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It is encouraging that the PPP and the PML(N) have joined hands to form a government in Pakistan. One hopes they will concentrate on development than on taking revenge on President Pervez Musharraf. They should ensure that there is no infighting and that the government serves a full term.

Let them not allow what happened in India after the Emergency — when the Janata Party paved the way for Indira Gandhi to come back to power — to happen in Pakistan.

V. Ramaprasad,

Tiruchi The people of Pakistan have given a golden opportunity to the leaders of the PPP and the PML(N) to save the country from pandemonium and mayhem. It is their duty to reconcile their differences in the larger interest of the nation. If they do not act judiciously, the country may once again plunge into political chaos.

S.V.K. Chandran,

Thiruvananthapuram

President Musharraf has kept his word and conducted a free and fair election. The nation has been retrieved from the clutches of fundamentalists.

The scathing cauldron has cooled now and it is time for the major political parties to forge ahead in establishing a people-friendly democracy in Pakistan.

B. Gurumurthy,

Madurai

As the people have rejected in an unambiguous manner the forces represented by the former General, the best course open for him is to step down graciously before the new government finds ways to show him the door.

Ved K. Guliani,

Bangalore

The people of Pakistan should bear in mind that fundamentalism and the jihadi forces are active in their country. For India, this is the right time to bring international pressure on Pakistan to settle the Kashmir issue amicably — before the fundamentalists pollute the newly formed government.

M.K. Madhusoodanan Pillai,

Port Blair

There is nothing in the Pakistan elections for Indians to rejoice over. In fact, the result should be a matter of concern for us as the so-called democratic parties will be much less capable of reining in the fundamentalist forces compared to the military dictator.

The Pakistan government’s anti-India rhetoric is only likely to increase under the new political dispensation.

V. Venkatasubramanian,

Mumbai

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