A very fragile political scenario emerged this week as the 13th President of Pakistan was sworn into office. A flailing congressional system now hangs in the balance amid tight speculation from opposition parties. Writes Reuben Brand.
With the resignation of US backed military dictator Pervez Musharraf and the installation of US approved Asif Ali Zardari, Pakistan has become a political playground as pressure mounts to curb insurgencies in the war on terror.
The last time I was in Pakistan I stayed in Peshawar, the largest city in the North West Frontier Provence and closest to the Afghan border, where anti US sentiment was running thick on the ground. So another government with close ties to the US will have an increasingly hard time in power, as tensions around the border rise.
Asif Ali Zardari, widower of the assassinated Benazir Bhutto and co-chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), was sworn in this week as the new President of Pakistan.
Protest from the opposition is mounting over the failed coalition between Nawaz Sharif, leader of Pakistan Muslim League and the PPP just one week after Musharraf's resignation. The partnership became problematic as both sides vied for the presidency but none could come to an agreement regarding the re-instating of judges who were deposed under the Musharraf regime.
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