we all know that whenever the army has to come , it will come and no one can stop him.if the trial of musharraf can stop the way of dictatorship, those who are thinking like this are fools, the only way to stop the dictatorship is that the politicians stop corruption n stop pulling each […]

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When we first began corresponding with Khalid Awan in 2007, we had no idea why he was serving time in U.S. federal prison. We soon discovered Awan was one of the first of thousands of Muslims taken prisoner in the post-9/11 U.S. “terror war.” As the story began unfolding in our letters, we began to […]

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Since November 02, when ex-President Musharaf called a meeting of his allies in Army in presidency, present COA Kiyani among other two, Justice Ifthikhar was called there in presidency and was asked for resignation which he did not submit and the participants including President Musharaf were surprised. The sources closed to COA Kiyani disclosed that […]

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For the past two decades, Pakistan is going through a famine where it is powerless to find an excellent government or fine system of governance. From Ghulam Ishaq Khan to Farooq Leghari, and then from Musharraf to Zardari, the same cassette is being played again and again. Either it is Presidential monarchy or military dictatorship. […]

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There are fissures in the foundations of Pakistan which is due to the severe scarcity of superior leaders in our political and nonspecific arena. Since the departure of Mohammad Ali Jinnah and Liaqut Ali Khan, the situation has gone haywire in our realm. From Ayub to Zardari, the status quo of this dearth is escalating […]

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Source: The Times of India
By Mohammed Hanif
Living in Pakistan and reading about it in the Indian press can sometimes be quite a disorienting experience: one wonders what place on earth they’re talking about? I wouldn’t be surprised if an Indian reader going through Pakistani papers has asked the same question in recent days. Here are […]

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According to BR Mushi was received by the Deputy High Commissioner in London. What I, as a tax paying citizen of this country, want to know is in what capacity did an embassy official receive him. And is PPP in bed with Mushi since its kept all his people around!

“Musharraf arrives in London
MONITORING DESK KARACHI […]

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Source: Council on Foreign Relations
Over the past five years, a rolling series of political and security crises have gripped Pakistan, but throughout much of this turmoil a relatively robust macroeconomic outlook provided a source of stability and opportunity. From 2004 to 2007, gross domestic product (GDP) growth ran over 7 percent annually, and bullish investors–Pakistani […]

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Source: Telegraph
Pakistan’s foreign exchange reserves are so low that the country can only afford one month of imports and faces possible bankruptcy.
Officially, the central bank holds $8.14 billion (£4.65 billion) of foreign currency, but if forward liabilities are included, the real reserves may be only $3 billion - enough to buy about 30 days […]

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The Bomb blast in the Marriot hotel in Islamabad has brought Pakistan to a point which has shaken it from its base. Every Pakistani has been pushed into a maze of questions which were deemed sacrilegious to our nationalism sometime back. But now the answers to these questions are the key to our survival.
 
Why was […]

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Source: Jamestown Foundation
10/03/2008 - By Tariq Mahmud Ashraf (from Terrorism Monitor, October 3) - Recent events in Pakistan have raised critical issues concerning the continuation of Pakistan’s support for the U.S.-led war on terrorism in Afghanistan. Commencing with the enormous backlash in Pakistan in the aftermath of the raid by U.S. Special Forces on Angoori […]

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Source: The Frontier Post
The inauguration earlier this week of Asif Ali Zardari as Pakistan’s president offers the possibility – but hardly the certainty – of a new beginning for Pakistan, and a new era in US-Pakistan relations. Zardari’s election gives Pakistanis an opportunity to move beyond the passions and antipathies of the Pervez Musharraf years. […]

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Source: Middle East Times
Back home in the sub-continent, they say you should always stay away from the cops; their friendship as well as adversity is bad for one’s health. I am reminded of the advice as the world’s chief cop, the United States, bombs its allies and friends in Pakistan. With friends like these, do […]

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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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Source: Reuters
Last week, after U.S. forces were reported to have launched their first ground assault in Pakistan, the website Registan.net asked the obvious question: “Did We Just Invade Pakistan?” Nearly a week and several missile attacks by U.S. drones later, I am still pondering the same question.
We have just witnessed what may have been the […]

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Source: Guardian
Benazir Bhutto’s widower takes power with terrorism, power shortages and economic strife gripping the country
The husband of Pakistan’s assassinated former leader Benazir Bhutto was sworn in as the country’s new president today.
Asif Ali Zardari took office following a brief ceremony at the presidential palace recently vacated by Pervez Musharraf, who resigned under growing pressure […]

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Source: China View
ISLAMABAD, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) — Pakistan’s President-elect Asif Ali Zardari Monday moved into the President House along with his two daughters, according to official Associated Press of Pakistan.
Zardari won the presidential election on Saturday and will take oath of his office on Tuesday.
Zardari was greeted at the President House by the staff. He […]

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Source: Daily Times
LAHORE: Gen (r) Pervez Musharraf is the victim of the success of his own liberal policies, Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) Secretary General Mushahid Hussain wrote in an article for Tehelka Magazine’s September 6 issue.
Mushahid said in the article that Musharraf was a military ruler with a difference. He had a liberal outlook and […]

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Source: Bloomberg
Sept. 1 (Bloomberg) — Pakistan’s benchmark index closed little changed as emergency trading limits continued for the third day to halt a slide in stocks that sent the benchmark index down 42 percent since April.
The Karachi Stock Exchange 100 index rose 1.89 points, or less than 0.1 percent, to 9,210.15 at the close. Sixty-eight […]

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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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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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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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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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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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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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