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The answer is no, as we know that in Pakistan's history, not one individual has been ever convicted of tax evasion. I really hoped one reform that Musharraf would push through would be that of stringent tax reform. I believe tax collection showed a rise in his time through the FBR, but more...

I'm sure Sharif is doing his very best, and willing to pay whatever it takes to get his hands on these alleged pictures!

Keep the fear - the true goal of US domestic policy.

Well, I imagine most of these Indians are born and bred in the US, so that's where their allegiance lies. However, I also think it's good for India and will help India. They'll look to ensure a pro-Indian policy outlook for whichever US govt is in power. So don't think it's bad news, if...

And so the fragility of the US position in Afghanistan becomes apparent. There is no desire for UK troops to stay, with a public continuing to question 'why are we there in the first place?' Given the budget cuts going on, defence will be hit, and that will impact UK committments...

Quick question, does MBIL have production facilities in India?

I'm thinking along the same lines also. I don't know how this lavish and extreme purchase of Mercs changes the infrastructure, the educational facilities, industry, telecommunications etc of Aurangabad. Am I missing something here?

If I start building a compound in my back garden, I'm sure my dad would ask 'what's going on son? what's that for?' It can swing both ways as you say, perhaps he didn't know. But I'm not ready to believe that given the traits of the man and who we're dealing with. I personally don't find it...

Absolutely, but to pull through this illegal act, I'm sure daddy pulled a few strings, and wasn't totally oblivious to what his son was doing, or what was being constructed in his own back garden. I personally find it difficult to believe this was the handywork of his son, and only his son...

I've heard that he and his brother have 20 pending cases registered against them in NAB. I doubt he's as clean as some portray just because he's a 'good administrator'. If he was a good administrator, then he wouldn't have allowed his son to illegally import a tiger into Pakistan, and then...

Musharraf has been pretty explicit in saying that he'll return to fight the 2013 elections (if that's when they're held, could be sooner). He's also said he'll dedicate his time in building the party for that occasion. Those expecting him to return in the next month or so are jumping the gun...

It's a shame. But to stage this would've been a significant cost, especially from a security standpoint. We've done a good job merchandising our defence exports, other nations know what we can produce and what we are producing (and doing an excellent job at). However, in these austere times, I...

Trust me, this act is not just exclusive to those hard liners. I'd go as far as to say that he'll have the backing from the majority of the Arab and muslim world for doing such a thing. Doesn't mean it's the right thing to do, but anyone in the muslim world that's seen to have some ba11s to...

I don't quite follow what you say (lack of punctuation being the prime reason, coupled with incoherence), but I don't see any charges and therefore no conviction against Musharraf. Again, do you have anything that comes back to him, on a personal level? He's been out of power for 2.5 years, the...

You'll have to edit your post as you've missed half the original story. Coming back to the story, I don't see how we're standing up for our sovereignty when the article itself claims that there was an 'unprecedented 22 drone strikes in September - more than four times the average number in the...

I've never understood how the nation that's built the Space Shuttle, the F-16, F-22 and other formidable machines cannot make a decent automative :what: American cars are so far behind Europe, Japan and now South Korea it's scary. Cars don't handle well with their generally poor dynamics...

Care to give reference to examples of Musharraf's looting? I'm pretty sure no corruption charge has been levelled against him in the 2.5 years since he left Pakistan. Or has there, and was he convicted?

And what did Bhutto achieve? What did he manage to change?

The quotes just in case they're needed: These descriptions include one by outgoing US Ambassador in Islamabad Anne Patterson. On Page 136 Woodward recalls a meeting between recently retired National Security Adviser of President Obama Jim Jones and Ms Patterson in Islamabad. He writes...

Lingering because senior officers are being protected by the police according to the family. They've now gone on hunger strike. This is justice Pakistan style.