In first govt. of NS, he couldn`t work out his differences with MQM, Army and the Presidency. In the end, NS resigned from the PM`s office. The whole era was full of corruption and a continution of BB`s era.
So what? Having differences is bad thing? There is not a single Pakistani administration of any time that can claim there was no corruption during their time. In fact corruption was at its peak during Zia’s time when the billions of dollars went into the pockets of military and civil bureaucrats.
His biggest weakness is his attitude towards power and his desire for vengance, he wants to be a civilian dictator. NS could have done wonders by simply working with PA and slowly liberating our confined society. NS could have resolved the differences between Army and MQM but instead he showed his political immaturity and shot himself in foot.
Same argument can be made for Musharraf. He was as much power hungry and what he did to the NS was nothing but a show of his hate and vengeance. PM had all the right to dismiss the COAS and even keep him in the air for a smooth transfer of power. NS did nothing outside the constitution and law but Musharraf did everything that if any law exists in this country, would put him behind the bars or even hang for the treason under article VI of the constitution. Differences between Army and MQM was no reason for staging a coup against a democratically elected PM by his subordinate.
NS`second era saw some progress in Punjab and he did go with testing of Nuclear weapon but his weakness was again his childish attitude. He could have used this opp to resolve issue between PA and MQM. He could have stopped his party workers from attacking the SC and he could have paid attention to economic refors but he couldn`t. Instead he tried to put all blame on PA for Kargil. Their was no relief to restrictions on Media.
Why are you repeating this MQM and Army issue? What if it was not resolved? MQM was and still is a terrorist organization, a gang of criminals and thugs. NS did not put all the blame of Kargil on the PA, in-fact he did everything in his capacity to save the PA from an ultimate humiliation by arranging a ceasefire. Lieutenant General Jamhed Gulzar Kayani, who was the corps commander of Rawalpindi at the time of the Kargil war, said that then Premier Nawaz Sharif was not informed about the Kargil operation by then Army Chief General Musharraf. NS only heard about the whole fiasco from the Indian PM and he in his own words "I immediately contacted the Musharraf, asking him what he had done. He (Musharraf) confirmed the allegations leveled by the then Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and requested him (Nawaz) to contact US President Bill Clinton". Nawaz further added “"I have in my possession the audio recordings of General Musharraf's May 26 and May 29, 1999 telephonic conversation with General Aziz Khan which proves that the general wanted to keep me (NS) in the dark about the Kargil operation".
In the words of retired Lieutenant General Ali Kuli Khan “ Kargil was flawed in terms of its conception, tactical planning and execution. The Kargil incursion was a far bigger tragedy for Pakistan than the civil war which led to the creation of Bangladesh and damaged the country's Kashmir cause, contrary to Musharraf's oft- repeated claim that his misadventure had helped revive the Kashmir issue at the international level," he said, stressing, "The Kargil episode was an unprofessional decision by someone who had served in the Pakistan Army for 40 years. As the architect of Kargil, Musharraf must answer critical questions as to whose brainchild it was and what exactly the broad strategic aim behind the operation was”.
Musharraf liberated the media, he gave freedom to banks and made economic reforms. Musharraf was also able to end the war between MQM and PA. This resulted in economic activity in Karachi which means improvement for Pakistan. On the other hand Musharraf also finished the Gawader project and improved relations with China. Musharraf`s biggest problem was the politicians around him, e.g, that ghunda who become Pakistan`s law minister.
Musharraf did not liberate media, it was the struggle of the media, and the danda (stick) of the USA and European Union that forced Musharraf to liberate media. And this whole economic reforms is nothing but phony. Fact of the matter is, after the 9/11, Pakistanis settled abroad started sending their money home that continued for several years and gave a temporary boost to the economy. In addition to this, Shoukaz Aziz started selling the national assets (and the most profitable ones), which again brought some money in the Government’s coffers. But these measures were not sustainable. Even a layman knows that he can sell his belongings for some money, but once this money is spent, he lost both, the money and his assets. Next time if he needs money, he would have nothing to sell. And that is exactly what happened after 2006-2007. Now where are we standing? If the economical reforms of a militarily-failed General were as good as you say, why are we in this big mess now? He ‘finished’ certain projects that were all initiated in the time of BB or NS. These projects were meant to be finished sooner or later, and the presence or absence of Musharraf would have made no difference.
Regarding the’ Ghnda’ law minister….why he appointed him in the first place? Because Musharraf wanted a ‘ghunda’ to control the law ministry and above all the Supreme Court of Pakistan. This is only one example, otherwise the kind of the politicians he had gathered around him were all incompetent, corrupt and selfish. If that is all he could hand picked, there is some serious problem with him, which again proves that he is not a capable person and lacks the qualities of a ‘leader’.
