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...Benazir Bhutto has always had a knack for pleasing the crowds. For months the former Pakistani Prime Minister, who has lived in self-imposed exile in London and Dubai since 1999, has hinted at an eventual return to her beloved homeland. She would lead her country to democracy, she promised, but was always coy about when, exactly, she would start. On Friday, in a series of carefully orchestrated simultaneous press conferences held in eight Pakistani cities, Bhutto's Pakistan People?s Party announced the long-awaited date: October 18. Any subsequent information they may have wanted to express was drowned...
...right politician, he is much closer to the conservative parties that hold sway over Pakistan's religious leaders. Bhutto, says Zahid Hussain, author of the seminal Frontline Pakistan: The Struggle With Militant Islam, risks alienating the conservative groups by driving them into the embrace of extremists. "The problem with Benazir is that her coming to power will increase polarization. She is seen as pro-West, and she is very clear about it." Sharif himself has made it clear that combating militancy would be top of his agenda were he, or his party, to lead Pakistan. "You can't fight terror...
...main characters are flawed, and the drama replete with intrigues and power grabs. Sharif is now hailed by many Pakistanis as a warrior for democracy, but during two previous terms as Prime Minister in the 1990s, his administrations were widely regarded as inept, corrupt and autocratic. Then there's Benazir Bhutto, another ex-PM agitating to return from exile. Given her glamorous political pedigree (her father, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, was also a former leader, who was executed by the army), her supporters worship her as practically royalty. But her critics see her as too ready to compromise principles...
This is all alarming news for the Bush Administration, which regards Musharraf as a key ally in a highly unstable part of the world. The Administration is backing a power-sharing deal with another exiled former Prime Minister, Benazir Bhutto, as the best way for the general to regain popularity. But Bhutto's own standing has plummeted since she started dealing with the dictator. Now negotiations are stalled over her demands that he resign as head of the military, drop corruption charges against her and give up the power to dissolve parliament. U.S. officials predict Bhutto's popularity will spike...
...unlawfully abduct Nawaz Sharif and send him back to Jeddah [in Saudi Arabia], well, there are very serious ramifications which we will watch unfold in the coming days and weeks. It cannot happen that he can sidestep a political contest for presidential elections by cutting a deal with Benazir Bhutto, and sideline Nawaz Sharif and other parties. If Musharraf and his cronies were concerned with Sharif?s return, well, what Musharraf has done will not stop the end game, it will only lead to his removal from power. He should have allowed Pakistan to move on and maybe history would...