A huge political gathering of PTI
addressed by PM Imran Khan was held in Washington yesterday. It was witnessed
as the biggest crowd of overseas Pakistanis ever which is also being considered
as one of the record-setting political gatherings held in USA.
“Badshahat”, The Death Of Merit
He assumed the democracy of Pakistan to
be partial as the leaders who were previously ruling the state have not been
coming up by merit. And neither were they appointed the role to the ministries
on merit. All of the big ministries were just given to their own relatives
regardless of the fact that they have no skill, knowledge or capability in the
area. So, Imran Khan declared Pakistan’s democracy pseudo saying that it's more
like “badshahat”.
"A society that doesn't have merit,
doesn't go forward."
This “badshahat” is the reason that
Pakistan has been brought to the stage that it is in right now. As there was no
merit being considered, He further gave the reference of Mughal Empire how it
fell because of the lack of capability in the Mughal rulers who came after
Aurangzeb. But they were still given the authority to rule based on the
“badshahat”.
So PM Khan clarified that democracy is
supposed to let the people choose their leaders by merit which was not the case
in Pakistan previously.
"Nawaz Sharif was propped up by
dictator. Asif Zardari & Bilawal became leaders on the basis of some piece
of paper that left the party behind them. Similar stories with other
parties.", said Khan.
The Only Merit-Based Party
Declaring PTI the first party to have
come to rule by merit he said that during his tenure nothing is going to be
done beyond merit and he will give equal chances to all Pakistanis to get to a
higher position. Explaining this he gave the example of Murad Saeed who came
from a regular family and is now the Federal Minister of Pakistan, purely based
on merit.
Leaders Accountable For Their
Actions
Khan also added that in democracy after a ruler has been appointed he becomes accountable for all his actions and every
penny spent by law and by the Muslim religion. However, when in Pakistan the
leaders are held accountable they say, “Mujhe Kyun Nikala.”
But now in “Naya Pakistan” all the
leaders are answerable to the estate about how they made their assets and where
did they spend the money taken in the name of the loan?
"What’s happening today in Pakistan
is 'Naya Pakistan'. Where the powerful are being held accountable."
The Changing Wind
He also recalled the prosperous days of
Pakistan back when he was growing up. After which the downfall came, corruption
started, buying of public offices happened. So, the rest of the coming years
just kept digging Pakistan deeper into the corruption.
However, PM claims that the wind in
Pakistan has changed and there is no space for corruption.
Prime Minister Pakistan added that
the corrupt leaders are seeking NRO from him on being arrested. And he has been
requested from a King to provide Nawaz with NRO, but he refuses to grant it to
him. Their properties are being seized and the other governments are in talks
with Imran Khan to return the looted money back to Pakistan.
No investors were ready to invest or do
business in Pakistan because of its corrupt image. But now that the country is
clearing its name off corruption, the government is intending to attract
investments from around the world, said Khan.
“Naya Pakistan is being created in front
of your eyes.”
Rising Up The Underprivileged
Via Merit System
There is three educational system
running side by side. All of them with the different syllabus. Due to which the
underprivileged do not get the chance to make a name for themselves. But the government
of PTI is the first-ever party to have attempted to introduce one main syllabus
in the government schools, private schools, and madrasa. So the youth that rises
up to the higher positions are backed by merit and not just the fact that they
were privileged.
"There is education apartheid.
Here [in America] people are given opportunities."
What is Riyasat-e-Madina?
PM said that people
ask him what his vision is for the country to which he responds that he dreams
to make Pakistan “Madina Ki Riyasat”. But most of the people don’t know what he
means when he uses this phrase. So he explicitly explains what he means by Riyasat-e-Madina.
Madina was ruled by
modern principles where everyone was given equal opportunities and there was a
proper system of merit for everything which was unaffected by gender, religion,
and class. It was a welfare state where the principles supported the rights of
women, children and elderly. And the state was ruled with compassion, justice,
and rule of law.
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The state considered
its responsibility to look after the elders, women, and children who had no one
else having empathy for widows, the weak, orphans, the most downtrodden and
elderly. Minorities in the state were not deprived of their rights. It was an
absolute modern-day society.
The women were given
their rights in the property which unfortunately even today are not given to
the women of our state. So, PTI intends to pass a law to protect the rights of
women in property, by law.
Cricket
Team And PIA
Khan was
disappointed by the performance of all the departments of Pakistan. He
specifically mentioned that the system of Cricket Board will also be reformed
and as there have been enough disappointments.
On being asked a
question about PIA he responded that when the power was handed over to PTI,
every institution was going in loss. Eventually, the government will fix PTI and
the other institutions too.
Concluding the speech he told the people that he has always lived by one principle to never
submit himself to anyone else. Hence, he would never let his nation submit or
bow down in front of anyone else either, referring to his meeting with Trump.
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