Re: ‘Citizen’ Musharraf still holding the cards in Pakistan.
Musharraf is only in power because hes a naukar of amreeka… Reza, why are you so fond of a dictator who performs sajda to the white house 
I thought amreeka/israyeel was very very bad?
Re: 'Citizen' Musharraf still holding the cards in Pakistan.
After the elections Musharraf will be even stronger than he is now, but that is something that people vehemently against him will not concede now or then. But just wait and see how Citizen Musharraf get's stronger and stronger at every turn. :)
Well people said he will be lame duck President as soon as he takes off his uniform. But infact he has become stronger. People are queuing up to make deals with the 'civilian' President Musharaf and openly making statements that they want to work with him. They know Citizen Musharaf holds all the cards.
Re: 'Citizen' Musharraf still holding the cards in Pakistan.
Yes even his own party lotas are embarrassed to mention his name in the rallies. Popular and hold the cards indeed.
Re: 'Citizen' Musharraf still holding the cards in Pakistan.
Well people said he will be lame duck President as soon as he takes off his uniform. But infact he has become stronger. People are queuing up to make deals with the 'civilian' President Musharaf and openly making statements that they want to work with him. They know Citizen Musharaf holds all the cards.
Three key things to note.
- PML Q coalition has a majority in the SENATE, and that won't change after the election results.
- There will most likely be a coalition government at the centre, as no party has claimed it will get an outright majority on their own.
- PML Q may retain a working majority to rule Punjab province, if not at the centre.
So yes those above three points are just some of the reasons why Musharraf will remain absolutely decisive after the elections, and even more powerful than ever before.
Re: 'Citizen' Musharraf still holding the cards in Pakistan.
^to be honest, without wardi, yeh sab khokhli batain hain. Ab bhi time hay ke woh izzat se retire ho jaayay. Atleast he would be remebered by you guys. Otherwise barhay be aabroo hokar teray koochay se ham nilay.
Re: ‘Citizen’ Musharraf still holding the cards in Pakistan.
President Musharaf holds all the cards, and will continue to call the shots - to the dismay of people that have been predicting the great man’s demise since he became leader of Pakistan. 
Predictions abound that the January 8 elections will throw up a hung parliament. “It will be a hung parliament,” says Ghazi Salahuddin, a political analyst and commentator. Salahuddin says present indicators are that a political coalition government would take charge in 2008.
Such a coalition government will suit President Pervez Musharraf, who will have the last say in national affairs, add analysts. The question that most Pakistanis are asking, however, is who will be part of the coalition set up.
As things stand, the PML-Q headed by Chaudhry Shujaat Husain and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement led by Altaf Husain, are firm political allies of Musharraf. They will be part of any political equation that comes into office.
It’s possible that Benazir Bhutto’s Pakistan Peoples Party and Nawaz Sharif’s PML-N party may also form part of the government. There is pressure on General Musharraf to engage the moderate political parties of the country and this includes both the PML-N and the PPP.
But the Americans are wary of the links between the PML-N and right-wing parties. Comments by US President George Bush that he was unaware of the credentials of Nawaz Sharif led the former Pakistan PM to come up with the statement “I too am a moderate.”
The Americans are pushing for Bhutto to have a share of the government in 2008. But this is easier said than done. After talks broke down between Bhutto and Musharraf over a possible political deal earlier this year, the President went ahead and threw in his lot with the PML-Q.
The PML-Q comprises two leaders — the chief ministers of Punjab and Sindh. Bhutto has publicly accused them of being behind the October attack on her welcome convoy, which left hundreds dead. The possibility of a power sharing arrangement with them is remote.
The rightist Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) political alliance, which now has broken into two wings — one with parties contesting the elections and another with parties that are not — does not matter in this equation. Neither does Imran Khan of the Tehreek-e-Insaf party who is also boycotting the polls.
But while the political parties may get the seats, the MMA and Imran Khan have won admiration for their stand over the reinstatement of the judiciary from various quarters.
There are chances also that Bhutto and Sharif may combine to form a powerful opposition alliance. Bhutto has said that “opposition from within parliament is better than opposition from outside.”
In all this, whatever united front the opposition was presenting in order to pressure President Musharraf into accepting key demands over the future political arrangements now stands shattered.
After the decision by the PPP to participate in the elections and the PML-N shortly after to also stay in the race, the demand to reinstate judges sacked following declaration of emergency in the country is now a non-issue.
Also, the possibility of allowing Bhutto or Sharif to become prime minister for a third term is remote since this requires a constitution amendment. At this stage, President Musharraf has emerged stronger than ever and looks to preside over political parties that squabble over seats and power arrangements.
Re: 'Citizen' Musharraf still holding the cards in Pakistan.
The elections are being rigged to produce such a result so that the illegal alteration of the constitution by the drillmaster can be safeguarded. Pathetic act by a pathetic and desperate man.
Re: 'Citizen' Musharraf still holding the cards in Pakistan.
Also, the possibility of allowing Bhutto or Sharif to become prime minister for a third term is remote since this requires a constitution amendment. At this stage, President Musharraf has emerged stronger than ever and looks to preside over political parties that squabble over seats and power arrangements.
Yup, exactly what I said earlier. Just wait after the election results and you will see so many people that you would never expect to knock on the door of the Aiwan-e-Sadr in order to be appointed PM by President Musharraf .