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...that it has become imperative to move for impeachment," he told reporters. At his side, Sharif glowed with a kind of relish. "This person committed an oppression against Pakistan. That's why the parliament has decided to impeach him," Sharif added. Musharraf first came to power by staging a coup against Sharif...
...impeachment process is likely to be long, painful and, depending on how Musharraf reacts, ugly. Zardari said that a "charge sheet" will be drawn up against the president. The charges to be advanced against him are likely to include "high treason" for mounting the 1999 coup and for the imposition of the state of emergency last November, when he suspended the constitution and sacked the judiciary...
...long after the coup, a military-appointed committee was set up to investigate allegations of suspected corruption by Thaksin and certain members of his government. After lengthy probes, it has filed four cases with the courts. They allege that while in office, Thaksin influenced the sale of state land to his wife at a discount, gave a preferential Thai government loan to the government of Burma to buy telecoms equipment from his company, changed the laws on telecommunications concessions to increase his firm's profits at the expense of government telecom agencies, and illegally instituted a government lottery scheme using...
Prior to the 2006 coup, political cases rarely made their way through Thailand's justice system. But that is changing. Earlier this month, three of Thaksin's lawyers were jailed for attempting to bribe court officials of the Constitutional Court by handing them the equivalent of $59,000 in a pastry bag as a gift. "This judicial review and activism on the part of the courts could mean the start of a real checks and balances system in Thailand, and so if it continues it would be a positive development," Donavanik, the law professor, said. "I hope it stays...
...many in Pakistan believe the move had come in response to U.S. pressure. "Failed coup against ISI was to appease U.S.," read one local headline. "They wanted to please Washington," said former spymaster Gul. "It misfired and became a boomerang to hurt them." The PPP did not help its case by the manner in which it proceeded. Neither the parliament nor the coalition's junior partners were consulted. And in choosing to cede control of the ISI to Rehman Malik, the effective Minister of Interior, instead of tightening his own grip, Gilani was left looking weak...