The most frightening and totally ignored political reality is that a group of provincial leaders is independently running the federal government and the provinces without any sign of an Integrated Provincial and National Vision and Plan of Action. A provincially, administratively and politically weak and handicapped central government and on-their-own provincial governments do not seem to have the much needed will and the resources to forcefully eliminate the political and corporate crime mafias now evidently hiding behind unquestionably fake war against terror which is the biggest global political, diplomatic and military fraud of the past and present century. Pakistan’s problem is not war against terrorism. Pakistan’s problem is now identified criminal political and alleged corporate mafias who are plundering and hollowing Pakistan by hiding and acting from behind the mask of war against terror, the failure of law enforcement agencies to unmask them and recruitment of armed gangs of criminals by a number of, not all, politicians and corporate tycoons as security guards. THE BOTTOM LINE IS: Stop using the term TERRORISTS and start chasing the CRIMINALS!

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Is Democracy or Pakistan’s Very Survival in Danger?
The Questionable Role of Pakistan’s Media in Perpetuating Unworkable Political Status Quo!
The title of this painful but timely analysis is not just a question. It is the most dreadful
reality of the day that needs to be fearlessly analyzed to make sure that Pakistan sails
smoothly through the present frightening crisis created by unattended flaws in the
present system of governance and conspiracies of Pakistan’s foreign friends.
The most frightening and totally ignored political reality is that a group of provincial
leaders is independently running the federal government and the provinces without any
sign of an Integrated Provincial and National Vision and Plan of Action.
A provincially, administratively and politically weak and handicapped central
government and on-their-own provincial governments do not seem to have the much
needed will and the resources to forcefully eliminate the political and corporate crime
mafias now evidently hiding behind unquestionably fake war against terror which is the
biggest global political, diplomatic and military fraud of the past and present century.
Pakistan’s problem is not war against terrorism. Pakistan’s problem is now identified
criminal political and alleged corporate mafias who are plundering and hollowing
Pakistan by hiding and acting from behind the mask of war against terror, the failure of
law enforcement agencies to unmask them and recruitment of armed gangs of criminals
by a number of, not all, politicians and corporate tycoons as security guards.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS: Stop using the term TERRORISTS and start chasing the CRIMINALS!
2014
Zahid Hussain Khalid
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Is Democracy or Pakistan’s Very Survival in Danger?
The Questionable Role of Pakistan’s Media in Perpetuating Unworkable Political Status Quo!
Democracy, Media and A wish-map published in Indian Defence Review http://www.indiandefencereview.com/news/why-the-existence-of-pakistan-is-not-in-indias-interest/
By: Zahid Hussain Khalid
Introduction: Is it just a question or a dreadful reality of the day posing far more serious questions?
The title of this painful but timely analysis is not just a question. It is the most dreadful reality of the day that needs
to be fearlessly analyzed to make sure that Pakistan sails smoothly through the present frightening crisis created
by unattended flaws in the present system of governance and conspiracies of Pakistan’s foreign friends.
What are the immediate serious threats that need to be attended without any further delay?
1. Crisis of Credible Leadership: Is there a
single national leader acceptable to a
majority of the people of the country for
governing Pakistan as a country?
The most frightening and totally ignored
political reality is that a group of provincial
leaders is independently running the
federal government and the provinces
without any sign of an Integrated Provincial
and National Vision and Plan of Action?
2. Political State Security Risks: Is the record
of alleged past and present criminal
activities of the heads of different political
parties an inherent state-security risk? Is
there awareness of that daunting reality
visible at any level in any segment of the
society including the so-called big names in
journalist community that matters?
Crisis of
Credible
Leadership?
PAKISTAN
UNDER
THREAT
Political Security
Risks
Missing
Permanent
Integrated
Homaland and
Border Security
Umbrella
Media's
Role

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3. Need for a Permanent Integrated Strategic State Homeland and Border Security Umbrella: Does geo-
political situation in and around Pakistan demand a triumvirate coherent political, diplomatic and military
strategy backed by national social cohesion on war footing to safeguard country’s seriously threatened
and openly challenged security interests?
4. Media’s Role: Is it true that the media owners, senior journalists and so-called analysts are shamelessly
emphasizing the perpetuation of a hopelessly rotten political status quo in the name of sham dynastic
democracy evidently dominated by less than half a dozen globally known criminal families?
Crisis of Leadership and its Consequences
Pakistan has an extremely diverse natural ethnic
national base with seriously adverse political
consequences. The clearly visible negative influences
of this ethnic diversity were to be constitutionally
addressed to prepare the ground for national ethnic
cohesion. Unfortunately, politicians, senior editors,
journalists and analysts on the one and the
researchers, scholars and authors on the subject on
the other have not come up with any constitutional
proposal or innovative idea to put the presently
derailed and dangerously provincialized national
politics back on track.
Charter of Democracy (COD) has shamelessly
constitutionalized the criminalization of the
provincial ethnic political entities laying a solid
foundation for the ultimate Emiratization or
disintegration of Pakistan in small fragile
independent states. Political unrest and a general
sentiment of alienation from national politics in
Baluchistan, state of uncontrollable lawlessness and
insecurity in Sindh, wave of political discontent
translating into anti-government rallies in Punjab,
undefined fall-out of an uncertain future of ongoing
war in tribal areas on Khyber Pakhtoonkhwah and a
deserted look of tourist spots in country’s
mesmerizing northern areas are non-seriously and
incoherently discussed issues in the country’s
national and provincial assemblies, senate and the
media.
The question of the day is: how to constitutionally create a political framework for turning provincial ethnic
leaders into national political personalities after eliminating the criminal elements in country’s politics through an
across the board fool-proof judicial process without any fear or favor?
This question deserves the attention of genuine think tanks, if there are any in Pakistan, post graduate research
supervisors and students of the top universities of the country, different wings of the armed forces and intelligence
agencies, as is done in the developed countries of the world, to initiate serious research for presenting a complete
set of world class empirical studies and detailed comparative analyses of existing models from across the globe,
their functional advantages and disadvantages, if any, and their possible introduction in Pakistan with or without
amendments and adjustments. National Defense University can play an important role by taking timely lead in
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Print and electronic media can organize a number of conferences, seminars and workshops to address the issue,
analyze its different provincial and national dimensions, expectations, demands, rights and responsibilities of the
politicians and people at the delivery and receiving ends of the system of governance. A series of television
programs and documentaries can be produced and telecast on different aspects of the proceedings on and their
outcome on all suggested platforms.
The Real Political State Security Risk and How serious is it?
It goes without saying that any individual, irrespective of his social, economic and political status, has an
inalienable right to be treated as innocent as long as he or she is not proven guilty. So, Benazir Bhutto, Asif Ali
Zardari, Nawaz Sharif, Altaf Hussain, Asfnadyar Wali, Maulana Fazl-ur-Rahaman, Imran Khan, Nawab Akber Bugti,
Field Marshall Ayub Khan, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, Zia-ul-Haque, Yahya Khan, Pervez Musharraf, General Kiyani, Yusuf
Reza Gillani, and Makhdoom Amin Faheem, all are innocent though the skeletons in their closets pop out every
now and then which are pushed back and the media hushes up everything successfully and convincingly by not
going beyond mere reporting and commenting mildly. Slightly less than half of them are dead and it is “considered
unethical” for the convenience of media and politicians to even drag their names in any controversy, scandal,
conspiracy or crime. Those who are alive vehemently deny any wrong doing of any sort. Is a denial a sufficient
enough reason to say okay fine and move on? In today’s globalized world it is not that simple.
Without going into any details of who allegedly did
what and how he or she got away with it, it will be
appropriate to refer to John Perkin’s book,
“Confessions of an Economic Hit Man,” the
Showtimes’ television series, “Homeland,” and
Wesley Snipes’ film “Art of War’s” first of the three
parts. All three have one thing in common: covert
dirty-tricks squads, using espionage and quasi-ethical
tactics through United Nations and other platforms to
secure peace and cooperation targeting the corrupt politicians and the civil and military government officials, by
twisting their arms and forcing them to betray their oath of offices and their countries.
There are hundreds of books and documentaries by highly acclaimed authors, producers and directors worthy of
mention but mainstream media has brushed them under the carpet as nothing but conspiracy theories.
The handiest vulnerabilities of politicians, civil and military bureaucrats, media owners, journalists, NGOs and
corporate tycoons are corruption allegations by foreign intelligence and intelligence wings supported by
documentary evidences of money laundering, details of undisclosed liquid assets, movable and immovable
properties and business houses established abroad with black money.
National media knowingly hides the facts from public
but specifically tailored politically, diplomatically and
strategically motivated exposes by foreign media
every now and then are religiously trumpeted as
echoes in Pakistan to consciously or unconsciously
add to the political, administrative, military and geo-
strategic vulnerability of the identified and alleged
corrupt elements endangering the very survival of
the country. And that is the subject of this
introductory paper.
Why an Integrated Strategic State Security Umbrella is need of the hour?
The most disturbing fact is that since the invasion of Afghanistan by former Soviet Union, Pakistan is constantly
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political and military mess in and around Pakistan benefitting from missing State Security Vision or Agenda.
Consequently, the adverse internal security repercussions of following the agendas of the enemies of Pakistan are
clearly seen in different parts of the country which
are now getting out of control in Baluchistan, Karachi
and Tribal Areas. Ironically, no one but Pakistan’s
armed forces and ISI are blamed by not only the
media of the enemies of Pakistan but Pakistan’s own
media too! Now Pakistan’s media houses have
become bold enough to take the initiatives too in
doing so.
Since 9/11 the government of Pakistan, Pakistan’s
armed forces and media owners have
disappointingly failed to come up with a
comprehensive inland and border security plans to
ward of internal and external security threats.
Not even a single attempt has been made to develop a plan and tailor a nationwide consensus on that. This author
had prepared a presentation for GHQ in 2001 for and on behalf of his employers which was approved by the senior
most military command and President of Pakistan but that plan was sabotaged from within by a civilian minister, a
federal secretary and a two star General for the reasons that cannot be discussed here. Pakistan has and is paying
a heavy price for this blunder by three civil and military government officials and bureaucrats!
Now close to almost a dozen recklessly planned and
evidently flawed and unsuccessful military actions in
country’s tribal areas by armed forces demanded by
United States of America, NATO and ISAF and
shamelessly supported by slightly less or more than
a dozen journalists, columnists and analysts of
dubious security credentials are not the solution of
the problems created by now known foreign
aggressors around Pakistan for shamefully nefarious
and politically, economically, diplomatically and
militarily misrepresented reasons. This subject has
been discussed in detail in “The Last Word to
defenders of and political leaders / media owners in
Pakistan” in November 2007 (available here:
http://www.slideshare.net/19540201/the-last-word) and “America, the Great Game and the Greater Middle East
an un-discussed perspective unveiling the birth of Conspiracy Theories” in February 2013 (available here:
http://www.slideshare.net/19540201/america-the-great-game-and-the-greater-middle-east-an-undiscussed-
perspective-unveiling-the-birth-of-conspiracy-theories) emphasizing:
“… The real Great Game has consequently been
expanded to include Middle East and South Asia
for access to natural resources for converting
developed world’s dependence on resource rich
countries into “display of domination.” This
display of domination was not possible to
become a reality without properly understanding
the linkage between the Arab World and the
Asian subcontinent. When a serious attempt was
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between the Arab World and the Asian subcontinent” according to a research report “was under-examined.”
Not only that, “the war over identity, religion and state-society relation-ships was played out acutely in five
countries of the Middle East and South Asia: Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan and India. The five states were
interacting in multiple and fundamental ways.”
“… The discussion on a uniform strategic vision
for Middle East, South and Central Asia was of
no use without addressing the “identity,
religion and state-society relationships.” The
only available option to strategic planners was
‘the geographical regrouping on the basis of
ethnicity and sectarianism.’ The concept of
regrouping was inspired by Russian geo-
strategist Mistilavsky who had propounded,
focusing only on Afghanistan. ‘Afghanistan,’ in
view of Mistilavsky in Strauss Hupe and
Stephan T. Passony’s book, International
Politics, ‘was a conglomerate of different
ethnic groups which could not be governed by
a central authority.’
The purpose of Soviet attack on Afghanistan was to contain the possibility of post-Islamic revolution Iranian
influence on Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan and to redraw the boundaries of Afghanistan by
dividing it into Pashto, Afghan and Russian zones.”
For details read: The End of The Independent Political Muslim World http://www.slideshare.net/19540201/the-end-of-the-independent-muslim-world
“… Former Soviet Union’s Plan of Territorial Re-Organization of Asian States was pre-tested in Afghanistan and
it miserably failed only due to the covert and overt retaliation of United States of America with a firm
determination to put a permanent end to the possibility of a similar adventure in future. But, unfortunately,
in Iraq a similar adventure was staring at America.”
“… Iraq had presented a buffer within the Middle East System,” according to a research report,
“counterbalancing Iran and keeping Turkey facing west; now Iraq is the epicenter of a new set of tension
drawing in Saudi Arabia, Syria, Iran and Turkey. Iran has become a dominant player in the heart of the
Middle East. Consequently, the apparent elimination of Iraq is expected to create a regional vacuum
completely altering the power balances and containment effects of that.”
This scenario clearly indicates that after the disintegration of Iraq, three dominant players will emerge in South
Asia and Middle East: India, Iran, and Pakistan.
India is pampered to emerge as a South Asian engine
of economic growth and “diplomatic and military
nucleus.” Iran has been very recently brought back
to negotiation table and its role will only be clear
after the final outcome of the negotiations. Pakistan
remains an unpredictable and allegedly unreliable
player in this emerging South Asian / Middle Eastern
economic, diplomatic and military scenario
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questionable nuclear vulnerability. Washington’s foreign policy approach on Pakistan revolves around this
imaginary concern. It is not only a concern. It is reflected consistently in foreign policy statements of White House,
Department of Defence, State Department and Commanders of the armed forces too. Let us see how serious it is!
Highlights of Pakistan’s Imaginary Nuclear Vulnerabilities as depicted in David Wood’s article, “Can Pakistan
keep lid on nukes?” published online by Seattle Times on April 8, 2006:
(Available here: http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2002918442_paknukes08.html)
“… While the United States struggles to rein in
Iran's nuclear ambitions, a more frightening
nightmare is simmering right now in Pakistan,
where a weak but nuclear-armed government is
being buffeted by radical Islamist influences,
terrorism and several bloody insurgencies.”
“… Pakistan is the most horrific and the hardest
one to do anything about.”
“… The U. S. President‟s only option might be
nuclear – a desperate attempt to destroy
Pakistan‟s weapons rather than risk their
falling into terrorists’ hands and ultimately
detonating in an American city.”
"… To date we don't have anything that can get
there quickly, except for a nuclear weapon.
By „quickly‟ officials mean one to four hours.
For that small highly important set of targets… a goal we have set is to be able to address those targets in
one hour any place with missiles.” Now recall what has happened at Mehran Base and Karachi Airport?
“… Pakistan's loss of control over some or all of its nuclear weapons has been quietly discussed and war-
gamed at senior levels in the Defense Department. But given the political sensitivity of discussing possible
armed intervention in an allied country, Pentagon officials declined to answer questions. A spokeswoman,
Lt. Col. Tracy O'Grady-Walsh, said, "Unclassified answers do not exist."
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“… The Pakistani military has tight control over its nuclear weapons and it is "highly unlikely" that anything
crack that control.” Now does the reason for a hue and cry in a particular group of media analystscould
against Pakistan’s armed forces, ISI and nuclear capability come to mind?
Source: http://thewillandthewallet.squarespace.com/blog/2011/1/28/all-over-the-map-disciplining-the-pentagons-footprint.html
“… The United States has neither the troops nor the airlift capacity to get to Pakistan within days, let alone the
hours required in a crisis.” Look at the map above in which entire Pakistan is marked as a combat zone!
Also keep in mind that this map was published in 2011. A number of countries close to Pakistan remain
unmarked for obvious reasons. Isn‟t it misleading keeping in mind what had happened in Abbottabad?
“… We (USA) lack the military capability (?). These sites would have to be brought down and secured, locked
down, simultaneously, in the middle of a huge conflict and among a hostile population. You'd need an army
much larger than what you have today."
“… Pakistan’s nuclear weapons are believed to be
kept, disassembled, at six missile and air
bases. Other sites would have to be guarded
in a crisis, including the nuclear reactor facility
at Joharabad and the Kahuta uranium
enrichment facility in northern Pakistan,
which is believed to be producing plutonium.
Finding and securing such sites is a mission
shared among the Defense Threat Reduction
Agency, the U.S. Special Operations Command
and the U.S. Strategic Command.”
“… An operation to secure Pakistan's nuclear weapons is beyond the reach of a few teams of commandos.”
Now try to link the attacks on GHQ, Mehran Base, Kamra, Karachi Airport and see where the attacks have been
possibly planned, recruits are engaged, trained, equipped and deployed! Aren‟t they the rehearsals of the main
event as reported above by Seattle Times back in April 8, 2006?
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“Eventually, for India to succeed,” according to Dr.
Amarjit Singh in his article, “Why the existence of
Pakistan is not in India’s interest,” published in Indian
Defence Review on 17 March 2014, “Pakistan must be
out of the picture and cease to exist for peace on
earth, and India must actively work towards that
objective rather than waiting passively in spectator
stands.”
In another article, “The three dangers to Pakistan,” by
Bharat Verma published in Indian Defence Review in
18 June 2014 has stated, “While the Pak dispensation
talks of peace, terrorist cells are proliferating in the
country including new frontiers in Southern part of
India. Islamic Fundamentalism / terrorism footprints,
as evidence by Bangalore centered incidents, are
too glaring to be ignored. Islamic terrorism in the
garb of freedom fighting in Kashmir is therefore de-
stabilizing the entire country. Islamabad is
determined to use Kashmir as a gateway / launching
pad to rest of India.
“Pakistan,” states Vikram Sood in his online article,
“Pakistan’s Domestic Jihad,” published on 18 June
2014 in Indian Defence Review, “for as long the
epicenter of terrorism, is also becoming the eastern
flank of widespread Sunni extremism visible in the
Arab world. Clearly, it is facing the effects of
blowback – the unintended consequence of
unacknowledged actions.”
Is there any doubt about who the Pakistan’s real enemies are and where the attacks on its sensitive areas and
installations are planned? Far more disturbing question is from which country is the government of Pakistan taking
instructions to continue now globally known fake war against terror. Interestingly, three seasons of a television
series Homeland on the dark sides of war against terror have been screened in the birthplace of war against
terror, the United States. This series is an eye opening story of how CIA works in war theaters across the globe and
where a large number of our politicians and media owners / analysts allegedly fit in and how vulnerable they are as
alleged state security risks!
The areas of concern and threat perceptions
1. Invisibility of an integrated transparent district, provincial and national governance plan encompassing
inseparable social, economic, political, diplomatic and military dimensions is the biggest threat in an on
auto-pilot rapidly globalizing world.
2. A provincially, administratively and politically weak and handicapped central government and on-their-
own provincial governments do not seem to have the much needed will and resources to forcefully
eliminate the political and corporate crime mafias now evidently hiding behind unquestionably fake war
against terror which is the biggest global political, diplomatic and military fraud of the past and present
century. Pakistan’s problem is not war against terrorism. Pakistan’s problem is its gangs of now identified
criminal political and alleged corporate mafias who are plundering and hollowing Pakistan by hiding and
acting from behind the mask of war against terror, the failure of law enforcement agencies to unmask
them and recruitment of armed gangs of criminals as security guards by a number of, not all, politicians
and corporate tycoons.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS: TERRORISTS CRIMINALSSTOP SUSING THE TERM AND START CHASING THE !

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3. An irresponsible and unprofessional media is shamelessly presenting a distorted picture of what is really
happening in and around Pakistan for known and unknown reasons.
4. The role of a number of foreign intelligence agencies, Psy-War and Military Operation Other Than War in
and around Pakistan through national and international media is now clearly visible on television screens
and in newspapers and “the beginning of the transition process of Pakistan from destabilization to
disintegration has NOW defiantly started” by the external enemies with full support of the internal
enemies of the Pakistan who have now openly declared media and judicial war against Pakistan’s armed
forces and ISI.
5. The pressures of the internal lawlessness on the high command of the armed forces to simultaneously
fight a war on internal, external and media fronts is nothing but a serious trial of their capability and skill.
6. Who are these internal and external enemies?
7. Who and what has encouraged them to openly declare war against the only remaining disciplined
national institution of the country? From where do the media get a go ahead to open propaganda fire at
the defenders of Pakistan?
Don’t these questions deserve serious answers before any action on front of the system of and by anyone or more
than one of the pillars of governance is taken?
Some more reading on the subject: http://www.slideshare.net/19540201
The Last Word to Defenders of and America, the Great Game and the Pakistan: A Leaderless Leader in End of the Independent Muslim The Weaknesses and the only
Politicians and Media Owners in Greater Middle East - An Economic Growth Potential among World Strength of the Muslims
Pakistan… Un-discussed Perspective Emerging Markets
Zahid Hussain Khalid has worked for national and international media
groups not as a journalist but a marketing practitioner, researcher and
analyst. He successfully initiated and completed the assigned managerial
and country tasks for such publications as Arab News, Financial Times, Jang
Group, Euromoney magazine, Petroleum Economist, South China Morning
Post, Asiamoney magazine, Innovation Management and Hong Kong
Standard and Forbes Inc, Forbes Global, Forbes Europe, Forbes Asia. He will
always remain thankful to Mr. William Adamapolous and Mr. Steve Forbes
of Forbes Inc and Mr. Tony Shale CEO, Euromoney Institutional Investor
Group (Jersey) Limited for their personal encouragement and support in
initiating and marketing Pakistan-specific innovative integrated media
packages for investment promotion. He also worked as Associate Producer,
Current Affairs, Pakistan Television Corp.
His articles have appeared in the Daily Jang, Daily Mashriq, the Nawa-e-Waqt and daily The Muslim on social, economic, political, diplomatic and military subjects
which are available here http://zahidhkhalid.wordpress.com/ and here http://www.slideshare.net/19540201
He had co-produced more than hundred episodes of the most popular weekly program “Hafta-e-Rafta” and was nominated for Best Producer’s award for
documentaries on Afghan Refugees and Year of the Aged.
His work reflects a visible difference because he strongly believes in innovative approach in everything that he does. He was co-owner of International Media Sales
from 1991 to 2012 and is owner of SUN&FZ Associates since 1994.