Blogs by Saima Ikhlaq

Tuesday, 31 July 2018

Election 2018 and Pakistani Celebrities


For making elections successful,celebrities performed their significant role in awakening the Nation for casting vote on 25th July 2018. Before elections, well renowned celebrities uploaded their video messages on social media that inspired youth and voters.

Sports personalities and showbiz stars upload their pictures with prove of having inked thumb that indicated that they had casted their vote on twitter including Mawra Hocane, Samina Pirzada, faisal Qureshi, bilal abbas, hamza Ali Abbasi,Farhan Saeed and others .Sports personalities include
 Shahid Afridi,Ahmed Shehzad, Shoaib Akhtar, Waseem Akram , Waseem Akram tweeted "I cast my vote today and really proud to be Pakistani"

Designers were also in the race of vote casting.Pakistani designer Hassan Sheryar Yasin also shared a picture of himself after casting his vote. Mostly celebrities spoke in their tweets that they voted for change..... you know what it means.

While on the other hand some of the celebrities faced critics from their followers on social media  just because they played their vital role in vote casting awareness but unfortunately at election day they went away for the Award Show of private Channel that occured in Toronto. Mahira khan was on the top of critic list and then Bushra Ansari , Sajal Ali and others. Beside this critic, these celebrities felt guilty for not casting vote. in an Instagram post, Mahira Khan clarified that she tried but could not manage to arrive in for casting vote and she is regretting the moment.

"As much as I want to be there tomorrow, its unfortunate that i can not to be.There was absolutely  no way to delay my work commitment  which was scheduled months in advance,I tried my best ."And so with heavy heart, I will not be voting this year.I urge  all of you to get out and vote.May this year bring change we all have been waiting to see.InshaAllah. PakistanZindabad. She stated.

Though these celebrities have their tough and bound schedule and their priorities are different Country must come at first, this was the conclusion of famous singer and actor Farhan Saeed in his recent tweet " All the people from my fraternity and otherwise travelling abroad at such a crucial time is heart breaking.Please lets not take our country's future for granted.

Sunday, 29 July 2018

Imran Khan  is all set to rules the NAYA PAKISTAN



The Slogan " Tabdeeli Aa Nhi Rhi Tabdeeli Agaye Hy" has been proved by the voters of Pakistan.

Election Comission of Pakistan (ECP) has been announced the results of 2018 Elections and PTI clean swiped by having majority, PTI tops with 116 seats of the 270 National Assembly seats. The PMLN grabbed 64 seats while PPP is in the third place with 43 National Assembly seats.

The Nation seems happy because they voted  in safe evironment under the strict security provided by Pakistan Army at polling stations.According to ECP voters turned out in the National Assembly election was 51.85%.The highest voters turned out of 55.09% was recorded in Punjab then Sindh 48.11%, khyberPakhtunkhwa 45.52% and Balochistan Assembly 51.85 percent.

It was the struggle of 22 years, PTI finally accomplished the mission and soon Prime Minister of Pakistan will be Imran Khan. The followers and supporters are celebrating this winning moment in form of rallies. for governing the country, PTI manifesto is to provide the basic need of life especially for the poor and lower class people of Pakistan.

At Imran Khan recent Victory speech, just next day after the Elections results 2018, he addressed the Nation and told his Vision for Naya Pakistan, These were Accountability, he assured that accountability will begin with him and his ministers and then trickle down, He ensured that taxpayer money is not wasted and Prime Minister House will be turn into Educational Institute or in a hotel so that revenue can be generated. Imran Khan's speech ensures that Naya Pakistan will be fruitful for his Nation.

The History of PTI told us that this party brought so many positive changes is KPK after 2013 elections as they got chance to ruled there, Police Department is independent and depoliticized, The Dawn Herald survey  conducted in 2014, showed that 52% of the people felt corruption  had decreased. The Peshawar High Court has introduced E-citizens Grievance Redressal System , a system in Pakistan through which the people of KPK and  tribal areas , especially poor segment of Pakistan society get justice within hours and Health System has also  improved.

The Good News are also coming just right after the PTI won, the Dollar price had fallen and the new selling price is 125.5. Business Community seems happy and contended due to Elections Results and Abdul Karim Daady the renowned business man , shareholder at Stock Exchange said at recent News Show that "Imran Khan is a symbol of Victory and we are hoping that he will lead the Country and we , business Community is with him."

But challenges  has been started for PTI and its Chairman Imran Khan because their opponents  rejected the ECP Results 2018 and claimed that Elections were not fair at all and PMLN is  focusing to hold the Punjab while PTI says that they are in power and have good position in Punjab as well.
 Tug Of War situation is created between these two parties but soon this issue will be solved.

The Result Confirms that Prime Minister will be Imran Khan, more power to your party says by the Nation because majority voted him and "Majority is Authority" and  hope that whatever you have said , you will do that.

Pakistan Zindabad!

Saturday, 28 July 2018

Khan to lead Naya Pakistan (Editorial)



The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has released results of all 270 National Assembly (NA) seats that were polled on July 25 across the country.As many as 12,570 candidates contested for a total of 849 seats of national and provincial assemblies in the country's 11th General Election.According to the ECP results, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leads the NA with 116 seats. Second  is the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) with 64 seats and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) with 43 seats.

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Naeem-ul-Haq said on Saturday that party chairman Imran Khan will take oath as the prime minister before August 14.

Voting on election day itself seemed to go smoothly. Polling began at 8AM across the country's 85,307 polling stations and continued until 6PM.

Citizens turned out to vote across the country despite a terrorist attack in Quetta that killed more than 30 people. Women turned out to vote in some constituencies where female voter turnout had been zero in 2013. Overall turnout was recorded at 52 percent, compared to a high of 55 percent in 2013.

But soon after polls closed and counting began, opposition parties—the PML-N and the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), as well as smaller parties—started alleging rigging.
Vote counts were coming in slowly or not at all, and a number of parties other than the PTI said there had been alarming irregularities, including polling agents from their parties being told to leave polling stations during counting.
The six parties had rejected the results and MMA leader Fazal ur Rehman called for All parties conference.He demanded to reconduct the election. Bilawal Bhutto has already entailed resignation from Election Commissioner but on the other hand ,he announced governor of Sindh and determined to be strong opposition in the parliament.

As Imran's dream of Naya Pakistan has came true after 22 years,and there is high expectation associated with the new government.The ongoing rigging allegation top the chart.How Imran would solve this problem which he faced in 2013 Election is still a mystery.They have some huge challenges to tackle down as soon as possible.He claims to bring change yet to show how these change will occur in Pakistan.
 But the only question,making us to think was this a umpire "Selection”, as opposition  have called it, or does Khan brought a real Election? 

Wednesday, 18 July 2018

RIDE.....AT YOUR OWN RISK

A scary incident occured on Sunday night at Askari amusement park near the Old Sabzi Mandi area, when a ride named Discovery had fallen and its result 14 years old girl Kashaf Samad died and during that panic situation 16 people wounded . A case has been registered regarding the collapse of the monsterous ride. According to the investigation report  stated on Monday says that the swing collapsed due to its bolts has broken and further the park has been sealed for 15 days.

The question that rises is who is responsible for that?
who is the owner of that park? because the Municipal commisioner East District  denied owing the amusement park but according to responsible authorities(media reports),famous industrialist Zubair Tufail owns shares at Askari amusement park.


Commissioner Saleh Farooqi  said that investigation team is still looking ahead in solving case that either criminal element was present or not.

Unfortunately amusement park snatched the amused moments of  Kashaaf 's life. 

Why there is no First Aid at such places?

Why the staffs are not well trained?

May be we'II get the answer soon by investigation team as the case is in under process.

Sunday, 15 July 2018

Pakistan's Election Scramble Begins

Pakistan's Election Scramble Begins
(Saima Ikhlaq )


Formar Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter and political heir Maryam were arrested at the Lahore airport Friday night on corruption charges after returning From London.
The decision was throughly implemented after the Nawaz and Maryam were sentenced to 10 and 7 years in prison in the Avenfield case. Maryam’s husband Captain (retd) Safdar was sentenced to one year.
High drama surrounded the arrests as the authorities blocked roads, shut down mobile and internet service and deployed thousands of officers to prevent supporters of the Sharifs from reaching the airport.Officials from the National Accountability Court, the anti-corruption watchdog,took the Sharifs under arrest as they arrived on an Etihad Airways commercial flight shortly before 9 p.m. They were to transferred to Adiala Prison but according to the SOPs of prisoner rule,convicted can not be sent to jail after sun set so they were kept in Sehala rest house as sub jail for the night.However further Adiala became their fate and allotted prison number next day.
On the other hand, police arrested many PML-N workers which was condemned by Human right activist.Opposite party recalled the Model Town incident to reap as you sow.Ahmed Waqas Riaz, Punjab’s interim information minister, said in an interview that the government did not use excessive force. “Force was only used at a few places where it was necessary to maintain law and order,” he said. “Airport and other sensitive installations had to be kept safe from any untoward situation.”
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Nawaz,68 years old,has taken the position of government three times in history.In his first era from 1990-1993 he was sacked over alleged corruption. In his second tenure 1997-1999 military ousted Nawaz from the prime minister post and more importantly in 2000,he was given life sentenced for the allegation of Hijacking and corruption,however,he opted to exile in Saudi Arabia.In 2007,Nawaz returns from exile to participate in Election 2007 and succeed in making his government in Punjab.During his last period from 2013-2017 he ruled the country as third Prime minister  until Panama leaks  which explore details of expensive properties the family owned in London. Mr. Sharif has denied any wrongdoing, but failed to provide a proper money trail.The allegation led the Supreme Court to remove Mr. Sharif as prime minister in 2017 and as last mark barred him from politics for life time and sentenced to 10 years in jail for corruption.
“Pakistan is at a decisive turning point,” Mr. Sharif said in a recorded video message to supporters that cast doubt on the credibility of the coming election.convicted Nawaz Shareef is still hopeful to win the Election 2018 with huge margin again.
So far this Election is getting as much importance as it should have.Nawaz arrival and arrest shackled the mind of masses.
Apart from this situation,the arrests came the same day the election campaign took a deadly turn in Mastung. More than 130 people, including a candidate from BNP party, were killed in two militant icon attacks in Baluchistan.
It was heart-wrenching to see national media neglecting the sensitivity of the wave of terrorism before Election and rather focusing every aspect of Nawaz arrival.However social Media thrashed the main stream channels toward this approach.
Nawaz political career is seeing a new phase with the old paradigm.Election 2018 is expected a lot more twist and turn further.Hence PML-N can urge his people for sympathy vote as well!