Musharraf and His Friends
(Ashfaq Kiyani: What is he aiming? What’s in his mind?)
There had been rumors for last 2 days that Musharraf’s own men are gearing up against Musharraf to throw him out as he has become pain in ass, not only for Pakistan but Pakistan Army as well. The rumor was so well-organized that Musharraf had to come up with something like:
It is a joke of the highest order
Financial Times has come up with interesting analysis about WHY Mush’s military friend will not let him go or how Mush keeps all of them organized. FT says:
He took care to ensure that the military hierarchy was consulted individually and collectively,” says one close observer of events. “The military hierarchy seems to be loyal.
But FT further says that Love With Musarraf or Sacrifice lives for Musharraf will be tested if:
That loyalty would be severely tested if the US and UK made the flow of aid to the military contingent on the restoration of democracy. Both countries have told the government that they are reviewing their aid programmes and Washington on Monday made a show of postponing defence co-operation talks with Islamabad, scheduled for this week.
I don’t know what will be the outcome of this battle. All I know that Mush’s advisers are just giving him wrong advises to corner him and *defame* him further. I would leave after quoting this excerpt which is 100% true.
While the Punjabi-dominated officer class has no compunction about ordering a crackdown in the tribal areas or in the Pashtun north-west frontier province, it will be a different story if popular opposition to emergency rule forces the army to fire on its own flesh and blood in the Punjab.
If that happens, Mr Musharraf may rapidly find himself short of tennis partners.
Image: Jang News paper
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