Comments on: Dictatorship in Pakistan

By: nazia azhar butt

nazia azhar butt — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 16:22:04 +0000

I extremely agree with naushad i think all Pakistanies think like him well done naushad

By: A Khokar

A Khokar — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:33:36 +0000

Jalal,

Here I tried to clarify the situation that only men coming atop in khaki are not the dictators that we label them so often but one who concentrates all the powers to himself for his own safety or its use is dictator…. Military man or civilian.

I am with you that awamm may throws the civil dictator out through elections but who is that military dictator who could stay atop that long———–they too have gone with the wind——–been plucked out——- under the pressure of Awamm.

By: Jalal Ahmad

Jalal Ahmad — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:35:56 +0000

@A Khokhar
I will just quote you so that I can convey your message to you in another way.
“Wearing of simply a Khaki uniform and to come atop to take charge of the government affairs may not make any one dictator”
First I didn’t mention in my column the word Khaki (or government bar once). If Zardari is acting like a dictator then he sure will drown his party along with him and thats the “MAIN DIFFERENCE” political dictators are punished by “AWAM” in election. “Who will punish the military dictators”.

By: Naushad Shafkat

Naushad Shafkat — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:00:03 +0000

It is exactly because people like Mr. Hassan Amin that we find ourselves in the mess we are! Pervez Musharraf was a military dictator who broke his oath to ‘defend and uphold’ the constitution of Pakistan. When will we stop blaming him? Never … because that is the time it will take us to recover from the pit that he put us in. Are we still not reaping what Zia (the biggest hypocrite of all) sowed? History has shown time and time again that a military dictator only works for his personal interest and yet we refuse to learn our lessons. Then again it is Constitutional issues which decide which way the country is going and each one of us should be interested and involved in these matters. Was a single megawatt of electric capacity added during the days of Musharraf? Of what use are newer industries if we don’t have the power to run them. That’s the problem with dictators… they don’t have their priorities right. And what about the missing persons and those sold to other countries for dollars that went into his own pocket? No Mr. Amin, No the silent majority are not now and never were with Musharraf. And thank God for that.

By: A Khokar

A Khokar — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:31:05 +0000

Wearing of simply a Khaki uniform and to come atop to take charge of the government affairs may not make any one dictator.

It is the power that when it is centralized and is accumulated in one single person and that person starts using or abusing it—— primarily to save its own skin—— to prolong its stay in power and is said to be ‘the final say’ in all the affairs and that he starts rewarding all the dears and nears to maintain a defense circle of it own friends around him. Such person, may he be from Military or from a civil life is——- a dictator.

Military in Pakistan has never come in power at its own but when the politician after having failed and bringing this country at the verge of breaking— they wanted to get on one side and handed over to Military to take charge [1]——–to put the ores of this ship in order and repair its steering gears.

Musharraf —can be quoted as a prime example for all this that after taking over; although he took a reason able long time to make sure that every thing in order; the system and economy of country is vibrant and in ship shape. When every thing was seen in order; he laid red carpets for politician creed and asked them to come forward and take over to run this country—— on turn key bases.

Zardari may not like to shed all the powers of a ‘Dictator’ accumulated in him as single person atop—-that the man was pushed to occupy the seat of President by virtue of it——of the sudden sad demise of Benazir.

But it is for sure that now any leader in Pakistan may survive atop who may bring the real service to this nation and that his or her excellence in services and leadership excel the example set by military.
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[1] Hand over to Military-basically to fight the fire and to avail a time to leave for abroad for their luxurious break and eat of what all they have got gathered through pilferage and plundering.

By: johann

johann — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:32:21 +0000

Donot Blame the dictators. They were all installed by USA to serve its purpose during SEATO/CENTO etc and later to disintegrate Soviets. See how USA is mollycoddling Myanmar dictatorship due to its mineral and timber wealth.Same will happen in pakistan if Zardari doesnot stop the Iran pipeline.The Iran oil wealth is meant for Europe ONLY I REPEAT EUROPE ONLY not for pakistan,india or China.
Zardari is doing great job for Pakistan national interest and that is why the minus one formula is doing rounds with US support

By: Hassan Amin

Hassan Amin — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:34:22 +0000

correction in last line above:

who is not only deeply respected but also admired.

apologies for the typo.

By: Hassan Amin

Hassan Amin — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:32:31 +0000

Come on…..when will we stop blaming former President Musharraf? And after all, what wrong did Pres. Musharraf do? For the educated middle class of the country, Pres. Musharraf’s coming into power was one of the best things to have happened to this country.

People are least concerned with the complexities of constitutional/unconstitutional issues or the appointment/dismissal of judges. What matters to our people is a better life, an improvement in standard of living. The truth remains that under Pres. Musharraf’s rule, the economy grew at an unprecedented rate of 7.8% per annum. It was Pres. Musharraf’s govt. which established newer universities of international standard in the country and younger citizens had the opportunities to excel and realize their true potential like never before.

So what do we have to blame the former military ruler for?

The fact remains that for a civilized, silent majority of Pakistanis, Pres. Musharraf is a national hero who is not only deeply respect but also admired.