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'There is more to it, than meets the eye' :)
Yes indeed. There is more to it than meets the eye. So much love these days between PPP/MQM/USA/President Musharaf/Existing set-up. :)
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Yes, that was very obvious.
Pakistan National Assembly speaker Fehmida Mirza, (R) meets with Supreme Court Chief Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar (L), during the swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani, at the President House in Islamabad March 25, 2008.
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Pakistan premier’s party wants to dump Musharraf
International News Service in English
Mar 25, 2008 08:32 EST
Islamabad (dpa) - Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday swore in as new prime minister Yousuf Raza Gillani, whose Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) of slain former prime minister Benazir Bhutto wants him to resign.
It was a formal ceremony one day after the lower house of parliament elected Gillani with much celebration and cheering. Gillani won 264 votes over 42 for opposition candidate Chaudhry Pervaiz of the PML-Q party, Musharraf’s political backers.
Musharraf said the new government and prime minister will have his support.
“I will extend my full support to him always,” he said after the swearing in ceremony.
He also spoke of cooperation and not confrontation, stating “all the political forces in the country” need to work together.
But Musharraf’s overtures of cooperation come too late for many.
During his first speech as prime minister elect Monday Gillani was interrupted several times by spectators chanting, “Go, Musharraf, Go.”
Gillani said one of his first acts would be to release about a half dozen senior judges put under house arrest by Musharraf last November.
The Islamabad city administration didn’t wait for Gillani’s official order and Monday night said all the remaining detained judges were free.
Soon afterward hundreds gathered in the lawn of former chief justice Iftikhar Chaudhry and cheered as he came on his balcony and made his first public appearance in four-and-a-half months.
In a brief speech Chaudhry said Pakistan must follow the rule of law.
Musharraf sacked Chaudhry and dozens of other judges after declaring a state of emergency last November and suspending the constitution amid fears that the Supreme Court was going to overturn his controversial October re-election.
While most of the judges from the Supreme Court and various provincial High Courts were freed from detention, Musharraf had refused to release Chaudhry, with whom he had a protracted political struggle throughout 2007.
The coalition government has already agreed to reinstate the judges Musharraf removed from office under the emergency order on November 3, within 30 days of the formation of government. That 30- day countdown at the very latest started Tuesday with Gillani taking the oath of prime minister.
When restored the deposed judges can revoke Musharraf’s October re-election and force him to leave office.
Musharraf, an strong US ally, has not indicated that he will step down voluntarily and in recent weeks has spoken of cooperation.
But the coalition may not listen.
Nawaz Sharif, whose Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz came in second in the February 18 election, formed a coalition government with the PPP.
It was an earlier Sharif government Musharraf overthrew when he seized power in a bloodless coup in 1999. Then Musharraf imprisoned Sharif for three years. Sharif has called Musharraf an illegitimate leader and is one of many who have called on him resign.
Gillani was imprisoned for five years early this century during Musharraf’s time as president. He later said he could have been released if he had supported Musharraf’s government, but he refused.
With a coalition government of such strong rivals now in control of his fate, Musharraf’s political future looks uncertain at best. dpa me ns
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Khwaja Asif, a senior member of Mr Sharif’s party, said: “This was our promise to the nation, and we stand by it.” But some senior PPP members are less inclined, with one complaining that Mr Chaudhry’s enthusiasm for challenging the bureaucracy “could make it difficult for a government to work properly”.
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Reza bhaijan. That seems like something out of the speech made by great President Musharaf. It is amazing how some senior PPP members have been repeating what great President Musharaf has been saying. Great people think alike. 
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Reza bhaijan. That seems like something out of the speech made by great President Musharaf. It is amazing how some senior PPP members have been repeating what great President Musharaf has been saying. Great people think alike. :)
Qazi Hussain has said the first thing he will do if ex-CJ Iftikhar is restored, is to log a case challenging the NRO. That will also be playing on the minds of Zardari and PM Gillani, both beneficiaries of this ordinance.
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Qazi Hussain has said the first thing he will do if ex-CJ Iftikhar is restored, is to log a case challenging the NRO. That will also be playing on the minds of Zardari and PM Gillani, both beneficiaries of this ordinance.
What cases does Gillani have pre Oct 1999?
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What cases does Gillani have pre Oct 1999?
None. Beside he was charged on politically motivated charges and his conviction was set aside on appeal by LHC. So, NRO or no NRO it will have no impact on him whatsoever.
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Yes, it will. His bar on holding an elected office was lifted as a result of the NRO. If the NRO is nullified that would be reversed, and his leader Zardari's cases would all have to be re-opened. That is, if ex-CJ Iftikhar has not already done a deal with his political buddies to not touch the NRO, in case he is restored?
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What cases does Gillani have pre Oct 1999?
he was in jail during zia era and has some corruption charges
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^ Yes, it will. His bar on holding an elected office was lifted as a result of the NRO. If the NRO is nullified that would be reversed, and his leader Zardari's cases would all have to be re-opened. That is, if ex-CJ Iftikhar has not already done a deal with his political buddies to not touch the NRO, in case he is restored?
Wrong. His conviction was set aside by the Lahore High Court (read over turned). So, NROs would have no impact on his case.
BTW, Javed Hashmi spent 4.5 years in jail & he was allowed to run for election, while Shabaz Sharif was never convicted of any crime his nomination papers were rejected based on old FIR. Now tell me, is SB also beneficiary of Mushrraf's NROs?
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Wrong again. There wre still cases pending against Gillani after the LHC ruling, which he got wiped out under the NRO.
Also, do you honestly think that Ifti is going to strike down the NRO, if he is retsored? If so, do you think Zardari would allow this?
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Pakistan’s deposed chief justice visits Bhutto’s widower in first trip since being freed
ASSOCIATED PRESS
7:53 a.m. March 27, 2008
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – Pakistan’s deposed chief justice is visiting the widower of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto in his first excursion since being freed from house arrest. Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry was put under house arrest more than four months ago when President Pervez Musharraf purged the courts to avert legal challenges to his disputed re-election. Nazir Dhoki, a spokesman for Bhutto’s party, said Chaudhry arrived Thursday evening at the home of Bhutto’s widower, Asif Ali Zardari, to “express condolences.” Bhutto died in a suicide attack in December.
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latest developments on the judicial front
Pakistan: Deposed chief justice visits Asif Zardari in first trip since being freed
ISLAMABAD, March 27 (AP): Pakistan's deposed chief justice is visiting Asif Zardari, the widower of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto in his first excursion since being freed from house arrest. Nazir Dhoki, a spokesman for Bhutto's party, said Chaudhry arrived Thursday evening at Asif Zardari’s home to “express condolences.”
Pakistan Attorney General Malik Qayyum tenders resignation
ISLAMABAD, March 27: The Attorney-General of Pakistan, Malik Qayyum tendered his resignation from the post, a local TV channel reported. The Attorney General, who is a retired chief justice of the Punjab High Court, tendered his resignation to President Mushasrraf on Thursday. The private channel reported that President Musharraf had accepted Malik Qayyum’s resignation.
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latest developments on the judicial front
Pakistan: Deposed chief justice visits Asif Zardari in first trip since being freed ISLAMABAD, March 27 (AP): Pakistan's deposed chief justice is visiting Asif Zardari, the widower of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto in his first excursion since being freed from house arrest. Nazir Dhoki, a spokesman for Bhutto's party, said Chaudhry arrived Thursday evening at Asif Zardari’s home to “express condolences.”
Just as a BBC correspondent was saying the other day, the ex-CJ has promised to leave the NRO un-challenged if Zardari and co restore him. If true, it will once and for expose what a sham this whole "independence of judiciary" campaign is.
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how desperate can this thief justice get
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how desperate can this thief justice get
Now I see on the TV he is meeting with US Congressmen as well, to put forward his case for restoration. Does he have no faith in his own so-called 'people's struggle' for judicial independence, that now he is begging foreign powers to help him out?
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how desperate can this thief justice get
:D
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how desperate can this thief justice get
Not as desperate as the illegal kursi grabbing dictator. Everyone meets the congressman some even get their ass whipped at 2 am in the morning so why single out the chief justice.
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Also, do you honestly think that Ifti is going to strike down the NRO, if he is retsored? If so, do you think Zardari would allow this?
I hope the NRO is not struck down. I want to see great Zardari be the next PM and lead Pakistan until Bilawal Zardari is ready to take over in the next ten years or so.