At last Mushurraf succeeded

I will repeat my words that I wrote on this forum on resignation of president Pervez Musharruf ;
Mushurraf is an innocent.I do’t know what is the future of pakistan & its nation but question is this to whom this nation want leader and will respect,this land can not give birth such leader early.
God bless our country(Pakistan) & its nation.
shahid gurmani (Faisalabad,Pakistan)

Squabblin' in the ranks...
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Pakistan Coalition In Danger Of Collapse
Aug. 23, 2008 - Internal Squabbles Over Musharraf Successor, Presidential Powers

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Pakistan’s ruling coalition teetered on the brink of collapse as the two main partners squabbled over a successor to ousted President Pervez Musharraf. Former Prime Minster Nawaz Sharif, who heads the junior partner in the coalition, demanded Saturday that the dominant Pakistan People’s Party agree to slash the president’s powers before he would support its candidate. Asif Ali Zardari, head of the PPP and widower of the party’s assassinated leader Benazir Bhutto, agreed Saturday to run for the presidency.

Sharif also pushed forward the deadline for the restoration of dozens of judges dismissed by Musharraf - another key issue dividing the two main parties since they forced the president from power less than a week ago. Still pressure was building for the two sides to end differences that appeared increasingly irreconcilable. Presidential elections by parliament were set for Sept. 6 and the political infighting is a distraction from militant violence flaring in the volatile northwest, where 37 insurgents were killed Saturday in retaliation for a string of deadly suicide bombings.

Though Zardari is a longtime Musharraf critic, he would likely continue the former general’s support for the U.S.-led war against terrorism. But Zardari’s climb to power would dismay many in this nation of 160 million who view him as a symbol of corruption that tainted its last experiment with civilian rule in the 1990s. He won the nickname “Mr. 10 Percent” for alleged graft during his wife’s turns as prime minister. Despite the backing of the PPP, Zardari’s election is far from certain.

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Bloodshed, Political Fight Plague Pakistan
Aug. 21, 2008 - As Suicide Attacks Kill Dozens, One Of Government Coalition Members Threatens Pullout

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Two suicide bombers blew themselves up at the gates of Pakistan’s main weapons complex Thursday, killing 59 people and wounding 70, officials said. A Taliban spokesman claimed responsibility for the attack, one of the bloodiest yet in Pakistan’s intensifying war with insurgent groups that are also destabilizing Afghanistan. The bombers struck at two different gates just as workers were leaving the sprawling arms facility in Wah, a garrison city 20 miles west of the capital, Islamabad.

Rana Tanveer, who was working at a bank about 200 yards from one of the gates where a bomber struck, said he was among the first to reach the scene. “All around the gate I saw blood and human flesh. People helped the injured and took them in their cars and even on motorbikes to the hospital," he told The Associated Press. “Seven or eight people were already dead and another 10 people were breathing their last." Tanvir Lodhi, a spokesman for Pakistan Ordnance Factories, said 59 people were killed. Mohammed Azhar, a hospital official, said 70 others were wounded.

Among more than a dozen bodies seen by an AP Television News reporter at the hospital were two wearing uniforms, though an army spokesman said he had no information that security forces were among the dead. Pakistani forces are involved in an escalating battle with Islamic extremists in two nearby regions of the country’s violence-plagued northwest, despite government efforts to negotiate peace with extremist groups.

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