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Pakistan minister quits after accusing army of killings The Pakistani minister for defence production has resigned after criticising the military. Abdul Qayum Jatoi had told journalists on Saturday that the Pakistani army was provided with funds to defend the country, not to get involved in political assassinations. His comments were played repeatedly on Pakistani television channels. Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani summoned him to explain his remarks and a short time later, Mr Jatoi resigned. Continue reading the main story Related stories Obituary: Benazir Bhutto Pakistan says key rebel is dead "We provided the army with uniforms and boots not so that they kill their own fellow countrymen, kill Nawab Sahib [bugti] and Benazir Bhutto," he told a news conference in the city of Quetta. Military might Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated in December 2007 as she was campaigning in Pakistan's presidential elections. Nawab Akbar Bugti was a tribal leader in the province of Baluchistan who was killed in a battle between government forces and tribal militants in August 2006. Pakistan's military has carried out coups against the civilian government on three occasions - in 1958, 1977 and 1999 - and has governed the country for much of its 63-year history. There has been speculation in the media that the Pakistani military would move against the civilian government, which was widely criticised for its handling of the recent floods. However, most analysts believe a coup is unlikely at the moment. During the same news conference, Mr Jatoi suggested that the benefits of corruption should be equally available to all. "All groups — Sindhi, Pakhtun, Baloch, Seraiki and Punjabi - should get an equal share in corruption," he said. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11413511

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During the same news conference, Mr Jatoi suggested that the benefits of corruption should be equally available to all. "All groups — Sindhi, Pakhtun, Baloch, Seraiki and Punjabi - should get an equal share in corruption," he said.
:cantstop: is this what he really said .seriously???
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I couldn't help but post this blog on Benzir's death at a time when the stupid Indian media was mourning for her. " It has been said that we Indians, as a nation, lack a sense of history. Well going by the “candle burned out long before the legend ever will” Benazir hysteria that was unleashed in Indian news channels and media outlets in the last week, I would say we have no sense of current affairs either. I don’t blame the Irish for giving Benazir Bhutto a posthumous peace prize with the citation “fought all her battles through dialogue and political debate and was an example to all those who do not use or surrender to terrorism”. [They should have just added "financial probity" in the citation while they were at it and we could at least have a good laugh] After all why should they remember Ms. Bhutto’s legacy of hate and violence when we in India,who were at the receiving end of her “political debate” and her “peaceful dialogue” , have forgotten everything? Such is our amnesia that our “perennially-bent-at-the-waist” Prime Minister calls Benazir “one of the outstanding leaders of our sub-continent, who always looked for reconciliation between India and Pakistan”. Yeah right. From her frothing exhortations for “azaadi” (a barely disguised cry to kill Kashmiri Hindus) to her aggressive support of a pogrom of ethnic cleansing against Kashmiri Pandits, there have been very few Pakistani political figures who have escalated cross-border terrorism and hatred as much as Benazir has done. It’s something that the West pretends not to know (because they don’t really care how many Indians Benazir kills as long as she vows to eradicate the enemy of the West) and the appeasers on this side of the border want you to forget. Instead what they would like you to accept at face value is Benazir Bhutto’s rhetoric of cleaning Pakistan of terrorism, of ushering in true democracy and modern values. Well I would have been inclined to buy into this myself had I not heard the exact same lines from Ms. Bhutto in the late 80s when, in the euphoria of a return to democracy in Pakistan and in Benazir becoming the first woman premier in an Islamic state, many of us had thought that a new era of peace and tolerance would begin in South Asia. I was fooled then. I will not be fooled again. Whether Benazir Bhutto’s policy of publicly supporting and privately funding Jihad in India was guided by her father’s dream to avenge the ass-whopping of 1971 or whether it was merely a populist measure to get public approbation and attention while her husband picked the nation’s pockets, one cannot say for certain. But the fact remains that Benazir’s enlightened moderation, values she ironically used to realize only when out of power, was never anything more than a facade to get the support of the West by speaking their language in an accent they understood—-a support the West was keen on giving her this time since President Mush’s game of running with the hare and hunting with the hounds has been seen through and because they thought that Benazir would have been able to gift-wrap the high-value scalps the General was unwilling to hand over. Whether Benazir would have done the West’s bidding or become another Mushy we will never know, though I am inclined to believe it would have been the latter. What I am positive about is that not only would there have been no “peaceful dialogue” with India, a possible escalation in the shadow-war would have taken place with her in power if only because in a democratic Pakistan, any head of government would have to amp up the anti-India rhetoric in order to stay popular. Lest I sound hard-hearted in my less-than-eulogistic post about a recently-deceased , I would like to state for the record that I have nothing but the deepest sympathies for Ms. Bhutto’s family for their loss. However kindly do allow me to stand apart from this crowd of deluded folk, having in their ranks many Indians with ridiculously short memories, who are whitewashing her bloody legacy and painting a halo of martyrdom and heroism around her head while staying blind to the misery of those Indians who have suffered grievously because of her." http://greatbong.net/2008/01/02/tears-for-fears/

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^^ Ravi' date=' Benazir or Sharif had no say in proxy wars. She would have faced a coup and been hanged like her dad if she tried to control the Army/ISI.[/quote'] Not so much Sharif, but I do recall Bhutto's speeches and they were hardline on Kashmir calling for "cleansing" of Kashmir. Sure, your point of the army cannot be denied, but there was nothing in the conduct of Bhutto that suggested she had other aspirations. If you haven't seen it already Clarke, I suggest watch some of Fatima Bhutto's interviews on her Aunt gJk3fpgIAYc
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^^ Benazir of the 90s was very different from the one of 2000s. Which mainstream Pakistani politician had views as realistic as her ? She doesn't mind blaming LeT, JeM for violence in Kashmir as well as the ISI of all organizations. She may be no angel but she was at the very least the lesser of the evils. Corruption charges are no big deal, every leader other than the gr8 gr8 liberator Mohammad Ali Jinnah must have a list of charges against him. Leaders openly fight for their right of corruption there. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7I9ZNlVuc4E]YouTube - Musharraf presented Kargil war plan to me: Benazir[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNya1b-rFu0]YouTube - I always had issues with Pak intelligence team: Benazir[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xjfi8rsVpUY&feature=fvsr]YouTube - No desire to become PM for third time: Benazir[/ame]

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