President Zardari under pressure after NRO ruling

Dawn | Dec. 17, 2009 (News Report)

President Asif Ali Zardari faced fresh calls to step down Thursday after the Supreme Court struck down an amnesty that had protected the increasingly unpopular leader and several of his political allies from corruption charges.

The decision late Wednesday sharpened political tensions in Pakistan just as the United States and its other Western allies want it to unite and fight against al-Qaeda and Taliban militants based along the Afghan border. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Derek Hawkins - Dec 17, 2009 - 5:19 AM PST
Reviewed by: Derek Hawkins (review), Kaizar Campwala (review), Fred Gatlin (review)
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Edited by: Kaizar Campwala - Dec 17, 2009 - 7:41 AM PST

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Fred Gatlin
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 by Fred Gatlin - Dec. 17, 2009

This article explains in some depth the issues faced by the Pakistan president. It reads well and seems accurate

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Kaizar Campwala
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 by Kaizar Campwala - Dec. 17, 2009
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Derek Hawkins
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 by Derek Hawkins - Dec. 17, 2009
Derek posted this story.
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