For the past the month now pakistan has been in a situation in peril and under a state of emergency. Pakistan has always been a country of instability and violence , however this new situation could upset world security. The current president Gen. Musharaff was a former commando and fought in both the afghan war against the soviets and against India in 1999. He came to power in coup thought it was apparently bloodless. He has recieved acclaim for being incorruptable. Though recent events seem to stain his reputation. His mistake was suspending the chief justice of Pakistans supreme court. As soon as this happened thousands of lawyers protested this and marched in protest. He was then later reinstated and immediately started an investigation into Musharrafs Oct 6 re-election and was about to say it was unconstitutional. Facing this challenge he declared a state of emergency, blacked independent tv stations, fired uncooperative judges , and sent security force to keep protests at a manageable level. A key figure, maybe even rival, is Benazir Bhutto. The only women to lead a muslim country in modern times. She was exiled to Dubai for Supposedly being corrupt, it is said she and her husband set up exclusive deals for the pakistani governtment and all these deals gave commissions to them. The validity of the claims are in question but have been levied against her none the less. She presently was negotiating a deal with musharaff, US approved, that would see them share power. It would help make the country more democratic. However deal fell through due to recent developments that I detailed above.
This related to religion and America more closely than you think. Truth be told I have no idea what exactly is going on in pakistan , and probably very few people do. In country where the taliban is said to run free and have no problems with the government, the confusion only strengthens their grip and gives the more oppurtunity to slip their people into the government. It is a fact pakistan has 80 nuclear devices. So we must be wary and remember as long as hate exists for the way we live and practice freedom, everything realted to any muslim country matter to us.
This related to religion and America more closely than you think. Truth be told I have no idea what exactly is going on in pakistan , and probably very few people do. In country where the taliban is said to run free and have no problems with the government, the confusion only strengthens their grip and gives the more oppurtunity to slip their people into the government. It is a fact pakistan has 80 nuclear devices. So we must be wary and remember as long as hate exists for the way we live and practice freedom, everything realted to any muslim country matter to us.
2 comments:
I have never seen that before, very interesting
This is quite interesting but the middle east has always been insecure because there are 3 major religions crammed into such a small land mass. I dont think we can force peace on any specific people or religion.
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