Ali Malik's blog

I don't know whether it should be called the ignorance or denial or dishonesty on the part of Western Media but the media in general (including the "truthful" and "honest" BBC) considers Hamas victory to be a protest vote against the corruption of Al Fatah. Though corruption could be one of the reasons but it certainly is not the main reason. The fundamental reason for a Al Fatah's defeat in the elections is that it, by agreeing to hold talks with Israel and accept it, left the populist revolutionary ground. It was a big gamble on the part of Fatah and it could only win if Israel had been reasonable to have a fair peace deal with Palestinians. The revolutionary ground has since been claimed by Hamas and so has been the popular vote. So this victory of Fatah is a result of failure of West to broker a peaceful peace deal for Palestinians. Hats of too Fatah for having the courage to walk on the path of peace, to resist the international pressure for accepting u...

A few days back, a friend of mine was talking about he opportunism of Benazir. He said that it was only for Benazir's self-centered vision post 2002 elections that Musharaf got his way. So I decided to have a round up on Benazir. I disagree with Benazir on the way she is running the PPP. I have also been an opponent of her look-Washington approach (not because being ultra Pro-US is bad but because it didn't suit a leftist ideological party like PPP and did't go well with the ranks and files of the party - I consider being Anti US to be unwise and thus I believe being neutral would have been the best option and that is where the party ultimately is heading to). I also believe that her thinking that because of being liberal she will be an acceptable choice for West specially the US over military dictators or an establishment government like Junejo. Her record on party elections and dealing with the corruption of party officials in her second term is also not up to the mark (t...