As long as we keep thugs like Budnazar, Zardaris, Gunja and aba ji out.
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Defence and Strategic News
Pak more stable than perceived: US report
Jan 26, 2004, 11:40
Washington: Pakistan is more stable than it appears and the extremists targeting President Pervez Musharraf lack adequate armed might and political backing to seize power, the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) has said quoting experts.
Examining the seriousness of the fundamentalist threat in Pakistan, the CFR said the two near-miss assassination attempts on Musharraf last month have intensified fears that radical Islamists are bent on destabilizing nuclear-armed Pakistan.
Looking at the scenario if Musharraf were to be assassinated, the CFR said in an article that the general, who seized power in a 1999 coup, would probably be replaced by a “Western-leaning” army man.
The leading candidate, CFR quoted some experts as saying, was General Muhammad Yousaf Khan, the current army vice chief of staff.
“While any transition would create instability, some experts say Pakistan could weather the crisis, at least initially.” “I don’t see Pakistan as a society in turmoil or on the knife’s edge between order and disorder,”
** Nicholas Platt, former US ambassador to Pakistan, was quoted as saying. “I think that the stability provided by an essentially moderate population and a strong military is greater than meets the eye.” **