The two news stories above are examples of how corrupt and out of control politics in Pakistan have become. Musharraf has basically found a way to keep himself in power.
It's really disheartening. Musharraf says he is still committed to democracy, but as the New York Times reports:
Security forces were reported to have rounded up about 500 opposition party figures, lawyers and human rights advocates Sunday, and about a dozen privately television news stations remained off the air. International broadcasters, including the BBC and CNN, were also cut.
The crackdown, announced late Saturday night after General Musharraf suspended the Constitution, was clearly aimed at preventing public demonstrations that political parties and lawyers were organizing for Monday.
Nothing about that screams democracy to me, but maybe I'm just old-fashioned.
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