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Musharraf — next 72 hours critical

Kayani may be asked to play role : Musharraf — next 72 hours critical

* President wants to stay in Pakistan with protocol, benefits and indemnity after resignation
* Ruling coalition wants Musharraf to quit before it tables impeachment resolution in National Assembly

By Zulfiqar Ghuman

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) believes that if President Pervez Musharraf does not resign within the next 72 hours –before the process of his impeachment begins –the political crisis will deepen, a senior PPP leader told Daily Times.

He said President Musharraf was expected to quit within 72 hours. “If he continues to stick to his position and does not resign, it will create a situation leaving the government with no option but to ask the army chief to intervene and help resolve the political crisis,” he said.

Another source also confirmed that the PPP-led coalition was likely to approach Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani to negotiate a deal between President Musharraf and the four-party ruling coalition to end the political impasse in the country.

“General Kayani will be asked to intervene, if the president does not show flexibility,” the source said. It has also been learnt that President Musharraf is not ready to accept any thing short of ‘honourable’ stay in Pakistan with full presidential protocol and benefits with legal cover to his actions in case of his resignation.

The coalition partners on the other side, despite their internal differences, want Musharraf to quit before they submit a resolution in the National Assembly.

“The coalition partners are also ready to let Musharraf go to a country of his choice, at least for the time being,” another source said.

Though the coalition enjoys comfortable numerical strength to oust the president through impeachment, efforts are being made that he resigns before the initiation of the impeachment process. These sources also believe that President Musharraf’s is banking on the army and his foreign friends, especially the Unites States and the United Kingdom. “The president is confident that they will not let him down to face a humiliating ouster at the hands of the political parties.”

Meanwhile, Presidential Spokesman Rashid Qureshi denied the president intended to resign in the next few days. “The recent spate of news reports and rumours being spread that President Pervez Musharraf is resigning are totally baseless and malicious,” he said. He said such “unsubstantiated reports” were hurting Pakistan’s economy.

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Musharraf vows to counter allegations?

Musharraf vows to counter ruling coaltion’s allegations

RAWALPINDI: President Pervez Musharraf said Monday that he would prove the allegations of PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari false before the nation.

He made these remarks in meeting with three-member delegation of PML-Q comprising Marvi Memon, Amir Muqam and Sheikh Waqas Ahmed.

The meeting lasted for an hour in which allegations leveled by Asif Ali Zardari against the president came under discussion, the sources said.

Speaking on the occasion, President Musharraf thanked PML-Q for their support in the hours of need. I will not disappoint you and face all the allegations of ruling coalition, Musharraf said.

About his differences with PPP, he said People Party wanted to bring its own men on some key positions, which I objected. PPP wanted to impose its own policy on Kashmir issue above the parliament, he added.

He further said he had documented evidence in this regard and added the nation would know about the facts in two to three days.

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Four F-16s joins Pakistan Air Force

ISLAMABAD: A simple but impressive ceremony for handing over of four, F-16 aircraft to Pakistan Air Force was held at PAF Base Mushaf, Sargodha on Saturday. Air Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman, Deputy Chief of the Air Staff (Operations), Pakistan Air Force received the Fighting Falcons from Lt Gen Gary L. North, Commander 9th Air Force and USAF Central Command. Four aircraft have already arrived in Pakistan.

The batch of aircraft which arrived today have the same operational capability as of the already possessed F-16 aircraft by the PAF and will significantly augment its combat capability in defending the aerial frontiers of Pakistan.

The last batch of remaining four F-16 aircraft would be handed over to PAF on July 28, 2008. A contingent of high-ranking officials from Air Forces of Pakistan and United States were also present on the occasion.

Source: Geo TV

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Background

Pakistan in many senses is an example of how absence of sincere leadership and solid vision results in loss of identity and direction for the nation. Once the direction is lost, outcome is the very purpose for that nation’s existence being lost. Quick glance at the history of Indo-Pak shows how Muslims of South-East-Asia are reduced to Pakistan, India, Afghanistan, Bangladesh etc from a position they collectively once enjoyed as rulers.

 

Whether Muslims acted at times as conquerors or governors when they made entry to the region from Sindh or from Khyber, with time the loss of direction open the way for the colonialism by Britain and other European powers, who divided the world into their sphere of influence, the continuation of their legacy meant creation of new nation-states out of Ottoman Caliphate, using vicious divide and rule.

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