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2nd January
DAWN
2022
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Hameed Syed
Reviewed by: Fahad
Munir
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Arab-Israeli meeting ground” created by settlers ‫ آبد لدکد ر‬were

January 2, 2021 brought up. Expecting any significant
progress on illegal settlements ‫غس دے و د‬
THE Arab-Israeli peace process is largely ‫ بپدددںس‬is naïve ‫ب ددسدددول‬, as Israeli Prime
dead, thanks mainly to Tel Aviv’s Minister Naftali Bennett is a major
intransigence ‫ عدم دلچسپدددد‬and refusal to champion of settlements. Moreover,
deal with the Palestinians as equals. referring to the peace process, the Israeli
Therefore, in the present circumstances, leader commented earlier that “there
only a miracle ‫ مدجدہد‬can deliver a just won’t be one”.
‫ مددفادددددد دد دد‬solution. However, anyone
looking for such a miracle in the recent The fact is that if foreign powers,
meeting between Palestinian Authority particularly the US, are serious about the
President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Arab-Israeli peace process, they must
Defence Minister Benny Gantz will be bring Tel Aviv to heel. Israel must be
disappointed. On the surface ‫ بدددردد دد‬it clearly told that there can be no more
appears to be a positive development, illegal settlements, and that the regular
with both sides meeting after a butchery ‫ ےںلدع‬of the Palestinian people
considerable gap. ‫ ک د دفے د‬But go into is out of the question. Do the supporters
the details of the meeting and it is mostly of Israel in the West have the courage to
window dressing ‫لکدد ددجدسپدددد د ئید د دسد د فد‬ tell their ally ‫ حلسف‬such plain truths? The
‫دلکھ فئ‬،‫آرئ ش‬. The peace process has been experience of the last few decades tells us
frozen since 2014, and it is unlikely the they do not. Until Israel is made to
recent meeting will lead to a thaw ‫ب فدک د‬ understand that it will have to make major
‫پگھلف‬. Some observers ‫ مبادد‬are of the concessions ‫ مدد ئعدد‬to secure peace —
opinion that the meeting only took place primarily giving the Palestinians a just
due to American pressure. According to a deal, not scraps ‫ بس دکھس‬from the table —
Palestinian minister who attended the the peace process will remain in deep
meeting, “the importance of creating a freeze.
political horizon that leads to a political
Published in Dawn, January 2nd, 2022
solution” was discussed. This actually
means that nothing of substance emerged Assembly politics
‫ ئبدھد ئ‬from the event, while the minister
added that “tense conditions on the January 2, 2022
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THE National Assembly session was government and its allied parties. With
prorogued ‫ ملںویدک دل دگس‬on Friday for an the second round of LG polls in KP and
indefinite period ‫ غسد د مجدسدفدد د مددم‬without also in Punjab due in the coming weeks,
passing the crucial finance bill ‫ئ مد ف سدبل‬ there is genuine concern among the ruling
that is a requirement for Pakistan to re- parties about a backlash ‫ رلعمل‬from the
enter the IMF programme. The Fund’s voters. This concern is not misplaced if
board is scheduled to meet in the results of the first round of KP’s LG
Washington, D.C. on Jan 12 and it was polls are anything to go by. If the allies
expected that the government would dither, ‫ ئگ دئ حد لیدٹ دگے د‬the government
ensure the bill is passed before then. could have problems with parliamentary
However, this seems difficult now since numbers. The proroguing ‫ ئچدددںدددوئ‬of the
officials say the National Assembly National Assembly may be aimed at
session may be called by the middle of the buying time so the government can
month. muster ‫ جمعدک دسک د‬the strength to get the
bill passed. A failure to do so could
This would imply that ‫ئسدکد دمللدید د د وگد‬ trigger existential concerns ‫فجولیدرمشدد‬
the government aims ‫ مقاددددم‬to persuade for the government. The opposition too
‫ ے لدک د‬the IMF either to postpone ‫ملںوید‬ may use this time to woo ‫دک د‬ ‫آمد ل دک‬
‫ کدددد دددد د‬its meeting or approve the ‫ چس د‬the allies in a bid to defeat the bill.
programme on the commitment that the
bill will be passed in the next session of The government has never been shy of
the Assembly. The information minister bulldozing bills when it has had the
has explained the delay ‫ دد رس‬by saying requisite numbers ‫مللوب د مب‬. The passage
the bill has been sent to the Senate which of nearly three dozen bills through a joint
can take two weeks to either add its session of parliament recently is a case in
recommendations or reject it. point. The government did not bother
‫ یحمتد ہسںدک‬to allow a debate on the bills
However, it is also being reported that the and preferred to use its brute majority to
government’s allies ‫ ئ ح لی‬are still not on bulldoze them through the House. The
board with the bill. Most agree that if fact that it is going slow with the finance
passed, the bill will trigger ‫شدد فکدک گدگ‬ bill may therefore indicate a degree of
another round of inflation and extract a nervousness ‫ گھب ئ ٹ‬about the numbers.
steep ‫ بددددھدددد ری‬political cost for the
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The opposition finds itself in a and PML-N). The allegations ‫ئچد د ئمد د‬
convenient position. ‫ آسددد دپوی ددد‬If the range from financial irregularities ‫بد د د‬
government fails in passing the bill, that ‫ ےد عدمگسو‬in party accounts and questions
would be considered a no-confidence about funding sources to concealment
move and the government would have to ‫ چھ‬of bank accounts, money laundering
prove that it still enjoys the support of a and the use of private accounts of party
majority. If it passes the bill, the political employees as a front to receive illegal
fallout ‫ ںسہ‬would be devastating ‫ب دک د‬ ‫ غددسد د ےدد ددو د‬donations ‫ عددلددسدد‬from the
‫ دود گدد‬. This may be one reason why the Middle East. If proven, they could have
opposition does not appear to be in any serious consequences ‫ ں ج‬for the PTI, as
urgency ‫ عدددہدددلدددت‬to gather the numbers the annual consolidated statement ‫مدںد دقدد د‬
required to stop the bill. Politics in ‫ بس‬of accounts submitted by it bears the
parliament is now being played for high PM’s certification. Unfortunately, this
stakes. test case for political finance, which on
paper is regulated by the robust ‫مضدددبو‬
Published in Dawn, January 2nd, 2022 Elections Act 2017, has dragged on and
exposed the failings of the key
Foreign funding case
stakeholders ‫ری‬.‫ئ دددمد ئسدددددددادددسددد د دددوچددد‬.
January 2, 2022 Transparency ‫ شد د ست‬in political finance
goes to the heart of democracy, as it
THE end of 2021 marked yet another year promotes fair political competition and
that the ruling PTI’s foreign funding case curbs ‫ رک ف‬the influence of money over
remained without a conclusion. ‫ددںددسددہدد‬ political parties. If implemented in letter
Filed by a founding PTI member Akbar and spirit, the legislation would limit the
S. Babar in November 2014, it has been influence ‫ ئث دفدرسددو‬of powerful lobbies
over seven years since the case — which and interest groups on the functioning of
should have been concluded ‫رںمد ودج د د د‬ parties that chart the country’s economic
‫ چد س د ھد‬within months if not weeks — future.
has dragged on ‫ گدھپددددسدادںدد در دد‬due to the
behaviour of the party, a sluggish ‫سددپددت‬ Sadly, the case has laid bare ‫فئضددکدک دل د‬
judicial process and a slow-moving ECP ‫ د‬how poorly this law is applied. More
(that is also looking into the source of than 70 hearings ‫ سدددددمدد عددںددسددں‬have been
funding of other parties including the PPP conducted by the ECP in the last seven
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years; over two dozen orders, too, have

been passed by it, some of which have not
been followed. A scrutiny committee
‫ ج چدپڑ لدک دکمسا‬set up in 2019 to audit
the PTI’s accounts submitted its report
six months after the deadline. This
committee, too, has met over 75 times.
The PTI itself has challenged the ECP’s
jurisdiction ‫ لئ دئرںس ر‬to probe ‫حقسق دک د‬
‫ چددس د د‬the case in courts numerous times,
،‫ مںجملدب ر‬showing its lack of appetite for
transparency ‫ شدددد د سددت‬when it comes to
political finances. Not only has it
approached the courts, it has changed its
lawyers and sought dozens of
adjournments. ‫ مدددلدددںدددوی‬The case raises
questions about the ECP’s ability to
manage such a critical issue, as well as
the ruling party’s resistance ‫ م ئحمت‬to get
to the bottom of the matter. As the case
lingers on ‫چاکں در‬, there are slim hopes ‫کمد‬
‫ ئمسم ں‬that there will be any resolution ‫حل‬
— an unfortunate reality that shows how
much work must be done before we can
hail ‫ سدد د ئ دسددددکں د سں‬the strength of our
democracy.
Published in Dawn, January 2nd, 2022
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Arab-Israeli meeting ground” created by settlers ‫ آبد لدکد ر‬were

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Published in Dawn, January 2nd, 2022

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