Pervez Musharraf, who took power after a coup in 1999, has returned to Pakistan. His arrival ended more than four years of self-exile and enabled him to embark on what he hopes will be his political comeback to ‘save’ Pakistan.

Pakistan at the moment is faced with profound challenges, confronting the country with a struggling economy and the continuing threat of extremism. During his presidency, Musharraf displayed a stern authoritarian rule by sacking Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry, an act that was unprecedented in the country’s 60-year-long history.

He also imprisoned politicians, judges, senior lawyers and human rights activists and suspended the constitution rule twice.

“The last thing the country needs is Gen (r) Musharraf, who has shown his preference for autocracy over democracy,” writes The New York Times.

WARIS SHERECanada