Lawyers against the general - Pakistan.(Martial law in Pakistan)(Pervez Musharraf)

From: The Economist (US) | Date: November 10, 2007 | Copyright information

Unwelcome neighbours

However Pervez Musharraf tries to justify his actions, this is a dark time for his wretched country

WITHIN 48 hours of launching his second coup on November 3rd, General Pervez Musharraf had compared himself to Abraham Lincoln and Napoleon Bonaparte. Like America's president--he told Pakistanis in a televised address, shortly after he had suspended the constitution--he had been forced to intervene to prevent his country falling apart. "I ...

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