Musharraf supports public’s demand for ‘change’

[Abu Zolfiqar]

He is just a coward looking for a way out of the mistake that his ego made a few months ago, that is all.

what mistake?

No, General Musharraf is only a side show. The real beneficiary is the ongoing immunity from prosecution despite treason that all the CsOAS enjoy till now. After all, who can tolerate being subject to the law when you could perpetuate the impunity?

he did nothing wrong and the prosecution has NOTHING on him

 

[Capt.Popeye]

All elections have been rigged in Pakistan except the first one in 1970. It was not rigged because there was no previous political party in power yet to rig the system. Since then, every election has been accused for rigging.

You are absolutely correct there in that observation. Paradoxically Gen.Yahya Khan was probably a great "closet Democrat" and did the greatest service to the cause of Democracy in Pakistan by organising the first full and fair Elections in his country's History.
On the downside; he was so intellectually-challenged and then he had to cope with the likes of Bhutto who was the most ruthlessly cunning and selfish politician that Pakistan has ever seen (not counting Zia-ul-Haq) that the consequences went so awry.
Other-wise 1970 elections would have been a 'watershed moment' in Pakistani History, albeit in a different way from what eventually transpired.

 

[genmirajborgza786]

You are absolutely correct there in that observation. Paradoxically Gen.Yahya Khan was probably a great "closet Democrat" and did the greatest service to the cause of Democracy in Pakistan by organising the first full and fair Elections in his country's History.
On the downside; he was so intellectually-challenged and then he had to cope with the likes of Bhutto who was the most ruthlessly cunning and selfish politician that Pakistan has ever seen (not counting Zia-ul-Haq) that the consequences went so awry.
Other-wise 1970 elections would have been a 'watershed moment' in Pakistani History, albeit in a different way from what eventually transpired.

I disagree to the fullest of your assumptions, Shaheed Bhutto had no political power , he was just a contender, it was yahya khan that messed up everything, after all, he was the president & was in the driving seat . he can't escape responsibility

 

[Horseman]

All elections have been rigged in Pakistan except the first one in 1970. It was not rigged because there was no previous political party in power yet to rig the system. Since then, every election has been accused for rigging.

Who had rigged 2008 polls?

Shaheed Bhutto had no political power

I like bhutto and I admit his capabilities. Pakistan would have been raised if he han not killed. but I diffier the word of Shaheed.

 

[Capt.Popeye]

I disagree to the fullest of your assumptions, Shaheed Bhutto had no political power , he was just a contender, it was yahya khan that messed up everything, after all, he was the president & was in the driving seat . he can't escape responsibility

My dear Friend, with the utmost of regrets; I will beg to disagree with you. I am certainly sensitive to the fact that you may admire Mr.Bhutto and will not like to belittle that in any way.

However; the facts speak quite differently.
Yes, Bhutto was a contender........but by the rules of that election, he had become a defeated contender. He simply did not get the mandate required to wield power. Unfortunately; that is what ignited his unbridled ambition.......to the extent that: if he could not get power, then he would obstruct whoever got the right to hold it. While Bhutto had many positive attributes, he also possessed many abysmally negative ones....unbridled personal ambition was also one of them. He had this notion that he was ordained (by god?) to lead his country. Surrounded as he was by "intellectual pygmies" who were in positions of power in Pakistan of that time (the Ayub Khan era, when he came into the lime-light) he turned that notion into a conviction. That is the reason why he turned on his benefactor and patron Ayub eventually. That self-belief in himself as a Messiah had turned him into a rank opportunist. In short, he would not allow any niceties to stand in his path till he reached his goal........of being the Arbiter and Leader of Pakistan's fortunes. But the verdict of the 1970 elections in Pakistan was precisely doing that, acting as a road-block in his path, so again he did not hesitate to use any and all (questionable) means to push that aside. Fortunately for him (and unfortunately for Pakistan) Yahya Khan was so intellectually-challenged that he was no match for Bhutto's machinations.........and the rest is History ( a sad history, IMO).
But Bhutto being the short-sighted and narrow-minded "Visionary" that he was; achieved his goal- of ruling Pakistan. Till he met his "Nemesis" who was an even more ruthlessly cunning and selfish politician than him: Zia-ul-Haq.
But nothing can condone the murder of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, even though it was carried out as a "Judicial Murder".

Bhutto is one person that I have sought to study at some great length. I have read about him and also had the opportunity to meet people (in India) who were friends and his mates. He was a fascinating person without doubt, but History will have to pass a 'mixed verdict' on him.

Again my Friend, I do not enjoy disagreeing with you; but intellectual honesty and integrity requires that I must. Just as it requires that I must explain my view-point to you as best as I can.

Nevertheless; my Regards and Best Wishes for you are always there, unflinchingly and unreservedly.

 

[batmannow]

I disagree to the fullest of your assumptions, Shaheed Bhutto had no political power , he was just a contender, it was yahya khan that messed up everything, after all, he was the president & was in the driving seat . he can't escape responsibility

Sure he was begging near faisal mosque, the times of Yahya Khan? Funny?
Who was sought ing IDHAR HUM , UDHAR TUM, reality allways bites?