PAKISTAN - New Challenges.The Pakistani military's traditional policy of denying fundamental rights to the tribal belt, encompassing Waziristan along the Afghan border, and its brutality in conducting recent anti-terrorist operations there, has created a rebellion that shows every sign of outliving Bin Laden. The south-western province of Balochistan, peaceful until recently, is rapidly moving towards an insurgency in·sur·gen·cy n. pl. in·sur·gen·cies 1. The quality or circumstance of being rebellious. 2. An instance of rebellion; an insurgence. insurgency, insurgence 1. . Decades of resentment against the Pakistani military have come to a head. Islamabad continues to preside over a host of discriminatory practices for women. Musharraf has eviscerated the judiciary by sacking sack·ing n. A coarse, stout woven cloth, such as burlap or gunny, used for making sacks; sackcloth. sacking Noun coarse cloth woven from flax, hemp, or jute, and used to make sacks Noun Supreme Court judges who opposed martial law martial law, temporary government and control by military authorities of a territory or state, when war or overwhelming public disturbance makes the civil authorities of the region unable to enforce its law. . Musharraf ratified his own position as president through a referendum in which he was the only candidate. Another new challenge comes from the ISI ISI International Sensitivity Index, see there , from which Musharraf has recently purged elements suspected to be close to the Taliban and Al-Qaeda. |
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