They Could Not Prove Their Innocence in the Courts, and Now They are Running Away from the Election Because They Cannot Win the Election

  

They Could Not Prove Their Innocence in the Courts, and Now They are Running Away from the Election Because They Cannot Win the Election

Mujeeb Khan

 

 

 

Madam Kristalina Georgieva

Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund

The IMF Board of Directors will approve three billion dollars in aid to the government of Pakistan in a few days. It will be the first time in the history of the IMF that it will give aid to a government that is highly corrupt, with cabinet ministers including Prime Ministers facing corruption cases in the court and they were on bail. Prime Minister Imran Khan had taken a strong stance on the rule of law and against corruption. In his first address to the United Nations General Assembly, Prime Minister Imran khan appealed for help and cooperation from developed countries to end corruption in developing countries, especially Pakistan. But sadly, the developed countries did not respond in a positive way to it. The developed countries have a policy of choosing the leaders in developing countries in their own political interests. And developed countries did not consider the Imran Khan government to be in their interests. They have experience in dealing with corrupt leaders and it easily fits into their policies.

 If Donald Trump elected president of America, Pakistan would never have faced this situation, President Trump was a corporate business leader and he understood how much damage a corrupt manager causes to a company. The Corrupt Third World leaders are used by the leaders of developed countries as nuts and bolts in their foreign-security policies. The most corrupt leaders in Pakistan have come to power with the silent support of America and European countries. First, these corrupt leaders bribed the MPs of the coalition government to pave the way for a no-confidence vote against the Imran Khan government. Then Army Chief Javed Bajwa, who was retiring in a few months and leaving the country, bribed a five-hundred-pound gorilla, they took help from the Army Chief. Imran Khan’s government was overthrown by the military-political establishment. It became necessary for them to remove Imran Khan from power because they could not prove themselves innocent in corruption cases in the courts of law. After seizing power, they first took measures to end their corruption cases and made changes in the law, removing officials from various institutions whom they considered a threat to themselves. They had acquitted themselves in corruption cases by declaring they did nothing wrong. If the legal system in developed civilized countries does not work like this, then they should condemn what is happening in Pakistan.

Just as they were running away from facing the courts because they could not prove themselves innocent or “nothing did wrong” in the court, now they are running away from the elections because they cannot win the elections. They did not hold elections in the two provinces according to the constitution and they grossly violated the constitution. The Supreme Court had ordered the government to hold elections twice in the two provinces, but not holding elections was contempt of the court. The law minister of the government told the Supreme Court that the incidents of terrorism are increasing in the country, the situation is bad, and elections cannot be held. Then there were headlines in British newspapers that terrorism is rising in Pakistan. Then the reaction of the United States came, the government ran away hiding its face behind Army Chief General Asim Munir. Now the government-sponsored terrorism happening against the Tehreek-e-Insaaf’s leaders, workers and supporters harassed, tortured, and threatened. The government has closed all the doors of the media for Tehreek-e-Insaaf and its leaders. Despite this criminal campaign of the government, instead of leaving Imran Khan’s side, people are standing behind him with firm commitment. The military-political establishment staged the drama of May 9 in an extremely hypocritical manner, but it also had no effect on the public. In the end, it proposed to ban Tehreek-e-Insaaf for the duration of the election, and Imran Khan should disqualify.

The IMF Board of Directors must review this political behavior of the government before approving $ 3 billion in aid to Pakistan. A regime that does not respect the constitution, has insulted the Supreme Court, has broken the law, and is adopting undemocratic, unethical, unpolitical methods to exclude Imran Khan and his party from politics. Hope the IMF will not set a wrong example by assisting such a government.