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Why Musharraf Does Not Resign?
 Everyone
is urging general Musharraf to resign, but he intends to take
the impeachment process to its ultimate conclusion. Why?
Reason is simple and clear. He has committed
so many crimes against constitution, state and the people of
Pakistan he knows he will have to face the iron hand of law for
those crimes the moment he steps out of his current hide-out.
Probably, he will be arrested and tried under article 6, for
handing over Pakistanis to foreign countries for bounty, for
killing 43 people on the streets of Karachi on May 12, 2007, for
assassinating Akbar Bugti and Benazir Bhutto, and for massacre
at Lal Masjid.
General Musharraf was always too ambitious.
He wanted to take over Pakistan to solve this country’s
political problems with the force of the gun and to be
remembered in the history as Kamal Ata Turk. That is what his
son Bilal Musharraf wrote in one of his posts at Chowk
immediately after general Musharraf illegally took over Pakistan
on October 12, 1999.
His shallow understanding and habit of seeing
things in black and white misled general Musharraf. His nation
entrusted him with the highest honor by appointing him the chief
of the armed forces of Pakistan, but he led down the institution
he was entrusted to lead and the people of Pakistan by pursuing
his ambitious goals.
When he took over Pakistan, some internal
totalitarian forces welcomed his take over, but international
community received him without any warmth. Even United States
received news of his coup with little indignation. President
Clinton was so upset he even did not want to be photographed
with him during his visit to Pakistan.
This may have forced him to play some role in
9/11 events. After all, he was in total control of Pakistan when
money was transferred from Dubai to one of the 9/11 characters
on the orders of his DG ISI general Mahmood.
It was general Musharraf who benefited the
events of 9/11 the most. His alienation broke. Instead of
visiting Myanmar and Vietnam, he started receiving red-carpet
welcome in Western capitols. United States and Europe opened the
doors of their exchequers for general Musharraf.
Internally, his foes were fully silenced as
the word “Terrorism” emerged as a new tool in general
Musharraf’s hands. Anyone who raised voice against his illegal
acts was arrested as “Terrorist” and transferred to Bagram
en-route to Guantanamo.
Ambitious Musharraf continued his extra
constitutional activities to build his satanic system with the
hope that it will last forever. He did not know what he was
doing was not going to fit well in Pakistan’s socio-cultural and
political temperament. Absolute power made him commit serious
political blunders. Those blunders gave courage to the victims
of his crimes to stand up to him and challenge him.
Now, the ruling coalition has prepared a
dossier of 300 pages about the crimes he has committed against
the constitution, the state and the people of Pakistan. This
dossier includes some of the crimes general Musharraf has
committed against the constitution, the state and the people of
Pakistan, but many crimes will have to be included in this
dossier if this ambitious schemer is thoroughly investigated.
Under these circumstance, if general
Musharraf does not resign, it should be understandable. The long
arm of law is already closing in on him. He may hide for few more
days or weeks in his hide-out, but he is no more out of reach of
long arm of law. Finally, the constitution of Pakistan is ready
to establish its writ on an outlaw general.
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