I think - lets agree there was political turmoil in 90's and after musharif came in we enjoyed , improvemet in our gov sector , telecommunication, trade, and strategic partnership
Alot of young ppl will say that yes They saw improvements in telecommunication/IT and other sectors - visible changes including largest city Karachi also saw great changes
Who was right or wrong we don't know its PAST ... what we do know is what Musharif did achieve for people of Pakistan during the time he was on the seat
His performance was extra ordinary and very UN CHARACTERISTICALLY ... unexpected.
For a army Cheif he was smart and got the best CEO/CFOS to move country's economy in right direction
During his time I saw, Job openings for High poisition , for PHD /Masters level from out side of Pakistan with superb Pay scale -
Un heard of initiatives - to being TALENT back to Pakistan - This is personal account I saw those openining and I was amazed at distance his administration was going to bring in MERIT back in hiring for the high positions -
He also tried to make pakistan a top Dairy producing nation , which is still being implemeted
Not to mention the critical phase in our history between 2002-2008
Two initiatives that I admire most were the gov sector improvemets, NARDA and IT sector , and not to mention - his improvements done for tax collections locally
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National Database & Registration Authority (Gov Institutes)
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Pakistan Dairy Development Company (Dairy)
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PEMRA (Media Regulatory Authority)
GWADAR Project , new shipyard etc ....all these new developmenet that will be done for baluchistan new city of course its all his vision - if he did not faced militia resistance I am sure he would have created 100,000 jobs for young balouchis
We never had this much , since 70's when Bhutto was incharge, when we had Steels mills , and PIA are envy of asia
Nawaz sahib gave us the yellow cab - great what else I hardly remember - but apart from the nuclear detonation in his time , I don't recal a major achivement something significant -
And every one else was come and go including Benazir etc it was a rollar coaster ride
Media enjoyed great freedom under his watch , and it was refreshing change
Also his decision to become US ally was important decision for our nation , it was great he made a bold decision which was correct choice
Sure there were electricity shortage but he tried to get Kala bagh dam build unfortuately it was not done but we still managed to get energy crisis sorted out with Iran help
So , we managed to get thur that tough time , and respect should be give to Mr Musharif who guided the ship safely.
I think now we must look at future - and see what can be done , its up to all political parties to move country forward with out lavish abuse of gov funds as it happened in past
History will remember Musharif's strategic role , and not to mention the AWAC deal , JF17 , AlKhalid , and other mile stones achived during his time.
Dictator is defined as someone who stays in power , by force, and refuses to leave. But durig 1999-2008 our nation was not in position to wink or snooze.....
We have a young democracy now again thanks to Mr Musharif's cooperation to stepping down....lets look at future
All these planes and deals we see now were done back in Musharif time - so he did quite alot for our country - YES ...I am positive
Dictoator - A true Dictoator is Husni Mubarak , who refuses to leave for 20 years and
and he chooses his opposition ....and who has his son lined up next
I think Musharif Sahib was a patriotic Pakistani who did his duty to Nation its time for Democracy to move ahead ....
I would not mind seeing Mr Musharif back for 1 more term, he was very close to solving Kashmir solution with the India leaders - and there was real sincerity