"efforts and sacrifices" !!!! you must be joking. It,s really difficult to explain the entire dynamics of POLITICAL PROCESS in just a few sentences, nevertheless i,ll make an effort to just point to the blunders made by Pervez Musharraf on the political and economic fronts, besides his utter failure in the war against terror.
Just keep in mind that the SUPREME COURT of the country gave him three years to rule like a dictator and amend the constitution .(for which he'd not even requested) Whereas the same court is making life tough for the political govt right in its infancy.
Remember sir, your economy took a downward slide much before an elected govt was in the driving seat. During the period of interim govt artificial means were being tried to avoid the inevitable burst of the bubble. Let me make one thing clear over here that economy can never grow unless your exports are larger than your imports. Ours being an agro based economy, we can never ever achieve real growth unless we fully exploit our agricultural potential.This includes increase in per acre yield of all crops, ensuring a fair price to the grower, economizing on the available water for irrigation and quite a few other measures. To explain my point in simplest words, i would give you the example of how from 40 kg of wheat seed we get 50 times more produce, this is real growth.Selling cars in the market which will run on imported fuel is not necessarily the true indicator of the economic growth. Luxury items flooded the market but no attention was paid to increase the production of electricity. Now the power crisis has forced the industries to reduce their production thus laying off labour and making people jobless, moreover unable to meet the orders from international market and losing our share of foreign exchange. Why didn't P.M. go for dams that were to be so vital for water conservation and cheap power generation ? Unfortunately the man he chose to give boost to the economy was a banker who would never think beyond monthly, half yearly and yearly closings and/or making profits. This is what Shaukat Aziz did and the moment he left the economy came tumbling down. Had their been real economic growth, its momentum would have carried us to at least 2 to 3 years before coming to a standstill.
On political front the matters were handled in the crudest manner possible. The way an artificial political party was cobbled together before 2002 elections and the manner in which matters were handled to break away members of parliament from other parties made the whole process look a farce. When you lose the moral grounds you can't talk of fairplay or discharging your duties honestly. See what's happening now !! All those shameless politicians who made hay while the sun shone are now placing the entire blame on P.M. The guys who announced in public gatherings that they'll elect Pervez Musharraf president in uniform ten times, are now denouncing him and trying to appear so innocent.
On the war front lesser we talk better it would be. The most unfortunate part of the bluff was its adverse effect on the morale of the troops fighting the insurgents . Lives were lost, troops were ridiculed and it was made to look as if terrorists were superior fighters than the troops of Pak army. The basic principles of war were blatantly violated just to achieve myopic objectives. Aren't these the same troops who have now made the insurgents look like a disorganized bunch ! We've lost officers and soldiers but the pride has been restored. The army has displayed professionalism and commitment to the cause and has come out of the Swat and South Waziristan operations with its head high.
I believe the enlightened moderation gave us five times higher number of madressahs in the country at the end of his tenure as compared to the time of his takeover. The country was knee deep in trouble as far as the internal security situation was concerned. The writ of the state was almost non existant, crime was rampant, corruption was the order of the day and the community suffering the most were the law abiding citizens of the country.
Pervez Musharraf will have to wait and see how the history treats him, the people of Pakistan will remember him for at least one of his many qualities, backtracking on each of his commitments.
