Sunday, February 14, 2010

Pakistan's Political Problems

Yeah, there is a war going on and the Globe gives me this upon a Sunday:

"Court suspends two judicial picks" by Associated Press | February 14, 2010

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan’s Supreme Court suspended the presidential appointment of two top judges in an emergency ruling yesterday that could cause a destabilizing clash between the judiciary and the Western-backed government. As local media reported the country was headed into a political crisis, President Asif Ali Zardari’s spokesman dismissed rumors the government was planning to declare a state of emergency.

And the U.S. will have to step in, right?


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Commentary:

[It is shaping-up as the Pakistani people--vs.--America's puppets match. No matter how much effort is expended to convince us otherwise, the Pakistani Army is also subservient to the US govt. It is only a matter of time before Gen. Kayani steps in, since many of the "disappeared" cases being investigated involved claims of kidnapping and murder directed at the ISI, for
selling suspects to the CIA, according to Musharraf.] --
Zardari Impeachment Preferrable to Investigation of Pakistan’s Missing

For much, much more on Pakistan, go here