Comments on: Guest contribution:March events ignite hope of change in Pakistan http://blogs.reuters.com/pakistan/2008/03/21/guest-contributionmarch-events-ignite-hope-of-change-in-pakistan/ Perspectives on Pakistan Sat, 5 Jul 2008 23:13:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Syed http://blogs.reuters.com/pakistan/2008/03/21/guest-contributionmarch-events-ignite-hope-of-change-in-pakistan/#comment-106 Syed Sat, 22 Mar 2008 20:17:31 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/pakistan/2008/03/21/guest-contributionmarch-events-ignite-hope-of-change-in-pakistan/#comment-106 A 'megalomaniac' is definitely what Musharraf is. I can attest to the writer’s sentiments regarding Muharraf being a part of the problem in the eyes of the nation. And it is what the nation perceives which matters the most. Talk to the common man on the streets: from Karachi to Lahore to Peshawar everyone is sick of him. His continued stay in the office is nothing short of a miracle (thanks to the blessings of a powerful foreign angel.) Yes it is true. Benazir had her failings, she was no goddess. However her premiership as the first female head of a Muslim nation was very symbolic. In the years to come this fact will be recognized an important historical milestone, there is no question about it. The new female speaker of the National Assembly is a step in the same direction and is a decision to be saluted. A ‘megalomaniac’ is definitely what Musharraf is. I can attest to the writer’s sentiments regarding Muharraf being a part of the problem in the eyes of the nation. And it is what the nation perceives which matters the most. Talk to the common man on the streets: from Karachi to Lahore to Peshawar everyone is sick of him. His continued stay in the office is nothing short of a miracle (thanks to the blessings of a powerful foreign angel.)

Yes it is true. Benazir had her failings, she was no goddess. However her premiership as the first female head of a Muslim nation was very symbolic. In the years to come this fact will be recognized an important historical milestone, there is no question about it. The new female speaker of the National Assembly is a step in the same direction and is a decision to be saluted.

]]> By: samantha http://blogs.reuters.com/pakistan/2008/03/21/guest-contributionmarch-events-ignite-hope-of-change-in-pakistan/#comment-105 samantha Sat, 22 Mar 2008 04:50:14 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/pakistan/2008/03/21/guest-contributionmarch-events-ignite-hope-of-change-in-pakistan/#comment-105 Funny how all Pakistani politicians write the exact same things against each other. They make it seem that if it wasn't for that person, Pakistan would return to some sort of former glory. And to talk of women's rights too! "empowerment of women-a mission pursued with religious conviction by martyred Benazir Bhutto"-- Hmm, what exactly happened to zina and hudood during Bhutto's time? Funny how all Pakistani politicians write the exact same things against each other. They make it seem that if it wasn’t for that person, Pakistan would return to some sort of former glory.
And to talk of women’s rights too! “empowerment of women-a mission pursued with religious conviction by martyred Benazir Bhutto”– Hmm, what exactly happened to zina and hudood during Bhutto’s time?

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