Pakistan Headlines 22/07/2014
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
Regime Makes Dua for End of Power Shortages
Conceding that the country had been in grip of the worst-ever electricity crisis over the past three days, Water and Power Minister Khawaja Mohammad Asif apologised to the nation on Monday 14 July 2014 and expressed the hope that Allah the Almighty would bestow some relief in about two days and there would be a drop in temperatures.
So, the regime has moved on from saying it would end power shortage in six months, to saying it will take three years, then a full two terms. Now, it is not giving an end point and making Dua for rain to reduce temperatures! Moreover, this Dua is from a regime that is implementing Kufr laws day and night, disobeying Allah (swt) flagrantly and then making Dua for him. Its implementation of Kufr laws includes the privatization of the public property of the Ummah, electricity, which is the cause of the electricity shortages because the new private owners are not able to provide electricity as a service and are forced to operate on a profit basis. So despite Pakistan's installed capacity being greater than its needs, the private owners are not able to produce electricity because of the failure of the government to pay its dues or provide fuel for generation. And this Dua comes at a time the people are fasting, at the hottest most humid time of the year, with people fainting through heat exhaustion.
Furthermore, the regime should consider that should the people's Dua be accepted, for Allah swt does not refuse the Dua of the fasting person and the oppressed, the regime is in trouble. For the answer to this Dua is the removal of this regime and its replacing by a sincere leadership, ruling by Islam and comprehensively implementing Islam. Such rulers will make a Dua that is accepted inshaaAllah for they will make it after seeking Allah's (swt) Pleasure.
The People Demand Pakistan's Armed Forces are Deployed to Defend Palestine
On 12 July 2014 the brother of the Prime Minster, Chief Minister of Punjab, Shahbaz Sharif commented on his Facebook page, "Heart-wrenching visuals from Gaza ... Israel's brutality and barbarity against unarmed civilians of Gaza is highly condemnable and totally unacceptable ... In these testing times, we stand by our brothers and sisters in Gaza who are facing inhumane treatment... May Allah (swt) protect and bless the people of Gaza!"
Expressing the sentiments of the Muslims in Pakistan, a Muslim accounted this ruler saying, "Sir, we must answer to Allah... for what do we have a nuclear bomb... glad tidings that Jannah is the reward for those who liberate Bayt ul-Maqdis... Sir, do not humiliate us any more... War is the need of the time... Our sisters are waiting for us. And if we do not stand, then Mr. Shahbaz, the time is not far when your son, Hamza, and our children will be obliterated in a similar manner... Allah swt has given an opportunity for you to be successful in the Hereafter... so do something please." And it has been noticed that there has been a surge in the viewings of the video from Hizb ut Tahrir in Palestine, to the order of hundreds of thousands, calling the Pakistan armed forces to liberate Al-Aqsa, whilst the common opinion amongst the people is that the armed forces must be mobilized,
Indeed, there is good in the Muslims of Pakistan, who feel the pain of their brothers in Palestine and are willing to ignore their own suffering for their Muslims brethren. Throughout Pakistan the dominant opinion is anger against the rulers of Muslims for their failure to protect the Muslims of Palestine. Moreover, the awareness is such that the Muslims are specifically demanding the mobilization of the armed forces, including the powerful Pakistan's armed forces. InshaaAllah the day is not far when the people will have rulers who are good like them, who will fear Allah (swt) as they do, love the Ummah as they do and who will mobilize the powerful armed forces against the enemy oppressors wherever they are.
Like Nero, Opposition and Rulers Play Fiddle as Pakistan Burns
The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf has decided to seek the support of other parties in the opposition for its proposed Aug 14 march. The PTI's core committee held an extensive session at the residence of party chief Imran Khan in Banigala late on Tuesday night, 15 July. A majority of the party's leaders, according to a participant of the meeting, believed that "moral support" of other parties, particularly the PPP, would strengthen the PTI's hand in its demand for electoral reforms and for investigation into its claims of fraud in the May 2013 general elections.
The country is burning and the opposition is tussling with the ruling to seek ruling in a system which is the cause of igniting the fires. It is Democracy which has led to rampant inflation, electricity shortages, excessive taxation, insecurity at the hands of foreign spies and assassins and corruption. There is no revolution, change or progress, whilst Democracy remains in place as the system that rules by Kufr.
Our declined state is because the ruling by Islam has been untied, the Khilafah "Caliphate" abolished in 1342 AH, 1924 CE, and now one after the other, our matters are unraveling! RasulAllah (saw) said, «لتنقضن عرى الإسلام عروة عروة فكلما انتقضت عروة تشبث الناس بالتي تليها فأولهن نقضا الحكم و آخرهن الصلاة» "The knots of Islam will untied, one by one, and every time a knot is untied the people will hold fast to the one that follows it. The first of them to be untied is the Ruling (الحكم), and the last of them is the Salah." [Reported by Ahmad in his Musnad, Ibn Hibbaan and al-Haakim].
This Ramadhan, let us all work for ending the rule of oppressors and restoring the Khilafah "Caliphate". The situation is on our side, the entire world is talking about Islam, the Ummah is turning to its Deen with seriousness and the discussion about the need for Shariah, Islamic constitution and Khilafah "Caliphate" has reached every area and level of our country, including our powerful armed forces.
Raheel-Nawaz Regime Expresses Willingness for Dialogue for Submission Before India
Foreign Office spokesperson Tasnim Aslam addressed a weekly press briefing on Thursday 18 July and made clear the Raheel-Nawaz regime's willingness for talks, reiterating its stance that all outstanding disputes between the two countries should be resolved through dialogue. She was asked to comment on Indian defense minister's recent expression of his his desire to settle all issues, including the issue of Jammu and Kashmir, in a peaceful manner.
The master of the Raheel-Nawaz regime, the United States, is at the height of ecstasy for the return of the BJP to rule, since those loyal to America became the rulers in India and Pakistan. So it is expected for America to ask its agents in Pakistan, led by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to provide more concessions to India to strengthen its position i.e. the position of India in the face of China. In other words, US wants to stop the state of conflict between Pakistan and India, but at the expense of Pakistan... The main issue that weighs heavily on the bilateral relations is the disputed Kashmir region, followed by the presence of armed Islamic groups active in India, which New Delhi accuses Pakistan of supporting them. It is expected that America would press on its agent Nawaz Sharif to make significant and dangerous concessions for the benefit of India in Kashmir to appease the Hindu extremist, Narendra Modi, and his party. And that America will press on Nawaz Sharif to pursue the militants in Kashmir to eradicate the so-called terrorism, so that it is able to make India focus on confronting the rising China.
The like of this has occurred when the BJP was in power between the years 1998 and 2004, where Pakistan made concessions in Kashmir in favor of India to strengthen American agents there and enhance its influence. Thus, Nawaz Sharif ordered the Pakistani army to withdraw from the Heights of Kargil after being liberated by the army and the Mujahideen in their heroic battles. This was after Nawaz Sharif visited US and met its president at that time, Bill Clinton on 04/07/1999. So, America pressured him to withdraw from it, and so he succumbed and ordered the withdrawal... Nawaz now continues in concessions, and the harbingers of that is that Nawaz Sharif took part in the inauguration ceremony of India's new prime minister, Modi, on 26/5/2014 and his meeting with him for an hour and a half during which Modi told him that: "Pakistan must prevent militants from using its soil to attack India and punish the perpetrators of the attack on Mumbai in 2008". (Reuters, 27/05/2014) But Nawaz Sharif showed weakness and subservience; he did not correspond by a response at the level equal to that, but he merely told reporters, "He held a warm and cordial bilateral meeting with Modi". He says these words, while still the events of Indian state of Gujarat are present in the minds of Muslims. In 2002, when Narendra Modi became a chief minister of Gujarat, the Hindus did atrocities against Muslims led to the deaths of more than 2,000 Muslims and the displacement of about 100 thousands of them and they continue to suffer the repercussions of this displacement and did not return to their homes. The territorial Government did not help them or the Central Government of India, and also did not raise the issue of India's support for separatists in Balochistan province of Pakistan. Thus, instead of Nawaz Sharif addressing the India's new Prime Minister, Modi, and at least throwing all this at his face, rather he was weak in front of him in accordance to the requirements of the American policy of making Pakistan appease India!
Fruits of Privatization of Public Property, Higher Electricity Bills for Less Electricity
Dawn reported on 20 July 2014, "People are paying more for less electricity in Pakistan... Among the top 15 contributors to CIP inflation, electricity was the biggest contributor after education which was slightly higher." Households are now experiencing a fivefold increase in electricity bills, even though they spend half the day without electricity. The electricity bill is now known as "double rent." Indeed, over the last fifteen years, since the Musharraf regime initiated a drive for privatization in the power sector.
The rise in electricity prices cripples the domestic economy because cheap power is an essential for a competitive local industry and another increase in utilities will only tie the hands of ordinary citizens further. However, the raised tariffs are intended to make public power assets attractive to private parties, including foreign ones who take the increased profits outside of the country.
Islam regards electricity and other strategic power assets as public properties which will not be given up in privatization. The Khilafah "Caliphate" will not deprive Pakistan by allowing electricity to fall into private hands but rather will undertake to improve power generation and supply as part of a drive to make the Pakistani economy self-subsistent and strong.