Comments on: Student Parody of Musharraf Speech http://pakistaniat.com/2007/04/04/pakistan-president-musharraf-speech-funny-parody-student/ Pakistan. Pakistani. Pakistaniat. Sat, 07 Apr 2007 14:57:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.7 By: Samdani http://pakistaniat.com/2007/04/04/pakistan-president-musharraf-speech-funny-parody-student/comment-page-7/#comment-42618 Sat, 07 Apr 2007 14:57:06 +0000 http://pakistaniat.com/2007/04/03/pakistan-president-musharraf-speech-funny-parody-student/#comment-42618 I dont think the parody is as bad as people are saying. But I do think that it reflects public opinion and shows why the religious extreme has been able to capture political importance.

]]> By: Social Mistri http://pakistaniat.com/2007/04/04/pakistan-president-musharraf-speech-funny-parody-student/comment-page-6/#comment-42565 Sat, 07 Apr 2007 05:20:16 +0000 http://pakistaniat.com/2007/04/03/pakistan-president-musharraf-speech-funny-parody-student/#comment-42565 Aqil, perhaps you’re right. But come ON! Surely he would be popular once more if he poisoned all the mullahs… no? ;-)

On a serious note, he can save his legacy by getting a liberal government in place, sabotaging the mullahs, shedding the wardi and phasing himself out as president in the next 2 years. The man has done a lot for Pakistan. I think it may be too soon for everyone to comfortably accept this, but I think when we look back, especially on the economic front, things have been good. Now if only he would know when to bow out. That’s usually the mark of someone exceptional.

]]> By: Aqil Sajjad http://pakistaniat.com/2007/04/04/pakistan-president-musharraf-speech-funny-parody-student/comment-page-6/#comment-42563 Sat, 07 Apr 2007 05:02:10 +0000 http://pakistaniat.com/2007/04/03/pakistan-president-musharraf-speech-funny-parody-student/#comment-42563 Social mistri:
I think it’s too late for Musharraf to rebuild the goodwil that he had. His arrival was welcomed by the nation and he did initiate some badly needed reforms, but it started to slowly go downhill from the moment he made a deal with PML-Q.
In my opinion, his biggest mistake was to focus too much on the question of constitutional legitimacy. He should have realized that no matter what he did to engineer the system, he would not get that legitimacy. His legitimacy depended on his ability to deliver on the reforms, and by compromising with people like Ch Shujat, he allowed these reforms to be undermined, which eroded his credibility with the people.

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