LAHORE/LONDON (Reuters) - Pakistani police put opposition leader Benazir Bhutto under house arrest for a week on Tuesday as the Commonwealth threatened suspension unless President Pervez Musharraf repealed a state of emergency.
Army chief Musharraf set off a storm of criticism when he imposed emergency rule on November 3. He suspended the constitution, sacked most judges, locked up lawyers, rounded up thousands of opposition and rights activists and curbed the media.
The Commonwealth, a 53-member body consisting mainly of former British colonies, gave Musharraf until November 22 to end emergency rule and take other steps to address his country’s problems, or Pakistan would face suspension.
The crisis in nuclear-armed Pakistan has raised fears about its stability and its focus on battling Islamist militants.
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1 raza // Nov 13, 2007 at 1:08 pm
Here was an opinion given by someone about Ms Bhutto & Mr. Musharraf love fest…. everything is staged, part of the deal between them was following
1) Get rid of such an independent judiciary and bring favorable judges - ACCOMPLISHED
2) Put limits on the free media and bring them to their knees - ACCOMPLISHED
Here is how story would end.
1) Emergency would be lifted
2) Elections would be announced
3) Musharraf would be allowed to stay as president by Supreme Court
4) Musharraf would leave Army Chief office
5) Benazir elected as Prime Minister
And something that person did not tell me was that the nation would be put to another round of looting ….. and everyone will live happy everafter.
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