One on One with Dr.Ashraf.

Assalamaulaikum everyone, This is what I have been working on for days. I caught up with an analyst I really look up to and his name is Dr. Mohammed Ashraf Khan. He is currently a GM(General Manager) at a Pharmaceutical firm. He has a good hold over the current affairs of Pakistan in particular and world on a whole. I just caught up with him one evening and queried about some of the issues related to Pakistan which still hold a blur picture in our minds.

Q.1. How long will Zardari stay as the President of Pakistan from now onwards?
Ans. Its anybody’s guess but its in the interests of the country that he should complete his tenure as the president of Pakistan because there is no good reason why he does not complete his term.

Q.2. Why do you think that Zardari should stay the President of the country considering the current scenario in which he is being regarded as a very corrupt personality?
Ans. This has been the history in this country, that few politicians are running the politics of revenge and playing the blame game, with this in mind it is pretty much understood that the majority of the blames involve political motives and if there is any genuine case then it would have rather been taken to court in the past. Even today bringing these issues up totally involves political motives.

Q.3. Then you mean to say that supreme court is acting as a puppet?
Ans. They are the most innocent ones at this stage and they are under pressure by certain forces which do not support democracy or democracy does not favor them. It will not take long that the intentions will be disclosed to Chief Justice Of Pakistan and he may have to select a different path to all these matters.

Q.4. What do you have to say about the swiss accounts issue?
Ans. Government of Pakistan has already spent a lot of time and money on this issue but yet a permeable solution has not been reached upon by any of the courts. There fore its better not to give a certain justification or decision to this case by yourself.

Q.5. What impact will the reopening of cases hold that were being reserved in NRO on current government?
Ans. One thing we have to understand now is that there is no way back and steps will be taken to close this chapter as soon as possible and for sure certain ministers will be punished just to show the public that justice is still available in a country where even the judicial institutions are corrupted.

Q.6. What security threats does Pakistan hold from the Afghan borders?
Ans. Actually we must understand that the pressure of the demands from the USA towards Pakistan has already been taken up by Pakistani policy makers. The only problem is the time schedule because the Americans want the Pakistani forces to leave all their jobs and to hunt after the terrorists on the Pak-Afghan Borders. But the problem is that Pak forces had given them good reasons that they are already engaged in fighting against this disease in their own areas like Waziristan etc and they are also bound to keep essential number of forces on Pak-India border to ensure country’s security so they cannot engage their forces and cannot open a new front against the terrorists on the Pak-Afghan border because Pakistan feels that there is no actual threat on Pak-Afghan Border and if it is there, there are thousands of NATO forces which can meet the challenge only if they are not involved themselves in destabilizing Pakistan from this front.


Q.7. How long will it take for Pakistan to get India onboard with its struggle against terrorism?
Ans. You know this is the tragedy in making in this part of the world that India has lost its credibility as a regional leader and they are acting more like a colony or agents of Americans, serving their interests and finally they will be the loosers, so its not at all important to look towards India as it has its own issues of separatists movements running through out the country and now its written on the wall clearly that “INDIANS WILL BE THE LOOSERS.”

Q.8. How do you see things shaping up for Pervez Musharraf?
Ans. It looks like in Pakistani politics that he may never come back as a person but he may support certain political forces so that he can catch significant amount of popularity in certain segments of Pakistan’s politics where he holds it.

Q.9. Has media in any sense been able to uphold its prestige in Pakistan?
Ans. Media in Pakistan is in a stage of struggle at the moment to prove that they are one of the stakeholders in the game of power and for this purpose they very frequently are playing foul and are not obeying the rules of the game just for the sake of one headline which can get them millions of pay cheques

Q.10. Last question of the day, how long will Pakistan suffer more?
Ans. To be very true this nation will have good days and bad days. The whole world knows that during last 60 years Pakistan has played far better then what they were expected to therefore in coming years Pakistan has a vital role to play in the region, in the world and of course in the Muslim politics.

I have tried my best to cover as many issues as I can just to satisfy a reader’s hunger. But incase if you have any queries or comments regarding this interview feel free to contact me on my facebook account(Muhammad Raza Ayub) or you can even comment on my blog.