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...President Pervez Musharraf, who has faced near permanent protests since he suspended a Supreme Court judge three weeks ago for as yet undefined suspicions of misconduct, has organized a public address and rally today in Rawalpindi, not far from the capital Islamabad, to prove to his people, and the world, that he still has the support of a large section of the country's population. Today's rally was expected to attract many more participants than yesterday's protest in Islamabad that was organized by a consortium of opposition parties and attended by several thousand. However turnout at yesterday...
...work. Former Pakistan fast bowler Sarfraz Nawaz alleged to reporters earlier this week that one of South Asia's bookmaking mafia rings is probably behind Woolmer's murder. Sarfraz claims bookies were manipulating results, and that five members of the Pakistani squad were involved. The team's spokesman, Pervez Mir, angrily dismissed Sarfraz's allegations, telling a Pakistani paper, "There is no match-fixing going on within this team, there is no indication of that...
...against al-Qaeda has been Pakistan, handmaiden to the Taliban movement that turned Afghanistan into a sanctuary for bin Laden and his lieutenants. While members of Pakistan's intelligence services have long been suspected of being in league with the Taliban, the Bush Administration has consistently praised Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf for his cooperation in rooting out and apprehending members of bin Laden's network. But the Talibanization of the borderlands--and their role in arming and financing insurgents in Afghanistan--has renewed doubts about whether Musharraf still possesses the will to face down the jihadists...
...true that Barack Obama is on the move. I don't know if it's true President Bush called [Pakistani President Pervez] Musharraf and said, "Why can't we catch this...
...easy being a dictator. After years spent carefully balancing the demands of his domestic backers and his friends in Washington, not to mention fighting one of the hottest fronts in the war on terror and warding off militants bent on assassinating him, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has spent the past week grappling with a new headache - angry lawyers...