Pakistan's real civil war

Qabza, or trespassing has become a way of life in Pakistan. We have at the top of the ladder politicians who have qabza over their political parties: Bonapartist Generals who once appointed Army Chieftake qabza of the service and then the country:  Bureaucrats who serve on and on, and on: businessmen who form cartels; and tenants who don't pay rent. There are such people in both the public and private sector. The qabza mentality divides our nation down to the bottom of the social ladder where we have the poor who squat on land they don't own, and then demand ownership rights There are those who voluntarily abide by the law, and those who openly break the law, knowing that its enforcement is weak. The real civil war is between those who want justice and law enforcement, and those who thrive in its absence. It is not about the rich versus the poor. It is not about the religious versus the secular. It is about the law abiding versus those with a qabza mentality. Pakistan is not the only country with this problem. It exists in most countries. In America we have the Democrats and Republicans both crawling over each other in subservience to Zionist and corporate money, just to gain or retain power. America is now the greatest democracy...... of corporate interests In Russia Putin survives with the support of mafias. China's Communist party has enriched itself beyond belief, by serving the interests of big business. The problem with governance in the post monarchy era has been the convergence of state power and the corporate power that finances the continued election of politicians who serve its interests. This is classic Fascism. The power of fascism is then unleashed on the people who oppose the power of Government. The difference between Pakistani society and society in non-fascist countries is the apathy and resignation to fate in Pakistanis. In other countries there is continued awareness and infighting to keep the state machinery in check. In other countries people fight for ownership of their country. But there is now an awakening in Pakistan led by the Lawyers, and the Chief Justice of Pakistan, the most honourable Mohammed Iftikhar Chaudhry.  He is the first Chief Justice of Pakistan to have opposed Fascism and be supported by the people. Others like him were not supported by the people because of apathy, and peoples conditioned belief that Military rulers and people's representatives will look after their interests. Fascism works by strengthening the Executive, weakening the Judiciary, de-fanging Parliament, and controlling media to keep the focus away from the real issue of how the people's money is being spent.  The Executive is strengthened by appeasement of, or alignment with militant forces, and through distortion of the Constitution. The Parliament becomes a rubber stamp because members who support the Executive are allowed freedom of fascist action in their constituencies. The media moguls are appeased and their journalists coerced, or bought. The Judiciary is weakened by coercion, denial of infra-structural support, and total Executive control over appointments. The first Tehreek-e-Azadi won freedom from external oppressors. The second Tehreek-e-Azadi against internal oppressors, the people with Qabza mentality, can only be won after the Judiciary becomes independent. This will only happen with the support of all the people of Pakistan. That is why it is important for all Pakistanis to come out and support the Lawyers movement for restoration of the Judiciary to its pre 3rd November 2007 position. That is the Judiciary that will look to the people as their source of power, and not to the Executive as their source of power. That will be the Judiciary that will establish the independence of the Judiciary. That will be the first blow to the qabza mentality trespassers of power and money and land in Pakistan. The writer is former Chief of the Naval Staff

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