Even his voice is that of a monster's. Rasping, stagey, cruel, almost like he were auditioning to play the villain in an 80s Hindi movie. And there were people by the thousands listening with reverence to this Ghost who has never set foot on the country's soil since who knows how many years but has inflicted a remote controlled reign of terror plunging Pakistan's city of lights into such darkness since nearly two decades.

Syed Talat Hussain was on the floor of what looked like a balcony trying to escape bullets being fired in the general direction of the Aaj Television office. I can only watch Geo and there is little hope of them covering the Aaj TV situation, my only source is NDTV. I have been told Aaj showed a report in the morning detailing how the government machinery was being employed to try and make the 'Istehkaam-e-Pakistan' rally a success.

As I write, the 'rally' in Islamabad, more aptly describable as an assortment of bored looking hired people walking around aimlessly in different directions is being addressed by a visibly harrowed Musharraf behind a bullet proof screen talking about having faced bullets in two wars that he has fought for Pakistan. The irony of his statement obviously completely evading him. The contortions of his face announcing the fearful revelation that he realizes his days in power are now numbered (perhaps even his days in the world).