How things go pop. "the text that ended Pakistan"

international | politics / elections | other press Sunday November 04, 2007 20:33 by iosaf

This other press text lets you the aware reader see the declaration which kicked off the 2007 state of Emergency in Pakistan.

It's a great little number which has already spawned a comprehensive encyclopedia page on English language wikipedia & means that the chances of numerous intelligent young Pakistani or Pakistani looking people, or even intelligent older people with Pakistani surnames getting their blogs noticed or opinions published are very good. It's great to be Pakistani. General Musharraf reckons his is the way to preserve that greatness whilst other worthy Pakistani politicians are coming out of the exile woodwork to volunteer to take him on. One favoured by RTE speaking from Saudi Arabia reckons things are going to Anarchy. Lovely you might think. Time to brush up on your coup d'etat statements & know this how to fight the mad mullahs.

the cyclopedia :-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Pakistani_state_of_em...gency
The only resaon RTE chose to give space to former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif as he gurggled today was because he used the word anarchy in a bad way...."'Step down, because he is part of the problem. The more he prolongs his misrule, Pakistan will be moving towards anarchy.'"
http://www.rte.ie/news/2007/1104/pakistan.html

Now I don't know about you, but I don't really think Anarchy begins with a text like the one just below this paragraph. I'll go on record now writing that Anarchism & its most respected proponents dosn't really have much truck with the "whereas" word. Perhaps the book of Mormon does, you'd have to ask a Mormon. Meanwhile Musharref has gone on telly again & told people he's signing orders which dissolve Pakistan's short democracy for their own sake - to protect them from the Islamists who are going door to door with their pristine clothes & books. The newspapers tomorrow will be filled with photos of Musharref taken in Hotel lobbies as receptionists study the telly & tell the western journalists who are scared shitless to go out on the street what's happening. After this declaration or Provisional Constitutional Order, I will append a pretty muttonish recipe for goat stew which drips with nutrition.

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Whereas there is visible ascendancy in the activities of extremists and incidents of terrorist attacks, including suicide bombings, IED [improvised explosive device] explosions, rocket firing and bomb explosions and the banding together of some militant groups have taken such activities to an unprecedented level of violent intensity posing a grave threat to the life and property of the citizens of Pakistan;

Whereas there has also been a spate of attacks on state infrastructure and on law enforcement agencies;

Whereas some members of the judiciary are working at cross purposes with the executive and legislature in the fight against terrorism and extremism thereby weakening the government and the nation's resolve diluting the efficacy of its actions to control this menace;

Whereas there has been increasing interference by some members of the judiciary in government policy, adversely affecting economic growth, in particular;

Whereas constant interference in executive functions, including but not limited to the control of terrorist activity, economic policy, price controls, downsizing of corporations and urban planning, has weakened the writ of the government; the police force has been completely demoralised and is fast losing its efficacy to fight terrorism and intelligence agencies have been thwarted in their activities and prevented from pursuing terrorists;

Whereas some hard core militants, extremists, terrorists and suicide bombers, who were arrested and being investigated were ordered to be released. The persons so released have subsequently been involved in heinous terrorist activities, resulting in loss of human life and property. Militants across the country have, thus, been encouraged while law enforcement agencies subdued;

Whereas some judges by overstepping the limits of judicial authority have taken over the executive and legislative functions;

Whereas the government is committed to the independence of the judiciary and the rule of law and holds the superior judiciary in high esteem, it is nonetheless of paramount importance that the honourable judges confine the scope of their activity to the judicial function and not assume charge of administration;

Whereas an important constitutional institution, the Supreme Judicial Council, has been made entirely irrelevant and non est by a recent order and judges have, thus, made themselves immune from inquiry into their conduct and put themselves beyond accountability;

Whereas the humiliating treatment meted out to government officials by some members of the judiciary on a routine basis during court proceedings has demoralised the civil bureaucracy and senior government functionaries, to avoid being harassed, prefer inaction;

Whereas the law and order situation in the country as well as the economy have been adversely affected and trichotomy of powers eroded;

Whereas a situation has thus arisen where the government of the country cannot be carried on in accordance with the constitution and as the constitution provides no solution for this situation, there is no way out except through emergent and extraordinary measures;

And whereas the situation has been reviewed in meetings with the prime minister, governors of all four provinces and with the chairman joint chiefs of staff committee, chiefs of the armed forces, vice chief of army staff and corps commanders of the Pakistan army;

Now, therefore, in pursuance of the deliberations and decisions of the said meetings, I General Pervez Musharraf, Chief of Army Staff, proclaim emergency throughout Pakistan.

I hereby order and proclaim that the constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan shall remain in abeyance.

This proclamation shall come into force at once.

(this is where General Pervez Musharraf President of Pakistan and the Chief of Pakistani Army Staff born 1943 in Kacha Saad Ullah Mohallah, Daryaganj in Delhi, British India put his signature)

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Goat Stew.

* Take a pot, skillet, wok, or heat conductive but incombustible receptacle
* Fill it with cleanish water.
* Add roots, greenery, leaves & smelly twigs.
* Place on or near fire.
* As long as you can afford.

Garnish with Goat if its ok with-you-know-who PeaceBeUponHim & you don't reckon it ought be spared or might just be the case you don't have a goat.

This dish is suitable for vegetarians.