Perhaps Mr.Bhatti was not there to see the reception that Ms.Bhutto received on her arrival at Karachi. The days of dicators are numbered and apart from the army no Pakistani has seen any progress in any form of their lives in these years when the General has been in power. Mr.Bhatti must belong or have some connections with the army to pass such comments about the military government. Why then are rallies and marchs banned today in Pakistan and if they werent surely Mr.Bhatti could see for himself the support Ms.Bhutto has in the grassroots of Pakistan.

Nagina Mirza, Blackpool, UK

To Soul ,Edinborough

You say "How can anyone support a person who brought a whole country to its knees. I for one fully support President Musharraf."

You mean you support Musharraf because he "apparently' has clamped down on the whole country?

When you say " let the President deal with these people"


You mean Benazir and Sharif or the whole nation?

If you are supporting him because you dont support the other two politicians that is your choice ,however if you are supporting him because of his brutish and cruel cmapdown on the civil society,the media and the peopel protesting his Emergency/M. Law, then you are supporter of a Dictator and insulting the Pakistani nation.

Regime change is necessary in Pakistan,and not just a cosmetic change.

Military needs to leave Islamabad and go back to its professional duties. It has been maligned and used enough by a few discredited Generals for their own power and interests.

Pakistanis need their country back.,
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abrar, ontario,

The US and its allies must impose strict sanctions on Pakistan. A ‘Nuclear Islamic Power Block’ is a clear and definite road to ferocious domination of the world. It is in this context that the current events in Pakistan (and Iran as well) need to be addressed by the US, EU, Russian Federation and the People Republic China, and at the same time the people of Pakistan must be freed from the unbearable burden of the autocratic dictator Musharraf and his murderous squad of the talibanised military.

A.Mahsdevan, UK,

Go ahead Benazir fight the dictator
God Speed......

hana, vancouver, canada

What a shame the people of a country need to protest in this way, against what is considered in most civilized countries, to be a normal matter, that is, to elect the government of choice of the majority of the people. Also sad, is that the current president seems unable to see what is happening, which is the people demanding democracy, but rather has fitted so snuggly into his 'jacket of Office', that he sees himself as Supreme Leader - therefore any thoughts or actions are seen to be against the 'Government', which is a self imposed governement (dictatorship), rather than elected one. A mess really, which has already cost unnecessary lives. One wonders why the army acting under these 'orders' can't see this, but seem to be blindly obeying orders? If the soldiers and police refused to comply with the dictatorship, it couldn't happen.

Tarni, London, UK

How can anyone support a person who brought a whole country to its knees. I for one fully support President Musharraf. He has brought stability and structure to the country. Unfortunately, there are always people who use power for their own personal benefit and both Benazir and Nawaz Sharif are guilty of this.
Its time for the US and rest of world powers to stop meddling in Pakistan politics and let the President deal with these people.

Soul, Edinburgh,

One has to to concur with Ahmad here. Literally every Pakistani I know seems to think the same. The country has prospered under Musharaf. He has invested in roads and infrastructure and there has been growth of 7 - 8 % per year for the last 8 years.
Whilst Benazir was in power, several billion dollars mysteriously disappeared. Perhaps some Swiss Courts have an idea where some of the money went.
Yes it's true the government is taking a hard line by imposing emergency rule, but the country needs it. The extremists must be tackled.
Skin deep democracy by elections within 45-60 days under emergency law is a step in the right direction.
I was there in the 90's when there was elections and to be honest some of the political parties were behaving very bady and we witnessed corrupt election officials making improper election announcements . i.e. declaring the loser as the winner. What a shambles. The country needs to educate the electorate so that it is more wary of corrupt politicians

Abid, Shipley, UK

Benazir Bhutto has lost her popularity. She is no longer people’s favorite leader because majority of the public is favoring President Musharraf and the present government because they have done an amazing job in previous five years.
For a long march Benazir Bhutto need people in millions but I am wondering that how and where she will bring these people on the road against President Musharraf? Who is actually leading in popularity at the moment.

Ahmad Nawaz Bhatti
Hafizabad

ahmad nawaz bhatti, Hafizabad, Pakistan

Funny kind of democracy, where Bhutto intended to have power-sharing talks AHEAD of the elections.

More like a shared military dictatorship perhaps.

CB, Epsom, England