Musharraf Resigns
First and foremost I must express my delight and extend mubarak to the nation at the news of Musharraf’s resignation. This is indeed a great day for all of Pakistan as we have rid ourselves of a vile military dictator who has done much to destroy the very soul of Pakistan. His crimes are too many to mention from the killing fields of Balochistan and the Tribal Areas to the NRO and his Nov 3 actions and much more.
Musharraf in his resignation speech said that he will leave his future in the hands of the people. I hope this means he remains in the country for he always barked of ‘Pakistan First’, I wonder whether his actions will match his words this time or will it be another lie to add to his collection. I believe Musharraf must stand in the dock in a court of law and soon INSHALLAH for violating the constitution twice and he will be richly deserving of the punishment enshrined in Article 6 of our luckless constitution.
Today is a day of victory for many groups above all the lawyers movement who challenged an army chief in his element in March 2007 and bought him to his knees clutching for a deal with BB to save his rule. Even after the Nov 3 actions the lawyers movement remained his biggest headache and so they deserve the plaudits for ridding the first and second skin of Musharraf from this land of the pure. Civil society, students, APDM and the electioneering political parties too deserve credit as well as the media.
Today is a day to dance in the streets of Quetta especially for Balochistan has suffered the most under Musharraf rule. It is also a day of victory for the missing people of this land wherever they are for their chief jailer is no more.
Before I end I must be honest in admitting my mistake again in initially supporting Musharraf. I will not go into a long debate on the topic suffice to say that I was duped like most of the nation. The lesson for us all is that so called good-intentioned khaki kings like Musharraf serve only as an enemy within, they must be resisted from day one and must be treated as an enemy of the state, period.
Some of my older posts on Musharraf and a few guest posts are worth a read for they capture the fall of Musharraf well, do have a read by selecting the tag Go Musharraf Go via the link below:
Also read the guest posts by Nadeem Arif Najmi titled Do or Die and the best of the lot Unbearable:The Future of a Retired General via the below link:
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