Defending democracy “Minus One Formula”

A very curious thing is playing out in the national media: some officials known to be close to President Zardari are fiercely rejecting the possibility of the implementation of a so-called ‘minus one’ formula.
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Article  By SADIA KHALID
Why is Mr. Zardari so eager to build ties with India at the expense of Pakistan? These are my sentiments in response to last week’s op-ed in Pakistani newspapers written by Mr. Asif Ali Zardari to commemorate Ms. Benazir Bhutto’s birthday. I am a young Pakistani woman residing in Canada. And, needless.For […]

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Source: UPI
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Feb. 28 (UPI) — Protests against a court ruling banning former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his brother from holding office entered a third day Saturday.
For his part, Sharif has accused President Asif Ali Zardari of influencing Wednesday’s Supreme Court decision. The high court, in its decision, upheld the ban against […]

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Source: Xinhua News
WUHAN, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) — China on Saturday said it would work with Pakistan to enhance the all-weather friendship and multi-tier cooperation to benefit the two peoples and contribute to regional peace and development.
State Councilor Dai Bingguo made the remarks when meeting with Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari in Wuhan, capital city of […]

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I am really amazed at the man (AAZ) because he is cheapening Pakistani medals to mean nothing! We may value all of these individuals (Boucher, Biden and every other Kala Chor and his mother,  aunt and uncle who makes a mistake of visiting our blessed leaders) as friends  of Pakistan but giving them a piece of […]

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Source: VOA News
Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry says it has swapped a list of nuclear facilities with India, as part of an agreement prohibiting attacks on such installations.
The countries have routinely exchanged these lists on the first day of the year since 1992, under an agreement signed two decades ago.
Thursday’s exchange was carried out as normal, despite […]

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Where is the Dawn of the new Subah that was promised once again by PPP to Pakistan ’s poor and yet once again not delivered. Just Like Roti Kapra Aur Makan scheme…poor were ramed in again in the rear and got nothing and we will get nothing  again…Why this party  wants to be in power one should ask <Ansar […]

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Source: The Times of India
Mumbai attacks lifted the veil on what was, until then, a stealthy transformation within Pakistan — the outing of new army chief Ashfaq Parvez Kayani as the real power in the country, as opposed to the fragile democratic government led by Asif Ali Zardari and Yousuf Raza Gilani.
The first sign came […]

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Source: BBC News
Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari has vowed to take “strong action” against any elements in his country involved in last week’s attacks in Mumbai.
Charles Haviland reports.
Link to video:
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7765888.stm>

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Source: CNN
(CNN) — CNN’s Larry King spoke with Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday for Larry King Live. Below is a full transcript of the interview.
Larry King: It’s a privilege to welcome to Larry King Live the president of Pakistan, from his office in Islamabad, President Asif Ali Zardari. He took office in September.
He’s […]

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Source: Telegraph
Pakistan has made unprecedented moves towards resolving outstanding disputes with India.
President Asif Ali Zardari has risked incurring the wrath of Pakistan’s establishment by announcing his willingness to commit to a policy of no-first-use of nuclear weapons, and suggested a pact between the countries.
Senior officials from both countries have discussed co-operation in efforts to fight […]

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http://thecurrentaffairs.com/index.php/us-pakistan-have-airstrike-deal-report/
WASHINGTON: The US and Pakistani governments have reached a tacit agreement on Predator strikes on Pakistani territory, under which Islamabad allows them while continuing to complain about them and Washington never acknowledges them, The Washington Post reported on Sunday. (more…)

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Source:Reuters
by: Simon Cameron Moore

Pakistan cropped up with uncomfortable regularity during the U.S. presidential campaign, but listening to Barack Obama and John McCain it was difficult to discern how different their approach would be in dealing with one of America’s most complicated and conflicted allies.
Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari met leaders of both the Democrat and […]

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Source: Guardian
• Strikes creating ‘credibility gap’ says president
• Taliban and al-Qaida targeted in tribal area
Pakistan delivered a blunt message yesterday to America’s new military commander for the region, warning General David Petraeus on his first international trip since taking the job that US missile strikes inside Pakistan must stop.
Petraeus, credited with pulling Iraq back from […]

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Source: International Herald Tribune
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Pakistan is turning to Saudi Arabia for financial aid to ease an economic crisis that already has forced the militancy-wracked South Asian nation to start talks with the International Monetary Fund.
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari arrives Tuesday in the oil-rich Arab nation to request a deferral on oil payments and […]

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Source: Reuters
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has said he would write a letter to the Indian prime minister to remind him of a promise to settle a dispute over a river.
Pakistan accuses India of violating a 1960 treaty by reducing the flow of water down the Chenab river, which flows from Indian […]

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Source: AFP
The top US diplomat for South Asia met Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday and warned that international donors would only give carefully targeted aid to the troubled country.
US Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher visited Pakistan as its leaders face a growing Islamic militant insurgency and major economic difficulties.
But Boucher warned that […]

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Source: Daily Times
* Boucher meets NWFP governor, CM
* Assures Hoti ties will be strengthened
* Hoti says no compromise on government writ
* Ghani says lashkars guarantee war on terror success
ISLAMABAD/PESHAWAR: President Asif Ali Zardari told United States Secretary of State Richard Boucher during a meeting that Afghan drug traffickers are funding terrorists in Pakistan’s Tribal Areas, […]

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Source: DAWN
NEW YORK, Oct 4: Citing the threat posed by militants along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border and the possible economic meltdown, President Asif Ali Zardari has asked the international community to give Pakistan $100 billion in grant to ensure the country’s survival.
“I need your help, if we fall, if we can’t do it, you can’t do […]

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Source: Press Trust of India
Islamabad, Oct 4 (PTI) Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari today reviewed security situation across the country with army chief Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and both of them agreed to continue the military operation against the Taliban in the restive Bajaur tribal region bordering Afghanistan.
Kayani met Zardari at the presidential palace here and […]

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Source: The Christian Science Monitor
A leading religious leader condemned Asif Ali Zardari’s comments to Sarah Palin at the UN.
Lahore, Pakistan - After the flirtation came the fatwa.
With some overly friendly comments to Gov. Sarah Palin at the United Nations, Asif Ali Zardari has succeeded in uniting one of Pakistan’s hard-line mosques and its feminists after […]

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Source: Guardian
By Anil Dawar
The new Pakistani president, Asif Ali Zardari, and his prime minister were due to dine at the Marriott hotel on the night it was devastated by a huge truck bomb, it was revealed today.
An interior ministry spokesman, Rehman Malik, said Zardari and Yousaf Raza Gillani changed their plans at the last minute […]

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Source : SUN
By ERIC MARGOLIS

The inauguration this week of Pakistan’s new president, Asif Ali Zardari, widower of the slain Benazir Bhutto, should have brought some hope and direction to embattled Pakistan.
It did not. A sense of weary deja vu hung over the event.
Zardari’s first major policy statement was a vow to continue waging the so-called […]

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 This opinion was first published at The WeCite Blog
I’m not convinced we are winning it in Afghanistan. I am convinced we can… We are looking at a new, more comprehensive strategy for the region that would cover both sides of the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. In my view, these two nations are inextricably linked in a […]

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 This opinion was first published at The WeCite Blog

All so called patriotic rallies, all sit-ins, all strikes and damages incurred to public properties and buildings, all efforts to get rid of a dictator have paid off! Democracy has won in Pakistan, Ladies, Gentlemen, Politicians, and Laywers (yes, the politicians and the lawyers are a separate […]

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