Musharraf credibility

Brussels
Musharraf has lost his credibility and he is not president of Pakistani nation as he is very much partial to a specific political group and mafia in the country. His second term selection as president by outgoing Assembly is not constitutional and democratic since entire political opposition, civil Society and Lawyers had accused the entire process of selection. Musharraf simply followed the foot prints of his predecessors like Zia and Yahya. He has always been taking steps contrary to his claims and promises with the world community. His lust for power has led him to remove Judges, imposed martial Law, banned media, and imprisoned political, civil society members and Judges to hold onto the powers through brute force. He is uninvitedly traveling and trying to propagate and translate present social unrest in Pakistan is his personal favor. This is stated by Sardar Shaukat Ali Kashmiri Chairman United Kashmir Peoples National Party (UKPNP), living in exile in Switzerland since military had taken control in Pakistan in 1999.Mr. Kashmiri was commenting on the contents of Musharaf speech before Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament. Mr. Kashmiri has praised the members European Parliament who asked strong question and raised their concern regarding ongoing situation in Pakistan today particularly Pakistani forces ineffectiveness against terrorists' network in every nook and corner in the country. Today Pakistani forces are surrendering before the terrorist groups and leaving an open space so that they can operate independently. Musharraf and his aides are just making lame excuses before the world community. Mr. Kashmiri has cited that when independent news channels carried these double standards of the Government first those were restricted by so called PEMRA ordinance and later they were totally banned so that people in the country as well as world community could not watch what is happening on the streets of Pakistan. Lawyers have been peacefully demonstrating for the restoration of judiciary and rule of law in the country but were brutally targeted and badly beaten by the security forces in plain clothes to hide their identification which can't be observed in any civilized society today. Musharraf was trying to divert the attention of Foreign Affairs Committee towards non-issues in Pakistan's current political crisis having deep impacts on the entire region including Afghanistan and war on terror. He was taking his time on talking on the restructuring of OIC and issue of Palestine which has nothing to do with reinstatement of judiciary in Pakistan or strong demand to install independent election commission or lift up the ban on press and media. Mr. Kashmiri criticized that Musharraf is taking the credit of openness in the field of media by allowing 50 private Television Channels it is the era of globalization and it is international compulsions that no Government can stop legal operation of such media organization to high light prevailing situation anywhere in the world. Musharraf and his caretakers are misleading and misleading world community by saying that that has increased women representation in the last national Assembly of Pakistan in fact those women were not elected but were picked and chose by the establishment. It is pity that despite Government's poor record on rights and abuse of women rights how it believes that by choosing few of women technocrats can empower the majority of the women of country. It believes in charity not in the equal rights. In the field of health, education, infrastructure, and access to fundamental human needs like food, water and shelter Musharraf regime didn't increased budget except numerical and graphical cheating with the people and simultaneously with the world community. Today civil society in the country is badly oppressed where elected representatives of the Lawyers and Judges are under house arrest and majority of them who didn't't endorsed Musharraf legitimacy. Chief Justice of Pakistan Mr. Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhury along with his family is under house arrest and Munir Malik former President of supreme Court Bar Association was poisoned while he was in the jail. President Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Choudhry Atizaz Hussain is still under house arrest. Mr. Ali Ahmed Kurd was put in solitary confinement. Thousands of people from Baluchistan are disappeared and military operation is underway while Musharraf regime is negotiating with terrorists. Sardar Shaukat Ali Kashmiri said that Musharraf and his team can't save himself by saying that former Pakistani prime Minister Ms Benazir Bhutto was assassinated by her own mistake which shows that whether Musharraf is fool or he think entire world is so stupid that they would believe his explanations. Ms Benazir Bhutto during her life had nominated people who could be the possible killers of her. Why Musharraf is denying that he will not allow Scot Land yard or any other international investigation team to interrogate those people who had been pointed out by her? Why the forensic scene was washed so hastily? These are serious flaws with which Musharraf and his aides can't get away. Mr. Kashmiri said that Foreign Affairs Committee has rightly expressed their concern regarding Pakistan role on war against terrorism, Money given to Pakistan in this regard was not being properly used, Media civil society, NGOs are not allowed to work freely. It is ridiculous when Musharraf tells Western world that don't demand rights like West in Pakistan because circumstances do not permit that means Pakistani people are sub-human and they deserve sub-standard life, by the head of that country, which is embarrassing for all Pakistanis. If head of country does not recognize his own people as equal to other people, similarly the way he had called Pakistani Parliament uncivilized when he had failed to address that clearly reflects the mindset of military who always treat civilian like second class citizens. Pakistani living abroad can have serious implications when their own president is trying to substantiate that Pakistani people do not qualify for democratic, socio-economic, cultural and political rights.
Issued byJamil MaqsoodGeneral SecretaryUnited Kashmir Peoples National Party ( Brussels )