 ISLAMABAD — Emphasising that the country is standing at a critical juncture President Gen. Pervez Musharraf has warned the people that there is utter darkness ahead in case the people took wrong decision in the upcoming elections.
Gen. Musharraf said he would quit his army office when he felt it was in the national interest to do so and urged the people not to be misled by those who are making his military uniform an issue. “My uniform has nothing to do with democracy,” he said, adding that it is because of the uniform that he has been able to restore genuine democracy.
| "The army also has nothing to do with democracy! Nor does our government! None of us have anything what-so-ever to do with democracy! It's ucky!" |
Addressing a public rally in Dera Ismail Khan, the hometown of leader of the opposition and Secretary-General of the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) Maulana Fazlur Rehman, Musharraf asked the masses to reject elements opposed to moderation, progress and prosperity in the next elections. He said these elements are hell-bent to enforce their own beliefs on others.
| "They don't have anything to do with democracy either! In fact there isn't a single Pakistani who has anything to do with democracy! You can take my word on that!" |
Musharraf said extremism, terrorism and sectarianism were the only threats the country was facing at the moment, adding there was no danger for Islam in the country. The country was created in the name of Islam and no law would be made in the country contrary to the injunctions of Islam, he added.
| "And you all know that Islam, especially, has nothing to do with democracy!" |
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