Those Pakistanis who believe we have a savior in Mr. Nawaz Sharif must watch these mini documentaries produced by ABC Australia. Refresh your memory and think again!
[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SS8L9q879Ok&feature=player_embedded[/video]
After years of corrupt, inefficient administration, the Islamic movement is providing an alternative.
Corruption begins in the rural heartland where feudal chiefs exploit peasants. Left with only salty marsh land, a farmer and his ragged family say they cant even expect help from the police. In one town they couldnt vote in elections because their MP was bombed as a result of religious rivalry between the Sunni and the Shiite. Carried by supporters, his deputy, crippled in the blast, attacks the Shiites and the government. Such fundamentalist groups hold the moral high ground and cite corruption and economic discontent as motivating factors. Despite Nawaz Sharifs promises to solve the countrys problems by offering good, clean, honest government, fundamentalist groups such as Jamaat I Islami see him as another symbol of a rotten system. One Mullah warns of an Islamic uprising: we will organise the people and we will look for our chance. Behind the scenes, former military leaders form their own political movement and strengthen their links with the Islamic groups. A judicious report on Pakistans last chance at democracy.
[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7SCTAsCPao&feature=player_embedded[/video]
[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SS8L9q879Ok&feature=player_embedded[/video]
After years of corrupt, inefficient administration, the Islamic movement is providing an alternative.
Corruption begins in the rural heartland where feudal chiefs exploit peasants. Left with only salty marsh land, a farmer and his ragged family say they cant even expect help from the police. In one town they couldnt vote in elections because their MP was bombed as a result of religious rivalry between the Sunni and the Shiite. Carried by supporters, his deputy, crippled in the blast, attacks the Shiites and the government. Such fundamentalist groups hold the moral high ground and cite corruption and economic discontent as motivating factors. Despite Nawaz Sharifs promises to solve the countrys problems by offering good, clean, honest government, fundamentalist groups such as Jamaat I Islami see him as another symbol of a rotten system. One Mullah warns of an Islamic uprising: we will organise the people and we will look for our chance. Behind the scenes, former military leaders form their own political movement and strengthen their links with the Islamic groups. A judicious report on Pakistans last chance at democracy.
[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7SCTAsCPao&feature=player_embedded[/video]
