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Pakistan coalition comes apart

Posted in Judges, Politics, Justice, Discussion, Election, Parliament, Pakistan on May 12th, 2008 No Comments »

President Musharraf must be smiling, nay, positively laughing. For all their political life, the parties of Nawaz Sharif (Pakistan Muslim Leadue -N) and the Pakistan People’s Party of Asif Ali Zardari have been political opponents. They came together just a few months ago when neither of them got a majority in the last elections, and […]

Pakistan reaches settlement on judges restoration

Posted in Judges, Parliament, Pakistan on May 3rd, 2008 2 Comments »

During the last crackdown by President Musharraf late last year, rattled by a judiciary that was seemingly not subservient enough to him, the dictator General had removed a number of judges of the Pakistani Supreme Court and moved them to house arrest. The authority under which this had been done ? Well, he was the […]