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Political tensions had been escalating in recent days. After joining forces to oust Musharraf in March 2008, Zardari and Sharif quickly parted ways and revived their decades-old poisonous rivalry. Zardari, who claimed the presidency for himself, reneged on a commitment to Sharif to reinstate the deposed Chief Justice Iftikar Chaudhry, who, along with a raft of other judges, was removed by Musharraf when he imposed emergency rule. Last month, in a controversial ruling, the Supreme Court barred Sharif and his younger brother Shahbaz from standing for elected office. The decision triggered the collapse of the Punjab government...
Zardari's spokesman says you do not talk about terrorism and that you raise only the issue of former Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikar Chaudhry [whose dismissal by Musharraf led to the dramatic 2007 revolt of Pakistan's lawyers; Zardari has not restored Chaudhry to his old post, a move Sharif has demanded]. What is your reaction to this? We were partners, but now the partnership is over. We have been going the extra mile to support the government on fighting the issue of terrorism and extremism. We enabled the government to pass a resolution in the National Assembly...
Some observers in the U.S. and Pakistan are still holding out the possibility that Musharraf's main reason for imposing martial law was to rid himself of his bête noir, the "literalist" Supreme Court led by chief justice Iftikar Chaudhry, who is now under house arrest. That tribunal not only posed a danger to the validity of Musharraf's election as president in early October but also to the U.S. deal forged with opposition leader Benazir Bhutto that allowed her to return to Pakistan from exile as a symbol of resurgent democracy. With the persnickety high court "cleansed...
...surprisingly, plenty of companies are offering ever more capacious, ever cheaper ways to store your digital masterpieces. I was particularly impressed with the new Orb drive, which holds 2.2-gigabyte disks ($29). In January, Castlewood Systems Inc. will start shipping the first external Orb drives ($199). According to Syed Iftikar, the company's president, by this time next year, 5-gigabyte disks will be available. No word yet on a shoe-size supercomputer...
...Legion of Merit), holds 43 foreign decorations, e.g., Britain's Order of Merit (limited to 24 living holders), France's Grand Cordon of the Legion of Honor, Russia's topflight Order of Suvorov, Poland's Cross of Grunwald, Tunisia's Grand Cordon of Nishan Iftikar. Last week France awarded him the Médaille Militaire, the highest French military decoration...
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