If Pakistan’s former president, General Pervez Musharraf, returns to the country tomorrow — as he has promised, ending five years of exile — many Pakistanis will find it hard to reject him simply for his undemocratic past.
Musharraf’s planned return may remain surrounded by uncertainty till the last moment, given that he has previously promised to return, but then changed his plans. However, if Musharraf lands in Karachi, as expected, his return will coincide with an emerging election campaign that promises to remain locked in a ‘neither here nor there’ mode.
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