Dictatorship and Musharraf

Since the inception of Pakistan, an Islamic republic, Pakistan Army influenced every development in government. This tradition set forth a trend of believing to rule Pakistan showing force and power. Army and government always remained intense, which resulted in various Martial Law governments in Pakistan. A recent nine year government of an Army General marked exceptional of its on type. Gen(r) Pervez Musharraf came in to power from backdoor by stepping down a democratic government in 1999. Although he refused to accept himself neither a dictator nor he accepts it as a martial law. 

Musharraf made certain changing to constitution and announced himself as Chief Executive. Chief executive is for premier in constitution of Pakistan, but he implemented on himself being a president with extended implementation from Supreme Court of Pakistan. All the previous martial law administrators either made new constitutions or expelled previous one but Musharraf did not bothered to do any such act and started playing with constitution and Pakistan.

Gen Ayub khan, came into power in 1958 and remained in power up till 1969 and left by handing over the fate of Pakistan in another general’s hands; Gen Yahya Khan. Gen Yahya khan ran away after presenting gift of Dhaka fall in 1971, Whereas Gen Zia-ul-haq died in a plane crash. These administrators did not wish to come in power again after their tenure. And the reasons are very obvious that they destroyed democratic structure of Pakistan and did not allow democratic growth. In short they destroyed Pakistan through every mean, Courts were attacked, media banned.

Gen Musharraf is exceptional of its case he destroyed the institutions in Pakistan.  His formulated foreign policies gave a new wave of terrorism in Pakistan. He handed over many innocent Pakistani’s to America against a heavy some of dollars. Apparently he facilitated public but did not planned for future, which resulted into today’s energy crises, constitution problems and economic crises in the long run. He brought Shoukat Aziz from abroad and made him prime minister who ran away immediately after the demise.

Not enough, the dilemma is that he is looking further space in the politics of Pakistan. Soon after leaving country he established his own political party and started thinking to come into Pakistani politics once again. Previous dictators had enough self respect that they did not even thought once to return to power but this officer desire exceptional and thinking to come again. He is returning to Pakistan next month to start its political activities being physically in Pakistan.  Gen Musharraf even after such a bad tenure is expecting that public would forget his wrong and un lawful actions in few years and will re elect him to become member parliament. Public although cannot react to any dictator when he is in power but public can reject one who is no more in uniform or in power.

Following previous dictator’s musharraf also gave a panic gift and that was in shape of terrorism and war on terrorism. We spent a large economic resources fighting against terrorists. It not only weakens Pakistan internally but it also created alarming situations for international community as well. International industries stopped working in Pakistan, even sports teams refused to play any kind of sports in Pakistan.