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.
Iftikhar Justice, just good to be in this slot.
I don’t know why people are day dreaming. President Musharraf is not going. Express News Channel or some British Tabloid is not a reliable source.
Funny how quickly media and even worse Pakistanis have started portraying Musharraf as a wicked man. Just a few years ago, nay, just until end of 2006, he was the best of the best but just because your brains got brainwashed … Musharraf has to go?
Shame on all of you. This is the core of all Pakistani failures. Pakistanis themselves misrepresent their country and their culture. You, the Pakistanis are number 1 when it comes to talking negatively about your own country. All overseas Pakistanis should be made to give Pakistan compliance test by the embassy every 6 months and those who miss/fail the test should have their citizenship revoked. Every single one of them spends their time talking and thinking negatively about Pakistan.
I am not a nationalist or Pakistani supremist but enough is enough. All of a sudden people living all their lives or their career lives out of Pakistan, who don’t even act like a comman Pakistani have come out and start talking about Pakistan.
But go ahead, create mindless forums, blogs, news websites, newspapers and bogus news channels and go ahead, destroy Pakistan’s image. Please make it seem that Pakistan is the terror factory. I think you will be so happy once Pakistan is invaded, dismantled, and taken over.
After all, 99.99999% Pakistanis I have met have slave mentality. All we can do is act like somebody else, overlook our religion, our cultural lifestyles for outsider’s Point Of View.
Majority of Pakistanis think about what other countries think of Pakistan. What China/US/EU/India would say. Lets compare mindlessly 24/7 to India. For God sake, forget this slave mentality. Pakistan and Islam should be number 1.
Me and you are not leaders nor politicians and are not born to be one. Leaders of ALL countries in the World have their good/bad points. Protect and respect your leader whoever he/she is. General public has duties of their own. You should mind your business and think about making your own life better and help others in need. No need to go outside, riot, tear/burn everything and then create media circus.
Right now, Pakistan is sadly regarded as the worst of the worst and all credit for this goes to Pakistanis. Small, pointless countries such as Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and the day dreaming nations of India and USA and EU have started instructing Pakistan on what to do and how to behave. And guess who lets this happen? Pakistanis!
Ban all NGOs, ban all ‘foreign charities’ and all ‘news correspondents’. Media in Pakistan needs to ‘strictly’ controlled and monitored by the government to bring sense of discipline and calm in the nation.
Don’t give out bogus, idiotic choices such as Iftikhar Chaudhry or Rana Baghwandas or Imran Khan or Edhi.
People have their roles in life to play and should not be allowed for the possibility of power triping. Imagine if lawyers or judges are allowed to rule the nation. It would be utter madness…all the bueracracies (sorry for the spelling) and all mindless rules. Heck, judges/lawyers are good only for giving/fighting for their clients and dealing with law. They would make horrible leaders who will slow down all processes.
It is a shame seeing all corners of society protesting on streets of Pakistan. Don’t the people there have jobs to do? Exports are falling, Pakistani educational standards are not even recognized abroad. Our nationality has become a joke, every person can get in and out of Pakistan. Our borders are joke. The country can’t even lobby or protest any issue be it with India or with Afghanistan.
Seems like 99.99999% overseas Pakistanis have nothing better to do than just live their lifes until they die and during the time, create problems for Pakistan.
Don’t misrepresent my Pakistan. Pakistan is a very very poor nation where a rickshaw driver wearing shalwar kameez makes just enough to support a shoddly constructed house, a wife and kids who can only afford tandoor breads and aloo ghost.
Pakistanis should first attention to garbage clean up, sewerage system, poverty, electricity production, clean drinking water, good crops, sanitation, technology, crime, education and pureness of religion. Once these things are done, other issues need to be solved, and when those are done, other issues need to be resolved. There is no point of thinking of leaders. That is not and should not the public’s turf.
And to those who says Pakistan is not Islamic or Pakistan needs to become another Turkey. To you: shame on you. Go pray namaaz. You have become so self centered and so much in denial of God’s powers that you are forgetting that life is short and we shouldn’t spread mischief. If you want, you are free to go to Turkey or to some non muslim country and live there. But do all of us a favor, please drop your Pakistani nationality and don’t associate yourself with Pakistan!
i wld say asfand yaar wali but frm abve options aitzaz ahsan
do not agree totally to him on certain issues bt yess a wisw man to lead in tis situatin
imran khan z ta nxt optn …he needs to play his game more wisely
y r v gtnnd zardari n sharifs(nt sharif at all) back…to loot ta country again?
@smssr84
The article 58-2 mainly relates to the arbitrary powers of the indirectly elected President to dismiss the directly elected Parliament, which has been used four times in the past. It was introduced by the late President Zia-ul-Haq.
1) When Zia-ul-Haq dismissed Junejo in 1988.
2) When GIK dismissed Benazir and then Nawaz Sharif in 1990 and 1993.
3) When Farooq Leghari dismissed Benazir in 1996.
sorry for sounding like a fool……. but what does 58-2(b) says??
Personally I would go for Imran Khan or Aitazaz Ahsan!! both of them rock!!