Pakistan's doves, America's hawks
Pakistan's new leaders are doing the easy stuff first. Judges fired by President Pervez Musharraf, including chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, will likely get their jobs back soon. Media curbs are being lifted. A regulation preventing prime ministers serving more than two terms may be scrapped, which could benefit Nawaz Sharif, a leader of the ruling coalition.
Earlier this week the supreme court cleared the way for the late Benazir Bhutto's husband, Asif Ali Zardari, to run for parliament in a June byelection. That in turn could put the Pakistan People's party co-chairman in line for the premiership, although the current incumbent, Yusuf Raza Gilani, may have something to say about it.… Seguir leyendo »