Life after Musharraf

Pervez MusharrafPervez Musharraf’s resignation has left a big hole in Pakistani politics – one which analysts expect the west will look to the military to fill.
The former army chief's exit from the presidency after nine years of rule on, for better or worse leaves the country's coalition government facing an uncertain future. It faces internal squabbles which, analysts say, could risk it failing to deal with the western priority – the war on terrorism.
Pervez Musharraf was army general and was president of Pakistan who ousted Prime Minister Nawaz SharifNawaz Sharif in a bloodless coup on October 12, 1999. After declaring himself an ally of the United States in its war on terrorism, Musharraf survived two assassination attempts, apparently by Islamic extremists. He was born in 1943 in Delhi, India, and migrated with his family to Karachi. However, he spent most of his early childhood in Turkey where he lived with his family from 1949 to 1956. He joined the army in 1964, educated at the Pakistan Military Academy and served in an artillery regiment and later in the commandos. He fought in the wars against India in 1965, when he was awarded a medal for gallantry and in 1971, over the disputed province of Jammu and Kashmīr. The real turning point in Musharraf’s career came in October, 1998, when he was promoted to general and named the Army's Chief of Staff by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

Following the September 11 terror attacks, the United States sought Musharraf support, promising more than $1 billion in aid to Pakistan, one of the only countries in the world to formally recognize the Taliban. With a vision for a modern, democratic, non fundamentalist Islamic Pakistan, Musharraf helped zoust the Taliban from their country. The move, however, created tension with neighboring Afghanistan, and also the primary objectives which Musharraf set were unfortunately unable to achieve to its maximum.

After the resignation of General® Musharraf, the future is pretty uncertain to some extant. Pakistan is already in big crisis from Economy to Food. US-Dollar is touching around Rs.79, which is highest in the history. More, the present government and leaders are not that much experienced to deal with west. Western governments have a lot of experience dealing with the political cultures of south-east Asia. The US, UK and all have their own agendas and interests which they want to be met. In purely practical terms, the only way their priority of security in Afghanistan can be met through help from the Pakistani military. Now it’s a big task for the current government, how it tackles the issues with the west and militancy.