Why some PTI leaders glorify Musharraf regime, wonder Miftah Ismail
PML-N economic wizard says PTI leaders glorify Musharraf but don't mention cause of slow debt rise
KARACHI: (Web Desk) – Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) economic wizard Miftah Ismail on Saturday wondered why some Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders felt the ‘repeated urge to glorify [General] Musharraf regime’. He said that PTI leaders always highlighted that foreign debt was rising slowly in Musharraf era but never mentioned the causes, reported Dunya News.
In his tweets, Miftah said that he would often see PTI leaders glorifying Musharraf regime but never saw them highlighting the fact that many western countries had written Pakistan’s foreign debts off in that period in order ‘to get Pakistan ready for the war on terror’.
Lashing out at PTI and Musharraf regime at the same time, Miftah said that the PTI leaders never talked about the economic price that Pakistan was still paying for the war that Musharraf had started. “Cost in money, lives, fraying of the fabric of society”.
Playing humble, he said that PML-N also made mistakes and should be held accountable for the mistakes in 2018 General Elections by the public. “But don’t glorify dictatorship at the cost of democracy”.
1 Why do some PTI leaders feel the repeated urge to glorify Gen Musharraf regime? They say foreign debt was rising slowly during his regime.
— Miftah Ismail (@MiftahIsmail) November 12, 2016
2 But they don t mention the debt write offs many western countries did post 9/11 to get Pakistan ready for the war on terror.
— Miftah Ismail (@MiftahIsmail) November 12, 2016
3 But they don t talk about the huge cost of that war that we are still paying. Cost in money, lives, fraying of the fabric of society.
— Miftah Ismail (@MiftahIsmail) November 12, 2016
4 Yes PMLN & other make mistakes. Hold us accountable for our mistakes in 2018. But don t glorify dictatorship at the cost of democracy.
— Miftah Ismail (@MiftahIsmail) November 12, 2016
It is pertinent to mention here that Pakistan’s foreign debt rose sharply after 2008, the year when Pervez Musharraf resigned as President. However, it is also true that Pakistan’s foreign debts were written off, rescheduled and also offered at easier terms during the earlier years of the war on terror, which coincided with the early years of Musharraf regime too.
Pakistan s debt over the years (Courtesy tradingeconomics.com):
