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A few readers have asked us to provide links to various media appearances by Gen. Musharraf here on ATP. A very good and constantly updated colelction is available at Trekker’s blog here.
Meanwhile, we are providing video clips of some of the most talked appearances (rather, those that are available on the web for linking).
Related ATP Posts on Gen. Musharraf’s new book, In the Line of Fire
First, the much talked about appearance on Jon Stewart’s Daily Show and then the apperance on 60 Minutes. Third we have updated this post to include the CNN interview by Wolf Blitzer. We have also added the most pertinent part of the White House Press Conference with President Bush and President Musharraf.
You can view his appearance on 60 Minutes here:
Here is the first half of his appearance in CNN’s Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer (cannot, yet, find the second half). FULL TRANSCRIPT of this interview can be read here:
Here is the middle part, the most pertinent and talked-about part, of the White House Press Conference with Presidents Bush and Musharraf:
Finally, here is the interview on PBS’s Charlie Rose, which has also been much discussed in the comments from our readers:
Folks, we will add the most important interviews as they become available. Meanwhile, Trekker’s collection is a very comprehensive source.
We have just added the video of the CNN interview with Wolf Blitzer, which many readers have been discussing here.
@PakExpat: Musharraf isn’t “taking credit” for the 180 degree turn, he was simply explaining how he came to that decision. It is understood that any government would have made the exact same decision.
Also, raising a country’s profile in a positive manner is not something that is done overnight. The media blitz accompanying the book is a good step in the right direction. For too long has Pakistan been unfairly blamed for every terrorist plot taking place on Earth. It’s time the government took steps to convince the world that Pakistan isn’t being run by a group that’s secretly in collusion with the Taliban and al-Qaeda. I think the autobiography will go a long way in convincing people that for all his faults, Musharraf the man is not running a rogue state that fosters terrorism.
@ AF Khan saheb, no, I was just wondering aloud what kind of issues touch people more than some other issues. Bugati’s death was supposed to have a “negative” impact on Pakistan’s future whereas President Musharraf’s US visit is supposed to have “positive” impact on Pakistan’s image. Then why this event is not generating as much readers’ involvement as that event did?…
PatExpat,
Read Cowasjee’s articles on AQ Khan long before his network got busted. The man was hungry for lime light and made concerted efforts for that purpose. The other thing people used to talk about was the amount of expensive real estate he had bought in Pakistan within a decade. Now we know how he did that.
Of course you can ask.. but have you gotten any answers from Benezir yet on her Swiss Bank accounts? Or from Nawaz Sharif on his deals with Daewoo.
Pakistani Americans are just happy to hear good buzz (any thing not bad is good these days) about their native country but you can always find something to criticize. How can you presuppose that no good will come out of it. I am not being devil’s advocate and I do not have an agenda here for if anyone better than Musharraf comes tomorrow I will pick him but for now he is good. At present he is the lesser of three evils and as someone said well that also reflects well on the state of Pakistan.
On the balance Musharraf has done a good job. I wish our politicians were as good as he is. Lets keep eye on the ball and help our leaders make Pakistan an exemplary state. Lets educate our otherwise illiterate masses as fast as we can. Lets help our homeland as much as we can. Good luck to Musharraf and all those who may follow him one day. Pakistan Paindabad.