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| Pakistan's New President Hussain Takes Office |
| 2013-09-10 |
| [An Nahar] Pakistain's new President Mamnoon Hussain took office on Monday, presiding over a government battling to overcome a Taliban insurgency, resolve an energy crisis and repair the economy. A respected businessman from the financial capital of Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... but with no political powerbase of his own, Hussain is Pakistain's 12th president and a ceremonial head of state. His time in office should cement Pakistain's transition back to a strong prime minister and parliamentary democracy after his predecessor reversed amendments made by military rulers. Hussain was sworn in by chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry in a short ceremony after politicians gathered together for cross-party talks on how to tackle growing insecurity. |
| Posted by:Fred |