Bhutto’s death prompts call for Musharraf to quit

by: Jason Haber December 27, 2007

 
Pakistan has been thrown into termoil.   
Former Pakistan prime minister and opposition leader Nawaz Sharif says President Pervez Musharraf must resign immediately to “save Pakistan”, after the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto.
“I demand that Musharraf quit power, without delay of a single day, to save Pakistan,” he told reporters.
International reaction to the assisination has […]

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto Killed in Suicide Bomb Attack

by: Jason Haber December 27, 2007

Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto died shortly after being seriously wounded in an attack after a rally in the city of Rawalpindi, news agencies reported on Wednesday.
An Associated Press reporter at the scene could see body parts and flesh scattered at the back gate of the Liaqat Bagh park where Bhutto had spoken. He counted […]

Musharraf Fails to Keep Pakistani Safe

by: Jason Haber December 22, 2007

Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf claimed his state-of-emergency declaration last month was needed to make the country safer against terrorism.  Apparently, that effort did not work.
Pakistani investigators are searching for clues in the suicide bombing at a mosque in the restive northwest Friday that killed at least 50 people.  The apparent target of the attack, former […]

Musharraf Restores Constitution in Pakistan

by: Jason Haber December 15, 2007

Now how about those upcoming elections in Pakistan on January 8th?  Quick, someone get him the Putin playbook, as if he doesn’t have it already.

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Musharref Feels the Heat, While Putin Turns Back the Clock

by: Jason Haber November 25, 2007

He’s back…As if Benizar Bhutto’s return didn’t put President/General Musharref in a tight spot now he has other problems to contend with. The Former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif, who fled the country during the Musharref military coup in 1999, made a successful comeback from exile on Sunday in his second attempt this […]