Each a
dictator takes over in Pakistan, tries to introduce a package of innovative
ideas and discourses which seem new and attractive for the time being. Among
the dictators Gen.Musharraf used to publicly display his power and strength and
would sometimes openly threaten (as in case of Bughti) people with his physical
might. He tried to demonstrate himself as a man of nerve and the one who had
the courage of his conviction. In his memoir he has made lengthy accounts of
his feats and resilience. One of the striking tales is as under.
In the FC
college when he learnt how to make a bomb, he along with his few other fellows
made one, and decided to give a scare to the warden with it.” A few days later Mr. Datta(the warden) got hold of one of
my friends, Hameed, and asked him for the name of the boy behind the bombs. If
he didn't reveal it, he was told, he would be either suspended or expelled.
Hameed, who was from Hyderabad, Sindh, told me about the sword hanging over his
head. I knew it would be unconscionable if he were punished so severely for
something that I had done, so I told him to tell Mr. Datta the truth. He said
that Pervez Musharraf was the culprit.”
He
has tried to show that he was all the time ready to take responsibility for all
his actions, and never sought scapegoat for his deeds. But all these claims
were overshadowed when he was made to appear before the court of law and was
asked to account for his unconstitutional acts. The ground realities seemed
counter to all his claims he would use to make in the public and mention them
in his memoir.
He was never ready to shoulder the
responsibility for what he had done when he was at the helm of the state’s affairs,
but tried to drag other people into the whirlpool. He tried to involve the then
officials of the civilian govermnet as well the whole institution of the
military in the case. The claims of taking responsibility for his actions was
never witnessed rather no effort was spared to seek exit from the country and finally
it happened so. If we compare him with an elected civilian leader like
Zulifiqar Bhutto, the real difference can noticed. He gladly endured the hours
of imprisonment, and finally touched the gallows. He refused to seek the final
mercy and also rejected offers of exiles.
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