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Understanding Pakistan: some myths and realities about an explosive nation.(THE WORLD)
THERE are no simple answers to the dilemmas presented by Pakistan and its president.
Of course, Pervez Musharraf's state of emergency is nothing like the terrifying authoritarian scourge painted by some of the Western media. If it were, he would not have allowed the English-language press to continue publishing, or Benazir Bhutto to make speeches to admiring Western media folk. (As one experienced aid-agency worker e-mailed me, "It's not like in the days of Zia, when journalists shook in their shoes.") Nor would Benazir have initially refrained from calling out her political party--an organization accustomed to political violence--onto the streets. There is ...
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- Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor September 11, 2000 700+ words
...entire system in Pakistan." Musharraf says, for example...Both India and Pakistan have tested nuclear weapons. Musharraf says that he has...suspended when Pakistan followed India...tests in 1998. Musharraf says that fighting...
- PAKISTAN: MUSHARRAF'S MEMOIR SETS CATS AMONG PIGEONS.
- News wire article from: Interpress Service October 5, 2006 700+ words
...three continents, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has set a cat, or...way. Many people in Pakistan have objected to Musharraf using in the book privileged...been incommunicado. - Musharraf claims that the Pakistan government had no inkling...
- Bush, Musharraf hail ties, but U.S. cool to Pakistan wish list.
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) February 14, 2002 700+ words
...weapons shipments to Pakistan. Those items topped Musharraf's wish list as he...we'll work with Pakistan," Bush said. Musharraf "has got to be confident...the United States and Pakistan," Musharraf said. Bush has pledged...
- PAKISTAN: U.S. ADJUSTS TO FRAGILE POST-MUSHARRAF GOVERNMENT.
- News wire article from: Interpress Service August 25, 2008 700+ words
...complicated relationship with Pakistan. Musharraf's resignation on Aug...threats to his power, Musharraf bowed to pressure from Pakistan's 6-month-old...Security with a focus in Pakistan and Afghanistan. "Musharraf stepping down, at some...
- PAKISTAN: MUSHARRAF PLAYS THE CHINA CARD AS CRISIS MOUNTS.
- News wire article from: Interpress Service March 23, 2007 700+ words
...precipitated by Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's summary sacking...Asia and Iran to Pakistan. Musharraf now acts against...the alternative to Musharraf might not be an Islamist takeover of Pakistan. In past elections...
- REPORTING FROM PAKISTAN: Musharraf has U.S. vote, not Pakistanis'.
- Newspaper article from: Newsday (Melville, NY) June 17, 2007 700+ words
...fair" elections in Pakistan, but stopped short...President Pervez Musharraf for what many Pakistanis...bring rule of law to Pakistan," said Suleiman Khan, a salesman. "Musharraf is trying to twist...administration knows that Pakistan's long-term stability requires that Musharraf's ...
- PAKISTAN: MUSHARRAF'S EXIT IMMINENT?
- News wire article from: Interpress Service May 30, 2008 700+ words
...2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has dismissed widespread...run Associated Press of Pakistan. Musharraf's long-time spokesman...dollar question in Pakistan now is whether Musharraf will invoke the powers...
- PAKISTAN - Musharraf's Promise.(Pervez Musharraf's antiterrorism policy during...
- Newspaper article from: APS Diplomat Strategic Balance in the Middle East September 13, 2004 700+ words
...Kabul as saying Pakistan was, in fact...Afghan militants. Musharraf, who was host...After 9/11, Musharraf announced that Pakistan had severed all...fighters fled into Pakistan). At the centre...the question of Musharraf's intentions...
Source: HighBeam Research, Understanding Pakistan: some myths and realities about an explosive...