Freedom Is Not An End. Freedom Is

Military Or Dictatorial Rule Is Not Good For Our Pakistan.

Bhutto Represents Everything The Fundamentalists Hate - A Powerful, Highly-educated Woman Operating In A Man's World, Seemingly Unafraid To Voice Her Independent Views And, Indeed, Seemingly Unafraid Of Anything, Including The Very Real Possibility That One Day Someone Might Succeed In Killing Her Because Of Who She Is.

It Is One Thing Being Able To Contest An Election And To Give The People Hope That I Can Be The Next Prime Minister. It Is A Totally Different Situation Where The People Of Pakistan Are Told That The Results Are Already Taken And The Leader Of Your Choice Is Banned.

The Government I Led Gave Ordinary People Peace, Security, Dignity, And Opportunity To Progress.

In 1988, When Democracy Was Restored, The Military Establishment Was Still Very Powerful. The Extremist Groups Were Still There. And When The Aid And Assistance To Pakistan Was Cut, We Had To Adopt Harsh Economic Policies. So In A Way, It Showed That Democracy Doesn't Pay, And The Military Was Able To Reassert Itself.