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| National Alliance pledges good government |
| 2002-05-09 |
| The pro-Musharraf National Alliance, in its first formal meeting here on Wednesday, vowed to help end culture of corruption and injustice, and form a good government through the democratic process in the country. That'll be quite a switch, if it happens. The very thought probably scares the bejabbers out of both the fundos and the old-line parties... Later, alliance's Secretary-General Mohammad Ali Durrani briefing the newsmen said: " In our view good government could only be an elected government". He said, piously... In reply to a question about the suspected-suicide bombing in Karachi and killing of Dr Ghulam Murtaza Malik in Lahore, he did not accept the accidents as failure of the Musharraf government. Terrorism had become an international phenomenon for which no government could be blamed, he explained. Ummm... Yeah. But one of its focal points is Pakistan. One of its more obvious focal points. When asked as to how many seats the forces, which helped forge the coalition, had assured to the alliance in October polls, Mr Durrani said: " This bloc has been constituted at people's will, and only they will ensure returning of it to power." He evaded to reply when questioned about the transparency of April 30th referendum, and the government's claim that general elections would also be fair, like the referendum. That statement sure raises some questions, since the referendumb wasn't, shall we say, as clean as it could have been. The league's meeting through two separate resolutions condemned the terrorist attacks in Karachi and Lahore, and termed them deliberate efforts for derailing government's initiated economic revival plan, and sabotaging foreign investment scheme. Pretty obvious, huh? National Alliance could be a great thing for Pakland. In any other country, Perv would be just another tin-hat dictator with delusions of adequacy. Considering the entire range of alternatives in Pakistan, he's probably the nation's last, best hope. But if that's what he's going to be, he's got to crack down heavily on the fundos and the terror infrastructure, which is in the process of turning on the government machinery that gave it birth. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |