NewsGuru on Troika Politics

Part-1--Swat Operation

 

 

Pakistan army takes control of key peaks

 

Mountain tops in Bara Bande, Kuza Bande, Mam Dheri and Segram sanitized- ISPR

 

Cobra Helicopters engage militants-

 

 

 

Part-II-------Troika Politics

 

 

Under the election laws, it is highly doubtful that Nawaz Sharif can contest elections- Attorney General Malik Qayyum

 

Pakistan's Sharif Files for Elections- WP

 

Military officials confirm President Pervez Musharraf will step down as army chief Wednesday- WP

 

Musharraf, 64, did not say when he would end emergency rule- WP

 

Re-emergence of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif as a central player in Islamabad's power equation is unnerving the Bush administration, consumed with its global fight against al Qaeda and Islamist militancy- NYT

 

 

 

Senior U.S. officials welcomed Gen. Musharraf's decision to step down as army chief, but worry Mr. Sharif's potential role in any new Pakistani government could undermine efforts to hunt down al Qaeda and Taliban militants-NYT

 

 

 

Fired judges should be restored with dignity and honor- Nawaz Sharif

 

Musharraf chief of army staff since 1998, will hand over command to his deputy, Ashfaq Parvez Kayani- Bloomberg

 

 

 

Benazir Bhutto says United States was pushing for an alliance of moderate parties to govern the country- Telegraph

 

 

 

 

 

This will be a decisive week in Pakistani politics. Pervez Musharraf has been diminished by Nawaz Sharif's return- Guardian

 

There are attempts not only to outmanoeuvre Musharraf but to outmanoeuvre each other- Guardian

 

 

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