NAWAZ SHARIF AND SINDH – PART II

 

DATED: 19^TH DECEMBER 2011

MORNING NOTES BY TAJ HAIDER

NAWAZ SHARIF AND SINDH – PART II

1.     Hand in glove with the establishment of Pakistan Mian Nawaz Sharif continued his machinations against Democracy, Pakistan Peoples Party and Sindh the bastion of democratic struggle in Pakistan.

2.     Our goals included the strengthening of the Federation as a priority goal. For this purpose we tried to bring all linguistic and nationalist parties in the political mainstream. Unfortunately, Mian Sahib, while pursuing his personal gains and gains for his group is ever ready to cross all lines. Weakening of the Federation itself if it benefited him personally was not something beyond Mian Sahib. He did his level best to frustrate the efforts of the PPP to take linguistic and nationalist parties on board, and to bring them in political mainstream.

3.     In spite of its heavy majority in Sindh Assembly and being by far the largest group in the National Assembly Pakistan People's Party had thought it wise to negotiate and conclude an agreement with MQM and to take them in government, both in the province as well as the centre. Mian Nawaz Sharif together with the Establishment conspired to break this partnership in order to bring a no confidence motion against the government of Shaheed Bibi Sahiba in the center. In a most unpolitical and undignified manner MQM leadership announced their disassociation with PPP and said that an agreement between them and Mian Nawaz Sharif had been concluded one month prior to the announcement of a break up.

4.     Late Mr. Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi having left his distinguished position in the PPP, had also lost his MNA home seat in Sindh in the 1988 elections. He was accommodated in a by-election from a vacated seat in Punjab. Unfortunately, he allowed himself to be used against the government of his parent party through bringing a no-confidence motion. The prime movers of this no-confidence motion were Mian Nawaz Sharif working hand in glove with the Establishment.

5.     After the no-confidence was defeated Sindh erupted in large scale riots and killings. Large areas in Sindh and Hyderabad Were vitually taken over by terrorists who went on a killing spree on ethnic lines. When the law enforcing authorities of the province tried to move in they were stopped by Army tanks. In a well worked out conspiracy to topple Bibi Sahiba's government Ghulam Ishaque Khan using powers given to him by the cursed Article 58(2)(b) of Zia ul Haq's 8^th Amendment made the law and order (which situation they had themselves created) one of the grounds to dismiss Bibi Sahiba's government.

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