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...Bhutto Deal Goes Bust...
Twice elected and twice disgraced, former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto returned from self-imposed exile and was in cahoots with Musharraf in hopes of again becoming Prime Minister. Musharraf even agreed to drop corruption charges against her. But the plan has backfired, and Bhutto is now deriding Musharraf and proclaiming slogans of democracy. The opportunistic Benazir Bhutto doesn't care one hoot about Pakistan. She is only hungry for power...
...recent weeks, Musharraf has restored some of the rights he snatched when he declared on Nov. 3 what amounted to martial law. He even let former Prime Ministers Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif return from exile; he pledged to hold elections soon. But democracy is about more than casting a vote. It's about building lasting institutions such as a free press, an effective legislature and, most important, an independent judiciary...
...Bhutto DealGoes Bust In shutting down private TV channels and detaining opposition political leaders and protesting lawyers, the dictatorial President Pervez Musharraf has purged the basic human rights of a civilized society [Nov. 26]. His bloodless coup that overthrew Nawaz Sharif's government in 1999 was welcomed by many citizens, but now the general has lost support. There is dissatisfaction among the masses because of Musharraf's actions, especially his ouster of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry. In desperately trying to hold on to power, Musharraf is making a joke of democracy. Syed Arif Rehman, Karachi...
...recent weeks, Musharraf has restored some of the rights he snatched away when he declared what amounted to martial law on Nov. 3. He has even permitted former Prime Ministers Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif to return from exile in order to contest elections, which even if held under emergency rule, have some semblance of being free and fair...