Word: pakistanis
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...president, the parliament and the judiciary. Refusing to give a definite timetable for the restoration of a civilian, representative government, Musharraf claims that the military will withdraw to the barracks once it has prepared the grounds for a "true democracy," having eradicated all the ills of the Pakistani state, where violence is rampant as a result of political polarization and financial bankruptcy is only averted through external grants and loans...
...accountability and the delivery of justice requires the rule of law, the first casualty of a military intervention. Musharraf himself is responsible for superimposing the military's dictates over the supreme law of the land, the constitution. Blatant abuse of state power and institutional corruption were rampant in past Pakistani military regimes, but no dictator held himself, or his regime, accountable before the superior courts. Every military withdrawal took place after the high command acquired constitutional protection for its actions. It is unlikely that the present regime will do otherwise...
...Pakistani military intervene to save democracy as its current army chief claims? Musharraf willingly accepted the position of army chief, superceding two senior officers when Sharif dismissed General Karamat in October 1998, and only acted when he faced a summary dismissal. Nor did his corps commanders have any objections to working under Sharif until the Prime Minister made the grave error of encroaching on the military's autonomy. Will the military deliver "true" democracy to Pakistan, as Musharraf has pledged? In the past fifty years, Pakistan's fragile democratic base has eroded as a result of repeated military interventions. With...
...hope that he can be coaxed back onto the democratic path. Tradition points to the latter course. After all, Washington worked closely with the last military government, led by General Zia ul-Haq, which ceded to civilian rule in 1988, and successive U.S. administrations have recognized the Pakistani military as a source of stability in a fractious and volatile nation. Still, a martial law declaration by any other name is still martial law, and this dashes hopes that General Musharraf could parlay the widespread opposition to the government he ousted into a new political consensus. Which means that turbulence...
...there had been some optimism that dialogue between Nawaz and [India?s Prime Minister Atal Bihari] Vajpayee could improve relations, but a military government in Pakistan is likely to be a lot more belligerent toward India," says Rahman. "A coup would also signal Washington?s waning influence over the Pakistani military ? the U.S. explicitly warned against the military seizing power only three weeks ago." Rhetoric aside, however, a military government may be cautious about dramatically changing Pakistan?s foreign relations. Even if they?re more defiant of Washington, Pakistan?s generals remain fairly beholden to their other major backer, Beijing...