Musharraf Clings On in the Face of Impeachment President Blamed for Economic Turmoil President Blamed for Economic Turmoil Pakistan: Instability
Sunday Herald › August 13, 2008
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FOUR days after Pakistan's coalition government moved to impeach President Pervez Musharraf, the former soldier's political career is hanging in the balance. In the combined houses of parliament there are 442 seats, and to get the necessary two-thirds majority the plotters will have to convince 295 members this is the right thing to do. If they are successful - and the vote could come as early as tomorrow, Musharraf 's 65th birthday - it will be the first time in Pakistan's history that a political leader has faced impeachment.
Coalition leaders Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of murdered former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, and Nawaz Sharif, another former prime minister, are hopeful the numbers will stack up.See the full content of this document
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Musharraf Clings On in the Face of Impeachment President Blamed for Economic Turmoil President Blamed for Economic Turmoil Pakistan: Instability
"We are very confident of a clear win on numbers game, " said Sherry Rehman, the information and broadcasting minister and the main spokesperson for those seeking impeachment. "We have not come this far without doing our parliamentary homework."
On paper it cert...See the full content of this document
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