Sunday, 12 June 2016

Rabbi Michael Lerner Speech At Muhammad Ali Funeral - FULL VIDEO

REFORM PARTY IN FORMATION- UPDATE


BASED ON INPUTS RECEIVED SO FAR, FOLLOWING POINTS OF MANIFESTO HAS BEEN AGREED.MORE ARE WELCOME AND AWAITED TILL END OCT 2016. ONCE FINALIZED WE SHALL APPLY TO ELECTION COMMISSION FOR PARTY REGISTRATION HOPEFULLY BEFORE DEC 2016.

THE PARTY WILL BE ORGANISED ON CORPORATE LINES WITH 4 TIER OF LEADERSHIP/MANAGEMENT. PRESIDENT AT TOP,UNDER HIM 20 SVPs, UNDER EACH SVP 20 VPs,UNDER EACH VP 20 AVPs.

SENIORITY WILL BE DEFINED BY DATE OF JOINING OF PARTY AND LOYALTY OF THE FAMILY. PREFERENCE IN ALLOCATING TICKETS WILL ON THIS BASIS.

REFORM PARTY WILL CONTEST ELECTIONS IN 2018.

JOINING MEMBERS WILL INDICATE THEIR UC,PA AND MNA ELECTION AREA.THEY WILL ALSO DECLARE THEIR PREFERENCE FOR LOCAL,PROVINCIAL OR NATIONAL SEAT.ALSO IF THEY CAN AFFORD TO BEAR SOME COST OF PUBLICITY OF THEIR CANDIDATURE OR WOULD REQUIRE FULL PARTY FUNDING.

A JOINING FEE OF RS 1,000 WILL BE REQUESTED,WHILE ANNUAL FEE OF RS 500 WILL BE PAYABLE FROM NEXT YEAR ON WARDS.

REFORM PARTY WILL FUND ITS EXPENSES FROM SMALL CONTRIBUTIONS BY PARTY MEMBERS AND GENERAL PUBLIC. WE SHALL EXPECT CONTRIBUTION TO RANGE FROM RS 500 TO MAXIMUM 10,000 PER INDIVIDUAL PER YEAR.

    MANIFESTO IN MAKING:

1.IMMEDIATE IMPLEMENTATION OF LAND REFORM ACT OF 1977 WHEREBY MAXIMUM LAND HOLDING WILL BE RESTRICTED TO 100 ACRES.
NOT IMPLEMENTING AN APPROVED ACT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE TO PEOPLE OF PAKISTAN. ACT NOW!!
2.RIGHT OF EVERY PAKISTANI TO OWN A LAND MUST BE RECOGNIZED FORTHWITH. A 600 SQ YARD PLOT FOR EVERY LAND LESS RURAL FAMILY AND A 60 SQ YARD PLOT FOR URBAN FAMILY IS FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT.PEOPLE OF PAKISTAN ARE DETERMINED TO STANCH THAT RIGHT WITH THE HELP OF REFORM PARTY.
3.PRICES OF ATTA AND MILK BE BROUGHT TO RS 25 KG/LITER IN LINE WITH INTERNATIONAL PRICE.
4. PRICE OF SUGAR BE BROUGHT DOWN TO RS 40 PKG AND EXPORT OF SUGAR WITH RS 13 SUBSIDY SHOULD BE STOPPED IMMEDIATELY.
5. REGULATORY DUTY OF COTTON YARN,UREA,SUGAR,CEMENT,STEEL BE REMOVED SO THAT THEIR PRICES COME DOWN 20-40 % TO GIVE BOOST TO ECONOMY AND IMPROVE PURCHASING POWER.
6. ALL TAXES INCLUDING IMPORT DUTY BE REMOVED ON 70 CC MOTOR CYCLES AND 660 CC CARS. SO THAT CHINES BIKES COULD BE SOLD FOR RS 28K INSTEAD OF 38K CURRENTLY AND NANO CAR COULD BE SOLD FOR RS 3 LACS INSTEAD OF PEOPLE BE FORCED TO BUY LOW TECH 800 CC MEHRAN FOR RS 7 LACS.
7.GOVT SHOULD GET OUT OF OIL,GAS,ELECTRICITY BUSINESS AND BUYING AND SELLING OF THESE ITEMS SHOULD NOT RESTRICTED IN ANY FORM.ALL EXISTING MONOPOLIES SHOULD BE CANCELLED.ALSO ALL KIND OF TAXES ON THESE ITEMS SHOULD BE REMOVED SO THAT CNG IS SOLD FOR RS 12KG,PETROL FOR 28 AND ELECTRICITY FOR RS 6 PER UNIT IN LINE WITH INTERNATIONAL PRICES OF GAS AND OIL. 
8.STATE BANK OF PAKISTAN SHOULD BE DENATIONALISED AND RESTORED AS PRIVATE BANK AS IT WAS BEFORE BHUTTO NATIONALISED IT.
BEFORE NATIONALISATION GOVT REQUEST TO PRINT NOTES WAS ROUTINELY REJECTED BY SBP. THUS PRICES WERE HARDLY INCREASING.TOTAL MONEY IN CIRCULATION WAS RS 9 BILLION FOR WEST PAKISTAN AND 5 FOR EAST PAKISTAN.NOW IT IS RS 2,600 BILLION.
9.FBR BE ABOLISHED AND TAX COLLECTION BE AUCTIONED OUT TO HIGHEST BIDDER WITH FLOOR OF RS 6 TRILLION OR 3 TIMES CURRENT LEVEL. OPIF READY TO OFFER THIS AMOUNT AS THE ACTUAL POTENTIAL IS 10 EVEN AFTER REMOVING ALL TAXES ON MOBILE,OIL,GAS,ELECTRICITY,FOOD ITEMS.
10. ESTABLISH SEVEN FREE ECONOMIC ZONES IS DEPRESSED REGIONS BE ESTABLISHED IN WHICH GOVT WILL HAVE NO ROLE.THESE SELF GOVERNING REGIONS WILL GENERATE MORE WELL PAID JOBS THEN THE EXISTING ONE AS FOREIGN INVESTORS WILL FLOCK IT AS HAPPENED IN CHINA AFTER 1992.
11. SAFTA SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTED IMMEDIATELY SO THAT BIGGEST COMMON MARKET OF SAARC COMPRISING 1.4 BILLION PEOPLE COULD BE ESTABLISHED.USHERING AN ERA OF PROSPERITY IN THE REGION.
12.ALL OLD ROAD LINKS TOWARDS EAST SHOULD BE REOPENED TO BOOST REGIONAL TRADE AND PEOPLE TRAVEL AND CONTACT.
13. FIVE YEAR MULTIPLE ENTRY VISAS TO INDIAN KASHMIRS MAY BE GIVEN WITHOUT COST AFTER DUE DILIGENCE SO THE DIVIDED FAMILIES COULD MEET TO EASE THE AGONY. INDIA SHOULD RECIPROCATE.
14.FIVE YEAR MULTIPLE ENTRY VISAS TO ALL INDIANS HAVING RELATIVES IS PAKISTAN BE GIVEN FREE OF COST.INDIA SHOULD RECIPROCATE.
15. FIVE YEAR MULTIPLE ENTRY VISAS TO ALL CITIZENS OF SAARC COUNTRIES MAY BE GIVEN AT A COST OF $ 50 TO IMPROVE TRADE AND PEOPLE TO PEOPLE CONTACTS. SAARC COUNTRIES TO RECIPROCATE.
16.ALL POWERS SHOULD BE DEVOLVED TO UNION AND TOWN LEVEL.