Not neccesarily because he is loved, but because the other options available to Pakistanis are so patheitc.

1) Bhutto – Pakistanis hate Bhutto’s husband more than they hate non-Muslims. ‘Mr 10%’ has laid her political death bed.

2) Nawaz sharrif – the man grew fat on the poverty of ordinary people. He is rightly detested.

3) Jammat-i-Islamia and other religious parties – have traditionally flopped in Pakistan.

4) Imran Khan – Sportspeople are notorious for being thickos. Imran fits the bill perfectly. His naivety is embarrassing.

With the emergency, Mushy is just stalling – but it’s still the wrong thing to do.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nt4_7eM49fY

Bah. That wanker. He is planning on doing that under martial law. What the hell kind of elections are those going to be?

Also, I’d like to point out that Bhutto Bibi is just as opportunistic as Mush. I have no faith in her.

How fucked up do you have to be as a country to have journalists and lawyers be two of the most principled and honest professions?

ITS TODAY I.E Saturday.

Ad-hominens eh? What like inferring someone is a racist or an islamophobe? I thought that was de rigeur on left wing blogs.

Well as I suspected, LC comments policy will strictly enforce a party line only comments policy. Which is a real shame IMHO.

According to the Beeb all is not what it may seem:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7087570.stm

Hence the people in the street are not rising up.

Frankly I think the people are more scared of the possibility of Bhutto or Shariff than of Musharaf.

So you find the country relatively quiet. It is mainly a select band leading the outcry so Bhutto si waiting to see what develops.

I heard it on the Slate “Gabfest” podcast.

Not sure that is useful thing to say, what with the instability in the country.

Unlike Burma there streets are hardly rampant with protestors so Bhutto is buring the candle at both ends.

Also her house arrest order has been lifted:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7087868.stm

This is about power and nothing to do with democracy. The sides are clearly vying for power through democracy or dictatorship.

Hence using her and Mr. 10% as focal points is hardly going to score points with the people on the street.

Bhutto is doing this for self-interest and not for the good of the country. Hiding behing the flag of democracy for someone who has criminal charges pending is hardly good for the country.

Fine rally for democracy but please don’t keep using Bhutto as a focal point. Her track record is hardly better than Musharaf.

I made two completely reasonable comments on the Daily Mail thread at LC, and they were deleted within 30 seconds. As I suspected, anyone who doesn’t like anyone mildly dissenting will delete comments, ala ‘Lenin’. I simply answered 5cc with an example.

Regards,

j0nz

Organised by: Campaign Against Martial Law in Pakistan

Protest will be lead by Ms. Hina Jillani, Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) Contact no: 07939 782 872

2-4 pm outside Downing Street

The more people that show up the better. There were about 250 at the demo on Monday. Given its on a weekend this time, I’m hoping that we get at least a thousand people for this one.