A good piece from the Indian paper Tehelka on Musharraf's newfound agressiveness in dealing with the Islamists and the shade of Indira Ghandi. They make the comaparison between the Lal Masjid operation and Operation Bluestar, and ask the question can Musharraf keep all the balls in the air better than Indira Ghandi. Even now tensions are increasing in the Talibanised districts that Pakistani allowed to be formed in the Tribal Areas. Will the forces there spread out now and launch a campaign of terror against Musharraf's government? Can the Pakistani army clean out the terror nests before things get out of control? Have they waited too long? What about the secular opposition to Musharraf's regime that has been so active lately; will this strengthen or weaken their hand?
What about the south? Baluchistan continues to fester politically and many areas are in chaos after the devastating cyclone that struck earlier in the month. How will the government's typically poor handling of this disaster affect the national mood?
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