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?
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This was the easiest question that I had to answer. The answer is so obvious.
Aitazaz Ahsan of course.
Ameen fahim is left behind in this thread, If things would be in my hands I would go for iftikhar chaudry because the good justice is what we need at the top.
RANA BHAGWAN DAS
Nawaz Sharif Or Zardari to be President ??? You are kidding me …
I guess, hum ko baar baar Bewaqoof banney ki Aadat ho gai hai, thats why we are expecting Mr.10% or Ameer-ul-Momaneen to deliver this?
NS did everything actually worse, what Musharraf did. NS put the curb on media, he tried to introduce Shariat law. He kidnapped Najam Sethi thru Police. He launched attacks on Supreme court. He ordered attack on jang group newspaper. He hijacked the plane with over 100 souls sitting in it. He sacked 2 Army Staff and a Cheif Justice, not to mention NS did all of this when there was no Media or freedom of Speech in Pakistan. You could have never said against the PM of Pakistan at that time. If you did, you would have been kidnapped. Khabarnama used to start with NS name and ends on his name too, and the list is endless.
About Zardari, I dont have to say much. Just google Mr.10% and one can see the Kartoots of him (Badnaam-e-Zamana) .
I dont expect them to behave at this time either. I am trying to be as humble as I can when I say this about NS and AZ,”Kuttey ki Dum 100 Saal tak bhi pipe mein rakho, Jab nikalo gay woh Terhi hee rahey gi”. Hope I didnot offend any body.
@Mudassar
I think the overseas Pakistanis have voting rights and according to a news item that was published in the national press a few days back, 3 million overseas Pakistanis voted in 2002 and 2 million voted in 2008. And according to the statistics of the Election Commission, there are around 7 million overseas Pakistanis.