To add to the dilemma in this country the PML-N Opposition party's Shahbaz Shariff was ousted by the President from the province of Punjab. He was the Chief Minister of Punjab.
Shahbaz and his brother Nawaz are very popular here in Punjab. So naturally both brothers were furious and have lead large groups of supporters into the city streets rioting and marching.
The President Zardari want's one of his men in the position of Chief Minister so it's a power struggle remember Zardari is from another province called Sindh and the Punjabis and the Sindhis don't get along all the time there is quite a bit of animosity.
Yes in Pakistan tribal differences, provincial differences and religious sects do matter Pakistanis frequently refer themselves as Punjabi,Sindhi,Pathan all the time.
So Shahbaz is being beamed into every home in Pakistan along with his brother and both are giving fiery anti-government speeches which is tragic because alot of people are saying that in this hour all the politicians need to work together to combat the Taliban who are enjoying this political power games and are using it to their advantage.
Okay now on the Liberty shooting front, the Sri Lankan government is saying that the Tamil Tigers have a hand in this they are saying it's a possibility that the Tigers were trying to kill the team because of the Sri Lankan army's advancing positions on the Tigers. Remeber the Tigers are getting pretty desperate only recently they managed to get a Jet into the cities and tried to bomb them.
The latest news is that an American aircraft was shot down by the taliban in the Northern Front. Now unconfirmed reports from the Cable Tv channels are saying it was a drone that went down.
Our Grand General was in India at a News conference calling himself a "Man of War" but at hear a man of peace. He is very popular in India but do they forget this si the man who organised and staged Kargil War? Here is a link ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kargil_War so you can read over the facts of that war and refresh your memory.
So there is this Lawyer's movement as well the Chief Justic got the sack and ever since then he's had it in for Zardari and the present government so the Lawyers are constantly marching to the Islamabad the capital and protesting on constitutional avenue in fornt of the Supreme Court because they despise Zardari for sacking the Chief Justice. They are heading for Islamabad and promise to bring the city to a stand still if they're demands aren't met. Now the Shariff brothers have found this to be an opportunity to align themselves with this movement to gain more support from the masses.
People in Pakistan are pretty upset you might think "Well obviously ..." but these days what they are really upset about is the fact that they're truly beloved game of cricket is dead.(Cricket is similar to Baseball) No one wants to come play here and the ICC group the grand daddy of cricket organizations says the World Cup in Pakistan is unlikely. No surprise there !
The death of cricket here and the headlines still mention the kidnapping of Doctor Afia this is the Pakistani doctor who was allegedly handed over to the US authorities (FBI) by Musharraf because she was working with Al-Qaeda. Doctor Afia is an MIT graduate in genetics and she was linked to Al-Qaeda. That's some of the news running in the pappers these days.
Tomorrow is Sunday things should calm down for a day then Monday the fun begins all over again there is never a dul moment in this country will keep you posted
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