Comments on: Agency

By: Muneeb

Muneeb — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:39:09 +0000

That was great ! , its really nice to listen to the views and comments here about that what happened.

looking forward for new posts from you Sir Manan

By: omar ali

omar ali — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:32:37 +0000

But the job is not even half done. The Zardari PPP, beholden to the US and hoping to make new billions in corruption, has completely destroyed the superior judiciary by messing up the issue in such a way that no solution remains possible or likely (what in Punjab would be called “gundaa ker deyo”). But the ice is cracking, and inshallah the cracks will spread and one day soon, this set of bastards will also slip under the thin ice…

By: Soma

Soma — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:17:38 +0000

Musharaff did his job. He had to go, and he went peacefully so i believe he realizes he hit the end of the road. So he is not some monstrous dictator that this site makes him out to be. He is rather a practical, pragmatic man. Democracy has survived in Pakistan, and he is the first real leader to confront the Northwest territories. I think the punjabi centered viewpoint that this site, and many others wish that the gov would stay out of there, and continue to let the people live in the stone age. Something similar to the tribes in African who are left undisturbed. It’s a shame really, do the borders of the country mean anything? If anything, Musharaff has forced that question on the country.

His accomplishments:

economic progress

direct confrontation with Islamist revolutionary activities

The strengthening of the army

Removing the label of pariah and bastard step child of south asia to a respectable country in the court of world opinion

Putting Pakistan on the side of the World’s only superpower, while still mantaining very good relations with an emerging one (china)

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History will vindicate him

By: Sud

Sud — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:33:55 +0000

I think reinstating the judges is a make-it or break-it issue, no? I really can’t see room for compromise here.

By: Wakas Mir

Wakas Mir — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:11:48 +0000

Whatever that has happened I hope and pray that Pakistan truly gets what it deserves since ages now, a leader that thinks for the country rather than his own pockets like most of them before.. Ameen

By: omar ali

omar ali — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:13:30 +0000

I welcome the removal of Musharraf al rajeem, but I expect that Zardari bhai will have his way and either there will be no restoration of judges or the restoration will be such a farce that no good will come from it.
That is really sad because such failures breed cynicism and Pakistan is already suffering from an idealism deficit. Unfortunately, it looks like the country will continue to stagger along, surviving as a rent-an-army state available to the highest bidder (usually the US, but willing to perform important service for China and Saudi Arabia). For better days, we may have to wait another few years till the new generation takes over; I do have high hopes of this generation because I look at my nephews and nieces and their friends and I am impressed. They are much better than we were. And the generation above us was definitely worse….so in some ways, things are getting better, but slowly. Strangely enough, as social norms and cultural standards decay, people are actually getting smarter and their expectations are higher!

By: Sud

Sud — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:06:46 +0000

Now its time for the “I am not a crook” part of this Nixonian drama. Now where did the six billion dollars of US aid go?

By: Jonathan Dresner

Jonathan Dresner — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:11:06 +0000

Cool.