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Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, a former petroleum minister and close adviser to Nawaz Sharif, the Prime Minister Musharraf overthrew in 1999, tells TIME that discontent within the army is growing. Khan comes from a family of military men - his grandfather was in the army, his father was a brigadier general, his brother was a lieutenant general and he has cousins and nephews who are still serving - who tell him, he says, of "the deep simmering dissatisfaction over how the army is being used for political means." Soldiers have been told not to wear their uniforms on the street, and many...
...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...
...brutal campaign against schools and their staff is the latest manifestation of the violence in the south. Last September a military junta overthrew Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, accusing him of corruption and abuse of power-allegations Thaksin denies. Today, the junta faces many challenges: how to bring Thaksin, now in exile but still popular among millions of Thais, back to Bangkok for trial; when to hold elections and restore democracy; and how to keep the economy ticking. But the most intractable problem is the civil war in the south. Since January 2004, when a dormant, homegrown rebel movement ostensibly bent...
...helping Musharraf regain some public trust, but it may not be enough to counteract popular disillusionment with his increasingly desperate attempts to cling to power. This weekend in London the Pakistan All Parties Conference - made up of leading opposition members, including exiled former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, whom Musharraf overthrew in a bloodless coup in 1999 - agreed to resign in protest should Musharraf go ahead with his plan to be re-elected by the current, hand-picked assembly. The only party that demurred is former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party. Rumors are rife that Musharraf...
...nice and wait for your prince; be obedient and don't stray off the path; bad people are just plain evil and ugly and deserve no mercy. But palace revolutions can have their own excesses. Are the rules of fairy-tale snark becoming as rigid as the ones they overthrew? Are we losing a sense of wonder along with all the illusions...