That Rare Day when Pakistan is a Winner

It is not always that Indians get an opportunity to envy Pakistanis. Since India got independence from Britain, and Pakistan was formed 70 years ago, India has left Pakistan far behind on all parameters of development. Yet today is that rare day when Indians are looking at Pakistan with envy. The reason for that is Pakistan Supreme Court's judgment in the Panama Papers case involving Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. The speed with which Pakistani judiciary has moved on this case is commendable.

Here's a timeline of how the case unfolded:
3rd Apr 2016: "Panama Papers" become public, mention Nawaz Sharif and his family members owning shell companies abroad
Apr-May 2016: Judiciary declines PM Nawaz Sharif's request to form what it called "a toothless commission" to investigate the charges
29th Aug 2016: Imram Khan files petition in court to disqualify PM Nawaz Sharif on charges of corruption, money laundering and owning benami properties abroad
1st Nov 2016: Court beings daily hearing of the case
20th Apr 2017: Court orders setting up of Joint Investigation Team and gives it 60 days to investigate
6th May 2017: JIT formed with full authority to investigate allegations against PM
10th Jul 2017: JIT submits report to court saying Nawaz Sharif and his family cannot justify their huge income, and the companies & property they own aborad
28th Jul 2017: Supreme Court of Pakistan disqualifies PM Nawaz Sharif, declares lifetime ban on him from holding any public office, and orders filing of cases against him

In just 11 months since the case was filed, Pakistani Supreme court has disqualified PM Nawaz Sharif, made him an accused in cases of financial misappropriation, and put an end to his political career. It is not unlikely that he will soon end up in jail.

If Indian courts move this fast it won't be long before corrupt politicians and their family members like Robert Vadra, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, P. Chidambaram and Manmohan Singh are put behind bars.

Hours after Pakistani Supreme Court delivered its judgment this afternoon, Nawaz Sharif stepped down as PM. Twenty-two years ago, a court in India had delivered a similar judgment disqualifying India's incumbent Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi. Instead of stepping down from her post, Indira Gandhi had declared a State of Emergency, jailed all her opponents, and then commited terrible crimes against Indian Democracy. Crimes for which she never got punished by law. On this point too Pakistani democracy of today appears more mature than Indian democracy of that time.

Today is a rare day indeed, when Pakistan comes out a winner in a comparison to India.

Behold this audacious liar!

It just amazes me how low Manmohan Singh can stoop to stay in power. No other Indian politician could have the audacity to be such a shameless liar! How many more do we have to hear from this crook before the people of our nation kick him out of his chair?

When the whole world knows that he won 2008 No Confidence motion by bribing MPs, our disrespected Prime Minister continues to lie brazenly! And this is not the first time he has done this. He lied to the nation on CWG scam. It was he who sanctioned the escalated costs, knowing fully well where the money is going. He lied on 2G scam, that he was unaware of massive corruption that was going on (Is it even possible? Such massive corruption happening under his nose, and he smells nothing fishy?). He lied on ISRO-Devas deal, which he signed, and no one else.

Every day he continues to lie shamelessly. His lies are now becoming an insult to the nation's intelligence, an insult to the nation's self-respect, and a challenge to citizens' potency.

Manmohan Singh loses his clean image with 2G scam

Here's a good article on ExpressIndia website about 2G scam: PM’s ultimate humiliation

The demolition man

Sometimes we come across very interesting comments on websites, left by ordinary readers. Here's a very witty comment I came across today on Indian Express' website:

Weak Prime Minister?
By: K.Suresh | 30-Apr-2009

Who says Manmohan Singh is a weak PM? Under him, the Congress has, single-handedly destroyed democratic institutions - Office of President, Election commission and now the CBI. No weak person can achieve this much.

Losing Trust & Confidence

Don Manmohan Singh and his gang of thugs took Indian democracy to a new low with most blatant use of bribery to stay in power. The whole thing was so shamelessly open that people are stunned to silence. This corrupt Congress government of crooks has lost whatever little moral right it had to rule the country.