people expressing sympathy for judges forget that in 1999, cj and some of his current colleagues took oath under the exact same circumstances that exist right now. moreover if the shoe was on the other foot, i.e. if another general had overthrown musharraf, the reaction of awam would be no different. awam realises the reality of pak society and therefore holds no sympathy for any party be it musharraf and his supporters or musharraf's opponent.
as far as the emergency, blame falls on cj. unfortunately the cj forgot how he came to power and started dreaming big dreams. the actions of the supreme court were clearly hampering the government. no court in the world tries the government over a single issue multiple times as the current court has done on the issue of musharraf's verdee. similarly the court getting involved in hostage negotiation and holding govt culpable for lal masjid and releasing terrorists is clearly putting people's life in jeapordy. if suicide bombings were going on in london, d.c. and ny weekly as has been in the case in pak, you would have state of emergency in the u.k. and the u.s. whats going in pak is not pretty but it is a lot less uglier than suicide bombers operating at will.
whats going in pak is not pretty but it is a lot less uglier than suicide bombers operating at will.
If the dictator had not used the terrorists issue for his own benefit and nipped the lal masjid issue in the bud we would not have seen so many suicide bombings in Pakistan. The blames lies squarely on Mush's shoulder. he played this drama for his kursi. Shame on him.
If the dictator had not used the terrorists issue for his own benefit and nipped the lal masjid issue in the bud we would not have seen so many suicide bombings in Pakistan. The blames lies squarely on Mush's shoulder. he played this drama for his kursi. Shame on him.
yes blame lies on musharraf squarely for terrorism. he is too much of a softie nor did he tackle terrorism until prodded by the goras even though terrorism was a problem for pakistanis before 9/11. even after 9/11 mush has been slow to act even though he had full authority. the buck stops with him.
i would have been happier if army had overthrown musharraf along with judges and leading politicians. right now though neither the judges nor the politicians can tackle jehadis. until such time as credible opposition to mush arises, he is the best bet.
yes blame lies on musharraf squarely for terrorism. he is too much of a softie nor did he tackle terrorism until prodded by the goras even though terrorism was a problem for pakistanis before 9/11. even after 9/11 mush has been slow to act even though he had full authority. the buck stops with him.
i would have been happier if army had overthrown musharraf along with judges and leading politicians. right now though neither the judges nor the politicians can tackle jehadis. until such time as credible opposition to mush arises, he is the best bet.
im sorry, the jihadi stuff is just a smokescreen. CJ wasnt going to Swat to give Fazlullah tips. Musharraf's leadership in swat and waziristan has been massively ineffective, and none of his incompetance has anything to do with Supreme Court. What CJ did represent was a threat to his nice little stranglehold on the Kingdom of Pakistan.
If anything, I see this massively supportive to the jihadies. There was a slim support amongst the civilians for tackling the jihadies, BECAUSE there is a civilian outlet for acting against the govt. By closing down those avenues, hes going to alienate the civil society even more, and is probably helping the jihadi recruitment.
im betting there are a lot, lot more people who wish now one of those jihadies is succesful against musharraf.
