Washington: President General Pervez Musharraf, according to Wendy Chamberlain, former US envoy to Pakistan, has committed the “political equivalent of a suicide bombing.”
She told a meeting at George Washington University this week that the Pakistan leader had “blasted his political credibility and legacy and in the process killed the transition to civilian democracy. It is a tragedy.” She said he is not the same man she dealt with as ambassador in 2001-02. He was now much more remote and impervious to advice. His “flimsy rationale” for his action had no takers. By cracking down on civil society, he had placed his personal ambitions above the rule of law and jeopardised his legacy and personal relations with the US.
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