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Zardari, our Pimp Daddy!

August 24th, 2008 ali · 3 Comments
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This was the worst case scenario post Musharraf. A Mr 10% with absolute authority. There is nothing to stop him from further strengthening his “constitutional” powers and fall into the same trap that Zulfiqar Bhutto did. The only route for his removal will be for the Army to step in, and then the whole cycle […]

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Musharraf resigns as President of Pakistan

August 18th, 2008 admin · 14 Comments

Source: The Guardian
Pakistan’s president, Pervez Musharraf, today announced his resignation after robustly defending his record.
Expectations that the former army chief and firm US ally would go had been mounting since the coalition government, led by the party of the assassinated former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, said this month it planned to impeach him.
In a televised […]

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Musharraf Resigning at 1pm today

August 18th, 2008 sana bokhari · No Comments
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Source: [Emergency] Mailing List
Musharraf is supposed to address the country in a few hours - 1 PM to be precise. Those who want to watch it live and are abroad can watch it on geo or dawn at www.tvpakistan.com. According to Newsweek he is supposed to resign today (http://www.newsweek.com/id/153869) and leave for Saudi Arabia […]

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Solid Alliance Pervez Musharraf - George W Bush (Ben Heine)

August 15th, 2008 salmanit · No Comments
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Pakistan’s president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, acknowledged publicly August 12 that Taliban forces are using Pakistan’s border region as a base from which to launch attacks against U.S. and NATO troops occupying Afghanistan.
“There is support from these areas to Taliban activity inside Afghanistan,” said Musharraf in a joint appearance with Afghan president Hamid Karzai at the […]

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musharraf should be IMPEACHED !

August 15th, 2008 Abdul Basit · 2 Comments
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Why Musharaf should be impeached?
Unfortunately, people who benefited from the era of Musharraf ask – Why Musharaf should be impeached? - I haven’t heard a sillier question than this in my short span of 22 years. Assumingly, I am ‘sure’ people have become blind due to the illusion he has created with the help of […]

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Brave PAKISTAN - Threat to UNCLE SAM

July 30th, 2008 Abdul Basit · No Comments
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We hear everyday by the media of Musharaf’s coalition partners that Pakistan is a terrorist state. Moreover, we were told that we would be sent back to the Stone Age at the time of Afghan war post 9/11. Nevertheless, we are warned by Uncle Sam day after day to sort things out or else they […]

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Mr. Musharraf - Now, maybe now I like you

July 7th, 2008 raza · 4 Comments
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1999 - When Musharraf came in power, everybody thought Pakistan is going to get it right this time around, we are going to get rid of corrupt politicians, our institutions will be stronger, we will progress as a nation and Musharraf would prove that his intent of coup was right … people were jubilant …. […]

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Pakistan denies Musharraf sent centrifuges to N.Korea

July 5th, 2008 Aimon · No Comments

Source: AFP
Pakistan’s top nuclear authority Saturday rejected claims by disgraced atomic scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan that the army and President Pervez Musharraf sent centrifuges to North Korea in 2000.
Lieutenant General Khalid Kidwai, head of the Strategic Planning Division (SPD), told a select group of reporters there was “enough evidence” about the proliferation network that Khan […]

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Package of PTV chairman announced

July 1st, 2008 salmanit · 23 Comments
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ISLAMABAD: The Establishment Division on Monday issued an ambiguous notification explaining the package and remunerations of the newly-appointed chairman-cum-managing director of the state-owned Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV).
The letter of the Establishment Division bearing No 1/64/2008-E-6, dated June 30, 2008, says that besides the fixed remuneration of the new chairman PTV, any other “financial benefits” are […]

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REPLY TO WG COMMANDER (R) AHMED S JAN…..

June 19th, 2008 Abdul Basit · No Comments
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This is in reply to the letter of WG.CDR. (R) AHMED S. JAN (DAWN, 20th May). I completely disagree with his notion that Zardari is abiding with the Bhurban Deceleration and Nawaz Sharif is not. I would request him to read the text of the accord once again:
1 - Allied parties, the Pakistan Peoples Party […]

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Pakistan government pays salaries to ousted judges

June 18th, 2008 Aimon · 2 Comments

Source: Associated Press
By SADAQAT JAN
Pakistan’s new government has paid the salaries of the Supreme Court justices ousted by President Pervez Musharraf last year, a move the governing coalition says highlights its commitment to reinstating the judges, officials said Tuesday.
Restoring the judges to the bench, a key demand of protesting lawyers, could endanger Musharraf’s presidency. The […]

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It’s never too late … or is it ?

June 5th, 2008 raza · 8 Comments
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We have always been hearing in our lives that it’s never too late to get back to the right path but when it comes to politics in this country this does not hold true.
With a lot of Generals and Politicians making new revelations these days and apparently trying to bring truth to this nation, those […]

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No Mercy for Musharraf !

May 29th, 2008 ale.natiq · 6 Comments
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Now, that the news of Musharraf’s resignation are popping up, arrangements are being made to provide him the safe passage. This leaves me with nothing to be happy about. What difference will it make if he now leaves with a safe passage ? He might move to his heaven, Turkey […]

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How would Pakistan fare under Obama?

May 28th, 2008 Sana · 4 Comments

Source: Reuters Blog
With Senator Barack Obama looking increasingly confident about winning the Democratic nomination, there have been a new spate of articles on what it would mean for Pakistan if he becomes president.
The most eye-catching, perhaps, was a story in The News about how President Pervez Musharraf’s family in the United States have been giving […]

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Close Pakistan-US strategic ties vital to regional peace, says Musharraf

May 27th, 2008 Sana · 1 Comment

Source: Daily Times
ISLAMABAD: Close strategic relations between Pakistan and the United States and mutual co-operation in the ongoing war on terror are vital for peace and stability in the region, President Pervez Musharraf said on Sunday. Talking to US senators Carl Levin and Robert Casey in a meeting, the president said ties between the two […]

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Showdown or climbdown in Pakistan?

May 27th, 2008 Sana · 2 Comments

Source: Reuters Blog
This is definitely a case of “the more you know, the less you understand”.
There has been much talk in the media about whether PPP leader Asif Ali Zardari is heading for a showdown with President Pervez Musharraf to force him out of office.
But it is not clear whether Zardari is really looking for […]

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Pakistan’s Government Plans to Cut Musharraf’s Powers

May 20th, 2008 Sana · 1 Comment

Source: Bloomberg
By Khalid Qayum and Farhan Sharif
May 20 (Bloomberg) — The Pakistan Peoples Party, leader of the coalition government, will present a plan this month to reduce the powers of President Pervez Musharraf, which include the right to dissolve parliament and appoint Supreme Court judges.
“The constitutional package is one of the most critical issues right […]

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Chairman CBR dancing away….

May 20th, 2008 Aimon · 12 Comments

Source: Teeth Maestro
Abdullah Yusuf (Chairman CBR) seen doing an exotic dance in a suit in front of an excited crowd which also had Musharraf and Shaukat Aziz seated in the front rows. I just found it amusing… Enjoy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xU9Damy4cEk

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Make history, not deals

May 20th, 2008 Sana · No Comments

Source: [Emergency] Mailing List
By Asif Ezdi
The decision of the PML-N to withdraw from its coalition with the PPP following the breakdown of their talks on the judges’ issue is good news for all those who want the country to return to the constitutional path after the havoc wrought by Musharraf’s depredations. Particularly welcome is the […]

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Pakistan: Sharif Cleared to Run for Parliament

May 17th, 2008 Sana · 5 Comments

Source: New York Times
An election tribunal in Lahore accepted the nomination papers of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, paving the way for him to run in legislative elections on June 18. Mr. Sharif’s papers had been rejected during the general elections in February. His party, Pakistan Muslim League-N, pulled out of cabinet ministries this week […]

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Jaipur bomb blasts: four questioned

May 15th, 2008 Sana · No Comments

Source: Telegraph 
Four people have been questioned by police in connection with seven bomb blasts that killed 80 people and injured 200 in the crowded markets of Jaipur in India.
The suspects were detained as police sifted through mutilated bodies and the remains of buildings following a series of bombs, which are thought to have been planted […]

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THE BIGGEST QUESTIONS FOR PAKISTANIS…

May 14th, 2008 Abdul Basit · 10 Comments
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I have some questions for those who say that they want the governement to take actions against wheat shortages and electricity problems at the cost of the judiciary issue. These questions are againstlso targeted towards the supporters of Musharaf. Plus I would also request the group of people who are against Musharaf to answer these […]

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Accord on reinstating judges eludes Pakistan’s ruling parties as deadline looms

May 11th, 2008 Sana · 2 Comments

Source: International Herald Tribune
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: With a self-imposed deadline looming, Pakistani leaders had yet to clinch a deal Sunday on reinstating judges sacked by President Pervez Musharraf, an issue that has threatened to break up the ruling coalition.
U.S.-backed Musharraf removed dozens of judges and declared emergency rule in November to halt legal challenges to his […]

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US doing what its best at - meddling in our in house affairs once AGAIN

May 11th, 2008 Abdul Basit · 1 Comment
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USA has the flair of meddling in our domestic affairs and has once more proved this notion correct. A US congressional panel by Sheila Jackson Lee, a congresswoman, was told on Wednesday the PPP was doing a good job in Pakistan while Nawaz Sharif needed to be watched. As a matter of fact, since the […]

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Zardari’s drunk because of Power

May 10th, 2008 Abdul Basit · 46 Comments
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Pakistan People’s Party has shown its true colors. Sadly, it has shown that they are ones who cannot keep their word. Moreover, if the judges are not restored, it is a definite political suicide for the party. The party had pledged that they would restore the judges with dignity before the elections and even the […]

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