ASSESSMENTS
Pakistan: A Presidential Crisis at an Inopportune Moment
Nov 2, 2009 | 21:28 GMT
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Summary
Various Pakistani opposition groups in the parliament announced that they would oppose the approval of a law that made it possible for Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari to take office. The moves represent part of a bid by the Pakistani military to remove Zardari from office in a seemingly constitutional manner, and signal a showdown ahead in Islamabad while the state is struggling to fight a jihadist insurgency.
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