Re: Mush's Popularity
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But the survey asserts that these sensible reforms have almost all only been partially or corruptly implemented. It adds that Musharraf is clinging to his job by manipulation and with the backing of the army, and that by sabotaging Pakistan's fragile democracy to meet his own ends, he may have made the country even more dangerous'. The economy has become 'tigerish', it says, but notes that foreign investors are still keeping away.
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TRD,
Thing is, reforms are one thing, the man's popularity another, though they are connected to a certain extent, but the fact remains, I and countless Pakistanis would vote for him or say "Aye" to him any given day without a blink of an eye when compared with those who never initiated any reforms, let alone complete them, or those who clinged on to their jobs by manipulating everything, from army generals, the "ayeen" and the fragile deomcracy to literally make their vast ends meet. That made the country close to a thritythird world country and the economy slothish while foreign investors shunned the thouht of coming over.
Btw, the last highlighted line missed out one word for some reason; it should be:
*"...notes that **some **foreign investors are still keeping away". *
Who can deny the significant rise in foreign investment of varying scale in recent years!?
Whatever said or done, many Pakistanis prefer the man Musharraf, General or not, President or not, compared to any feudals, waderas, industrialists, who were born with a silver spoon or master the art of acquiring a silver spoon by snatching even a wooden one from the commoners. No matter what figures say or dont say, many would prefer a Pakistani soldier who once went to war for Pakistan's honour and was ready to lay his life, was injured and decorated, compared to the alternate breed. He is more fellow-Pakistani and more *common *for the *common Pakistani fellows *any given day.