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Minus One, Two or Three: Pakistani Politics Is Business Unusual

Hisham Wyne | Posted 10.22.2009 | World

Read More: Spotlight-on-Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif, Democracy-in-Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, Spotlight on Pakistan, Pakistan Army, Failed State, Democracy in Pakistan, World News
Hisham Wyne

Given that a concentrated campaign is underway to ensure that due democratic process is freed from future army interference and Pakistan is stabilized in the face of persistent existentialist threats, decapitating the political system by removing party heads is not smart.

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Sharif Acquitted: Pakistani Court Dismisses 1999 Hijacking Charge, Lifts Ban Against Running For Office

AP | RASOOL DAWAR and MUNIR AHMAD | Posted 08.17.2009 | World

Read More: Pakistan, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Nawaz Sharif, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Sharif Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, President Asif Ali Zardari, President Zardari, Pervez Musharraf, Musharraf, Pakistan Democracy, Pakistan Opposition, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan Supreme Court, Pakistan Court Probe, Sharif Hijacking, Sharif Acquitted, World News

MIR ALI, Pakistan — Pakistani fighter jets flattened a suspected Taliban hide-out in the northwest early Saturday, killing six associates of a t...

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Nawaz Sharif Can Contest Elections: Pakistan Supreme Court

DAWN.COM | Posted 06.26.2009 | World

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ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday lifted a ban on opposition leader and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif holding office and contesting...

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Pakistan: How Did We Get Here?

Huffington Post Contributor | Ahsan Butt | Posted 06.11.2009 | World

Read More: Military, Fazlur Rehman, Taliban, Nawaz Sharif, Afghanistan, India, Sharia, Spotlight on Pakistan, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, World News

Pakistanis of all stripes -- from the media to the public, the political leadership to the military -- must unite in the face of this threat.

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Pakistani Taliban Want Control Beyond Swat: Sharif

The International News | Posted 05.22.2009 | World

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Pakistan's top opposition leader, former Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, expressed concern Monday about a controversial peace deal with Islamist militan...

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Sharif Criticizes Obama's Regional Strategy

ft.com | Posted 05.03.2009 | World

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Nawaz Sharif, the Pakistani opposition leader and former prime minister, on Wednesday criticised the new US strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, tel...

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Sharif Eyed By U.S. As Partner In Pakistan

nytimes.com | JANE PERLEZ | Posted 04.25.2009 | World

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LAHORE, Pakistan -- The opposition leader, Nawaz Sharif, sealed his place as the most popular politician in Pakistan this month when he defied his hou...

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Pakistan Appeals Ruling Against Sharifs

DAWN.COM | Posted 04.19.2009 | World

Read More: Pakistan Appeals Shariff, Sharif, Shahbaz Sharif, Pakistan, Pakistan Political Crisis, Nawaz Sharif, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Foreign Affairs, Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, Yousuf Raza Gilani, Sharif Ruling, World News

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan government filed appeals on Thursday to overturn a court ruling that banned opposition leader Nawaz Sharif and his brother Sha...

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Pakistan's Long March to Democracy

Wajahat Ali | Posted 04.17.2009 | World

Read More: Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan Holbrooke, Pakistan Zardari, Pakistan u.s., Pakistan Violence, Pakistan Long March, Pakistan Democracy, Pakistan Musharaff, World News
Wajahat Ali

The U.S., which provided support to General Zia and Musharraf's dictatorships, should use its diplomatic resources to force the reinstatement of Chief Justice Chaudhry and the independent judiciary.

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Pakistan Celebrates Restoration Of Chief Justice

New York Times | Posted 04.16.2009 | World

Read More: Pakistan Uprising, Chief Justice Chaudhry, Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry, Pakistan Opposition, Pakistan, Pakistan Crisis, Pervez Musharraf, Nawaz Sharif, Asif Ali Zardari, Pakistan Supreme Court, Shahbaz Sharif, Pakistan State of Emergency, World News

It was a day of rejoicing, of drum playing, and of smiling at strangers. Pakistan's chief justice had just been reinstated after a two-year struggle, ...

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Zardari's Weakness Exposed By Pakistan Riots

Financial Times | Posted 04.16.2009 | World

Read More: Pakistan Uprising, Chief Justice Chaudhry, Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry, Pakistan Opposition, Foreign Affairs, Pakistan, Pakistan Crisis, Pervez Musharraf, Nawaz Sharif, Asif Ali Zardari, Pakistan Supreme Court, Shahbaz Sharif, Pakistan Democracy, Advocacy, World News

Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhary's return as chief justice of Pakistan's Supreme Court, two years after his dismissal by Pervez Musharraf, the then militar...

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Pakistan to restore chief justice

AP | CHRIS BRUMMITT | Posted 04.15.2009 | Home

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ISLAMABAD — Pakistan agreed Monday to reinstate a fired Supreme Court chief justice, a move that will help defuse a political crisis that has sp...

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Pakistan Marches, Crackdown Threaten Regional Stability

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 04.13.2009 | World

Read More: Pakistan Uprising, Afghanistan, Richard Holbrooke, Foreign Affairs, Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, Pakistan March, Pakistan State of Emergency, Pakistan Democracy, Chief Justice Chaudhry, Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry, Pakistan Opposition, Pakistan Crisis, Nawaz Sharif, Anne Patterson, Shahbaz Sharif, Advocacy, World News

The political and popular strife in Pakistan continues to escalate as police and government security officials attempt to stymie the rising tide of an...

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Zardari-Sharif Deal: Media Rife With Rumors

IBN | Posted 04.12.2009 | World

Read More: Pakistan Uprising, Chief Justice Chaudhry, Pakistan Opposition, Foreign Affairs, Pakistan, Pakistan Crisis, Asif Ali Zardari, Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan Protests, Advocacy, World News

Defiant lawyers hit the streets of Pakistan on Thursday, kicking off their Long March in the Punjab province. The march mirrors the protests by lawyer...

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Pakistan: Free Detained Opposition Activists

Human Rights Watch | Posted 04.12.2009 | World

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Human Rights Watch

The government of Pakistan should end its crackdown against activists of opposition groups led by the Pakistan Muslim League.

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Pakistan Rally Begins Despite Arrests

Al Jazeera English | Posted 04.12.2009 | World

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Hundreds of Pakistani lawyers and activists have started an anti-government march from the city of Karachi, the main city of Sindh province....

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Pakistan: Crackdown On Protests Continues

nytimes.com | JANE PERLEZ | Posted 04.12.2009 | World

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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- The civilian government has banned a national protest march and arrested hundreds of political workers , evoking for many Pakis...

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Pakistan's Long March: Help Report On It

The Huffington Post | Chris Nelson | Posted 04.11.2009 | World

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Lawyers and opposition political parties to the current Pakistani government, led by Nawaz Sharif, are planning a march from Karachi to Islamabad this...

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Pakistan Bans Protests, Rallies In Lahore Ahead Of Lawyers' March

AFP | Posted 04.10.2009 | World

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The eastern Pakistani city of Lahore on Tuesday banned protests and rallies ahead of a planned "long march" by lawyers towards the capital Islamabad, ...

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Pak Army, Opposition Gun For Asif Ali Zardari

ibnlive.in.com | Parrull / CNN | Posted 04.10.2009 | World

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New Delhi: Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari is facing one crisis after another. Reports on Monday claimed Zardari has been given an ultimatum by ...

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Pakistan's Presidential Putz

Stuart Whatley | Posted 03.29.2009 | World

Read More: Afghanistan, Pakistan Taliban, Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, Bryan Hunt, Taliban, Barack Obama, Pakistan Democracy, Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan Opposition, Benazir Bhutto Assassinated, Pakistan Crisis, Nawaz Sharif, Hillary Clinton, Shahbaz Sharif, World News
Stuart Whatley

The Pakistani government is quickly becoming overwhelmed in an attempt to keep its house in order. Obama and Clinton should demand increased oversight, or at least transparency, as a condition for further aid to the Pakistanis.

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Pakistan President Emerging As Divisive Figure

Wsj.com | By MATTHEW ROSENBERG and ZAHID HUSSAIN | Posted 03.29.2009 | World

Read More: Pakistan, Peshawar, Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, Swat Valley, Nawaz Sharif, Taliban, President Asif Zardari, Afghanistan, Gen. Ashaq Kayani, Karachi, Punjab, Islamic Law, World News

When Asif Ali Zardari won the presidency last year, he vowed to unite this fractious country after nearly a decade of military rule. Instead, Mr. Zard...

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Pakistan's Sharif Urges Protests After Court Bans Him From Contesting Elections

Al Jazeera English | Posted 03.29.2009 | World

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Nawaz Sharif, a former Pakistani prime minister and leader of the biggest opposition party, has urged people to join him in what is expected to be a l...

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Obama's Missed Opportunity

Stephen Zunes | Posted 06.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama, Presidential Debates, Presidential Debate, Mccain, Resolution 1172, Shia Government, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Taliban, UN Security Council, Barack Obama, Afghanistan War, Al Qaeda, Foreign Policy, Iraq War, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran, Iran Revolutionary Guard, Kyl-Lieberman Amendment, Sunni Militias, Resolution 487, Nawaz Sharif, Muqtada Al-Sadr, Politics News
Stephen Zunes

If Obama expects to defeat John McCain, who indeed has more foreign policy experience, he must be more willing to challenge his opponent's record.

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Major Gaffe: McCain Said Pakistan Was a Failed State

Max Bergmann | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Presidential Debates, McCain Pakistan, Obama Mccain Pakistan, John McCain Gaffe, Pakistan Failed State, Mccain Foreign Policy, Oxford Debate, Mississippi Debate, Pakistan Nuclear Weapons, Failed State, Nawaz Sharif, Pervez Musharraf, McCain Pakistan Gaffe, McCain Pakistan Failed State, Pakistan Failed State Mccain, Politics News
Max Bergmann

McCain just badly misstated the history of Pakistan. McCain said Pakistan was a failed state before President Musharraf came to power. That is not true.

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