Democracy seems to have taken a back seat in the list of American priorities about emerging scenario in Pakistan. Though President Pervez Musharraf's doffing of military uniform has been well received here, deep suspicions about his commitment to holding of free and fair elections continue to be echoed in the media. Demands for democracy and fair elections might be a political rhetoric adopted by the Bush Administration to satisfy an increasingly apprehensive American public about Musharraf's handling of the latest political upheavals; the real concern in Washington is more than democracy. , It's about the safety of Pakistani nukes in case of complete breakdown of the Pakistani state in the coming weeks and months.
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