Musharraf's position
President Gen. Musharraf, who is now cleared by the Supreme Court to contest the elections, is going to be re-elected as president of Pakistan. It is funny that both Sharif and Benazir have blamed Musharraf for being soft on the West. It should be the other way round. Musharraf has shown his stiff opposition whenever the circumstances warranted. One fine instance could be cited here.
Musharraf told the US to keep its limits within its national interest and not to indulge in anti-Pakistan rhetoric unnecessarily. In September 2006, President Gen. Musharraf warned that the West would be "brought to its knees" without his country's co-operation in the so-called war on terror. "If we were not with you, you won't be able to manage anything," said Musharraf in a BBC Radio 4 interview. He said the Taliban, not al-Qaeda, was now the focus of the struggle against militancy in the region. "The greatest danger today is if the Taliban movement gets converted into a people's movement," he warned.
Though the US always gets what it expects of Pakistan in Afghanistan, it has been its habit to routinely accuse Pakistan of slackness in “operations”. \Musharraf has thus acted very firmly to advance Pakistan's legitimate interests. Now it should be amply clear to the Pakistani leaders who slam Musharraf for what is not his “salt” that Benazir and Sharif are only eagerly waiting for the presidential chair -- not to serve Pakistan but to loot it as quickly as possible.
Musharraf should initiate a firm anti-corruption drive to combat illegal wealth making in Pakistan.
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