Top 10 controversies in Pakistan politics

New Delhi: Pakistan has been witnessing a lot of scandals and controversies in the recent past. The politics of Pakistan has deep rooted corruption and there has been political unrest in the country. The history of Pakistan is marked by overthrowing of governments, money laundering, political assassinations and military rule. These scandals have weakened the economy and polity of the country thus lowering the overall repute of the country.Here is a list of the biggest recent controversies in Pakistan politics: 1. Memo gate scandal Pakistan Ambassador to US was accused of compiling a memo seeking US help to avert a military takeover in Pakistan following the killing of Osama Bin Laden in May, 2011. He had been accused of protecting the reliant interests of the USA in Pakistan by giving Visas to CIA agents like Ramond Davis.In June, 2012 he was called back to Pakistan for facing treason charges. 2. Lal Masjid Operation The Lal masjid operation also named as the Seige of Lal masjid was a confrontation between the government led by General Pervez Musharraf and the militants of Islamic fundamentalist in July 2007. The aim of the operation was to overthrow Jamia Hafsa madrasah. Since January 2006, Lal Masjid and the adjacent Jamia Hafsa madrasah had been operated by Islamic militants led by two brothers, Maulana Abdul Aziz and Abdul Rashid Ghazi.The organization had supported enforcement of Sharia across the country and overthrow of Pervez's rule. It was an eight day crackdown between the military and the militants inside the complex leading to 154 deaths and more than 3,000 casualties.The then government was successful in capturing 50 militants in the operation.3. Aafia Siddiqui Case A Pakistani girl who studied in US and pursued neurosciences, in 2001. She returned to Pakistan in 2003 and was accused of having links with Al Qaeda and was placed on wanted list by FBI. She disappeared and then was arrested in Afghanistan and was accused of making chemical bombs and also murdering several people. She was sentenced 86 years in the prison. 4. Abbotabad Operation The abbottabad operations involves the killing of Osama bin Laden who was the head and the founder of Al-Qaeda. He was killed in Pakistan in the year 2011 on May 2. The US army invading the residence of Osama in Abbottabad carried out the operation. The US army then buried the body in the sea and the death caused uproar in the Al-Qaeda and also in the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan against the US army and Pakistan for not stopping the operation. 5. Mukhtar Mai scandal Mukhtar Mai who was apparently ganged raped around eight years ago has ample amount of money today collected from the NGOs and western Embassies. The government inspectors invaded her NGO and school in her hometown as they caught her using electricity by illegal means to run her business. Her brothers beat up the inspectors and also threatened them about the bad consequences. 6. Raymond Davis scandal Raymond Davis is a former American soldier who was accused of killing 2 armed men in Lahore on January 27 2011. However, Davis was arrested under the criminal charge and the illegal possession of the arms. He was released on March 16, 2011 after the families of the killed men were given $2.4 million as a monetary compensation for the murder. 7. Rental power case The Rental power case is linked with Raja Pervaiz Ashraf who was a minister of power and water. He was a senior leader in the PPP. He was linked with the rental case and was accused of taking the loan for the power plants and not using the money on the projects. On 15 January 2013, the Supreme Court of Pakistan gave him an arrest order. 8. Cricket spot fixing scandal This scandal of the year 2010 revolves on the few cricketers of the national team of being accused to take bribes from Mazhar Majeed who was bookmaker. The reason they took the bribe was to underperform in Test match in England. Under cover journalists videotaped Mazhar Majeed secretly accepting the money and telling the reporters that the fast bowlers Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif will bowl no ball at few moments in the match. The ICC banned the three players Salman butt, Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif for 5 to 10 years. 9. Shahzaib Murder Case Shahzeb Khan Murder case is about the murder of a university student on December in the year 2012 in Karachi. This murder sparked fire all around the country with people protesting against the killing largely. The murderers Shahrukh Jatoi and Siraj Talpur were sentenced death but later the family of Shahzeb Khan lifted the case asking the court to parden the murders in the name of Allah. 10. Imran Farooq Murder The former senior leader and member of MQM Imran Farooq was dead in September 2010 in London. The murder seemd a politically motivated plot as there were rumors of him splitting the MQM party. He was killed while he returned back from the work. There was a brick and a kitchen knife found at the murder scene. The rumors said that he was killed because he was leaving MQM and was planning to set up a rival party.