Comments on: Pakistan: Goodbye Musharraf! http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/02/19/pakistan-goodbye-musharraf/ The world is talking. Are you listening? Sun, 29 Nov 2009 05:13:24 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Mohammad Hussain http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/02/19/pakistan-goodbye-musharraf/comment-page-1/#comment-1503273 Mohammad Hussain Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:05:09 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/02/19/pakistan-goodbye-musharraf/#comment-1503273 With criminal military dictator Musharraf's resignation the message should be loud and clear. It should be even louder since there will be no Bush-Cheney crooked duo to prop up illegitimate illegal unelected undemocratic power-grabbers in South Asia any longer. Under a most likely democratic US presidency in 2009 there will be major shift in US foreign policy. Things wouldn't have changed much if Hillary Clinton had got the democratic nomination. In that case the Bush policy of muscle-flexing and propping up of military dictators and NGOs would have continued. Placing the national ID under the home ministry and establishing a spying cell on politicians under the police even after having a ISI-styled DFI in Bangladesh is taking us back to the Musharraf days just after his overthrow of Nawaz Sharif unconstitutionally. Are we actually backpeddling to the military days? Was this Bangladesh caretaker setup in 2007 a farce to deceive the people? In that case a violent overthrow of totalitarianism reminiscent of 1991 is imminent. With criminal military dictator Musharraf’s resignation the message should be loud and clear. It should be even louder since there will be no Bush-Cheney crooked duo to prop up illegitimate illegal unelected undemocratic power-grabbers in South Asia any longer. Under a most likely democratic US presidency in 2009 there will be major shift in US foreign policy. Things wouldn’t have changed much if Hillary Clinton had got the democratic nomination. In that case the Bush policy of muscle-flexing and propping up of military dictators and NGOs would have continued.

Placing the national ID under the home ministry and establishing a spying cell on politicians under the police even after having a ISI-styled DFI in Bangladesh is taking us back to the Musharraf days just after his overthrow of Nawaz Sharif unconstitutionally.

Are we actually backpeddling to the military days? Was this Bangladesh caretaker setup in 2007 a farce to deceive the people? In that case a violent overthrow of totalitarianism reminiscent of 1991 is imminent.

]]> By: Nasir Jamal http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/02/19/pakistan-goodbye-musharraf/comment-page-1/#comment-1492308 Nasir Jamal Sun, 27 Jul 2008 07:34:15 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/02/19/pakistan-goodbye-musharraf/#comment-1492308 I don't think that the President should depart at this stage. He must continue. Pervez Musharraf has done some of the best works for the country. Massive development work was done on unprecedented scale even in neglected provinces like Baluchistan. Gawadar Port shall always be his big achievement. It is another thing that a thankless nation refuse to acknowledge his services. We cannot condemn President Musharraf just because of his military antecedents. It was the Pakistani nation who welcomed him when he arrived. We have to judge him upon his achievement, the works which he did while in office. For nearly eight years everything was good. There was nothing against the President. There was visible signs of progress and prosperity in the country. It was only after the Supreme Court issue and the unprecedented price hike of petroleum products that political parties who had lost all hopes of launching a successful campaign against him, did find an issue to talk about. Let me ask only one question to those who oppose the President? Does the president control the petrol prices internationally? If they answer in yes, then why have the prices not been lowered after the formation of the new government. In the petrol prices have been increased many times in a short period. At least President Musharraf is not accused to financial embazzlement I don’t think that the President should depart at this stage. He must continue. Pervez Musharraf has done some of the best works for the country. Massive development work was done on unprecedented scale even in neglected provinces like Baluchistan.

Gawadar Port shall always be his big achievement. It is another thing that a thankless nation refuse to acknowledge his services. We cannot condemn President Musharraf just because of his military antecedents. It was the Pakistani nation who welcomed him when he arrived. We have to judge him upon his achievement, the works which he did while in office.

For nearly eight years everything was good. There was nothing against the President. There was visible signs of progress and prosperity in the country. It was only after the Supreme Court issue and the unprecedented price hike of petroleum products that political parties who had lost all hopes of launching a successful campaign against him, did find an issue to talk about.

Let me ask only one question to those who oppose the President? Does the president control the petrol prices internationally? If they answer in yes, then why have the prices not been lowered after the formation of the new government. In the petrol prices have been increased many times in a short period.

At least President Musharraf is not accused to financial embazzlement

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