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Problems in Pakistan

Newspaper current event by willwaddell on 25 September 2007, tagged as worldaffairs

The problems seem to be multiplying for the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. With the fall of the troublesome Red Mosque to government troops earlier this year, the world has watched as al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden called for a jihad against Pakistani president, Pervez Musharraf. Though the call for 'holy war' against their chief may not be striking a chord with many Pakistanis, there is a hope by at least some that he may be removed from power through democratic channels. Still more trouble is in the air as Pakistani authorities arrested numerous opposition politicians over the week-end. The US embassy described the arrests as "extremely disturbing and confusing for the friends of Pakistan." Musharraf came to power in Pakistan in 1999 as a result of a military coup that ousted Nawaz Sharif, then the prime minister. Musharraf's five year term as president is due to expire this year, and opposition groups claim he should be ineligible to run as long as he is simultaneously the head of the Pakistani Army.

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