Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Pak: Amir Khan arrested. Bhutto still grounded.

And get this, Khan was detained by 'hard line students' until police arrived according to the WSJ article...

From the Beeb: Khan arrested at Pakistan protest.

Pakistani opposition politician Imran Khan has been arrested after making his first public appearance since emergency rule was declared, police have said.

The former cricketer was detained after going to the University of Punjab in Lahore to address a protest by students against President Pervez Musharraf.

From the WSJ: Bhutto: Grounded one more day, but Pervez to give up role as Army Chief, as planned.

In an interview, he (Musharraf) blamed former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, currently under house arrest for at least another day, for fueling political turmoil with an "acute trust deficit," but left the door open to working with her after elections.

Is it just me, or is Bhutto beginning to seem like the Nancy Pelosi of Pakistan to you, too? Her niece is airing some dirty laundry over at the LA Slimes editorial page: Aunt Benazir's false promises.

Ms. Bhutto's repeated promises to end fundamentalism and terrorism in Pakistan strain credulity because, after all, the Taliban government that ran Afghanistan was recognized by Pakistan under her last government -- making Pakistan one of only three governments in the world to do so.