The writing is on the wall for Pervez Musharraf. The only thing undecided is if he will go on his own volition or will he be eased out. So the question now is, who will they agree to nominate as the next President of Pakistan?
Anyone remembers Justice Rafiq Tarar? The guy who dashed off to Quetta on a government plane in the middle of the night to twist the Balochistan High Court at the behest of Abbaji. Yes, the same Rafiq Tarrar who claims he is still the President of Pakistan?
And if we are not in a mood for a flowing beard then there are other options not in any particular order.
Iftikhar Chaudhry
Zardari has reservations about restoring him to the bench and Sharif has made his restoration the cornerstone of his campaign. Both are agreed on judicial reforms, so the best compromise would be to ease him into Presidency. vakil bhee khush, quam bhee khush.
Aitezaz Ahsan
He is articulate, respected, intelligent, and in the forefront since March 09, 2007. And while Asif Zardari consolidates himself in PPPP what better way than to kick him upstairs?
Imran Khan
The poor fellow does not have a constituency, but has lots of passion and rhetoric. Him minus 58 -2(b) would be a good combination.
Asif Zardari
He is not a graduate, not a member of this assembly and needs to gain his spurs in politics after the sad assassination of Benazir Bhutto. From the top he can keep a better eye on dissent within PPPP. If he accepts, he would like to have the 58-2-(b) danda handy.
Nawaz Sharif
He is barred from becoming the Prime Minister and is not a member of this Assembly. He has been the Premier of Punjab and Prime Minister of Pakistan twice. And if he accepts the Presidency he would also like to have the 58-2-(b) around just in case.
So who is your choice?
Note: Temporal blogs at Baithak.
Justice Iftikhar Hussain Ch. will not accept the designation of the President, he’s a government officer. And given the law of the land, you can’t become the President within 2 years of holding a government office.
AHSAN AHSAN AHSAN AHSAN! IT IS THAT SIMPLE!
Some may have read this…I just read and thought to share
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/ne ws/2008/02/24/wpak124.xml
I think none of these guys suits the office ‘ ceremonial’ president according to the constitution. I think someone from Baluchistan will be a good choice…Mehmood Khan Achakzai or anyone of good calibre.
Why in world Imran will be president. He don’t have support of establishment neither public. Except support of some armchair blogger he is political zero.
Good choice will be Edhi, Eitraz Ehsan, Justice Wajeehdin etc.
I think more important question is what powers we want president to have. Do we want all powers for our PM?
Bye the way Musharaff seems to surrvive untill end of Bush term.(Nov 2008) The next American president is going to decide his faith.
Musharaf will never go!!!……….the most stubborn and self centered person on Earth.
However, I think Imran Khan is the best choice.
I agree with Daktar. My choices are Justice Wajeehuddin or Justice Saeeduz Zaman Siddqui. I would like to see Justice Iftikhar get restored and Aitezaz Ahsan is one of the wonderful politician, who should be coming back to Pakistan politics and may be the PM in the future.
None of the above. First of all I think that the President is a titular head of state according to the constitution and if constitution is to be restored in its original form then the new incumbent will lack the powers and he will not be able to do the works which the commentators of the post would want him to do.
A big NO for Imran Khan. Imran Khan had welcomed Pervez Musharraf. He had accepted the military rule because he was bitterly against Nawaz and BB. Later on he left Pervez Musharraf to join hands with Nwaz and BB whom he used to describe as daakoo and luteray. He went against BB when she established contacts with Pervez Musharraf. He once visited Nine Zero and praised MQM for its work and organizational structure.
He talks about moral ethics and has a daughter from his earlier romantic relation. He divorced his wife and has renewed contacts with her. Her divorced wife is known to have romantic relations with others and he has done nothing to take the custody of his children who are not being raised in an Islamic atmosphere.
Imran Khan is a failure in the sense that he is wasting his energies.