Re: Pakistan on the brink
I do not wish to intrude in your debate with underthedome, but if what you insinuate from your questions is correct, one is constrained to ask: Why was Benazir or PPP not charged for the said crimes when the military came into power itself (Khalistan and Kashmir Policy has always been run by the military) or by her arch nemesis, Nawaz Sharif?
No problem. In regards to the Khalistan comment, the 1990 BB dismissal by G.I.Khan under a litany of charges including anti-state activities. NS was not a player at that time. If you have access to the GoP archives, you can verify the specifics.
As for the comments on Kashmir, the military govt did want to table treason charges against BB until politic of power got in the way. Just look up a particular rediff interview.
Both NS and the military have played the game of politics. For NS, he has more than enough dirty dealings in his past (including his OWN treason charges) that he has enough reason to fear a PPP backlash. The military, while having the power, faces two issues: 1. Monkeyboy generals who are in support of PPP 2. President Musharraf's desire to hang on to power by possibly co-opting the "liberal-secularist" bloc controlled by PP.
Not to divert the topic but NS should have been executed for treason not allowed to leave country under that pansy agreement. Now are you going ask me why the military allowed that to happen as well?