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Pakistan Army Needs To Back Off - Let Zardari Complete His Term


By Sikander Hayat



Why is everyone so hell bent on removing a democratically elected president by any means possible. Is it not the job of the people of Pakistan to give their verdict on the performance of this president. Zardari has made mistakes but has spent eleven years in jail and nothing has been proved against him yet. Please give democracy a chance so that people from Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan can keep their trust in the federation. PML (N) is asking for Zardari's resignation on moral grounds but what about houses in Park Lane London and businesses in Spain.
Now Nawaz Sharif is trying to pretend that he is the cleanest person in Pakistan. They are all corrupt but it is only the job of the people to tell who should be running the country. I am not a fan of Zardari, I know that he is president because all notable Bhutto’s are dead but I cannot second guess the choice of Pakistani people.
Army, if it is putting pressure on Zardari to resign, must back off or there will be dire consequences for the future of Pakistan.
Pakistan is as much a home for Sindhis, Blochis and Pathans as it of Punjabis. Leave it that way and respect the democratic mandate given to Pakistan Peoples Party by the people of Pakistan.

Is morality applicable to just people from smaller provinces. What about the morality of Nawaz Sharif's attack on the Supreme Court of Justice Sajjad Ali Shah? What about the morality of looting of Mehran Bank? What about the morality of creation of IJI to stop Benazir from gaining two third majority? What about the morality of creation of Q league? What about the morality of judicial murder of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto? I can go on for ever but lets not pretend that anything PLM (N) is doing has anything to do with morality.

If the reports that Pakistan army is trying to remove Zardari are true than it is a very sad state of affairs indeed. Pakistan army generals have given Pakistan nothing but instability with their rash decisions and short term policies.  From Isikander Mirza to Ayub Khan, from Yahya Khan to Zia Ul Haq and than Musharaf, all of them have made Pakistan what it is today. Pakistan was never allowed to have prolonged democracy and even when there was democracy, it was never allowed to do things against army's wishes.
I request to anyone who is listening, please stop meddling in the civilian affairs and runnning of the government. You allowed Osama bin Laden to hide in Pakistan and used him as a bargaining chip making Pakistan the laughing stock of the world.
You always play the national security card to keep Pakistanis on your side but America was able to invade Pakistan, came to the heart of Pakistan and picked Osama. How can you secure Pakistan when despite spending billions at the cost of infrastructure & human development, you cannot save Pakistan from its enemies.
Irony of all ironies is that an army which cannot conquor any other country, counquore its own every few years. Why? Why turn Pakistan into your dominion. Let Pakistan be run by its elected people and stay away from removing another elected government.

Only real democracy and continuous democracy can make Pakistan stronger and completion of PPP’s term in Parliament is a must for that to happen.



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