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Asif Ali Zardari faced a nasty homecoming when he flew from Dubai to Lahore last Saturday. More than 13,000 policemen cordoned off the airport and Lahore's main crossroads to keep thousands from welcoming the husband of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. Zardari had barely unfastened his seat belt when police boarded the aircraft and hauled him away in an armed motorcade to his residence. As police bundled him off, Zardari yelled: "I've seen jail, and I'm ready to go again...
...Zardari is no stranger to the whims of Pakistani justice. After Bhutto was dismissed as Prime Minister in 1996, he spent nearly eight years in prison on allegations of corruption, although he was eventually acquitted of the charges. Released last year, he flew to Dubai to join his three children and Bhutto-but vowed to come back to prepare the way for her return. Lahore police officials said Zardari was being held in "protective custody." Party insiders say this is all part of a strategy by President Pervez Musharraf to keep Bhutto's party under a tight rein. They...
Some once robust financial institutions have also been hit by questionable dealings involving bank insiders. Dubai's Abdul Wahad Galadari, former chairman of the Union Bank of the Middle East, borrowed heavily from his bank to speculate in gold and silver. When the Dubai government rushed in to rescue the failing UBME in November 1983, officials found that Galadari owed $8.7 million...
...Test cricket. And the center of cricketing power has shifted from England and Australia to Asia, a change made manifest by the International Cricket Council's announcement last month that after 96 years at Lord's, "the home of cricket" in London, it would move its base to Dubai. Wisden is keeping up with the changes. The annual has been compiling the game's records, arbitrating its controversies, and naming its greats since it was first published by John Wisden, an accomplished English cricketer, in 1864. But over the past few years?especially under the stewardship of New Zealand writer...
...Starflyer Is Born In-flight comfort with an internet connection in every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder International Cricket Council's announcement last month that after 96 years at Lord's, "the home of cricket" in London, it would move its base to Dubai. Wisden is keeping up with the changes. The annual has been compiling the game's records, arbitrating its controversies, and naming its greats since it was first published by John Wisden, an accomplished English cricketer, in 1864. But over the past few years - especially under the stewardship of New Zealand...