The Twilight of Pervez Musharraf

It is said that political power in Pakistan flows from the three A’s: Allah, the Army, and support from America. Of the three, it is the army leadership that has the clearest means of ridding the country of President Pervez Musharraf, which is the main reason a possible power-sharing deal with former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto is unlikely to end Pakistan’s political turmoil.

It is said that political power in Pakistan flows from the three A’s: Allah, the Army, and support from America. Of the three, it is the army leadership that has the clearest means of ridding the country of Pakistan’s president in uniform, Pervez Musharraf. And that’s the main reason any power-sharing deal with former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto is unlikely to end Pakistan’s political turmoil.

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