11-06-2005, 04:42 AM
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<b>Mudy Ji :</b>
The following Article is in support of your statement :
<b>'Pak regime not resolving problems with India'</b>
<b>New Delhi : <span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>A leading Pakistani jurist has said the military regime in the country was not really interested in resolving all problems with India, including Kashmir, as it would adversely affect the interest of the armed forces.
"A military government can never solve the problems with India, including Kashmir. Because if they do it, the raison de etre of their existence disappears.
"Pakistan has the fifth or sixth largest army in the world and it is not there to fight either Iran, China or Russia," Dr Farooq Hassan, the only lawyer to have served as advisor to four prime ministers of Pakistan, including Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif, said here.</span></b>
In a free-wheeling interaction organised by prominent think-tank, Security and Political Risk Analysis (SAPRA), he said, "Is the army the military arm of the mullahs or the mullahs the political wing of the army ... it is very difficult to say. If the army is ousted, the mullahs will also be out and there will be a return of civilian rule. That is why both are interested in keeping the mainstream secular, democratic parties isolated."
<b>Hassan said the lower ranks of the Pakistan army, till the rank of colonel or major, were now "dominated" by religious extremist elements as a majority of them came from low and lower middle-class financial background with lack of education.</b>
The prominent lawyer, who is also a Special United Nations Envoy, said the extremist outfits including the Lashkar-e-Toiba or the Jaish-e-Muhammad were "not fringe outfits" but held considerable sway among the low income, unemployed, madrassa-educated youth.
"Pakistan is the laboratory for all kinds of training to all kinds of groups -- from Afghanistan and Chechnya to China," he said, adding that the ban imposed on several such outfits by the Pervez Musharraf regime was "cosmetic".
To questions on the present status of mainstream political parties, Hassan said the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA), the umbrella organisation of primarily religious parties, were "not really opposing the army rule. These parties have leaders who propped up the Taliban which was supported by the ISI and the army."
On the other secular, democratic parties like PPP and Muslim League (Nawaz), he said these parties would not attract political attention unless either Benazir Bhutto or Nawaz Sharif return to Pakistan, and added that there was a "slim" chance of this to happen at this moment.
"The Pervez Musharraf regime would be increasingly criticised by the international community, but the burning problems of the people would not be resolved," he maintained, adding that the problems had been aggravated by the lack of relief and rehabilitation work for the victims of the recent massive earthquake.
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<b>Mudy Ji :</b>
The following Article is in support of your statement :
<b>'Pak regime not resolving problems with India'</b>
<b>New Delhi : <span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>A leading Pakistani jurist has said the military regime in the country was not really interested in resolving all problems with India, including Kashmir, as it would adversely affect the interest of the armed forces.
"A military government can never solve the problems with India, including Kashmir. Because if they do it, the raison de etre of their existence disappears.
"Pakistan has the fifth or sixth largest army in the world and it is not there to fight either Iran, China or Russia," Dr Farooq Hassan, the only lawyer to have served as advisor to four prime ministers of Pakistan, including Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif, said here.</span></b>
In a free-wheeling interaction organised by prominent think-tank, Security and Political Risk Analysis (SAPRA), he said, "Is the army the military arm of the mullahs or the mullahs the political wing of the army ... it is very difficult to say. If the army is ousted, the mullahs will also be out and there will be a return of civilian rule. That is why both are interested in keeping the mainstream secular, democratic parties isolated."
<b>Hassan said the lower ranks of the Pakistan army, till the rank of colonel or major, were now "dominated" by religious extremist elements as a majority of them came from low and lower middle-class financial background with lack of education.</b>
The prominent lawyer, who is also a Special United Nations Envoy, said the extremist outfits including the Lashkar-e-Toiba or the Jaish-e-Muhammad were "not fringe outfits" but held considerable sway among the low income, unemployed, madrassa-educated youth.
"Pakistan is the laboratory for all kinds of training to all kinds of groups -- from Afghanistan and Chechnya to China," he said, adding that the ban imposed on several such outfits by the Pervez Musharraf regime was "cosmetic".
To questions on the present status of mainstream political parties, Hassan said the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA), the umbrella organisation of primarily religious parties, were "not really opposing the army rule. These parties have leaders who propped up the Taliban which was supported by the ISI and the army."
On the other secular, democratic parties like PPP and Muslim League (Nawaz), he said these parties would not attract political attention unless either Benazir Bhutto or Nawaz Sharif return to Pakistan, and added that there was a "slim" chance of this to happen at this moment.
"The Pervez Musharraf regime would be increasingly criticised by the international community, but the burning problems of the people would not be resolved," he maintained, adding that the problems had been aggravated by the lack of relief and rehabilitation work for the victims of the recent massive earthquake.
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