Before Gilani could say anything, an uneasy Zardari abruptly told Sherry: “OK, please start talking, as you have five minutes.” To the surprise of both of them, all of a sudden, Sherry Rehman dropped a bombshell and said: “I am resigning from my ministry.” Even before Sherry could explain the reasons behind her dramatic decision, [...]
Inside goss on Rehman resignation
March 17th, 2009 · No Comments
Tags: Asif Ali Zardari · democracy · Pakistan · Pakistan Peoples Party · Rehman Malik · Salman Taseer · Sherry Rehman · Yusuf Raza Gilani
The Long March begins
March 13th, 2009 · No Comments
My report for NewMatilda.com from the start of the lawyers’ Long March in Karachi for NewMatilda.com was published today:
The Long March Begins
Protestors in Pakistan’s lawyers’ movement set out yesterday on their long march to the capital. Mustafa Qadri reports from Karachi on what has become a street-level vote of no-confidence in the Government
From across the country they took to the streets, re-enacting scenes from the darkest days of the Musharraf regime over a year earlier.
Tags: Asif Ali Zardari · democracy · Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry · Nawaz Sharif · Pakistan · Pakistan lawyers movement · Pervez Musharraf · Rehman Malik · rule of law · Shahbaz Sharif