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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: The winners of Pakistan’s parliamentary elections said Tuesday that they would take a new approach to fighting Islamic militants by pursuing more dialogue than military confrontation, and that they would undo the crackdown on the media and restore independence to the judiciary.
With nearly complete returns from Monday’s vote giving it the most seats, [...]

Posted by bosskitty February 19th, 2008 | Category: Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Asif Ali Zardari, Bhutto, Dirty Politics, Elections, Foreign Policy, Global Power, India, Islamabad, PPP, Pakistan, War on Terror, World War Three, candidates, changing planet, dictators, diplomacy, terrorists | Leave a comment

Finally, Musharraf is taking a step in the right direction to get to the bottom of Bhutto’s assassination. Musharraf actually contacted Gordon Brown asking for help from Scotland Yard. I guess he figured out that all the BS stories he and the government were giving didn’t pass for the truth. Honestly the x-ray they touted [...]

Posted by nytexan January 2nd, 2008 | Category: Bhutto, Musharraf, Pakistan, Scotland Yard | Leave a comment

India, Pak exchange lists of nuclear installations
Tuesday, 01 January 2008 16:01 IST

New Delhi, Jan 1: India and Pakistan today exchanged the lists of their installations and facilities, taking forward their 17-year-old confidence building measure in the field.
The lists were simultaneously handed over here and in Islamabad by [...]

Posted by bosskitty January 1st, 2008 | Category: Bhutto, Elections, India, Musharraf, Nuclear, PML-N, PPP, Pakistan, Politicide, Power Shift, Sharif, dictatorship | Leave a comment

Bilawal, means ‘one with no equals’
Bilawal Zardari Bhutto believes that democracy is the best revenge.
The 19-year-old Oxford student expected to lead the party and Pakistan – out of its quagmire.
Dec 30 (Reuters) – The 19-year-old son of slain Pakistan opposition leader Benazir Bhutto is now heir [...]

Posted by bosskitty December 30th, 2007 | Category: Bhutto, Bilawal Bhutto, Bilawal Zardari Bhutto, Democracy, Musharraf, Pakistan, dictatorship | Comments (6)

Bhutto was key to US plan
Benazir Bhutto was central to American hopes of broadening out Pakistan’s government from the figure of General Musharraf. Washington helped engineer the political deal that saw her return and now it has seen that lead to disaster, with the loss of one of the key figures [...]

Posted by bosskitty December 28th, 2007 | Category: Bhutto, Britain, Corporate Corruption, Dillusion, Europe, Foreign Policy, Fundamentalist, Governance, Holy War, Human Rights, Hypocracy, Ignorance, Iran, Iraq, Islamic Jihad, Middle East, Musharraf, Nuclear, Pakistan, Politics, Propaganda, Proxy War, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South East Asia, Taliban, Trade policy, United States, War, World Order, alternative energy, changing planet, civil war, consequences, contradictions, covert, critical resources, diplomacy, disinformation, disparity, economics, empire, energy, global community, illegal arms, incompetence, nation building, policy, power grab, profiteers, terrorists | Comments (3)

‘We will not be deterred’ Benazir’s memorable quotes
* “I told him on my oath in his death cell, I would carry on his work.” — Recalling a visit to her father, former prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, before his execution in 1979.
* “The primary message of the visit [...]

Posted by bosskitty December 27th, 2007 | Category: Bhutto, Elections, Musharraf, Pakistan, Pakistan Bloggers, assassination, state of emergency | Comments (1)

Musharraf visits troops in farewell ceremonies before becoming civilian leader

(AP)

RAWALPINDI, Pakistan – President Gen. Pervez Musharraf visited troops Tuesday to bid them farewell, a day before he planned to stand down as military chief to become a civilian head of state in a move aimed at easing the country’s political crisis. [...]

Posted by bosskitty November 27th, 2007 | Category: Bhutto, Bush, Emergency Management, Musharraf, Pakistan, Sharif, Taliban, military, nation building, taxpayers | Comments (5)

Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) director IA Rehman told the BBC that Pakistan was in danger of becoming a “Gestapo state” if such disappearances were to go unchecked.
Human rights workers in Pakistan have demanded the release of one of their leading workers who they say has been detained by government officials. Akhtar Baloch, the [...]

Posted by bosskitty November 13th, 2007 | Category: Accountability, Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Bhutto, Human Rights Watch, Islamic Jihad, Javed Ibrahim Paracha, Lawyers, Middle East, Musharraf, Muslims, Nafisa Hoodbhoy, Pakistan, Politics, Propaganda, Rashid Rehman, Revolution, South East Asia, Taliban, US State Department, War on Terror, World Order, policy, profiteers, state of emergency, terrorists | Comments (3)

LAHORE/LONDON (Reuters) – Pakistani police put opposition leader Benazir Bhutto under house arrest for a week on Tuesday as the Commonwealth threatened suspension unless President Pervez Musharraf repealed a state of emergency.
Army chief Musharraf set off a storm of criticism when suspended the constitution, sacked most judges, locked up lawyers, rounded up thousands of opposition [...]

Posted by bosskitty November 12th, 2007 | Category: Bhutto, Bush, Casualties, Cheney, Collateral, Condoleezza Rice, Corruption, Deception, Defiance, Democracy, Elections, Foreign Policy, Holy War, Horror Flick, Hypocracy, Islamabad, Islamic Jihad, Lahore High Court, Marshal Law, Musharraf, Nuclear, Pakistan, Russia, Taliban, US State Department, War, civil war, consequences, escalation, nation building, profiteers, responsibility, state of emergency, terrorists | Leave a comment