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Masood Sharif Khan Khattak’s Long Term Vision For The Development of District Karak(NA 15) If Elected as MNA from NA 15(KARAK) Which he Will Contest as an Independent Candidate

March 23rd, 2013 by Masood Sharif Khattak 5 comments »
Karak and Surrounding Areas Oil and Gas Fields

Karak and Surrounding Areas Oil and Gas Fields

1. I have declared that I shall contest the forthcoming general elections on 11 May, 2013 for NA 15 (Karak) as an independent candidate. If the Khattaks of NA 15 (Karak) repose their confidence in me I shall ensure that I lay the foundations of a progressive Karak District which shall serve as a model for all of Pakistan to follow. My concepts and outline plans are contained in the succeeding paragraphs. My attempt shall be to put my views across in a manner that it is easy for all, i.e. the professionals as well as the general public, to understand.

Hujra Visits

Hujra Visits

2. Karak is now an oil and gas producing District. The production levels today indicate only the beginning of a golden era for Pakistan as well as the Southern Districts and the Southern Agencies of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA respectively. To give a rough estimate the value of the oil and gas being produced annually in Karak has crossed the $3 billion (Rs 300 billion) mark. The intensity of exploration (surveys) being carried out and the success rate of the new wells being attempted are most encouraging which indicates that the value of the oil and gas production in District Karak will increase manifolds in the coming ten years or so. Add to Karak’s production the oil and gas being produced in the neighboring Khattak inhabited Shakardarra of Kohat District and this area as a whole emerges as an area with the potential of becoming the future ‘energy producing basin’ for Pakistan. The combined production of crude oil in Karak and Shakardarra warrant the necessity of a refinery within this area. Karak and Shakardarra have already started playing an important role in Pakistan’s economy and this role is going to be upgraded to being substantial over the next few years. Even the resurgence of Pakistan’s economy shall be directly impacted by the development of Karak and the surrounding region.

Kohat - Bannu Basin

Kohat – Bannu Basin


3. Karak, having produced more than $3 billion (Rs 300 billion) worth of oil and gas in the fiscal year 2012-13, earned around Rs 25 billion as Royalty on this production for the Province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Out of this revenue Karak, as its share, received only Rs 1.2 billion as Royalty for the fiscal year 2011-12. This amount (Rs 1.2 billion) really is like giving peanuts to the people of District Karak in return for the wealth that emerges from their lands. A more equitable formula will have to be arrived at in the days to come. This amount (Rs 1.2 billion) was placed at the disposal of the MNA from Karak who belonged to JUI(F), and the two MPAs from Karak, one from JUI(F) and one a provincial Minister from ANP for utilization in the fiscal year 2012-13. It is widely believed by the people of Karak that these funds were spent on various projects as and how it was desired by the public representatives and not in an orderly and planned manner aimed at achieving substantive long term objectives that could better the lives and prospects of District Karak and its people as a whole. People talk of gross irregularities but that is not my area of concern in this policy paper.

4. Over the past many weeks I have been pondering over this matter and have come to certain conclusions which too will be further refined through a process of consultations and debate coming from the general public as well as the educated professional people of the Khattak tribe itself. Views from professionals from anywhere who happen to read this document will certainly be most valued. My concentration in this policy paper is on Karak and the Khattaks as this is the Constituency I shall be contesting from and it is, therefore, absolutely essential for the people I desire to represent in the National Assembly to know how exactly do I think on matters that are important for the general uplift of Karak and the Khattaks. Being a Pakistani I am very concerned about all of Pakistan and after I have highlighted my vision for Karak I feel that people from all over Pakistan can then study it and see how best the model can be applied to their Districts and Constituencies.

5. Through my vision and model for NA 15 (Karak) I wish to ensure the achievement of objectives that will ensure:-

a. A general uplift of the District through creation of commercial activity.
b. The utilization of all funds received as Royalty, MNA or MPA funds and other such grants that maybe allocated by a government from time to time in a transparent manner and in a way that long term projects having a bearing on the collective lives of the people of Karak are undertaken in a planned manner through a properly staffed organization designed to achieve the laid down objectives.
c. Provision of employment opportunities within the District for the skilled and unskilled labour as well as for the highly educated professionals belonging to the District. It is intended to bring the KHATTAK brains back to the District by creating an infrastructure that provides job opportunities to those who work elsewhere for want of such opportunities at home/close to home.
d. The utilization of the District resources/revenues in a manner that within the next 5 years District Karak begins to serve as the role model for all other developed and underdeveloped Districts in the country to follow or emulate.
e. To make the people of Karak the masters of their own destiny and not be subservient to their public representatives for matters that affect their daily lives in as far as the basic amenities of a decent human life are concerned.

6. While these objectives and aims are not easy to achieve they are also not impossible to achieve if we are driven by an honesty of purpose. From my point of view I do realize and understand that if any resource rich district/area and its surrounding districts/areas are not developed at a fast pace we will see a Balochistan kind of a situation in that area in one form or another in due course of time. The people of Karak today watch, everyday, hundreds of tankers carry away crude oil from the oil wells of the District. When they go home many do not have clean drinking water to drink. Such deprivations lead to a simmering which, in turn, then develops into low intensity conflicts that, subsequently and inevitably, lead to full blown conflicts. » Read more: Masood Sharif Khan Khattak’s Long Term Vision For The Development of District Karak(NA 15) If Elected as MNA from NA 15(KARAK) Which he Will Contest as an Independent Candidate

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Press Release On my Disassociation with the Pakistan Tehreek Insaf (PTI)

March 13th, 2013 by Masood Sharif Khattak 6 comments »

During my Press Conference when i joined PTI on 11/11/11

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MASOOD SHARIF KHAN KHATTAK QUITS PAKISTAN TEHREEK INSAF

1. The youth of every era of Pakistan’s political history have been desirous of a CHANGE and this phenomenon is ongoing. I have firmly held the agenda for CHANGE close to my heart from the time I was a young man. This is why I identify myself with the youth of Pakistan despite my age. Therefore, at the time I am parting ways with the PTI, I want to extend my apologies to the vibrant youth within the PTI with whom I always enjoyed a very healthy relationship. Much that I had wanted to play a positive and solid role in bringing about a CHANGE certain lobbies deep within the top hierarchy of the PTI and, sadly, the Chairman (Imran Khan) himself were out to ensure that I am not able to play that role and am not effective in any manner to help in bringing about the agenda of CHANGE. The very purpose of my joining the PTI in the first place was thus destroyed. I had many options open to me when I joined the PTI full of fervour and enthusiasm to help expedite the growth of the PTI. By his arrogance and contemptuous indifference Imran Khan himself, playing into the hands of the sycophants around him, destroyed my fervour, motivation and enthusiasm to an extent that today I am forced to take this unpleasant decision of parting ways with the PTI. I hope the PTI cadres realize that the responsibility of losing dedicated people like me lies more with their own Chairman (Imran Khan) than anyone else. I hung on in PTI by swallowing my pride for as long as I could. I could bring it this far (1year and 6 months) and no more. » Read more: Press Release On my Disassociation with the Pakistan Tehreek Insaf (PTI)

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Written Reply Rendered by Masood Sharif Khan Khattak to the Honorable Supreme Court of Pakistan in a Suo Moto Case Regarding Secret Service Funds Spending During His Tenure in the Intelligence Bureau as Joint Director (Internal)

February 7th, 2013 by Masood Sharif Khattak No comments »

MY REMARKS:- When I rendered this reply to a three member Bench of the Honorable Supreme Court of Pakistan,, headed by the Chief Justice of Pakistan Mr Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry himself, the three honourable Judges read the reply dilligently and it was after nearly 25 minutes that they had a brief consultation amongst themselves. The other two Honorable Judges were MrJustice Gulzar Ahmed and Mr Justice Sh. Azmat Saeed. After their brief consultation The Honorable Chief Justice of Pakistan Mr Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry addressed me by my full name and said “Mr Masood Sharif Khan Khattak we(The Honorable Court) appreciate your memory,forthrighness and straightforwardness and we accept your plea that this matter has been adjudicated long ago at the Lahore High Court(1992)”. I was then asked by the Honorable Chief Justice of Pakistan if I wanted to claim any confidentiality of my replyto which my instatnt reply was that I did not want to claim any confidentiality and that this document can be put in the public domain. Since the same then got widely reported in the print and electronic media I have also placed it on my website for posterity, for record and for the purpose of those political science students who would like to study the 1988-1999 fragile period of democracy. I will be more than pleased to respond to comments whenever they are made.

FORMER DIRECTOR GENERAL INTELLIGENCE BUREAU
MASOOD SHARIF KHAN KHATTAK’S WRITTEN REPLY OF 06 FEBRUARY 2013
RENDERED TO THE SUPREME COURT OF PAKISTAN IN SUO MOTO CASE (CIVIL MISC. APPLICATION NO. 4671/2012)
REGARDING NEWS ITEM DATED 14.03.2012 PUBLISHED BY MR. ASAD KHARRAL, REPORTER, DAILY EXPRESS TRIBUNE WITH REGARD TO WITHDRAWAL OF AMOUNTS FROM IB ACCOUNT
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To make it easy for all – About my Past and Present Political Status

April 21st, 2012 by Masood Sharif Khattak 5 comments »

I am former Director General of the Intelligence Bureau (DG IB) of Pakistan. In that capacity I had been reporting directly to the then Prime Minister of Pakistan who was, at that time, Shaheed (Martyred) Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto. In my tenure as the DG IB I was awarded the country’s second highest award for gallantry i.e. The HILAL E SHUJAAT in the field of national security duties that helped in preserving the country’s integrity. It may be mentioned that like the Nishan e Haider in the Army has always been awarded posthumously it’s civilian equivalent award i.e. Nishan e Shujaat has traditionally been awarded posthumously. In fact, I do not even recollect anyone having ever been awarded this honour. » Read more: To make it easy for all – About my Past and Present Political Status

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Pakistan Needs To Break The Status Quo Stranglehold

October 27th, 2011 by Masood Sharif Khattak 8 comments »

As a forward looking Pakistani and a proud Pakhtun I feel it is time in Pakistan for:-
1. Replacing of the pick and shovel (gaintee belcha) in the hands of the rugged, enterprising and patriotic Pakhtuns with books, pens and laptops.
2. To free the poor and thoroughly exploited Haris of Sindh and ensure that their next generations go to schools and are liberated of their waderas.
3. To integrate Baluchistan into the national mainstream in all respects and to ensure that the poor and completely subjugated people of Baluchistan are given 100% of the revenue obtained from their natural resources till Baluchistan has caught up with the rest of the country.
4. To stop villifying Punjab as an exploiter as most of Punjab rural is just as backward and neglected as the rural areas in other provinces and here too the people have to still be liberated from the tyranny of their local and bigger Chaudhris.
5. To take a look at what Pakistan possesses in the shape of Gilgit-Baltistan as heaven on earth and strive to develop the area and bring prosperity to the area before it gets too late as the dynamics in this region are likely to change in the coming years and nothing short of fast paced development will be able to integrate the area firmly as a part of the Federation of Pakistan.
6. To give Azad Jammu and Kashmir it’s due and to ensure that the area becomes so developed that people from across the border look at it enviously and then gradually, without any military adventures, the Kashmiri people unite and, by absolute choice, opt to become a part of Pakistan.
6. Corruption has to be buried deep and be replaced by another code of life wherein the corrupt are shunned by the society and the honest honored rightfully.
7.To make merit the only criteria for everything-even a peon’s job.
8. To honour our heroes and condemn those who let down this great beloved country of ours.
9. And so much more in line with the above mentioned aspects
10.In short, it is time to break the status quo and the stranglehold of the few that have (mis) ruled the destinies of the deprived millions in Pakistan.

THE BIG QUESTION:- Will Pakistan stand up for its own liberation from the home grown and fast degenerating status quo symbolised by the traditional political elite that has enslaved it (Pakistan) to the peril of its own existence as a respectable, dignified, honourable, progressive and genuinely sovreign State? Time is surely running out on us all.

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Nawaz Sharif’s last political opportunity

October 14th, 2011 by Masood Sharif Khattak 7 comments »

PML(N) chief Mian Nawaz Sharif is now in the decisive stage, in a wait and see phase, while a once-in-a-life-time opportunity stares him in the face saying: Step forward as you are running out of time and I will not be there for you if you act later.

The decision to act, or not to act, is one that has to be taken by Mian Nawaz Sharif alone and this decision will decide the shape of Pakistan’s future political landscape. He has to now take bold, calculated and dynamic political initiatives. If he does not do this then he will have to soon face an irretrievable political situation while his political rivals climb to new political heights.

Because of his hitherto ‘save the system’ policy Mian Nawaz Sharif has lost colossal amount of political space. Can he and his colleagues now bring about quick paced political initiatives aimed at regaining that lost political space? If they do they might even make PPP’s coalition partners i.e. PML-Q, MQM and ANP wonder if they are really onboard the better ship or are they on a drowning ship way out at sea. Can the PML-N bring this about and thus isolate PPP before launching a decisive political onslaught?

For the past three and a half years Mian Nawaz Sharif, obsessed with the fear of a military takeover, always came to the rescue of Mr Zardari’s so-called reconciliation driven coalition government, each time it was under threat. » Read more: Nawaz Sharif’s last political opportunity

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SIGNIFICANCE OF KARAK DISTRICT AND SURROUNDING AREAS FOR PAKISTAN’S FUTURE ECONOMIC WELL BEING AS WELL AS NATIONAL INTEGRITY

October 3rd, 2011 by Masood Sharif Khattak 13 comments »

Karak and Surrounding Areas Oil and Gas Fields

Karak and NA 15 (a National Assembly Constituency composed of the District as a whole) can now no longer be treated as a backyard District or Constituency of Pakistan without serious repercussions to Pakistan’s economic wellbeing. Karak District and some of its adjoining areas in Kohat, Hangu and Mianwali Districts (also Bannu in the near future) are destined to be what may, eventually, be termed as the ‘Petroleum or Energy Province of Pakistan’. This upcoming ‘Energy Province’ of Pakistan that essentially revolves around Karak District now needs serious attention of the economic planners of Pakistan. The more and faster that this area is made to develop the better it shall be for the general good health of Pakistan’s future economy as well as for the Country’s overall good in nearly every sector of national life.

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While Article 161 of the Constitution of Pakistan makes it incumbent upon the Federal Government to be paying to the Provincial Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa a huge amount as excise duty collected at the well head and royalty it is also now extremely necessary to pay attention to some other vital factors which will go a long way in the furtherance of Pakistan’s national interests. Those factors include a Federal and Provincial governmental effort towards ensuring that the areas that are rich in natural resources begin to develop at a fast pace and in that development are included projects like the development of educational infrastructure all the way to the University level, development of industrial areas with an initial concession of tax holidays of different kinds, development of the communication infrastructure, the medical infrastructure and much more. I have no hesitation in saying that if these factors had been implemented in the energy producing and other areas of Balochistan when energy (gas) was first discovered in Sui (Balochistan) it would have given an incentive to the people of other areas of energy rich Balochistan to invite the oil and gas development sector to come and explore in their areas. There would have been no need of any State security for such exploratory efforts as the interest of the locals themselves would have ensured their safety etc. We did just the opposite. The whole of Pakistan was consuming the natural gas from Sui where it was discovered in 1952. The gas from Sui was transmitted for domestic and industrial consumption to all over Pakistan since 1955 but it was as late as the 1980s that this gas began to be supplied in Quetta i.e. the Capital of Balochistan. What I am trying to stress upon people who matter in decision making is that they should think of developing the new energy producing areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa which essentially, thus far, revolve around District Karak and its fringes bordering the districts of Kohat and Mianwali. This must be done before the locals start feeling that they are being robbed and nothing is being given to them in return. That is when serious trouble is likely to be encountered. I am also hopeful that the decision makers of today will not like to see Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA deteriorating into a situation such as the one Pakistan encounters in Balochistan due to policy failures of the past. » Read more: SIGNIFICANCE OF KARAK DISTRICT AND SURROUNDING AREAS FOR PAKISTAN’S FUTURE ECONOMIC WELL BEING AS WELL AS NATIONAL INTEGRITY

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Gen Nasir Ullah Khan Babar – A Legend Forever

March 6th, 2011 by Masood Sharif Khattak 14 comments »

This article was written in memory of Late Major General Nasir Ullah Khan Babar and was printed in the March issue of the Defence Journal which is as yet not online….

People like late Major General Nasir Ullah Khan Babar are not born every day. He was twice awarded Sitara-e-Juraat in his military career i.e. in the 1965 and 1971 war and once a Hilal e Shujaat in his civilian career i.e. when he was the Interior Minister and had got released, single handedly, a bus load of students who had been hijacked by some Afghans.
Hailing from a modest village in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa called Pir Pai he went on to hold appointments like Inspector General Frontier Corps, General Officer Commanding (GOC) 14 Division, Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (then NWFP), Special Assistant to the Prime Minister, directly elected Member of the National Assembly and Interior Minister(1993-96). While writing this I suddenly realized how unfortunate this beautiful country of ours is that it did not have any reason to utilize a man like Major General Nasir Ullah Khan Babar in his last useful years of life i.e. all the way from 1996 to 2008 when he fell sick and was disabled due to a serious stroke that paralysed him. Any other country ruled by true patriots would have been looking for die hard patriots like Gen Babar. Alas this cannot be said about Pakistan where all the rulers only look for court jesters.
Thinking about Gen Babar’s nerves I am reminded of a time when I and my wife Farzana, whom he always took as a daughter, were with Gen Babar and his wife in his hospital room at the Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology, Rawalpindi. Begum Nasir Ullah Khan Babar was telling my wife that he cannot now move his arm and some other details about his illness thinking the grand old man was asleep and not listening. The General opened his eyes and true to his reputation lifted his left arm to a reasonable height and mumbled the words “see I can lift my arm and what she is saying is not true”. At this point I was standing by his side and I was so moved I could not help kiss his hand with the affection of a son. It is for the reader to assess from this happening how determined and strong nerved a man must Gen Babar have been in his life time when he acted like this lying listless in his hospital bed after having suffered a massive stroke of paralysis. » Read more: Gen Nasir Ullah Khan Babar – A Legend Forever

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Letter to Mr Asif Ali Zardari, President of Pakistan alongwith an Annexure Outlining Basic Uplift Projects for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA

January 28th, 2011 by Masood Sharif Khattak 51 comments »

Reference: -No KPK/1/Projects/President Dated 28 January 2011

From: - Masood Sharif Khan Khattak
District Karak, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Tel: – 0321 8588888 (From abroad 0092 321 8588888)
Email: – masoodsharifkhattak@gmail.com
Website: – www.sharifpost.com

To: – Mr. Asif Ali Zardari
President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, ISLAMABAD

Copy To: - Mr. Yousaf Raza Gillani
Prime Minister, Islamic Republic of Pakistan, ISLAMABAD

Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif
Quaid, Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz)

General Ashfaq Pervaiz Kayani
Chief of the Army Staff, General Headquarters, Rawalpindi
(For projects in Annexure A related to Fauji Foundation)

Dear Mr President,
Assalamalaikum. Today, it truly hurts to be a somewhat privileged Pakhtun when one looks at the general population of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa living in miserable conditions. To my mind it amounts to be a sin if the somewhat privileged Pakhtuns do not speak for the downtrodden population of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA (Federally Administered Tribal Areas). On my part, I will not hesitate doing that.

2. I am a thoroughbred Pakistani and would like to always talk of Pakistan as a whole, yet, the very pathetic conditions of my home Province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA have forced me to write this letter to you in order to emphasise the need to bring about a master developmental plan for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the FATA which will have to include mega projects of all sorts. Annexure A to this letter only spells out the basic projects around which must revolve the long term master plan.

3. Pakistan owes a special attention towards Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA for all the sacrifices that the Pakhtuns have always willingly rendered for Pakistan. The Pakhtuns now demand peace, progress and prosperity for themselves and their coming generations. The Pakhtuns must mow have easy access to justice, quality education, health as well as social services, a modern communications (motorway) network and to employment compatible to their educational qualifications within their own Province. To achieve all this and to arrest the simmering tensions developing deep within the people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA there is now an urgent need to build mega projects revolving around the abundant mineral and energy resources produced locally. » Read more: Letter to Mr Asif Ali Zardari, President of Pakistan alongwith an Annexure Outlining Basic Uplift Projects for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA

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Pakistan’s silent majority must wake up

December 13th, 2010 by Masood Sharif Khattak 6 comments »

Waiting has never ever done any nation any good. Never ever in history has waiting changed the destiny of a nation towards the better. All the nations that are the worlds most progressive today have all wrested their destinies from their respective selfish vested interests and only after taking their destinies in their own hands have they progressed and stand where they do stand today. This is history.
Pakistan has an irrelevant silent majority of about ten crores (100 million) of people and most of them are in the lower and upper middle class categories. Pakistan also has the electorally functional population of over three crores (30 million) of people who are, primarily, from the poor and very poor class and are thus dependent upon the vested political interests (the ruling feudal and business elite) of Pakistan. Thus each time around, on election day, these three crores vote traditionally on the lines that we have seen in so many elections while the silent majority treat the election day as a holiday and take off for a picnic with their near and dear ones. The dependent three crores obviously bring back to power those on whom they are dependent for their next meal. We, the silent majority, are truly guilty of negligence towards our obligation to vote for the betterment of Pakistan. It surely is time to wake up.
Pakistan’s destiny will change the day the silent majority wakes up and lines up at the polling booths on election day. Everything will change for the better. If it does not happen in this way then the streets will have to burn and turn red one day not long from now.

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