The New Nation - Internet Edition

Parvez Musharraf, the military President of Pakistan, proclaimed emergency in Pakistan on Friday night, smelling that Supreme Court had prepared a judgment declaring his candidature in the presidential election as ultra-vires and unconstitutional.

By this time, troops have arrested over 100 lawyers and political leaders, sealed the road to Supreme Court while the President dismissed the Chief Justice.

The incident reminds me of the days before Army crackdown in March 1971 to deny Awami League's constitutional right to form government, which ultimately led to the emergence of Bangladesh in the map of the world. The latest development is the beginning of the end of Pakistan (erstwhile West Pakistan) and emergence of four new independent states viz. Punjab, Sind, Beluchistan and North East Frontier Province.

We really feel sorry for the people of former West Pakistan. General Parvez Musharraf has pushed Pakistan into the desert of quick sands wherefrom way out is really a very hard job.

The nation can survive only if there surfaces a leader with the qualities of good physique and wisdom. Plato said, the king must be a philosopher for good governance.

Williams

Banani, Dhaka