most pakistanis want musharaf gone

Himalaya · November 28, 2007, 10:26am

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20071128/tpl-uk-pakistan-people-81f3b62_1.html

Iconoclast · November 28, 2007, 10:29am

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Its not a news anymore.

Lusi · November 28, 2007, 10:41am

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By Simon Gardner Reuters

1 hour 7 minutes ago
LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - President Pervez Musharraf may have finally made good on a pledge to quit as army chief, but many ordinary Pakistanis on Wednesday said it was time the coup-leader was jettisoned from politics altogether.

Some feel Musharraf has shamed Pakistan in the international arena: Judges who threatened his re-election remain jailed, media curbs are in place, and he has yet to fully roll back emergency rule or restore the suspended constitution.
“This man is a big cheater. He should be removed altogether. He should be kicked out,” said Amjad Iqbal Butt, a government servant, as he ate chopped bananas sprinkled with spices at a roadside stall in the eastern city of Lahore.
“This disease should have been eradicated from day one,” he added. “Things will not change until he is totally removed.”
Butt wants opposition leaders and former prime ministers Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif, newly returned from exile, to boycott general elections due in early January in protest.
In the restive North West Frontier Province, where the army is locked in fierce fighting with insurgents loyal to a pro-Taliban cleric, the message was the same.
“The damage he has done to this country and the nation will not be compensated by merely taking off his uniform. It will be better for the country if he just leaves,” said 18-year-old business administration student Zubair Ahmed, sipping from a cracked tea cup at a canteen in Peshawar.
For others, however, Musharraf’s political manoeuvring is of little or no importance. They are more focused on price rises for daily staples that have made life even harder for the tens of millions of Pakistanis who live in poverty, despite strongeconomic growth under Musharraf.
SOME KIND WORDS
“Whether one stays in uniform or not, it’s of no concern to us. Our concern is poverty,” said Mohammad Ashraf, a resident in the western city of Quetta in Baluchistan, as he washed his car.
“The poor cares nothing for who is king and whether he’s wearing uniform or not. He needs meals for himself and his family.”
Some had kind words for Musharraf as he bid farewell to army colleagues as he handed over command to his chosen successor General Ashfaq Kayani, saying he had shown leadership by keeping his word and removing his uniform, and that his continued presence would help ensure stability.
“It’s because of him that Pakistan is still surviving. Business has really flourished under his rule,” said Khanzada, 45, a trader in troubled South Waziristan on the Afghan border, where many Taliban and al Qaeda militants took refuge after the fall of Taliban regime in Afghanistan in late 2001.
But the majority have had enough of a man who came to power in a bloodless coup in 1999.
“Over the last couple of years, Musharraf has behaved like a schoolboy and has stuck to his uniform for no reason at all,” said 65-year-old Abdul Aziz Khan, a retired banker in the southern financial capital of Karachi.
“I think his role in Pakistani politics is ending now, and it’s only a matter of time before he will be kicked out by the people, or by the army itself,” he added.
“By prolon****ging his stay in power, he’s only made sure that his exit won’t be an honourable one.”

Very True Indeed!

Rebel_X · November 28, 2007, 5:30pm

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and yet the big question again, Pakistanis seem to be always against someone, not ever really for someone.I am embarassed the way this nation has turned its back on the one person among the major figures who could have been the type of leader this nation needed. Yes I am referring to Imran.

smooth_guy · November 28, 2007, 5:37pm

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I demand a poll in PA for who do you want to see in power from the following.

Musharraf (doesn't matter who the PM would be)
Benazir
Nawaz Sharief
Pervaiz Elahi
Imran Khan
Qazi Hussain
Fazl ur Rehman
Altaf Hussain
Others

Rebel_X · November 28, 2007, 5:49pm

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we had a poll like it a few months ago, and it appeared that atleatsppl on GS do not represent the antion, Nawaz and BB got very little support.

as far as demanding a poll, drop a note to any of the forum mods, and they will do it :)

omkara · November 28, 2007, 7:19pm

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mush cant be any worse than all the leaders that pakistanis have voted for in the past for example benazir,sharif and altaf

perveen10 · November 28, 2007, 8:14pm

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i definitely vote for imran khan
he is the best.........

Rebel_X · November 28, 2007, 8:33pm

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sadly the masses of Pakistan will still vote for benazir, altaf, nawaz, qazi and fazl..and their parties.

Lusi · November 28, 2007, 8:42pm

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^^ yeah because sadly the masses of pakistan will be filled in buses for exchange of some ghee, ata, and sugar

Decent_6Chora · November 28, 2007, 8:53pm

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your nick tells us how seriously we should take your posts

Rebel_X · November 28, 2007, 9:40pm

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well some support some for ata and ghee, some support others due to faith, some vote due to ethncity.

but in the end its all about people's choice on what they prefer. sadly ppl in the nation prefer these things over honest leaders, what can u do :)

e33or · November 29, 2007, 4:29am

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bahi, joke na sunaya karo itne :d