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ISLAMABAD: Lack of any political support, even from his beneficiaries, existence of grave threats to his life, three registered criminal cases and at least five petitions filed in superior and subordinate courts, seeking his trial on different charges including high treason, are the major impediments in former dictator General Pervez Musharrafs return to Pakistan in near future, his former political colleagues say.
All of these threats are a normal for politicians in Pakistan and claim of lack of support is from a news outlet which is hostile to Gen. Musharraf.
His public owning of a political party, still in an embryonic stage, which his loyalist Barrister Mohammad Ali Saif is trying to get registered with the Election Commission (EC) ... the EC will take note of the stinging remarks of the Supreme Court contained in its July 31, 2009 judgment against Musharraf for violating the constitution through his November 3, 2007 actions. The apex court had stopped short of recommending trial of the former president for high treason.
No worries there as party has been registered and Barrister Saif is the head of the party.
But he said Pakistan was better off during Musharrafs era than it was now as there was a tremendous growth rate, law and order was better and the Kashmir dispute was near resolution. Now, even the independent media, hostile to Musharraf, is grudgingly acknowledging all this, he said.
This statement finding a place in 'The News' article proves that even the hostile media believes that now.
At the moment, apart from Barrister Saif Musharrafs fervent supporters include Lala Nisar, Dr Sher Afgan, and to some extent Amir Muqam, who is formally aligned with the PML-Q. The likeminded group of this party continues to shy away from associating itself with Musharraf for fear of public wrath. The PML-Q got a harsh battering in the 2008 elections due to this factor.
PML-Q recieved almost equal numbers of vote as the PPPP and PML-N. PML-Q also remained the third largets political party in Pakistan and won seats from ALL 4 four provinces. Due to the flawed distribution of seats, PML-Q didn't get the number of seats for the number of votes it get. Nawaz Sharif won seats in two provinces but PML-Q won seats in all four provinces. In Balochistan, PML-Q got second most seats (diff is one seat).
These results show that Gen. Musharraf may have become unpopular in some parts but in some parts of Pakistan he is still popular and in some parts of Pakistan he may have gained popularity.
Amongst his opponents, the fear of Gen. Musharraf's popularity is so high that they have made his return to politics a major topic of discussion in drawing rooms of Pakistan.
Hi supporters are very happy with his return because it will support democracy in Pakistan. This is right as a Pakistani citizen and no one can take that away.