An add was placed in the newspapers recently purporting to reproduce a letter written (Click here to see the letter) by Benazir Bhutto in 1990 to a Mr Peter Galbraith suggesting that the government of the time should be brought down, military aid stopped and Indian Army encouraged to engage the Pakistani army at the border amongst other things. I was waiting for PPP’s response because I had a feeling there was something fishy about the whole thing. Having read the response, which was expected to be a denial, it makes a lot more sense than the original letter. The PPP’s response is copied below Continue reading ‘PPP denounces smear campaign of Benazir Bhutto: Decides to take legal action against plotters’
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At the moment, Pakistani politics, in my opinion, has no purpose, for it is more or less controlled by individuals who value power, patronage and money above vision, development, rule of law and social justice. It is disheartening to read Simon Tisdall’s commentary on the current happenings in the Pakistani Politics in the Guardian. Tisdall’s article is titled: Pakistan’s odd couple. He is referring to Pervez Musharraf and Benazir Bhutto. Continue reading ‘Political Vacuum’
