A mounting political crisis in Pakistan, which saw massive protests starting in Islamabad and spreading nationwide over the weekend, looks to be calming down on Monday following the resignation of Law Minister Zahid Hamid.
The resignation came as part of a deal between the Pakistani Army and the Islamist leader Khadim Hussain Rizvi, whose Tehreek-e Labaik Ya Rasool Allah Pakistan (TLY) had been leading the protests around the country.
Rizvi has since called for an end to the protests, noting that the minister’s resignation was their key demand. Though normalcy hasn’t returned nationwide, the hope is that this will put an end to the demonstration.
The TLY protests came in answer to a change in the oath taken by election candidates. The law minister denied being to blame for the change, which has since been rolled back at any rate, but he was still the main target of the protesters.
The TLY is a political party that is deeply opposed to any changes to blasphemy laws. The group is connected of Mumtaz Qadri, the police commander who assassinated the governor of Punjab in 2011, and was hanged in 2016. The TLY party has been severely critical of the hanging.
The real issue is — sre they alligned witn ousted leadership, targeting the judiciary that is responsible for interfering with politics — rather blatantly. It is the key information that military made it clear that it will not curb protests. So, the head of judiciary had to go. What will be the consequences— too early to tell. But if a new minister is appointed that will put curbs on judiciary that has been acting more like a foreign NGO, chasing political targets for “corruption” probe, that would be a substantial progress in getting Soros and his affiliated activists out of politics.
We should not be surprised that our media has been always negative in Pakistan, ever since the predictable dynasties were marginalized. Now, international elites are trying to promite Imran Khan, a Macron version of synthetic candidate. They are so desparate that Imran Khan is promising to strengthen alliance with China. Sure — that was the ploy that worked for a while for Thailand Taksin clan — resulting in an attempt to undermine monarchy, endless protests of misguided and lued to Takssim supporters and royalists, and subsequent military rule. Hope, the establishment that tried to keep a moderate course in working with all global and regional leaders gets back on uts feet after the judiciary coup.
Let’s not be fooled by causes of protest — oath and such. Problem is fundamentally in the ability of system to control its institutions, or they will be controled by outsiders.