Dawn Opinion 19 October 2022

Prepared by 19 October 2022
Muhammad Ammar
DAWN Wednesday
Opinion Translation
Time for a new mandate?

Zahid Hussain
IT is yet another emphatic electoral victory for the ‫ینمضااختنباتیکبازہترنیریسترےنکلمرھبںیم‬.‫ہییپیٹآیئےکےئلایکاورزیتااختنیبحتفےہ‬
PTI. The latest series of by-elections marked the rout ‫ش‬
of the ruling coalition across the country. It could not ‫اسقبوزترامظعارمان‬.‫ہیزبادہذلآزیمںیہنوہاتکساھت‬.‫رمکحانااحتدےکراےتسوکنانزدایک‬
have been more humiliating. It is rightly being
‫اخنےکےئلاےسذایتحتفےکوطررپایبنایکاجراہےہسجےناناستوتسشنںںیمےسھچ‬
described as a personal triumph for former prime
minister Imran Khan who won six of the seven seats .‫ںیتسشنجکںیلنجاکاوہنںےناقمہلبایک‬
he contested.
It is, indeed, an unprecedented feat that demonstrates ‫ہی‬.‫اظہرکباےہ‬

‫ہیوایعقایکےباثملاکرباہمےہوجبااتسکینایسسکےکدبےتلوہےئروتیںوک ر‬
the shifting sands of Pakistani politics. It is the PDM
government’s hour of reckoning: how long can it stick ‫ہیاینپزیتراتفرےساگلوہےنوایلایسیسہگج‬:‫وکحماکاسحباتکبرکےناکوقےہ‬PDM
to power with its fast-slipping political space and a
‫اورالسڈیئنکتشیعمےکاسھتبکیادتقاررپاقمئرہاتکسےہ?اینپمتخوہےنوایلاطقکےک‬
sliding economy? With its depleted strength, the
National Assembly has become redundant. .‫وقیمایلبمسےباکروہیئگےہ‬،‫اسھت‬
With the authority of the federal government virtually

limited to the capital, the situation is fast becoming ‫وصراحتلزیتیےس‬،‫وافیقوکحمےکاایتخرےکاسھتیلمعوطررپداراوکحلمییہدحمودےہ‬
untenable. The political structure of the country is on ‫ش‬
the verge of collapse. An unwieldy and fractious ‫ایکبااجتراورریغ‬.‫کلماکایسیسڈاھہچناخےمتےکراےتسرپےہ‬.‫بااقبترداسوہیتاجریہےہ‬
coalition administration cannot deal with the multiple ‫ش‬
‫ابایک‬،‫شید‬ ‫ اک‬.‫زتمزللااحتدیااظتنہیمکلمےسےنٹمنواےلدعتمدوجنلیچںےسٹمنںیہنیتکس‬
challenges confronting the country. Perhaps, it is time
for a new mandate. .‫ےئنڈنیمیکاکوقآایگےہ‬
Editorial: Key takeaways from Sunday's by-polls

‫اوتارےکذرہعیوپسلےسدیلکیکیٹوے‬:‫اداریت‬
Notwithstanding the defeat of the PTI candidate (the
daughter of former foreign minister Shah Mahmood
Qureshi) in Multan, the outcome of the by-elections ‫ش‬
،‫یٹلمںیماسقبوزتراخرہجشاہومحمدوقریشی(یکیٹیبیپیٹآیئےکادیموار)یکتسکشےکباووجد‬
was not surprising. The elections were held on the
‫ست‬
seats left vacant by the resignation of the PTI ‫یپیٹآیئربمموںےکا کعفیکےکذرہعیہیااختنبات‬.‫ینمضااختنباتاکہجیتنریحتیکباتںیہنیھت‬
members. True, one can argue that the party has
retained its own seats. But the scale of victory and the ‫وکیئہیثحبرکاتکسےہہکباریٹےناینپںیتسشن‬،‫چسےہ‬.‫اخیلرہاجےنوایلوتسشنںرپوہےئےھت‬
fact that Imran Khan was the sole PTI candidate in ‫نکیلحتفاکامیپہناورہیتقیقحہکاستوقلحںںیماتراناخنوادحیپیٹآیئ‬.‫ترقرارریھکںیہ‬
seven constituencies lends the outcome much greater
political significance. The voters’ verdict could not ‫راےئددنہاگن’ہلصیفزبادہمہبم‬.‫ادیمواراھتسجےناسےجیتنوکتہبزبادہایسیساتیمہاکاحلمرکدبا‬
have been more unambiguous.
.‫ںیہنوہاتکساھت‬
What makes the situation extremely dangerous is the
virtual collapse of all state institutions.
.‫وصراحتلوکااہتنیئرطخباکانبےنوایلوصراحتلامتمربایتساداروںاکاجمزیاخہمتےہ‬
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Muhammad Ammar
DAWN Wednesday
Opinion Translation
More specifically, it signifies a spectacular erosion of ‫انیےکااختنیبامحیکیکاینبد‬-‫ہیتہبیہرصتخمرعےصںیماےنپگرھںیمیپامیالی‬،‫اخصوطررپ‬

the PML-N’s electoral support base in its bastion in a ‫ش‬ ‫ش‬
very short period. Six months in power, the party of ‫ااسیاتگلےہہکشارسفیکباریٹےن‬،‫ھچامہادتقارںیم‬.‫ےکایکریحتازیگناٹکؤیکنادنیہرکباےہ‬
the Sharifs seems to have lost most of its political
‫سجےسوکحمرکےناوروجنلیچںےسےنٹمنیک‬،‫اجنپبںیماانپرتشیبایسیسداراوکحلموھکد اکبےہ‬
capital in Punjab, further weakening its capacity to
govern and to deal with a myriad of challenges. The .‫ااسیاتگلےہہکوکحملمکموطررپدبیمظناکاکشرےہ‬.‫اینپالصجکوکمریدزمکورایکایگےہ‬
government seems to be in complete disarray.
It may not be a victory for the PTI narrative but ‫ہی‬.‫ہییپیٹآیئےکایبےینیکحتفںیہنوہیتکسےہنکیلینیقیوطررپہییپڈیامیےکالخفووٹےہ‬

certainly it is a vote against the PDM. It has been a
devastating blow to the party that had dominated .‫باریٹوکایکابتہنکداکچھراہےہسجےنذگہتشیئکداہویئںےساجنپبایسسکرپہبلغاحلصایکاھت‬
Punjab politics for the past several decades. The
‫رشفیےلیبقاوراسیکواحضایسسکےکادنریلجبیکجدودہجباریٹےکرگےتوہےئاعموناڈے‬
power struggle within the Sharif clan and its ossified
politics have been a major reason for the party’s ‫اجنپبںیمیپامیالیانیےکزترااظتنمریغاالعہینااختنیبمہمےنباریٹیک‬.‫یکایکتریوہجریہےہ‬
declining support base. The lacklustre election
campaign run by the PML-N in Punjab denoted .‫وفصںںیمتریتھوہیئاموییسیکذممیک‬
increasing despondency within party ranks.
No senior party leader was out in the field to .‫باریٹےکادیمواروںےکےئلمہمالچےنےکےئلوکیئرئنیسباریٹرامنہدیمانںیمباہرںیہناھت‬

campaign for the party candidates. Curiously,
‫ریحتیکباتہیےہہکرممیونازےنامہینمضااختنباتےکومعقرپدنلناجےناکااختنبایکہکبج‬
Maryam Nawaz chose to go to London on the eve of ‫ش‬
the critical by-elections while Hamza Shehbaz, the .‫اجنپبےکاسقبوزترامظعزمحہشحباازیھبانیکدعموموجدیگیکوہجےسواحضرےہںیہ‬
former Punjab chief minister, has also been
conspicuous by his absence.
‫ست‬
‫باریٹےناساسل‬.‫انیایقدتوکےلہپیہاتنجئےسا کعفیدےدباایگوہ‬-‫ااسیاتگلےہےسیجیپامیالی‬
It seems as if the PML-N leadership was already
resigned to the outcome. The party has never fully ‫ےکرشوعںیماجنپبایلبمسےکینمضااختنباتںیموموصلوہےنواےلدےکچھےسیھبکوپری‬
recovered from the setback it received in the Punjab
‫استسکشےک‬.‫رطحےسبازباتفںیہنیکسجیکوہجےساسیکوصبایئوکحموکالگآیئ‬
Assembly by-elections earlier this year that cost it the
provincial government. The drubbing in the latest .‫دعبوصےبںیمینمضااختنباتیکبازہترنیریسترںیمڈوےنبیکشیپوگیئیکیئگیھت‬
series of by-elections in the province was foretold
after that debacle.
‫بااتسکنےکایسیسرظنمباےمےکبارےںیمینمضااختنباتےک'ریغریحتازیگن'اتنجئایک‬:‫ڑپںیھ‬
Read: What do the 'unsurprising' results of by-
elections say about Pakistan's political landscape? ?‫ےتہکںیہ‬
On the other hand, former prime minister Imran Khan ‫ش‬

has led an extremely effective campaign. He declared ‫اوہنںےنااختنباتوک‬.‫ومتمہمالچیئےہ‬
‫اسقبوز رکتامظعاتراناخنےنااہتنیئ ر‬،‫دورسیرطف‬
the elections a referendum against the present
dispensation. It is apparent that the government’s ‫ہیاظہرےہہکوکحمیکبااکیماوروموجدہاعرےضاک‬.‫وموجدہمیسقتےکالخفررفییدماکاالعنایک‬
‫ج‬
failure and the prevailing disorder have been fully ‫زدنیگزگارےنیک‬.‫ستیانبےنےکےئللمکمااصحتسلایکےہ‬
‫اسقبوزترامظعےناےنپاحویمںوک ک‬
exploited by the former prime minister to galvanise
his supporters. The rising cost of living and the ‫ےکالخفوجاراک‬PDM‫السیوکروےنکںیموکحمیکبااکیمےن‬
‫تریتھوہیئالگاوراعمیش د‬
government’s failure to stem the economic slide has

Muhammad Ammar
DAWN Wednesday
Opinion Translation
turned the tide against the PDM. The disappointing ‫ش‬

‫ےلھچپھچامہےکدورانشابازرشفیوکحمیکامویسنکاکررکدیگےنوعایمدعم‬.‫رخومڑدباےہ‬
performance of the Shehbaz Sharif government over
the last six months has added to the public discontent. .‫اانیمطنںیمااضہفایکےہ‬
A huge army of ministers, advisers and special

assistants has exposed the unwieldiness of the motley ‫ریشموںاوروصخیصاعمونینیکایکتہبتریوفجےنومیلٹااحتدیکبااجتررحتکوکےب‬،‫وزراء‬
alliance. The return of Ishaq Dar as the country’s
‘economic czar’ underscores the fallacy of the ‫کلمےک‘ااصتقدیزار’ےکوطررپااحسقڈاریکوایسپوکحمیکتشیعموکدوبارہ‬.‫اقنبرکدباےہ‬
government’s claim of putting the economy back on ‫ش‬
‫اسیکووڈواانکسکمکلموکوخداتخمر‬.‫رٹپیرپرےنھکےکدوعےیکیطلغیکنادنیہرکیتےہ‬
the track. His voodoo economics has brought the
country back to the brink of sovereign default. .‫ڈافیلکےکداہےنرپواسپےلآیئےہ‬
Dar’s return to the pivotal position of finance minister

has accentuated the divide within the main ruling ‫وزترخراہنیکامہتیثیحرپڈاریکوایسپےنرمکریرمکحانامجعےکادنراسمیسقتوکزیترکدبا‬
party. It is clear that the government is now being run
through remote control from London undermining the ‫ہیواحضےہہکابوکحمدنلنےسدوردرازرٹنکولےکذرےعیالچیئاجریہےہسجےس‬.‫ےہ‬
authority of the prime minister. That has worsened the ‫اسےساھبگاجےنوایلااظتنہیمیکاحلخرابوہیئگ‬.‫وزترامظعےکاایتخروکرجموحایکاجراہےہ‬
predicament of a fledgling administration. Given this
messy situation, the PDM’s rout in the by-elections is ‫اکروٹریحتیکباتںیہن‬PDM‫ینمضااختنباتںیم‬،‫اسدنگاوصراحتلوکدےتھکیوہےئ‬.‫ےہ‬
not a surprise. The coalition seems to have completely
.‫ااسیاتگلےہہکااحتدےنالپٹوکلمکموطررپوھکدباےہ‬.‫ےہ‬
lost the plot.
It was a very shrewd move by the PTI leader to stand

himself on nearly all the seats. People voted for him ‫امتموتسشنںرپاےنپآپوکڑھکارکباایکتہبیہلکشم‬all‫یپیٹآیئرامنہیکرطفےسرقتابی‬
knowing that he was not going to sit in the National ‫اسباتاک‬.‫ولوگںےناےسہیاجےتنوہےئووٹدباہکوہوقیمایلبمسںیمںیہنےھٹیبںیہ‬.‫ادقاماھت‬
Assembly. There is no indication that the PTI will go ‫ش‬
back to the National Assembly after this emphatic ‫بازہ‬،‫درتقیقح‬.‫وکیئاشارہںیہنےہہکیپیٹآیئاسزیتحتفےکدعبوقیمایلبمسںیمواسپآاجےئیگ‬
victory. In fact, the latest electoral triumph has
‫بازہترنیینمض‬.‫ترنیااختنیبحتفےنادتبایئااختنباتےکےئلاخنےکاطمےبلوکایھتہرڈالدباےہ‬
weaponised Khan’s demand for early elections. The
outcome of the latest by-elections has changed the .‫ااختنباتےکاتنجئےنوپرےایسیسرظنمباےموکدبتلیرکدباےہ‬
entire political landscape.
Predictably, the PTI has stepped up pressure on the ‫یپیٹآیئےنینمضااختنباتےکدعبیپڈیامیوکحمرپدباؤتراھباےہاور‬،‫شیپوگیئیکیئگےہہک‬

PDM government after the by-elections and has
threatened to storm the capital. The threat seems to be .‫اسباررطخہتہبزبادہنیگنسولعمموہباےہ‬.‫داراوکحلمںیموطافنتربارکےنیکدیکمھدیےہ‬
much more serious this time. The October storm is
‫ایکیپڈیامیوکحماینپڑکسیتوہیئاقونینتیثیحےکاسھت‬.‫اوتکتراکوطافناطقعمجرکراہےہ‬
gathering strength. Can the PDM government with its
shrinking legitimacy survive the opposition ‫وکحمےک‬،‫اوپزنشیےکےلمحےسچبیتکسےہ?اسےکالخفالکشمتمتخوہےنےکاسھتیہ‬
onslaught? With the odds stacked against it, it will be ‫ش‬
hard for the government to reverse the tide. The ‫کلمدشتےساحمذآرایئاورایسیسوپرلاترنشیےکاسھتلمکمانتشاار‬.‫ےئلاسرہلوکانٹلپلکشموہاگ‬
country is in complete chaos with the intensifying .‫اکاکشرےہ‬
confrontation and political polarisation.

Muhammad Ammar
DAWN Wednesday
Opinion Translation
What makes the situation extremely dangerous is the ‫اتراناخن‬.‫وصراحتلوکااہتنیئرطخباکانبےنوایلوصراحتلامتمربایتساداروںاکاجمزیاخہمتےہ‬

virtual collapse of all state institutions. Imran Khan
may now be dominating the political power game but ‫ابایسیساطقےکلیھکرپہبلغاحلصرکتکسںیہنکیلانیکباصقدااتسناوراحمذآرایئاکہطقن‬
his flawed narrative and confrontational approach
‫رظنآےگترےنھاوروہمجریایسیسلحیےنچنہپیکراہںیمایکتریراکوٹینبوہیئےہاس‬
remain a major obstacle in the way of moving
forward and reaching a democratic political solution .‫ووجدیرحبانےسکلم‬
to take the country out of this existential crisis.
Surely fresh elections seem to be the most viable ‫ینیقیوطررپوموجدہایسیسرگڈالکوکمتخرکےناکبازہترنیااختنباتسےساقبلمعلحولعمم‬

solution to ending the existing political gridlock. But
for a free and fair election, it requires an agreement ‫اسےکےئلایکرطہقیاکررپایسیسوقوتں‬،it‫نکیلآزاداہناورافصنمہنااختنباتےکل‬.‫وہباےہ‬
among the political forces on a mechanism. In the
‫ااختنباتمازہعرںیہ‬،‫ہقفتمقرمیورکیکدعموموجدیگںیم‬.‫ےکامنیباعمدہےیکرضورتےہ‬
absence of an agreed framework, the elections will
remain controversial, plunging the country deeper .‫اورکلموکوحےلصیکرطفرہگایئںیمڈالرےہںیہ‬،‫ےگ‬
into the morass.
It is imperative that all political forces start serious ‫ینمضااختنباتںیماس‬.‫ہیرضوریےہہکامتمایسیسوقںیتاسلمعرپدیجنسہذمارکاتاکآاغزرکںی‬

negotiations on the process. Its victory in the by-
elections may be a political triumph for the PTI but ‫یکحتفیپیٹآیئےکےئلایسیسحتفوہیتکسےہنکیلباریٹاسےعلقرپوطافنتربارکےکدبتیلیالےنیک‬
the party cannot expect to bring about change by
.‫وتعقںیہنرکیتکسےہ‬
storming the citadel.
The writer is an author and journalist.

.‫فنصمایکفنصماوراحصیفےہ‬
Democracy and dystopia

Rafia Zakaria
IN Ireland, ordinary people are hoarding firewood, ‫ڈرےتںیہہکوہویرکنیروسانتزہعیکوہجےسآدنئہ‬،‫اعمولگڑکلیوکرہلارےہںیہ‬،‫آترڈنیلںیم‬
afraid that they will not be able to heat their homes in
the upcoming winter owing to the Ukraine-Russia ‫وکحمےکالخفااجتحجاےنپ‬،‫اترانںیم‬.‫وممسرسامںیماےنپرھگوںوکرگمںیہنرکںیکسےگ‬
conflict. In Iran, protests against the regime have
(‫اوینیلیجےنایسیسدیقویںوکاھتےموہےئ‬،‫ےلھچپےتفہےکآخرںیم‬.‫باوچنںیےتفہیاجریےہ‬
continued into their fifth week. Last weekend, Evin
prison holding political prisoners (which means ‫ہنیبموطررپلیجیکتھچرپھچک‬،‫سجاکبلطمےہہکوکحمےکالخفوکیئیھبصخش)لجایگ‬
anyone opposed to the regime) burned, with
reportedly some female prisoners on the roof of the ‫دنہوااہتندنسپیاینت‬،‫وخانیتدیقیخیچرےہںیہ‘وکحمےکاسھتےچین!’دنہواتسنںیماالگدروازہ‬
prison screaming ‘down with the regime!’ Next door ‫اسرطحاکمریدارہشنآورصخشہکابرمکحانامجعاملسمونںےکاعمیش‬،‫ٹیپلںیمآیئگےہ‬
in India, Hindu extremism has become so entrenched,
such a delicious intoxicant that now the ruling party is ‫اوکیپےنوپریداینںیمادنینھیکاقراطزریکنیگنس‬،‫اسدوران‬.‫بااکیئٹاکاطمہبلرکریہےہ‬
calling for an economic boycott of Muslims. In the
.‫احلوکاجےننےکباووجدلیتیکدیپاواروکمکرکےناکہلصیفایک‬
meantime, OPEC decided to reduce oil output despite
knowing the dire condition of fuel inflation all over
the world.
‫ہارےباساالتخفراےئ‘وتقیقحںاکاانپ‬،‫بااتسکنںیم‬.‫ہیالبہبشایکڈستبکاکانئتےہ‬
‫ھچکالعوقںںیمایھبیھبےبرھگوخانیتاوروچبںیکدمدیکوخاشہےکےئلرمےن‬.’‫درتسوخانےہ‬

Muhammad Ammar
DAWN Wednesday
Opinion Translation
It is undoubtedly a dystopic universe. In Pakistan, we ‫ش‬

‫انیکےبرپواہاحلیکویدویزفلتخمیلیٹو رتنزلنیچرپایکولپںیم‬.‫واےلباینےکےچینںیہ‬
have our own tableau of discordant ‘realities’. Some
areas are still under water with displaced women and ‫‘مہاورایکرکتکسںیہ؟’وہریحتزدہ‬.‫اہیںیہکاعمولگانوکےبدحانبدےتیںیہ‬،‫یتلیھکںیہ‬
‫ش‬
‫اسکبکتبلوںیکتمیقںیم‬.‫ےسیجوہاینپوخاشہاوراموییسیکاینپوصخمصاہکوینںںیمشالمںیہ‬،‫ںیہ‬
children dying for want of assistance. The videos of
their hapless condition play in a loop on various
television channels, even as ordinary people become ‫وجریغاجچندشہاقراطزرےسوھپلایگےہسجرپوکحماقوبںیہنبایکس‬،‫زیتیےسااضہفوہاےہ‬
desensitised to them. ‘What more can we do?’ they
wonder, embroiled as they are in their own particular ‫الیسبےس‬.‫ںیہکرظنںیہنآباےہ‬،‫اسیجہکےلھچپاسولںیکرطح‬،‫تریقاکتہبزبادہرمہلح‬.‫ےہ‬
stories of want and desperation. The price of staples ‫نکیلدعتادںیمہییھباہکایگےہ‬،‫قلعتمادمادیویکاسیرہشویںےسرمقہیطعرکےنوکیتہکےہ‬
has risen exponentially, bloated from unchecked
inflation which the government has not been able to ‫اسیکتردیدفلتخم‬.‫ہکووصلدننکاگنیکرصفایکتہبیہوھچیٹدصیفوکدرالصدمدیلمےہ‬
control. The much-promised growth phase, as in
‫وزراءےنیکےہنکیلوااتعقاسدوعےیکامحیکرکےنوایلوکیئرساکریدعتاداجریںیہنیکیئگ‬
previous years, is nowhere in sight. The flood relief
website asks citizens to donate money, but the .‫ااسیولعمموہباےہہکدمدںیہنیلمےہاہجںاےسوہبااچےئہ‬،‫ارگاصتوتروکیئوبثتںیہوت‬.‫ےہ‬
numbers also say that only a very tiny percentage of
recipients have actually received the help. This is
denied by various ministers but there are really no ‫وقلحںںیم‬11‫ارگہیگرترریحاناوررپاشیننکہنوہیتوتذگہتشےتفہےکآخرںیمکلمےک‬
official numbers released that back that claim. If
pictures are any evidence, it appears that help has not ‫انیکتقیقحدنسپیہیےہہکراےئددنہاگنےکباساےسیرامنہوکووٹ‬.‫ااختنباتوہےئےھت‬
got where it should. ‫ش‬
‫ارثکیکےنااسییہ‬،‫اظہرکےتںیہ‬
‫اسیجہکاتنجئ ر‬.‫ڈاےنلاکاایتخراھتوجبارٹنمیلںیمشالمںیہنوہاگ‬
If this mess weren’t enough to baffle and befuddle, ‫لداوپدیشہاورامویسنکبااتسکینوورٹںیہوجوہمجریاسمواتںیمایکاکدعلمریغتمیھبریغ‬.‫ایک‬
elections were held in 11 constituencies in the country
last weekend. The surreal nature of these is that voters .‫انےکےئلرپششکولعمموہےتںیہ‬،‫امندنئیگ‬
had the option of voting for a leader who will not be
joining parliament. As the results show, the vast
majority did just that. So enfeebled and disenchanted ‫یسکیھبباریٹےسقلعترےنھکواےلادتقارںیموکیئیھباعمبااتسکینیکوہمجریکےکاسھتاعموطر‬
are the Pakistani voters that even non-representation,
‫اسیکوہجےسوہڈوبےئگںیہ اکبااختنیباصقننباحتفیکالیصفتت‬،‫رپاموییسیکرپواہںیہنرکباےہ‬
a nullifying variable in the democratic equation,
seems attractive to them. ‫ایسدتساناےنپیہیلسنوقلحںںیمرمکحاین‬،‫جھچکامہلبقیئنوکحمادتقارںیمآیئیھت‬.‫ںیم‬
Nobody in power belonging to any party cares about ‫اسامڈلےنامیضںیماکمایکےہ۔بااتسکوینںےنیلسنوطخطےکاسھتتریبااقدعیگ‬.‫رکےترےہ‬

the ordinary Pakistani’s general disillusionment with ‫آبادبایتآبادیےناس‬،‫ایسےکاسھتیہ‬.‫ےکاسھتووٹد اکبےہاورابیھبااسیرکےترےتہںیہ‬
democracy, submerged as they are in the details of
this or that electoral loss or victory. When the new ‫یلموکدبتلیرکدباےہہکرہشباریےکومنونںےنفلتخمولسنںاکاالتخطایکےہوجےلہپوموجدںیہن‬
government came to power a few months ago,
.‫ےھت‬
politicians continued to rule in their own ethnic
constituencies. This model has worked in the past;
Pakistanis have voted along ethnic lines with great
regularity and continue to do so now. At the same ‫لداااکنراورامویسنکبااتسکینوورٹںیہوجاہیںیہکریغامندنئیگیھبانےکےئلرپششکولعمم‬
time, demographics have changed this milieu in that .‫وہیتےہ‬
patterns of urbanisation have delivered a mixing of
various ethnicities that was not present before.

Muhammad Ammar
DAWN Wednesday
Opinion Translation
So enfeebled and disenchanted are the Pakistani ‫رہشباریاوراعمیشاحالتںیمرتہبیوجاسےکےجیتنںیموہیتےہاسےناینپرطحاکبااتسکینوورٹ‬

voters that even non-representation seems attractive to
them. ‫وہولگوجداہیتےسےلچےئگںیہاہجںانےکتررگایھبیھباسبااجریگداررامنہ اکب‬.‫ایترایکےہ‬
‫اسےحملںیمانےکاقدئیکسج‬,‫اکروپریکافرمےکامکلبایتعنصاسکنےکاوگنےھٹےکےچینںیہ‬
Urbanisation and the improvements in economic
conditions that result from it have produced their own ‫اساکبلطمہی‬.‫یھبباریٹےسقلعتےہاسےکےئلوسچرکووٹڈاےنلںیممکدیپسچلوہیتکسےہ‬
kind of Pakistani voter. Those who have moved from
villages where their elders are still under the thumb of ‫ےہہکباریٹےکرامنہوہنجںےنانایکباراگریٹنوایلوتسشنںرپااصحنرایکےہویکہکنامحیکےک‬
this or that feudal leader or corporate farm owner or ‫اسںیمہییھبدلیلےہہکوصبایئحطسرپ‬.‫گرھانرپویہنیقیںیہنرکتکسںیہوجایکباراعمہلماھت‬
industrial farmer, may be less interested in voting
unthinkingly for whatever party their leader belongs ‫ڈنفزدیہیالعوقںرپباومہارخرچےیکاجرےہںیہاہجںاجریگداراوریلسناقلعتتابیھبرہشوںرپ‬
to in that moment. This means that the party leaders
‫وموجدہوکحمزریعےبعشوک‬,‫اثملےکوطررپ‬.‫امضںیتنقرامہرکےتںیہاوراسےسیھبمک‬
who have relied on these once-guaranteed seats as
bastions of support cannot count on them with the ‫تراھےنیکوکششرکریہےہاحالہکنانالعوقںےسسکیٹیکآدمینںیہناکنیلاجیتےہویکہکن‬
same certainty that was once the case. There is also an
argument that funds at the provincial level are being ‫رہشیوورٹوج‬،‫اسدوران‬.‫زراع(امضیدشہوقلحںیکاخرط)رپیھبکسکیٹںیہناگلباایگےہ‬
spent unevenly on rural areas where feudal and ethnic .‫اصفبایناورلقتسمکیلبآؤٹوخشںیہنوہباےہ‬،‫وکڑےدانوکڈریھرکےتوہےئداتھکیےہ‬
ties still provide guarantees and less so on cities. For
instance, the current government is trying to expand .‫ایکوقاھتجہیرصفرکایچاکیہچساھت۔ابہیکلمےکہررہشںیماچسیئےہ‬
the agricultural sector even though no tax revenue is
extracted from these areas because agriculture (for the
sake of guaranteed constituencies) has never been ‫مکازمکارمہکیاورویرپ‬،‫رھپرحبانںیمکلموہےناوراےسیوقںیمجتہباسرےاممکل‬
taxed. In the meantime, the urban voter who sees
trash piling up, no clean water and constant blackouts .‫انےکاےنپوجنلیچںںیماناکذماقاڑا کباایگےہ‬,‫ےکدیچیپہاوردباؤاکہلئسمےہ‬،‫ےکاممکلںیہن‬
is not happy. There was a time when this was true .‫بااتسکنبااترانباااغفنانیکوتہجایکاعیملانترظےسمکوہیتکسےہوجوخدڈاکنکتشتونیپےہ‬
only of Karachi; now it is the truth in every city of the
country.
‫اسیجہکوتعقیکاجیتےہہکوہڈومیرککٹی‬،‫ارگارمہکیںیموطسدمیتااختنباترپاشینوہاجےتںیہ‬
Then there is the complex and pressing issue of being
‫نت‬
a country in a crisis and in want at a time when so ‫انیکہگجاہنتیئدنسپرک بکلکبکنزرںیلےگوجاساعمےلمںیمویرکنیبایسکیکدمدرکےنںیم‬,‫ارثکیک‬
many countries, not least the US and those of Europe,
are enmeshed in their own challenges. The attention ‫ارگویرپںیمادنینھاکرحباندشتاایتخررکباراتہےہاور‬،‫ایسرطح‬.‫دیپسچلںیہنرےتھکںیہ‬
Pakistan or Iran or Afghanistan could draw is ‫ش‬
‫اسامتشایئےسایسیسابتیہرفتہقازیگناور‬،‫ویروویپںوکانمسرحاریتاظنمےکریغباجباڑپباےہوت‬
diminished by a global context that is itself dystopian.
.‫وخدیہویریپوینینےکمہآیگنہرپوسالااھٹےتںیہ‬,‫ہنکمموطررپںیہکزبادہآرماہنوہیگ‬
If the midterm elections in the US upset, as expected
they will, the Democratic majority, their place will be
taken by isolationist Republicans who are not ‫اسبااسباریٹےکارمہکیےکاسھت‬.‫اسباربااتسکنےکےئلوکیئریبویناجنتددنہہںیہنوہاگ‬
interested in helping Ukraine or anyone for that ‫ش‬
matter. Similarly, if the fuel crisis in Europe continues ‫سج‬،’‫‘دتشہرگدیےکالخفج‬.‫ااحتدرکےنےکامتماشارےاورازلاامتاساحلظےسںیہ‬
to intensify and Europeans have to go without ‫ںیمرغمبےنترےامیپےنرپےبدحدنمشےسڑلےنےکےئلاروبںڈارلیکرھکوبںڈارلیھب‬
adequate heating, the political cataclysms from that
spectre will be divisive and likely far more ‫متخوہاکچےہاوربااتسکناباینپاینبدرپرکاہیںیہنےلاتکس—اسےسعطقرظنہک‬,‫ڈریھاگلےئ‬
.‫دصرباڈیئنانتکرطخباکوسچتکسںیہہکبااتسکنےہ‬

Muhammad Ammar
DAWN Wednesday
Opinion Translation
authoritarian, calling into question the cohesion of the

EU itself.
‫وہمجریکےکاسھتہارےفلتخمرجتبات‬،‫اسےکدعبوجوسالبایقےہوہہیےہہکایکبااتسکن‬
There will be no external saviours for Pakistan this ‫ش‬
‫ااسی‬.‫اشارےباریکںیہ‬.‫دعبںیمرمکحاینیکاینبدےکوطررپاتیمہاکاظمہرہرکےترںیہےگ‬،‫ےکدعب‬
time. All the allusions and accusations of this or that
party being allied with the United States are in this ‫رگنہیاوراہیںیہکایلٹافزشمںیمالتبمںیہبامکازمکافزشماور‬،‫دنہواتسن‬،‫اتگلےہہکترازلی‬
sense blather. The ‘war on terror’, in which the West
bizarrely pilfered billions even trillions of dollars to ‫آرماہندواتسہنوکحوتمںیکرطفرابغوہرےہںیہباہکاعیملحطسرپریغمظنمآرڈرےسظفحت‬
fight a largely overestimated enemy, is over and ‫ایسسکیھبکیھب‬،‫نکیلرھپ‬،‫اںیہنتقیقحںیمہیوصتردشہظفحتںیہنےلماگ‬.‫احلصایکاجےکس‬
Pakistan cannot extort rents on its basis anymore —
no matter how dangerous President Biden may think ‫ہیلیھکبااتسکنںیمایکاسیج‬.‫اقحقئےکبارےںیمںیہنریہےہ۔ہیایخالتےکبارےںیمےہ‬
Pakistan is.
.‫اسرپرصحنمےہ‬،‫اباینتےبنیچںیہن‬،‫اورکلمیکوہمجریکیکاقب‬،‫یہےہ‬
The question that remains then is whether Pakistanis,
after all our varied experiments with democracy, will
continue to value the latter as a basis of governance. .‫فنصمایکولیکےہوجآینیئاقونناورایسیسہفسلفیکمیلعتداتیےہ‬
The indications are bleak. Brazil, India, Hungary and
even Italy seem to be drifting into fascism or at least
towards fascism- and authoritarianism-friendly
governments to seek protection from an unravelling
world order. They will not actually get that imagined
protection, but then, politics never has been about
realities; it is about perceptions. The game is the same
in Pakistan, and the survival of the country’s
democracy, not so fledgling anymore, depends on it.
The writer is an attorney teaching constitutional law

and political philosophy.
Me-too to Gentoo
Shahzad Sharjeel
WOMEN are making a mark for themselves in every ‫ش‬
‫وہولیھکںںیمہصحےنیلاوراساکااحہطرکےن‬.‫وخانیتہرےبعشںیماےنپےئلایکنانانبریہںیہ‬
field. They are trailblazers — from participating in
and covering sports previously thought to be the ‫ےسرٹلیزیلبر—ںیہجاسےکترسکعرکےنرپوبجمروہےنرپانےکرسوںوکاگننرکےنےک‬
exclusive preserve of men to uncovering their heads
‫ونوجانڑلایکںاوروخانیت‬،‫ااہتنیئبادنبوکحوتمںےکتحت‬.‫ےئلرمدوںاکوصخیصظفحتاھجمساجبااھت‬
when forced to do the opposite. Under the most
restrictive regimes, young girls and women are .”‫اسہقبوبقملرحتوکیںےکآرماہنراحجباتوکجنلیچرکریہںیہوج“اےنپوچبںوکاھکاجیتںیہ‬
challenging the authoritarian tendencies of erstwhile
popular movements that turn to “devour their own
‫ش‬ ‫ن ش‬
children”. ‫رصفایکشارع”ےسرشوعوہبا‬،‫“وکیئیھبںیہناتھجمسےہ‬،‫اھجمساجباےہہکککبتسےےناہکےہ‬
‫ش‬
Nietzsche is supposed to have said, “nobody ‫ہہگجوخانیتیک‬
‫شید ر‬ ‫ ا‬،‫وںیدصییکدنہواتسینوخانیت‬20‫امجونھکلیےن‬
‫ہارےاےنپ د‬.‫ےہ‬
understands, only a poet begins to”. Our own Majaz
:‫جاوہنںےناھکل‬،‫وحہلصازفایئیک‬

Muhammad Ammar
DAWN Wednesday
Opinion Translation
Lakhnavi encouraged 20th-century Indian women,

perhaps women everywhere, when he wrote:
.‫(ارگآپاےنپرپدہ)ےسوکیئایعمرانبےتوتہیرتہبوہبا‬
(it would have been better had you made a standard
out of your veil).
Imagine an Arctic outpost with nothing but a colony ‫ایکآرکٹکوچیکاکوصتررکںیسجںیمسرفصدرہجرحارتںیموگنیپزنئیکاکولینےکوساھچک‬

of penguins in sub-zero temperatures, and no running ‫استربیتںیمایکوپسآسفدورسیبااقبوصترزیچوہیگ۔اچر‬.‫اورہنےنلچواالباین‬،‫ںیہنےہ‬
water. A post office will be the second most
unimaginable thing in this setting; four women ‫ااٹنراکیٹکںیموگڈرئیخر رکتےرپوپرٹ‬.‫وخانیتوجاےسیلہپوہےنیکتیثیحےسلچریہںیہ‬
running it being the first. This is what is happening on
‫اےلگھچ‬.‫ولکمر)ےہ‬14،484(‫لیم‬9،000‫وجتراطہینےسرقتابی‬،‫الرکوےئرپیہیوہراہےہ‬
Port Lockroy on Goudier Island in Antarctica, nearly
9,000 miles (14,484 kilometres) from the UK. Four ‫دروخاسددنہاگنںیمےساچروخانیتاک‬6،000‫امہیوپسآسفالچےنےکوخادنمشہ‬
women have been selected from some 6,000
applicants aspiring to run the post office for the next ‫ےسزبادہاممکلوکرقتابی‬100‫اسںیماہجزےکےلمعےکذرہعیاسالہن‬.‫ااختنبایکایگےہ‬
six months. It sends out some 80,000 postcards 10‫انیکوفتضیےکےلہپ‬.‫خترےرپاکلرکےتںیہ‬
‫وپساکرڈےجیھباجےتںیہوج رک‬80،000
annually to more than 100 countries by ship crews
who call on the island. For the first 10 weeks of their ‫اناچراہبدررووحںےکاسھتایکباوچنںیصخشیھبوہاگسجےناںیہنااہتنیئ‬،‫وتفہںےکےئل‬
assignment, these four brave souls will be
’،‫‘آہ!اہیںاافلرمدوککیپیکرامنہیئےکےئلآباےہ‬.‫ہسامیہںیمزدنہرےنہیکراسایئںداھکںیئ‬
accompanied by a fifth person to show them the ropes
of surviving in extreme climes. ‘Aha! here comes the .‫سجںیمہگجالچےناکاسہقبرجتہبےہ‬،‫باوچنںییھبایکوعرتےہ‬.‫طلغ‬.‫آپوسچرےہںیہ‬
alpha male to lead the pack,’ you are thinking.
Wrong. The fifth is also a woman, with previous
experience in running the place. .‫بااتسکنوخانیتریہوزںیمےھچیپںیہنراتہےہ‬
Pakistan does not lag behind in female heroes.
‫اسہلرئیلکباالنیٹنوکوپس‬23.‫اہبدراورباالصجکوخانیتبامردرکےنےکقحتسمںیہ‬،‫ہیاہبدر‬
These brave, adventurous and talented women
deserve to be named. Clare Ballantyne, 23, has been ‫اسےنایھبآوفسکرڈویوینریٹسےسارھتاسزسنئںیمامرٹسیکڈرگیلمکمیک‬.‫امرٹسرقمرایکایگےہ‬
appointed postmaster. She has just completed a
Master’s degree in earth sciences from Oxford ‫یپاچیڈییکڈرگیےکاسھتایکزنکرونشی ر‬،‫اسہلامریہلتن‬30.‫ےہ‬
‫خر رکتےرپ‬،‫امہایحایتت‬
University. Mairi Hilton, 30, a conservation biologist ‫ش‬
‫اسہلیئنشادیدشہاٹنیلاکرٹیباعریضوطررپاےنپوشہروک‬31.‫وگنیپنئاکولینیکرگناینرکںیےگ‬
with a PhD degree, will monitor the penguin colony
on the island. Newly-wed Natalie Corbett, 31, is .‫اسزیچےکےھچیپوھچڑریہےہےسجوہآرکٹکزدنیگاکاشمدہہرکےناکزدنیگرھباکومعقیتھجمسےہ‬
‫ش‬ ‫ش‬
40.‫وہکہ کتمتشااترںیمباوتلاجونروںےکولازامتاکاکروبارالچیتےہ‬.‫وہوچیکرپٹفگشاپالچےئیگ‬
temporarily leaving her husband behind for what she
considers a lifetime opportunity to observe Arctic life.
She will run a gift shop at the outpost. She runs a pet ‫زاتنی‬
‫اہجزےکےلمعاور ر‬،‫وجآرکٹکےکےلھچپرجتےبےکاحلماسدسنئانںیہ‬،‫اسہلیسلتروزون‬
accessories business in Hampshire. Lucy Bruzzone,
40, a scientist with previous Arctic experience will act ‫ےکخرترےرپآےنواےلامتماکماوراجےنوکرموبطرکےتوہےئسیبرجینمیکتیثیحےساکم‬
as base manager, coordinating all the comings and ‫خرترےرپوگنیپنئیکفلتخم‬.‫اسرگوپاکاعریضرسرپسوہاگ‬،42،‫ویکان کگلکتس‬.‫رکںیےگ‬
goings of ship crews and visitors to the island. Vicky
Inglis, 42, will be the group’s temporary mentor. The ‫ کجکبتٹو ا‬،‫وےسییھب‬،‫مسق‬
.‫الہکبےہ‬

Muhammad Ammar
DAWN Wednesday
Opinion Translation
penguin variety on the island is, by the way, called ‫ہلگنبدشیاورہارےڑپوسےکدرگیامتماممکلںیمانیکریہوریہو‬،‫دنہواتسن‬،‫اتران‬،‫ااغفنان‬

Gentoo.
‫اعہمصاہجریگنساور‬،‫ہارےباسیھبہارےانیبزترس‬.‫بااتسکنےھچیپںیہنےہ‬.‫یکرخفےہ‬
Afghanistan, Iran, India, Bangladesh and all other
‫سےسزبادہدلیکباتہیےہہکہاریاہبدروخانیتےکرکشلامیضیکیہدحمود‬.‫امالالسںیہ‬
countries in our neighbourhood have their female
‫ش‬
heroes to boast of. Pakistan does not lag behind. We ‫اورتمہرکےن‬,‫یکالپسیئنیچ‬،‫لقتسم‬،‫ںیہنںیہبانجولوگںےنےلہپیہاانپنانانبدباےہ۔ذنیہ‬
too have our Benazirs, Asma Jehangirs and Malalas. ‫ش‬
Most heartening is the fact that our legions of brave .‫وایلوخانیتبااتسکنںیمبااقبترداسداھکیئدیتیںیہ‬
women are not restricted to the past or those who
have already made their mark; the supply chain of
intelligent, persistent, and daring women seems ‫ونوجان‬،‫اوراقوننباذفرکےنواےلاداروںےسےلرکعلومی‬،‫ایسسکےسےلرکولیھکںی‬
‫نشتبک ش‬ ‫نکشتبت ش‬
‫وپویلوک ککککسنکومہمںےسےلرکڈیکا کک سنکومیٹں‬.‫وخانیتبااتسکنوکرخفوسحمسرکریہںیہ‬
inexhaustible in Pakistan.
From politics to sports, and from law enforcement to ‫وجتخسےطخباآبووہاںیمدبتیلیےسےنلچوایلآافت‬،‫وخانیتاسےنمےسآےگترھریہںیہ‬،‫ی‬

the sciences, young women are doing Pakistan proud.
From polio vaccination campaigns to dengue ‫اںیہنرھگےسرشوعوہےنواےلاواقتںیماوراعمرشےےسرکسعیکدنسپوں‬.‫ےسدواچرںیہ‬
inspection teams, women are leading from the front, ‫یمراتمحاکاسانمرکباڑپباےہوجہاریآےنوایلولسنںوکروکاھتمیکامیبرویںاورزدنیگرھبیک‬
undaunted by the harsh terrain or climate change-
driven disasters. They face resistance at times ‫ذعمورویںےساچبےنیکوکششرکےنواےلونیسکیےکلتقےکبارےںیمھچکںیہنوسےتچ‬
beginning at home and from the community to the
.‫ںیہ‬
militants who think nothing of murdering vaccinators
trying to save our future generations from preventable
diseases and lifelong disabilities.
‫ولیھکںےکوہتاریک‬.‫ایسرطحرتعجدنسپوقںیتیھبںیہ‬،‫ارگہچوخانیتاجےنیکتمہرکریہںیہ‬
While women are raring to go, so are the reactionary ‫ازلاامتاورانااہتووصلدننکاگنےکامہرگلگٹ‬.‫رطحھچکآاسنباتمازہعوہاجیتےہ‬
forces. Something as simple as a sports festival ‫لت‬
becomes controversial. Threats and warnings were ‫ارتعافےناس‬،‫اسیجہکاسیکرمیضےہ‬.‫با شتنونمیاوپسرسٹاگالرپکنیھپدیکےئگ‬
hurled at the org-anisers of the rece-ntly concluded
‫لتقےس‬،‫وکیئکشںیہن‬.‫رپورگامںیمیجیبونمیرئیفاکبامدبتلیایکاوراساکبامدبتلیرکدبا‬
Gilgit-Baltistan Women’s Sports Gala. As is its
wont, the adm-inistration caved in and renamed the ‫فطلادنوزوہےنواولںےکباس‘اگال’بامےکھچکےصحےکالخفھچکںیہناھتویکہکنوہہرزیچےس‬
event GB Women’s Fair. Have no doubts, the killjoys ‫ش‬
had nothing against the ‘gala’ part of the ’‫اافلظ‘وخانیت‬.‫تمہرکےنیکتمہےہ‬،‫اوراسیکاافدیکبایمہےہ‬،’‫اتمتںیہ‘اگال‬
‫تہبزبادہ ر‬
nomenclature as they are pretty enamoured of .‫اور‘اوپسرسٹ’ایساسسنںیموبےلےئگاںیہنآگاکاسسنےنیلرپوبجمررکےتںیہ‬
everything ‘gala’, and the infatuation is mutual, dare
one add. The words ‘women’ and ‘sports’ uttered in
the same breath make them breathe fire.
‫اگال‬.‫رتعجدنسپانعرصوکرایضرکےنںیمایکتراہلئسمہیےہہکہییھبکیھباکیفںیہنوہباےہ‬
One big problem with appeasing regressive elements ‫یےک‬
‫اچےتہےھتہکرکسعیکدنسپوںےنوببزرباسےکقر ک‬،‫افوکسیکاترویںرپروزہرےتھکوہےئ‬
is that it is never enough. Fast on the heels of the gala
fiasco, wanted militants brazenly blocked the road ‫ایسوحںاوراسمقروںوکترامغلانبایلسجںیم‬،‫یپاوریجیبےکامنیبڑسکوکڈاٹھیئےسروکدبا‬
between KP and GB close to Babusar Pass, holding ‫ش‬
‫رفتمق’اطمابلتںیمانےکدیقاسویھتں‬،‫ڈیم اکبروپرسٹےکاطمقب‬.‫اقمیموز رکتیھبشالمےہ‬
tourists and commuters hostage including a local ‫ش‬
minister. According to media reports, the miscreants’ ‫ںیماگنن‬2013‫ہنیبموطررپہیویہمیظنتےہسجےکربممان‬.‫ےکوقحقاورانیکراہیئشالمںیہ‬
demands included visiting rights to their imprisoned
?‫اورایکااعتشلازیگنےہ‬.‫ریپیکےکےئلریغیکلموکہامیپیئمہمےکدببامزامہنلتقںیمہبتشمںیہ‬

Muhammad Ammar
DAWN Wednesday
Opinion Translation
‫س ش‬
accomplices and their release. This is reportedly the ‫دتشہرگدیےکےلمحںیمہبتشماقرادےکاسویھتںےکذرہعیا بت کتیکےکاسھتڑسںیکدسمود‬
same outfit whose members are suspects in the
infamous killing of a foreign mountaineering ‫اسلدعبرصفیھٹمرھبزساانسیئاجیتکسےہ?رصفدنچرجمم‬10‫رکباباہیتقیقحہکرقتابی‬
expedition to Nanga Parbat in 2013. What is more
‫االسمآباد‬.‫دولیجےسقراروہےئگ۔بایقہبتشماقرادترےامیپےنرپبایقںیہ‬،‫السوخںےکےھچیپںیہ‬
outrageous? Blocking roads with impunity by
associates of suspects in the terrorist attack or the fact .‫یھبایکاوراحمرصےاکاھچیپرکباےہ‬
that almost 10 years later only a handful of
convictions could be handed down? Only a few
convicts are behind bars, two escaped from jail; the ‫ش‬ ‫ش‬
‫انیکبازہترنیاشاعردناباےکونعانےسزنطےکاضمنیماکایکومجمہع‬.‫فنصمایکشارعےہ‬
rest of the suspects remain at large. Islamabad too
braces for another siege. ‫ ک‬.‫ےہ‬
The writer is a poet. His latest publication is a

collection of satire essays titled Rindana.
Apocalypse when?
Mahir Ali
OBSERVERS of the current tensions between ‫اموکس‬،‫وجہریجےکرپدہدویکمھںاورترےامیپےنرپااقتنیماکررواویئںیکانااہتےکدرایمن‬
Moscow and Washington, amid veiled threats of
nuclear warfare and warnings of massive retaliation, ‫اساعمےلمںیممیسقتایکایگےہہکآباوموجدہ‬,‫اوروانٹگنشےکامنیبوموجدہانتؤےکرصبمنی‬
are divided over whether the present predicament is
‫اسللبقارمہکیاورویاسیاسی‬60‫اسےنیہمےس‬eyeball-to eyeball ’ ‘‫وصراحتل‬
less dire or a bigger danger than the ‘eyeball-to-
eyeball’ confrontation between the US and the USSR .‫آرےکامنیباصتدمےسمکنیگنس اکبترارطخہےہ‬
60 years ago this month.
It’s a tricky dilemma. The global situation is very .‫اسیجہکالیصفتتںیہ‬،‫اعیملوصراحتلیسکیھبرطحےستہبفلتخمےہ‬.‫ہیایکلکشمےصمخمےہ‬

different in any number of ways, as are the
particulars. The Soviet Union did not invade any ‫زیماولئںاوروجہری‬،‫اسےنوفویجں‬.‫ںیمیسکیھبکلمرپہلمحںیہنایک‬1962‫وسویکوینینےن‬
country in 1962. It shipped troops, missiles and
‫وارڈیہزوکایکاحہیلااحتدیوکجیھبدباسجےنےلھچپاسلیہیسآیئاےےکزتراامتہمےلمحوک‬
nuclear warheads to a recent ally that had just the
previous year staved off a CIA-organised invasion. It ‫نکیلہنیہہیبااجتراھت—احالہکنہیاخص‬،‫ہیایکدادنمشناہنادقامںیہنوہاتکساھت‬.‫روکدبااھت‬
may not have been a wise step, but nor was it
illegitimate — even though this particular ally .‫ولکمر)وھجٹوباتلےہ‬145(‫لیم‬90‫فیلحولفریداےکونجبںیمرصف‬
happened to lie just 90 miles (145 kilometres) south
of Florida.
‫وٹینزیمالئالرچنوںیکےبنیچےبنیچےبنیچ‬/‫وسویکرسدحوںےکقر یکارمیکی‬،‫یکی‬
Until then, there had been plenty of US/Nato missile
‫ایکجنلیچےکوطررپداھکی‬a‫نکیلوکیئبایمہانیعتیتںیہنوجارمیکیریغومعمیلےکل‬،‫وہیئگیھت‬
launchers sited uncomfortably close to Soviet borders,
but no reciprocal deployments that would be seen as a ‫ایکبارجارمیکیاجوسسایطروںےنویکبایکرسزنیمرپوسویکزیماولئںاکوبثت‬.‫اجےئاگ‬
challenge to American exceptionalism. Once US spy ‫ی‬
planes brought back evidence of Soviet missiles on ‫ویکباےسباہراہجز‬:‫تاھتہکڈینیکیوایاہؤسرککملنکوکایٹلمٹیماجریرکےاگ‬ ‫ہیبازگ رک‬،‫واسپالباوت‬
Cuban soil, it was inevitable that the Kennedy White .‫باہلمحاکاسانمرکباڑپا‬
House would issue an ultimatum to the Kremlin: ship
out of Cuba or face an attack.

Muhammad Ammar
DAWN Wednesday
Opinion Translation
,‫ہیبادرانھکاقبدقرےہہکدورسیرطفوفیجاکرروایئرشوعرکےناکوکیئارادہںیہنداھکباایگ‬
It’s worth remembering that the other side showed no
intent of initiating military action, not even after the ‫اہیںیہکارمہکیےنخرترےےکرگدباہکدنبیطلسمرکےنےکدعبیھبںیہناورانمےک‬
US imposed a blockade around the island and took ‫ش‬
‫وجہیجکںیم‬
‫شید رک‬‫وفیجانتزہعوج ا‬،‫بامہ‬.‫وقنیباالوقایماقوننےساطمتقبںیہنرےتھکےھت‬
other actions incompatible with international law in
peacetime. However, military conflict that may well ‫ترھےکچںیہاسےساینبدیوطررپرگترایکایگاھتویکہکننکتکبااخروفیشاوراجنافیڈینیکیدوونں‬
have spiralled into nuclear war was avoided
essentially because both Nikita Khrushchev and John ‫اورانںیمےسوکیئیھبانانکےکوھچاںےصحوکمتخرکےنرپوغر‬,‫بازگتراتنجئےسوافقےھت‬
F. Kennedy were aware of the inevitable .‫رکےنرپرایضںیہناھت‬
consequences, and neither of them was willing to
contemplate wiping out one-sixth of humanity.
The Doomsday Clock is ticking and 2022 isn’t 1962. .‫ںیہنےہ‬19622022‫ڈوسمڈےالککیراہےہاور‬
As Daniel Ellsberg recalls in his fascinating (and

‫ن‬
frightening) 2017 book The Doomsday Machine, as a ‫یکاتکبدیڈوسمڈےنیشمںیم‬2017)‫وچہکنڈککبکتبلاسلیترگاینپدپسچل(اوروخانفک‬
young adviser/consultant he was privy to certain top
secret information, including Pentagon calculations in ‫ویاسیاسی‬,‫ریشمیکتیثیحےسوہھچکہیفخولعمامتےسیجناھت‬/‫ایکونوجانریشم‬،‫بادرکےتںیہ‬
1961 about the potential loss of life from a US nuclear
‫ںیمکنکبتبااوگنےکاسحباتکب‬1961‫آررپارمیکیوجہریےلمحےسہنکمماصقننےکبارےںیم‬
attack on the USSR. Including ‘collateral damage’ ‫ش‬
from fallout in neighbouring European and Asian ‫اس‬،‫اسمہہیویریپاوراایشییئاممکلںیمہجیتناجدرکےنےس‘وخدشکہلمح’تیمس‬.‫یھبشالمےہ‬
countries, it added up to half a billion in the first six
months. The global population then was less than ‫نیلبےسیھبمک‬3.2‫اسےکدعباعیملآبادی‬.‫ےنےلہپھچونیہمںںیمفصناربیاکااضہفایک‬
3.2bn, and the figures ignored the likelihood of .‫اورادعادوامشرےنااقتنیمولمحںاورانےکہنکمماصقننےکااکمنوکرظنادنازایک‬،‫یھت‬
retaliatory strikes and their possible toll.
Kennedy had been advised early on by his UN

‫ڈینیکیوکاوقامدحتمہےکریفسایدیلاویٹسنکےندلجیہوشمرہدبااھتہکوہایلٹاورتریکےسوٹین‬
ambassador Adlai Stevenson to offer Khrushchev an
off-ramp by promising to withdraw Nato missiles ‫اورریکنیبیاالقنیب‬,‫زیمالئواسپےنیلاکودعہرکےکخروشفیشوکایکرپمیشیپرکںی‬
from Italy and Turkey, and to return Guantanamo Bay
to Cuba, in return for a Soviet military withdrawal ‫ویکبارپہلمحرکےنیک‬.‫خرترےےسوسویکوفیجاالخنےکدبےلںیموگااتنباومےبویکباواسپولانٹ‬
from the Caribbean revolutionary isle. Ruling out a ‫ھچکدورسےوسنیلی‬.‫مریدارمیکیوکششاکہلصیفرکبااسےسیھبزبادہواحضراعیکیھت‬
further US attempt to invade Cuba was an even more
obvious concession. Certain other civilian aides ‫نکیلوفجاینپالصجکاکاظمہرہرکےنےک‬،‫اعمونینےنیھبایسرطحےکوشمرےشیپےیک‬
offered similar advice, but the military was keen to
.‫وخااہںیھت‬
demonstrate its prowess.
Fortunately for humanity, Kennedy eventually

adopted part of the Stevenson strategy, ruling out an ‫ویکبا‬,‫ڈینیکیےنباآلخراویٹسنکتمکحیلمعاکایکہصحاانپبا‬،‫وخشیتمسقےسانانکےکےئل‬
invasion and vowing to withdraw the Jupiter missiles ‫وجہیبآؤٹےکدبےلوسویکوینینےکاسھتتریکیکرسدحےسرتشمی‬
‫ےسوسویک رک‬
from Turkey’s border with the USSR in exchange for
a Soviet nuclear pullout from Cuba. Khrushchev ‫احالہکنارمہکی‬،‫خروشفیشےناافتقایک‬.‫زیمالئواسپےنیلےکےئلایکےلمحاورزعماکمکح‬
agreed, even though the US wanted the Turkish part
‫ہیزبادہدتریترے‬.‫اچاتہاھتہکاعمدہہاکترکہصحہیفخرےہ—اسیجہکیئکاسولںےسوہااھت‬

Muhammad Ammar
DAWN Wednesday
Opinion Translation
of deal to remain secret — as it did for many years. It ‫آخںیمدوونں‬

‫ےک ر‬1962‫امیپےنرپںیہناجبااجبااھتہکوجہریانتزہعوکمنجدےنیےکےئلاوتکتر‬
wasn’t widely known for even longer precisely how
close the two superpowers came in late October 1962 ‫ایکوھچیٹیسطلغاسحباتکبایکدامھےکاک‬،‫مکازمکدووماعقرپ‬.‫رپسباورےنتکقر یکآےئےھت‬
to sparking a nuclear conflict. On at least a couple of
.‫سنبیتکسیھتوجوپریداینںیملیھپاجیت‬
occasions, a small miscalculation could have caused
an explosion that would have resounded across the
globe.
‫اموکسوانٹگنشاہٹالنئاور‬،‫اوراےلگیہاسلی‬،‫کیب کچکتبلراےطبآرامجدنےسےنچبیکدیلکےھت‬
Back-channel contacts were key to avoiding ‫اسےسارٹکیلایکبااناینیطلغیکآدنئہاثمولںوک‬.‫اسےسقلعتمادقاامتوکیلمعاجہمانہپباایگاھت‬
Armageddon, and by the following year, a Moscow-
Washington hotline and related measures had been ،‫ںیہنرواکایگوجبایمہنیقیداہینےکاخےمتںیمبااقبوایسپترولوکرشوعرکےنےکقر یکآ اباھت‬
put into place. That didn’t prevent future instances of
.‫نکیلابتیہےستہبزبادہاچبایگاھت‬
electronic or human error that came close to initiating
an irreversible descent into mutually assured
annihilation, but catastrophe was fortuitously avoided.
‫اس‬.‫ڈوسمڈےڑھگیےکاطمقبادنازہاگلباایگرطخہیئکداہویئںےکدورانابارخراھؤاکاکشرےہ‬
The risk, as estimated by the Doomsday Clock, has ‫یکداہیئںیمآےگترےنھ‬1950‫اور‬،‫ںیمآدیھراتےساستٹنمرپالتامری‬1947‫ےن‬
fluctuated over the decades. It kicked off in 1947 at
seven minutes to midnight, and was back at that 100‫ہیآدیھراتےس‬،‫ےلھچپدواسولںےس‬.‫ںیماسادعادوامشررپواسپآایگ‬1962‫ےکدعب‬
figure in 1962 after shifting forward in the 1950s. For
.‫ڈنکیسیڑھکاےہ‬
the past couple of years, it has stood at 100 seconds to
midnight.
Joe Biden’s warning earlier this month of imminent ‫اسنیقیداہین‬،‫وجباڈیئنیکاسامہےکرشوعںیمیہوایاہؤساورکنکبتبااوگندوونںےکذرہعی‬

Armageddon was walked back by both the White ‫روایتی‬،‫ایکوالدریمیوپنت‬.‫ےکذرہعیواسپآایگاھت‬،‫ےکدرایمنہکہییسکبازہذاہیرپینبمںیہناھت‬
House and Pentagon, amid reassurances that it wasn’t
based on any fresh intelligence. Would Vladimir ‫ویرکنیںیمدیپاوہےنواےلدیمانجںیم‘وھچےٹ‬،‫وفیجدےکچھاجریرےنھکےکشیپرظن‬
Putin, in the face of continuing conventional military
،‫وجہیمبیھباامعتسلرکںیےگ?ارگوہوگاگناورااسیرکےنےکےئلاکیفامویسوہباوت‬
‫دیپاوار’ رک‬
setbacks, use even ‘small-yield’ nuclear bombs in the
battlefields he has created in Ukraine? If he were ‫وپنت‬،‫خروفیشےکترسکع‬.‫انانکےکالخفواحضخرامئےسباالتراتنجئبااقبریخستوہںےگ‬
dumb and desperate enough to do so, the
consequences beyond the obvious crimes against ‫اےنپآپوکیسکیھبرپڈیسیمی اکبوپٹیلویبروےساشمتہبرےنھکوایلیسکیھبزیچےسبااقبوبقل‬
humanity would be unfathomable. Unlike .‫ےتھجمسںیہ‬
Khrushchev, Putin considers himself unanswerable to
anything resembling a presidium or a politburo.
,‫وکیئرصفادیمرکاتکسےہہکارمہکیاورروسےکامنیبےھچیپیکرطفےسوچایکںوموجدںیہ‬
One can only hope that there are back cha-n--nels in
place between the US and Russia, but Putin would do ‫نکیلوپنتڈینیکیےکلتقےکدعب(امہےکدعباےنپاسویھتں)امہےکذرہعیزعمولوہےنےکدعب‬
well to heed what Khru-sh-chev noted long after he
had been overthrown by his colleagues (months after ‫“ہیاجےننےکےئلہک‬:‫یہخروفیشےنوجونٹایکاھتاسرپوغررکےنںیمااھچاکمرکںیےگ‬
Kennedy’s assassination): “What good would it have ‫احالہکنہاریمیظعوقماورارمہکیلمکم‬،‫آخیےٹنھگںیمہیےھجمایکااھچاکمرکبا‬
‫ریمیزدنیگےک رک‬
done me in the last hour of my life to know that
though our great nation and the United States were in ”‫وسویکوینیناکوقیمازعازترقراراھت؟‬,‫ڈنھکراتںیمےھت‬

Muhammad Ammar
DAWN Wednesday
Opinion Translation
complete ruins, the national honour of the Soviet

Union was intact?”

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Time for a new mandate?

It is, indeed, an unprecedented feat that demonstrates ‫ہی‬.‫اظہرکباےہ‬

With the authority of the federal government virtually

Editorial: Key takeaways from Sunday's by-polls

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More specifically, it signifies a spectacular erosion of ‫انیےکااختنیبامحیکیکاینبد‬-‫ہیتہبیہرصتخمرعےصںیماےنپگرھںیمیپامیالی‬،‫اخصوطررپ‬

It may not be a victory for the PTI narrative but ‫ہی‬.‫ہییپیٹآیئےکایبےینیکحتفںیہنوہیتکسےہنکیلینیقیوطررپہییپڈیامیےکالخفووٹےہ‬

No senior party leader was out in the field to .‫باریٹےکادیمواروںےکےئلمہمالچےنےکےئلوکیئرئنیسباریٹرامنہدیمانںیمباہرںیہناھت‬

On the other hand, former prime minister Imran Khan ‫ش‬

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turned the tide against the PDM. The disappointing ‫ش‬

A huge army of ministers, advisers and special

Dar’s return to the pivotal position of finance minister

It was a very shrewd move by the PTI leader to stand

Predictably, the PTI has stepped up pressure on the ‫یپیٹآیئےنینمضااختنباتےکدعبیپڈیامیوکحمرپدباؤتراھباےہاور‬،‫شیپوگیئیکیئگےہہک‬

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What makes the situation extremely dangerous is the ‫اتراناخن‬.‫وصراحتلوکااہتنیئرطخباکانبےنوایلوصراحتلامتمربایتساداروںاکاجمزیاخہمتےہ‬

Surely fresh elections seem to be the most viable ‫ینیقیوطررپوموجدہایسیسرگڈالکوکمتخرکےناکبازہترنیااختنباتسےساقبلمعلحولعمم‬

It is imperative that all political forces start serious ‫ینمضااختنباتںیماس‬.‫ہیرضوریےہہکامتمایسیسوقںیتاسلمعرپدیجنسہذمارکاتاکآاغزرکںی‬

The writer is an author and journalist.

Democracy and dystopia

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It is undoubtedly a dystopic universe. In Pakistan, we ‫ش‬

Nobody in power belonging to any party cares about ‫اسامڈلےنامیضںیماکمایکےہ۔بااتسکوینںےنیلسنوطخطےکاسھتتریبااقدعیگ‬.‫رکےترےہ‬

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So enfeebled and disenchanted are the Pakistani ‫رہشباریاوراعمیشاحالتںیمرتہبیوجاسےکےجیتنںیموہیتےہاسےناینپرطحاکبااتسکینوورٹ‬

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authoritarian, calling into question the cohesion of the

The writer is an attorney teaching constitutional law

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Lakhnavi encouraged 20th-century Indian women,

Imagine an Arctic outpost with nothing but a colony ‫ایکآرکٹکوچیکاکوصتررکںیسجںیمسرفصدرہجرحارتںیموگنیپزنئیکاکولینےکوساھچک‬

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penguin variety on the island is, by the way, called ‫ہلگنبدشیاورہارےڑپوسےکدرگیامتماممکلںیمانیکریہوریہو‬،‫دنہواتسن‬،‫اتران‬،‫ااغفنان‬

From politics to sports, and from law enforcement to ‫وجتخسےطخباآبووہاںیمدبتیلیےسےنلچوایلآافت‬،‫وخانیتاسےنمےسآےگترھریہںیہ‬،‫ی‬

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The writer is a poet. His latest publication is a

It’s a tricky dilemma. The global situation is very .‫اسیجہکالیصفتتںیہ‬،‫اعیملوصراحتلیسکیھبرطحےستہبفلتخمےہ‬.‫ہیایکلکشمےصمخمےہ‬

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The Doomsday Clock is ticking and 2022 isn’t 1962. .‫ںیہنےہ‬19622022‫ڈوسمڈےالککیراہےہاور‬

As Daniel Ellsberg recalls in his fascinating (and

Kennedy had been advised early on by his UN

Fortunately for humanity, Kennedy eventually

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of deal to remain secret — as it did for many years. It ‫آخںیمدوونں‬

Joe Biden’s warning earlier this month of imminent ‫اسنیقیداہین‬،‫وجباڈیئنیکاسامہےکرشوعںیمیہوایاہؤساورکنکبتبااوگندوونںےکذرہعی‬

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complete ruins, the national honour of the Soviet

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