Word: benazir
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...tolerated. Musharraf established emergency rule about two weeks ago, citing national security as the reason. He claimed that emergency rule was necessary to quash the growing risk of terrorism. Hundreds of critics of Musharraf have been detained since he imposed emergency rule. Notable among the detained is Benazir Bhutto ’73, leader of the opposition party. Previously, Bhutto had been in negotiations with Musharraf about possible power-sharing arrangements. In addition to suspending the Supreme Court, jailing judges, and putting off steps toward a new election, Musharraf has silenced private media. If Musharraf has any twinge of desire...
What on earth did she see in him? For the duration of her short-lived marriage of convenience to President Pervez Musharraf, Benazir Bhutto's friends and political rivals wondered how she, a populist democrat, could live with him, a military dictator. The mystery deepened when Musharraf declared a state of emergency and began a massive crackdown on democratic institutions--and Bhutto responded with only mild criticism, refusing to rule out a power-sharing arrangement with him. Some said her motivation was pure self-interest: she was that desperate to return to power. Others bought Bhutto's explanation that...
...process involving multiple meetings between Bush and his top advisors and numerous discussions between staffers at State, the White House, the Pentagon and the CIA. So far, Negroponte's first goal on the mission this weekend is to try and salvage the prospect of power sharing between Musharraf and Benazir Bhutto. But aides are quietly acknowledging that the U.S. needs to think beyond both those flawed figures...
...things aren't so clear. With the anarchy along the border with Afghanistan - Pashtunistan, as the Pakistanis call it - promising to spread, with Benazir Bhutto promising mass demonstrations, the courts closed and Musharraf promising the army will put down civil disobedience at the same time as he promises democratic elections in February, it's hard to tell where the generals stand...
...that's just the start. With Benazir Bhutto now under house arrest, it's unclear where her supporters in the army stand. And if Musharraf really were to hold a free election in February, who would win? The last time there was a free election in the Middle East, Hamas won in Gaza...