Musharraf: Army 'May Intervene Over Pakistan's Decline'

[NWO]

Democracy just needs sometime, that's all. Sure, Zardari isn't the best, (can't wait for him to burn in hell), but the elections in '13 will hopefully bring in a slightly better leader.

And everybody else who's bashing on Mushy, remember he did a hell lot more than Zardari.

 

[PRACTICAL PATRIOT]

mushi seems to be quite popular in pakistan. so is he gonna come back in pakistan for next election ????
i suggest he should, he will definately win looking at response from forum members and can do his work democratically

 

[DGMO]

mushi seems to be quite popular in pakistan. so is he gonna come back in pakistan for next election ????
i suggest he should, he will definately win looking at response from forum members and can do his work democratically

Musharraf is popular with overseas Pakistani's. But you don't win elections through facebook.

The political landscape of Pakistan (like India), is dirty, difficult and reliant on deal-making.

What Musharraf doesn't have (and what is needed) is a constituency. He can't point to being popular in Balochistan (many want him hanged there), he can't point to having a base in Punjab (Nawaz Sharif wants him hanged there), he can't point to having a foothold in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (the religious lot are rubbing their hands waiting for him), and in Sindh, he can perhaps look to get in bed with the MQM, but there will be challenges aplenty.

You can look to Zardari and say the same in terms of what I've said above, but he had the small matter of having the PPP behind him.

Then one looks at his political alliances from his previous tenure, The PML-Q believe Musharraf is history. He has no other political heavyweights backing him, the army will not back him (no voices have been heard by anyone to say so), so he's an isolated figure in a treachrous minefield called Pakistani politics.

So don't be fooled by the support he has on PDF. I personally think he's better than the rest, but getting him to Pak is one thing. What awaits him are queues of court cases, the need to canvass for an election win, security threats galore, the need to cobble together a party of note just to get into Parliament.

Will he have the backing to run for the Presidency (a ceremonial position now, not like it was when he was in power), and what can he do when he gets in?

The security picture is worse than before, financial situation is ridiciously bleak, inflation is sky high, foreign investment is nowhere.

What can this one man do to turn this around? Let's be realistic, the path in front of him is bumpy and full of pitfalls.

IMO, he should take what he has (a fairly decent record in comparison to others), and sit on that. Tarnishing that, and creating further instability with his arrival, or humiliating himself through the courts (as an ex-COAS / President), isn't the way for him to go.

 

[PRACTICAL PATRIOT]

Musharraf is popular with overseas Pakistani's. But you don't win elections through facebook.

The political landscape of Pakistan (like India), is dirty, difficult and reliant on deal-making.

What Musharraf doesn't have (and what is needed) is a constituency. He can't point to being popular in Balochistan (many want him hanged there), he can't point to having a base in Punjab (Nawaz Sharif wants him hanged there), he can't point to having a foothold in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (the religious lot are rubbing their hands waiting for him), and in Sindh, he can perhaps look to get in bed with the MQM, but there will be challenges aplenty.

You can look to Zardari and say the same in terms of what I've said above, but he had the small matter of having the PPP behind him.

Then one looks at his political alliances from his previous tenure, The PML-Q believe Musharraf is history. He has no other political heavyweights backing him, the army will not back him (no voices have been heard by anyone to say so), so he's an isolated figure in a treachrous minefield called Pakistani politics.

So don't be fooled by the support he has on PDF. I personally think he's better than the rest, but getting him to Pak is one thing. What awaits him are queues of court cases, the need to canvass for an election win, security threats galore, the need to cobble together a party of note just to get into Parliament.

Will he have the backing to run for the Presidency (a ceremonial position now, not like it was when he was in power), and what can he do when he gets in?

The security picture is worse than before, financial situation is ridiciously bleak, inflation is sky high, foreign investment is nowhere.

What can this one man do to turn this around? Let's be realistic, the path in front of him is bumpy and full of pitfalls.

IMO, he should take what he has (a fairly decent record in comparison to others), and sit on that. Tarnishing that, and creating further instability with his arrival, or humiliating himself through the courts (as an ex-COAS / President), isn't the way for him to go.

so are you trying to say mushi is only famous in overseas pakisatnis and not in pakistan????
that looks strange. i mean why would people hate him if he has done so much for country, saying this coz most of pak members here feel that development of pakistan was better in times of mushi than zardari.
so dont pakistani awaam want development??????

 

[American Eagle]

Your views on the need for a democracy to govern while an army is to provide national and international security is right on in my view.

Thanks for your input.