“How can the elections be free when the General is openly supporting those who supported him in the referendum?” asks Nisar Khuhro, Provincial President, PPPP.
Sending shock waves through the nation is the government’s decision to allow Azam Tariq, the leader of the outlawed extremist religious party, Sipah-e-Sahaba, to stand for a National Assembly seat from Jhang.
For several weeks before the nominations were filed, Tariq Aziz, President Musharraf’s powerful principal secretary, had camped out in Lahore, wheeling and dealing with politicians.
An American asset recovery company, signed on by the Pakistan government, is hotly pursuing those who have stashed away billions of dollars in illegal assets abroad.