out with the old and in with new - Imran for president and the other parties should find new leadership in place of benazir and shariff neither who should be allowed to become prime minister as this is against the constitution as both have served 2 terms each. we do not need a 2 family dynasty going on. lets hope that these main political parties have some quality people in their ranks to replace the old bankcrupt and corrupt leadership and the USA and UK should also insist on not dealing with the other discredited and self serving politicians for the advancement of a proper democratic proccess.

shahid, london,

It was one of the shameful moments when a sincere person who risks arrest and try to work for betterment of Pakistan is beaten and thrown to police. Jamat Islami and its leader Qazi Hussian Ahmed(who is respected in Pakistan) have got some serious explaining to do.
Secondly it can not be said he has a small opposion party because no one really knows his support as he has always been targeted in eletions as he sticks to him principles and is always ready to take the rulers head on.

Sultan , Lahore, Pakistan

This is the new world order the neo-cons have been talking about. Any dictator can claim someone is a terrorist and the charges will stick. There are no legitimate issues or legitimate oppositions anymore, well I guess except in the west and they you are accused of being “soft on terrorism” “harbouring terrorist” and so on.

Where is Europe and where are the loud protests from EU leaders.

Deqa Farah, Toronto, Canada

"If we allow military dictator musharaf to make the puppet government and imposed himself over the nation for the comming years then i am afraid Pakistan will never recover from the damage Musharraf would inflict.
With reference to the above report as stated imran as anti-terrorist is completely a dawft statement. He never have been against the terrorism but againts the polices musharaf have brutally imposed to wipe off the terrorsim, which has increased the terrorism more than it could of been deteriorated by the democratic policies.He talks about to drain the swamp of hatred that mushraf has established in the heart of people with negotiations democratically. precisely the matter of the fact is that all the islamic parites rather the whole nation believe that mush has back of bush so the so called war against terrorism has become the war against islam.Wazeeristan and the LAL musjid is the live examples of it and suicidal attacks are the reaction andthe resistance of thosepolicies

AtifButt, London, United Kingdom

Musharraf is right. The media forgets that Bhutto's family are landowners where bonded labour is still used. In her previous stints as PM she was nepotistic and accused of lining her own pockets. It is also a fact that the Pakistani judiciary is probably the most corrupt in the world.

Hamad Lone, London, England

I noted with suprised that Time news paper saying that he has only one seat (his own) in the national parliament, while on the otherside Time gives him undue coverage to one man party. Although there are other political parties who got more weightage among the votors and more seats in the national parliament, but Time is not giving them due covergae.

Tahir, Sydney, Australia

He is typical backward military dictator who believe to rule on the basis of power of gun. we hope that now his enlightened moderation and liberal thoughts are quite obvious to west and western media whom are for the last years were favouring his all tyrant acts.He wants to run private media as he is handling the state media.He wants to have those people around him who never dare to point finger on his any act.He wants to be praised on all his nuissance acts and as media and civil society is reacting against his unlawful acts,he showed them his real face. A face of tyrant and defeated general who are accusing unarmed people for his defeats in all aspects of his governance.

Nazia, Lahore, Pakistan

Dictators are averse to democracy and its strong organ of free media. They like nothing but glowing reports of their rule by mutilating the media. Leading Pakistani politicians should activate mass peoples movement from the little village hamlets to the towns and cities without restricting the movement to the intellectuals, professionals, students and other elite sections to accomplish the objective i.e. to crush Musharraf’s reign of terror and to install the instruments of democracy in Pakistan.

A.Mahsdevan, UK,

It's a shame that the very institution that is funded by the people of this country; who will provide more than half of their budget to our so called proud Army; which has never won a decisive war in fact; except for volunteers from Wazeri tribe and Pushtoons volunteer fighters; are pounding their own people.

Every once in a while someone from (our Nation funded) Army ranks will standup and will decide the fate of the people of Pakistan (as he assumes he has the competency to do so). We should not have an Army at all, only volunteers of good faith to protect the sovernity of my country.

This huge number will tremble if ever stuck by super power and the only people defending this nation will be a farmer, the bus driver, a guy who sells Samosa, students and many more alike.

Many join Army to have better careers because this country cannot provide employments; they don't join Army because they have the passion for it; there must be others but their number maybe

Haroon, Toronto,

Musharraf is the latest indispensable saviour of Pakistan.
First we had Ayub Khan who abrogated the constitution,banned political parties and activities and intoduced draconian punishments.He also went to the first war against India which set Pakistan on the road to destruction.Then there was Yahya Khan,the drunkard,who proclaimed the Islamist "ideology of Pakistan",carried out a brutal military action and lost the Eastern Wing of the country.He was followed by Ziaulhaque who became the principal actor in the jihad of Afghanistan.As a result of his policies religious intolerance,bigotry,sectarionism and militancy grew by leaps and bounds.He took over the indigenous struggle for freedom by Kashmiris and converted it into Pakistan's undeclared war against India.His jihad made the country awash with drugs and all kinds of lethal weapons.
No one has a good word for any of these saviours.
Our latest indispedsable is sure to go the way of his predecessors and join the dust heap of history

Afzal A. Neseem, Lincoln, Nebraska

Musharaff is nothing short of a dictator - he decided, he was the only one - all dictators do this, then blame others - the media, the thinkers, the students, opinion formers. The US has supported dictators throughout its history in its own interest. Mush is drunk on USA flattering him - once the losses in Afghanistan get too much for the next US president, they'll cut and run - de ja vu Sovier Union, with Pakistan left to pick up the pieces yet again.

Shaffiq Mahmood, Halifax, UK

It was sad to know what happened to the great Khan.These people collaborated with agencies and betrayed him. any one who was around Zia era know how Jamiat Tulba worked. They used to cross over to to Afganistan to play jehad jehad along with agencies their paymasters

Nighat, Karachi, pakistan

i am a student of punjab university lahore where all that drama happened. I want to say that it is not good for the pakistan. i think he Imran is the only leader which can fight against the dectatorship and can be the politician of princpals which pakistan don't have enough. I had a soft corner for imran's party and the jamiat before this happening but now i am a true supporter of imran and its party and fight against the dectatorship under his leader ship ( the leadership of brave man ).

waqas, lahore, pakistan

Mushrif is arresting all opposition leaders one by one and acting on old formula of divid and rule but this shows his anxiety and hunger for power secondly blaming media for disturbence mayi ask which media which is caged in pakistan ?.

Obaid Razzak, Mardan, puktoon khaw Pakistan

Jihadis in Leaque of Pak Generals

Imran Khan's arrest by police with the active help of Islamic Radicals in the Punjab University is just another indicator of the close nexus between the military regime and Islamic Radicals in Pakistan.

The student wing of Jamaat has been very active in Jihad of Afghanistan and Kashmir. The Jihadis did ultimately hand over a gift to the military regime in the shape of Irman Khan.

nazeer ahmad, Islamabad, Pakistan

Funny that he says when there is no turmoil he will leave. Pakistan people need to get up and resist this man who is destroying all the institution of the country just for personal gain. He has been in power for last 8 years but if that was not enough to bring Pakistan out of the turmoil then probably dictatorship is not the solution for it. Mr Musharaf has to realize that worst form of democracy is better than best of dictatorship when people have no basic human rights. There probably was developing one strong institution that was judiciary and it was following the constitution (WHICH DOES NOT ALLOW A CIVIL SERVANT TO BE A PRESIDENT). He could not be president according to the constitution. For his personal gains, he has destroyed the judiciary. Pakistani nation has a chance to get up and struggle against Martial law. This may be the time for the nation to say NO MORE to GENERALS.

Ramesh Kumar, TROY, MI

IThe manner in which the dictator musarraf has been treeting the moderate and literat ellment of the country highlights his brutality and ruthlessness to cling to power.By branding innocent people as terrorists he makes mockery of the attitude of the western powers intelligence.He believes that by using this word for his misdeeds he can justify any sort of crimnality.It is high time the Bush regime and its western allies wake up to the fact that this man is a real liability and embarresment and is working against their interests. Under his hated regime the curse of terrorism is speading.
The real solution is clean and true democracy and please no false deals. They will only bring more problems you can´t rule 160 million with guns very long.
syed Ali

Ahmed, Heidelberg, Germany

This is why Mushrraf is strong and ruling cos all other opposition parties fight against each other. This was a prime example of it. Jammat i Islami students who hand over Imran Khan to Police are also against Musharraf but still can not bear anyone else.

Imran khan , Islamabad , Pakistan

Though Mr Imran is a very charismatic leader as far as media is concerned,his and his party are a one man show ,lacking the crucial support at grass root level. An average Pakistani wants peace and continuity of policies, which we have found in the present setup . Any critic of pakistan should study in detail the democratic setups of 1990's ,and also read the letter published in "the news "and 'daily times' on 14th october 2007.
benazir wrote that letter in 1990 to a Us senator , a letter in which she asks the US to halt economic aid so as to bring life to a stand still in Pakistan .SOunds absurd ? Unfortunately it is true

ahmed shah, islamabad, pakistan

imran khan is the lead who is going to lead pakistan out of the crises. i am very angry at what happened in punjab university

awais, islamabad,

Could this be the starting point for the creation of an Islamic Fundamentalist State of Pakistan? You can almost hear the cries of "The USA supports Musharraf" and "Musharraf is a Yankee Tyrant". Smart Islamic groups could easily use the current situation in Pakistan to engineer their own coup right under the noses of the watching world!

How can the USA, and the UK, continue to use Pakistan as a base of operations fighting for freedom when freedom does not exist in Pakistan? This could be a double standard too far.

Mike, Ewporth, UK

Its a shame what is happening in Pakistan and the way West and all super powers are supporting Musharraf in name of westernise culture.

People like Imran Khan are also liberal but they do understand what kind of dictator Pakistan has. Thats why they are struggling against him.

Democracy and right to vote under fair election is everyone's birth right. And apartently it seems Musharraf backed by America wants to take it away from every Pakistani. His government is comprised of most corrupted people. They all has court cases against them. He is kind of leader who makes every Pakistani ashamed of his nationality.

Aurangzaib, London, UK

Musharraf has to go ... this is the only Solution people of Pakistan will understand .... Imran is the only person who I think can realy delivery and he consistently do what he says .... meaning he aint a Hypocrite like Benazir & Sherifs.

Saeed Ahmad Lodhi, Kuwait City , Kuwait