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...When Pakistan's President, General Pervez Musharraf, declared emergency rule on Nov. 3, he cited the threat of Swat's mounting insurgency as justification. But, so far, Musharraf has used his emergency powers mainly to jail opponents and journalists, and to oust the Supreme Court judges who were about to pronounce his recent re-election as President unconstitutional. (On Nov. 19, a newly reconstituted Supreme Court comprising Musharraf loyalists decreed his re-election lawful.) While the government concentrates on putting out opposition rallies in the capital Islamabad, extremist wildfires are erupting across the land. Since the imposition of emergency rule...
...Pakistan's Emergency Re Simon Robinson's "Pakistan's state of Emergency" [Nov. 19]: President Pervez Musharraf shut down news channels on the pretext that they incite Pakistanis against the government. Militancy, suicide attacks and other forms of terrorism have increased under his rule. Will Pakistan end up like Iraq? Amer Azam, Lahore, Pakistan...
...Musharraf's declaration of a state of emergency must have made Pakistan's founder, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, turn over in his grave. Many people are demonstrating against the tyrant Musharraf. It is time that all Pakistanis stand for a democratic Pakistan and work hand in hand to fight the evils that are keeping them apart. Cajetan Peter D'Souza, Mumbai...
...Washington, while not pulling the plug on Musharraf - President Bush reiterated Tuesday that he has found Musharraf "to be a man of his word" - nonetheless insists that elections be held under the rule of law and not under emergency rule...
...political equation is becoming increasingly complex. Musharraf is currently visiting Saudi Arabia, which has long-standing close ties with Islamabad - and is also the exile home of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, whom Musharraf overthrew in 1999. While Benazir Bhutto has returned to demanding that Musharraf resign following the breakdown of the political marriage between them brokered by the U.S., Musharraf may be trying to bring Nawaz Sharif over to his side. A Musharraf pact with Sharif would be even stranger than his short-lived alliance with Bhutto. But regardless of the outcome of the political maneuvering, New Delhi will...