Exclusive: Proving Shaukat Khanum uncorrputed - National asset targeted for political vengeance

Introduction:  

Shaukat Khanum Memorial Hospital is a charitable organization working in Pakistan since 1994. Being headed by a notable politician, it is not unsurprising that rival politicians have often tried to defame SKMH. The following table shows, in brief, the milestone achieved by the hospital in treating scores of cancer inflicted patients patients in Pakistan.

Patient Statistics - Click to enlarge

This article, from an unbiased and non-political point of view, will serve to nullify the allegations made against Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre (SKMCH&RC) owing to PML-N's political rivalry against the chairman of this project.

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THE ALLEGATIONS:

            Khawaja Asif, a noted PML-N leader, accused Imran Khan of having transferred Rs 4.5 billion out of the country from SKMH accounts, which were donated by people in charity to the hospital, to invest in speculative real estate business in Masqat and Dubai. He also stated that Imran Khan incurred huge losses on those investments.

WHAT DO WE MAKE OF THESE ALLEGATIONS? :

These allegations clearly show a complete lack of understanding of the way charitable, non-profit organizations are run all over the world, since the money invested abroad was in-fact the "endowment fund" that all major non-profit, charitable organizations invest in a suitable business. Coming from a political figure, the lack of such knowledge is indeed disappointing, however that remains another issue and we move on to explain what Endowment Funds actually are.

WHAT IS AN ENDOWMENT FUND:

Nonprofit organizations, institutions, universities, hospitals, mosques and churches all over the world often make use of Endowment fund to secure an income even in the time of financial crisis. It is an investment made by an institution in any estate/business/capital from which regular withdrawals are made to facilitate ongoing operations or other specified purposes.

 To get a simple idea of it: Think of a mosque, the donations of which are used to set up a small general-items shop closeby. The profit earned from the shop is credited to the mosque so that in the time when donations are low, an adequate earning may be secured from the shop to keep the things running.
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With this background, we can move on to shun the points raised by Khawaja Asif against SKMCH:

1. Endowment Funds are a necessity and are used all over the world:

The details on the way Endowment funds are used is explained above. They secure an income in the time of crisis or when the donations are low, hence they are an absolute necessity and securing one for Shaukat Khanum was indeed A GOOD STEP.

http://www.shaukatkhanum.org.pk/news-a-events/events/273.html

EXAMPLES OF OTHER HOSPITALS AND FAMOUS INSTITUTIONS:

Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation, a cancer hospital from Canada:  http://www.pmhf.ca/Pages/Donate/NamedFunds.aspx

"Building our endowment is essential because it will ensure Princess Margaret Hospital has the ongoing funding necessary to continue its leadership role in international cancer research"


Royal University Hospital, Canada: http://foundation.saskatoonhealthregion.ca/Page.aspx?pid=328
" Royal University Hospital Foundation manages a range of endowments with a combined value of approximately $8 million. The capital funds are held in perpetuity, while the annual distributable earnings support a variety of initiatives at Royal University Hospital."



 Harvard University, USA: http://www.hmc.harvard.edu/

 "Formed in 1974, HMC manages Harvard University’s endowment and related financial assets. HMC’s singular mission is to produce long-term investment results to support the educational and research goals of the University."


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2. The accusation was of "money laundering" but in-fact no money was taken out of Pakistan; only overseas donations were used: 

Shaukat Khanum receives upto 35% of donations from the overseas Pakistanis and the rest from within the country. A portion of the money from the overseas donations was directly transferred as the endowment fund and no money was transferred from Pakistan in PKR.
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3. No losses were incurred in this investment:

Mr. Imtiaz Hydari, the owner of the HBG Holdings where Shaukat Khanum invested for an endowment, had himself been a donor of Shaukat Khanum for over 20 years. HBG Holdings is a leading private equity group specializes in managing investment capital from private and institutional investors in the Middle East. The firm is owned by leading investors from the Middle East and manages about $1.8 billion in private equity, asset management and banking.

Imtiaz Hydari promised that Shaukat Khanum would be a share holder only in terms of profit and any losses on the part of the company would not be shared by Shaukat Khanum. The financial board invested in his company in the best possible interests and received the company's official statement.


Imtiaz Hydari himself stepped forward after the accusations were made and answered key questions for the media. (http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-2-124781-Khwaja-Asif-vs-Imran-investor-speaks-and-answers-key-questions)

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THE ABSOLUTE VERDICT:

In the light of the facts stated above, it is clear that all the accusations targeted at Shaukat Khanum
were either meant to purposefully defame it, or were spawned out of ignorance to the way charity hospitals and institutions are run all over the world.

Regarding Khawaja Asif, HBG Holdings chairman Imtiaz Hydari was right to say: "If he is a man of any substance, he will appear again on television to Apologise to Imran Khan, SKMT and Imtiaz Hydari."

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Shehbaz Sharif's Villainy & Young Doctors' Fight for Right

Introduction: 

Currently, there is a lot of talk over the young doctors of Punjab, who have been on a strike for several days, demanding the implementation of a proper service structure for their profession. These strikes have been exploited by the Punjab government, in collaboration with the media of Pakistan, to create a nationwide negative image of the doctors and their profession. Owing to the media’s manipulated and twisted depiction of the situation, the people have begun to see doctors as inhumane beings that care for money alone and not for their patients’ precious lives.

The demands of the doctors are not only just; but are also supposed to benefit the health system and the patients. The Chief Minister, being a hypocrite, has turned away from the promises he made last year; and teamed up with the media to create propaganda against the doctors.

                In this post, we will explain this issue from an unbiased and realistic point of view, explaining all the facts that the media purposefully twists or omits, to give the readers an insight into what REALLY is happening; summing up the discussion with some interesting facts that curiously evade the eyes of the media.

(PLEASE NOTE: Whatever we have stated about the government hospitals in this article is what we saw with our own eyes; provided we belong to Nishtar Hospital. Further details about any of the point regarding the government hospitals will be happily made available)

Topics:

1. The background of doctors' strikes

    a. The strike of March 2011

    b. The strike of June-July 2012

2. The Government's Violent Response

3. The role of media - a whore for money

4.  Some truths that everybody should know

5. The CM's "Revolutionary" steps for Health Department

6. The Absolute Verdict

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THE BACKGROUND OF DOCTORS’ STRIKES:

1.   The Strike of March 2011:

The public tends to view the doctors as “messiah” – the saviours; however it must be noted that the doctors are also humans and require an appropriate pay to fulfill their needs. Until last year, the doctors had but a meager pay of Rs. 18,000 (Please note that this was the pay of YOUNG recruited doctors; not the senior doctors).

Owing to this, the young doctors of Punjab went on a strike last March, demanding a pay raise along with the implementation of a service structure. The following table highlights the main points behind the demand of the doctors:

                Back then, the government of Punjab showed an extremely rigid attitude, but after a tireless effort by the young doctors, agreed to fulfill their demands. The pay of young recruited doctors was raised to Rs. 24,000 for House Officers and around Rs. 40,000 for PGRs. The government promised to make arrangements for a service structure in the following budget.

(NOTE: Service 

2.   The Strike of June-July 2012:

As mentioned, the government had promised to implement a service structure for doctors in the upcoming budget, but when the time came; they broke their promise (as was expected from them)

The doctors went on a PEACEFUL STRIKE wearing black ribbons on their arms for 2 weeks, during which the government paid no heed.

In countries with an educated government, a peaceful protest by the cream of the nation is enough to provoke a negotiation (e.g. the strikes of Germany this year, in which the doctors wore black ribbons for 2 hours; provoking a favourable response from the government)

Unfortunately, the government of Punjab isn’t good at all, and as a result, the doctors were forced to take measures like closing down the Out-patient Department. (This doesn’t mean that the patients were left to die; they were simply referred to the emergency or indoors; and were treated as needed. The operation theatres were functional as well)

THE GOVERNMENT’S VIOLENT RESPONSE:

On 1^st of July, as the doctors of YDA sat for a meeting at Services Hospital Lahore - prior to a scheduled press conference - they were brutally attacked Punjab police. Punjab police started to arrest doctors as if they were terrorists, raiding the hostels and torturing the detained. This all occurred before the doctors could even officially announce the results of their meeting. 

The following morning, the hospitals were teeming with policemen, arresting many doctors and threatening them; after which the hospitals’ emergencies had to be shut down; the young doctors could not work in a hostile environment where they would be arrested on sight.

Dr. Nadeem placed on ventilator

Dr. Nadeem, a YDA representative from Gangaram was brutally tortured, suffering a paralysis of the right side, and has been on a ventilator since.

Dr. Usman Zafar was also tortured and moved to an unknown location; his status is currently unknown.

Both of the legs of Dr. Aamir were broken along with a spinal injury.

Even the homes of the doctors were raided. The 2-years old daughter of Dr. Mazhar, a YDA representative from Multan, was taken from her home; and was returned on the condition that Dr. Mazhar would offer his own arrest.

The lady doctors were humiliated by being forced out of their hostels at 2 a.m. in the night; with nowhere to go for shelter.

Right now; more than 350 doctors are under detention and are facing torture.

Dr. Usman Dar's son in a silent protest to release the captive doctors and roll back the false accusations

 THE ROLE OF MEDIA – A WHORE FOR MONEY:

Throughout the strike, the print and electronic media, being heavily paid by the government, played a FILTHY and DISGUSTING role. The print media and TV channels showed ads full of lies in order to provoke the people into hating the doctors.

 An inside report tells that Rs. 1.6 million per day was spent wasted each day for huge ads against the doctors in newspapers; and 450 million for ads in TV channels. These resources could have been used in a better way.

The entire blame for the natural deaths of the patients was put on the doctors. The media tried to show that the doctors are striking for payraise; while infact they were only demanding a service structure that was already promised to them.

The media is quick to attribute the dozen natural deaths to the doctors; but it does not mention the pitiable health facilities provided by the government (that we mention below); nor does it pay attention to trivial issues conditions e.g. each day 1132 people die due to poverty; WHY doesn’t the government get blamed for that??

The media of Pakistan has been notorious for false propagandas.

Have all the people forgotten the planted interview of Malik Riaz, the false reports on Ajmal Qasab, the false reports on Osama Bin Laden and many more?

What a shame; even forwarded text messages find their way into the news (as we proved in our article here: http://absoluteverdict.blogspot.com/2011/10/exposing-pakistani-media-exclusive-look.html)

SOME TRUTHS THAT EVERYBODY SHOULD KNOW:

1.       During the strike, no patient died at the hands of the doctors! When the OPDs were shut down, the patients were admitted through Emergency Dept. and the Operation Theatres remained functional. 

2.       The doctors demanded a service structure that was promised to them; they did NOT ask for a pay raise as was portrayed in the Government’s print ads.

3.       The pay of the young doctors is NOT over Rs. 70,000 as the Government’s ads stated. This pay is achieved when the doctors come to the level of Asst. Professor after 20 years of service. The pay of the young recruited doctors is Rs. 24000. The salary of grade 17 doctors is 42000 to 44000 per month with all the allowances, and the salary of grade 18 doctors is 52000 to 54000 which is contrary to the claims to the Punjab Government who have presented false figures regarding the salaries of the doctors in media. According to the government the salary of the grade 17 doctors is form 60000 to 76000 and grade 18 doctors is 61000 to 1,36000.

Payslip of a grade 18 doctor

4.       The natural deaths in the hospitals were attributed to the young doctors. The media did not state the causes of death in any of the patients. In Pakistan, a huge number of patients turn up in the hospitals only at the terminal stages of their illness, due to which natural deaths upto the number stated are not uncommon.

5.       Reports stating that doctors purposefully killed patients (e.g. a child with a drip) have also been proven to be false. (http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=415971275110938)

THE CM’s “REVOLUTIONARY” STEPS FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT:

After the above discussion, it also seems appropriate to shed some light on the actual progress of the health dept. , something that curiously evades the media.

1.       The current budget allows only 1.3% of the total to the health department; which is lower than most of the developing nations. According to this budget, each individual in Punjab receives only Rs. 120 for his hospital expenses.

2.        The medicines provided in the government hospitals are of EXTREMELY POOR QUALITY and POTENCY and come from infamous firms. These medicines are not available in any market and are supplied only to these hospitals. According to a report, the nameless firms making these medicines belong to one of the acquaintances of the Health Secretary (Details available on request). The government doctors are forced to violate the rules and ask the patients to buy medicines from the pharmacy stores for their own safety.

Ironically, the media has also not shown anything about the real culprits of the recent deaths that occurred in Punjab Institute of Cardiology due to substandard medicine.

3.       The CT Scan, MRI, X-Ray and OT equipment in the government hospitals are mostly out of order, and when functional, of poor quality.

4.       The CM has not appointed a Health Minister throughout his 5 year term. A field as broad as health deserves a dedicated ministry, preferably led by a doctor, rather than a mental patient like himself who owns 18 ministries to his name.

THE ABSOLUTE VERDICT:

The above discussion makes it clear – the doctors are just in their demands. The culprit to blame is the Chief Minister of Punjab, who took extreme, violent and criminal measures for a cause that was easily negotiable; endangering thousands of lives, wasting millions of Rupees in fooling the nation and living upto his reputation as an enemy of the health department.

Calling the army for aid will not help; 150 army doctors can not possibly take the place of the thousands of young doctors. Negotiation is a necessity to solve a situation like this.

If you don't even have the sense to negotiate, you do not even deserve to be called a leader!!

We would really like to question: “Khadim-e-aala” or “Kaatil-e-aala”????

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DEBUNKING WESTERN MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT ISLAM: ON VIOLENCE, INTOLERANCE, MODERNISM, EDUCATION & FREEDOM OF WOMEN

INTRO: The balance of media is in favour of the non-Muslims, due to which alot of misconceptions about Islam have been presented to the world. Media has been used as a weapon to present a corrupted, manipulated image of Islam, showing it as a violent,intolerant and backward religion.
To debunk these lies with proper justification, arguments and examples, this post has been written.
This post is divided into 2 parts.
(i) On Violence
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PART 1: ON VIOLENCE

    This is the major misconception propagated against Islam, and has been addressed in more detail.


WHAT NON-MUSLIMS PROPAGATE ABOUT VIOLENCE IN ISLAM:

       I have often seen non-Muslims in the media using the following verses of the Quran to indicate that Muslims are violent and show no tolerance towards non-Muslims, labelling them as the reason for lack of world peace:


1. The infidels are your sworn enemies (4:101)
2. Prophet, make war on the infidels (66: 9)
3. Never be a helper to the disbelievers (28:86)

DEBUNKING THEIR MANIPULATION:

   Let us analayze the actual Arabic expression in these verses.

   "Al-Kaferrin" or "Al-la-dhina Kafaru." are the words which are used for the non-Muslims in the Quran. The use of "Al-" or "Al-la-dhina" limits the verse (and also the commandment) to:

1. A specific time and place in history
2. A specific group of people who were obstacles to the establishment of Islam in its early stages.

     Had the intentions of the Quran been to extend the application of these verses in perpetuity, it would have used the expression "Man Kafar" rather than "Al-Kafereen" or "Al-La-dhina Kafaru".

    "Man Kafar," literally means any one who does not believe in God; while "Al-Kafereen," - the infidels - refers to a specific group of people who fought Prophet Muhammad in the early stages of Islam.


RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE & PEACE AS INSTRUCTED IN ISLAM:

      Islam is a religion of love, mercy and tolerance. Naturally, religious tolerance is of utmost value in Islam. Muslims are commanded to respect the rights of non-Muslims and grant them complete freedom of practising their religion. They are not to be forced into accepting Islam.

PRACTICAL EXAMPLES FROM THE MUSLIMS:

      It is worth mentioning that the non-Muslims living in an Islamic State during the Arab time were called "zimmies" (protected people), because they lived in peace under the protection of the Islamic State.

       During prophethood, the non-believers had full liberty to practice their religion. Their scriptures, holy places and areas of worship were respected. No synagogue or churches were destroyed. There was permission to establish new areas of worship. They were even allowed to have their own courts and laws for decisions on civil cases. Islam even allowed them to maintain activities that were against Islam laws (e.g. drinking, gambling etc).

        The conquest of Makkah is another example to debunk any accusations of violence on Islam. It is a story in itself, but keeping it extremely short, the deadliest foes of Islam, who for nearly twenty one years, injured, insulted and prosecuted the prophet Muhammad PBUH, were forgiven without any penalty and there was no bloodshed.

      Almost all Muslim conquests followed this pattern. Another popular one is Salahuddin's conquest of Jerusalem, where the non-Muslims were granted general forgiveness.


     (Perhaps it is worth mentioning briefly that in the non-Muslim conquests of Jerusalem and Spain, the Muslims were massacred and executed brutally).


QURANIC VERSES ON THE ISSUE:

   There are numerous verses in the Quran to support the above mentioned arguments. Selected verses are given below.


              "Let there be no compulsion in religion. Truth has been made clear from error...."
               (2:256)


              "But if they turn away from you, (O Prophet remember that) your only duty is a clear delivery of the Message (entrusted to you)."
              (16:82)


              "(Say to everyone of them,) 'Whatever good betides you is from God and whatever evil betides you is from your own self and that We have (O Prophet) sent you to mankind only as a messenger and all sufficing is God as witness. Whoso obeys the Messenger, he indeed obeys God. And for those who turn away, We have not sent you as a keeper."
              (4:79, 80)


              "And tell my servants that they should speak in a most kindly manner (unto those who do not share their beliefs). Verily, Satan is always ready to stir up discord between men; for verily; Satan is mans foe .... Hence, We have not sent you (Unto men O Prophet) with power to determine their Faith."
              (17:53,54)


              "(O Prophet) 'We have not sent you except to be a mercy to all mankind:" Declare, "Verily, what is revealed to me is this, your God is the only One God, so is it not up to you to bow down to Him?' But if they turn away then say, "I have delivered the Truth in a manner clear to one and all, and I know not whether the promised hour (of Judgment) is near or far."
              (21:107,109)


              "And so, (O Prophet!) exhort them your task is only to exhort; you cannot compel them to believe."
              (88:21,22)


              "He it is Who has sent forth His Messenger with the (task of spreading) Guidance and the Religion of Truth, to the end that tie make it prevail over every (false) religion, and none can bear witness to the Truth as God does."
              (48:28)


              "(Three Messengers to their people)Said (the Messengers), "Our Sustainer knows that we have indeed been sent unto you, but we are not bound to more than clearly deliver the Message entrusted to us.' "
              (36:16,17)


              "Assuredly, We have sent down the Book to you in right form for the good of man. Whoso guided himself by it does so to his own advantage, and whoso turns away from it does so at his own loss. You certainly are not their keeper."
              (39:41)


              "And whoso takes for patrons others besides God, over them does God keep a watch. Mark, you are not a keeper over them. But if they turn aside from you (do not get disheartened), for We have not sent you to be a keeper over them; your task is but to preach...."
              (42:6,48)


              "Obey God then and obey the Messenger, but if you turn away (no blame shall attach to our Messenger), for the duty of Our Messenger is just to deliver the message."
              (64:12)


              "And they ask, "When shall the promise be fulfilled if you speak the Truth?" Say, "The knowledge of it is verily with God alone, and verily I am but a plain warner." "
              (67:25,26)

The following verses further show that Islam did not forbid friendship with non-Muslims of the time, unless they had been obstacles to the establishment of Islam in early stages.

              "Allah forbids you not (from having friendship), with regard to those who fight you not for (your) Faith nor drive you out of your homes, from dealing kindly and justly with them: for Allah loveth those who are just."
              (60:8)


              "Allah only forbids you, with regard to those who fight you for (your) Faith, and drive you out of your homes, and support (others) in driving you out, from turning to them (for friendship and protection). It is such as turn to them (in these circumstances), that do wrong."
              (60:9)


AHADITH OF THE PROPHET PBUH ON THE ISSUE:

       The Prophet Muhammad PBUH also strictly advised religious tolerance and kindness towards non-Muslim.

              "Beware! Whoever is cruel and hard on a non-Muslim minority, or curtails their rights, or burdens them with more than they can bear, or takes anything from them against their free will; I (Prophet Muhammad) will complain against the person on the Day of Judgment."
              (Abu Dawud)


              "Whoever kills a person who has a truce with the Muslims will never smell the fragrance of Paradise."
              (Bukhari, Muslim)


              "Whoever hurts a Non-Muslim citizen of a Muslim state hurts me, and he who hurts me annoys God."
              (Bukhari)


              "He who hurts a Non-Muslim citizen of a Muslim state, I am his adversary, and I shall be his adversary on the Day of a Judgement."
              (Bukhari)


              "Beware on the Day of Judgement; I shall mysefl be complainant against him who wrongs a Non-Muslim citizen of a Muslim state or lays on him a responsibility greater than he can bear or deprives him of anything that belongs to him."
              (Al-Mawardi)
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PART 2: ON MODERNISM, WORLDLY ISSUES, EDUCATION AND RESPECT FOR WOMEN:

            Most people in the media call Islam a "backward" religion that needs reformation and moderation to survive in a highly advanced world like today. However, their arguments do not make sense and they are meant only to distort the image of Islam.

          Consider, for example, the general pattern of their manipulation:

         "XYZ is a Muslim and he is bad; backward; does not educate his children in anything except religion; does not treat his wife fairly and so on.
So as XYZ is bad and he is a Muslim, & so Muslims are bad"

       HOWEVER, there lies a flaw in such an argument. In a case like above, the conclusion should be that XYZ is a bad Muslim, not that Muslims are bad! It is the person who is to blame for these points, not the religion, as Islam infact opposes the way XYZ is living his life. Islam is against devoting one's life only to religion with no room to spare for other matters. It is also against illiteracy and disrespect for women.

Alot can be said on these issues, but for the purpose of brevity, they shall be shortly described.

       Islam has never been opposed to scientific modernization. Infact, no religion has stressed upon the importance of worldly education and learning more than Islam has done. Islam enforces education for BOTH MEN and WOMEN. The Prophet Muhammad PBUH said "Acquiring education is compulsory for every Muslim man and women" (MANY other ahadith conveying a similar message can be found. They are not included in the post for brevity.)

       Practically, Islam is one of the founders of modern scientific world. It was the religion to cause an intellectual and educational movement, shifting the Greek trend of theoretical science to practical science. Muslims excelled in all fields of science and arts. Countless names like Jabar bin Hayan, Prince Khalid bin Yazeed, Ibn-ul-Haitam, Alberuni, Bu Ali Sina, Abul Qasim Zahrawi, Ibn-ul Nafees etc. can be found in Islamic history. Their scientific work was driven by motivation from Islam.

       (In contrast, the Inquisition Department of the Church has been notorious for torturing and executing various scientists if found guilty for "heresy". Several great names, including the physics pioneer Galileo, were punished for making scientific theories and research. Isn't it quite ironic that nobody speaks of these points before raising fingers on Muslims.)

        Women have a special value in Islam. It was indeed with the coming of Islam that the position of women was raised to an honourable one in the society. Islam came as a liberator and benefactor of women. Islam teaches that women should be held in honour and their rights recognized in marriage, property and inheritance.

Dr. Annie Bessant, in her book, "The Life and Teachings of Muhammad" says:

              "I often think that women are more free in Islam than in Christianity. Women are more respected by Islam than by the faith that teaches monogamy."

In the Farewell Pilgrimage, the Prophet Muhammad PBUH said

              "You should be kind and most considerate towards your women."

Another well-known hadith says:

              "The best among you is the one who is best towards his wife."

(Various ahadith can also be found regarding the position and respect of women as mothers and as daughters, and are not included in the post for brevity.)

THE ABSOLUTE VERDICT:

The image of Islam presented by the biased International media is corrupted and manipulated. In practice, Islam is quite different.

It is clear in the light of the above arguments that Islam is not violent or non-tolerant. It is indeed a religion of peace, love and mercy.

We also conclude that anyone who mistreats his wife, does not educate his children and chooses to remain backward may be a bad Muslim, but that wouldn't mean that all Muslims are bad or that these actions are in accordance with Islamic teachings.

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The Death of Gaddafi compared to ZA Bhutto & Shah Faisal

(Post authored by Talha Kareem)

INTRO: In this post, we compare the deaths of three men who sought to bring together and strengthen the Muslim world, namely:

1. Shah Faisal
2. Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto
3. Muammar Gaddafi

Their deaths were so cleverly executed that very few people see how they were interlinked and associated. We compare them briefly below.

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       Gaddafi is now dead and his 42 years of “DICTATORSHIP” has finally come to an end making the country “free”. NTC has been announcing liberation of Libya and people are celebrating in the streets.

           But what are they celebrating?? This is a question that intrigues me and many others. Was Gaddafi that unjust? Was he cruel enough to kill his own people? Did he really commit all those war crimes he is being accused off? Or was he just the "CULPRIT" of challenging western interests?

       This brutal killing of Gaddafi takes me back the OIC (Organization of the Islamic Cooperation) meeting in Lahore that presumably was to mark the start of new Islamic era - an era that promised a bright future for all the Muslim countries and their people. Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto was the brain behind it; Shah Faisal of Saudia Arabia who served the Holy Ka’aba was the bond to hold Muslims together; and Gaddafi appeared as a strong financial support for Pakistan, in his own words, “the Fort of Islam”. Gaddafi also made candid speeches in favour of Pakistan at the event, that made him dear to the Pakistanis and later ZA Bhutto renamed National Stadium Lahore to Gaddafi stadium. 

   This alliance of Muslim countries was a remarkable thing itself and unique of its kind. It is a rare event for the heads of all Muslim states to come together, make aims and offer prayers together. A picture of the founding members of the OIC at Badshahi Mosque Lahore is shown below:

     But it was not long before each and every plan came down pounding and ended in the assassination of Shah Faisal and execution of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto.

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       Shah Faisal of KSA was one of the most popular figures at that time, he made heart warming speeches pursuing the unity of the Muslims and wanted to summon a Jihad to free the Masjid Al Aqsa . In one of his historical speeches made, he urged his people that death is imminent and it would be the best thing to die protecting the Holy places. 

       After the victory of Israel in Holy Land, he sought to increase the strength of his army and even withdrew Saudi oil from world market in 1974 leading to a major rise in prices a term referred to as "OIL WEAPON" as this action lead to a major energy crisis in the world. It was not long after such actions that King Faisal was shot dead by his own nephew Faisal Bin Musad. Since his trial was not made public so no one can tell the precise reason he murdered Shah Faisal. He might have wanted to avenge the death of his elder brother Khalid who was a drug dealer and when security forces tried to arrest him he resisted that ended in his killing. This may be true but still speculations about the involvement of west can also not be denied after the aggressive actions he had been taking in recent times. Still his assassination was a grave loss not only to KSA but to the whole of Islamic world. This assassination indeed severed the bond that was holding Muslim nations together. 

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                   The assassination of Shah Faisal did not end the story. There was another man who was a constant pain in the neck for the westerners were Mr. ZA Bhutto. Firstly he was the unanimous chairman of OIC; secondly on account of nuclear missiles test by India in 1974 he had decided to start Uranium enrichment in Pakistan. Material for Nuclear power plant was provided to India by the Westerners and no sanctions were applied. This offended him and he indeed started the nuclear programme of Pakistan .This was something not welcomed by the West and led to serious conflicts between US and Pakistan .The movement of PNA against ZA Bhutto is also said to be cultured as while addressing a public gathering in Raja Bazaar, Rawalpindi, he showed a letter written to him by the US President Gerald Fold (who threatened ZA Bhutto that they would make a horrible example of him if he did not shut down his nuclear programme) and also spoke in a harsh tone addressing the Americans that see despite your all conspiracies he was still there (but sadly not for long).

     (NOTE: People wrongly believe it was Henry Kissinger rather than Gerald Fold who had written the letter. Our personal verification from Bhutto’s book “IF I AM KILLED” led us to the truth. (Some people have stated in their articles that there is no mention of this event in that book, we suggest them to read the book for themselves rather than relying on rumours alone.)

        On July 5, 1977, his government was toppled by General Zia ul Haq, Chief of Army at that time. What happened next was quite unexpected for the people of Pakistan. ZA Bhutto was tried for a murder conspiracy case and was sentenced to death by a very controversial bench of Supreme Court with Justice Anwaar ul Haq as the judge, even though Irada-e-qatl (Conspiracy of murder) does not carry the penalty of death. We do not have any source to verify whether or not Bhutto had planned someone’s murder, but even then, the decision of the court was wrong.

        Later, Zia ul Haq became the wartime ally of US and helped US beat USSR in Afghanistan .Thus using one of ours west succeeded AGAIN in getting rid of what we call one of the most popular leaders in Pakistan and the world. 

          Gaddafi's jet was standing there the whole time pleading to General Zia to hand him over ZA Bhutto. He even tried to assure him that ZA Bhutto will never return to Pakistan to challenge your political power but do not execute him as he is very important for the integrity of Islamic world but General Zia would not listen. It’s also a fact that General Zia was the guilty of breaking 1973 constitution and it is clearly written in this constitution that anyone who breaks it should be executed and so he was not at all ready to take any chances. The execution of ZA Bhutto put an end to the great movement initiated by the leading Muslim leaders to create a strong Muslim block.

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             During this whole time Gaddafi was not left alone either. He was anti Israel and did envisage that US and its western allies were constantly supporting anti Gaddafi forces in Libya. Indeed he took some serious steps demonstrating his hatred against them. He supported the Jihadi activists in Palestine and Syria. He also supported Red Army and Red Brigades and even praised the attacks on Rome and Vienna airports in 1985. Apart from this US and Libya had a number of conflicts over the years like the Gulf of Sidra, the Libyan attempt to gain nuclear power and the Libyan occupation of Chad. US and Libya also had a number of military skirmishes until in 1986 when a major offensive was launched by Regan dropping over 60 tons of ammo, most of which missed the army instalments and destructed the residential areas .After these bombings people of Libya were quite against Gaddafi though things got better later on .Now Gaddafi reign has been ended in so called 'LIBERATION OF LIBYA ' but was it for real a public uprising? Or Gaddafi just lost a media war. Media did show people celebrating his death but did media showed about a million people who organized a rally in favour of Gaddafi on 1st July 2011. It was the same protest in which Gaddafi asked the western leaders not to bomb his cities and just watch this huge crowd of men, women and children who were there in his support. I want the readers to have a look at it. One may say that they were paid but believe me the passion and zeal never comes from money 

            Now let us see the Arab media that was covering this whole story. 'Al-Jazeera' from Qatar. It perhaps is shocking enough that the director of Al-Jazeera Wadah Khanfar has resigned after wikileaks published documents that showed that he was backed by the US government to show biased coverage of the Iraq war. Wadah had been running the channel for 8 years and this channel played a major role in uprisings of Egypt and Tunis. It was even more aggressive in its focus on the regime of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi and the struggles of what it called “freedom fighters” in Libya, where Qatar came to play a major role in supporting the rebellion. After all these events Al Jazeera is now under strict scrutiny in the Middle East. I think this makes it simple to understand that whether they were FREEDOM FIGHTERS or foreign aided REBELS. I think this NTC thing against Gaddafi is quite similar to PNA against Bhutto. If Gaddafi was so bad than why is US not attacking Karimov (head of Uzbekistan) who has been strangling hold on his people .Had been re electing himself through "neither free nor fair elections” in America's own words. He had been left alone only because he is an ally of US in war against terror? I think US should consider the option of "LIBERATING" Uzbekistan too. To be honest US had been supporting a number of monarchs for its own use . There is a long list of dictators who were completely void of democracy yet they were supported for their alliance with US. Why go far. General Zia is a perfect example. He was a pure dictator, violated the constitution of Pakistan, stripped the people of their basic rights but still was all time favourite for US due to his tremendous support in war against USSR. So why Gaddafi? He was good enough for his people. In 2009 his country had a GDP of about 10000$ which is a lot more than many other developing countries of the world. Even if it is envisaged that Gaddafi was the major culprit here why wasn’t he captured alive and tried for his crimes. It is said that he bombed his own people, killed thousands against him, and the most ridiculous thing that Tripoli fell without any sort of resistance. This is what Al Jazeera says. Let’s see the MULTITUDE OF FACTS that journalist Lizzy Phelan revealed, based on her Libyan Experiences in October 2011

NOTE: The YouTube video was removed, so please follow this alternative link:

http://rutube.ru/tracks/4929459.html?v=c850fc7c2a5755b43d92a4601bf686b8                                                      

               If Gaddafi was that bad and most of the people hated him, why bury him in an unknown location in a desert? Why not bury him in Tripoli? Doesn’t this imply that NTC chiefs were too afraid to have a dead lion in their vicinity? Gaddafi's death has put an end to the movement started in 1974, a movement that ended by the people among us, repeating our history of betraying our people for personal interests. But these traitors should remember the fate of all the others. Mir Jafir was dethroned by the British themselves, Abu al Qasim of Spain was killed by the Spanish forces; Abu Abdullah of Spain was exiled. Let us see what happens of this NTC. They did nothing different than the other traitors so hopefully their fate won’t be different either.

(Read more about Gaddafi's death in our post:
A matter of Gold Dinar: Libyan Revolution synonymous to USA's drama of WMD's in Iraq!)

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Exposing Pakistani Media: An Exclusive Look at the "Credibility" of Pakistani Media.

DISCLAIMER: This post is only about the credibility of Pakistani media. The authors do not disagree on the fact that money laundering in Swiss Banks is not done by Pakistani Politicians.

THE STORY: A hot issue this day is the story "Pakistan has got $97 billion dollars in Swiss Banks, says Director Swiss Bank"

The Absolute Verdict Team took an overview of this issue, and the results were indeed SHOCKING.

BACKGROUND: A year ago (October 2010), someone in India started a minor disinformation campaign against their government. The message conveyed was about the amount of wealth in Swiss Banks owned by the Indian Politicians. Luckily, their media was not as foolish as ours, and after a couple of months, the talks about this issue had dwindled. There was no name of the Bank, the Director, the exact time and location etc.

Check out the link here (Alot more can be found at Google): http://naenglish.net/?p=489

"One of the Swiss Bank Director Said::Indians are Poor; but, India is not a poor country.He says that 280 lac crores of Indian money is deposited in Swiss bank.The same money can be used for -Taxless budget for 30 years.Can give 60crore jobs to Indians.Can give FREE education to all lndians.From any village to Delhi 4 line road.Forever free Power suply.More than 500 projects built.A citizen can get monthly Rs 2000 for 60 Yrs.No need of world bank & IMF Loans.Think how our money blocked by currupt politicians."

THE FOOLISHNESS OF PAKISTANI MEDIA PROVED:

Pakistani media has been promoting the following newsreport these days:

"BERN - Director Swiss Bank said that Pakistan has 97 billion dollars in Swiss Banks. Director Swiss Bank said ‘Pakistanis are poor but Pakistan isn’t a poor country.’ He added that 97 billion dollars of Pakistan is deposited in respective bank and if this money would be utilized for the welfare of Pakistan and its people then Pakistan can make tax less budget for 30 years, can create 60 million jobs, can carpet four lanes road from any village to Islamabad, endless power supply to five hundred social projects, every citizen can get 20000 rupees salary for the next 60 years and there is no need to see IMF and any World Bank for loans. "


As you may have clearly guessed, the story posted a year ago in India, now made it's way to Pakistani media in a slightly edited form, and the foolish media did not even try to verify it and created hype among the people.

The problem is that not only minor news agencies, but also the "prestigeous" ones showed the same response.

Take a look here:

DAWN: http://www.dawn.com/2011/09/30/foreign-debts-swiss-bank-accounts.html

THE NATION: http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/Politics/19-Sep-2011/Pakistan-has-97-billion-in-Swiss-banks

NAWA-E-WAQT: http://www.nawaiwaqt.com.pk/E-Paper/Multan/2011-09-19/page-1

EXPRESS: http://www.express.com.pk/epaper/PoPupwindow.aspx?newsID=1101335097&Issue=NP_LHE&Date=20110919

PAKISTAN TODAY: http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/09/pakistan-has-97-billion-dollars-in-swiss-banks-director-swiss-bank/

INTERNATIONAL NEWS NETWORK: http://www.onlinenews.com.pk/details.php?id=183614

COLUMNPK URDU: http://www.columnpk.com/pakistan-has-97-billion-dollars-in-swiss-banks/
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The Absolute Verdict:

Is the media of Pakistan so stupid that it can believe/propagate anything without verification?The news article in question also happens to lack any credible material (Bank name, Director's name, Original Source etc), still it was spread unresearched.

The message is self-explanatory to the media - they need to act more responsibly.

And here is WHAT WE SHOULD DO:
We know that our media has shown irresponsibility at many times (declaring Ajmal Kasab as Pakistani; airing a documentary claiming that Osama was in Pakistan; making a propaganda against doctors and much more)
But we, as a nation, should show some senseof responsibility, and stop trusting everything the media says, in these dire consequencies, to protectour nation from National or International Conspiracies.

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