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'Power struggle has tipped in Morticia's favour'
 Benazir Bhuttos defiance at the barricades has tipped Pakistans power struggle in her favour, analysts say.After days of relative caution, Bhutto stood behind coils of barbed wire surrounding her home on Friday and attacked Musharrafs dictatorship as police prevented her from leading a protest against his imposition of emergency rule. Analysts say her actions have helped Bhutto dispel suspicions that her previous reluctance to hold protests was because of secret talks for a western-backed power-sharing deal with President General Pervez Musharraf. Strengthening domestic position: She cant lose from here, Najam Sethi, a political analyst and editor of Pakistans respected Daily Times newspaper. It certainly strengthens her (Bhuttos) position internationally, but more importantly she is strengthening her domestic position because people are beginning to believe that the deal-making may be over. After Musharraf declared emergency rule on November 3 she at first kept the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) off the streets, while lawyers and other opposition parties bore the burnt of baton-charges and teargas. Posted by: Fred 2007-11-12 |
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