Re: New Reasons for Ousting Pesident Musharaf.
What are the new reasons for ousting President Musharaf? It can no longer be the restoration of democracy from PPP perspective, as in the last few days we have seen PPP democracy in action.
It can't be to improve the economy. Pakistan has seen unprecdented Economic growth during the past eight years.
It can't be law and order situation, as the law and order stituaton, apart from suicide bombing and odd display of emotions including what we have seen in the past few days, has been better than before 1999.
It can't because Pakistan keeps changing govt. every couple of years, as we have seen for the first time in history of Pakistan, an elected govt. completing its full term.
So, what are the reasons for ousting President Musharaf?
Aalsi I totally agree with you as nothing will ever change in Pakistan.....so why to change this dictator.... Pakistan is as unstable and undemocratic and unpredictable today as it was the day Bhutto returned to the country. And it is as unstable and undemocratic and unpredictable as it was before the notion of her return to the country was even conceivable.
And it is as unstable and undemocratic and unpredictable today as it would have been in a few weeks when Bhutto gained control of the country.
Because nothing in Pakistan ever changes.
Corrupt governments replace corrupt governments. Politicians, military generals, democratically elected leaders are killed, jailed, or chased out of the country only to be replaced by their clones.
When Pervez Musharraf seized control of the country from Nawaz Sharif, some Pakistanis were hopeful that he would be a force for good.
They were willing to look past the fact that he had deposed a democratically elected prime minister because they feared that Sharif was on the verge of becoming a dictator.
But others knowingly cautioned. "Just wait," they said. "Time will tell," they said.
Then Musharraf became the dictator and as Bhutto - a leader once removed from power and disgraced by corruption charges - looked set to take back control, those same words were uttered. "Just wait," they said again.
They'll never know if that cynicism was warranted the third time around.
And as they have in the past, the world will look to the Pakistani Army for certainty. And instead of rebuking a renewed declaration of martial law, they'll welcome it. As will many Pakistanis.
They'll play up the credentials of Pakistan's new army chief, General Ashfaq Kayani.
"A professional soldier," they'll call him. A graduate of the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth in Kansas, we'll be reminded. It will serve as a reassurance that the man who now controls the only constant force in Pakistan can also be seen as a friend.
And investors will say "that's good enough for us." Stocks in Pakistan will rise again, and foreign investors will return - even more prepared this time for the risks - and oil prices and gold prices will ease and credit spreads will narrow.
And those who call for elections, and democracy and rule of law in Pakistan will be looked at as trouble makers.
"What's important now is stability," they'll be told. And stability will return in three years or five years of renewed military rule.
And nothing will change..........