Pakistani Politics - A Rant.

Beyond 2007.

From Daily Times:

General Pervez Musharraf will stay on as president of Pakistan even after 2007 (when his tenure ends), announced Sheikh Rasheed, information and broadcasting minister. "It is difficult to say whether he will be in uniform or not," Rasheed told reporters.

On the other hand:

Pakistan People’s Party leader Asif Ali Zardari and PML-N chairman Raja Zafarul Haq have strongly criticized Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed for claiming that Gen Pervez Musharraf will stay on as president even after 2007, when his term as the head of state will end. (Source: Dawn)

It is strange how history is repeating itself. Some odd 25 years ago, Zia did the same thing. As horrendous as it may have been then, it is even more incomprehensible for us to believe that in this so called 'enlightened, democractic world in the 21st century', we are still subject to the whims of a military dictator (yes he is a dictator, don't even try telling me that he was democratically elected through the sham that was the 'referendum'), who alike Zia, has the (temporary?) support of the US government.

Pakistan Zindabad.

posted by atrophyingsenses @ 1:50 PM