Team Infidel
Forum Spin Doctor
Washington Times
April 20, 2008
Pg. 6
Pakistan
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan's new government is avoiding a showdown with President Pervez Musharraf because it lacks the support needed to impeach him, the head of the ruling coalition's leading party said in remarks released yesterday.
But Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of slain former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, did not rule out confronting the unpopular former army strongman if the new government manages to muster the necessary two-thirds parliament majority in the future.
"For the sake of the country, we don't want confrontation. But this doesn't mean we accept him [Musharraf]. If we get the two-thirds majority, we will think about making him accountable," Mr. Zardari told the British Broadcasting Corp.'s Urdu language service.
April 20, 2008
Pg. 6
Pakistan
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan's new government is avoiding a showdown with President Pervez Musharraf because it lacks the support needed to impeach him, the head of the ruling coalition's leading party said in remarks released yesterday.
But Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of slain former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, did not rule out confronting the unpopular former army strongman if the new government manages to muster the necessary two-thirds parliament majority in the future.
"For the sake of the country, we don't want confrontation. But this doesn't mean we accept him [Musharraf]. If we get the two-thirds majority, we will think about making him accountable," Mr. Zardari told the British Broadcasting Corp.'s Urdu language service.