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India-Pakistan
Referendum unlawful, says ANP
2002-04-09
  • Awami National Party (ANP) President Asfandyar Wali Khan has said his party would never support President Gen Pervez Musharraf in his proposed referendum plan, as it was an unconstitutional move.

    Speaking at a meeting at Mandani here on Sunday, he said that our rivals blamed the ANP for an underhand deal with the government, because the party supported some of the policies of the present government. ANP chief explained that the party supported the Musharraf government in its Afghan, Kashmir and anti-terrorist policies, as these policies were the same for which the ANP had been struggling for the last 25 years, and for these policies we were labelled as the friends of Hindus, Kafir and anti-Pakistani.
    They suspect, and they're probably right, that Perv intends to turn Pakland from a parliamentary to a presidential state. That would probably be good for the country's stability, bad for the regional parties and religious loons. Whether he becomes a statesman or just another in a long line of tin hats is up to him, but the country has to live with the consequences.
    • Posted by:Fred Pruitt

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