I guess it’s a season for candid admissions:
*Hameed Gul also admitted that he took the blame for forming the Islami Jamhoori Ittehad (IJI). He said he was ready to be brought before a court for his deed.
He said he formed the IJI because he wanted to create a balance with the opposition parties, as they were in disarray. *
and about the local elections:
SAFMA
Retired generals Asad Durrani and Talat Masud described the last local government elections as “transparently rigged”.
Re: Top generals admit to election rigging
Zakk-Thanks for posting, but this is all known already. Army would never let democracy develop, they don't have an interest in it, it would cost them too much 'income'
Re: Top generals admit to election rigging
At least someone is ready to admit the obvious truth. I think his career as Senator may be coming to an end.
No democracy in Pakistan: Zafar
By Our Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD, Dec 21: Senior lawyer and ruling Pakistan Muslim League (PML) Senator S.M. Zafar has admitted that there is no democracy in Pakistan at present and there is a need to end one- man rule in the country.
“It is true that there is no democracy in Pakistan,” said Mr Zafar while speaking at a briefing on “Resolving the Kashmir dispute: options for Pakistan”, organized by Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development on Wednesday.
Senator Zafar, author of the agreement between the government and the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) on the controversial 17th constitutional amendment, said there was no democracy in Pakistan, but it was the country’s internal issue.
He said it was good that the Pakistani people thought collectively when they talked about India-Pakistan relations, keeping aside their internal matters.
Responding to the points raised by Mr Zafar, People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) MPA Farzana Raja said India was not taking the signals from Pakistan very seriously as these signals were being given by an individual and not by any institution like parliament.
Mr Zafar again said, “We should move away from one-man rule and there should be complete democracy in the country.”
He expressed the hope that Pakistan would soon become a true democratic country as things had started moving in the right direction which was evident from the fact that there was freedom of speech and the press in the country.
Re: Top generals admit to election rigging
They should also bare the responsibilty of breakup of Pakistan and will further disintegrate the existing Pakistan.
FARID