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to catch the assassins of Benazir Bhutto.
In a recent interview to the daily, Dawn,
Musharraf stated that most of the key
cabinet ministers in the present Imran
Khan Government had been in his cabi-
net, when he became president of the
country in a bloodless army coup. Shah
Mahmood Qureshi, who had served
as Mushraff’s foreign minister, is now
holding the same portfolio in the pre-
sent so-called democratically elected
government.
The Cabinet members who served
under Musharraf in various capacities
include Farogh Naseem, Tariq Bashir
Cheema, Ghulam Sarwar Khan, Zubaida
Jalal, Fawad Chauhdry, Sheikh Rashid
Ahmad, Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, Shafqat
Mehmood, Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtiar,
Abdul Razak Dawood, Dr Ishrat Hussain
and Amin Aslam. Sheikh Rashid is again
appointed as the railway minister. He
previously held the same portfolio under
in the Musharraf cabinet.
Musharraf’s decision amidst the alle-
gations that Prime Minister Imran Khan
is a puppet in the hands of the army security system, and similarly, at Pulwa-
indicates that this allegation is not totally It is being stated that ma why the standard operating proce-
incorrect. Reham has recently told an In- India has succeeded dure were ignored. These vital issues are
dian channel recently that Imran Khan being deliberately ignored on the Indian
has compromised to remain in power. in persuading China news channels, while Imran Khan is go-
She has asserted that Imran is a puppet to play a neutral role ing overwhelm us with more and more
in the hands of the Pakistan military. peace offers. The army of Pakistan has
According to her, he was waiting for in the ongoing efforts found a popular face in Imran Khan to
army’s instructions before making a represent it. The judiciary is already un-
statement on the radio broadcast on of India to contain der its spell and the only voice of dissent,
Pulwama terror attack that martyred terror. It is considered Nawaz Shairf, the former prime minister,
over 40 CRPF personnel on February 14 and his daughter, Mariam, are behind the
in south Kashmir. “He does what he is a correct approach to bars under unproven corruption charg-
taught to do,” she has claimed. keep China in good es. The two-member bench of the Islama-
Nuke Doctrine: Musharraf has cau- bad High Court bench comprising Justice
tioned that if Pakistan hits India with humour on this issue Aamer Farooq and Justice Mohsin Akhtar
one atom bomb, India’s nuclear missiles Kiyani, which had reserved its verdict
will wipe out Pakistan. His advice is that any action against his country. The Pa- after hearing the PML-N founder’s peti-
India should be attacked with 50 nuclear kistan Prime Minister also said that the tion to get his sentence suspended in the
bombs. However, he has told in a media state will act against those who are found Al-Azizia case, has finally rejected his
interview that If Pakistan is treated as an involved in the attack provided India application on February 25. His lawyer
equal sovereign country, we will recip- provides “actionable intelligence”. Khawaja Harris cited the former pre-
rocate with peace. We cannot be treated The three incidents, Pahtnakot, Uri mier’s poor health as one of the reasons
like Bhutan or Bangladesh. and Pulwama, also shows that the Indian why his sentence should be suspended.
Maybe influenced with Musharraf’s forces in a poor light. The government The Modi Government is pitted
policy towards India, Imran Khan too has failed to explain how the terrorists against a country with its complexities
is blowing hot and cold. Earlier, he had could use the police vehicle to reach and play of world powers in the region.
asserted that Pakistan would not think the cantonment in Pathankot, why Uri
before retaliating if India carried out soldiers could not evolve a fool-proof letters@tehelka.com

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