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Is Pervez Musharraf Today's Hitler?
Pervez Musharraf has been Pakistan’s leader for 8 years and many wonder if he is doing to Pakistan what Adolf Hitler did to Germany in the 1930’s. Musharraf has told many lies since his regime came to power over Pakistan in 1999. The Asian Development Bank describes the country that is in its 60th year of independence as a country with “poor governance, endemic corruption, and social indicators that are among the worst in Asia.” A survey taken by Transparency International said that the Pakistani public perceives the first and second terms of Musharraf as being more corrupt than the first and second terms of previous administrations led by Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Shariff. Musharraf told the people that under his administration the corruption issues would be “cleaned up,” but since his take over, the corruption within the higher ranks of the military and government has only become worse. Musharraf’s rule over the past eight years was supposed to improve governmental leadership, establish new policies, and bring a brighter future for the country of Pakistan. Instead, Musharraf’s leadership has made Pakistan much worse than ever during the past 60 years.
Pervez Musharraf was born on August 11th, 1943 in Delhi, British India. He came from a long line of civil servants. When Musharraf’s grandfather, Qazi Mohtashimuddin, retired as the commissioner of undivided Punjab he purchased the Neherwali Haveli section of the old walled-in city of Delhi, where Musharraf was born.
After the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, Musharraf’s family went to Pakistan, where his dad, Syed Musharraf Uddin, joined the Pakistan Foreign Service and later retired as the secretary of foreign affairs. Musharraf not only had a smart and politically active father, his mother, Zarin, had many accomplishments and got a high job the United Nations. She received her master’s degree from the University of Lucknow in 1944 (“Pervez Musharraf” 1).
Musharraf had his first direct experience with

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