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| India-Pakistan |
| Army halts Pakistan assembly |
| 2002-11-07 |
| Pakistan's military regime last night abruptly postponed the inaugural meeting of the first parliament since the 1999 coup as an anti-army coalition of parties looked like forming a government. "The government is considering the proposal of some political parties to postpone the national assembly's inaugural session," Gen Pervaiz Musharraf was quoted on state-run television as telling a cabinet meeting yesterday. "A decision in this regard will be taken in the best interests of democracy." Under normal circumstances, I say, in a voice dripping with sarcasm, "Yeah. Shutting down parliament is just the thing to serve the best interests of democracy." Since this is Pakland we're discussing, my response is, "Yup. You're right." Three years after the military seized power, the country was expected to return to a semblance of democracy tomorrow when the 342-seat National Assembly was scheduled to meet and choose a new prime minister. The military has set no new date for the assembly to meet. With the prospect of a government by an alliance of nutcases and crooks, the sweet by-and-by will do... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |