18th August’08 will go down in history as the not so normal day..

President Pervaiz Musharraf, stepped down as a president, while resigning from the office of the president and leaving the President house… People you need to wake up.. we’ve been seeing a lot of hush hush to get the country into democracy… well hello.. are you waiting for another disaster? With a population that accounts less for 30% educated people, half of them who only know how to just write their names, democracy in Pakistan right now is just a disaster waiting to happen !

I as a citizen saw many ups and downs in the country since Musharraf came into power, and with all honesty I think he has been among the best President we have had, with my complete no-trust vote for PPP, or Muslim League, or any other political party. What he had done and achieved, will forever be remembered, and some may want to forget, yet still use and utilize what he has given this country.. Ever heard the term “Think what you can do for your country, not what the country can do for you - JF Kenedy”, P. Musharraf was a great example for that phrase.

We’re standing at a point where the coalition leaders want to decide who’ll be the next president, either to later kick him/her out, or to eat up the remaining economy of Pakistan, many might argue that prices saw inflation during his regime, well I would disagree.. The inflation in prices came with the New PPP/Nawaz Shariff government, before that things were pretty much stable, the price of dollar, oil, flour, and countless other things was a lot in control, and as soon as this new government popped up, prices ran an all time high.. I mean come on, can’t you se… ?

Any how, I m not really a political activist, neither want to be one, I just want this country to be stable and livable, not bearable… I want this country to be a dream come true of Quaid-e-Azam.. I want this country to be a country and not a political zoo…

Much love, faith and regards.. Pakistan.. Pakistan Zindabad.

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I was happily shopping for some sneakers in the market with H-N in Saddar, when suddenly out of no where comes a man and tells the shop keeper ‘Do you know anything about the Marshal law?’ before the shop keeper even said a word I asked him ‘What marshal law ? where?’, ‘In Pakistan janab, Pakistan is back in trouble’, thats what he said !

My first impression was that either this guy is an idiot for no reason, or there are some stupid rumors going around, as soon as I reach home, my mom tells me the same thing, now this gets me a little curious, TV ain’t working.damn !

I go online, and since H-N is with me, he looks a little online and searches for some clues (he was much more concerned, he has gigs lined up !), so any how, Yes Pakistan has Marshal law, yet again ! I hope this goes away soon, and we come out of this emergency situation, this basically sucks !

I’ve never really cared much about politics, and I’ve never been on either sides of Bush-Mush bashing ! But such happening did raise my eyebrow ! I m not a supporter of any political group, nor do I enjoy political talks, but this my friends is just too much !

Please let us live normal lives, and it’s a call from one idiot Pakistani to not only the president, but to all the people, who make world a bad place to live ! ‘Live and let live !’ God bless this world, and the people of this world ! Ameen.

Excerpt from Dawn news :

ISLAMABAD, Nov 3: President General Pervez Musharraf, in his capacity as the chief of army staff, on Saturday declared emergency rule in the country, suspended the country’s constitution, and issued a new Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO).

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This is the second time in General Musharraf’s tenure that an emergency rule has been imposed, and PCO issued. First it was at the time when the military seized power on October 12, 1999. This time it was when President Musharraf had already ruled the country for eight long years, and was faced with a situation where there was a strong possibility that the Supreme Court may rule against his move to get himself elected for the second time as the head of the state.

Excerpt from The News (Message from Pentagon) :

WASHINGTON: The Pentagon said Gen. Pervez Musharraf’s declaration of state of emergency in Pakistan does not affect U.S. military support, a spokesman said.

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates is monitoring the fast-developing situation, Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell said.

Oh God, please save Pakistan, from the evils of this world !

Update : I just got to hear a bit of his address, makes much more sense than I thought it would !

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