Pakistan parties agree on coalition
Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
Pakistan’s two main opposition party leaders, former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, head of the Pakistan Muslim League N and Asif Ali Zardari, …
www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection
/la-fg-pakistan22feb22,1,7907204.story

Editorial: Keep pressure on Pakistan
Newsday – Long Island,NY,USA
Voters in Pakistan this week dealt a stunning defeat to President Pervez Musharraf , making it possible to restore democratic rule in that dangerous country …
www.newsday.com/news/opinion/ny-
vppak225586592feb22,0,7058271.story

New Pakistan government must free judges
AFP –
ISLAMABAD (AFP) — Pakistan’s new government must swiftly release all the top judges President Pervez Musharraf detained last year after street protests …
afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5izlZTCOgj0VTnZaj1j6EQAFRzKcg

On border, Pakistan polls raise hopes for peace with India
AFP –
WAGAH, Pakistan (AFP) — Every evening as dusk falls on the India-Pakistan border post near Lahore, crowds gather on either side of the frontier and scream …
afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gESgLEPHHFUslsVkWPiYrXCb7VXw

Pakistanis Strike Political Accord
By civilsocietypakistan
Lawyers were met with tear gas in Karachi, Pakistan, on Thursday as they rallied to demand the reinstatement of Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry as the chief justice of the country’s Supreme Court. He was removed last year by President Pervez …
civilsocietypakistan.wordpress.com/2008/
02/22/pakistanis-strike-political-accord/

Pentagon Takes Cue from Barack Obama, Bombs Pakistan Unilaterally
By Chrish
According to Media Matters, Hannity “claimed that Obama has stated his ‘willingness to invade an ally against their will,’ referring to Pakistan. However, as Media Matters for America repeatedly noted, Obama never said he would ‘invade …
www.newshounds.us/2008/02/21/pentagon_takes_cue
_from_barack_obama_bombs_pakistan_unilaterally.php

Pakistan’s Opposition Unites Against President Pervez Musharraf
Bloomberg – USA
22 (Bloomberg) — Pakistan’s two main opposition parties, which have never worked together in the nation’s 60- year existence, have united in their…
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20
601087&sid=aNtYClkIhtNE&refer=home

Pakistan Shift Could Curtail Drone Strikes
New York Times – United States
By ERIC SCHMITT and DAVID E. SANGER WASHINGTON — American officials reached a quiet understanding with Pakistan’s leader last month to intensify secret …
www.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/
washington/22policy.html?ref=asia

A Moment of Hope
TIME – USA
Anjum Naveed / AP It has been some time since I was as happy as I was on the night after Pakistan’s Feb. 18 general election. Mine was perhaps a reckless …
www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1715068,00.html

Uncovering Pakistan
By davidderrick
The BBC Radio 4 called Uncovering Pakistan is coming to an end. This is the kind of thing it does really well. It’s almost a cultural festival, but stops short at readings from Iqbal and his like, which would have completed it. …
davidderrick.wordpress.com/2008/02/21/uncovering-pakistan/

Pakistan’s election victors to form coalition
Financial Times – London,England,UK
By Farhan Bokhari in Islamabad The two main opposition parties that won the most seats in Monday’s parliamentary election in Pakistan agreed last night to …
www.ft.com/cms/s/1d905374-e0e9-11dc-b0d7-0000779fd2ac.html

Pakistan leaders agree on coalition
CNN International – USA
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) — Two leading figures in Pakistani politics said Thursday their parties will work together in the national parliament after…
edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/
02/21/pakistan/?iref=mpstoryview

“Bush Administration Resists Change In Pakistan”
By mothanskin
She said Bush has supported Musharraf all along because he “helped Pakistan on its path to democracy” and has been a good partner in the war against terrorists. Perino said it is “up to the Pakistani people to decide” whether Musharraf …
mothanskin.blog-city.com/bush_admin
istration__resists_change_in_pakistan.htm

‘Executive order can reinstate judges’ -BUSH ADAMANT ON HIS FLAWED …
By civilsocietypakistan
Earlier, on the call of Pakistan Bar Council, lawyers continued to boycott courts proceedings and a general body meeting of Karachi Bar Association (KBA) was held in Shuhada-e-Punjab Hall in city court under the chair of its President …
civilsocietypakistan.wordpress.com/2008/02/21/executive-order
-can-reinstate-judges-bush-adamant-on-his-flawed-policies/

Analysis: Coalition building, Pakistan style
Jerusalem Post – Israel
The winners were former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, which rose from 17 seats to almost 70, and the Independents,…
www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=120360
5149476&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Pakistan’s real heroes ready for the long fight
Times of India – India
LAHORE: As political deals are being discussed and conspiracies hatched under the grey, cold sky of Islamabad, here in the Zaman Park area of Pakistan’s …
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Pakistans
_real_heroes_ready_for_the_long_fight/articleshow/2802839.cms

Musharraf’s Loss Spells Trouble for US
TIME – USA
Such churlishness is sure to play badly in Pakistan, where America’s unflagging support for Musharraf is widely despised. Indeed, some officials in the US …
www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1715162,00.html