Re: New Reasons for Ousting Pesident Musharaf.
- For illegally holding office numerous times in 8 years, and trying to extend his rule through illegal means
Pakistan army gave him office in Oct 1999 and Supreme Court endorsed it, so how can him was holding office illegal?
In 2002, referendum gave him vote to hold that office, than how can holding that office illegal after 2002?
Later in 2004, parliament endorsed him with two-third majority that he can hold office of President and Army chief, than how can that be illegal?
In 2007, over 60 percent of people's representatives ... MNAs, Senaters and MPAs together elected him as president, so how can he be holding office illegally?
[You may have differences and say that referendum was rigged, 2002 assembly was rigged, whatever ... but that rigging claims 'grape is sour' is going on in Pakistani elections by all losers, so you can shout but have to accept that.
Actually, most of PML(Q) candidates are strong candidates and no one can doubt that they could not win election. These were same people that won elections whatever party they contested. MQM is also a party that would win election any time from their constituency. MMA in 2004 also voted for President and no one can say that they won because of rigging. Sherpao also wins election on his own merit. Other MNAs from PML(F), and other parties like National Alliance, etc also could win elections due to their own influences. Rest were independents who won elections and joined PML(Q). Hence you cannot say that people in Assembly were there because of rigging. If that is the case, than one can say that BB won election because of rigging and each of PPP and PML(N) candidates won election because of rigging ... because most PML(Q) candidates win elections in same way as PPP and PML(N) candidates, be that NS or BB, win election ... that is their influence in the constituency].
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- Torture, murder, kidnapping and extortion of civilians, lawyers, journalists, and politicians
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Believe me, I have not seen any Pakistani government that has given so much freedom to people without any suppression as Musharraf government in Pakistanis that they can talk against government and people in power so freely, still moving free in the country.
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- Being the biggest and spineless american-pithu we have ever seen.
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That is your opinion, but again I can say that amongst all past Pakistani rulers (including Bhutto), Musharraf has more spine to stand American pressures. For past Pakistani rulers, American did not needed any permission of Pakistan government to act in Pakistan, and they could have asked government to do whatever they liked.
From 1951 ... till 1999, all Pakistan government were American pitthu and it never happened that USA became so openly against Pakistan 'head of state' that happened after Oct 1999 coup, such that when USA president came to Pakistan, he talked against Musharraf (as happened when Clinton came to Pakistan in 2000-01). It was Sept 2001, that changed things a bit when America started talking and doing business with Pakistan, still there was/is lot of constraint.
Musharraf is the first Pakistani head of state that went to Moscow. He also visited Cuba that I believe no Pakistani head of state did. Musharraf is first Muslim head of state that ever criticized American policy related to Muslims in UN (if you want to, I can post Musharraf speech in UN), Pakistan against the will of USA is still talking to Iran and going for gas pipeline. Pakistan did not sent Pakistan forces to Iraq neither allowed direct action of American forces in Pakistan (officially), neither allowed any western agencies (USA) access to AQ Khan, neither gave a single Pakistani national arrested in Pakistan to foreign country ,,, at least officially (remember Omar case ... murderer of American journalist), and many things ...
Just imagine that when USA attacked Iraq first time, NS government sent army to Middle East but last time they attacked, Pakistan army did not go. When USA wanted to bomb Afghanistan during NS rule, they did not even take permission from Pakistan and used Pakistani space. Today if they go over Pakistani air space, they take permission.
It was NS that allowed American intelligence to come to Pakistan and arrest in Pakistan (without warrants) and take them 'Ramzi and Kansi (both Pakistani national)' to USA without going through Pakistani judiciary or even without caring of any human rights, just because master USA desired (no phone call, just a message from American lowly messenger in Pakistan and NS bent down to his knee).
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- For multiple scams, kickbacks, bribes, money laundering, along with the ruling Q league kings party, and bringing corruption to an all time high
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I think that you are having memory cross over. What you wrote is not Pakistan after October 1999, but Pakistan before Oct 1999
Read Transparency International reports on corruption ... I think that I have already posted it on this forum ... with source as Transparency international own site ... shows that 92 percent (92 out of 100 Pakistanis) believes that NS and BB government was most corrupt government in Pakistan, whereas only 3 percent thought that Musharraf government is corrupt.
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- For giving pardon to criminals, including terrorists and murderers
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Again that is your opinion. It is fact that past corrupt Pakistani politicians use to victimize their political opponents and thus to take off old cases (pre-Oct 1999) that were not concluded yet from Pakistani courts is not pardoning but reconciliation (it could be called incompetence of Pakistani Judges that cases did not got concluded or because cases were so weak or due to victimization, whatever).
Just imagine that when NRO came, still it excluded all cases initiated after Oct 1999. It shows that any corruptions done by Musharraf government or politicians during last 8 years are not given any pardon. That also shows that, Musharraf government is not corrupt and that is why they did not included the period after Oct 1999.
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- For opening multiple war fronts in Pakistan and the murder of innocent Pakistanis.
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Multiple war fronts? I thought that at moment war front is only against Fisadis (foreign criminals and their agents ... like A-Q and Taliban) within the country.
As for murdering innocent Pakistanis, I don't know of any case. If you are thinking of criminals that were fighting government and got killed (like lal-Masjid goons or rebels in Swat and Waziristan) that you may believe as innocent Pakistanis, than I have no sympathy with them neither I believe them as innocent. [All criminals consider themselves innocents, though they are still criminals]
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- For handing over Pakistanis to foriegn authorities, without any credible evidence, over a matter of a few thousand dollars.
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I never knew that Pakistanis are handed to foreign authorities and that is news to me. I think that you are considering those Chechnians, Arabs, Afghans, XYZ as Pakistanis, but to me they are better given away to whoever wants them. As for Pakistani nationals, only those got taken away who were arrested in Afghanistan. As far as I know, anyone that claims differently, are lying.
As for handing these crooks to foreign authorities for few thousand dollars, that is good deal. I would hand them over free, rather pay to get rid of them :)
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- For imposing illegal measures to stop the media from being free
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Imposing illegal measures? What? are you saying that media is not free? Bhai, you are in Musharraf Pakistan where media is not only free but they are in plenty, who are lying right left and center still are getting tolerated. Before Oct 1999, there was only one electronic media, that was 'state media' ... and as for print media, in those days they could not print anything that government could not tolerate :)
To tell media that not to defame anyone or lie and if they do, they can get sued ... that is not imposing illegal measures, that means to bring decency in media (else unfortunately when media got free by Musharraf, they became maadar-pidar-Azaad).
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- For ousting the free judiciary through illegal means
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You mean government sent their hooligans to attack judiciary or called them kangaroo courts?
Well, what I know that to make judiciary independent and free, Musharraf government not only increased their wages many folds but accepted most of their legal verdicts, such that disgraced ex-CJ 'Iftikhar' started dreaming that he is 'chief martial law administrator cum Prime Minister' and other judges start thinking that government is their slaves and they are government who can do corruption, nepotism, misuse of power and whatever, until time came when government showed them the door by pulling their ears and throwing them out.
If judiciary is not working properly than government gets blame. Government all over the world has right to get investigated and get rid of corrupt judges. Musharraf government tried to get corrupt ex-CJ investigated through SJC, but corrupt judges stopped that, so they were shown the door. No problem. Nevertheless, no government can tolerate judges that are involved in all sorts of corruptions, nepotism and misuse of power.
This is what happens when those who are mentally sick and corrupt to the core, like most Pakistani pre- Nov 2007 judges, that when they were given respect, pay rise and freedom, they started thinking like corrupt 'DON'. They deserved all what they got. I think that they should not be given pension as they were sacked because they did not took new oath government asked, and did not retired to deserve pension.
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- Murder of political opponents
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Who? You mean Dr Nazeer (of JI) or Kasuri? ... or do you mean Zahur Illahi or Z A Bhutto? Or do you mean Shahnawaz Bhutto or Murtuza Bhutto? Or do you mean all those pre-1999 political murders?
Maybe you mean a dumb idiot (BB) who was given a lot of security as well as bullet proof and bomb proof car ... still she poked her head in public to get shot at? :)
It is surprise that Musharraf government was so kind to her that they give so much security to opposition leader and instruction that not to poke her head out in public, still unfortunately she was fool to get killed. Still if you are calling that as murder by government, I think that I give up :)
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- Failure to provide security to Pakistanis
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How come? Well, when Pakistan has retard Fisadis (aka A-Q, Taliban and their supporters) running all around Pakistan, a country where in early 1977 terrorist court was established, terrorist court that was first of its kind in the world ... a country where 100s of thousands migrated abroad during 1990s to save their lives, providing security is not so easy.
Government has two choice, either to leave Fisadis to do what they are good at, like imposing their will on others ... blowing girls school, kidnapping women or throwing acid on them ... or cutting people neck who they do not like ... killing all who are different to their sect ... or give these fisadis a good stick that make them come out of their piiig-hole and do some fisad before they get killed. I prefer second choice that may cause immediate problems but would clean Pakistan from Fisadis. It is best to fight them than do nothing.
Anyhow, still considering the amount of tax government collects is so pitiful; how come government provides reasonable security is very difficult to guess.
Total federal tax collection: It was 4 billion dollars a year in 1999 ... and today (in 2007) it is 14 billion dollars a year ... that to serve a country of 160 million ... comes to less than 12 pence (24 cents) per head per day ... and from that 12 pence ... 7 pence goes on paying interest on debt (most taken by past rulers ... before 1999), than with 5 pence per head a year that is left, to give whatever little facilities to people as well as defend the country, I think that to really provide security is big deal. One should pay tax before asking.
I do not think that BB and NS pays more than few hundred dollars tax a year and expect to be treated like King ... Bas***d. :). Well, they are not exception, as I do not think that Imran Khan or Qazi even pay a penny tax (if they do, find it out :) ) ... or for that matter, most of Pakistani politicians do not pays much tax. Thus they deserve no security at all.
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- For being a pathetic waste of skin and a dictator that enjoys 0 popularity amongst people.
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Sorry to say, but there is no such thing as 0 popularity :). Even on this forum Musharraf as well as PML (Q) has some popularity and that shows that what you wrote is just farce :) It is matter of opinion, but fact is that a person popularity can only be known if there is election and those who have zero (or negligible) popularity are boycotting the election making excuses of rigging (like Imran Khan, Qazi, etc).
Pakistani election as happens in past would happen this time too, and most likely it would be fair more than past, but nevertheless ... as for results, losers would always call their loosing election is due to rigging. Claim by people of rigging in election is Pakistani way of saying that they are losers.