Word: nawaz
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...Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto seems preposterous. After all, they hate each other with an undisguised passion. She has a phobia about military dictators--her politician father was executed by one--and has described General Musharraf as an incompetent ruler who indulges in "puerile brinkmanship." In his view, she and Nawaz Sharif, another former Prime Minister, epitomize the weak, deeply corrupt democracy he overthrew in a bloodless 1999 coup. Just the mention of their names can spoil his mood; Musharraf once told a television interviewer that he would like to "kick them...
...decision by Pakistan's Supreme Court to allow former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to return home from exile makes life a lot harder for embattled President Pervez Musharraf - and for his U.S. backers. The Court found that Nawaz and his brother, Shahbaz Sharif, had been unconstitutionally forced to leave Pakistan in 2000, a year after Musharraf seized power in a bloodless coup. It ruled that the brothers "have an inalienable right to come back and stay in the country." In London, Nawaz vowed to return home as soon as he could...
...there's also the prospect of a resurgent Sharif, the Prime Minister Musharraf ousted in a coup and swore he would never allow to return to Pakistan. Nawaz's tenure ended with the economy on the brink of collapse and amidst allegations of corruption and mismanagement. Although support for the former Prime Minister remained lackluster a few months ago, since news broke late last month of a possible Bhutto-Musharraf union, support for Bhutto and her party has dropped, while Sharif's has risen. "Benazir was leading the polls until she met Musharraf," says Ahsan Iqbal, Secretary of Information...
...choosing. They shouldn't be saying this name, that name, this is the good government for you. Good government in Pakistan means the choice of the people, not the choice of America." To the extent that a Musharraf-Bhutto union is seen as blessed by the U.S., Nawaz Sharif will be hoping to capitalize on the backlash...
Musharraf has long said he would not cut deals with Bhutto or with Nawaz Sharif, another former prime minister from whom Musharraf seized power in 1999 and who is now also living in exile. If Musharraf has met with Bhutto, it is a measure of how vulnerable he feels. Many Pakistanis share the sentiment. As I rose to leave after an interview Saturday with Syed Kamran Zafar, an Islamabad-based official for Bhutto's PPP, he urged me not to visit any markets in Islamabad. "Stay clear of anywhere it is crowded," he implored, sounding scared himself. "I mean...