We the people of Pakistan demand the following from our various power centres in the civil and military establishment:
- Minimal credible defense against external threats
- Maximum security from internal threats of terrorism, crime & violence
- Jobs & Prosperity for the common man
- Outlaw automatic weapons, eradicate the post-soviet gun culture, de-weaponize the populace
- Improved revenue collection of the rich and the filthy rich, start with Zardari, Sharif and generals and most of the parliamentarians from all parties.
- Universal Education for our greatest assets: our children
- Army stop behaving like a state within a state
- ISI stop behaving like a state within a state within an army
- Army be brought under the control and jurisdiction of the civilian government just like every other professional army in the world.
- Dissolve or control the rogue elements of the ISI; We don’t need 10,000 agents, employ 10,000 good teachers instead.
- Remove terrorist organizations from Pakistani soil
- Disassociate the state from any organization that engages in terrorists acts
- Cease taking aid from other countries by improving our own economy
- Cut costs & Pay back our national debt
- Liquidate mansions ‘belonging’ to generals, ministers et al and give funds to the families of soldiers killed or wounded in action
- Return funds looted from the treasury by our ‘leaders’
- Disengage from the ill-conceived strategic depth theory. Any invader of Pakistan would face not just the army but 180 million Pakistanis.
- Help stabilize Afghanistan so that the Afghan refugees in Pakistan can return to their homeland
- Reverse and roll back the ill-conceived policies of General Zia in all spheres of Pakistani society
- Protect minorities; While you’re at it, protect the majority!
- Improve the quality of drinking water
- Provide dependable electricity to our homes and businesses. (That is what other countries do)
- Reroute aid from Saudi and UAE to public projects instead of madrassahs
- Provide an alternative to Madrassahs for the country’s poor
- Never engage in improper behavior in the people’s name (like in East Pakistan)
- Don’t worry about India, worry about internal security; what is nuclear deterrence for?
- Keep the army out of foreign policy affairs; That is not army’s role
- Return Pakistan to highest per capita income in South Asia
- Promote an entente between Saudi Arabia and Iran for the greater interest of the muslim world
- Eradicate so called “Islamic” terrorists; Support Kashmir on the more than sufficient moral and legal grounds.
- Keep the army out of Cricket administration; surely this is not a military function
- Army stop using India as a bogey to maintain unjustified authority over national affairs
- Serve and Protect the people OR we will vote you out
- Behave like public servants
- The best defense in the modern era is national prosperity
- Strengthen OIC
- Reroute funding for Wahabism to Ihtejaadism.
- Let people pray as they wish per Jinnah’s vision
- Build some dams already
Actually, if you can do just 5 of the items in the list the qaum will appreciate it very much. Thanks.
