If Voting Changed anything, they would make it Illegal!

What people don't realize is that the real drivers of the change in a mature democratic country (and we are not yet there) are not public representative elected through voting, but various stakeholders like Local and Multinational Corporations, Globally Connected Financial and Monetary System, Civil Society (which by definition is secular and liberal), Military Industry, Intelligence Agencies, Free (Sponsored) Media, NGOs (local and Foreign), Bureaucracy etc... All of them influence and derives the system indirectly, while the politicians remains in the front and indirectly serve the agenda of these stakeholders. This is the complete view of the system... changing of politicians through elections, is more like changing of salesmen as per the wishes of the customers, but the salesman would sell the same products manufactured by respective stakeholders, not exactly to serve the customer's need but for their own benefit... If this is correct, then election is just a change of faces, nothing else!

In Pakistan its primarily Feudal Filthy Politicians, Corrupt Bureaucracy, Free (read puppet) Judiciary,  Free (read slave) Media, Army, Local Agencies, International Agencies, IMF etc, who determines what's coming next in this country, the public is never suppose to be part of anything, democracy/elections are just a facade, deception to make people believe that whatever is happening is happening according to the majority's will... in Pakistan the problem isn't the rigging, but the way it was done so poorly that everyone came to realize that it was happening... ideally its suppose to be done in very crafty manner so that the public never finds out about it. Wake Up, first we need to realize the nature and intensity of the problem, then think of the appropriate solution for that.

Read the following article by a very senior and renowned journalist of Pakistan to understand the game plan  for the next five years. 

Election 2013: Lessons for Religious Parties

The yesterday's experience has only made me more convinced that JI, JUI and all other religious political parties should leave politics and should join Tanzeem-e-Islami or Tabligi Jamat. Participation in such a dirty game of politics will earn them nothing but stains on their own names and humiliation to the name of Islam...

The entire 1300 years of history is evident and has hardly any single example of ulema-e-kiram taking part in politics. This didn't mean they had no influence on the public. Rather the ulema-e-kiram were the ones whom the public followed. Their influence use to be so great that even the monarchs have to take permission on various policy matters not because of any official binding, but because of the moral authority ulema-e-kiram enjoyed. Just recall the example of Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal r.a. and Shah Waliullah r.a, that despite getting arrested and tortured by the monarchs of their time, they never bent themselves, and the public at large acknowledge their sacrifices, subsequently following them with even more devotion.

They never participated in political affairs themselves, however they had their devotes takecare the political matters or participate in political adventures if needed.

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The reasons for this must be clear by now, in a game in which all the players are united for corruption, any new player cannot win. Even when the empires are on the sides of the corrupt ones, then how difficult it would be to win? Eventually when the only option would be to make an alliance with any of the corrupt players in the game.

This might help them win a couple of matches, but where this would take their credibility? how would it affect their moral authority among the general public? Furthermore the opponents will not let go any chance to throw dirt on your face; humiliating, ridiculing, using derogatory & abusive terms for your opponents etc. all of this is already a part of the dirty game, doing that doesn't suites them, while not doing that and avoid using all other dirty tricks to rigg, cheat and deceive will not get them in the lead... the results are already in front of our eyes.

It is argued that it is necessary to become part of the government so as to stop the same from passing any unIslamic bill in the assembly. The counter argument is would it really matter if the awam rejects a particular act approved by the parliament. It is a known fact that 95% of the public doesn't take financing from interest based banks because it is considered as haraam or prohibited in Islam, despite it is being allowed and supported by the state. (the loans on interest from informal sources is taken by the poor out of desperation and compulsion, therefore we can't count them here)

Let us suppose if drinking, adultery, prostitution, gay marriages etc is made legal by the parliament then would the public be more encouraged to do all these things? Well those who want to do it are doing it already under the cover of law enforcement agencies, and would it really matter if the public at large refrain from it because they consider these things as haraam despite they would be allowed by the law.

The real work which ulema are already doing, is to educate the public, and to get some politicians under their influence so that they may fight the case of Islam (protection of Madaris, etc) in the assembly instead.

They seriously need to rethink their strategy, otherwise the loser in the end would be nothing but Islam, and they would be directly responsible for it.