Exit strategies:Some lessons from history

Exit strategies: Some lessons from history
Rehman Sobhan discusses the stark choices facing the nation

The exit strategy for the caretaker government (CTG) may turn out to be its most challenging task because the full agenda of the forces behind such a government have yet to be made explicit. In exploring the options of the CTG and its backers it may be well to take some lessons from the entry and exit of previous militarised regimes in both Pakistan and Bangladesh............