has the alleged support of Indian intelligence agency- has done the act on behest of RAW or has acted on its own? However, its a fact that the good well created between the two nations following agreements on Kartarpur corridor just days before is dented and there is fear of the both the countries going to square one?
But if Kartarpur corridor is not a target then most probably India wanted to present Pakistan to the world as unsafe country and a good destination for investors? Or India - as it has already expressed apprehensions over the project of CPEC- wanted to create rifts between Pakistan and China – by targeting Chinese interests- so that the Chinese withdrew their investment from Pakistan.
The Indian government has no doubt condemned the attack on Chinese consulate, however, it is up to Pakistan what course its taking in the emerging situation. In the past Pakistan has also condemned such terrorist attacks in India, however, in return Indian government did not stop accusing Pakistan for being involved in the criminal acts.
God forbids if Pakistan blamed India for the terrorist attack it may damage the progress so far made on the Kartarpur corridor.
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Why Daesh attack Milad un Nabi function in Kabul?

Hassan Khan

On the day when faithfuls were
observing the birth anniversary of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) in Kabul, terrorists strike and killed some 100 innocent Afghans and injured so many others. Officials sources termed the attack as one of the deadliest assaults to strike Afghanistan this year.

Among the victims majority were the students of the madrassas and followers of religious personality Pir Saif ur Rehman.

Eyewitness Mohammad Hanif said verses of Quran were being recited when there was a deafening explosion followed by “chaos” inside the packed 

According to the manager of the Uranus Wedding Palace, which also hosts political and religious functions, suicide bomber blew himself up in middle of gathering of around 1,000 people.

The Islamic State in Afghanistan group, sometimes known as Islamic State Khorasan, has claimed responsibility for most of the recent deadly attacks of this kind.

The gathering was of the followers of Pir Saif ur Rehman - a religious personality who died recently and is buried in Lahore. Pir was known as Pir-e-Kamil and was pursuing all the four important series of Tareeqat including Naqshbandiya, Chisteeya, Qadreya and Suharwerdiya. 

Pir sb basically belonged to the Kanduz province in Afghanistan and migrated to Pakistan in the decade of seventies when Afghanistan was attacked by Soviet Union forces. He was settled in Khyber Agency tehsil Bara - an area mostly inhabited by the Afridi tribe. 

In Bara when militancy started growing up a group named Lashkar e Islami was formed by one Mufti Muneer Shakir. The Mufti was dead against Pir sb. When the rivalry and enmity between both the Mufti and Pir sb reach at dangerous level the local jirga expelled both from the areas. Pir sb has migrated to Lahore and settled there permanently. 

After some time the leadership of Lashkar e Islami was taken over by a militant commander Mangal Bagh Afridi. Pakistan military carried a number of military operations against Mangal Bagh and his group. Mangal Bagh later shifted along with his group to Afghanistan to avoid wrath of the military.

Reports say, Mr Mangal Bagh after getting weakened has joined the terrorist group - ISIS- locally known as Daesh or sometimes known as Islamic State Khorasan.

Some observers are hinting at the fact that the Kabul attack on the followers of Pir Saif ur Rehman as being orchestrated by elements in Islamic State of Khorasan who belonged to Mangal Bagh group who has joined the ISIS.   

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Can Pakistan fight Hybrid Wars without free media, vibrant civil society, control political environment?

Hassan Khan

Pakistan Army Chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa has said that Pakistan is currently faced with an intensely fought hybrid war. The enemy has opened war against Pakistan from different fronts.

What is Hybrid War? Is Pakistan capable in the current situation to win this completed war?
This seems to be a big question agitating minds of Pakistani intelligentsia. 

Keeping in view the present state of Pakistani society and political dispensation, the answer seems to be a big No. The reasons are; hybrid wars could not be fought with conventional weapons or by the security establishment only.
This multi faceted challenge - where the enemy primarily used non conventional tools to weaken the state and its social fabrics - so the response shall also be multi faceted from all segments of society.
What is the state of Pakistani society? We see the divided Pakistani nation is badly exposed and the society is near to crumbling down. Economy on the continuous down slide.
The nation is divided. There exists extreme religious polarity. The society is divided on the bases of sects and schism. One sects is hell bent on killing members of the other sects calling them kafirs and non believers. No sects is ready to accept members of other sects as Muslims.
In the same fashion country is fast faced with ethnic hatred and mistrust.
Be it the Pakhtuns, Baloch, Sindis or Punjabis there is growing mistrust against each other. One ethnic community is accusing other for all the ills befallen on them.
Pakhtuns are feeling to be marginalized. The growing feelings among Pakhtuns diaspora are the state have been using them as fodders for wars, specially the war against militants, since long.

There seem to be some facts in the accusations.
Pakhtuns intelligentsia believed the sate during the last several decades used their territory as launching ground for all its dirty war gaming in neighboring Afghanistan. Militancy was promoted, militants groups formed and jihadist networks established. But once these networks and militants organizations turned into monsters challenging its motherly-institutions; the state start military operations against them. But in fact caused colossal losses to the people and society at large in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and formerly tribal areas.
Millions were displaced, homes were razed to grounds flaura and fauna destroyed. In the name of war against terror billions of dollars were brought to the country but not single penny used for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of tribal areas and Pakhtunkhwa.
Though the whole dirty exercise was done by the establishment and states security top bosses specially those having lusts and greed for powers. However, the establishment purposely, presented the Punjabi population as sand bags and easy target of growing hatred against the state and its institutions.
The Baloch are already marginalized. They believed rest of Pakistan has been intentionally keeping Baluchistan province under developed. Their resources are being devoured by others specially by the Punjab.

Likewise, another important arm of society, the free Media is under sever attack from the state and state institutions. Media persons are labeled as traitors, lifafa journalists or being sold out to various
bodies.

The media persons who are not following the specific agenda of some powers or institutions or their narratives are sidelined and thrown out from their jobs. Others are getting threatened.
This is coupled with continuous targeting of the country political leadership. Since decades, the genuine political leaders are labeled as corrupt and inefficient and anti state. The society is in complete grip of fear and uncertainty. Who so ever is opposing the establishment or is myopic narratives is put behind the bars.

The culture of debate, discussion, discourse and study is gradually diminishing. Universities are turning out to be the factories producing domesticated human elements. Education is not existent everywhere. 
People have the growing perceptions that political leaders, media persons and civil society members of certain mindset are promoted and the other discouraged and thrown out of the line.

This is the state of affairs where the Pakistani nations is exposed to fight the hybrid wars as stated by the chief of army staff Gen Bajwa. But to fight a successful hybrid war one need a strong political culture, free media and vibrant civil society and strong educational institutions where real tolerant educated human beings are produced not robots.

Unfortunately, all arms of Pakistani nation and state are either not existent or being weaken to the level to put a genuine fight.
Here the dominate narratives are in total control, religious extremism is widespread. Political dissent is not tolerated. The mistrust among ethnicities is growing.
How can one successfully fight this complicated hybrid war without free media, strong political leadership and vibrant civil society.

It’s a big question. And those who are managing the affairs of the state – from behind the curtains- must realize gravity of the situation, otherwise, God forbid, we are heading towards a disastrous end.

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US surrenders to Taliban; Adopt USSR strategy to Exit Afghanistan

Hassan Khan

US seems to have adopted the USSR strategy to exit from Afghanistan. Washington started negotiating peace in Afghanistan with Taliban militia completely keeping Afghan government out of loop. The current negotiations are started on conditions of Taliban. US accepted that solution to Afghan problem lies on political negotiations. The US also accepted Taliban Qatar office and had released a number of Taliban leaders as pre-conditions. Sources say US is also ready to postpone Afghan presidential elections scheduled in April next year on demand of Taliban and install an interim government.

Afghan president Ashraf Ghani is also complaining about US envoy Zalmi Khalilzad meeting with Afghan political leaders and political parties. Ghani wants to the US administration to include the reps of Afghan government in the negotiating team. However, the US is interested in a powerful Afghans representative board which is also acceptable to the Taliban. Taliban has already given a hint that the militia leadership will not accept any team nominated by Afghan president Ashraf Ghani.

In Kabul the Afghan intelligentsia believed that currently Dr Ghani is trying to make the talks between US and Taliban unsuccessful. As in case of success the elections might be postponed and then there will be less chances of Ashraf Ghani standing again as president.

Who kill Gen Raziq, Maulana Sami ul Haq; SP Tahir Dawar? All related to Taliban, militants

Hassan Khan

The most important question that is currently agitating minds
of those who are keeping focus on Pakistan and Afghanistan region, is who is
behind the killing of three most important personalities in span of weeks.

October is a very crucial month for Afghanistan and Pakistan.
In this month; for the first time Afghan Taliban started talking to the US. The
US envoy Zalmi Khalil Zad visited the Qatar office of the militia met with the
movement leaders.

Prior meeting with Taliban leaders US envoys met with senior
government leaders in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Saudi Arab. Following US reps interactions
Taliban; Pakistan released a number of important Taliban leaders from its
prisons including Mulla Ghani Baradar – who is the co-founder of Taliban
movement along with Mulla Omar.

In mid October a staunch anti Taliban police commander
General Raziq Achakzai was shot and killed in Kandahar at a high security
governor house compound in the presence of US general and other senior
officers.

Raziq’s murder created uproar in the entire Afghanistan as
he was considered the only strong man standing like a rock against the Taliban
and had kept them away from Kandahar province. In circumstances where in Gen
Raziq was killed, Afghan intelligentsia started pointing fingers at the US military
and the Afghan government being involved in the murder

 However, Afghan
president Dr Ashraf Ghani, as usual, accused Pakistan and said the handlers of
the lone shooters were in contact from across the border in Chaman town of
Pakistan.

The murder has somehow further tensed the relations between
Pakistan and Afghanistan.

The mud of Gen Raziq grave was not yet dried, when in
Pakistan capital Islamabad a senior clerk believed to be highly influential in
the Taliban leadership – Maulana Sami ul Haq – was stabbed to death at his
residence.

In Afghanistan and international community the Maulana had been
notoriously known as Father of Taliban leadership. Interestingly, the family
members of Sami ul Haq hinted at the involvement of Afghanistan in his murder.

Week after the murder of Maulana Sami, another major
incident happened in Pakistan. A senior police officer of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
police - Tahir Khan Dawar - who was known for doing daring operations against
the militants - was kidnapped from Islamabad. Latter his body was recovered
from across the border in Afghanistan.

Though his body was handed over to Pakistani, however, the
delay in handing over the body has led to sever tension between the two countries.
The situation has got so much vitiated that Pakistan military spokesman issued
a statement hinting at the involvement of Afghan intelligence body or
individuals in the kidnapping and killing of SP Tahir Khan Dawar.

Now important questions are who are behind the killings of
three important persons in Pakistan and Afghanistan? The timing is also very
much crucial in this regards.

Taliban has started negotiation with the US. The US has
accepted a number of conditions of Taliban movement like releasing their
prisons and allowing those members of the militia to be part of Taliban Qatar
office who were earlier released from the notorious Guantanamo prison.

Two of the deceased Gen Raziq and SP Tahir Dawar were known
as anti militant’s police commanders, while Maulana Sami ul Haq was known to be
father of Afghan Taliban.

No doubt none of the stakeholders of Afghan conflict are benefiting
from these murders. All including Pakistan and the US are at loss. So who has
done this? This is a question that needs answer.

Observers are demanding of the government of Pakistan and Afghanistan
that instead of getting involved in the blame game against each other, jointly
investigate the whole game. Definitely, such acts have further widened the
trust deficit between the two countries.

These acts are no doubts the handiworks of those who will
benefits from the destabilized environment in the region. These may be the acts
of the anti peace lobby or those who do not want to see Pakistan and Afghanistan
get close to each other.

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SP Tahir Khan Dawar body arrives in Pakistan.

 

Body of senior Pakistani police officer Tahir Khan Dawar is handed over to Pakistani authorities and family members on Thursday at Torkham border point.
Tahir was abducted from Islamabad posh sector on 26 October. He was taken across the border to Afghanistan and killed. The murder of senior police officer Tahir Dawar created a lot of confusion in Pakistan. 

The attitude of Afghan authorities also led to some suspicion whey they refused to handover the body to Pakistani officials who were waiting at the border point. In a very undiplomatic manner, the Afghan authorities said they would deliver the body to the tribal elders of Tahir Dawar or the family members.
However, after making a lot of wait, the Afghanistan handed over the body to Pakistan authorities and elders of the Dawar tribe at the border point.
Questions are being raised about the mysterious way the officer was kidnapped and taken across the border. Why Pakistani security agencies did not succeed in recovering him prior he was taken to Afghanistan. In Pakistan the political parties are questioning the role of government and police departments also. The major question is it took a long way to reach the border and one has to pass through cores of check points. 

Afrasiab Khattak asks for debate on allegations against him;says join PkSF in 1948 since then follows party line

Hassan Khan

In response to Awami National Party Central President Asfandyar Wali Khan ambiguous show cause notice; Mr Afrasiab Khattak in his detail reply asked the party leadership to convene meetings of party relevant forums and discuss allegations against me prior taking any decision.

Mr Khattak reply had been already rejected by the party and consequently party membership of Khattak was suspended - thus breaking his 50 years old association with the nationalist’s party.

In his detail response, Khattak referred to policies of state including imposition of Taliban on Afghanistan; blocking path of democratic, progressive and nationalist parties in Pakhtun areas.

Complained of spilling blood of thousands of innocents in Afghanistan; discouraging reforms in districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Khattak asked the party leadership not to opt to be fence sitter or aloof from vital issues facing Pakhtun nation and face the challenges posed by undemocratic forces or non-state terrorists like excluding it from electoral process.

“It is my sincere opinion a meeting of party’s relevant forums should be called to discuss the allegations on me and other colleagues before making any final decision,” says Khattak.

Following is the detail reply of Afrasiab Khattak to the show cause notice.

Respected Mian Iftikhar Hussain

Central General Secretary ANP

On 5^th November, I read on social media of the show cause notice sent to me, which you wrote on the instructions of the Central President. In the evening, I read the content of the notice in my twitter DM. The next day, details were published in newspapers. Two days later, I received the official notice in the mail.

In this short notice, there is a cryptic reference to my engaging in activities which have harmed the party’s interests and discipline. In the short response I sent you on the first day, I said that if this notice mentioned one, two or three activities then I could definitely explain my position but even after this, I wasn’t given a clear charge-sheet.

I joined the Pakhtun Students’ Federation in [1948]. From being a political worker, with a 50-year long political life, I have some sense of party discipline. I have obeyed the norm of civilized political discourse within the party, according to its constitution and manifesto. Although I was completely sidelined for the past 5 years, I have always discussed party policy within relevant party institutions. And during this time, whatever task the party gave me, I fulfilled to the best of my abilities.

From student days, I have been affiliated with journalism in a part-time capacity. At different times, I have written columns for different newspapers. However, my newspaper columns are a reflection of my personal opinion and I have never tried to imply that they reflect the party’s position.

Recently, the party’s provincial and central council meetings were held. If there were any allegations of violating discipline on any of us, then the central and provincial council meetings were the relevant and democratic forum at which to debate and decide this matter. But the issue wasn’t raised there.

In democratic political parties, there are different opinions on which there is ongoing debate. Who would know this better than the workers of NAP and ANP in which, in better times, the meetings of the central committee would last for days. A problem only arises when difference of opinion is no longer tolerated.

In the Awami National Party, it is the considered opinion of many of us that in the Pakistani state, undemocratic forces have not only failed to accept the country’s federal, parliamentary and democratic constitutional system but have constantly tried to destroy it. In particular, since 2014, there has been a creeping coup which has the following goals:

Strangulating democratic freedoms by imposing a civil martial law in the country, which has begun with the freedom of expression. The media is being shackled with the chains of fascist restrictions.

To end the federal democratic system, in particular the 18^th amendment, there are open and secret conspiracies and, through a new edition of the doctrine of necessity, the judiciary is being used to attack the federal democratic system. Cutting the share of provinces in the NFC award unconstitutionally is being discussed openly.

In order to advance the creeping coup, the political parties who oppose it are being arm-twisted through state resources and force. Accountability has not only become a source of political victimization but is being used to destroy opposition parties and force people into the King’s party.

The July 2018 elections were, in fact, the greatest theft of the popular mandate in the country’s history in which the Election Commission, judiciary, caretaker governments and army fully participated. For the first time in the country’s history, political parties named the serving army officers who interfered in the elections. Our party also held a day of protest against election rigging on 30^th But until now, there has not been any investigation or legal action.

The goals of the creeping coup include imposing the Taliban on Afghanistan and blocking the path of democratic, progressive and nationalist parties in Pashtun areas. On one hand, this is spilling the blood of thousands of innocents in Afghanistan and on the other hand, reforms have been stopped and the western districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are being practically kept under a martial law.

We feel that in this situation the party of Bacha Khan and Wali Khan cannot remain non-partisan and aloof. We also realize that the party has faced severe pressure from undemocratic forces and the card of so-called non-state terrorists has been used to spill the blood of the party’s countless martyrs and to exclude it from the electoral process. Within the party, lists of “acceptable” and “unacceptable” names have been circulating. I believe that everyone is aware of this challenge facing the party. There can be different opinions on the strategy used to deal with it. However, the way to solve this problem is to call a meeting of the party’s relevant institutions and to arrive at some conclusion through debate.

It is my sincere opinion that a meeting of the party’s relevant forums should be called to discuss the allegations on me and other colleagues, before making a decision, and the political issues that I mentioned should also be examined in order to reach a conclusion. (In the last meeting of the council, some of us raised these issues but there was neither detailed discussion nor a decision). In this case, I will abide by the decision of the party’s forums.

Afrasiab Khattak

Member Advisory Council and Central Executive Committee

Awami National Party

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Auto Parts dealer New Chief of Kandahar Police;Tadeen claims his brother,Gen Raziq,post as IG Police

 Hassan Khan

General Abdu Raziq turned to be a combination of extremes. In his life Mr Achakzai was disliked by many; but in his death he was revered from an ordinary Afghan to President of Afghanistan – at least publically.

The life and career of Abdu Raziq – who rose from a border boy using push cart for crossing smuggled goods to the position of the General - is also quite interesting.

The entire life of this young man was, no doubt, a true story of hard struggle, raw bravery and deprivation and highlights of successes and failures.

Achakzai; who died with his boots on as a national hero; was the most feared man not only for his opponents but also for government leaders, tribal chieftains and his peers too. Some say the General was an illiterate man. He started to earn at a very young age to feed his family that become refugees when soviet entered Afghanistan.

There are also reports that before buying a handcart to carry goods from Pakistan across the border to Afghanistan, Raziq used to work with his uncle at a Tandoor –baking Afghan breads- at Pakistani border town Quetta. At Tandoor he was tasked to count what locally was known as Afghani Naan or koolchas.

However, the most credible accounts are that General Raziq rose to the position of general - to be envied by many - from a handcart pusher at Chaman-Spin Buldak border.

His main merchandize to be carried across the border in his four wheelers was the wheat flour bags. Large number of young men and boys can still be seen cress crossing the border, even today if one visit any of the border point – may be Torkham or Chaman- facilitating pedestrians both men and women carrying luggages, or even elderly, the patients or the small babies.

Following the fall of Taliban regime in Kabul, Gul Agha Sherzai become governor of Kandahar. He was tasked to prepare a special police for manning the border named as Afghan border police. The future Gen Raziq, then a young man in his late twenties was inducted as a sepoy to watch and guard the border along Spin Boldak.

Here his career begin and by sheer hard work, ruthlessness and shrewdness, Raziq keeps on moving up the ladder. Those who know Raziq, said as he got the position of a Colonel in ABP, without waiting for his orders of his bosses in Kabul, he did not hesitate to declare himself as a full General.

Raziq not only got the highest rank in the security force, but also earned a lot and become the wealthiest man having properties in India, Dubai and reportedly in Turkey. And was now able to feed three wives and a dozen kids along with his extended family of brothers and sisters.

As per local accounts, Raziq was feared by all. His opponents – Taliban- preferred to move towards the northern and western provinces of Afghanistan leaving the southern to avoid wrath of Gen Raziq. But others like high government officers; ministers, elected members of parliament and leading political leaders from Kandahar used to stay in Kabul instead being in Kandahar and abused by the ‘powerful man’ in Gen Raziq.

President Ghani’s powers were tested in recent past when he ordered removing two most powerful persons - the Governor of Bulkh Atta Mohammad Noor and Gen Raziq. Though Raziq by designation was the provincial police chief but practically he was the true ruler of Kandahar.

Atta was considered to be the most powerful man but the president succeeded in removing him and sending his replacement. However, Dr Ghani failed to replace Gen Raziq.

By the time Ghani orders (removing Raziq) reached Kandahar, Raziq appeared on Afghan national media, to remind Ghani – Raziq’s president and top boss – that he can’t remove him from the post because he was not appointed by him (Ghani) but he earned the position by force. And Ghani surrendered.

General Raziq was true in his words that the position of Kandahar chief was earned by him bot given by government. On October 18, General Raziq was killed in fatal attack at governor house compound after surviving scores of suicide attacks. And interestingly, instead of appointing a professional person to head the police in the crucial Kandahar province, President Ashraf Ghani preferred the younger brother of General Raziq, Tadeen to be the new chief of police force.

According to credible accounts, before joining the police force as its top commander, Tadeen was doing his auto spare parts business at Spin Boldak near Pak Afghan border.

Tadeen has neither formal education nor training in police force; however, local influential people preferred him over other professional police officers as head of the force.

These local influential leaders including Gul Agha Sherzai – former governor – believed that by appointing Mr Tadeen they wanted to reward Mr Raziq family for his ultimate sacrifice. However, those opposing the decision believed the act is tantamount to declaring Kandahar police force as personal force of Raziq Achakzai just like the one kept by the Mujahideen commanders in the recent past.

The decision also reflects badly on Afghanistan over all polity and governance structure. The US and international community have invested billions of dollars over the years to build institutions following fall of Taliban regime specially the national security forces of Afghanistan.

Likewise for the last almost 15 years regular elections are held and there is functioning parliament. SO such decisions where the professional forces is handed over to the untrained uneducated heirs manifest the fact that Afghanistan is still far away from being a proper state where governance is done through institutions not powerful individuals.

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Moscow Conference on Afghanistan sans Afghan govt kicks off; US, Taliban in Moscow; an in depth analyses by Hassan Khan

 Hasan Khan

Almost all important nations particularly those having certain stakes in the prolonged conflict of Afghanistan are gathered in the Russian Capital Moscow today (Friday) pondering over finding means for peaceful solution of Afghan war.

Paradoxically, the only party that is missing from the moot –nomenclature as Moscow Conference on Afghanistan – is the Kabul regime.

Why the Afghan government refused to officially participate in the conference is a major question that is agitating minds of the observers of the prolonged Afghan wars.

Some say Dr Ashraf Ghani’s regime might be shy of facing members of Afghan Taliban armed militia who are in Moscow to participate in the parlays. Or the decision is taken to let the US - which has agreed to be among participants- delegates rub their shoulders with the Militia’s members as part of strengthening Zalmi Khalilzad fresh initiatives.

However, Afghan government is believed to have refused to accept the invitation on the grounds that the Russian government did not agree to the Kabul demand of co-chairing the moot with Afghan government.

Talking about difference between the peace efforts initiated by US and the ones spearheaded by Moscow; Afghan president Ghani said; “The efforts of ambassador Khalilzad are supportive. The distinction is that the US always talked, but not negotiated. That principle has been reiterated and reaffirmed.”

While indirectly criticizing the Moscow initiatives, Ghani said; “The model of cooperation regionally is what happened in Uzbekistan, where the conference is jointly co-chaired and we move forward on that basis.”

Uzbekistan along with Afghanistan organized international conference of 20 nations and international organizations wherein Russia and US were participants among other nations; however, then Taliban militia refused to participate and turned down the invitation to attend the meeting.

This is the first time the Taliban militia agreed to attend a Russian-organized conference on Afghanistan. The move, no doubt, underscore Moscow’s growing contacts with the Afghan insurgents group and active involvement of Russia in the conflict-hit Afghanistan.

The conference, which was earlier scheduled in September this year was postponed on the request of Afghan government following objections over participation of Taliban members. In August, Afghan government announced that Afghanistan and Russia would co-chair the proposed future talks in Moscow on Afghanistan’s peace.

On the other hands reports say the Russians did not agree to the Afghan proposal of holding the moot jointly. As many observers believed in that case – co chairing with Afghan government - Taliban would have raised objection and might had refused to participate.

No doubts, reservations of Afghan regime seem to be genuine and according to the commitments of international community that any event regarding Afghanistan anywhere will be led by the Afghan government, however participation would have provided a good opportunity for face to face interactions with the insurgents’ leaders.

 The US – another major stakeholder – was also having such strong objections over this Russian peace project on Afghanistan, however, unlike the Afghan government, Washington agreed to participate.

United States said the decision of participation in Moscow conference had been taken in close coordination with Afghan government.

“The United States believes that all countries should support direct dialogue between the government of Afghanistan and the Taliban to reach an end to the war and we have been clear that no government, including Russia, can be a substitute for the Afghan government in direct negotiations with the Taliban;” said a statement of the US state department spokesperson, while announcing the decision.

As delegates from around twelve nations started gathering in Moscow on Friday, leading Afghan political leaders gathered a day ahead at Afghanistan Institute for Strategic Studies (AISS) in Kabul and criticized Ghani administration for not being serious in bringing peace to the war torn country.

Prominent Afghan political figures which also include former government officials labelled the Kabul incumbent regime as inefficient and unable to ‘achieve any breakthrough in the peace process’ saying government has done nothing towards restoring peace in the country.

Leading political personalities which include former minister of interior Mohammad Omar Daudzai, former national security advisor Rangeen Dadfar Spanta and chairman of National Agenda Ahmad Wali Massoud, expressed displeasure over Russian government move to organize Moscow Conference without agreeing to Afghan government request to share the presidium.

Referring to the Moscow moot on Afghanistan, Afghan leaders reminded the international community of its pledge to support only an Afghan-led and Afghan-owned peace process.

They said though Moscow’s peace meeting is a clear violation of this commitment, however, the interactions are vital for starting confidence-building measures between the warring factions to end the war.

They accused Afghan president Dr Ashraf Ghani for manipulating the peace process for prolonging his power. 

Though lots of hype has been created about Taliban participation, however, this is not the first time that militia are engaging with the power brokers of Afghanistan. The insurgents have already held a number of rounds of direct talks with the United States recently.

Prior agreeing to send delegates to Moscow, the militia spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid is reported to have said; Moscow gathering does not mean to get engage in any Afghan peace and reconciliation talks.

“Taliban political envoys will attend the meeting but the participation does not mean they will hold talks with anyone. This is a meeting to debate the current situation in Afghanistan.” 

“This conference is not about negotiating with any particular side, rather it is a conference about holding comprehensive discussions on finding a peaceful solution to the Afghan quandary and ending the American occupation,” Mujahid said.

Moscow has invited 12 nations and leading and the Taliban militia members to the meeting along with leading experts on Afghanistan. Afghan government have turned down the invitation; saying the Afghan government officials will not be in attendance, however, Afghan High Peace Council (HPC) will send a delegation to Russian capital.

The High Peace Council which comprises leading politicians, jihadi commanders, religious leaders and elders and tasked to oversee the peace efforts with armed Taliban and other groups- is participating in the conference as independent group nor as government representatives.

A four members delegation of the PHC led by the council deputy head Haji Din Muhammad and also include a lady member has already left for Moscow. Reports said that the Taliban members had refused to separately hold direct talks the HPC members on the sidelines reiterating their old stance of terming them as “American stooges”.

Russia has also invited some of Afghanistan’s mainstream politicians to the summit and former Afghan president Hamid Karzai and head of the Jamiat-e-Islami party, Attar Mohammad Noor, are participating in the conference.

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ANP in trouble; split is eminent; Afrasiab Khattak & Bushra Gohar may quit ANP

Hassan Khan

By issuing show cause notices to two of its senior most leaders, the Awami National Party - ANP - has attracted lots of criticism especially on social media and social and political circles.

Those who knew the nationalist party internal politics believed the show cause notices served on Afrasiab Khattak and Bushra Gohar were long due. Because, both the leaders mostly pursued their independent policies; having mostly divergent positions on a number of important issues not in congruent with party policy.

Referring to the language used in the show cause notices, a loud whispering behind the wall is these notices are enough to be considered as marching orders to both the leaders to ‘quit simply’.

“It depends on replies to these show causes notices,” says a confidant of party president Asfandyar Wali khan. “The likely chances are; both the leaders will call it a day,” he said. ‘If not’ the deed might be concluded by the interpretations of replies to the show cause notices to be submitted within seven days. The interpretation or acceptance of the reply “as satisfactory” will be decided by those who issued the notices.

Awami National Party, is a secular and leftist Pakhtun nationalist political party. It was founded by Khan Abdul Wali Khan in 1986 following the ban on National Awami Party (NAP). Asfandyar Wali Khan, who is the grandson of Bacha Khan, is currently leading ANP as president; while Asfandyar Khan nephew Amir Haider Khan Hoti is the provincial head of the party.

Both Afrasiab Khattak and Bushra Gohar are the party senior most leaders. Khattak remained the party Khyber Pakhtunkhwa president – a most important position in province based party- some three years back while Bushra Gohar is still serving as senior vice president of the party when served with the show cause notice.

Both Khattak and Bushra were long time believed to be very close to the party president Asfandyar Wali Khan. Khattak remained as senator while Bushra Gohar as member national assembly.

However, lately both seemed to have fallen from the grace by annoying or - what one of their senior colleague said – embarrassing the party central leadership on a number of issues by taking different positions to that of the party policy.

Within the party many believed both Khattak and Bushra are aware of the real situation. Both knew which one of their actions created confusions in the minds of the party workers - as referred to in the show cause notices- and when and where they embarrassed the party leadership.

This is not the first time that the nationalist party issued strong show cause notices to the senior leaders. In the past, party insiders say, such notices were also issued to Ajmal Khattak – who remained party central president- Muhammad Afzal Khan Lala and Latif Afridi. These leaders were latter expelled from the party on the bases of the show cause notices.

ANP secretary general Mian Iftikhar Hussain, on November 5, served two show cause notices one on the party senior vice president Bushra Gohar; and other on former senator and senior party leader Afrasiab Khattak. The notices were served on the advice of party central president Asfandyar Wali Khan.

Interestingly, both the notices have, however, not listed the specific acts or statements of Khattak and Bushra wherein violation of party discipline is committed.  In a more general way, the notices said that certain acts of the both the leaders committed in violation of party discipline have caused unrest and confusion among the party workers. Both have been instructed to submit their replies within seven days of the issuance of these letters.

As the notices did not specifically mentioned, are referred to the specific acts committed in violations of party discipline; or statements issued in violation of party policy; so the whole episode led to lot of speculations and rumors within the party ranks and country social political circles.

According to party sources, its known to majority of senior party leadership where and when Bushra and Khattak violated party policy and what are their activities that caused unrest, confusion among the party workers. However, it would have been much better had the show cause notices properly mentioned in detail the ‘undesired’ activities of Khattak and Bushra Gohar.

According to party insiders the actual differences started when Mashaal Khan was lynched to death by an angry mob in Abdul Wali Khan University. Though the party condemned this heinous act, however, resorted to play cautious due to the sensitive nature of the issue especially in Mardan and Swabi.

However, the group led by Afrasiab Khattak which also include Bushra Gohar and few others – known in the party ranks as NGO walas -  remained very much active causing lot of confusion among the party workers vis a vis party ambivalent position on the issue.

Second most important issue where the both the leaders seemed to have embarrassed the party leadership and caused confusion among the workers was the issue of Pakhtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM).

At one time, the party central President Asfandyar wali Khan issued instructions asking both the leadership and workers to distance themselves from PTM activities.

No doubt this decision of the party leadership was criticized, however, majority of the party activists have kept themselves aloof from activities of the PTM – a movement started by youth primarily from tribal areas from the rights of tribal people suffered due to military operations.

But here too both Afrasiab Khattak and Bushra Gohar disregarded the party policy and their leadership instructions. They continued actively supporting PTM activities and its hardline agenda publically leading to lots of confusions especially among the workers who wanted to be part of PTM activities but resisted due to party president instructions.

 Especially on the social media Bushra Gohar and Khattak played as prominent spokespersons for PTM vehemently defending PTM policies and their hardline positions vis a vis the state and security institutions. They disregarded the party policy in this connection, leading to confusion among workers and party activists particularly those sitting on the fences. There are also rumors within the party, that Afrasiab Khattak sb is keeping a strong group with in PTM.

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