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by: Husain Haqqani
2007-12-16
Reports from Pakistan seem to confirm what some of us have known all along. Military ruler General Pervez Musharraf has already fixed the elections scheduled for January 8 and that Pakistan’s crisis is unlikely to end with the "election" of a new parliament. Washington Post’s Griff Witte quoted experts warning of "renewed chaos" as a result of the rigged vote...
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by: Husain Haqqani
2007-12-11
A State Department official told Congress last week that General Pervez Musharraf’s decision to suspend Pakistan’s constitution, impose martial law, sack and detain Supreme Court judges and arrest thousands of lawyers and opposition party activists was just "a bump in the road" during Pakistan’s "transition to democracy." The Bush administration is also working overtime to claim that parliamentary elections, scheduled for January 8, will offer a real choice to Pakistanis and though fla..
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