Musharaf take wrong way.i think its murder of judiciery and fundamental rights.Musharaf needs to bear the voice for rights.we can do just pray for paksitan

hassan khan, Multan, Pakistan

A one person imposing his supermacy on 160 million people is unjustified. The power greedy one man alongwith his so called king party killing innocent people and creating anarchy in the country. Every day they not only threaten the people of Pakistan also supreem court, and blame on media for rumor. it is shameful for us as a sovereign indipendent state to get dictate from USA in internal matters. Let the people of Pakistan to decide their own representatives with free and fair election, let all parties to participate in the election and allow all exile leaders to come and participate.
MAK

MAK, Duabi, UAE

The issue is that musharraf is ruling onl on ethnic support from Urdu Speaking people or call it MQM. The support is based on common ethnic origin between the two. There is no political party in Pakistan that supports Musharraf. The "Q" league is not a party but a gang of sycophants who have joined together to rule without a mandate.

Blood hungry Musharraf, killing people of Punjab, Baluchistan Sind (Interior) and NWFP without any remorse in the name of terrorism but when terrorism takes place in Karachi by MQM killing 60 people from other provinces and injuring scores of others, Musharraf turns his face and calls it justified!!!

This General has virtually taken a blood war against all Pakistanis and it's sole purpose is to impose the supremacy of a minority (10%) Urdu speaking immigrants in Pakistan to which he belongs to.

That is why he maintains the only ligitimate political party of Karachi (MQM) in power there. For him the will of people of other Provinces is garbage!!

Nadeem, Sukkur, Pakistan

This is all nonsense. Musharraf didn't worry about the Constitution when he deposed Nawaz Sharif eight years ago. The Pakistani Constitution can be changed without much difficulty to whatever the ruler wants.

Real power rests exclusively with the military and not with any Constitution or Supreme Court ruling.

Stanley Engel, Bangkok,

Pakistan's SC does not need advice on what language it should conduct proceedings in, from Bronwen Maddox.

Public policy no doubt will inform the justices' decision making process and the decision itself.

Sardar Ali Khan, Islamabad, Pakistan

Why worry about Supreme Court ruling. If it is favorable, Gen Musharraf will be democratically elected President or else he will impose emergency and rule! Either way he is going to be the winner!
Regards,

Krishna R. Kumar, Udupi, India

the last paragraph of otherwise very informative article had a sting in it To suggest that smooth transition to democracy depended upon Musharraf being re-elected and giving him a power to grant amnesty to corrupt politicians and bureaucrats, is highly objectionable
there are two aspects which have to be considered
1 was the CEC correct in ruling that holding of office of profit under the constitution did not apply. 2 was Mushrraf qualified at the day of nomination? On the day on which nomination papers were filed Musharraf was still holding two offices it is useless to say that he had promised to relinquish the other office when elected
I believe on the day he filed his nomination papers he was not qualified to do so
Of course Benazir insists that charges against her were politically motivated Money-laundering case against her was not in Pakistan but in Switzerland and Spain
US and the UK think they know best what is good for Pakistan in corrupt politician to do their work

Akram Malik, Gympie, Australia/Queensland

One hopes and prays that the Supreme Court will pass judgements in these cases in accordance with the law,regardless of how their judgements will effect either parties or the political situation of Pakistan.But some remarks by the justices such as that certain action of the court will lead to anarchy,imply that they may take political connsiderations and army power and threat of martial law in to consideration while making their minds.In such situation it will just perpetuate the illegal actions now and in the future.The nation's hope was that this SC will close the door to illegal grab of power by any including the army for ever,but this looks less and less likey.I fervently hope that I am wrong.SC is the only respected organisation left in the country after their recent actions.

zaman, hamden, usa