Do you think that the Pakistani people are pleased with President Musharraf?
Those who are close to the government or in the government or they have a vested interest; or those who are under pressure to comply or else the noose of NAB [National Accountability Bureau, set up in Pakistan in 1999 to investigate and prosecute corruption cases] will be tightened around their necks, those who are corrupt — even they believe that his policies aren’t best for the country, but they have to agree to his decisions. The people are crying tears of blood. You go into the market, in a hotel, at a barbershop — everyone is having the same discussion, [saying that] everything which was ours is being looted. President Musharraf led a severe crackdown on religious organizations and jihadi groups. Yet it seems that more organizations are cropping up every day. Why do you think that is? There are two kinds of people in the world: the victims and the punishers. Right now the Americans and the Western forces have all formed alliances and are the punishers. And us Muslims, the free n
