Whom do you think was the best ruler of Pakistan?

[Himalaya]

Re: Whom do you think was the best ruler of Pakistan, yet.

@1947

Weird that during army rule the economy has always grown massively. Ayub’s rule was good for the economy, Zia’s rule was amazing for the economy and so was Musharraf’s. Aid from America can be credited towards the expansion of the economy during army rule. I would still rate Musharraf among all others. He came in when Pakistan was economically destroyed. Karz utaro mulq sanwaro clearly wasn’t working. I still remember hearing that KSE has performed the best among the world in 2002.Pakistan was changing and prospering. What was the telecom industry before Musharraf came in? The media industry grew massively. His privatization of many industries was a great step. Pakistan was bolstered by Foreign Investment. Pakistan was actually making progress. What have we come to now? We are a pathetic state now compared to Musharraf’s rule.
Pakistan’s poverty which was at 40+% (thanks to mohtarma and ganja) lessened to around 17% by 2007. Pakistan was en route to become a huge market but alas all good things must come to an end. Musharraf took Pakistan out of the least developed countries list (lowest of the low). I hear were back in that list (thanks to Pee Pee Pee) according to 2011 HDI list. No wonder why were fighting to get that GSP + from EU, only the poorest of the poor are allowed to get that.

Musharraf had long term plans for Pakistan, he made some mistakes but he definitely stands out among the past leaders.

I can really understand why you feel that Musharaf’s rule was good as i can agree with all of those points except the 17% poverty under his rule. That is a total lie. You could also add that:-

1. We are in such a bad state because of the global recession and not necessarily because of Zardari’s policies. The price of goods for example started to increase under Musharaf’s rule. The only thing that actually became cheaper was technology but you cannot eat internet packages and dvd players can you?

2. All the progress in Karachi was destroyed because of Musharaf and his ego. May 12 is something that Musharaf needs to answer for. It was clear that the terrorist MQM had used Mush’s rule to bolster their power. The Government has very little control over Karachi even today.

3. The killing of Nawab Akbar Bugti alienated the Baloch and most Baloch I know want total indepenence. Musharaf needs to be put on trial for this.

4. Militancy in Khyber pakhtunkhwa and the adjoining tribal areas grew and were allowed to fester under Musaraf but he was more interested in persecuting liberals, lawyers who opposed his sacking of the CJ.

5. Musharaf consolidated the sale of Pakistan to the US-led West.

6. Mushraf decided to make deals with the same corrupt thieves rather than start a fresh.

7. The death of Benazir, the most high profile loss under the War of Terror happened under his rule.

8. OBL managed to get across the border and into Abbottabad most likely under Musharaf’s rule.

He did have quite good policies from 1999-2006 as Pakistan did improve under him in many ways. At the same the rot started under him too and he was more interested in keeping power than saving the country.

2007 has been the worst year for Pakistan since in its brief history.