Nawaz Sharif : Bairam Khan , Sent To Mecca : But Ruling Pygmies Are No Akbar But Shakunis

Nawaz Sharif : Bairam Khan , Sent To Mecca : But Ruling Pygmies Are No Akbar But Shakunis

                                    R.K.Upadhyay

It is learnt that Nawaz Sharif , on whose name PMLN fought elections , is going to Mecca and from there he may return to London , disappointed on not being made PM after being promise but after a good retirement Package of daughter Maryam being made CM in Punjab , both sons exonerated by courts and brother Shahbaz being made the prime minister of Pakistan .

The story has a remarkable parallel in Bairam Khan being sent to Haj by Akbar . Akbar became king at an age of fourteen years. Loyal Bairam Khan took him under his tutelage and won many difficult battles for him . After four years at an age of eighteen , still very young Akbar asked him to to proceed for Haj as he did not obey some orders in good faith. Bairam Khan was assassinated on way .

Nawaz may not be assassinated but astrologers have predicted that he may not live up to next elections.

The pygmies who are ruling Pakistan today are no Akbar .

But why was Nawaz ignored for Prime Ministers post ?

Nawaz was the Chief Minister Of Punjab when army chief Asim Munir got commission in army in 1986. By the time Asim Munir became a Captain Nawaz was the prime minister of Pakistan in 1990 . Nawaz had shown his independence to General Janjua , Raheel Sharif etc . In 1998 Nawaz was the hero of even the army when he allowed the nuclear tests though he had sacked COAS Karamat a year earlier in 1997. Asif Munir would have no match to such an experienced  PM and would not have felt comfortable with Nawaz.

But an industrialist Nawaz knew economics backward and his policy of keeping dollar rate stable was the key to the economic stability of Pakistan although he did not give adequate attention to exports.

Gen Bajwa , over estimating army’s capability , destroyed Pakistan’s economy with his hybrid Nizam and power addicted army want to run Pakistan by rear seat driving even now . So who else than the time tested Shahbaz Sharif was army’s choice for Prime Minister.

But can this triple engine government of Pakistan deliver economic recovery .

Unlikely !

It  may get some FDI by selling national assets to keep Pakistan going slowly downhill for some more years but have no inspiring leader like Churchil with real political charisma , vision or abilities to take Pakistan out of financial turmoil permanently.

If anything , instead of being Akbar , they are just perpetually conspiring , selfish Shakunis of Mahabharat whose Machiavellian antics ultimately destroyed Hastinapur kingdom and all Kauravs kings including Shakuni were killed on the battle field.

Pakistan will pay a high price for this new error of judgement by the same army who brought unnecessary misery to Pakistan by imposing a Cricketer hero ,Imran Khan on Pakistan . Although now a rebel , Imran Khan is the most popular person in Pakistan today but he is a proven magalo maniac with a sharp tongue and very little understanding of global power play . He has annoyed most of the important regional  world leaders except Trump. He is the biggest danger to both the army and Pakistanis, whether in jail  or out of jail in Pakistan. Although I prefer that past prime ministers including Imran Khan should be treated with respect and freed or at best kept under house arrest but Imran mistreated and tortured opposition so much that it united and totally supported army in some how removing Imran from power prematurely.

Now , the once known as Mr. Ten percent and later as ‘ ek zardari sab par bhari ‘ , Asif Ali Zardari is the least trusted president of Pakistan . His only mission is to somehow make his son Bilawal, the prime minister of Pakistan in his life time . But he knows it is now or never . Bilawal does not have either his fathers machiavellian abilities nor his grand father Zulfikar Bhutto’s  charisma . Zardari  will most likely offer some big bribe to army chief , promise release from jail to Imran Khan  and give him Punjab CMs post in addition to KPK and bring down Shahbaz government in three years . All the PMLN office bearers will be thrown in jail and a discredited PMLN will cease to be a political party in 2029 elections.

Without Nawaz Sharif charisma or standing , PMLN will be lucky to win even twenty seats in 2029 elections.

Shahbaz and Hamza do not have any charisma or public trust . They are good Tabedars ! and organisers . Shahbaz should put all weight to make Maryam succeed as CM in Punjab so that she can lay claim on PMs post  based on her performance . She is the only popular leader of PMLN . Shahbaz should make army drop its reservations about her and give her an acceptable global face . In return Maryam should politically accommodate Hamza in a befitting manner . She must remain totally people and service focussed and polite with her father’s friends and look after their interests . She has to strengthen her youth brigade on social media. Lady Diana could be a role model for her . But it is survival battle so her intelligence gathering system has to be perfect and she must befriend and cultivate America.

Unfortunately this election has made Pakistan more vulnerable to internal strife . Making Nawaz go to London is a very bad decision for all ie Army , PMLN and Pakistan but only some time must lapse  to prove it so .

Pakistanis have voted wrongly in this elections on Tabdili rhetoric and have now no options but for waiting till next elections.