Assassination 
of Benazir Bhutto is tragedy of collosal proportion in more than many ways. Undoubtedly she was very brave and quite an inspiration to common people around. She could have contributed to stability in the region, it is a sad loss. It is a reprehensible act of depraved minds. It is also a pointer to increasingly shrinking space for tolerating differences. Fundamentalism of any kind is a serious threat to humanity.
Dictators are always bad for people, for the nation, for the neighbors. A totalitarian regime anywhere around the world almost always goes against its people. Army anywhere around the world has been source of misery. To say that some dictators are good and some are bad is missing the point. The unfortunate events of Pakistan wouldn’t have happened if international community had taken a stringent approach to the dictators. The problem is nations are reflecting the collective psyche of increasingly selfish society. The excuse nowadays is ‘it is their internal problem’ or ‘there are different versions of democracy’ (I just cannot get this one, how can there be different understanding of democracy. The basic tenant is absolute freedom to people-with responsibility of course, if citizens are denied basic rights how can that be democracy. Maybe I sound naïve (which probably I am) and I am ready to learn but I seriously haven’t come across any other convincing view). These recent understandings of variability of democracy probably are reaction to Bush’s attempt to spread democracy.
Dictator Musharaff will do anything to be in power that is the only way he can survive. He has done untold damage to the institutions of democracy in Pakistan as no leader (even Zia) has ever done. He in most probability will take the country with him. It is very unfortunate. Assassination of Benazir Bhutto is a heinous step in all likelihood taken at the highest level. Involvement of establishment is a distinct possibility. They are trained to kill enemies is it not?. They also have provided the space for militants to grow.
The assassination also serves the dictator’s purpose. Now Musharaff can have another period of emergency and rule like a benevolent dictator, also put a façade of fighting terrorists for the West (in reality it is in his interest if fundamentalists grow). He is a disaster, he is dangerous, he is the prime source of deshadgardi. He is scripting the nightmare unfolding in Pakistan. If this Dictator is not brought down immediately we have a serious problem. The heartbreaking events of Afghanistan could be repeated in streets of Karachi.
This blogger is extremely upset with events in Pakistan, the sights shown in TV are gruesome and terrifying. Hopefully sanity finds a space in the mayhem. Dictators of any kind have no space in civilized world Musharaff has to go immediately and face the rule of law. His hands are covered in blood. He is the worst that could have happened to Pakistan.
of Benazir Bhutto is tragedy of collosal proportion in more than many ways. Undoubtedly she was very brave and quite an inspiration to common people around. She could have contributed to stability in the region, it is a sad loss. It is a reprehensible act of depraved minds. It is also a pointer to increasingly shrinking space for tolerating differences. Fundamentalism of any kind is a serious threat to humanity.
