The life and death of the one-point agenda
By Faraz Beg • Aug 20th, 2008 • Category: Politics • 3 CommentsMusharraf quits! So swiftly that it might even have surprised the coalition partners. And herein lies the big test for them. They had a common enemy, that common enemy is no more, and consequently, the coalition has lost its raison d’être. What’ll happen next is a test of their characters, sincerity and honesty. For that I took the help of history to try and see what we might expect from the future.
Since the inception of Pakistan, all political forces in the opposition have gathered on one and only issue; “oust the government”. And to achieve that goal, they withstand their internal differences and work day and night to achieve that goal.
But this kind of unnatural alliance is a political time bomb. Achieving that goal marks the beginning of an even greater political turmoil. The coalition partners differ on the manner of the proceedings, the priorities, and other administrative affairs – first in little undertones, then in a seemingly random outburst from an outspoken representative, and then the party leaders come out in the open with all guns blazing. This has happened before, this is going to happen again.
It’s only a matter of “when”, not “if”!
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You wanna test their sincerity, honesty and character again…..? They have proved to be looters for two times……………… Nobody can expect them to change.
And you are absolutely right!! Nawaz and Zardari will keep fighting on the judges issue and then ultimately they would breakup. They are visionless people… Just wnna fill their own pockets.
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Look at this stupid ‘Hamid Mir’ he is still dreaming about Musharraf and then in the morning inventing stories and his paper (which has completely lost credibility same like his channel) blindly publishing it. This Hamid Mir and Ansar Abbassi played a major role in degrading Jang and Geo with their irresposible behaviour since March 2007.
This is called yellow journalism or better to say Black journalism. This man has totally lost his dignity (if it was ever there) and self respect and has become a laughing stock by his nonsense attitude and false stories. He should be prosecuted for his wrong doings (during all this affair ) in open court and must be punished publicly.
Look below, this liar has pretended that he had spent full day with President Musharraf the other day, and unfortunately there are people who believe his nuisances. It’s pity!
Hopeless,useless and most stupid person on earth!
Musharraf says Zardari will never restore Iftikhar
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
By Hamid Mir
ISLAMABAD: Former president Pervez Musharraf told visiting friends on Tuesday that PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari would never restore deposed chief justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry because if he was restored he would not spare Zardari.
According to one of the visitors, Musharraf told him: “You know some PML-Q leaders suggested to me to cancel the National Reconciliation Ordinance and restore the deposed judges before tendering resignation as they were sure that deposed chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry will become a big problem for Zardari.”
“I decided not to do that. I know Zardari will not restore Justice Iftikhar and Nawaz Sharif will fight him on this issue. Even if Iftikhar is restored he will not spare Zardari. Let the enemies fight with each other.”
August 19 was a unique day in the life of Musharraf. It was his first day without power after nine years. The day started with a breakfast with his family. He was relaxed because there was no hurry of going to office on time. He doesn’t have any office after 44 years but he has not given up. He was pretty sure that he would get one soon.
He still hopes that a situation will be created in the coming weeks when he will get a chance to play a political role. He wants to prove that he can play a role even without uniform.
His day started with courtesy calls from some old friends. He sought the views of everyone about his resignation, future of Pakistan after his departure from the office and especially about the next president of Pakistan. Most of his friends congratulated him on his “safe exit”.
One friend who retired from the Navy long ago reminded him that the first military president Gen Ayub Khan was forced to resign by the then-Army chief Gen Yahya Khan in 1969, Yahya was forced to quit by Gen Gul Hassan in 1971, the third military President Gen Zia was killed in a plane accident in 1988 but Musharraf was the only one who was given a guard of honour by the Army after his departure from the presidency.
Musharraf was happy on his “safe exit” but he shared his disappointment about some “ungrateful” people who left him in the last days of his presidency. One of them was the sitting Chief Justice, Abdul Hameed Dogar. He became chief justice on Nov 3, 2007 after the imposition of emergency by Musharraf. Dogar also validated the extra-constitutional acts of Musharraf after Nov 3. Musharraf contacted Dogar through a very prominent lawyer in the first week of August 2008. Musharraf wanted a stay order from the Supreme Court against the impeachment motion announced by the ruling coalition to oust him. Dogar regretted and disappointed Musharraf.
One friend suggested to Musharraf not to stay in Pakistan for a while. He mentioned a suicide bombing in Dera Ismail Khan. A concerned friend told Musharraf that extremists would try to harm him in Pakistan and he must take extraordinary precautionary measures.
Musharraf received a lot of telephone calls from his relatives and fans mostly from Europe and America. They expressed their solidarity with the former president and said Nawaz Sharif and Asif Ali Zardari would start fighting with each other and Musharraf should stay in Pakistan just to watch the “Tamasha”.
One friend of Musharraf informed him that Zardari wanted to replace him with a woman as the new president of Pakistan. Musharraf laughed on this information and claimed “as long as Maulana Fazlur Rehman is part of the ruling coalition, no woman can become president of Pakistan.”
Musharraf watched different TV channels in the afternoon which were showing celebrations by the public on his departure. Musharraf smilingly commented “all these TV wallahs will be taught great lessons by Zardari and Nawaz Sharif soon,” saying in Urdu: “Inko Nani Yaad Aa Jaey Gi”.
Musharraf enjoyed songs by Rafi in the evening. He listened to his favourite song “Chal Urr Jaa Rey Panchi Key Aab Yeh Dais Hoa Begana”. After enjoying music he called a friend again in the evening and told him “I am here, I will not run away I am not a ‘Panchi’ who will fly away from Pakistan.”