You know, I was going to crack a lot of jokes on how the Government of Pakistan knows exactly who many bombers are going to strike the Chief Justice and Benazir Bhutto. The government always has the prediction correct. The CJ rally in F-8 was attacked. Similarly, there was an incident in the 18th of September. The prediction was also correct about the 12 of May 2007. I was also going to joke about the fact that Generals should be incarcerated tin order to improve the law and order situation in Pakistan.
But one should not joke about a time when a Mad king runs Pakistan and he is willing to kill his own just to keep himself in power. What is a joke going to be now?
Saturday, November 24, 2007
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Sorry, I was wrong! Musharaff Cannot be Fired!
He cannot be fired. The last person who tried to do this was sent to jail. John Negroponte might not be sent to jail but he might be dealing with a man who is to stubborn to know the honorable thing to do from the things that is in "National interest".
First Martian Dictionary
Main Entry:
1na•tion•al
Pronunciation:
\ˈnash-nəl, ˈna-shə-nəl\
Function:
adjective
Date:
1999
1 : of or relating to a the interest of General Parvez Musharaff
2 : of or relating to the interest of the military junta of Pakistan
3 : of or relating to the interest of jokers who support the General
First Martian Dictionary
Main Entry:
1na•tion•al
Pronunciation:
\ˈnash-nəl, ˈna-shə-nəl\
Function:
adjective
Date:
1999
1 : of or relating to a the interest of General Parvez Musharaff
2 : of or relating to the interest of the military junta of Pakistan
3 : of or relating to the interest of jokers who support the General
Friday, November 16, 2007
General Musharaff, You are fired!
He is going to be fired. Here is the reason why.
General Musharaff is the CEO of a commercial enterprise that provides security services across the country. Please note that related businesses are also army owned but they are not controlled by general Musharaff directly and therefore are not included in this analysis.
The revenue comes from two sources. The numbers are given for the year 2007 are estimated below.
Revenue from people of Pakistan: US$ 18.6 billion (this includes the entire defense burden). Officially the budget is estimated to be US$ 4.1 billion for the year 2007.
Service revenue from War on Terror: US$ 1.42 billion per year (average for seven years)
The revenue per employee is an estimated US$ 32,000 per year. Please note that the US$ 18 billion is contributed from the 165 million bloody civilians. The average revenue per subscriber is estimated to be US$ 112 per person (remember that the government itself claimed that the average per capita income in estimated to be US$ 900 per year). The US on the other hand makes a single contribution to if US$ 1.42 billion to the business. For this they have gotten an ineffective contractor in the war against terror.
Now the US government want its moneys worth and they have been asking the army to do more. The Bush administration is being pressured by the US tax payer to make stop using their money for the mess that is being created in Pakistan. They might withdraw that money and give it to Afghanistan instead or India. But that is a risk they would probably want to change the CEO. If the Mad kind resists then he would be thrown out. The shareholders would not want to loose revenue.
General Musharaff is the CEO of a commercial enterprise that provides security services across the country. Please note that related businesses are also army owned but they are not controlled by general Musharaff directly and therefore are not included in this analysis.
The revenue comes from two sources. The numbers are given for the year 2007 are estimated below.
Revenue from people of Pakistan: US$ 18.6 billion (this includes the entire defense burden). Officially the budget is estimated to be US$ 4.1 billion for the year 2007.
Service revenue from War on Terror: US$ 1.42 billion per year (average for seven years)
The revenue per employee is an estimated US$ 32,000 per year. Please note that the US$ 18 billion is contributed from the 165 million bloody civilians. The average revenue per subscriber is estimated to be US$ 112 per person (remember that the government itself claimed that the average per capita income in estimated to be US$ 900 per year). The US on the other hand makes a single contribution to if US$ 1.42 billion to the business. For this they have gotten an ineffective contractor in the war against terror.
Now the US government want its moneys worth and they have been asking the army to do more. The Bush administration is being pressured by the US tax payer to make stop using their money for the mess that is being created in Pakistan. They might withdraw that money and give it to Afghanistan instead or India. But that is a risk they would probably want to change the CEO. If the Mad kind resists then he would be thrown out. The shareholders would not want to loose revenue.
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
The Sadness of King Musharaff
There are some scary things that are happening. King Musharaff is loosing it and it is not a benign madness but there are signs of a psycho pathology. This Sunday when King Musharaff faced the media he did something that sent shivers. He openly said that the foreign media should be given priority over the "bloody civilians" that had come to question the general. The General spoke in English. He seemed to give more preference to his western donors than the local tax payers. This can only mean thing that the brutality that the public, media and the judiciary is being subjected to is just the tip of the ice berg. There is more to come.
There is even more to the madness that meets the eye. Here is the excerpt from this latest interview. I think I am pretty good at speaking Martian but the meaning was totally lost to me. Read on.
"I do feel let down when people don't understand. But let me say, I feel more let down, not by the governments because I know how they feel, I have spoken to so many world leaders, so many world leaders have rung me up. So you don't know what they have told me, ok?
Now, I am disappointed and let down by the media. Let me put it very bluntly. It is the media which is creating negative vibes on the terrorist front because how you report what you do, encourages, makes heroes of terrorists and lets down those who are fighting against terrorists. I'm talking of the Western media as well as parts of Pakistani media. You distort sometimes without knowing, maybe it is unintentional, in many cases, several cases that I know there are people who intentionally distort to let down somebody. There is, in Pakistan at least, there is a political element involved. So therefore my disappointment and dismay is that we may ultimately lose this battle against terrorism because of the way the media projects the counter-terrorism war. That is my inner feeling."
Post a comment if you understand what is happening. This was said by a man who commands 620,000 armed men and has the dangerous privilege to command nuclear weapons. Can this man really be trusted with all this power when clearly he is loosing not only control over the northern areas of Pakistan but there is good reason to doubt that he is loosing control over his own sense. The woman who was interviewing him asked him a question on Sunday. He asked her if she was there or not.
He also said that he had asked a lot of people and they had confirmed that the emergency was the way. He clarified that these were not the "yes men" but people who say their mind. Here is another sign that the general is loosing it. He cannot tell the difference between yes men and people who say their mind. If the general was in his sense he would have known that there are a million voices that are asking him to get out. Can he hear them? Are the voices in his head getting louder? What are they going to tell him next? How scared are you?
Comments are welcome.
There is even more to the madness that meets the eye. Here is the excerpt from this latest interview. I think I am pretty good at speaking Martian but the meaning was totally lost to me. Read on.
"I do feel let down when people don't understand. But let me say, I feel more let down, not by the governments because I know how they feel, I have spoken to so many world leaders, so many world leaders have rung me up. So you don't know what they have told me, ok?
Now, I am disappointed and let down by the media. Let me put it very bluntly. It is the media which is creating negative vibes on the terrorist front because how you report what you do, encourages, makes heroes of terrorists and lets down those who are fighting against terrorists. I'm talking of the Western media as well as parts of Pakistani media. You distort sometimes without knowing, maybe it is unintentional, in many cases, several cases that I know there are people who intentionally distort to let down somebody. There is, in Pakistan at least, there is a political element involved. So therefore my disappointment and dismay is that we may ultimately lose this battle against terrorism because of the way the media projects the counter-terrorism war. That is my inner feeling."
Post a comment if you understand what is happening. This was said by a man who commands 620,000 armed men and has the dangerous privilege to command nuclear weapons. Can this man really be trusted with all this power when clearly he is loosing not only control over the northern areas of Pakistan but there is good reason to doubt that he is loosing control over his own sense. The woman who was interviewing him asked him a question on Sunday. He asked her if she was there or not.
He also said that he had asked a lot of people and they had confirmed that the emergency was the way. He clarified that these were not the "yes men" but people who say their mind. Here is another sign that the general is loosing it. He cannot tell the difference between yes men and people who say their mind. If the general was in his sense he would have known that there are a million voices that are asking him to get out. Can he hear them? Are the voices in his head getting louder? What are they going to tell him next? How scared are you?
Comments are welcome.
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Learn to Speak Martian 2
Here is another lesson on Martin, the official language that would be spoken since the Martians invaded ten days a go.
Here are some exampled from the Martian run news agency. You can find more of them on the following website www.app.com.pk.
Remember that Martian is diametrically opposite to English and logic and reason don’t apply. With that we start todays lesson.
Pakistan’s geo-strategic location, conducive policies attracting investment: President
Translation: Why the f*&% would you invest in Pakistan? Don’t you have any better place to invest? I have taken this place to the dogs. If you are too dumb to not realize that, then you should suffer the consequences.
Islamabad Consumers Protection (Amendment) Ordinance, 2007 promulgated
After the media and the judiciary it is time for the ordinary consumer to take a banana in the hole.
Price Control and Prevention of Profiteering and Hoarding (Amendment Ordinance, 2007 promulgated)
Just in case you escaped the first one. Here is another one to control the dangerous public.
People across country laud elections announcement: PM
People in the country would be laughing their asses off if the situation was not that serious. This is a great achievement.
Journalists’ economic empowerment government achievement: Durrani
Yes the journalists in Pakistan are having a ball of time. Their jobs are secure and they are allowed to work fearlessly as possible. Yeah right.
Here are some exampled from the Martian run news agency. You can find more of them on the following website www.app.com.pk.
Remember that Martian is diametrically opposite to English and logic and reason don’t apply. With that we start todays lesson.
Pakistan’s geo-strategic location, conducive policies attracting investment: President
Translation: Why the f*&% would you invest in Pakistan? Don’t you have any better place to invest? I have taken this place to the dogs. If you are too dumb to not realize that, then you should suffer the consequences.
Islamabad Consumers Protection (Amendment) Ordinance, 2007 promulgated
After the media and the judiciary it is time for the ordinary consumer to take a banana in the hole.
Price Control and Prevention of Profiteering and Hoarding (Amendment Ordinance, 2007 promulgated)
Just in case you escaped the first one. Here is another one to control the dangerous public.
People across country laud elections announcement: PM
People in the country would be laughing their asses off if the situation was not that serious. This is a great achievement.
Journalists’ economic empowerment government achievement: Durrani
Yes the journalists in Pakistan are having a ball of time. Their jobs are secure and they are allowed to work fearlessly as possible. Yeah right.
An Image Of Defiance
This is the most powerful image that has come out of this movement. I don’t know much about this protest but the image just held me for a while. There is hope. At least that is what I would like to think for today.
Don’t pay your cable bill. Put pressure back. Spread the message.
Here is a simple action that would allow you to ensure that your protest is registered with a bang.
Call your cable operator and make sure that he understands that.
If you make the payment you are supporting the tyranny that rules Pakistan today. You could further help by simply spreading this message to friends and families.
Call your cable operator and make sure that he understands that.
If you make the payment you are supporting the tyranny that rules Pakistan today. You could further help by simply spreading this message to friends and families.
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