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He Sits oe recon ara st ahem ft naBY NIAZ MURTAZA A racist liberalism ‘THE. post. 1945 liberal world order base Im hitary given Isaues and global acceptance. Many pit Tosophios had eerie given similar ideas Dat had eft out key iss and groups, suc fas women and slaves, of lacked global acceptance, ‘The adoption of ht ordar in the UN con ventions wil Is neariglobal membership ‘ake ithe Heat plobally domanant iberal ‘rer even if not all staves secepe all UN tenets, Even autocrat eaces are judged ‘aeninst, and have to defer partially to, them. ft is intellectually simple. Unik opiousmetaphiysial ects all ts detailed ‘liasercan be derives from ro moral ten fs don't harm anyone and help those in Heel: Gee these seclar past Ice me dovsnt need even a third alone namerous tenets, to ude my ie. {Clon this order emerged, st least imme: lately, from the West though it absorbed Sie etllehinsty obercstes ‘Thiele en potential ove ut world after 1046, ut it has slowly Io Sppenl. liberal ideologies sucha ful ‘tals and populism are now firing the Imagination globally given is failure to Talf ies promise. While the acts of auto cratic mates have undereut foo, a bigger ase has been its hypocritical aid racist tote byte Western author states such asthe Us.'On inate after ioue, they have com jired up excises or wht these tenets cr eapplica when white Western statesfight ther races =~ immigration, trade, ‘label governance or in acta wars. ‘Might racist walls are being. crested around Fortrenser Taree and US t9 (Skede coloured immigrants, both doc ‘ented and undecnmelted, ci the openty vin the WTO romaine unfulfilled. Wester ‘Haves hae exacted conceasons tra weale Southern taroe on lemes beneeal other Sieh asforeign investment and itelloetaal "its but refso to lower barriers in areas ‘tial for soitner ones hike aprcultare Western tates Ines ctheraly teed emecratisa the IME, World Ban nd the UN The US ine shames aed meogalor Tanae autocrate in many sondern states sdoepte the abuses it allie were ifiting focally: Even within Western states, cok ‘ured people are often treated as second chan einen That this racist iberalism has unleashed Stargoeens tat deaizattialy Seen 3b ting Western powers againat haplons sous ‘em, peoples, as in Vietnam, Iraq, Righanistan and Palestina. laberste UN, Sha tei own, lave on protecting ean ‘re tosued int the trash bin athe US and ifs Western ellis pursue thelr miliary Interests, Tho aim of eradicating terrorism has been sed ns free licence to inflict izicvous hrm on southern eviinns ith ‘Nowhere i this done more viciously now than by lac in Gaza. We sro told ad nt Seam that Tarac) has the right to defend SEsalf ven though its an occupier A ational viow ‘on this Fight would cover Israel beefing up its a, land and sea bor der secuety ellminatigattackers Tram ts tind and strengthening. ts intelligence saniter fetore etc ‘nes wiv else ‘Gan preempt similar Hamas attack, ‘which too was wrong in targeting Israel ‘vilians. Bue only’ highly racist view ‘would include andor this ight indiserimt fate bombing of a dense civilian area to {Aestroy Hamaswhen it nlzoklls thowsande te Gea wear, Ela High racist walls are being Sloane are ins erected in rented ike sheep ieee Enrope and Se sitwed elas the US. Wie. bing ‘banc Sia erly tase mordorr. Yor racist Western liberal conscience remain thamoved by tsi of such phat suffer Ig Coloured live attr ean tha wb oi the ear mame rome West "These actions of domeeclly emo atic Western states ably rise those St unacconesble autocrat Liberaliao, ‘Hough, is nor nhronny Tacit, only 50 {te huhde of Woserm sites who ndopee {beretnm sited captain wo spread Iatonally “Wile capitalism explo ‘weno lasses mntactn iy ras ‘iplots weaker etiies val facets of HS Bate coe West tor comple Ins ypocray aa the marches ot hundreds of thousand in Wester cies ou Tera show. Resitance to Western raciat Total eaters among many ite oo: ‘Tes pat forward efor suns progr avec ton with, Weacor anes fo hal Henge eaciat eraias and para a gio bral The wie isa politcal econaist with a PRD Agree om the Unvariyof Calor, murazard Xformerly Twitter): @NiazMurtaza2BY SYED SAADAT All hail the king DEMOCRACY ina country with very litle selvaccountabikiy aad conecten Lousness amos the movers snd shakers Inwovernment isnothing lose than a curse Gur political leaders behave like Kings from the Dark Ages who would assert tnde powor ovr the weak and, at the Sane tite, show extraotinary seretude foliar mane powerful than themselves One. example ofthis observation involves # wovernment servant, who ones belonged vo tse powerfl maliary, beng ‘iver s clean chitin sssets beyond moans! lllogations,afior«ropertely short move: Ing with the then prime ministor, while finether government servant, former Drineipalsecretary in the Prime htinister's ice, who belonged to the belenutered vila bureauerscy, spent years nail before bein thaircourtiors with glfte and hortour Mein the case of a former prime minister who "ccided his principal wecretary was wort, his Wweluht fn gold. He was granted ae tension in service upon retirement and iter” nominaned Bakiscan's executive tlirector to the Work Rank for term four years. Tronically, the incambent exceutivo director was appointed Tor three years Instead of four, apparently to bring. the Sppeintment period in line wath the elec tian eye in Plistan which now seems fxerlso infty asthe outgoing govern pent made the appointment for the next foursearearwell- Whosridtharthe retire pont ave is. 60 years, In” Pakistan? pparcntly, with the right connections, ‘brecan kgp on serving indefinitely ‘According to report, another appoint ment made # day before the dissolution of the National Assembly last Angus as thar of Pakista’s deputy permanent dole fate to Unesco in Paris for three years ‘There was reported evidence that in male ‘ix appaintment the former prime fer ta cm is direc Sa ths of an unprineipled king rather ‘custodian of the public trust. A Tegal battle ensued and currently a couple of civil servant, who are both sepirants forthe postion, are fishting a legal battle ithe lalamabed High Cae "Whether or nr the individuals in these appointments are qualified snd the most Stltable forthe rele is a separate debate, Even, if some believe they are the bost ‘andidates forthe Job, an ourgoing govern tment has no moral justification to se Its Gown discretion in making’ these Ta mck cases, the Pakistan Admintetrative Service seems tobe acting i's eigen winning these postions by allegedly manipulating the PM Office. ecrything cannot be prose by rile nd procedures there are certain tine that one would expect senior bureauerats, who are mupposed to ehghly educated, eo Say away from on the basis of their own, Sndorstanding and experiones- Bot sich ‘itured "belivtonr remains, infor ately, a highly utopian idea among the movers and shakers in the corridors of poner in Pakistan. Hence, mo ced Lave fo doaway wilthedisereion ofthe prime ‘minister all sack appointments, espe ‘dally inthe matter of foreign postings the effice has repeatedly failed to uphold Imeritin the face of manipulation ‘Sceondly, he process of selection should be traneparent and public: Gereupt peat ‘dees are offen concamled under te Cloak ff soctoey and security in this count. ‘Gno would not be surprised itn a few {yours from ‘now, international. erpanisa tions start selecting the appropriate cn ‘Seterfor there portions on thesr ow The mish be a blessing in disguise ae dln. Seay ith the die! The Process Of ents wonld means selection — triumph of “talent should be "F722". thane yoo ara transparent (refi ducratn and public. Sitneitkistan sr ‘iene of ownership sed scesten an aes eres wa brian ar ail mer mek Sy rere come aeons manne Tasily, while we were busy making those controversial "appolntments, an International organisation appointed fr. mer Nadra chairman as technical adviser, PDA government 3 ‘global organisation i sotto beneit from, Tis advice while we choose to ignore what ho sald in his resignation letter to avoid appointing a bureaucrat tthe postion of ieee Ned mel ts Choe 9 predane Sonal instead. Maybe, the caretaker gor frnment thought that by professional he meant a profesional soldier which is por hhaps the reason the cabinet has recently paved the way for the appolment of Scrving ‘military. officer's chairman Nad All hail the King. ‘The wir ia fomner oi eanvant gyedsaadatwrtese gmail.com X lormeorty Twitter) @SyedSandatSS