Pakistan Elections: Asif Zardari Throws a Guantlet at Gen. Kiani

There will be a CIVIL WAR if polls are rigged according to Mr. Asif Zardari in an interview with the Sunday Times. This is a gauntlet thrown at Musharraf but the real target is Gen. Kiani. There are two ways to read this. The charitable way is to consider this as election posturing.

The more disturbing way to view this is a threat against the results not favourable to PPP.

Does he have the right to threaten Civil War upon all of Pakistan? Karachi has suffered the rapes, looting and mayhem post Benazir assassination. Now he is threatening the same alll over Paksitan. Should that happen, will the occupying army that has a country let it happen this time?


Civil war if polls rigged: Zardari

Asif Mehmood
LONDON - PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari on Sunday warned that Pakistan will face massive violence which could lead to its break-up if the government of President Pervez Musharraf carries out alleged plans to rig and disrupt today’s elections.
In an interview with The Sunday Times, Zardari said: “Up till now I’ve shown absolute patience. My wife has been killed, yet I’ve calmed people down, stopped them protesting, I’ve called no strike. But I’m telling you, people are absolutely on the warpath. If the elections are rigged the situation will go out of my hands. We’ll have no choice but to take to the streets.”