Something I have thought about a few times and I wanted to get the opinion of other PA members to see how they think Pak would be today if BB was still alive, She probably would have gotten elected but how that would have affected
– WOT
– Economy
– Energy Crisis
– Inflation
– Relationship with India
– Law and Order Situation
– Problems with Karachi/Balochistan.
– Pakistan’s reputation in international community compared to where it is now.
Re: What if BB had not gotten murdered?
I am not sure how Pakistan would have been, had BB still there today. But am sure that Zardari's emergence would have not taken place and it's enough to believe that Pakistan would have been much, much better today.
Re: What if BB had not gotten murdered?
I am not sure how Pakistan would have been, had BB still there today. But am sure that Zardari's emergence would have not taken place and it's enough to believe that Pakistan would have been much, much better today.
Can you give your responses for following specific areas?
-- WOT
-- Economy
-- Energy Crisis
-- Inflation
-- Relationship with India
-- Law and Order Situation
-- Pakistan's reputation in international community compared to where it is now.
Re: What if BB had not gotten murdered?
she was definetly competent and we would have been in a far better position. especially I think law and order situation.
Karachi/Balochistan.
Re: What if BB had not gotten murdered?
Mush would still be president and everything else remains the same. Economy would be worse because her husband would have more time for loot and plunder now that he doesn't have to worry about presidential duties.
Re: What if BB had not gotten murdered?
Mush would still be president and everything else remains the same. Economy would be worse because her husband would have more time for loot and plunder now that he doesn't have to worry about presidential duties.
So you think that BB wouldn't have had enough support in 08 elections to get to power?
Re: What if BB had not gotten murdered?
So you think that BB wouldn't have had enough support in 08 elections to get to power?
She would, but she said it clearly that Mush would be her president. That was the deal brokered by Condoleezza, in return for NRO.
'08 elections were pro-Mush v/s anti-Mush. Look at the government, ministers and allies now and you'll find all pro-Mush forces in there.
Re: What if BB had not gotten murdered?
She would be looting the country along side her husband instead of him just doing so alone.
Re: What if BB had not gotten murdered?
**WOT - **The policies would essentially have been the same as the foreign policy and internal affairs were and are being run by the army. Plus after the Swat fiasco the whole nation supported the military option there.
*Economy- **More or less the same, as Zardari would still have been doing what he is doing now and the previous two stints when BB was the PM.
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Energy Crisis - **Probably a few more IPPs, Zardari tried to launch RPP's to make up but couldnt succeed (biased SC). BTW the current power crisis has to do with BB's failed policies of going for IPPs for kickbacks at the expense of the best interest of the nation.
**Inflation - **Probably she would have been tad better than the insensitive government of Zardari. I'll give her some benefit of doubt here, but with energy crisis and increase in electricity bills (due to rise in power costs the cost of inputs to the industry would have increased) would still have caused some inflation.
Relationship with India - This is again a matter where the military draws a line, but she would have tried to improve the relationship as compared to Mr 10%
Karachi/Balochistan - Not really sure, the law and order in Karachi was bad even in BB's time and she had to carry out an operation there. As far as Balochistan is concerned Bhutto also carried out an operation there. I believe the situation would have been more or less the same.
**Pakistan's reputation in the world - **She was liked in the world therefore the reputation might have been a little bit better than now.
**Result: **Zardari's current regime is the lowest ebb that any leader could take the country to, considering that as a bench mark any one ruling now would have been better than him at least.
Re: What if BB had not gotten murdered?
As far as performance goes, I think BB would have been a repeat of her past performances. Her husband would perhaps be a minister of some sort, and would have used that to mess things up no differently than what Zardari has done.
The big question to ask is, would she have written the letter:D
Re: What if BB had not gotten murdered?
There would have been more corruption !
Its good thats She is no more
Re: What if BB had not gotten murdered?
She would be looting the country along side her husband instead of him just doing so alone.
:D
Re: What if BB had not gotten murdered?
-- WOT
We'd be still America's biatch.
-- Economy
Going by history of her two circus sagas I don't think it would've been any different, except we would not have seen boost of education sector as given by Musharraf.
-- Energy Crisis
Which of the greedy government will make payment to electricity producers in billions of rupees? Answer: no difference from what we have today.
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-- Inflation**
Since economy would've been in gutter, Inflation would still be the king.
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-- Relationship with India**
If I remember correctly, it was in BB's time when Feb 5 was promoted as "youm-e-yakjahti" in 1990 (though proposed by JI). Bottomline, I don't see any difference in relationship with India had BB been alive today.
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-- Law and Order Situation
-- Problems with Karachi/Balochistan.
-- Pakistan's reputation in international community compared to where it is now**.
Again, I don't see why there'd be any difference, BB had her husband as investment minister (?) and other nincompoop cabinet, differences with MQM...
Re: What if BB had not gotten murdered?
*-- WOT - She may have objected more than the current leaders to some policies and would have probably made an attept to reign in the Army/ISI
-- Economy - I doubt anyone could rescue Pakistan
-- Energy Crisis - no one seems able to do this as well. i doubt she could have improved this issue.
-- Inflation - some of these issues need serious politicians and when people have failed twice before, 3rd time unlikely to be lucky
-- Relationship with India - she appears to be liked in india and might have made more of an effort.
-- Law and Order Situation - overall nothing
-- Problems with Karachi/Balochistan. - **she may have done more for Karachi as she has sorted the problem out before. she may have done more for Balochistan too as she had some support there. *
-- Pakistan's reputation in international community compared to where it is now**. - it has been bad at the bestof times but under zardari it has dropped even more I feel, but in someways it has also improved.
Re: What if BB had not gotten murdered?
She would, but she said it clearly that Mush would be her president. That was the deal brokered by Condoleezza, in return for NRO.
the deal also had the clause that Zardari will not be part of the politics any longer and will stay in NY with his recently (back in 2008) bought luxury apartments and corvett. This was not acceptable to Zardari in the hindsight and hence the outcome. :)