Politics

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Slander and Scandal

Padmini Arhant

Behind a successful man is an intelligent wise woman.

Even though the old adage is behind a successful man is a successful woman.

However, in the twenty first century especially in the late first decade onwards the opportunistic exploitative politics heavily rely on denigration, demonization, character assassination and core abuse of womanhood for political gains and personal interests.

The political trend smothered in misogyny, chauvinism, goon gutter politics played by the utterly incompetent disparaging profile reflected in decadent performance adept at sleazy, debauchery corrupt criminal scandalous murderous category hopelessly desperately rely on slander of womanhood.

The crass politics targeting female personal life, her individual inalienable rights related to her body, mind and soul is the result of politics’ unlawful overstretch extending beyond the confines of minding electorate mandated public policy, planning and administration and paradoxically into people especially woman’s bedroom, restroom and shower other than computers and personal device like smart phone etc. is the writing on the wall of such politics termination.

The dereliction of duty and misplaced priority by certain political members as the head of the state minding private citizen’s affairs in a distant destination rather than averting terrorism along the borders in own country and preventing the manufacture of deadly bio-engineered Corona virus next door in Wuhan lab would justify public office appointment strictly dedicated to public safety and security.

Juxtaposed, the male counterparts’ political flagrant violations is reserved as exclusive privilege and rights barring any intervention of any kind from anywhere viz. politics and society in general and women in particular.

Politics game plan to win election or attack opponent besides enactment of detrimental policies with severe economic impact on vast majority population submerged in poverty, hunger and disease or for that matter suppress the middle class,

Invariably use and abuse women to own political and individual advantage.

In other words, male domineering politics prove time and time again, their assault on women is the only way for them to maintain status quo.

The disdained politics never shy away from tactics such as body shaming woman, constantly associating female gender with voyeurism, lust and demeaning objectification letting the idle evil mind run its perverse course on wild imaginations casting their target in perpetual derogatory patronization.

The other extremity in this context is covert actions and overt nuance implying a woman’s life and lifestyle is on 24/7 surveillance in the blatant invasion of space and privacy clarifying the objectionable intrusion by politics abusing woman’s tax dollars against her.

Notwithstanding the obsession viewed through the prism of misogynistic lens provide fodder for malicious propaganda against the target for political reasons and individual vendetta.

Somehow shame, honor and dignity are considered only relevant to a woman and not to a man when expecting a woman to oblige arbitrary societal impositions by the latter on the former.

The disparity maintained regardless of serious violations of women’s rights and all things concerning womanhood are often committed by those in the opposite gender i.e. male exerting moral uprightness on a woman while they flouting the same in return is the systemic inequality of laws in politics shunning checks and balances to exert illegitimate authority.

In fact, politics potent weapon to knock out a political challenger is sensationalized sex scandal with political media on its part basting the controversy with unsubstantiated ingredients and served as juicy meat despite the issue lacking credible substance.

Again inducing woman as the subject in these situations are second nature to politics confronted with own ouster for no delivery and disastrous trajectory on critical public issues from economy to security and key developments in all matter.

These conditions aptly describe the treatment and respect or the lack thereof for women in their family and general society demonstrably subordinated and subjugated despite women contribution in every aspect is integral in economic, political and social evolution, combined growth and advancement.

Pakistan national election scheduled to take place on February 8, 2024 is as usual marred with opposition expulsion, imprisonment, kangaroo court hearings held against imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan and spouse on their personal marital life, wedding nuptial and detailed internal matter…all of which in a civilized modern world would be persona non grata.

Politics entrenchment and wanton interference in anyone’s personal life has become the present dark age doomed characteristic returning to primitive uncivilized indecent decorum.

Not to mention the direct violation of the affected individuals personal rights and privacy.

Nonetheless, these developments around and close to election date prove the political incumbency and main entities viz. Pakistan military and ISI intelligence known to control Pakistan politics since creation of Pakistan not excluding foreign influence as transpired in the abrupt displacement of the former Prime Minister Imran Khan and PTI government in 2022 citing U.S. involvement in Pakistan like in Ukraine in 2014 are implosions within politics and the apparatus imminent expiry.

Needless to say these events are antithetical to democracy.

The mature law abiding politics would do anything and everything to uphold and not upend democracy as witnessed and experienced in the contemporary political tradition.

The election won through ballots in the absence of manipulation, national military and intelligence non-involvement, without foreign engagement and,

Above all allowing major political opposition equal participation and pervasive representation in ballot paper to campaign grounds would then qualify as free and fair election unlike otherwise throughout twenty first century.

Pakistan’s 250 million of which more than half at least nearly 128 million registered voters among whom vast number in the age 18 – 40 years are eligible to vote and seeking democracy liberated from domestic and foreign control.

The democracy that is independent from political corruption, violence, dominance of any kind…with fair opportunity to all transcending variations in socioeconomic and religious denominations is the preference among any population. Unfortunately the reverse is enforced by power hungry stagnant politics.

Pakistan electorate are at the crossroads to decide on their fate and that of the political system as well as entire society.

The election won detaining and denying opposition viz. PTI in Pakistan and the leader Imran Khan from representation in ballots is declaration of the ruling and those behind casting the forbidden contender formidable in the background of undemocratic trials and baseless allegations reeking political bias and contempt.

The nations are best governed by population elected open free transparent system unadulterated from politically hamstrung deals, aggressive methods and crooked measures to remain in power indefinitely against national and republic pervasive progress.

Pakistan electorate exercising discernment in the determination of individual destiny and that of their country is paramount.

Padmini Arhant

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