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...Pakistan's Emergency President Pervez Musharraf's declaration of a state of emergency may have made Pakistan's founder, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, turn over in his grave [Nov. 19]. 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...
...return of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif adds a new twist to the political chess game that has dragged on for the past few months in Pakistan. Sharif, who was ousted by current President General Pervez Musharraf in a bloodless 1999 coup and who left Pakistan for exile after being found guilty of corruption, arrived in Lahore Sunday and was greeted by hundreds of chanting supporters. Government officials said he had been allowed back into the country after reaching an "understanding" with Musharraf. But Sharif said there was no such understanding. He was back, he told the crowd, "to save...
...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...
Having fought three wars against Pakistan, India pays close attention to the turbulent politics of its neighbor. And none of Pakistan's many coups and periods of martial law has caused as much apprehension in New Delhi as the recent actions of President Pervez Musharraf. India's security establishment views Musharraf's political troubles from the perspective of regional stability, sharing with Washington the concern that priority be given to the campaign against the forces of Islamist fundamentalism in Pakistan. To the extent that enforcing emergency rule occupies the security forces, Indian security experts say, the danger increases of escalating...