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One day at the end of 1999, Musharaf was visiting India in official visit.When the Commander -in -chief of the Pakistani Army, who was just appointed in the previous year, received the news that he was fired, he was still in the plane soaring.His boss, then Pakistani Prime Minister Shalifu, did this mainly because he felt that the degree of military administration was getting more and more serious at the time. Although this was in the political arena of Pakistan for many years, this was not a new thing.
In any case, as a strong signal that Musharaf returned to China, his plane was not allowed to land at any airport at Pakistan.If the plane turned his head and flew back to India, he asked him to seek political asylum locally, it was impossible to imagine or decent.To seek the asylum of a Muslim country in the Middle East, it may be too hasty, and the aircraft may not have enough fuel.
Musharaf, who had a battle of backwater, decided decisively and launching his soldiers to conduct a "reverse coup" that he later described in a very frank autobiography;For the "coup" that top to bottom.Mu's feels that what happened in the horrifying hours of the sky is so wordless.
When the plane finally landed in the Pakistani country, the in turn was overthrown and Musharaf won the regime.Frankly speaking, this is also a drama that has repeatedly repeatedly occurred since the founding of the country.Musharaf did not set up a revolution or save the country as many other soldiers' governments, but simply claimed to be the "Chief Executive".He later explained a straightforward but organized manner that he was not a elected prime minister at the time. In the name, he also had a virtual literati president, but he had government real power and became a military dictator."Gui" claims to be the Chief Executive, at least he can accept it himself.
Musharaf's life and career can be described as the turbulent modern South Asian modern history.He was born in a Muslim family in the British Indian capital Delhi.Shortly after the end of World War II, the British colonists were anxious to evacuate the South Asian subcontinent and ignore the races and religions between the increasingly increasing local Hindus and Muslims.The British colonists launched the so -called Indian -Pakistani regulation plan, which roughly divided the British India into India, which is dominated by Hindus, and Pakistan, which is dominated by Muslims (also includes Bangladesh, which was later split out).EssenceIn the process, some of the largest ethnic migration in human history, and the most painful large -scale bleeding conflict.Both Hindu and Muslims rushed to the "correct" side of the artificial boundary line, and mutual killing incidents occurred during the period.
The Musharaf family moved to Pakistan, and he later studied at the officer school of Pakistan. It was the head of the Caidda terrorist organization near the school and the attack on the Lord Osama for many years until he was assassinated by the U.S. military.Location.Musharav later stepped on the army in the army and crossed many senior generals who were suspected of ambitions by literati leaders and were appointed as the commander -in -chief of the Army.
The strong religious thoughts of Zia Hak, his former military dictator, were very different. Musharaf was at most a men's Muslim.I still remember that in a photo he and his family took the limelight in a photo taken by his family for a famous American magazine, and it was incredible in the minds of many devout believers to play the love dog.This is also the increasingly strong religious atmosphere of Musharaf and Pakistani, and gradually stands on the opposite sign.Since then, the mainstream society of Pakistani was sympathetic to terrorists in other parts of the world, and gradually evolved into the latter to provide a safe port. Osama was an example.There are also many religious schools that teach extreme ideas in Pakistan. After receiving hundreds of thousands of foreign students, they also let them bring these extreme ideas back to their respective countries.
Musharaf was quite decisive when dealing with these terrorist challenges. It was simply not allowed to study at the religious college of Pakistan in Pakistan. After the terrorist attack on September 1, the United States, which dominated the Global Anti -terrorist war, stood on the same line.However, the wide spread of terrorism is difficult to control, just like Osama has been able to live in Pakistan for many years, and was processed until Musharaf stepped down.
Musharaf does not seem to be a military dictator who wants to take power for life.However, for a few years, he gave the regime to civilian governance in essence, and he became a more famous president.He also wants to rebuild the sluggish economy of Pakistan, especially to solicit many Pakistani professional elites who are successful in the world.I remember during the Shangri -La dialogue held in Singapore for one year, I was invited to the Presidential Palace for a banquet. There was a gentleman with a crowned dress beside me to introduce himself to Azz.Talking about it, he knew that he was a former Bakho high -level banker who had worked with New York in Kuala Lumpur. He was the vice president of Citi Bank. Later, he was summoned by Musharaf to return to China.
Although Musharaf had a lot of fierce fighting with India in the era when he was fighting for war, he also had hope for India and Jie during his more pragmatic period of power.The family of India and Pakistan conflicts on the boundaries of controversy for many years, and consumes a lot of consumption in the two countries, and even invested a lot of resources to develop nuclear weapons to play.Soon after Musharaf came to power, he took the initiative to visit New Delhi. After peace talks with the Indian Prime Minister, he also ran to the community he had grown to "nostalgia".However, the new hatred between the two countries is still difficult to resolve, let alone build the bridge of friendship.To this day, India and Pakistan have changed several governments that are completely different in politics. The reconciliation between the two parties is that the reconciliation is to fail to reach a true consensus.
After winning the parliament of hostile political factions, Musharaf finally decided to step down, and soon he was exiled overseas.He described himself in the early days of exile, a little desolately stayed in a bedroom where a London friend had.He tried to return to China to revive his political career, but the political ecology of Pakistan had evolved to the point where he could not tolerate him, and his political revenge was rampant. He was even sentenced to death.
Musharaf can be described as a more alternative military rulers, and eventually still politics, not only unique in the modern history of Pakistan, even internationally internationally.Only the former African Ghana military leader Rolinus, who had died in the past few years, had similar decentralization measures.The depression of Musharaf in exile, and also ended an accidental but colorful historical chapter in South Asia.
The author is the Singapore International Affairs Society
(Research) Senior Researcher
Chief Counselor of the Malaysian Pacific Research Center
