I don't think that Pakistan's opposition parties are included in the US president's schedule. |
India-US relations appear as state-to-state relations but Pakistan-US relations are more like relations between individuals. |
Pakistan has never been so unstable, and the federation has never been under greater political strain. |
The people of Pakistan are rather disappointed. They have seen the U.S. pay a great deal of lip service supporting democracy in Muslim countries, but when we look at what is happening in Pakistan, President Bush says he shares the president's views and his democratic vision for Pakistan. For a great many, that is flawed. |
The whole exercise lacked moral and political legitimacy. |
This was the biggest poll fraud that has taken place in Pakistan's electoral history, |
This was the biggest poll fraud that has taken place in Pakistan's electoral history. |
We are expecting nothing better from the government and its allies in the second round in terms of rigging, in terms of high-handedness and in terms of the involvement of government machinery in the election process. |
What has been made clear to the world and the people of Pakistan is that under the present regime general elections in 2007 cannot be free, fair and transparent. |