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By late 2006, Pakistan's interior minister was claiming “normalization” and decreasing violence in Baluchistan, although a low-intensity insurgency continued and the overarching problem remained unresolved.429 President Musharraf called ... read more »
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In 2001, on the eve of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, President George W. Bush gave Pakistan's then-leader, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, a choice: He was either with us or against us. Musharraf chose to become an ally, but the question ... read more »
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Pervez Musharraf as the COAS and appoint in his placeLt.Gen.Ziauddin, the then Director-General of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), as the COAS. Tarar issued the orders when Musharrafhad not yet returned to Pakistan after a visit ... read more »
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Under two Pakistan Army Chiefs lionized and feted by the United States namely, General Musharraf and General Kayani, the record of the Pakistan Army in terms of deliverance on US demands/expectations has been sordid and dismal. ... read more »
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Musharraf loyalist Mohammad Ali Durrani told this correspondent that nobody discussed with him the formation of the new party. Asked whether Musharraf would and should return now, he said in view of the prevailing situation Pakistan ... read more »
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"Bhutto faced threats from a number of sources, including al Qaeda, the Taliban and local Islamic militants and potentially from Pakistan's ruling establishment. Two months before her death, she wrote a letter to Musharraf that ... read more »
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That, perhaps, is why the world pays so little attention to the bleeding war in this vast and thinly populated province of Pakistan, in which the country's despotic Army has been engaged in a brutal campaign of repression, without interruption, .... Former President, General Parvez Musharraf had earlier asserted that he had 'documentary evidence' of Brahamdagh Bugti, leader of the Baloch Liberation Army, receiving weapons from Indian missions in Jalalabad and Kandahar, ... read more »
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So Khan , by now a Pakistan national hero ,was quietly retired but remained an adviser to the new President General Pervez Musharraf . Khan's proliferation activities could become mushroom clouds over the western horizon. ... read more »
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Minorities, particularly Hindus and Ahmadiyas, continue to face a wave of violations in Balochistan, the area where Pakistan conducted its nuclear tests on the orders of President Musharraf in October 1999. ... read more »
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Musharraf, who during the Kashmir earthquake said, 'We need all the help we can get from whatever source.' Given the circumstances, for it to now act against groups who are seen to be doing a sterling job in terms of helping people ... There has been speculation in Pakistan that the US has been inducting a large number of its Marines into the Swat Valley of KhyberPakhtoonkwa and the FATA ostensibly for implementing its flood relief projects and that some of them could ... read more »
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Following its election, the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) sought to reform the policies of the Musharraf era. This included improving relations with India, Iran and Afghanistan and ending Pakistan's regional isolation. ... read more »
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Nadeem Taj, the Commandant of the Pakistan Military Academy (PMA), will stand promoted to the rank of Lt- General and will take over as the DG, ISI. The appointment of Nadeem Taj as the new DG of the ISI was announced by Musharraf on ... read more »
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"Strengthening Musharraf will only weaken the pro-democracy movement in Pakistan. Musharraf could become a dictator!" "That will be dangerous," I said. "It may be safe," he said. "As a dictator, Musharraf could control the army and curb ... read more »
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