Pakistan People’s Party had been fighting for as long as I can recall to restore “true democracy” in Pakistan. They formed the strongest coalition of political parties ever installed, agreeing on three things with the most selfless of motives.
1. Impeach Musharraf
2. Restore Sacked judges
3. Remove Presidential Powers.
so, what happened?? Musharraf is gone. Zardari renegade on his promisses to restore Judges and remove Presidential powers which are the hallmark of Dictatorship. He used to skim 10% of the contracts back in Benazir days, now he
has got the 100%. Will his strategy pay off? or is it beginning of an end to Bhutto clan?
What are the differences between Zardari and Musharaf? while Musharaf was in power he had all the powers of the Presidency as well as enjoying the status of being an insider of Military inc, and a strong partner with the United States.
Zardari on the other hand has to share that power with Gen. Kayani and show strong hand in FATA to pull American Dollars. He screwed Pakistanis and skimmed % of their resources, He surely will be able to do that to American money with ease, he can get some
Halliburton or KBR consultants to transfer the know how, just in case his reputation supersedes him.
Should American handouts be performance based? good ol’ stick and carrot approach for a hungry crook?
Lets just assume that he is sincere he came to public life to save his country, to push for reforms in government,
independent judiciary, education, Economics, Law Enforcement, development
programs for poorest of the country etc.
Can he fix the issues of FATA and Sawat valley? Can he deal with the militancy effectively? has he expressed any long term strategies or desire to salvage the next generation of tribal youth from joining the expanding militancy? I wonder what everybody else thinks, but in due course we will know…
In my opinion this development is good for Pakistan, he and PPP should be able to rule the entire term, if the democratic process takes it due course, he and his party will be rewarded for their actions rather then playing the blame game.
