Good Things Musharraf Has Done

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11 responses to “Good Things Musharraf Has Done”

1. 

   Neelum Bano

   March 26, 2007

   Bhasha Dam

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   fahd

   March 24, 2007

   @ farid masood: That was a single incident along with the attack on GEO, but that’s a separate story of how some people, contrary to government policy, got angry with the channel. All in all, all these private channels and candid talk shows are the loud proves of media freedom. Just take one program of GEO , “Hum Sub Umeed Say Hien”. Can you seriously believe, any of the previous “True Democratic” governments would allow that?

   I am not by any means defending this government. It has its fair share of misdeeds and blunders, but it has done some wonderful things and we should acknowledge them.

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   farid masood

   March 22, 2007

   1- Freedom of Media
   Kamran Khan show was banned

   2- Balochistan Operation
   I lived in Balouchistan for 18 months their is no such issue. It is just a plan to misguide media

   3- Gawadar Port
   China has repeatedly asked Pakistan to develop this area.

   4- Cunning International Diplomacy
   Yes agreed

   5- Not Curtailing the Defense budget
   Curtailing pension of Public services and utilizing that fund to pay post-job payments to armed forces.

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4. 

   Rukmani Singh

   March 22, 2007

   Musharraf has done considerable efforts in curbing cross-border terrorism.

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   Sajid Abid

   March 22, 2007

   ummm, Musharraf has atleast raised the support for Kalabagh dam.

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6. 

   SM

   March 22, 2007

   Here’s some some I can think of:

   1. Devolution of Power, which led to improvements in individual cities (Karachi being a major case in point: we may actually have clean and plentiful water in a couple of years. Woohoo!)

   2. Building the infrastructure

   3. Reviving the Economy and repaying our National Debt

   4. Providing incentives and opportunities for entrepreneurship in ALL industries (especially communications, part of which led to the Freedom of the Press)

   5. Peace with India

   6. Strengthening ties with China

   7. Attracting foreign investment

   8. Attracting expatriate ForEx into Pakistan instead of out of it

   9. The attempt (I say attempt, because it was not successful) to bring fresh blood into politics – neither of our previous pillagers even thought of this

   10. Land Reforms

   11. Tax Reforms

   12. Bureaucracy Reforms (including automating and improving services like NADRA and PakPost – I’m not saying these are perfect, but this is a start. They’ve already been languishing at the bottom for years now, and there’s nowhere to go but up)

   13. Police Reforms (notably the Capital Police in Islamabad. I hear its a miracle reform)

   14. Accountability. As much as this is a maligned word, and whatever one may think of the current situation with the judiciary, the fact that a reference may be brought against the CJ is a statement to our people: we will be held accountable for our actions, no matter what position we may hold. Read my blog for my views on this).

   15. Industrial Reforms, including Banking and Telecommunications – we got Broadband because of Shaukat Aziz, not our previous ‘Leaders’

   How’s that? People like to complain because they have short memories. They’ve forgotten everything we didn’t have when the pillagers were in power.

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7. 

   Shah Tina

   March 21, 2007

   One very good thing of him is that he is a has the power of dictatorship as you said that “Pakistani Danday kay beghair nahi kaam ker saktay”.

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8. 

   Rumta Jogi

   March 21, 2007

   I would need a microscope to find any other merit.

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9. 

   Sadia

   March 21, 2007

   I would add “Women Protection Bill”

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10. 

    Raza

    March 21, 2007

    Keeping those two pillagers out of the country is a deed that must not go unmentioned IMO. And you know who I’m talking about …

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