There was no other option for General Musharraf in the national interest, but to abandon the policy of promoting Jihad, which has been patronised for the past two decades by the State against which the founding fathers had warned the nation.
No doubt General Musharraf is doing the right thing by challenging the forces of obscurantism in the country and breaking the nexus between the Army and bigots, intolerant religious parties.
Although General Musharraf was involved in the policy-making decision and implementation of policies in the past when Afghanistan was believed to be our "strategic morass."
Pakistan's foreign policy is now on the right track but, on the domestic front, General Musharraf has concentrated power in his person and is controlling political activities like Ayub Khan.
This policy is further contributing in weakening the institutionalised politics. The political stalwarts of PML-Q publicly boosted the relationship with the MMA.
The soul-body relationship with MMA is contradictory to General Musharraf's vision of Pakistan to be a modern, progressive State, not following the objectives of the MMA for Pakistan, to be ruled by the Khalifa or Ameer-ul-Momeneen and that the State should enforce Islamic jurisprudence.
It is ironic that General Musharraf being a moderate, liberal leader has to depend on his predecessors, generals, and rulers who prolong their rule with the support of the PML.
The general has succeeded in dividing the PPP and having the support of its splinter group by paying a high price for offering the minister-ship to those politicians, who were facing corruption charges cases.
Now the Prime Minister must pursue the Quaid's political ideology and complete the job of making Pakistan a modern Muslim State, eradicating poverty, illiteracy and hypocrisy.
To prove his claim that he is different from his predecessor generals who ruled the country against the will of the people.
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