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...jumping points to differentiate their views. Without question, this was the best part of the debate. The confrontational podiums were taken away and all the candidates sat down in chairs. They were forced to personally face the tough questions that the average American faces everyday, like one from Khalid Khan, an American repeatedly profiled and searched at airports in the name of national security. This format was much more conducive to a debate on the issues. All the candidates were able to display their platforms as well as their expertise when discussing solutions for the complex issues—contractors...
...many Pakistanis, however, elections with or without emergency rule won't make much of a difference. "The army was ruling before the emergency, and still it is ruling," says toy salesman Yair Khan. "Pakistan is in a continuous state of emergency." Many in the bazaars of Islamabad's slum areas share his indifference. While politics in Pakistan are often waged in the name of the poor, few in the lower classes feel that they have anything to gain. "The main rule of thumb in Pakistani politics is that everyone safeguards their own interest first. No one really cares about...
...know how to behave. We want to acquaint them with the cost of a plane, the safety aspects, how to treat the hostesses." Still, for many passengers, the experience is mainly about letting dreams take wing. The weathered Airbus is "beautiful to sit in," says local resident Anisha Khan, who recently took a few hours out from caring for her three children to take a ride. "When we have more money, then we'll go on a real plane...
...Khan was savagely bashed after he was arrested at a roadblock on Nov. 3. In the police station, "he was hit in the face without warning," says his partner Agnes Bulatiko. "Then the room filled with officers punching him. It was terrifying." At press time Khan was in hospital with a reported broken jaw and ribs; he had not been charged. Police said he had resisted arrest. Eleven men had appeared in court on charges of incitement to mutiny and conspiracy to murder. In a statement, Bainimarama said there were "disgruntled groups" in Fiji who "have the potential...
...generals promise us the center will hold - the army is not going to disintegrate, and the nukes are safe behind lock and key. But then again, these are the same generals who apparently had no idea their head nuclear scientist A.Q. Khan was selling Pakistan's nuclear secrets to anyone who could...