Re: EMERGENCY IMPOSED IN PAKISTAN
So much for the freedom of the press and judiciary. Once they started challenging Mush’s authority and exposing his regime’s weaknesses and failures, the independence of judiciary and media finally got to him and he felt ‘he could not let Pakistan commit suicide’. What a joker? This is what all dictators say and do.
His action is merely to protect and extend his illegle rule in Pakistan as many millitary rulers have done before him. It is a very sad day for Pakistan which is being ruled by a man for whom the only consideration is the perpetuity of his own rule. To achieve this motive he is ready to trample the judiciary for which he says he has the highest respect. The voice of the media has been muzzled and the basic human rights have been suspended. These are desperate measures by a desperate despot who now finds himself cornered.
Read all the reaction here.
BBC NEWS | South Asia | In quotes: Pakistan emergency reaction](BBC NEWS | South Asia | In quotes: Pakistan emergency reaction)
I liked Aitezaz’s comments
"This the end for General Musharraf. If he had been a man of honour, he would have resigned when the chief justice was restored.
*"The emergency will not prevent the lawyers and people of Pakistan from protesting against this unconstitutional and illegal move. “Now is the time for us to get rid of Pervez Musharraf. Pervez Musharraf has ordered me to be put under house arrest for 30 days but he himself will be finished within 30 days. The countdown has started.” *
To gain popularity at home will the dictator now start an anti- India campaign/propaganda again? Will the heat be now directed at India? Will we now see a surge in Jehadi activities in Kashmir?
These are all tried and tested formulae used by successive military dictators in Pakistan.