pakistan politics

The election is underway today in Pakistan. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22487805 Ten people have been killed in an attack on the ANP in Karachi today. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-11/pakistanis-brave-taliban-threats-to-cast-their-votes/4683544...

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/15/us-pakistan-cleric-protests-idUSBRE90E04920130115 That last sentence is rather depressing, isn't it? There's more at the link above. I'm also kind of surprised that Qadri came back from Canada to lead these protests, though I'm not surprised at his...

I mean he was living in a house 3 times the average size for a house where he stayed, and he and his followers built a 3 story wall. If I built a 3 story wall where I live, I'm almost sure to get police attention (or at the very least the Home Owners Association). Something tells me Pakastan...

It's been obvious from the start that Zardari's presidency was going to be a stop-gap measure as he rode to victory on the sympathy from his wife's assassination. I made a comment a few weeks back that another miltary coup seemed likely in the near future, but that may well have been superceded...

Wow, http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,463027,00.html If someone did this to Kruschev during the Cuban missile crisis. We probably wouldn't be here today.

Well, we'll have to see what this leads to. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/pakistan http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/18/musharraf.address/index.html

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080807/ap_on_re_as/pakistan_politics;_ylt=AmJhWb5RBXx8TCybwVY_Fu6s0NUE

Reported by NBC now, wow Pakistan is screwed. Long list of suspects in this one, including Musharref.

Reuters has just confirmed.

Benazir Bhutto is "threatening" that the PPP will boycott the election in Pakistan. In the 40's the Edvard Benes and the Czechoslovak National Socialist Party boycotted elections, thus allowing the Soviet-puppet communist party a sweeping victory. Recently, opposition parties in Venezuela...

Bhutto Vows to Return to Pakistan I'm no expert, but I'll tentatively endorse this. I'm in favor of democracy, but worry about instability in Pakistan with its extremists and nukes and rogue scientists. Frankly, the country makes me a bit nervous. It's hard to know whether it is an ally or...

Story: Sure they will... except it's OK to lie to further the jihad. And it gets worse: The foreigners get to stay. I'm sure they're just tourists and have nothing to do w/ jihad, nosiree Bob... And one more thing: Now that makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. Can someone tell me...

Musharraf is in deep doo doo. The Islamists managed to gain a lot of political ground in the last elections 10/02. The Sharia has become the law of the land in parts of Pakistan. To quote from an excellent article: http://www.intl-crisis-group.org/projects/showreport.cfm?reportid=925...