What has been the political history of Dr. Allama Tahir Ul Qadri, who has claimed to this unfortunate nation to bring miraculous electoral reforms so as to discover the right leadership for the nation? Is he really an angel in disguise for this nation or another puppet of some hidden powers to promote their vested interests? Is it really in interest of the nation to stop them from his intended long march?
I have tried to find out answers to these questions by going through different news papers which I would like to share with you people in following lines.
Almost all the analysts are agreed that Allama’s Past is full of controversies which ranged from his claimed dreams of seeing our Holy Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (P.B.U.H.) (Naoo-zu-billah) to his advice to General Musharaf in October 1999 to take action against democratic government (After a week of his press conference General Musharaf took over Mian Nawaz Shareef’s government). His contradictory statements about Blasphemy law has also been centre of discussions as he gave different statements in Western media from the one he gave to Pakistan Media.
Some analysts admit that his demands to implement the clauses of Pakistan’s Constitution relating to role of election commission are genuine and based on true needs of the system. And according to this group of analysts and journalists if we focus more on ‘what is being said’ instead of emphasizing on ’who is saying’, there is a hope that he would be able to gather a great number of people in favor of bringing the desired electoral reforms/practices. Following are the significant clauses which he demands implementation thereon.
- A corrupt, defamed or defaulter should not be allowed to contest election. (Clauses: 62-63) (Though it is not practical to find an angel but known corrupted people should b e discouraged);
- Elections should be based purely on justice, transparency and independence. (Article 118)
- Moreover, Election Commission has no authority to take So-motto notice, and until other candidate/opponent raise the question, no action could be taken. This is not fair and is being exploited by collusion between the candidates/opponents.
However, a big majority of reputable analysts are also against Allama’s approach to raise his these demands, in addition to their reservations about the doubtful historical controversies that have been associated with him in the past. They are of the view that the nation has already been suffering loss of numerous lives due to this terrorism, and this effort to gather millions of people in this fearful and risky environment would not be a wise and sincere step. Alternately, Allama Should have approached Supreme Court for the justice on which he has always shown his trust in his every second speech.
Nobody can deny the need for change in our corrupt and biased system that is based on vested interests of the few individuals who exploit weaknesses of the electoral mechanism and useful idiots (Common Public/voters) whose votes are merely based on either their bias/partiality or some inevitable compulsions. I am not sure if Allama Sahib should be trusted and followed by the common public for the long march, but some initiatives are inevitable to be taken to get rid of this corrupt system and insensitive leadership that has endangered not only the lives of millions of people by not providing an effective solutions to eradicate the massive terrorist activities but also the reputation of the nation in front of the rest of the world. Since no other leader could stand and try to gather people to help them resolve the crises they are facing, the vacuum seems to be filled by the Allama Qadri. If all the analysts and political leaders who are against Allama Qadri, are truly sincere with the nation, they should come up with some alternate more effectively to bring the desired change, as the tolerance of the common people has crossed its limits.
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