Pakistan and Musharraf's legal turmoil

While security forces knocked militants dead in Islambad, the Supreme Court of Pakistan reinstated the now-canonized Saint Justice Chaudhry Iftikhar to his job. A piece of good news for our troubled land of the pure. Yet, as America threatens to weed out Bin Laden from the North, Pakistani liberals crib about the exceeding militarization of the country, and right wing idiots yell distorted slogans of their so-called jihad at Musharraf's 'modernist' government, those of us on the fringes wonder- who will wipe Mushy's tears now? Will he have to make peace with the Islamic faction, or the club-hopping-sexy-lady-politician types? (yes, we have a few of those). Is there a middle road in this quagmire?

Legally, strictly legally with no bottles of smuggled alcohol involved, Musharraf could not have been anything but 'content' with the Supreme Court's decision to reinstate Saint Iftikhar. To be otherwise would have been political suicide for him. Without outrightly overturning our tattered constitution, Musharraf could not have maligned the Court decision. And who really wants more anti-government rallies by those upholders of the Rule of Law?

On the other hand, the government was literally forced to open the notorious "red mosque" this week. By painting it lemon yellow they supposedly averted a crisis. Afterall only 20 odd people died in the most recent bomb blast in the red mosque vicinity. Why pander to these so called "Islamic" whacko's? Do they even know the essence of the religion? Who gives them a right to enforce their brand of Islam? I certainly haven't. Apparently the government took the liberty of doing that on my behalf through its mealy mouthed rhetoric. To oppose them would again be political suicide. But I frankly believe that is one suicide which would be justified.

Let me make my predictions- Pakistan will be bombed by its savior (make a wild guess who that might be)with a few random bombs being dropped outside of the 'bin laden territory' by 'mistake' - the North West Frontier Province will increasingly become disillusioned with the idea of being part of Pakistan and will start their independence movement, Balochi's being neglected especially after our government realized the recent flooding and its victims were not an international media attention grabber, will start waging war outside of Baluchistan, Punjabi's will keep eating tikka boti's at food street and pretending that the world revolves within the confines of punjab, while Sindhi's...well those Sindhi's never identified with Pakistan anyways, right Lahore? Phew! Where does that leave us? No where I'm afraid. And we wanted Kashmir??

Oh well, just food for thought. Good night and sweet dreams.