2006 was an amazing year in the history of Pakistan.Musharraf was the president and headed both the country and the Armed forces as the commander in chief and army chief. Under him was a very convenient political setup headed by the Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz a career banker with an experience of working for international financial institution...an expert of the macro economics most of his policies were widely appreciated globally and attracted massive foreign and american interest.He created new opportunities for the foreign investors in almost every field in pakistan which included land development,building and construction,Banking,leasing,Insurance,telecommunication,auto industry,farming,agriculture,education,food and allied,...you name it and they did something for every sector ...but the phenominal growth of the defense industry was incredible during this period...the defense exhibition in Karachi known as IDEAS became an annual feature and a pride and joy for the Army as well as the nation...Money($) was coming in like honey...and it was visible on the streets...new roads ,fly overs were being constructed for the new cars and more and more banks were opening up and the old ones were also not complaining...it was probably the first time in the history of Pakistan
n that they showed a middle finger to the IMF(the international monetary fund) as there was no reason left to borrow more money to run the state.And if I have understood their way of thinking correctly than there are only two ways of seeing a third world boom....1.I'll be there for you....! 2. I'll be there for you. there is no third way,but for the first time I saw a little chance based expectation in their eyes and decided not to share the good times....people in Pakistan prospered got greedy moved out especially the ones that supported Musharraf...because they like him believed in micro economics and were very weary of the shaukat aziz's macro economics...wanted to get rid of him as soon as possible....Aziz on the other hand was turning from a simple banker to a popular politician....alarms begin to sound....unfortunately he did not have enough support in the kings party the famous Q-league to overcome the tough competition or to resist pressure from musharrf and his American friends.Aziz'z policies were working and that was his only strength,strong enough to scare the Musharraf and his friends...Ironically musharruf was so lucky that he got rid of Nawaz shareef who was taken away by the crown prince of saudi Arabia and put in a dungeon for the rest of his life.....and when shareef was in power he forced the leader of the opposition and the co-chairperson of PPP the largest political party and former Prime Mnister of Pakistan late Benazir Bhutto into exile by making cases of corruption against her and the family members and leaders of her party...making it nearly impossible for her to return let alone gain power or offer any stiff resistance and opposition.So it seemed that musharruf was there enjoying absolute power and helping the US to conquer Afghanistan and maybe Pakistan as well. For some very hard to speculate even today reasons the US did not win support of the Americans and the allies to take over Pakistan.And Musharraf's circus begin to look really bad(embarrassing) on their portfolio's but their hand was in a candy jar they did not want to let go of him without somebody as easy as him....so they left it for the Musharraf to decide...obviously he could not have chosen Nawaz shareef because he was too bitter towards him...so he offered to share power with Benazir only if she was able to win the support of the US.
In October 2006 a picture of benazir was released on the internet wearing very short skirt black sleeveless top white strap Italian stilettos matching jewelry for neck,arms and feets the bare legs thigh and loin were shinny and waxed you could see your face in it and she was very technically showing a finger....and grinning meaningfully..as if saying fuck the enlightened moderation what you need is the old school try .The Pakistani internet community was in a state of shock.I put it on my desktop but lost it after my computer had a deadly virus attack and breakdown within a few days.Obviously this must have opened books in lea market,kharadar,new charlie and baghdadi the old city areas of Karachi famous world over for their very honest and self righteous bookies.people of Karachi who remembered her return in 1988 had no doubt that she can return to Pakistan and to power as well but all those who saw her picture must have been badly disappointed to see her come out of the plane when it landed at Karachi airport in October 2007.It was not about the money or the winning or losing...people of Karachi felt really bad at t
he Blast at karsaz near American school that her convey had in which she narrowly escaped thanks to the Trojan horse like blast proof vehicle provided by the government of pakistan.It sent a really bad signal to the world and the International investors in Pakistan as well as the Business, finance and political support of Prime Minister Aziz.Everybody in the world believed there has been a secret deal between Musharraf and Benazir and they are to split the power leaving no room for Mr Aziz and his Macro economic policies.The Husband of Benazir and now President of Pakistan and Co-chairman of PPP did not accompany her in october 2007 which created even more confusion and the cable-guys started showing the hindi mov
ies in which the lady prime minister of India is plotted to be murdered by her husband for his own political ambitions.The news of Benazir's return to Pakistan and freedom of movement with full protocol somehow reached the saudi Kingdom...the Saudi Prince who took Nawaz shareef to put him in the dungeon was no longer a prince or the regent,now he was a king in court with a royal Queen and had very little time for extra-curricular activities...besides it was not good to have a political prisoner for so long in the dungeon it was against their customs and traditions...So the King called Musharraf to his palace and showed him and Nawaz the door....Nawaz returned triumphantly on 27 nov 2007 but was not allowed to take part in the election which was not very surprising but later on he made a deal with Musharraf's successor and now he is waiting for the bye-election which he will definitely win and will also throw out Mr Zardari as president put him back behind bars or send him to exile to his family in dubai,london,etc etc... just like Mr Zardari did to Musharraf .
Musharraf's critics blame him of doing thing Unconstitutionally ...he came to power after overthrowing nawaz's elected government in 1999 suspended the constitution of Pakistan and issued a PCO(provisional constitutional order) declaring him as the chief executive God knows what that means.Released and exiled nawaz shareef on a phone call from the Saudi prince. became an ally of US in the war against terror saying he had no choice. Fired Chief Justice Of the supreme Court.Declared Emergency on 3rd nov.But when it came to give permission to Benazir to return he did something increadible and promulgated an ordinance
http://www.pakistani.org/pakistan/legislation/2007/NationalReconciliationOrdinance.html
taking the due course of law and giving the chance to constitutional experts to bend it like beckham....Why did musharraf did this...had he gone soft or was it the law ministry following the foot steps of Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz's Macro economics policy ....National release order for ... instead of a presidential pardon for only benazir...well I cannot comment any further because Unfortunately both of them are alive and giving lectures at london school of economics,UCLA and other prestigious educational institutions world wide and can challenge my speculation through media leaving me and the world no choice to accept their version whether it is truth the whole truth or the figment of their advisors/counsel wilder imagination.
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