Pakistan News and Discussion-8

[Guest]

<b>PAKISTAN WITHERED AFTER SEVEN YEARS OF MILITARY RULE </b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Concluding Observations </b>

In a nut-shell the following concluding observations are in order from the foregoing discussion:

-Pakistan’s citizenry is frustrated and fatigued with seven years of Musharraf’s military rule.
-Pakistan as compared to the pre-1999 period stands deeply divided with fragmentation tendencies after seven years of military rule.
-General Musharraf has neither delivered to the people of Pakistan on the promises made in October 1999 nor has he delivered to the United States on the pledges he made post 9/11.
Both the people of Pakistan whose lives and political aspirations are deeply suppressed by Musharraf’s seven years of military rule and for the United States which strategically and politically invested so heavily in the Pakistani General, have reached the cross-roads, where crucial decisions have to be taken on the way ahead.

General Musharraf has neither turned out to be Kemal Ataturk to galvanize Pakistan to a hopeful future nor an “Impeccable Crusader” for the American cause against international terrorism. 

The way ahead for Pakistan is “Democracy” and the United States should stop interposing itself on the side of the Pakistani General and the Pakistan Army to frustrate the natural aspirations of the Pakistani people for democratic rule.
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