Its easy now to get rid of President Musharraf: Paper

Indicating that Pakistan Presidents Musharrafs days as the countrys head were numbered now, an editorial published in the Daily Times today said that after the installation of a new government it was easy to get rid of President Musharraf.

Islamabad, Mar 29 : Indicating that Pakistan President's Musharraf's days as the country's head were numbered now, an editorial published in the Daily Times today said that after the installation of a new government it was easy to get rid of President Musharraf.

The coalition in Islamabad has the numbers to give him a notice of impeachment after which he will most probably decide to leave his office. This is what most people in Pakistan want. This is, however, a part of the "revolution" they want and belongs to that part of the mind that wants revenge rather than redressal. Among the coalition partners it is the PMLN which most wants the head of President Musharraf served on a platter. This gibes with the public passion in Pakistan today. But it also gibes with the plans of Al Qaeda. And that is a serious problem, said the editorial.

President Musharraf has to go because that is the natural consequence of being in politics. But our politicians might hurt the country if they act rashly in the realm of foreign policy.

It further said that the new mood in Pakistan was scary because of the uniformity of comment on President Musharraf and America. It is now difficult to say whether people hate President Musharraf because he is an ally of America or they hate America because it supports the "dictatorship" of President Musharraf. Both passions are unrealistic but politically profitable. Today, isolation, as always in the country's unhappy moments in the past, has become a badge of honour.

The American establishment foresaw the coming change in Pakistan since early 2007 and seemed to be speaking with a forked tongue about Musharraf's performance in the war on terror. But, at the level of President Bush it was still not possible to ignore the services that Musharraf had rendered, and therefore reference to him as a friend tended to persist.

But as Musharraf's political fortunes declined, he began to see treachery in the changing American attitude. By the end of the year, his establishment was openly "suspecting" an American hand behind the suicide-bombings emanating from South Waziristan. Some pointed statements of the interior minister testified to this suspicion, said the editorial.

ANI