Dawn Editorials 07june 2021

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7th June 2021

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Advocating jirgas ‫ثالثی‬, negotiation ‫ بات چیت‬or

reconciliation forums ‫مفاہمت کے فورم‬
Editorial 07 June 2021 between parties to a civil dispute.
However, the minister’s statement on
GOVERNMENT representatives ‫نمائندے‬ Friday was a sweeping generalisation
must choose their words carefully ‫احتیاط‬ ‫ عام تاثر پیدا کرنے والی‬as to the functioning
‫ ;سے‬they should not appear to be taking of jirgas. Moreover, there is one law for
a stance ‫ موقف‬contrary ‫ برعکس‬to all, and it must take precedence ‫فوقیت‬
established law. However, Interior over local traditions, not be subservient
Minister Sheikh Rashid appeared to do ‫ تابع‬to them as he also seemed to suggest.
precisely ‫ بالکل‬that on Friday. After all, there are areas where women
Addressing tribal elders during a jirga at are disenfranchised ‫ محروم کردیا جاتا ہے‬as
the South Waziristan Scouts camp, Mr per ‘tradition’, or where swara/vani, the
Rashid described the jirga system as an cruel custom ‫ ظالمانہ رواج‬of giving
excellent alternative ‫ بہترین متبادل‬dispute females to an aggrieved party ‫مشتعل پارٹی‬
mechanism ‫ تنازعہ کا طریقہ کار‬and said to settle disputes is still acceptable.
that laws should be enforced in the However, both practices are illegal and
region in accordance ‫ مطابق‬with local the authorities are becoming more
traditions. Perhaps the minister was effective at enforcing the law against
simply trying to be gracious ‫ مہربان‬to his them. By conceding ‫ تسلیم کرکے‬anything
hosts, or maybe he indeed believes that to jirgas other than an extremely
jirgas have a role to play in delivering restricted role would be an irresponsible
justice.. step. Such bodies, which completely
exclude ‫ خارج کرتا ہے‬women even when
Whatever the case may be, the fact is
standing in judgement in matters
that the Supreme Court in January 2019
relevant ‫ متعلقہ‬to them, reinforce
declared jirgas/panchayats ultra vires
patriarchal ‫ مردوں کو فوقیت دینے وال‬social
‫ آئینی اختیارات سے تجاوز‬the Constitution
mores ‫ —معاشرتی روایات‬often through
‫ آئین‬when they operate as adjudicative
brutal sanctions. ‫ وحشیانہ پابندیاں‬There are
‫ عدالتی‬،‫ فیصلہ کرنے والے‬bodies ‫ ادارے‬in
numerous instances ‫ متعدد مثالوں‬of
civil or criminal matters. The verdict
individuals on the orders of jirgas even
‫ فیصلے‬stated they could function as
having been killed and women gang-
arbitration ‫ثالثی کے طور پر‬, mediation
raped in order to ‘avenge’ ‫ بدلہ‬family
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‘honour’. Now that constitutional rights advertising it as evidence ‫ثبوت کے طور پر‬
have been extended to the tribal that the economic turnaround has indeed
districts, the formal justice system must ‫ واقعی‬commenced. ‫ شروع ہوچکا ہے‬From
be strengthened there so that outdated Prime Minister Imran Khan downwards,
mechanisms ‫ فرسودہ میکانزم‬of so-called all officials and spokespersons are
justice are weeded out.. ‫ ختم کردیا جاتا ہے‬.. reinforcing ‫ تقویت دے رہے ہیں‬the
significance of this figure and claiming
Published in Dawn, June 7th, 2021. an even higher growth rate for the next
year..
Politics of numbers
To counter ‫ مقابلہ کرنے کے لئے‬this hype,
Editorial 07 June 2021 ‫ اسراف یا انتہائی تشہیر یا فروغ‬the PML-N
has launched its own economic
WITH parliament going into budget
offensive aimed at puncturing the
session this week, the government and
government’s feel-good moment. At a
the opposition are preparing ‫تیاری کر رہی‬
pre-budget seminar ‫ قبل از بجٹ سیمینار‬last
‫ ہیں‬for some intense ‫ شدید‬economic
week, the party’s leadership provided a
sabre-rattling ‫ لفظی جنگ‬in the coming
different data-based context ‫ سیاق‬،‫ خیال‬to
weeks. Recent days have seen this
the state of the economy and how it
sparring ،‫کھیل سے پہلے کی جانے والی مقابلہ‬
compared poorly ‫ غیر تسلی بخش‬to the
‫ پریکٹس‬intensifyy ‫ تیز کرنا‬in the wake of
years that the PML-N was in power.
the government’s announcement that it
These senior leaders used official data to
has attained ‫ حاصل کرلی ہے‬a GDP growth
show how inflation ‫ مہنگائی‬had
rate of 3.9pc. The claim is hotly
skyrocketed, growth had stagnated, ‫رک‬
‫ گرمجوشی سے‬disputed by the opposition
‫ چکی تھی‬exports had barely ‫بمشکل‬
and has triggered a debate ‫مباحثہ شروع ہوا‬
moved up ‫ بڑھ گئیں‬despite massive
‫ ہے‬among economists ‫ ماہرین معاشیات‬and
devaluation ‫روپے کی قدر میں کمی‬, tax
financial commentators because it has
revenues had shown negligible ‫نہ ہونے‬
upended ‫ بڑھا دیا‬previous growth rate
‫ کے برابر‬improvement, the tax-to-GDP
estimates by the State Bank as well as
ratio had gone down and poverty in real
international financial institutions.
numbers had increased significantly.
While a consensus ‫ اتفاق رائے‬on this
‫ نمایاں طور پر‬They argued that the PTI
surprising growth rate may wait a while,
was being economical with the truth and
the government has wasted no time in
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using numbers and data without putting ‫ بدقسمتی سے‬parliament has, in the last
them in the larger context. ‫ سیاق‬،‫خیال‬ few years, rarely ‫ شاذ و نادر ہی‬witnessed
This debate is now expected to go into substantive ‫ اہم ضروری‬debates, and has,
higher gear as parliament becomes the instead, all too often descended ‫گر گئی‬
focal ‫ مرکزی‬point for the budget into shouting matches and rowdy
deliberations ‫ بات چیت‬at a time when the behaviour ‫گستاخانہ سلوک‬. Contextualising
government is promising more money ‫ زمینی حقائق سے مالنا‬،‫سیاق و سباق سے مالنا‬
for public-sector development and an the state of the economy will help make
emphasis ‫ زور دینا‬on growth. Added to sense of the data deluge ‫معلومات کا بہاؤ‬
this mix is the political aspect ‫ پہلو‬of the that has started to flow into the national
economy in the larger context of the discourse.. ‫قومی گفتگو‬
PTI’s performance since the party took
office in August 2018. The budget Published in Dawn, June 7th, 2021.
debate will enable the treasury ‫حکومتی‬
and opposition benches to argue their Kashmir road map
case for and against the government’s
Editorial 07 June 2021
performance with actual hard data. It is
an important debate at this juncture THE road to peace in South Asia runs
‫موڑ‬when figures tell a story that many through Kashmir. This was the gist
believe is not translating into relief ‫ریلیف‬ ‫ خالصہ‬of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s
for Pakistani households. Those message while speaking to a foreign
parliamentarians who can do their newswire on Friday. “If there is a road
homework well, and who can arm map [on Kashmir], then, yes, we will
themselves with credible ‫ معتبر‬and talk”, the PM told Reuters while
verifiable data ‫ تصدیق شدہ ڈیٹا‬to tell a discussing Pakistan-India relations. Mr
convincing ‫ قائل کرنے والی‬and digestible Khan added that if India was willing to
story ‫ ہضم ہونے والی کہانی‬will certainly revert ‫ لوٹنا‬to the status quo ante, ‫وہ‬
‫ یقینا‬be in a position to mould ‫بنانا یا تیار‬ ‫ صورتحال جو پہلے موجود تھی‬before it
‫ کرنا‬opinion and sway ‫جھنجوڑنا ہالنا‬ moved to rescind ‫ منسوخ‬the held region’s
thinking.. autonomous ‫ خود مختار حیثیت‬status in
2019, bilateral parleys ‫دو طرفہ گفتگو‬
The nation deserves ‫ مستحق ہونا‬to hear
could move forward. He also mentioned
such an informed debate. Unfortunately,
that Pakistan desired a “civilised”
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relationship ‫ مہذب ”تعلق‬with its eastern ‫ اعتماد‬and scepticism ‫ شکوک و شبہات‬can

neighbour while observing that trade give way to accommodation. ‫سمجھوتا‬
was the best path towards normalisation Practically, we have witnessed in the
‫ معمول بنانے‬and poverty reduction in the recent past that quiet behind-the-scenes
subcontinent.. ‫برصغیر‬ dialogue has paid dividends ‫ منافع‬in
avoiding a fresh conflagration ‫محاذ آرائی‬
The prime minister was absolutely ‫بالکل‬ ‫ کی صورتحال‬in the subcontinent. Both
correct when he said in the states once again had come close to war
aforementioned ‫ مذکورہ بال‬interview that in the aftermath ‫ بعد میں‬of India’s 2019
India’s move in held Kashmir was Balakot misadventure. ‫غلط کاروائی‬
“illegal, against international law and However, today it has emerged that
United Nations resolutions”. Pakistan backchannel talks have been continuing
has rightly raised the Kashmir issue in — some say with the blessing of certain
world capitals and international forums common friends — and a concrete
‫ بین القوامی فورم‬to highlight India’s example ‫ ٹھوس مثال‬of the effectiveness
brutality ‫ بربریت‬in the disputed region ‫ تاثیر‬of talks emerged earlier this year,
and give a voice to the oppressed ‫ظلم و‬ after both states agreed to respect the
‫ جبر کا شکار‬Kashmiris, particularly after 2003 ceasefire along the LoC, after
New Delhi rescinded ‫ منسوخ کیا‬the numerous ‫ بے شمار‬deadly exchanges.
region’s special status. These efforts to The peace process currently might be
give moral, political and diplomatic moving forward at a glacial pace ‫سست‬
support to the Kashmiris should ‫روی‬, but in the Pakistan-India context,
continue with full vigour ‫ پوری طاقت‬until even talks about talks are better than
a just ‫ منصفانہ نہ‬solution acceptable ‫قابل‬ bombastic ‫ تندوتیز یا سخت‬rhetoric. ‫بیان بازی‬
‫ قبول‬to the people of the occupied region Therefore, Pakistan’s emphasis on
emerges ‫ ابھر کر سامنے آنا‬. However, resolving the Kashmir question must
setting preconditions ‫ پیشگی شرائط‬for continue and indeed be among the top
talks with India may be agenda items in discussions ‫ بات چیت‬with
counterproductive ‫ نقصان دہ‬،‫بے سود‬. The India. Yet flexibility ‫ لچک‬and not
Pakistan-India relationship is an insisting on preconditions may help
incredibly ‫ ناقابل یقین حد تک‬complicated carry the peace process forward and, in
one, and it is only through sustained fact, work in favour of resolving the
dialogue that decades of mistrust ‫عدم‬ Kashmir imbroglio.. ‫پیچیدہ صورتحال‬
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Published in Dawn, June 7th, 2021.
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7th June 2021

Advocating jirgas ‫ثالثی‬, negotiation ‫ بات چیت‬or

relationship ‫ مہذب ”تعلق‬with its eastern ‫ اعتماد‬and scepticism ‫ شکوک و شبہات‬can

Published in Dawn, June 7th, 2021.

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