09-28-2003, 12:30 AM
Dear fellows!
I have been noticing a sudden swing to religious topics on these forums. I find this swing of pendulum a bit too extreme. All of a sudden, we are converted from a London dreaming youth to a stick carrying Tableege! I find this not only unnatural, but if i am allowed to say so, a bit fake. Heck, this beats St. Paul's conversion to christianity on the road to Damascus (and that was considered fast by my observers) . Therefore, i am suggesting this new topic which is purely political. Please i request not to make this paragraph a basis of new heated debate about religion.!! Thank you.
I have been observing recent developments in political arena in Pakistan. As we all know, Pakistan, is a key country in South Asia.
It is on the cross roads between central asia, middle east, and south east asia. The changes in Pakistan have repercussions beyond our borders.
As you all know, in recent past, most of the changes in Pakistan have their origions in foreign countries specially in North America. I have watched closely the recent visit of our President to U.S. and Canada. I got a distinct impression that something is brewing underneath the rosy picture painted by both sides.
General Mushraf has gained creditability with western world by his efforts to modernise Pakistan. In fact, his analysis are listened carefully in many capitals of western world. However, i found him a bit off-beat and not in his true self when he was talking to journalists this time around.
It seems there are certain events that are going to affect the current regime adversely in the comming months and year.
First of all, 2004 is an election year in U.S. We can only ignore the importance of this event at our own peril. There are well documented effects of election years on US economy, stock markets, and every thing in between. I have a feeling that US will expect some dramatic developements on the terrorism front in the run up to elections. Any guesses here. Yes, in plain english, there will be an expectation of netting some big fishes here in Pakistan. Now, our President is between a rock and a hard place here. He will be damned if he does something and will be damned if he doesn't do something. A hard choice in deed.
Secondly,as you all know, US is asking India and Pakistan to provide military support for operations in Iraq. Mr Vajpayee, a cunning bania as he is, trying to bargain the best deal for his country. He is making his support conditional on additional pressure on Pakistan about cross border incurssions into Kashmire. Of course, the official line is that India will only provide troops under U.N. mandate.
There is a lively debate going on in Turkey as well about sending troops to Iraq for peace keeping. My prediction is that Pakistan's policy in this regard will be in line with othe Muslim countries. However, this does put Pakistan's govt in a bit of tough position to justify it for domestic participants.
Thirdly, there are developments on domestic front which does not look favourable for powers in Islamabad. The opposition as i read is planning a movement somewhere from first week of October. Some of the exiled leaders have become hyper active again (Shahbaz is rumoured to be returning to Pakistan and BB is pitching for favour in Washington-perhaps she is in Washington at the moment) As we know the civilian govt which was toothless to start with, is becoming redundent very quickly. This is not a new story. The problems in third world countries are so overwhelming that they eat up the leadership in no time. People get disappointed very fast as they see no change in their daily lives from any govt. actions.
So my view is that some form of change is definitely going to sweep our country. Who will survive it and who will thrive on it, only the time will tell. Some of you might ask why is it relevant to accountants. It might not affect us directly, but as you know, our stock markets have been under watch by world investors. They have performed superbly in recent past. These events will definitely affect the investment world substantialy. Therefore, our interest is not only justified but professionaly necessary.
So fellows get your enginees started and get rolling. Say what you want and feel deep in your hearts. My only request is that we don't personalize the issues and be polite to each other.
Thank you
Edited by - Pervez on Sep 27 2003 75948 PM
Edited by - Pervez on Sep 27 2003 81528 PM
Edited by - Pervez on Sep 27 2003 82113 PM
I have been noticing a sudden swing to religious topics on these forums. I find this swing of pendulum a bit too extreme. All of a sudden, we are converted from a London dreaming youth to a stick carrying Tableege! I find this not only unnatural, but if i am allowed to say so, a bit fake. Heck, this beats St. Paul's conversion to christianity on the road to Damascus (and that was considered fast by my observers) . Therefore, i am suggesting this new topic which is purely political. Please i request not to make this paragraph a basis of new heated debate about religion.!! Thank you.
I have been observing recent developments in political arena in Pakistan. As we all know, Pakistan, is a key country in South Asia.
It is on the cross roads between central asia, middle east, and south east asia. The changes in Pakistan have repercussions beyond our borders.
As you all know, in recent past, most of the changes in Pakistan have their origions in foreign countries specially in North America. I have watched closely the recent visit of our President to U.S. and Canada. I got a distinct impression that something is brewing underneath the rosy picture painted by both sides.
General Mushraf has gained creditability with western world by his efforts to modernise Pakistan. In fact, his analysis are listened carefully in many capitals of western world. However, i found him a bit off-beat and not in his true self when he was talking to journalists this time around.
It seems there are certain events that are going to affect the current regime adversely in the comming months and year.
First of all, 2004 is an election year in U.S. We can only ignore the importance of this event at our own peril. There are well documented effects of election years on US economy, stock markets, and every thing in between. I have a feeling that US will expect some dramatic developements on the terrorism front in the run up to elections. Any guesses here. Yes, in plain english, there will be an expectation of netting some big fishes here in Pakistan. Now, our President is between a rock and a hard place here. He will be damned if he does something and will be damned if he doesn't do something. A hard choice in deed.
Secondly,as you all know, US is asking India and Pakistan to provide military support for operations in Iraq. Mr Vajpayee, a cunning bania as he is, trying to bargain the best deal for his country. He is making his support conditional on additional pressure on Pakistan about cross border incurssions into Kashmire. Of course, the official line is that India will only provide troops under U.N. mandate.
There is a lively debate going on in Turkey as well about sending troops to Iraq for peace keeping. My prediction is that Pakistan's policy in this regard will be in line with othe Muslim countries. However, this does put Pakistan's govt in a bit of tough position to justify it for domestic participants.
Thirdly, there are developments on domestic front which does not look favourable for powers in Islamabad. The opposition as i read is planning a movement somewhere from first week of October. Some of the exiled leaders have become hyper active again (Shahbaz is rumoured to be returning to Pakistan and BB is pitching for favour in Washington-perhaps she is in Washington at the moment) As we know the civilian govt which was toothless to start with, is becoming redundent very quickly. This is not a new story. The problems in third world countries are so overwhelming that they eat up the leadership in no time. People get disappointed very fast as they see no change in their daily lives from any govt. actions.
So my view is that some form of change is definitely going to sweep our country. Who will survive it and who will thrive on it, only the time will tell. Some of you might ask why is it relevant to accountants. It might not affect us directly, but as you know, our stock markets have been under watch by world investors. They have performed superbly in recent past. These events will definitely affect the investment world substantialy. Therefore, our interest is not only justified but professionaly necessary.
So fellows get your enginees started and get rolling. Say what you want and feel deep in your hearts. My only request is that we don't personalize the issues and be polite to each other.
Thank you
Edited by - Pervez on Sep 27 2003 75948 PM
Edited by - Pervez on Sep 27 2003 81528 PM
Edited by - Pervez on Sep 27 2003 82113 PM
