Archive for December, 2007
Benazir: The democrat
Benazir is being eulogised in the foreign and local media as the champion of democracy despite the fact that she failed miserably two times when she became the Prime Minister of the Country. Her governments were dismissed on the charges of gross corruption and extra judicial killings of political opponents. The champion of democracy has [...]
Former play boy and polo star chosen to lead Pakistan People Party
Pakistan People Party chose her slain leader’s son and husband to lead the party. It is shocking that PPP chose a man to lead the party, who is known more for his playboy image than his intellect or politics.
This former play boy and polo star gained notoriety in the Pakistani and international press for [...]
Pakistan’s flawed and feudal princess
Benazir Bhutto was a courageous, secular and liberal woman. But sadness at the demise of this courageous fighter should not mask the fact that as a pro-Western feudal leader who did little for the poor, she was as much a central part of Pakistan’s problems as the solution to them.
William DalrympleSunday [...]
Anglo-American Ambitions behind the Assassination of Benazir Bhutto and the Destabilization of Pakistan
by Larry Chin
Global Research, December 29, 2007
It has been known for months that the Bush-Cheney administration and its allies have been manuevering to strengthen their political control of Pakistan, paving the way for the expansion and deepening of the “war on terrorism” across the region. The assassination of Benazir Bhutto does [...]
Who will be heir to Bhutto’s throne?
Officially PPP’s senior vice-chairman, Amin Fahim should succeed her. Some people are saying that he lacks the Bhutto charisma and surname.
Some Bhutto loyalists want to make her son Bilawal her heir. However, he lacks the surname too. He is not Bhutto. He is Zardari.
There are reports that Mumtaz Bhutto may now try to reclaim [...]
Benazir Bhutto’s party workers are carrying out arson attacks
Benazir Bhutto’s party workers are carrying out arson attacks on government and private properties to avenge the death of their leader. They burnt down banks, telephone exchanges and cars. Washington Post reported that several PPP workers tried to burn a refinery near Hyderabad. But their attack was foiled by the law enforcement agencies. The clash [...]
Pakistan government’s spoken claimed that Benazir Bhutto died of head injury.
Pakistan government’s spoken claimed that Benazir Bhutto died of head injury. He said that the blast knocked her head into a lever attached to the sunroof, fracturing her skull.
Bhutto’s spokeswoman Sherry Rehman, who was involved in washing her body for burial, told AFP that she saw bullet wounds. She said :
"There was a bullet wound [...]
Pakistan can descend into civil war
via CNNMoney.com:
Pakistan is barely a unitary state, riven by centuries-old ethnic and clan rivalries constantly refreshed by revenge. The Bhutto family’s stronghold was the massive southern Sindh province, centered on the country’s biggest and richest city, Karachi.
Punjabis have traditionally dominated government in Pakistan, civilian and military, and often in coalition with the Pashtuns of the [...]
Pakistan’s Bhutto killed in attack
Pakistan opposition leader Benazir Bhutto died in a suicide attack. The attacked first shot her in the neck and then detonated the bomb, which killed several people.
After the attack she was taken to Rawalpindi General Hospital , where doctors pronounced her dead at 6:16 p.m.
Her party members are putting the responsibility of death [...]
US left Pakistan ‘defenceless’ : Kissinger’s ’76 remarks revealed
via Dawn:
WASHINGTON, Dec 25: The United States would also have built a nuclear bomb if it were in Pakistan’s position after India’s first nuclear test in 1974, according to former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.
Mr Kissinger made these remarks while chairing a State Department meeting on July 9, 1976 to discuss former [...]
