Word: pervez
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...Tight Spot in Pakistan Your story about attempts on the life of Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf showed what a precarious position he is in [Jan 12]. His support of the U.S. in the war in Afghanistan and his efforts to curb the influence of Islamic fundamentalists and extremists in Pakistan, in accordance with the wishes of the White House, do not make him very popular among these groups. With the security situation worsening in the region and Pakistan's democratic leadership not yet very stable, there is a risk that the country and its nuclear capabilities may fall into...
...Nobody comes inside and checks our things. We check them ourselves." General Pervez Musharraf, Pakistani President, rejecting the U.N.'s request to supervise Pakistan's nuclear program...
...world politics. His ambivalence and ambiguity, however, have been frustrating at times. In Absolute Friends, he shows his moral outrage at the U.S., and this work is all the better for it. Sanjeev Sharma Formby, England Hope for Kashmir Your report on attempts on the life of Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf [Jan. 12] noted that he had declared a unilateral cease-fire along the line dividing Pakistani and Indian forces in Kashmir. That Pakistan "might not insist on a plebiscite in Kashmir to resolve the dispute" bodes well for bringing peace between India and Pakistan. The time might be ripe...
Like many Pakistanis, I am unsure of how to react to the proliferation scandal surrounding Abdul Qadeer Khan, the "father of the Islamic Bomb." Khan admitted last week to providing nuclear technology to Iran, Libya and North Korea but was pardoned by Pakistan's President, General Pervez Musharraf. The case exposes deep conflicts in my feelings about my country, our policies and the direction we are taking...
...Saeed Sheikh in July 2002 for the murder of U.S. journalist Daniel Pearl, the Islamic militant was defiant. In court Sheikh had his lawyer read a threat to Pakistan's President: "Let's see who dies first, me or Musharraf." Now, after two bomb attempts in December on President Pervez Musharraf's life, investigators are treating Sheikh's warning as more than just bravado. Most of the dozen or so plotters who twice placed bombs on Musharraf's motorcade route belonged to Jaish-e-Muhammad, an outlawed militant group of which Sheikh was a top member and which had ties...