Unlucky seven

Seven years. Seven points. Decide for yourself.

Pervez Hoodbhoy, the brave and passionate Pakistani activist, in a stinging op-ed column in Dawn wrote:

Like the other insecure governments before it, both military and civilian, the present regime also has a single-point agenda: to stay in power at all costs. It, therefore, does whatever it must and Pakistan moves further away from any prospect of acquiring modern values, and of building and strengthening democratic institutions.

Dr Hoodbhoy concluded:

Musharraf and his generals are determined to stay in power. They will protect the source of their power -- the army. They will accommodate those they must -- the Americans. They will pander to the mullahs. They will crush those who threaten their power and privilege, and ignore the rest. No price is too high for them. They are the reason why Pakistan fails.