ATP POLL Redeaux: Benazir-Musharraf Deal

Posted on July 27, 2007
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Adil Najam

This seems to have suddenly become a news-heavy day. Lal Masjid blast on teh one hand and now Musharraf-Benazir meetings. The News reports on this:

The second round of meeting between President General Pervez Musharraf and former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto is underway here, the reliable sources said. The first round of the meeting lasted for about lasted for 55 minutes and it was a short a meeting. The ISI chief, some personalities of Arab countries and western diplomats also attended the meeting, the other sources said. Although the details of the meeting were not issued, however, the reports said that Musharraf and Benazir discussed important issues including current political situation in Pakistan.

“If Musharraf-Benazir meeting has been held it could be the final round of PPP-government talks and it is hoped that this meeting will have long-term positive impact on the politics of Pakistan, said Federal Minister for Railways Sheikh Rashid Ahmed while commenting on the meeting. Meanwhile, the reports said that Musharraf will also hold meeting with former Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif and Chief Minister Punjab Shahabaz Sharif in Saudi Arabia during the second leg of Musharraf’s visit. However, the PML (N) sources have rejected the reports of Musharraf-Nawaz meeting.

Things are still too much in flux and too complicated to comment meaningfully on this. Much coming from the insta-pundits is still either the restatement of their already known positions that they now churn out as spin, or is entirely speculative. So, we will wait to see how the dust settles. But it is quite clear that the dust has been kicked and things are in flux. Abb ount kis karwat baithay ga?

In order to get a sense of the pulse of ATP on this issue we are asking the same poll question about a BB-Musharraf deal we did back in April. Let us see what you have to say now.

76 responses to “ATP POLL Redeaux: Benazir-Musharraf Deal”

  1. CJ says:

    Viqar Minai

    “All the more reason for us not to put our trust in the people of Pakistan, and to heed Maulana

  2. Viqar Minai says:

    In an exclusive interview to the Daily Times, Maulana
    Fazlur Rehman has said that there is “no harm” in
    BB-Musharraf deal if it was “done with all sincerity”.
    He also expressed the following views in the same
    interview:

    . President Musharraf should be given “safe passage”
    in his re-election bid in uniform, for he might impose
    martial law if he fails to win political support for his
    re-elction in uniform (Sheikh Rashid has also been
    loudly hinting at this possibility lately)
    . However, the opposition will not allow any General to
    sieze power in the country
    . MMA will win more seats in the NWFP and in Balochistan
    in the coming elections; it will outright sweep the polls in
    Punjab and Sindh
    . As a result of which PPP and PML may be allowed to
    form a coalition government at the center
    . Gone are the days when masses pinned their hopes on
    the generals to solve the problems of the country

    I think this last point is extremely significant. All the more
    reason for us not to put our trust in the people of Pakistan,
    and to heed Maulana’s advice and allow the President “safe
    passage” through his re-elction in uniform.

    haerAN hUN ke dO TaKHnoN se kyA kyA sOchUN

  3. Rabbani, Aitzaz and some other seem to form some other party or join some existing party. Not sure, but atleast I am sure that vetran ppp members are not supporting BB.

  4. KAWA1 says:

    Adnan Siddiqi
    “Turab bhai kidher ho?? *grin*”

    The silence is everywhere. Not just your dear friend “Turab Bhai”.

    See at the end of it all, every dictator is the same and thinks of his survival only. In the process, he takes people on a ride…. the likes of your good friend!

    In Musharraf’s case I am taken by surprise. Didn’t a lot of people nickname him “Kamal Attaturk” of modern times..

    Have you ever seen a spider trapped in his own web. It is a painful sight to watch it curl, twist and ultimately hang from a single strand of web. Sooner or later the house cleaner will take him down with a broom and flush him down for a quick disposal.

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