Inside Story of Nawaz's Cooked Up Return to Pakistan

More pak soldiers have surrendered to the tribals. The pak policy of using only helicopter gunships is teh right thing. Slowly the tribals will accept that bombs will come from the sky, and this can be passed on to teh nato forces. The predator is the right weapon, the prey are the jihadis.

Thus the pak army can be safe and sound ruling the ilks of YLH.

sam 67,

As a writer you have some obligations. What you have written is some here say, if that is your basis, then a little of motivated writing like what I have done, in your class of writing can be passed off as heresay. The fact is that what you have "heard' from sources is a simply motivated version.

Hence instead of mouthing some one else,s motivated words, why vcant you create your own.

Pakistan has become a country with two masters .. America and Saudi Arabia. It must be demeaning to a country of 140 millions whose institutions are over ruled by foreign powers.

Musharraf is on his way out.

THE POWER OF ONE:

"Meanwhile, a senior pathologist Professor Anwar ul Haque, who was recently transferred from Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences to the ministry of health for seeking information from the Election Commission on how can a government servant contest presidential polls, on Tuesday wrote a letter to the Chief Election Commissioner challenging the eligibility of General Musharraf to contest election to the office of the president.

Prof Haque said in his letter deportation of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif amounted to ridiculing the judiciary which rendered Musharraf disqualified from contesting presidential polls under Article 63G of the Constitution."

(from todays DAWN).

These are the true heroes of Pakistan.

#32 Posted by shishapa:

It is not for me to answer whether or not Pakistanis want democracy. If they want it then like minded people should support them.

Re: # 34

Tahmadji,

I have told you numerous times in the past, give
up looking for even that 1%.
Aap sunatay hi nahi... Aapki marzi.

#28 Dost Mittar: Just dont hold me to this standard. :-)

GT #31 Good point. A democratic Pakistan is good for everyone, not just Pakistanis.

#33 shishapa: I am sure that at least 1% of what you write makes any logical sense. Its just that I cant find even that 1%. :-(

The election commission is planning to set the date for elections. The lawyers, I believe, are on (planning to?) strike. It is time for university students and professors to walk out of their classes.

If there is any professor or student reading this post in Pakistan and who agrees that walking out is the thing to do but is scared because he/she will be ridiculed or that he/she will be left alone then please be assured that protest, no matter by how many, is the core of democracy. Go alone if you have to, but make sure that the people around you know what you are doing and why you are doing it. In the end it will be people like you who matter, not BB or NS.

Re: # 29

If it was so necessary to have democracy, do not
you think they would have achieved by now?
It has been 60 years and three or four dictators past
and there is no agreement on basics.
If past is any indicator, future for forseeable
future will remain same.

And what should the non-Pakistanis do?

Support Pakistanis in their quest for democracy in whatever way possible. Internationalize the issue. Oppose the mainstream idea that democracy in Pakistan would usher in mullahs with nuclear weapons. Oppose the idea that the army is the best thing in pakistan after sliced bread. Link up with Pakistanis in your city and ASK them what they need.

GT@29:

And what should the non-Pakistanis do? :-)

Instead of focusing on this gloomy picture, Pakistanis should take all of it as a POSITIVE. An opportunity has been provided to each and every Pakistani to rise up and be counted. It is time to stop whining about the US. Supporters of the dictator are already taking things in their hands in Karachi. Opponents, secular liberals and religious, should take to the courts, universities and the street. The short term objective is very clear cut ... legislative elections before presidential elections (perhaps couched through the uniform issue but better directly). Pakistani residents outside Pakistan should identify groups that they support, collect resources and channel them to the respective groups. Resources like chowk could possibly be used for current information and communication on matters of general importance whether or not the press is muzzled. This is not the time for a debate on Bhutto and MAJ, this is not a time for sex education, this is not the time to ponder about the quality of education in universities, this is not the time to whine, this is the time to ACT for DEMOCRACY.

khurram:

I withdraw my definition in favour of that of tahmed32's in #26.