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Pakistan is 'world's most dangerous place'

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Posted online: Saturday , January 05, 2008 at 12:00:00
Updated: Saturday , January 05, 2008 at 08:16:42


London, January 5: Describing Pakistan as ‘the world's most dangerous place’, a leading British journal has claimed that two things could still help arrest its slide into anarchy - a credible investigation into Benazir Bhutto's murder and a fair election but both seem improbable.

The Economist noted that Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's willingness to let a couple of British policemen help the inquiry ‘is unlikely to produce this’ (help arrest its slide into anarchy).

It said for too long, Musharraf has been allowed to pay lip-service to democratic forms, while the United States has winked at his blatant disdain for the substance. The justification has been the pre-eminent importance of ‘stability’ in ‘the world's most dangerous place’.

"It is time to impress upon him (Musharraf) and the generals still propping him up that democracy is not the alternative to stability, it is Pakistan's only hope," The Economist stressed.

The journal said that every time a bomb goes off in Pakistan, people believe that one of the country's own spooks lit the fuse. Until there has been a convincing purge of the military-intelligence apparatus, Pakistan will never know true stability.

"Sadly, there seemed little hope that the security forces will abandon the habit of a lifetime and allow truly fair elections," it said, adding, ‘The delay in the voting - opposed by both main Opposition parties - has seen as part of its plan to rig the results. The violence that has scarred the country since Ms Bhutto's assassination may intensify’.

The journal observed that the ‘army may be tempted to impose another state of Emergency, or it may cling on to ensure that the election produces the result it wants - a weak and pliable coalition of the PPP and Musharraf's loyalists’.

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second Iraq by Abinash Bharti on 06 Jan 2008

Pakistan is definetely on the way to become second iraq and pervez mussaraf is not a minister or any politician,in simple words he is ruler and instead of democracy,dictatorship is prevailing out in pakistan.one opponents is killed in front of huge mass,another opponents withdraw his name from upcoming election.this is not at all democracy.

Wake UP by DKR on 06 Jan 2008

We Hindus has been stupid. Being majority we have served minority paid Jijia Tax to live in our own country. Given in part of our land for invaders and a safe land for ....... bombers.And reserve seat for the people who are being brainwashed as a superior race.

Ethical Governance by skannath on 06 Jan 2008

Democracy has failed in a system which is not cohesive. It has to be outside in and not inside out, otherwise it will breed heirarchy, corrupt practise and despots. Its high time Indians looked at functional democracies like Sweden, Norway and Denmark. Their social system is looked at, by many western countries.

INDIA WILL BE NEXT by raju dalit on 06 Jan 2008

INDIA IS NEXT. WITH UPA IN POWER, MORE MUSLIMS HAVE INFILTRATED IN GOVT. AFTER CONTROLING ALL THE HINDUS AND SIKHS AND JAINS WILL FALL IN TO PLACES, THEN SHIA AND SUNNI WILL FIGHT LIKT IN PAKISTAN AND ALSO MUSLIMS AND CHRISTIANS HAVE A SHOWDOWN COMING THEIR WAY. THEY ARE AT EACH OTHERS THROATS, BUT FOR NOW THEY SUPPORT EACH OTHERS. HINDUS WILL BE ENSLAVED AND PEOPLE WILL REMEMBER MMS, PC,MUKERJEE,VAGELA,ESP. SHIVRAJ AND PRATIBHA PATILS AND OTHERS AS JAICHANDS OF MODERTIMES.

Ghazi Khans by Y Singh on 06 Jan 2008

You are absolutely right. India has remained ever in danger under the rule of Congress of Ghazi Khans or Italians. Save India, drive Congress(Italy) out.

Pakistan's policy is take risk by Sham on 06 Jan 2008

Pakistan is ofcourse the most dangerous country in the world.West can not simply digest Pakistan.Pakistan has remarkable quality to come out of crisis of all sorts.Whether its a cold war,war on terror,nuclear smuggling or whatever it has shown the capability to overcome the most dangerous situations in which no country on this earth can survive.

FATAWA by YOGESH on 06 Jan 2008

In MALASIA non muslim can not say 'ALLHA '.How the MALESIAN can say 'ALLHA'.(they are converted).even prophate MOHAMAD himself was not muslim.HE WAS NOT TERRORIST.

Shame on this unseclular article against minroty comnunity. by Seclular Hindoosthani Muzlim on 06 Jan 2008

As Hindoosthani Muslims, we can see the comnunal mischief of this British article against a great seclular nation of our minroty comnunity. How can they speak against the noble and elevated seclular democracy Paksitan? They are only trying to strengthen the hands of the upper cast Hindoo Braman forces of comnunalism who have oppressed Musslim, Sick, OBC SC and ST for millions of years. Manmoan ji, Saint Soniya ji, all the great Bamponthis like Karate ji, BUdda ji, Basu ji, Somunath ji, seclular leaders like Kormaneethi ji, Lenin ji, Mullayum ji, Lalllooo and Rubbery ji, Ambumani ji, Imam Bhikari ji, etc. should lead a march for seclularism in front of UNO and do a dharna to demand an apology from them and burn copies of their rag.

Unsecular Article??? by Madhukar on 06 Jan 2008

Sir- It is not BJP, RSS who killed Bhutto. Not Vajpeyee protected Dawood. Instead of addressing the issue of Pakistan as dangerous country, why you are directing your anger against Indian political discussions? After getting "liberated" from Hindus by creating Pakistan, are human civilizations safe????

How come British discovered the truth suddenly now? by KMR Overseas on 05 Jan 2008

It appears, British lost control over Paki-ISI.....Anyway, Indians said about this decades ago to the whole world.

pak-india by inglis on 06 Jan 2008

the way forward for india is a moderate government, with the bjp in opposition. and no, i dont think the congress is out to enslave people, the person who makes such an allegation is supremely hallucinated. as regards pak, yes, it has survived all kinds of vicissitudes, but when the claim is made that no other country can survive in similar circumstances, it reeks of ignorance. for, no country WILL get itself into the pitfalls that pakistan has managed to get itself into. hence, there is no need for bravado in making such a claim. feeling mightily proud of being a near failed state is a sign of immaturity. throw mush out, get institutions in place and stop obsessing about india - and others will treat you like a normal state.

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