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Pakistan President Zardari amnesty snatched -(Paki coup?)
examiner ^ | 12/17/09 | Clifford Bryan

Posted on 12/17/2009 3:32:22 PM PST by Flavius

Just what the United states needed in Pakistan right now, their unstable government took another big hit today when the Pakistan Supreme Court ruled that the amnesty protection afforded President Zadari will be treated as if it never happened. President Zadari who with his wife Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto who has since been murdered is suspected in stealing millions of dollars from the Pakistan government coffers through out the years. The Pakistani people have a nick name for Zardari, "Mr. 10%".

The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the National Reconciliation Ordinance, which grants amnesty to some 8,000 senior politicians, bureaucrats and businessmen, conflicts with Pakistan's constitution.

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KEYWORDS: paki

1 posted on 12/17/2009 3:32:23 PM PST by Flavius
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To: Flavius

I expect our Congress to pass their own version of the National Reconciliation Ordinance soon after we find out how the Stimulus money was REALLY spent.


2 posted on 12/17/2009 4:01:50 PM PST by Mister Da (The mark of a wise man is not what he knows, but what he knows he doesn't know!)
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To: Flavius
Zadari is a kleptocrat. I think you are right in seeing this as paving the way for another military coup.
3 posted on 12/17/2009 4:21:26 PM PST by mojito
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To: Flavius

Coup? Seriously, with a Muslim in the White House?


4 posted on 12/17/2009 4:23:50 PM PST by Freddd (CNN is not credible.)
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