I do hope marshal law continues for a while longer, as the situation in Pakistan has not quite stabilised, from a security perspective. There are on going operations in the NWFP, and terrorist incidents all over Pakistan. Nothing has changed.
Has there been a six week imposition of marshal law in history? I am not aware of such an instance. Presumably there were damned good reasons for imposing it in the first place, and that the reasons by magic have not disappeared in a matter of weeks since.
In fact with the parachuting in of Bhutto by the Americans, and Nawaz (Jamaat-i-Islami) Sharif by the British/Saudi axis, things should get a little more unstable in Pakistan, with elections pending. In such a juncture common sense would tell us that we should tighten the screws, and not relax. The elections of 8th January 2008 will most likely be unacceptable to at least one of the two main opposition parties, and New York has helpfully provided a unsubstantiated poll which allegedly states that 67% of Pakistanis want Musharaf out of power. Has NY done polls of what the Palestinians think, or the Iraqi people.
However:
You allow Benazir back, thinking you can manage her, with clear American interference in the matter.
You allow Sharif back, because Bilaat saab with Saudi cooperation want it, after he was turned away a short while back.
You release all political prisoners.
You step down as head of the army.
You lift martial law, because America saab want it.
It begins to look like you are taking orders from Washington saab, and if that is the common perception in Pakistan then President Musharaf is good as finished, as is a lame duck president. Where is his commando soldier spirit? In such a critical juncture we require strong assertive leadership which is clear headed. not flip flop Presidency. You choose a policy; make sure there is widespread consensus, from the security/bureaucracy elite, and then you stick to it.
By the way, as if it needed to be said, Pakistanis after 60 years are quite American/Bilaat averse, so by publicly standing up to Washington saab isn't exactly going to be unpopular with the country, as long as you provide clear explanations as to why martial law is required. Of course most Pakistanis don't like martial law naturally, but it is the presidents job to explain why it is required at such a critical juncture in URDU, and colloquial Punabi, and a little bit of Pushto if he can manage it. Stop speaking English; the vast majority of Pakistanis don't understand it.
My advice again is study the destabilisation of the Ayub Khan regime (1964-69), which led to the break up of the country eventually. In addition study the fall of the Shah (1977-79). By the way who is interfering in Pakistan again with far reaching negative consequences? Simple question of the sort you might get at a cadet school in the first year, you don't need a high IQ to answer it, and it is not a trick question-----Bilaat saab, providing propaganda platform/air time for those two criminals, and the USA, sending high level people over, telling them how and which criminals should be elected de facto soon to run Pakistan into more disaster.
From India no interference.
Let that point sink in gentlemen
