Nawaz Sharif’s Shariat bill

The Express Tribune

By M Ziauddin

No Muslim, whether in name only or a practising one, would want to be publicly counted among those who do not wish to see Pakistan’s Constitution brought in full conformity with Shariah. Still, all the well-known religo-political parties (the Jamaat-e-Islami, the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam and all its factions, and Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan and all its factions) committed to rehashing our Constitution in accordance with Shariah could never win enough electoral seats in the elections they had contested in the past to achieve their objective. Even Nawaz Sharif, who won more than enough seats in his second term, could not succeed in getting his 15th constitutional amendment bill through, popularly known as the “Shariat bill”. The amendment was introduced on August 28, 1998 and the bill was passed on October 9, 1998 by a two-third majority. This bill empowered the prime minister to enforce what he thought was right and to prohibit what he considered was wrong in Islam and Shariah, irrespective of what the Constitution or any judgment of the court said. The amendment also added a new article (2B) in the Constitution, which said that the federal government shall be under an obligation to take steps to enforce the Shariah, to establish Salat, to administer Zakat, to promote Amer bil ma’roof and Nahi anil munkar (to prescribe what is right and to forbid what is wrong), to eradicate corruption at all levels and to provide substantial socio-economic justice in accordance with the principles of Islam, as laid down in the Holy Quran and Sunnah. This bill was opposed by about 16 MNAs, including the JUI and five independents. The ruling party’s main coalition partner, the MQM, abstained from voting. The Senate, where the PML-N was in minority, resolved not to table the bill. Sharif was so angry at this “defiance” of the upper house that he publicly demanded that the senators be forced to pass the bill. Earlier, the Senate, where the Islami Jamhoori Ittehad (an alliance opposed to the PPP) was in majority, had passed another Shariah bill called “The Enforcement of Shariat” as a private members bill on May 13, 1990, during the first government of Benazir Bhutto. The bill was moved by Qazi Abdul Latif and Maulana Samiul Haq in the Senate. After its adoption by a two-third majority in the Senate, it was sent to the National Assembly (NA) for adoption. But by the time it could be taken up, the president had dissolved the NA and the bill lapsed. Next, Sharif in his first term introduced the “Enforcement of Shariat Bill” in the two houses, which was adopted by simple majority. The Act sought interpretation of all laws in the light of Shariah and also sought setting up of commissions for Islamisation of educational and economic systems and the media, in addition to elimination of corruption, bribery, obscenity and ensuring an order based on Amr Bil Ma’roof and Nahi Anil Munkar. To cut a long story short, Sharif, who is perceived by his supporters to hold complete political sway over Pakistan’s biggest province and who in the past had almost succeeded in introducing Shariah, would perhaps appear to the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan and other jihadi outfits all yearning for a Shariah-compliant Constitution, as the ideal conduit to play the role of interlocutor — along with the JI and the JUI-F chiefs — in any peace talks with the army. And perhaps, more reassuring for these militant groups is the ambivalent position taken by the provincial government vis-à-vis the Punjab-based jihadi non-state actors during the last five years. Here, it would not be out of place to quote from a recently published book, Punjabi Taliban, by Mujahid Hussain. The author claims that according to information gathered from intelligence sources, there are some 150,000 insurgents belonging to jihadi and fundamentalist organisations active in Punjab and that it is Punjab that provides the majority of the terrorists and suicide bombers to various organisations active in Pakistan’s tribal region, thus negating the existing hypothesis that insurgency in tribal areas is driven by indigenous groups. The book has one chapter each on eight divisions of Punjab and gives a detailed account of the structure of radical, as well as terrorist organisations, infighting among different factions and related activities.

A fictitious diary of Nawaz Sharif

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Inshallah, you will see meray aziz humwatno, that your brother is going to win elections. Bathroom is coming of many people when they are realizing that my victory is sure shot, inshallah. I have also decided that if I am not winning election, then I am applying for high class international job. One possibility is Secretary General of UFO but Ban Ki Moon is there. When he goes, there will be opening and who knows, your brother might do it. Although, now Aung San Moon, he should retire. It's been too long. Other high post that is vacant is that of Pop. I am told it is good job in faith sector with good pay plus benefits. Also it is Rome based so it will be away from heat and dust and dirty of Pakistan. Watican is seeking highly credulous and experienced leader with some spiritual depth to lead organisation back into Dark Ages. They say they want "highly dogmatic individual with flair for ignoring evidence". Ad also says they will give bullet proof ice cream van, silly hat and red welwet slippers. But I don't think so Pop gets to do interesting things like tie the nut for Italian beauties when they get married. Also, it is not clear to me that what is breed of Dogma. I hope it is same as that of Dogpa. Otherwise Dogkids will be moguls. I have been to Rome. There are white plaster statues everywhere like in Las Vegas. I think so they are trying to copy Las Vegas. There are also fountains everywhere like on Rodeo Drive in Las Vegas. They are having a big round building called the Casinoleum. I saw it from outside only because I was sure it was again an attempt to copy Las Vegas beautiful casinos. Only thing that is missing is big big neon signs. I was very disappoint when I went to local bakery where they are not selling proper biscuits like Vanilla Creams or Cake Rusks. Also I was disgusted to find that every restaurant serves vine, which is haram, and nowhere you can find decent desi khana. Another problem in Rome is that everyone is Roman and they all speak Italian which is a foreign language unlike Angrezi, so there are too many foreigners in Rome, which is something that I am not liking. Batter to stick to politics. My spies are telling me that generals are plotting and planning delay of elections to deprive me of victory. It is their worst nightmare that your brother will become PM and take their class. They will be wise to remember my new motto:

"Jo vaada kiya voh nibhana paray ga,

Rokay zamana chahay rokay khudai,

Tum ko sabaq sikhana paray gaaaaaa ..."

Nawaz Sharif’s meeting with Deobandi leader of banned terrorist group Siph-e-Sahaba

Apparently Nawaz Sharif has agreed to forge a political alliance with Takfiri Deobandi militants of banned Sipah-e-Sahaba (ASWJ-LeJ) to enable further genocide of Shias, Sunni Barelvis, Ahmadis, moderate Deobandis and Wahhabis, Christians, Hindus etc.

Lashkar-e-Jhangvi's headquarters are in Punjab

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Interior Minister Rehman Malik told the media outside the Senate on Wednesday that he has written to the Punjab government to take action against the banned militant outfit Lashkar-e-Jhangvi.Malik added that action against the banned outfit will also be taken in Karachi and Balochistan. This followed a similar though slightly different line of what Malik said during the senate session which discussed law and order situation in the country. According to sources, Malik told the senate that the responsibility of the federal government is to provide information about possible terrorist attacks to local law enforcement but it was up to the provinces to take action on that intelligence. He pointed towards Punjab, who Malik said had taken benefit of information provided and averted a number of terrorist attacks. The interior minister insisted that security agencies have carried out successful operations to curb terrorist activities in the country, with 31 people belonging to various banned outfits having been arrested so far. Malik has said some elements are trying to destabilise Pakistan by promoting sectarianism. Taking part in the debate Mian Raza Rabbani said the country is at a cross roads and it was time to take difficult decisions to save Pakistan. He said that internal situation of the country is very critical and only political stakeholders can resolve it. Rabbani explained that the Quetta incident happened at a time when Gwadar Port’s operation was being handed over to Chinese authorities which reflects that some powers do not want a progressive Pakistan. The senator also opposed implementation of governor rule under article 245 of the Constitution and said whenever this article was talked about‚ Pakistan faced martial law. Abdul Nabi Bangash said that it is the need of hour to speak truth‚ no matter how bitter it is. Senator Abdul Haseeb Khan lamented that the role of parliamentarians is confined to discussions in the Senate and the National Assembly sessions and there is an impression that they cannot do anything to improve the law and order situation outside of it.Zahid Khan stressed the need to collectively draw framework to combat terrorism.

Evidence of PML-N’s support to banned terrorist groups

LUBP is releasing a new tag that is a collection of all the articles that highlight PML-N’s growing relationship with Takfiri Deobanid militants (Sipah-e-Sahaba aka ASWJ-LeJ), Jamaat-ud-Dawan (JuD aka LeT), Taliban and Al Qaeda. http://criticalppp.com/archives/tag/pmln-support-to-aswj-lej-taliban-alqaeda-let The Takfiri Deobandi and Takfiri Wahhabi terrorists of ASWJ-LeJ, JuD-LeT and Taliban have wreaked havoc on Pakistan’s (and also in neighbouring countries) Shia, Sunni, Ahmadi, Christian, Hindu and other communities. Please share this tag widely on mainstream and social media and also forward to all PML-N spokespersons and apologists. In particular, we ask pro-establishment fake liberals (some of whom shamelessly promote pro-ASWJ clerics as prophets of peace) how they continue to maintain their claims to liberalism while pandering to PML-N. http://criticalppp.com/archives/tag/pmln-support-to-aswj-lej-taliban-alqaeda-let

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Shahbaz Sharif’s jugglery

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So hilarious is this jugglery of Shahbaz Sharif

. Not a day goes by when he doesn't rail against the "rulers" of doing this or not doing that, debunking them for pushing the country to the brink. But is he the manager of a coffee shop, not the chief minister of Punjab, the nation's most populous province and a formidable entity politically? Or, does he think he is a "ruler" who is exceptional and poles apart from the others in incumbency at the centre and in the provinces?But Punjab is definitely no island of opulence, progress and prosperity. It is echoing with public discontent and despondency as loudly as are the other parts of the land. Indeed, his watch has seen things happening that had earlier happened not. The people are horrified seeing government schools functioning on the streets and even in graveyards and colleges running in such unimaginable premises as vacated jail cells. Terribly, the province's rural landscape stays strewn with state-run schools, having no building, no furniture, no toilets, not even drinking water. And even the urban Punjab has scores of schools with dilapidated buildings. And the province still boasts of hundreds of ghost schools that stay as such even as he has been in office for more than four years.He makes so much of his daanish school contrivance. But where is the wisdom that you let the whole state schooling infrastructure to rot and build a school or two for the talented poor? What kind of a priority indeed is this that you secure the future of a select few and let the budding talent of a huge lot of students enrolled on the vast state schooling system get smothered and snuffed out? What kind of populism is this for which the future of millions of students studying in government schools is ruined and ransacked?He crows deafeningly about his unmistakably politically-motivated populist laptop bonanza. But the people all around are crying foul, smelling too much of rat in the scheme where the lucky awardees are handed over the laptop in a bag bearing his full portrait in big size on the front. And it is either he himself or his family members who award these laptops to the winners at gaudy functions whose bill is paid out from the state exchequer as is the price of laptops. And yet he has the audacity to feign as if he is not from amongst the rulers, whose filching of the state money for personal enrichment and political aggrandisement he is so enamoured of recounting at the drop of a hat. Ironically, he has lately taken to joining and leading the protest marches of demonstrators against the painful power load-shedding that has ruined the nation's economy and is playing havoc with the people's daily lives. But when would he start participating in the demonstrations of Punjab's young doctors who are often on the street in protest against his unfulfilled pledges to review and revise their deplorable service conditions? When would he become part of protest of his domain's police-brutalised nurses and lady health workers lamenting the raw deal being dealt to them by his own administration? And when would he start leading the street marches of district administrations' employees who are sour that his government is not regularly releasing their salaries? There indeed is too much of perfidy to his "rulers" chant. But he surely is failing to deflect the people's attention from his own debacles, foibles and falls. Ask the bereaved families of those felled by the killer dengue fever or the contaminated medication of the Lahore cardiology facility. The people died and he looked on listlessly, only trying to pass the buck on to others for the casualties that fell like autumn leaves on his own domain. He may yelp giddily, Ali Baba and 40 thieves. But the people are least amused. And that generation is still alive and in its prime of life that heard the stunning stories of staggering bank-loans write-offs and devastating bursting of cooperative societies in the mid-1990s when the Sharif Inc. was at its political peak. The people are anyway not impressed by his political rhetoric. They hold him as inept, as incompetent and as incapable as they view Zardari, Gilani, Hoti or Riasani. They see no difference in them all. They hold them all as the chips of the same block. Shahbaz should know this. His "rulers" chant will come of no avail to him. He stands as discredited in the public estimation as do all others.

Shahbaz(lohar) Sharif's Ujala scheme darkens Punjab’s energy production prospects

The Punjab government’s new plan of attracting voters by distributing solar lamps is a waste of precious funds since the provincial government has not initiated any significant projects for power generation, sources told Pakistan Today on Wednesday. The Chief Minister’s Ujaala Programme will cost around Rs 3.5 billion and aims at distributing solar lamps to matriculation students who are enrolled in a government school and have secured more than 55 percent marks in grade 9. However, sources on good authority revealed that various proposals such as distributing electric fans and water coolers came up during deliberations, while solar lamps were preferred to enable students to study during severe power outages. “Basically, the project focuses on low-income households, especially those in the rural Punjab which experiences up to 18 hours of load shedding,” a senior official seeking anonymity told Pakistan Today. The official further revealed that the government had planned to distribute 200,000 solar-powered lamps, each costing a little less than Rs 12,000. Critics of the project, however, maintained that the Punjab government was trying to woo the voters through such short term projects that would prove to be very heavy on the national exchequer. “The government has allocated Rs 12 billion for power generation in this budget but no project has been initiated so far, while the government is again spending one-third of that amount on distributing solar lamps which is no solution to load shedding at all,” a senior official said, asking not to be named. The federal government had transferred the powers to generate electricity to the provinces after the 18th Amendment and the Punjab government had been facing a lot of criticism over its failure to generate electricity and for blaming the federal government. Talking to Pakistan Today, Energy Department Secretary Jehanzaib Khan said that the project had been initiated for the young students in the government set-up and had nothing to do with elections or voters. Answering a question, he said the government had completed the feasibility study of coal-based power generation projects and it would start off soon, while the chief minister had recently inaugurated a 4MW power generation project. He said that the provincial government was trying to find a long term solution to the load shedding issue.

Shahbaz Sharif's Daughter Ordered Beating of Bakery Worker for Not serving her in Off timings

Accountability Court summons Sharif family on August 6

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The Accountability Court IV headed by Chaudhry Abdul Haq on Saturday once again issued notices to the former twice-elected prime minister Nawaz Sharif and Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif and eight other members of their family and friends in three corruption references pending against them. The notices were issued to them on the application of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) for the reopening of the corruption references and the court directed NAB to ensure that the notices are served. The court adjourned the reference of the state vs Hudaibia Paper Mills till September 15 while two other references, the Ittefaq Foundries and state vs Mian Muhammad Sharif references, commonly known as the Raiwind assets case, were adjourned till August 6. Advocate Akram Sheikh represented the Sharif family in the Hudaibia Paper Mills reference while no one appeared in the two other references. The court directed the accused members of the Sharif family to file their representation in the two references by August 6. In the State vs Hudaibia Paper Mills Ltd reference, Akram Sheikh Advocate argued that he has not been provided with the NAB’s application for the reopening of these references. The court then directed NAB to provide him with the copy of the application and the copy was then provided. The AC judge asked advocate Akram Sheikh to assist the court regarding the stay order issued by a bench of Lahore High Court (LHC) Rawalpindi. Forwarding arguments in the state vs Hudaibia Papers Mills, Akram Sheikh said that these cases, after they were formed some 12 years ago, have continued to be adjourned sine die. So they lost their validity and effectiveness. There is not a single precedent in a criminal case for sine die adjournment, he argued. The court has also to see if it could summon the accused at the request of the prosecutor whereas an LHC bench has already issued stay order in these cases stopping the federation to proceed. As per law there is 30 days time for initiating trial proceedings in a corruption reference. Akram Sheikh further argued before the court that these cases were formed on political basis for vengeance. On previous orders of the court, notices were served on the two accused only and those too were incomplete. We appeared before the court after receiving information through media. Akram Sheikh requested the court to dismiss NAB’s application. NAB’s prosecutor Chaudhry Riaz argued before the court that the LHC issued stay orders stopping federation to proceed in these cases. The stay orders were not applicable to the NAB. The AC judge inquired the prosecutor if NAB was not an institution under the federation? The NAB prosecutor replied that the institution of NAB was formed to investigate corruption. He said that the Sharif family has been in exile after these cases were formed and then in 2007 there was National Reconciliation Ordinance. The sine die adjournment was granted to save the time of court. The NAB prosecutor said that Sharif brothers on one hand say that their cases were facing inordinate delay to decide and on the other hand want to close these cases. “Previously it was said that the references were not signed by the chairman NAB and now we got signatures of the chairman NAB on these cases,” the prosecutor added. After that the court put off hearing. There were three corruption references pending against Nawaz Sharif and his other family members. In one corruption reference by the title of State versus Hudaibia Paper Mills (Pvt) Ltd, nine members of the Sharif family were accused of committing corruption amounting to Rs642.743 million. As per NAB allegations the accused deposited ill-gotten money in the accounts opened in other persons’ names and used the money from these accounts to pay off loans of the “Sharif companies.” Mian Muhammad Sharif, Nawaz Sharif, Mian Shahbaz Sharif, Mian Abbas Sharif, Hussain Nawaz, Hamza Shahbaz Sharif, Mrs Shamim Akhtar (mother of Nawaz Sharif), Mrs Sabiha Abbas, Mrs Maryam Safdar and former federal minister M Ishaq Dar were the accused in this reference. It is worth mentioning here that the accountability court IV had abated this reference to the extent of Mian Muhammad Sharif after his death. Second corruption reference by the title of State versus Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif etc is of the Raiwind assets. Main allegation in this reference has been that the accused had acquired vast tracts of land upon which a number of palatial houses and mansions were constructed thereupon with pecuniary resources which appeared to be grossly disproportionate to their known sources of income. As per NAB allegations there involves an amount of Rs247.352 million. Apart from Mian Nawaz Sharif, his mother Shamim Akhtar was also an accused in this case. In third corruption reference by the title of State versus Ittefaq Foundries etc Nawaz Sharif, his brother Abbas Sharif and Kamal Qureshi were allegedly involved in corruption amounting to Rs1,063 million. The main allegation against the accused in this case was that M/s Ittefaq Foundries Ltd obtained cash finance from National Bank. As per NAB allegations the company wilfully defaulted to pay back the amount in 1994. All these references were either filed or investigated in 1999-2000 at the Accountability Court at Attock at that time. The cases later on were shifted to Rawalpindi after the establishment of accountability courts at Rawalpindi.

NAB court issues summons to Sharif brothers

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The summon-notices were issued by Rawalpindi’s accountability court on Wednesday. An accountability court in Rawalpindi summoned the records from the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) over three alleged corruption references against Sharif brothers. The three references include the alleged corruption cases of Hudaibia paper mills, Ittefaq Foundry and Raiwind farm. The court also issued summon-notices to PML-N leaders Shahbaz Sharif and Nawaz Sharif for July 28. The petition to open corruption references against the Sharif brothers was filed by the Chairman NAB Fasih Bukhari in the court of administrative judge Chaudhry Abdul Razzaq.

$418m corruption by Nawaz during his stints as PM: Book

PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif made financial gains of $418 million during his twice stints as Prime Minister of the country, according to a book entitled Capitalism’s Achilles Heel by Raymond W Baker. The book is a dossier on the corruption of most dominated political families in the history including Nawaz Sharif and how they accumulated their properties, factories and enormous wealth. According to the book, at least $160 million were pocketed by Nawaz Sharif during his first stint as the Prime Minister in the 1990, from a contract to build a highway from Lahore, his home town, to Islamabad, the nation’s capital. At least $140 million in unsecured loans from Pakistan’s state banks. More than $60 million generated from government rebates on sugar exported by mills controlled by Mr. Sharif and his business associates. At least $58 million skimmed from prices paid for imported wheat from the United States and Canada. In the wheat deal, Mr. Sharif’s government paid prices far above market value to a private company owned by a close associate of his in Washington, the records show. Falsely in?ated invoices for the wheat generated tens of millions of dollars in cash. The book review went on to state that “The extent and magnitude of this corruption is so staggering that it has put the very integrity of the country at stake.” Under Sharif, unpaid bank loans and massive tax evasion remained the favorite ways to get rich. Upon his loss of power the usurping government published a list of 322 of the largest loan defaulters, representing almost $3 billion out of $4 billion owed to banks. Sharif and his family were tagged for $60 million. Like Bhutto, offshore companies have been linked to Sharif, three in the British Virgin Islands by the names of Nescoll, Nielson, and Shamrock and another in the Channel Islands known as Chandron Jersey Pvt. Ltd. Some of these entities allegedly were used to facilitate purchase of four rather grand flats on Park Lane in London, at various times occupied by Sharif family members. In 1999 Musharraf had Sharif probed, tried, convicted, and sentenced to life in prison, but then in 2000 exiled him to Saudi Arabia. Twenty-two containers of carpets and furniture followed, and, of course, his foreign accounts remained mostly intact. Ensconced in a glittering palace in Jeddah, he is described as looking “corpulent” amidst “opulent” surroundings.

876 security personnel guarding Sharif family

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Sharif Family, one of the most politically influence families in the country, and ministers of Punjab province have deputed 876 security personnel to protect their homes, offices and family members.

These security personnel giving round the clock security duty are from police and Elite Force. The cost of their salaries, vehicles and other expenses is millions of rupees annually to national wealth. “But the other scene in the province is hundred of incidents of roberies, terrorism and kidnappings are being held everyday making the law and order situation bad to worse,” security officials told.

Over 100 of security personnel are deputed only for the protection of head of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz Sharif and his family. “They are basically responsible for protection of Nawaz Sharif, Captain Safdar, son in law of Nawaz, Mariam Nawaz, Hussain Nawaz, Kulsoom Nawaz and kids of the family,” the sources revealed. “Any movement of these persons means consumption of official resources and such scenes are common in Raiwind, the area where house of Sharif family is situated,” they added. They say security guards for Chief Minister of Punjab Shahbaz Sharif and his family inlcuding Hamza Shahbaz, Salman Shahbaz and Nusrat Shahbaz are in addition to guards of Nawaz family. “Deploying government personnel on personal protection is creating a VIP culture in the province,” the sources said. “To improve law and order situation in the province, it would be better for Sharif family to withdraw their guards or at least decrease the number to minimum.”

Do you need a laptop?

by Hina Khan

Those who believe themselves to be the champions of educational reforms are the most ignorant members of our society. Out of their sheer stupidity and for their own vested interests, they attempt to impose on us Western ways, techniques and systems without bothering to think about their suitability for our peculiar economic, social, cultural and religious condition. During the final days of his life, when Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah was battling against his fatal illness in Ziarat, the head of the his Medical team was Colonel Elahi Buksh , who afterwards, wrote an excellent book based on his recollection of those days. According to him, even at the time when Quaid’s health was rapidly deteriorating, he was extremely careful about spending public money. Once, talking to him, the Quaid said, “it is a sin to waste money and even worse if it is public money” Contrary to the noble example set by the Quaid regarding public money, there are our present rulers, who regard the public money as their ancestral property and spend it most lavishly for their own luxuries or for the consolidation of their own vote bank. The latest example of this shameful phenomenon is the Punjab Government’s laptop scheme, under which students at graduate and post graduate level are being given laptops, with the apparent objective of making them more communicative, knowledgeable and research-oriented. But every sensible person who has slightest knowledge of our students is fully aware of the fact that this scheme is a mare political stunt, a sheer wastage of public money and an exercise in futility, bringing more harm than good. There is no denying the fact that computer and internet are among the most spectacular technological inventions of our time, making every type of knowledge and information accessible to us by the click of a button and making global communication possible for everyone everywhere in the world. Their multiple advantages for the students as well as professionals are undeniable, especially in those fields where research is really needed and appreciated. But it also an all-admitted fact that in general, our educational and examination system, especially at graduate level, neither encourages research nor requires it. In most cases, our students are required books and get through the examination. Mastermind of the laptop schemes are gravely mistaken if they believe that all those who have received laptops will vote for them in coming general elections, a number of students are of the view that while they are delighted on getting free laptops, they will not vote for PMLN instead they will vote for PTI or PPP because the “sincerity” of Punjab government with the students has already been exhibited by its mishandling of intermediate results and its highly UNPOPULAR B.S. Honor’s programme. Moreover, the recipients of laptops are now urging their parents (many of whom are poor) to arrange high speed internet connection to enable them to conduct their so-called research. At a time when prices of everything are already skyrocketing, one wonders as how poverty-stricken parents with their already meager resources can buy high speed internet connections for their children because the monthly charges for each such connection are not less than one thousand rupees. While the laptop scheme is being eulogized in the government circles, the opposition parties have already started pointing out massive corruption and irregularities involved in it. PMLQ members of the Punjab Assembly have accused the Punjab government officials of devouring commission worth 1.85 billion rupees through this scheme. These allegations may be true or false, but every impartial analysis is sure to conduct that the laptop scheme is mere with white elephant. If the Punjab government had billions of rupees and was really keen to spend the money for the welfare of the students, it could easily have been spent on far more useful and constructive educational projects. It could have been used for providing scholarships to the students for paying their examination fee. Somebody has rightly suggested that one new laptop costs fifty to sixty thousand rupees, and it would have been much better if instead of giving such costly laptops, each of the students had been given one UPS, which costs around fifteen thousand rupees. In that case, the whole family of the each student would have been benefited from it and thanked the government for alleviating the suffering and hardships caused by the unending and torturous load shedding. However, this type of wisdom can only be expected from those who are wise, but alas! Our rulers are not wise, they are otherwise.

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