Re: NRO likely to be struck down by courts.
:rotfl: BB has been really taken for a ride by the govt side. :k:
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\10\08\story_8-10-2007_pg1_6
Govt divided Opp on NRO to win presidential poll: Aziz
The government said on Sunday that it had successfully divided the opposition by promulgating the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) of 2007 on the eve of the presidential election, enabling President General Pervez Musharraf to remain president for another five years. “We wanted to gain political mileage from [the NRO], and we were successful because President Musharraf got votes from all parts of the country and the opposition could not make the election controversial,” said Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz and Pakistan Muslim League (PML) President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain in a press conference at Prime Minister’s House.
PML won: Chaudhry Shujaat said the ordinance was a political move that had carried through. He told reporters that the PML and the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) had both played their own politics on the NRO, with the former succeeding in getting President Musharraf re-elected for another term by the current assemblies without any trouble. Aziz rejected the possibility of a fresh promulgation of the NRO if struck down by the Supreme Court. He said the promulgation of the ordinance was a difficult decision and there was opposition from within the ruling party, which was resolved after discussion. He said the ordinance had a number of positive aspects. Later, Shujaat told Musharraf that his statement on the NRO was a joke, Geo quoted sources as saying.