So let the people see the colour of money in times of peace where the state doesn’t need to spend colossal amounts of the people’s wealth on the army. And let manifestoes ask and answer these questions for the benefit of the people and the nation state.
Meanwhile, the All Parties Democratic Movement (APDM), led by the PMLN chief Mr Nawaz Sharif, is expected to convene again to decide whether or not all its members wish to boycott the January 2008 elections. But this session will probably be redundant and may even be boycotted (sic!) by the likes of the JUI of Maulana Fazlur Rehman who has categorically refused to boycott the elections. And looking at the kind of aplomb with which he faces his rival, Qazi Hussain Ahmed, within the clerical alliance MMA, his party is squarely behind him. And there is the PPP which opted out of the APDM because of the MMA and now says it will participate in elections with the black arm-band of protest.
The Maulana rebukes Mr Nawaz Sharif for heeding parties “that exist only on letter pads”. This accusation has also been voiced by another small-party representative, from the ANP, saying Mr Sharif is surrounded by “low-stakes” leaders who want him to believe that agitation will soon force a mid-term election. Anyone surveying the scene will vouch that the PMLN is bound to gain if it participates. However, there is danger in waiting till the constitution is changed into allowing him to become prime minister again. It is more important to keep the party alive now that he is at the top of the list of popular leaders than agitate and wait for a change that may or may not come.
Meanwhile, the All Parties Democratic Movement (APDM), led by the PMLN chief Mr Nawaz Sharif, is expected to convene again to decide whether or not all its members wish to boycott the January 2008 elections. But this session will probably be redundant and may even be boycotted (sic!) by the likes of the JUI of Maulana Fazlur Rehman who has categorically refused to boycott the elections. And looking at the kind of aplomb with which he faces his rival, Qazi Hussain Ahmed, within the clerical alliance MMA, his party is squarely behind him. And there is the PPP which opted out of the APDM because of the MMA and now says it will participate in elections with the black arm-band of protest.
The Maulana rebukes Mr Nawaz Sharif for heeding parties “that exist only on letter pads”. This accusation has also been voiced by another small-party representative, from the ANP, saying Mr Sharif is surrounded by “low-stakes” leaders who want him to believe that agitation will soon force a mid-term election. Anyone surveying the scene will vouch that the PMLN is bound to gain if it participates. However, there is danger in waiting till the constitution is changed into allowing him to become prime minister again. It is more important to keep the party alive now that he is at the top of the list of popular leaders than agitate and wait for a change that may or may not come.
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