Pakistan, a state that is declining

Constitutionally, General Musharraf should give up any move to retain his role as army chief however, some one who can cheat everybody on the international front, especially US on the ‘war on terror’, is not going to make off so easily. Moreover, the constitution does not work as the basic law of the country in Pakistan.

Ever since taking power in 1999, President Musharraf has insisted that his goal is real democracy for Pakistan, which has been notoriously ill served by its irresponsible political elites. Moreover, one cannot expect a stable political system in Pakistan as the political leadership has to polish General’s shoes to come to power.

In a country struggling to establish democratic norms” in fact. Pakistan is never a democratic state. Democracy has become like a hat, as earlier socialism was..., and everybody wants to wear it. Musharraf is using the word democracy to appease George Bush. Since Mush’s take over of the power in 1999, the two pillars of democracy, legislative and executive, have been under his direct control.

Press, the other pillar of democracy was never as free as it should be in Pakistan. And now, the Judiciary has started facing the heat of Mush’s dictatorship. The military can do no wrong in Pakistan and Musharraf is the head of Military as well as of government too. What kind of democracy is this? I have a feeling that Pakistan is a declining state and even Bush cannot save Mush and Pakistan both now.

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