I cannot help but salute Musharraf for his optimism.
OSLO: Former strongman General (retd) Pervez Musharraf in an interview to a private TV channel said that if he were made the caretaker prime minister and allowed to select his team, he would solve all national issues within a year. I cannot help but salute the general for his optimism. The courts have declared him an absconder for his alleged involvement in a number of cases. The Bugtis have put a bounty on his head. He dismissed judges of the apex Court, violated the Constitution, not once but twice and still wants to become prime minister?
Is his incorrigibility an affliction of the mind? Why doesn’t he understand that he was an usurper in the first place; all his good-time friends have left him, including the roly-poly Barrister Mohammad Ali Saif and there is no place for him in national politics. What will the general do with only Rashid Qureshi to carry his briefcase? I suggest that he should play golf, socialise in Dubai and London and forget about politics. It is not his cup of tea.
Dr AP Sangdil
Published in The Express Tribune, March 13th, 2013.
