SSR Pakistan in Crisis

(Mian, 7): Bush didn't call in the first few days after the coup

(Cheema, 3): silence of the street masks three-pronged political crisis

1. inability of the regime to win the popular vote in free/fair election
2. necessity of gaining political legitimacy
3. the need, therefore, to turn to extra-constitutional measures

(Cheema, 3): in the 2002 elections, after all, Musharraf won only 27% of the vote