PPP asks Commonwealth not to readmit Pakistan (15:50 PST)
http://www.hipakistan.com/en/detail.php?newsId=en65165&F_catID=sd&f_type=source
Pakistan back in common wealth
After a long wait:
Commonwealth re-admits Pakistan
Pakistan is to be re-admitted to the Commonwealth, five years after it was suspended because of a military coup.
The Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group praised progress towards democracy by President Pervez Musharraf, who seized power in 1999.
But it said after its meeting in London that it would continue to monitor "continuing concerns".
Diplomats said the UK and Australia wanted to reward President Musharraf for helping fight al-Qaeda.
Pakistan was suspended from the 53-nation group's decision-making councils after Gen Musharraf ousted the country's elected prime minister Nawaz Sharif.
The Commonwealth Secretary General, Don McKinnon, made the announcement about its re-admittance at a news conference on Saturday.
The nine-member action group said the Commonwealth noted "continuing concerns in regard to the strengthening of the democratic process in Pakistan", and it would continue to monitor progress.
It said it expected President Musharraf to stand down as head of the army by the end of this year, as he has promised.
"CMAG agreed to remain seized of the situation by retaining Pakistan on its agenda," Mr McKinnon said.
Pakistan welcomed the decision.
Information Minister Sheikh Rashid said: "It is the right decision at the right time. We have fulfilled all the requirements and it's a wise decision."
Stck and carrot policy.They admit Pakistan but will keep an eye on "continuing concerns"
I dont know why Pakistan is so keen to join an organisation which is well past its sell by date. Pakistan was originally suspended because of a military coup and it was said that it wont be readmitted till after democracy returns. Well democracy has not fully returned and it is interesting to note that the reason for Paksitan’s readmittance was "UK and Australia wanted to reward President Musharraf for helping fight al-Qaeda. "
Some principles these nations have? 
Pakistan is so keen to join CW because it wants to show the whole world that it's a member of organization comprising of "only" deemocratic counteries.
whats next PPP is goint to ask US to bomb Pakistan.
seems like some people's loyalties are more with their own power than with the country.
I have never ever seen the opposition in Uk or US go to another country or organization and speak against the country.
this will be equal to kerry going to the UN and askign them to oppose US position.
Good move by PPP. Pakistan does not belong in any organization as long it remains a dictatorship and usurps the rights of its people. You cannot compare army run Pakistan with a democracy like the US.
What a joke! Even Afghanistan has more democractic insitutions then Pakistan now.
That was not a joke but you must be joking.what sort of democratic institutions you are talking about imdad?
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That was not a joke but you must be joking.what sort of democratic institutions you are talking about imdad?
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He means to say the Commanders are more democratic then Pakistan, please ignore him... To him.. Haiti is better then Pakistan.. :( "Sigh"...
Good News though! :)
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Good move by PPP. Pakistan does not belong in any organization as long it remains a dictatorship and usurps the rights of its people. You cannot compare army run Pakistan with a democracy like the US.
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What Democracy are you talking about?
We have one of the most open press in the world read the new book "Pakistan a conflict within" and you'll see what i mean.
GO MUSHY!
yeah and PPP is a goof representaive of Pakistani people, especially this benazir character..she got the treachery genes, but not the brilliance of her father..
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yeah and PPP is a goof representaive of Pakistani people, especially this benazir character..she got the treachery genes, but not the brilliance of her father..
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^ Definately on target. BB is no doubt a traitor to Pakistan. This corrupt power whore will do anything to get herself back in power. She has never cared for Pakistan and the Pakistani people. Those members of PPP asking for Pakistan to not be admitted to the Commonwealth deserve to be executed as traitors. Not that I give a rats @$$ about the commonwealth.
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What a joke! Even Afghanistan has more democractic insitutions then Pakistan now.
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Your a joke. Why don't you call yourself Afghani from now on? Like I have said all along your a liability to any country..watan faroosh :)
for all of Benazir's rants against the army she gave a Medal of Democracy to the Pakistan army for its services to democracy.
The same army which had ruled the couuntry thru martial law on numerous occassions and which had lynched her own dad.
for all of her whining about right wing mullahs, she courted them thorughout her days in power, and it was her dad, the former PM, who had courted them to a point that he declared ahmedis as non muslims.
for all PPP's chants about roti, kapra and makan, and some intitial action in teh area of land reforms, for their power, she just like her dad courted fuedals to a point that the power brokers in PPP are majority from teh fuedal landlord variety.
btw, can someone remind me who was the first..err i believe only civilian chief martial law administrator of Pakistan, and which party did he belong to?
For all of her rhetoric against religious right, and Zia's lame policies...including her promises during her election campaign to end the Hudood laws . in her two terms as PM, she did not repeal a single one of Zia's Islamization laws.
great leader eh..
if i recall hr own brother mir murtaza bhutto spoke up about her corruption and that the PPP of benzir was no longer the PPP of his father Z.A.Bhutto....
Here is her record:-
The Rediff Interview - Benazir Bhutto
Benazir, Zardari Guilty of Money Laundering
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=29868&d=6&m=8&y=2003
Assets of BB
http://www.nab.gov.pk/benazir.htm
With the evidence they have, Nawaz Sharif and Saifur Rahman should
convict Benazir Bhutto- Betrayers of our trust By Ardeshir Cowasjee
http://www.dawn.com/weekly/cowas/990502.htm
Bhutto’s diamond necklace
Bhutto, husband sentenced for graft
http://www.inq7.net/brk/2003/aug/05/brkafp_4-1.htm
Diamond necklace exposed Bhutto money-laundering trail
Swiss court orders $2.4m returned to Pakistan
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_23-11-2003_pg1_3
Benazir and her husband discovered a new source of income
http://www.dawn.com/weekly/cowas/20010211.htm
PPP did the correct and admirable move..there have been difficult periods for democracy in Pakistan but the one now is the worst seen.. most of federal ministers are either proclaimed offenders or have registered cases for corruption against them in NAB... Chaudrys are biggest looters with billions of loans while army generals are enjoying more lucrative posts.. the way whole Punjab was made captive and saw brutal actions when Shabaz Sharif landed was some never seen before.. almost ever by election was rigged few day back.. opposition MNA's and MPA's are forced to change loyalities either by coecion or NAB's influence.. and all this is going on with Musharaf's patronage..
can anyome blaming past Prime Ministers just check list of blue eyed ruling party members for a second.. all the corrupt from different parties are bundled together.. is this the revolution in politice Musharaf was claiming..
what kind of moral superiority does PPP have in this area, their record has been dismal, the party leadership is full of feudals. The PPP of today is not the same PPP that existed in early days of ZAB, actually the PPP that existed towards his last days was not the same that existed early on.
its only two bit corrupt leaders of ours who would actually go undermine their own country. As I noted, even with massive power struggle between GOp and dems during clinton era and now under W, I do not see former pre clinton go and undermine US interests abroad, niether did i see G.H.W.B do the same when clionton was in power.
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for all of Benazir's rants against the army she gave a Medal of Democracy to the Pakistan army for its services to democracy.**
Let me add to that: The largest Democratic expansion of ISI.
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The same army which had ruled the couuntry thru martial law on numerous occassions and which had lynched her own dad.
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Shameless indeed.
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for all of her whining about right wing mullahs, she courted them thorughout her days in power, and it was her dad, the former PM, who had courted them to a point that he declared ahmedis as non muslims.
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True. Also lets not forget the support of the Taliban, which she totally denied post 9-11.
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for all PPP's chants about roti, kapra and makan, and some intitial action in teh area of land reforms, for their power, she just like her dad courted fuedals to a point that the power brokers in PPP are majority from teh fuedal landlord variety.
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Yes, one of the largest landowners of Sindh. "The Princess of Larkana" is nothing but the ruthless feudal much like her father. The shameless way the Bhuttos treat their "subjects" yet still talk about the average person.
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btw, can someone remind me who was the first..err i believe only civilian chief martial law administrator of Pakistan, and which party did he belong to?
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It was none other than ZAB. Let's not forget how he dismissed the DEMOCRATICALLY elected Gov'ts of NWFP and Baluchistan. Or how he crushed the Baluchis.
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For all of her rhetoric against religious right, and Zia's lame policies...including her promises during her election campaign to end the Hudood laws . in her two terms as PM, she did not repeal a single one of Zia's Islamization laws.
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Shall we talk about what she did to improve womens rights? Freaking Z. Jalal of the present gov't has done more without being the PM.
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great leader eh..
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Yea, indeed. Playing with the Jeay Sindh scumbags in Sindh to turn them against Karachi, and haramkhors like Khar in Punjab to divide Punjabis.
Fraudia bro, I am glad to see that you can put the truth out here so the Bhutto worshipers can continue to come up with weak rejoinders.
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its only two bit corrupt leaders of ours who would actually go undermine their own country. As I noted, even with massive power struggle between GOp and dems during clinton era and now under W, I do not see former pre clinton go and undermine US interests abroad, niether did i see G.H.W.B do the same when clionton was in power.
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Bingo! Hit the nail again. Outside of domestic policy we Pakistanis should stand together. If BB or her PPP scum choose to divide us that way we should crackdown on them. Too bad President Musharraff is a liberal, easy going guy..yara, aese bhu badnaam, wesay bhi badnaam.
Pakistani government does not represent the people of entire pakistan. They only represent north pakistan, the army belt of punjab and nwfp and some loyalist sardars and waderas from rest of the country. Unless this changes, Pakistan should be thrown out of all international organizations.