The dust is settling after President Gen. Pervez Musharraf, in his capacity as Chief of Army Staff, placed the country in a state of emergency. Many are calling it a “State of Emergency (Plus)” or “Martial Law (Lite)” — this is just semantics — the fact of the matter is that the constitution [...]
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Aftermath: Musharraf’s State of Emergency
November 4th, 2007 · 4 Comments
Tags: Abdul Hameed Dogar · Benazir Bhutto · Chief of Army Staff · Emergency Declaration · Iftikhar Chaudhry · Pervez Musharraf · Provisional Constitutional Order · Relations with China · Relations with United States · Shaukat Aziz · Supreme Court · Video · War on Terror
Musharraf Removing Uniform: T minus 4 days?
October 28th, 2007 · 2 Comments
High level sources report that a major decision regarding President Gen. Pervez Musharraf and his government will be made on November 1st. It’s up in the air as to who’s making the decision and about what exactly, however, we have reason to believe that Musharraf will be stepping down from his post as Army [...]
Tags: Ashfaq Kayani · Ashfaq Kiyani · Attack on Benazir Bhutto · Benazir Bhutto · Chaudhry Parvez Elahi · Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain · Chief of Army Staff · Pakistan Army · Pervez Musharraf · Shaukat Aziz · The Bhutto-Musharraf Deal · Vice Chief of Army Staff
Musharraf’s Parthian Shot
October 15th, 2007 · No Comments
Unbeknownst to the public, a high-ranking Pakistan Army delegation returned from a visit to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on October 11th. (Author’s note: Apologies to IB readers, as much as I’d like to divulge the names of delegation members, I am currently not at liberty to do so.) The visit may have been a courtesy call [...]
Tags: Benazir Bhutto · Benazir Bhutto's Return · Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain · National Reconciliation Ordinance · Nawaz Sharif · Nawaz Sharif's Return · Shaukat Aziz