he derived his legitimacy for the campaign against bhutto by the national alliance, which is religious. he needed religion indeed he was easier for him to do that. his family background was such that he did respect the political class a lot more than they did years of the political class got in power. but the islamist direction was always there. although the islamist that yours were not appreciated and approved of by the earlier military leaders. musharraf by the way, which i did not like the islamist political act or spirit but very frankly when it came to cutting deals, et cetera, et cetera, he was always cutting deals with the mma, gui. part of it was politics. it was pragmatic politics on the sharpest part, but also the military's entire national idea is based on a kind of permanent confrontation with hindu india on behalf of muslim pakistan. so if you're going to defy the country that way, then you have to at some point or another lane on islam as a crutch. that always keeps coming back. the most sort of act as a sign that because of personal religiosity and need for religion for