The media has been awash with reports of President Pervez Musharraf’s impending resignation in the face of the current coalition government’s move to impeach him. Late last week, both the Wall Street Journal and New York Times had issued reports that Musharraf was going to resign within days, with the Wall Street Journal going […]
Entries Tagged as 'Asif Zardari'
Musharraf’s Manic Monday
August 17th, 2008 · 4 Comments
Tags: Asif Zardari · Benazir Bhutto · Benazir Bhutto's Return · Musharraf Impeachment · Musharraf Resignation · National Reconciliation Ordinance · Nawaz Sharif · Nawaz Sharif's Return · Pervez Musharraf
Storm on the Horizon for Pakistan
August 6th, 2008 · 9 Comments
Summary
Today, Asif Zardari and Nawaz Sharif, chairmen of Pakistan’s two largest parties agreed in principle to impeach President Pervez Musharraf. The agreement, however, is contingent on all coalition partners supporting the move. Just as there has been little-to-no “progress” on the reinstatement of the justices Musharraf sacked, it is just as unlikely that […]
Tags: Ashfaq Kayani · Ashfaq Kiyani · Asif Zardari · CIA · Central Intelligence Agency · Chief of Army Staff · FATA · ISI · Inter-services Intelligence · Nawaz Sharif · Pakistan Army · Pakistan People's Party · Pervez Musharraf · Relations with India · Relations with United States · Taliban · War on Terror · Waziristan
Zardari Loses this Round
July 28th, 2008 · 7 Comments
On July 26th, it was announced that Prime Minister Gilani’s cabinet had taken the decision to place the ISI under the complete control of the Interior Ministry. As our sources reported, uproar ensued in the military establishment and less than 24 hours later, the decision was reversed.
Zardari’s Miscalculation
It’s an open secret that Benazir Bhutto’s […]
Tags: Ashfaq Kayani · Ashfaq Kiyani · Asif Zardari · Chief of Army Staff · ISI · Inter-services Intelligence · Pakistan Army · Pakistan People's Party · Rehman Malik · Relations with United States · Yousaf Raza Gilani
Table Talk: Ousting Zardari
July 16th, 2008 · 14 Comments
The Intel
Insider Brief sources report that Pakistani intelligence officials have recently been engaged in a spate of closed-door meetings. The topic of discussion? The ouster of Asif Ali Zardari and the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) from power and the engineered return of Nawaz Sharif.
The Why
The news in and of itself should not be […]
Tags: Ashfaq Kayani · Ashfaq Kiyani · Asif Zardari · Benazir Bhutto · FATA · ISI · Inter-services Intelligence · Nawaz Sharif · Pakistan Army · Pakistan People's Party · War on Terror · Zia-ul-Huq
Islamabad Intrigues: The Army Edition
January 25th, 2008 · 5 Comments
THE ARMY ADVANCES …
Hot off its relative success in sweeping Swat of militants led by Maulana Fazlullah, sources report that the Pakistan Army has set its sights on Baitullah Mehsud, the purported mastermind behind the assassination of Benazir Bhutto.
In addition to military action, sources also report that a major facet of the newfound campaign involves […]
Tags: Afghanistan · Ashfaq Kayani · Ashfaq Kiyani · Asif Zardari · Attack on Benazir Bhutto · Baitullah Mehsud · Benazir Bhutto · Benazir Bhutto Assassination · Chief of Army Staff · Elections - February 2008 · FATA · Maulana Fazlullah · Mehsud · Military Intelligence · Nawaz Sharif · Pakistan Army · Pakistan People's Party · Pervez Musharraf · Shahbaz Sharif · Swat · Taliban · War on Terror
Will the PPP Survive?
December 31st, 2007 · 5 Comments
Benazir Bhutto has been assassinated. Bilawal and Asif Zardari, Bhutto’s son and husband, now co-chair the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) with Bilawal slated as heir to the Bhutto mantle. Asif Zardari, who has shown some maturity over the last few days, will be playing a behind-the-scenes role, similar to that of Altaf Hussain […]
Tags: Asif Zardari · Attack on Benazir Bhutto · Benazir Bhutto · Benazir Bhutto Assassination · Bilawal Bhutto Zardari · Elections - January 2008 · Pakistan People's Party · Zia-ul-Huq








