Posted on 09/07/2008 5:54:38 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Bhutto clan divided by Asif Ali Zardari’s rise to power
Asif Ali Zardari’s ruthless ascent to the presidency of Pakistan has spread fear among relatives and rivals
Christina Lamb in Islamabad
In its short history of coups, wars and heads of state being toppled by everything from execution to a mysterious air-crash, Pakistan has learnt to expect the unexpected. But among all the myriad scenarios discussed when Benazir Bhutto flew home last year after eight years in exile, nobody predicted the one where the inconvenient husband ends up running the country.
Under a deal hatched in Washington and Whitehall, Bhutto was supposed to become prime minister to General Pervez Musharraf’s president, as the best hope for stopping the flow of militants into Afghanistan. Less than 11 months on, neither Bhutto nor Musharraf is on the scene, one tragically killed and the other humiliated into resignation.
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Will read this later. Thanks.
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