Exit Musharraf: Full of sound and fury signifying nothing - That's life
By Ayesha Tammy Haq
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
His speech may signify nothing in terms of what he said, but it is hugely significant in terms of the politics of this country. While he waxed lyrical about his achievements, the economy, power generation, infrastructure development, capacity building, education and health, women's empowerment, arts and culture, he forgot to mention and defend his attacks on the judiciary, the imposition of emergency, the dismantling of the judiciary, the arrest, detention and brutalisation of tens of thousands of lawyers and civil society activists. He made no spirited defence of the action against Lal Masjid, of the renditions, of the bounty hunters, of the war we are waging against ourselves.
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