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| 'Martial law likely if SC verdict goes against Gen Musharraf' |
| 2007-10-09 |
| Harlan Ullman, apolitical analyst and adviser to two Washington think tanks, told a Canadian news outlet that if the Supreme Court decides against President Pervez Musharraf when it resumes hearings on Oct. 17, “then I think there is going to be martial law and God knows what’s going to happen in Pakistan.” He told CTV, Canada, that the situation in Pakistan “potentially is a crisis” and the US should be focusing far more attention on it, but was afraid that when it does, it may be “too late.” According to Ullman, “We’re sitting on top of a powder keg times ten. With the insurgency, with terror, with discrepancies between rich and poor, the fact that they have nuclear weapons, makes it exceedingly difficult for the most gifted people to work something out in this situation.” He was of the view that the only good option for President Musharraf is a power-sharing arrangement with Benazir Bhutto, though even then it could be difficult. |
| Posted by:Fred |