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US-LED West and India-led East have been clamoring on the theme of democracy and unwittingly point to Pakistan as being the only country in the world run by a military regime effectively controlled by a “despot and autocrat” Pervez Musharraf. The same theme has been revisited by former Pakistani cricket gem turned politician Imran Khan in London recently. According to Khan, as an anti-democrat Musharraf has no right to rule Pakistan and therefore should quit. But the fact reveals the position to the contrary. Musharraf has proved himself too be much better democrat than even the US president Bush or his predecessor Bill Clinton in permitting Imran to leave Pakistan to organize protests in the company of his former London-based wife at 10 Down Street, London when Musharraf was holding talks there with British premier Gordon Brown on 28 January on peace and economic prosperity and stability of troubled Pakistan. Not only Khan but all those who talk length and take fascination for vague “democracy” should now come to their senses on the fact that Musharraf could have stopped Imran from leaving Pakistan for London, if he really wanted it that way to save himself from embarrassment. Not even the Indian market economist Manmohan would have allowed that to happen if it were to tarnish his image. The so-called "largest democracy" of world, India would have certainly closed all airports to stop any such so-called "anti-Indian" to go abraod at any cost. Pakistan is not claiming a certificate for its democracy records. World leaders have to learn this precedence from President Pervez Musharraf. As for democracy, the genuine concerns of common people should be at the core of any political discourse.
(Dr.Abdul Ruff Colachal is an Analyst, Researcher & Columnist based in Delhi)
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