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    Abdul Wahid Soomro was born on October 21, 1962 in village Mohammad Hashim Soomro of Thatta, Sindh. He was the son of Ex-MNA Mohammad Khan Soomro who is the closed friend of Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto. he went to Cadet College Petaro (CCP) for further studies. He did his matriculation and intermediate from the Cadet College Petaro (CCP). He started his political career in his student life in 1981. He got member ship in Sindh People Student Federation (SPSF) and then became the President of Sindh People Student Federation (SPSF) unit Liaquat Medical College (LMC). Jamshoro, He graduated from Liaquat Medical College (LMC), Jamshoro, and Sindh in 1989 and he also got the degree of B.Sc from Sindh University. On 18th of February 2008 he was elected the Member of National Assembly of Pakistan from NA-237
Showing posts with label Pervez Musharraf. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pervez Musharraf. Show all posts

Pakistan's Musharraf is launching a long-shot, long-distance bid to be president again

Tuesday, October 19, 2010 10:49 PM Posted by Abdul Wahid Soomro(MNA)
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Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf hopes to retake the leadership of his country, and he is actively campaigning — in Texas.
The former president of Pakistan has a set of Houston meetings planned this week with wealthy Pakistani-Americans and corporate leaders.
He is scheduled to meet today with former President George H.W. Bush and Joanne King Herring, a longtime advocate for development in Afghanistan and Pakistan who was played by actress Julia Roberts in the film Charlie Wilson's War.
Musharraf, a London resident since he relinquished his presidency in 2008, announced this month the creation of a new political party and a plan to run in Pakistan's 2013 parliamentary elections.
But he has kicked off his campaign in the U.S., a decision that could say more about the perceived influence of the Pakistani-American community in cities such as Houston than Musharraf's chances for success, experts say.
Musharraf said he believes connecting with Pakistanis in America will give him enough backing — financially and politically — to carry him to victory in Pakistan.
"I do need financial support, and I would ask the American Pakistani diaspora to support me ... because I see darkness in Pakistan," Musharraf said. "Because I don't see a political party or a leader in Pakistan to be able to tackle the problems that Pakistan is facing."
While Musharraf enjoys backing from the Pakistani-American elite, experts say he will be hard-pressed to develop a political base within his country and likely does not stand a chance against more established parties.
He is also in no position to campaign within Pakistan. Safety is a concern after multiple assassination attempts during his presidency, and he would likely face prosecution in connection with several criminal cases currently pending in Pakistani courts, experts said.
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Sharif removed Musharraf after a phone call: Gen Butt

Friday, October 15, 2010 6:34 PM Posted by Abdul Wahid Soomro(MNA)
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“We were aware that General Musharraf and his cronies would take over.” – File Photo
ISLAMABAD: Eleven years after the fateful night that put an end to his military career, General (retd) Ziauddin Butt disclosed that General (retd) Pervez Musharraf had plans to topple the elected government since his inception as Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) in 1998. 

“I do know personally that he had some such plans since October 1998 when he assumed the office of the COAS,” said General (retired) Ziauddin in an exclusive but informal chat with Dawn at his residence in Lahore. 

General Ziauddin was “appointed” army chief by then prime minister Mian Nawaz Sharif on October 12, 1999, which triggered the series of events that led to the military coup later that night. The night proved to be no less tumultuous for Ziauddin; stripped of his military rank, he was kept in solitary confinement for two years at the headquarters of the 111 Brigade. 

In perhaps what is his first extensive interaction with the media, the military officer claimed that Musharraf was a “friend of mine”. 

At the same time, when pressed to talk further about the “plans” to carry out a coup, which dated back to 1998, the general refused to reveal anything else. He did, however, claim that the plan to topple the elected government was not a secret in the days leading up to October 12. “We were aware that General Musharraf and his cronies would take over.” 
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Amok with Mush

5:22 AM Posted by Abdul Wahid Soomro(MNA)
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Amok with Mush When the country’s first military dictator, Field Martial Ayub Khan (1958-69), resigned following a concentrated protest campaign and agitation by left-wing student organizations, and parties like the PPP, he decided to become a recluse and just fade away (he died in 1974).
The country’s second military dictator, General Yahya Khan (who replaced Ayub and functioned as the head of state between 1969 and 1971), was first put under house arrest by the Z.A. Bhutto regime and then allowed to live a life in obscurity until his quiet death in 1980.
Yahya was remembered as the man who led Pakistan into a disastrous civil war in former East Pakistan and the consequent defeat of the country’s armed forces at the hands of the Indians. A defeat that eventually facilitated the ‘liberation’ of East Pakistan that (in 1972) became the sovereign nation of Bangladesh.
Pakistan’s next military strong man, General Zia-ul-Haq (1977-88), never got the chance to live out his end days in quiet retirement. While facing his toughest test against his nemesis, Benazir Bhutto (in 1986-87), Zia seemed to have prevailed over Benazir’s remarkable street power, when his plane blew up in mid-air over Bahawalpur in August 1988.
A victim of a perfectly clandestine assassination plan (there was a bomb placed inside the plane), he was celebrated as a ‘martyred mujahid’ by some sections of the Afghan/Pakistani jihad groups operating in the country, as well as among some conservative segments of the society (especially in the Punjab).
And even though Mian Nawaz Sharif did take thousands of their supporters to Zia’s grave site in Islamabad, claiming that he would ‘complete Zia’s mission’ (oh, my), he soon realised that his survival depended more on the votes of the living than on the ghostly blessings of a dead dictator.
By the mid-1990s Zia seemed to have lost whatever little fan following his memories had managed to collect after his assassination. Today, some twenty-two years after his explosive demise, his name rings the loudest whenever there is a discussion anywhere in the country about the proliferation of extremist thought and jihadi groups in the country. He is seen as the main culprit in this respect and this has been his most enduring legacy.

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No deal struck between Benazir, Musharraf : Jehangir Badar

Wednesday, October 6, 2010 3:15 AM Posted by Abdul Wahid Soomro(MNA)
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Pakistan People's Party Secretary-General Jehangir Badar. — Photo by APP
KARACHI: Speaking to DawnNews, Pakistan People's Party's Secretary-General Jehangir Badar on Wednesday said no deal was struck between former premier Benazir Bhutto and former president Pervez Musharraf.

Badar said Benazir and Musharraf did have a dialogue twice but no deal was struck.

Benazir Bhutto did not return to Pakistan as a result of some deal, Badar told DawnNews.

"Pervez Musharraf is the murderer of Benazir Bhutto," he said.
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Musharraf Says His New Party Will Lead 'Pakistan Out Of Darkness'

3:04 AM Posted by Abdul Wahid Soomro(MNA)
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Former Pakistanii military ruler Pervez Musharraf says he decided to form a new Pakistani political party because he wants to "introduce a new, democratic political culture" to his country.
In a wide-ranging interview with RFE/RL in London, where he now lives, Musharraf said he planned to return triumphantly to Islamabad "before the next elections," which are scheduled for 2013.

His new party, the All Pakistan Muslim League, was needed on the scene because Pakistan finds itself in a "dismal" place, he said. "I'm forming this new party because on the political landscape of Pakistan I don't see any other party which can deliver Pakistan from the darkness in which it is at present finding itself."

Bloodless Coup, Years Of Rule

Musharraf's entrance in 1999 onto Pakistan's tumultuous political scene was under markedly different circumstances.

In October of that year, military lieutenants loyal to Musharraf, who was then head of the Pakistani Army, launched a coup against the elected civilian government of Nawaz Sharif in retaliation for Sharif's decision to sack Musharraf for launching a military conflict with India in Kashmir.
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Musharraf admits Kashmir militants trained in Pakistan

2:55 AM Posted by Abdul Wahid Soomro(MNA)
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Pervez Musharraf in London, 1 Oct
He told the German magazine, Der Spiegel,that the government turned a blind eye because it wanted to put pressure on India to enter talks.Former Pakistani military ruler Pervez Musharraf has told a magazine that his forces trained militant groups to fight in Indian-administered Kashmir.
India has always alleged that Pakistan trained militants in the 1990s.
But this is thought to be the first time such a senior figure in Pakistan has admitted it.
Mr Musharraf said in the interview that militant groups "were indeed formed" in part because of the international community's "apathy" over the Kashmir dispute.
The retired general also indicated that he did not regret the Kargil intrusion (by Pakistani soldiers disguised as militants) that led to skirmishes with India in 1999.
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Yes, we trained militant groups against India: Musharraf

Tuesday, October 5, 2010 4:24 AM Posted by Abdul Wahid Soomro(MNA)
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Washington:  Former military ruler Pervez Musharraf has admitted that Pakistan had trained underground militant groups to fight in Kashmir, the first such admission by a top leader of the country.

Musharraf's candid remarks came days after he announced his return to active politics from London where he has been living in self-imposed exile.

"They (underground militant groups to fight against India in Kashmir) were indeed formed," Musharraf told German magazine Der Spiegel in an interview.
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Musharraf in politics

Monday, October 4, 2010 5:10 AM Posted by Abdul Wahid Soomro(MNA)
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Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf addresses members of Britain's Pakistani community at the New Bingley Hall, in Birmingham in central England October 2, 2010. Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf said on Friday he will return to lead a new political party to tackle corruption, revive the sluggish economy and step up the fight against militants. - Photo by Reuters.
Pervez Musharraf did not ‘enter’ politics on Friday in London; he has been in politics in Pakistan since the day he and his brother generals seized power and overthrew an elected government. His renewed political ambition to seek power through the electoral process merely constitutes the continuation of a political career that began with the ‘hijacking from ground’ drama on the evening of Oct 12, 1999.

In 2002 he went through the charade of a referendum, which he won and in which he — like Ayub Khan and Ziaul Haq — was the sole candidate. Again, while still in the army chief’s uniform, the commando general was authorised by the Supreme Court of the day to contest a presidential election, to which a retired SC justice lent credibility and sanctity by taking part. Even though he often proved himself to be good at political manoeuvring, the mistakes Gen Musharraf made were stupefying. That he managed to survive as a strongman for nearly eight years was a tribute less to his political skills and more to the power that flowed from the army chief’s baton. He was supported by some seasoned and habitual turncoats who helped him form the ‘king’s party’ which enabled him to have parliament enact constitutional amendments that whitewashed his crimes. 
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BB & Zaradri’s innocence in Swiss Courts — by Sikandar Mehdi

5:06 AM Posted by Abdul Wahid Soomro(MNA)
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Musharraf has himself spoken that no case was proven against them.
 
Musharraf has spoken once again. In his one of the recent interviews he has said plainly that there was no case proven against Benazir & Zardari. What Pervez Musharraf has uttered reinforces what we have said for long. I am glad he is cleansing his conscience. Slap in your face all the media, judiciary, Nawaz Sharif and Tonga Party walas. Shame on you all for trying people in the courts other than Pakistan and see what you got. Your heart goes out to a convicted terrorist Afia Siddiqui for her trial in foreign courts but what about Benazir?
The woman who brought laurels for Pakistan and tried to bring moderation to this medieval feudal thinking society, gave poor people voice in the corridors of power was treated by dragging her in the foreign courts. Look where it got you, not even an iota has been proven against her and her spouse. How long will you try PPP and its leaders? They are in courts when they are in opposition and they are in courts even when they are in government. When will this drama end. PPP is the real representative party of poor people but establishment and people with money industrialist and business man like to stand with the man who serves their purpose very well and that is Nawaz who by the grace of God has an IQ of a termite.
Slap on your ugliness of judiciary. Mr. Iftikhar Chaudhry you wanted the government to write letter to Swiss government I hope you got the reply. What will you do now? The main dictator who was responsible for trying BB & Zardari has openly spoken of their innocence.
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Pervez Musharraf accepts the facts about NRO and Zardari

3:31 AM Posted by Abdul Wahid Soomro(MNA)
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Pervez Musharraf has clearly accepts that no case was proved against zardari and benazir bhutto.


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Nawaz Sharif lacks intellect: Musharraf

Sunday, October 3, 2010 12:50 AM Posted by Abdul Wahid Soomro(MNA)
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Protesters use shoes to hit posters of Pervez Musharraf outside of a political rally in Birmingham.—Reuters
Protesters use shoes to hit posters of Pervez Musharraf outside of a political rally in Birmingham.—Reuters
LONDON: Former military ruler Pervez Musharraf said ex-prime minister Nawaz Sharif lost power twice because he lacked intellect.

Addressing hundreds of supporters in Birmingham on Saturday, he said his party would be accountable to the people. He said his party would have a democratic structure and power would not be inherited.

Outside the venue of the rally, a few hundred members of Hizbut Tahrir gathered in a peaceful protest. Some held banners that read “Pakistan needs an accountable ruler”.

“It went very well. He said that at the end of his term in office there were mistakes made and he apologised for that,” Birmingham lawmaker Khalid Mahmood said.
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Post-colonial state and society in Pakistan – by Ayesha Siddiqua

12:42 AM Posted by Abdul Wahid Soomro(MNA)
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We have recently witnessed quite a furore on the issue of the government shutting down about 200 train services and cutting down funding of the Higher Education Commission (HEC). While the higher judiciary seems to have come to the rescue in the first case, action in the second one is awaited since someone may actually file a writ petition in one of the higher courts very soon. However, such judicial hyper-activism does not address the primary issue of the link between a government’s affordability to offer a service being almost directly proportional to the willingness of its society to help the government pay for it.
Why shouldn’t the 200 services be closed down when people won’t pay for them or take responsibility for keeping such services afloat? Moreover, what’s the point in forcing the government to keep the railway running without fundamentally considering the origin and depth of the crisis that the department faces today?
The railways supposedly thrived under General Pervez Musharraf. But the trick by the former ISI chief Javed Ashraf Qazi was to see the railways’ assets rather than do anything drastic with the department’s management. Being a public sector organisation, the railways cannot ever hope to make money because a general trend is that our people hate to pay for public services.
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Enlightened Moderation

12:40 AM Posted by Abdul Wahid Soomro(MNA)
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It is great to see the best and the brightest in Pakistan assembled for this historic occasion. I welcome Mr Sher Afgan Niazi, the foremost public intellectual of the Eastern hemisphere; Dr Naseem Ashraf, physician, philosopher and toad eater par excellence; Naeem Bukhari, a leading light in law and scholarly letter writing and last but not the least, PJ Mir, who does not let his intelligence interfere with his patriotism.
Regrettably, my brother and partner in nation building, Shaukat Aziz cannot be here tonight, as he is working on a new passport, so that he can become the prime minister of the Islamic Republic of Congo. Brother Mohammad Ali Durrani sends his apologies, as he has been appointed the Shoeshine Officer in Chief to Brother Field Marshal Kayani.
I also welcome my friends in Islamabad and Karachi, especially Nizam Sons Tent Makers who have provided the marquees for the audience and indeed, the audience, for this historic occasion. Your efforts in nation building will be remembered by the future generations. Your company will be at the vanguard of the coming revolution that will sweep Pakistan.
We believe in justice, equality and the rule of law. We believe in enlightened moderation. We believe in emancipation of women. We believe in putting Pakistan first.
You have only to look at our period in the government to see how well we achieved our goals. We welcomed Daniel Pearl and gave him a great opportunity to advance his career in this world and the hereafter, ably assisted by Brig. Ijaz. We provided Dr Shazia Khalid every opportunity for easy and unfettered international travel. We rooted out radicalism and extremism from the Supreme Court. We covered the Lal Masjid in the eye catching fluorescent glow of white phosphorus.
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Musharraf apologises for mistakes, launches party

Friday, October 1, 2010 7:22 PM Posted by Abdul Wahid Soomro(MNA)
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Musharraf addresses a press conference in London.—AFP
LONDON: Former president Pervez Musharraf launched his ‘All Pakistan Muslim League’ party here on Friday and apologised for the mistakes he said he had committed towards the end of his nine-year rule.
“I am aware of the fact that there were some decisions which I took which resulted in negative political repercussions, which had adverse effects on nation-building and national political events, and my popularity also, may I say, plummeted in that last year. I take this opportunity to sincerely apologise to the whole nation. Human beings make mistakes,” Gen (retd) Musharraf told scores of cheering supporters.
But he vowed to galvanise people and fight a “jihad against poverty, hunger, illiteracy and backwardness”.
The programme, attended by a number of politicians who were in his government, was compered by Advocate Naim Bukhari who had fired the first shot at the chief justice of the Supreme Court, a few days before Mr Musharraf launched his attack on the judiciary which marked the beginning of the end of his rule.
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Sick of Musharraf lovers – a factual rant By Saira Ansari

12:06 PM Posted by Abdul Wahid Soomro(MNA)
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I’m very disturbed, disappointed and sick to death to see the amount of facebook’ers on my list who think Musharraf’s leaving has been a catastrophe for Pakistan. Just because a new evil, a.k.a Zardari, is in the house does not mean that the previous evil is now a good man. A “leader” as some say. That’s our problem – as an entire nation. We forget and we repeat our mistakes over and over again.
People left right and centre have been levelling accusations at me, and countless others like myself, that we support Zardari. Unfortunately no one takes out 5 minutes to ask if that is so. Let me save you the time…we don’t. And no, he is NOT democratically elected. Hierarchic / Monarchic rule within the party does not ensure a democratic candidate, so stop ranting that its democracy that’s bad. We, the people, have been cheated again. The actual institution has been wronged.
I will get hate messages and mail after this because I get them often for my stance. Those who know me well know my passion for this country and its welfare so at least I can’t be labelled for propaganda as my other friends and colleagues are. But I must have my say – whether or not you bother to read the entire note.
It might seem like an attack on all you who support Musharraf, but unfortunately he was a friend of the wealthy and his circles included the elite and the ruling elite (I use the terms separately so that the few elite members in my list are spared the mercy of being called PML-Q-ians).
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Ex-President Musharraf launches political party

12:03 PM Posted by Abdul Wahid Soomro(MNA)
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The former President of Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf, arrives for the announcement of the launch of his new political party, the “All Pakistan Muslim League” in central London. -AP Photo
LONDON: Pakistan's ex-military ruler Pervez Musharraf has launched a new political party that may sharpen political tensions at home amid growing criticism of the civilian government.
Musharraf told hundreds of cheering supporters that the best way to deal with Pakistan's political and economic troubles is to bring his party to power.
He says there is a need to ''bring all patriotic people under one flag, that flag should be the All Pakistan Muslim League.''
Since he stepped down in 2008 under an impeachment threat and protests, Musharraf has been living in Britain, home to some 1 million people of Pakistani descent.
Earlier Friday, he said the only way to tackle Pakistan's problems, which have been exacerbated by recent floods, is to further bolster the army's role.
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