Long article but lots of interesting stuff in it.
From Afzal Khan
BOSTON – President Gen. Pervez Musharraf has hinted that he would quit the army post in not too distant future. During the question-answer session after a 40-minute speech at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, here Sunday evening, a questioner asked:” Mr. President, you have spoken about the role of the army and the three power-brokers. When will you appoint a new army chief? “
“I will appoint a new chief when I step down,” Gen. Musharraf retorted in his frank style evoking a laughter from a gathering of several hundred students and scholars.
But then he hastened to add:” That will not be very far off.”
The President was warmly received at Harvard and faced no hostility during the question-and-answer period barring some tough questions on democracy and army’s interference in politics.
Wearing a dark gray business suit and red-and-white tie, Musharraf sought to outline a vision for the future of Pakistan, saying that he seized power to save Pakistan from elected, ‘’corrupt’’ regimes and to build ‘’a modern, moderate, tolerant, and progressive, democratic Islamic state.’’