plus Zardari has arranged 15 billion dollars aid from USA (for whatever reasons)
10% of 15 billion is ...... ?
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well to bring this thing back on topic, we will see how long it takes to get judiciary back, with what powers, and what will the judiciary do after that.
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10% of 15 billion is ...... ?
challo atleast hes not selling the nations daughters for his 100% like Musharraf.
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according to a US paper, zaradri has not agreed to reinstate CJ Iftikhar.
challo atleast hes not selling the nations daughters for his 100% like Musharraf.
not that we know of,
however another thread notes that pakistan secuirty policy will not change means that it will happen in future as well.
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I think Zardari will never reinstate CJ b/c franky the guy is just too unpredictable. So, there is no telling what he will do if he is allowed to come back as CJ & Zardari & even NS knows that. Problem for NS is that he promised to people that he will reinstate judges, but Zardar never made any promises except those to NS and the media. Anyways, it sounds like Mushrraf & Zardar have some kind of secret understanding of sort on the CJ issue…
Musharraf says Zardari will never restore Iftikhar
Musharraf says Zardari will never restore Iftikhar
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
By Hamid Mir
ISLAMABAD: Former president Pervez Musharraf told visiting friends on Tuesday that PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari would never restore deposed chief justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry because if he was restored he would not spare Zardari.
According to one of the visitors, Musharraf told him: “You know some PML-Q leaders suggested to me to cancel the National Reconciliation Ordinance and restore the deposed judges before tendering resignation as they were sure that deposed chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry will become a big problem for Zardari.”
“I decided not to do that. I know Zardari will not restore Justice Iftikhar and Nawaz Sharif will fight him on this issue. Even if Iftikhar is restored he will not spare Zardari. Let the enemies fight with each other.”
August 19 was a unique day in the life of Musharraf. It was his first day without power after nine years. The day started with a breakfast with his family. He was relaxed because there was no hurry of going to office on time. He doesn’t have any office after 44 years but he has not given up. He was pretty sure that he would get one soon.
He still hopes that a situation will be created in the coming weeks when he will get a chance to play a political role. He wants to prove that he can play a role even without uniform.
His day started with courtesy calls from some old friends. He sought the views of everyone about his resignation, future of Pakistan after his departure from the office and especially about the next president of Pakistan. Most of his friends congratulated him on his “safe exit”.
One friend who retired from the Navy long ago reminded him that the first military president Gen Ayub Khan was forced to resign by the then-Army chief Gen Yahya Khan in 1969, Yahya was forced to quit by Gen Gul Hassan in 1971, the third military President Gen Zia was killed in a plane accident in 1988 but Musharraf was the only one who was given a guard of honour by the Army after his departure from the presidency.
Musharraf was happy on his “safe exit” but he shared his disappointment about some “ungrateful” people who left him in the last days of his presidency. One of them was the sitting Chief Justice, Abdul Hameed Dogar. He became chief justice on Nov 3, 2007 after the imposition of emergency by Musharraf. Dogar also validated the extra-constitutional acts of Musharraf after Nov 3. Musharraf contacted Dogar through a very prominent lawyer in the first week of August 2008. Musharraf wanted a stay order from the Supreme Court against the impeachment motion announced by the ruling coalition to oust him. Dogar regretted and disappointed Musharraf.
One friend suggested to Musharraf not to stay in Pakistan for a while. He mentioned a suicide bombing in Dera Ismail Khan. A concerned friend told Musharraf that extremists would try to harm him in Pakistan and he must take extraordinary precautionary measures.
Musharraf received a lot of telephone calls from his relatives and fans mostly from Europe and America. They expressed their solidarity with the former president and said Nawaz Sharif and Asif Ali Zardari would start fighting with each other and Musharraf should stay in Pakistan just to watch the “Tamasha”.
One friend of Musharraf informed him that Zardari wanted to replace him with a woman as the new president of Pakistan. Musharraf laughed on this information and claimed “as long as Maulana Fazlur Rehman is part of the ruling coalition, no woman can become president of Pakistan.”
Musharraf watched different TV channels in the afternoon which were showing celebrations by the public on his departure. Musharraf smilingly commented “all these TV wallahs will be taught great lessons by Zardari and Nawaz Sharif soon,” saying in Urdu: “Inko Nani Yaad Aa Jaey Gi”.
Musharraf enjoyed songs by Rafi in the evening. He listened to his favourite song “Chal Urr Jaa Rey Panchi Key Aab Yeh Dais Hoa Begana”. After enjoying music he called a friend again in the evening and told him “I am here, I will not run away I am not a ‘Panchi’ who will fly away from Pakistan.”
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“I decided not to do that. I know Zardari will not restore Justice Iftikhar and Nawaz Sharif will fight him on this issue. Even if Iftikhar is restored he will not spare Zardari. Let the enemies fight with each other.”
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And Pakistanis feel the brunt of this fight! I wonder why he was babbling how he has always had a Pakistani first policy. Him making sure that the government fights simply negates that!
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One friend of Musharraf informed him that Zardari wanted to replace him with a woman as the new president of Pakistan. Musharraf laughed on this information and claimed “as long as Maulana Fazlur Rehman is part of the ruling coalition, no woman can become president of Pakistan.”
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I think the resignation is now getting to his head, he is forgetting that Maulana Fazlur was one of the biggest supporters BB had during her 2nd term to premiership.
I think the resignation is now getting to his head, he is forgetting that Maulana Fazlur was one of the biggest supporters BB had during her 2nd term to premiership.
The issue is that Islamically, a woman cannot be head of state. Supporting BB was not an issue as the Prime Minister (or, to use the direct translation of Wazir-i-Azam to English, Grand Vizier) is not the head of state - merely the leader of the government.
The issue is that Islamically, a woman cannot be head of state. .
Grand Vizier sahib, is that your view, or the good Maulana's?
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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister, Yousuf Raza Gilani, Wednesday said that no one should have any doubts about restoration of judges and assured of their reinstatement in a week.
It may be remembered that the ruling coalition had failed to reach any consensus over the issue of judges restoration.
Therefore, Pakistan People’s Party and Pakistan Muslim League-N tasked ANP and JUI to prepare recommendations in this regard and for this they were allowed 72 hours.
Deposed judges to be restored in one week: PM
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister, Yousuf Raza Gilani, Wednesday said that no one should have any doubts about restoration of judges and assured of their reinstatement in a week.
According to sources the Prime Minister said this while speaking to a PML-Q parliamentarians.
Gilani said that there is no conflict between the coalition partners on the judges issue. He also said that the 17th amendment will be abolished after the restoration of the judges.
Talking to a delegation of Senators at the Prime Minister House, Gilani called for striking a balance of power among the various pillars of the state in line with the Constitution of 1973.
He stressed on the importance of an independent Election Commission and said that Parliament committees should be strengthened for the purpose of accountability.
The Prime Minister also discussed the overall political situation in the country with the visiting Senators.
It may be remembered that the ruling coalition had failed to reach any consensus over the issue of judges restoration.
Therefore, Pakistan People’s Party and Pakistan Muslim League-N tasked ANP and JUI to prepare recommendations in this regard and for this they were allowed 72 hours.
Its very likely that he’ll not restore Iftikhar.
Says a lot, dun it?
Did Musharraf forget the time when Fazlu was part of Benazir’s govt?
I hope he remains safe, finally someone who vows to stay in the country after leaving his post :k:
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*Zardari declines to reinstate deposed Chief Justice: NYT NEW YORK, Aug 20: *
American newspaper, The New York Times cited Pakistan People’s Party(PPP) co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari as saying he has declined to reinstate deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, private television channels reported. The daily also claimed PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif placed an ultimatum for reinstatement of the deposed judges failing which the PML-N would detach itself from the ruling coalition, they said. (Posted @ 10:35 PST)
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