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...Pakistan's military high command dismissed Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, placing Sharif and his close associates under arrest. Army Chief Pervez Musharraf proclaimed himself chief executive, declaring a state of emergency, placing the constitution in abeyance and suspending parliament. Sharif's ouster is the fourth successive dismissal of an elected government before it completed its term of office, bringing to an abrupt end the democratic process Pakistan's powerful army had itself put into place in 1988 when it reluctantly transferred power to the political leadership following eleven years of military rule...
Military coups used to be messy affairs, rife with panic and barricades and bloodshed. After the overthrow of the democratically elected government in Pakistan last week, there was cheering. In the span of 48 hours, army chief General Pervez Musharraf detained Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, sacked the Cabinet, suspended Parliament and the constitution, and imposed virtual martial law. Yet most Pakistanis barely shrugged. Shops remained open. Telephone service was restored. Children went to school. In Sharif's hometown of Lahore, people danced in the streets and distributed candies to celebrate the coup. "We don't want democracy," said Mohammed Tariq...
That high-stakes cooperation is being seriously compromised by the nuclear $ issue. Last month, long after the schedule for Armacost's visit was completed, Arshad Pervez, a Pakistani native who holds Canadian citizenship, was arrested in Philadelphia and charged with trying to export to Pakistan 25 tons of a special steel alloy used in the enrichment of uranium for nuclear weapons. A federal grand jury has since indicted both Pervez and a resident of the Pakistani city of Lahore, retired Brigadier Inam ul-Haq, for conspiring to illegally export strategic materials. U.S. investigators suspect that the Pakistani government is behind...
Maraging 350 steel is a special steel alloy used in the enrichment of weapons- grade uranium. After a 20-month undercover investigation, federal officials in Philadelphia arrested Arshad Pervez, a Canadian of Pakistani origin, on charges of attempting to export the alloy. The apparent destination was Pakistan, which has repeatedly denied charges that its nuclear facility at Kahuta is intended to produce weapons. Democrat Stephen Solarz of New York, chairman of the House Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs, criticized the Pakistani government of President Mohammed Zia ul-Haq for showing "blatant disregard" for U.S. antiproliferation laws...