Pakistan’s Iranian Shadow
As the future of Pakistan wallows in uncertainty, parallels are being drawn to the 1979 fall of the Shah and the Islamic Revolution in Iran. Once again, a liberal elite rails against a dictator, confident that their country is primed for secular democracy, but ready to embrace a politics of rage in which Islamist extremists thrive.
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As the future of both Pakistan and its president, Pervez Musharraf, wallow in uncertainty in the wake of Benazir Bhutto’s assassination, parallels are being drawn to the 1979 fall of the Shah and the Islamic Revolution in Iran. Once again, a “pro-American” autocrat seems to be rapidly losing his grip on power, with his US ally only half-heartedly standing by him. The liberal elite and intelligentsia rail against the dictator, confident that their country is primed for secular democracy.