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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Well I have heard many different rumours about Mr.Qadri’s history however I dont want to base my opinion on rumours but the very timing & the way things have been mobilized with not so clear agenda are the factors that lead me to believe that there is more to Mr TQ than what meet our eyes & all is not as simple as is being portrayed & as usual “Us” the people are being used as toys to fulfill someone’s ulterior motive…hope & pray that I am wrong & he actually is a messiah for our country in distress….Oh & shayan I must say good effort especially considering the fact that its not for marks…way to go bro 🙂
Dear Shayan, every body has its own truth and obviously everyone try to defend its truth with arguments whether logical or not. I was initially amazed that how can such a big liar got that much popularity, but when analyze, came to the point that, the Allama Sb.’s show which is getting attention of the nation since last 3 weeks is MORE because of his rhetoric and mesmerizing speeches, millions of rupees funding, strong backing from foreign elements THAN the sense of deprivation in the masses!
Dear Friends,
First of all I would like to thank you for sharing your comments.
Murtaza and Fahad! I have just tried to study various articles and news on this current topic so as to form a knowledge based opinion and share with you people. You may be right in raising doubts about the presence of hidden powers behind Qadri Sahib as most of the political analysts and journalists are of the same opinion that might be based on concrete facts. But you would agree that in present political scenario of the country, everybody has some vested interests instead of having intent to work in the interest of the nation and the main players with majority of vote bank are not an exception to this. My opinion is that If someone, even with doubtful background and foreign backing, has succeed in gathering a great number of people to register their protests against the insensitive and selfish governance of the country, even in addition to promoting his own interests (if you are really right: Please also identify what those interests are to help me understand things better), this success should be appreciated by us as well, and even Some reputable media persons including Mr. Ayaz Ameer and Mr. Javed Chaudhary are also appreciating these efforts. I personally feel that you and I are doing nothing to correct things except for having drawing room discussions and if some people have also taken practical steps to raise their voice, they deserve to be appreciated.
Well Dear, i am writing these lines just at the climax of the show when the so called “Declaration of Long March” is about to be announced after more than 5 hours negotiation between the “Yazeedi” forces & “Hussaini” forces or one can also say between the “Great Reformer” and “Ex-Ministers” but only one thing is coming in my mind again and again and that is a famous saying of Abraham Lincoln:
“You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can’t fool ALL of the people ALL of the time.”
And in my opinion, Shayan unfortunately the devoted and committed people to whom you are appraising belongs to the first ones’ of the quote!
I totally agree what Dr Tahir said. I will go little further that not only candidates but the voters should also qualify Art.62 & 63. In 1946 the elections which All India Muslim League under the leadership of QAIDE AZAM won, the voters have to fulfill the required qualifications.