Pakistan: New Leadership New System Policy Paper

Monday, 31 December 2007

For the people of Pakistan the last sixty years have been like a recurring nightmare. They have seen dictatorship before, secular democracy before, external interference and corruption before. Yet the same continued cycle of democracy, corruption, dictatorship and foreign interference continues to ravage the country. Many in western capitals, as well as those who currently head the country, see Pakistan as part of the wider ‘war on terror’. Yet, ironically for a war that claims to concern itself with ending terror, it has brought death and destruction to thousands of people in the North West Frontier of Pakistan, FATA, Balochistan, Afghanistan, and has fuelled “terror” throughout the world. It is like Allah says in the Qur’an. “And when it is said to them, ‘make not mischief in the earth’, they say: ‘we are only peace-makers’. Verily, they are the ones who make mischief but they perceive not” - [Translated Meaning Qur’an al-Baqarah:11-12] Our key messages are therefore simple, • Pakistan does not need another round of dictatorship martial law, states of emergency or the sham of secular democracy. Rather, Pakistan must establish a true Islamic constitution. This constitution should guarantee elections, true accountability, an independent judiciary and a rule of law. “Those who do not judge by what Allah has revealed, they are the oppressors” [Translated Meaning Qur’an al-Ma’idah:45] Pakistan also needs to regain its full sovereignty over all its affairs. At present Pakistan is a chess board for all types of foreign interference whether it is from the United States, the United Kingdom, the Commonwealth or the IMF. • Pakistan needs to establish an Islamic society that is vibrant, forward looking, which is technologically proficient and which embraces all its citizens irrespective of their gender, sect, religion or race. • Pakistan needs to urgently tackle its chronic domestic problems of corruption, law and order and economic malaise. Only radical solutions from Islam solve such problems not the cosmetic secular solutions provided by the current ruling elite. The Prophet (SAW) said: “Whoever cheats is not of us” (Tirmidhi). • Lastly Pakistan needs to chart own independent course in foreign policy, not be a conduit for the United States. Pakistan’s future lies as part of a unified Muslim world that constitutes a quarter of the world’s population, who control key strategic waterways and who sit on a majority of the world’s energy reserves. Only a unified Muslim world can confront the challenges that will emerge in the 21st century from the United States, the EU, Russia, India and China. Download Policy Paper ... Add this Article to your Bookmark site Set as favorite Bookmark Email this Trackback(0)  TrackBack URI for this entry Comments (12) Subscribe to this comment's feed Mohammad Shafiq Khan: ... 'Pakistan must establish a true Islamic constitution. This constitution should guarantee elections, true accountability, an independent judiciary and a rule of law'. I would like comment on this article especially the above reproduced sentence. It is no use suggesting something which has not been even conceived despite the lapse of fourteen hundred years. Firstly we need to conceive the Islamic Political System then we need to prove that that this Political System is the only political system which is practicable. Besides we need to identify the problems with the democratic political system and prove that all the problems of the democratic political system could be overcome under the Islamic Political System. This work has been done and is availabe in the form of a book which is available at www-islamic-thought.com. Let every member of your organisation read this book. 1 report abuse vote down vote up August 08, 2010 - 17:24:52 Votes: +1 Mian Muhammad Asif: ... As we pakistani work hard.In case of students we work hard for pakistan plz join this website and write your comments about future of pakistan 2 report abuse vote down vote up July 15, 2010 - 11:41:01 Votes: +1 A R Choudhry: ... Dear Friends, only reson for me to log on this website that we think in same level trurely been a pakistani its shame nothing i can do but this is can be possible if my brother sister mother join hand with my cause to bring change in pakistan.we have no more time before our country push in dark.God Bless Pakistan and People of Pakistan. please spot me!!!!!! 3 report abuse vote down vote up February 07, 2010 - 22:44:25 Votes: +1 Mr. Reza Khan.: ... I have read your massage and your rules. I am agree with the rules, 4 report abuse vote down vote up November 10, 2009 - 12:21:00 Votes: +1 Khurram: ... i svery well written and very true i was in london today also and enjoyed the confrence very much and learned alot from it may allah reward all you brothers and sisters for the work you are doing! 5 report abuse vote down vote up July 26, 2009 - 22:06:47 Votes: +1 Md. Monirul: ... We are the best nation that has been raised for mankind ordering what'right forbedding what'wrong and belliving in ALLAH.(Sura- Al Imran:110) So we want khilafa. We want to stablished the QURAN in the whole world. Because we are the Leader. the Khilafa is coming. InshaAllah. 6 report abuse vote down vote up November 17, 2008 - 08:11:33 Votes: +1 Kighoma Ibrahim: ... Truly as muslims we must fight for the cause of Allah. But how did the Prophet do it? This should always be the most imprtant question to pause to ourselves before waging any fight be it social, political, economical or otherwise. According to the news reaching us in these parts of the world[Uganda] most leaders are masquerrading to be waging Islamic fights but if clearly viewed, they are not really in line with what the teachings of the Prophet hold. Chapter 96 of the Holy Qur'an[suratul 'Alaq verse 1-5] enjoins Muslims to seek knowledge. Suratul Jinn also has provision for seeking knowledge where God says: " Yaa maasharal jinn wal insi inistatwa'tum an tanfudhuu min aqtwaari ssamawaati wal-ardhwi fanfudhuu; laa tanfudhuuna illa bisultwaan" In this verse the priority thing one should attain before any undertaking is al-'ilmu/knowledge. What is scaring me as a young student and teacher is that people who are claiming to be fighting for the cause of islaam dont want the propagation of knowledge to go ahead. this I say basing on the incident at one Afghanistan girls' school where some unidentified people, thought to be Al- Qaeda boys, poured acid on five girls because they allegedly dont want girls to go to school. But God's commands that we should seek knowledge wasn't discriminative. It gives equal opportunities to both males and females to seek the knowledge. My humble wish therefore is, let's fight jihad the way Islam ordains us to do; not basing on our individual interests. But also, you Muslim leaders avoid beeing rigid because it's your rigidity that leads to these problems in the world. Brothers in Islam let's embrace the shura system of doing our things. God enjoins us to do so in surat Shuura where He says: "Wa amruhum shuura bainahum..." God tells us that we are the winners if we but knew. Let's use Islam in all our lives for the good of Islam and ourselves, victory is ours. Barakallahu fiikum 7 report abuse vote down vote up November 13, 2008 - 09:40:35 Votes: +1 KIGHOMA IBRAHIM: Student and Young Teacher Islam teaches us that Allah doesn't change a people's way unless they change it by themselves. Out of this I find we the Muslims have alot we are responsible for. Why should we allow this to continue yet God has given us the powers to control our own world provided we are following the Islamic code? Let Muslims come up and fight for the cause of Allah. Muslims are being persecuted world over and it must end. For you who shall read this communique, act; the struggle begins with you. Go out and mobilise, Allah will reward you. 8 report abuse vote down vote up April 01, 2008 - 09:27:31 Votes: +1 Danish Khan: Pakistan .. confused state I was born n Oakistan n now I m 20 yrs Old ... till dese 2 decades i cudnt came to understand da ideology of pakistan .. IDeologicaly v r very confused .. v have learned dat pakistan s an Islamic state .. but islam s invisible everywhere .. some other ppl say dat pak s a socialist or democratic stae.. so bhai v ppl demanded 4 a srparte state !!! 9 report abuse vote down vote up February 09, 2008 - 19:57:48 Votes: +0 Mansoor: Pakistan being a hypocritical nation to be represented as an Islamic Republic only by its name!!! As Winston Churchill had a mission to keep atleast a part of india for their selfish ends, the result of partition and the earlier formation of Muslim League representing Muslims and RSS representing Hindus and Divide and Rule Policy has made Pakistan the greatest loser. Just because of few muslim traitors right from the Mughal dynasty to the present day Pakistan, the whole Ummah is suffering. Had Pakistan been a part of India and with the help of Islams true spirit Muslims represented it, the whole India whould have been a part of our Muslim world. But unfortunately the formation of Pakistan and the rude behaviour of Pakistanis all over the world is damaging Islamic image. Shame on the followers of pakistan and oppressors of Islam!! 10 report abuse vote down vote up January 16, 2008 - 19:32:01 Votes: -1 Captain Goodlad: What an ayah! With regards to the "war on terror" and Pakistan, the above mentioned ayah is so scarily accurate; “And when it is said to them, ‘make not mischief in the earth’, they say: ‘we are only peace-makers’. Verily, they are the ones who make mischief but they perceive not” - [Translated Meaning Qur’an al-Baqarah:11-12] This paper shows the kind of analysis, language, and solutions that I feel can win the backing of the populus not just in Pakistan, but across the Ummah and dare I say even of non-muslims who truly support self determination and regional as well as international security. This should be sent everywhere. 11 report abuse vote down vote up January 11, 2008 - 19:29:15 Votes: +0 asifaa: ... May Allah reward the brother who wrote this dossier. It is EXACTLY what we need to hear. Practical relevant advice of how Islam will solve problems in Paksitan. 12 report abuse vote down vote up December 31, 2007 - 20:43:25 Votes: +1 Write comment  Show/hide comment form Name Email Comment smaller | bigger I have read and agree to the Terms of Usage. Add Comment