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	Pakistan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Pakistan was an ally of the United States for much of its early history as a modern nation-state, from the 1950s and as a member of CENTO and SEATO.
		Pakistan is the second largest Muslim country in terms of population and its status as a declared nuclear power—the only Islamic nation—also plays into its role on the international scene.
		Pakistan's religious demographics were influenced by the partition of British India, which led to the fleeing of 7 million Muslims into Pakistan from India and 6 million Hindus and Sikhs from Pakistan to India and led to a larger Muslim majority than had previously existed.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pakistan (6793 words)

	Majlis-e-Shoora - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Majlis-e-Shoora means "Council of Advisors" in Urdu, one of the two official languages of the government of Pakistan, which has a bicameral federal legislature that consists of the Senate (upper house) and the National Assembly (lower house).
		According to Article 50 of the Constitution of Pakistan, the National Assembly, the Senate and the President together make up a body known as the Majlis-e-Shoora.
		The Constitution gives the President of Pakistan the authority to dissolve (and thereby trigger new elections for) the National Assembly but not the Senate, which is not subject to dissolution.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Parliament_of_Pakistan (142 words)

	Pakistan -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		A federal republic and a member of the Commonwealth, Pakistan is in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent, on the Arabian Sea.
		A federal republic and member of the Commonwealth, Pakistan is situated in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent, on the Arabian Sea.
		Established under traumatic circumstances, modern Pakistan was carved from British India—first by partition in 1947 and later by war with India in 1971.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9108520 (753 words)

	NTI: Country Overviews: Pakistan: Missile Chronology
		Pakistanâs Foreign Ministry spokesperson Masood Khan says that during the forthcoming talks between India and Pakistan, Pakistan wishes to discuss the creation of a strategic restraint regime as well as measures to avoid the accidental launch of nuclear missiles.
		Pakistanâs cabinet approves a draft bill for strengthening export controls on âmaterial, equipment and technologies related to nuclear, chemical or biological weapons and their delivery systems.â The draft bill is expected to be enacted into law after receiving parliamentary approval.
		Pakistan presents its proposal on a strategic restraint regime that calls for the prevention of a nuclear and missile race, an agreement on risk reduction centers, non-induction of air-based and sea-based missile systems, and a nuclear doctrine of minimum deterrence.
	www.nti.org /e_research/profiles/Pakistan/Missile/3068_4693.html (10354 words)

	Boston.com / News / World / Asia / Pakistan parliament elects prime minister (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Pakistan's parliament elected former finance minister Shaukat Aziz, a close ally of President Gen. Pervez Musharraf, as prime minister on Friday after the opposition boycotted the vote, saying it was undemocratic.
		ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Pakistan's parliament elected former finance minister Shaukat Aziz, a close ally of President Gen. Pervez Musharraf, as prime minister on Friday after the opposition boycotted the vote, saying it was undemocratic.
		The change in prime ministers is not expected to affect key policies such as Pakistan's support of the U.S.-led war on terrorism or the peace process with rival India, which are firmly in Musharraf's hands.
	www.boston.com /news/world/asia/articles/2004/08/27/pakistan_parliament_elects_new_pm (681 words)

	[ www.azadiradio.org ]
		The legislation was proposed by the United Action Council (MMA), an alliance of six religious parties in Pakistan that previously had sympathized with Afghanistan's Taliban regime and which won an absolute majority of seats in the NWFP Assembly through elections last October.
		[Pakistan] is an Islamic country, but when you see specifically in context with Afghanistan and what we had with Afghanistan and what we had with the Taliban, maybe the world is going to perceive this as another Talibanization of the Frontier Province.
		Saeed Khan, another opposition member of the NWFP parliament, said the Sharia Act is a way for the MMA to appease populist demands from religious conservative voters while ignoring the real issues facing the area -- such as poverty and the critical need for development.
	www.azadiradio.org /en/specialreports/2003/06/CB8E50B0-7EC0-4C94-8A3E-8A23E08E2439.ASP (1103 words)

	BBC NEWS \| South Asia \| Pakistan's new-look parliament
		Pakistan's 342-member National Assembly has a very different complexion from three years ago, when it last met.
		President Pervez Musharraf's wish that parliament accept the sweeping constitutional changes he has made has sparked a bitter debate among the newly-elected MPs.
		Conscious of the controversies surrounding this transition, and allegations of rigging in the October polls, CEC Irshad Hasan Khan excused himself from presiding over the inaugural session of this assembly.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/south_asia/2498425.stm (417 words)

	Worldandnation: Parliament jeers Pakistan's leader
		ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - President Gen. Pervez Musharraf recently faced two assassination attempts and launched a historic peace process with nuclear-armed rival India, but opposition lawmakers offered no praise Saturday during his first speech to Parliament, heckling him as a military dictator and demanding he resign.
		Security was extremely tight at Parliament, with armored personnel carriers patrolling, after the two attempts on the president's life last month.
		The two bombings were blamed on Islamic militants who despise the president for allying Pakistan to the United States in the war on terror.
	www.sptimes.com /2004/01/18/news_pf/Worldandnation/Parliament_jeers_Paki.shtml (367 words)

	CBS News \| Indian Parliament Condemns Pakistan \| May 20, 2002 10:22:25
		The resolution accused Pakistan of not honoring earlier peace agreements aimed at de-escalating tensions on the subcontinent.
		Although it did not call for the launching of a retaliatory attack against Pakistan, the resolution was the harshest condemnation of Pakistan by India's leaders since the start of a series of terrorism attacks, including one in December on the Parliament building itself.
		Pakistan says it backs the “freedom fighters” with ideology, but not money or weapons, and that it cannot restrict their movement across the densely forested Himalayan frontier.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2002/05/20/world/main509558.shtml (503 words)

	CNN.com - Pakistan region adopts Islamic law - Feb. 23, 2004
		The parliament in Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province has unanimously passed a bill aimed at enforcing strict Islamic laws in the province.
		Pakistan is a deeply conservative Muslim nation but it has nonetheless resisted adopting a legal system based on a strict interpretation of Shariah, or Islamic law.
		Pakistan is a crucial U.S. ally in the fight against terrorism.
	cnn.com /2003/WORLD/asiapcf/south/06/02/pakistan.islamic (546 words)

	Online NewsHour: The View From Pakistan - January 11, 2002
		Pakistan's ambassador to the U.S., Maleeha Lodhi, offers her perspective on the escalating tension between her country and neighboring India.
		We reject the use of violence to achieve political ends, and President Musharraf, ever since he assumed power two years ago, has been embarked on a course to return Pakistan to the vision of its founding father, which is a vision of a moderate, progressive and Muslim Pakistan.
		The path that we must follow, and Pakistan has assured utmost restraint and utmost responsibility, is the path of dialogue, to use diplomatic and political means to resolve our outstanding differences.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/asia/jan-june02/pakistan_1-11.html (1457 words)

	Pakistan parliament to choose two-month premier : HindustanTimes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Pakistan's parliament is scheduled to meet later on Tuesday to elect an interim prime minister after a snap reshuffle which has raised new concerns over the progress of democracy under President Pervez Musharraf.
		The nominee of the pro-Musharraf ruling party, veteran politician and former minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, is expected to easily win the vote with a simple majority from the 197 seats held by his party and its allies.
		A simple majority of 172 votes is required in parliament's 342-member lower house for the election of prime minister.
	www.hindustantimes.com /news/181_856121,00050002.htm (548 words)

	Online NewsHour Update: India Accuses Pakistan in Parliament Attack -- Dec. 18, 2001
		"Last week's attack on Parliament is undoubtedly the most audacious and most alarming act of terrorism in the history of two decades of Pakistan-sponsored terrorism in India," Advani said in the speech that was also broadcast live on television.
		All five assailants, who drove into the parliament complex in a car with government markings, were also killed during a 30-minute gunfight.
		Pakistan says it supports their cause, but denies providing any aid.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/updates/december01/india_12-18.html (761 words)

	RTE News - Pakistan arrests Indian parliament attack suspect
		Pakistan has said that it had arrested a prominent Muslim militant who India suspects is a terrorist.
		India believes the man was involved in the attack earlier this month on the Indian Parliament in Delhi.
		Pakistan said that Masood Azhar was detained for making provocative speeches.
	www.rte.ie /news/2001/1225/pakistan.html (137 words)

	Opening of Pakistan's parliament held back / Opposition sees
		Islamabad -- Pakistan's military government Wednesday delayed the opening of the newly elected parliament by a week, dealing a possible blow to a bloc of religious parties that say they were forging a majority coalition.
		Musharraf, a general, seized control of Pakistan in a bloodless coup in 1999 and vowed to restore civilian rule within three years.
		A parliament ruled by the PPP and the UAF, both of which campaigned on promises to undo these amendments, could pose a serious headache for the general, especially as a U.S. ally in the war on terrorism.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2002/11/07/MN31928.DTL&type=printable (538 words)

	'We were ready to punish Pakistan' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Thanks to the bravery of the guards at Parliament and a slice of luck (the car bomb failed to detonate), the attack that aimed at killing/taking hostage a large number of MPs failed, though the vice-president had a narrow escape.
		To be fair, the attack on the Indian Parliament apparently came as a surprise to Pakistan as well.
		Despite its advantage of shorter lines of communication to the border, Pakistan was slow to react to the Indian move.
	us.rediff.com /news/2005/mar/02spec1.htm (1032 words)

	Marxist MP elected to Parliament in Pakistan!
		It is a tradition in Pakistan for the wealthy bourgeois to rig elections if they do not go their way.
		The main speakers were Nusrat Surfaraz, president of the PPP women's wing in the Kasur district, comrade Shabana the women's organiser of Tabqati Jedojuhad, comrade Sadaf Zahra, the President of the women's wing of the People's Youth Organisation in Lahore and comrade Manzoor Ahmed himself, the candidate.
		The victory of Manzoor Ahmed is not only a victory for the workers of Kasur, of the workers of Pakistan, it is a victory for all those workers and youth who are struggling to change society all over the world.
	www.marxist.com /Asia/pakistan_marxist_mp_elected.html (961 words)

	GN Online: A black day in the history of Pakistan parliament - PPP
		Former premier Benazir Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party yesterday condemned the government for what it called "herding the lawmakers" to the National Assembly with the help of the police to complete the quorum and said that it made a mockery of the democratic system.
		Fahim said never before and nowhere in the world legislators were herded into the parliament as was done on Monday in the Parliament of Pakistan.
		Fahim said a European Union mission is on a visit to Pakistan to monitor progress towards democracy and to stay engaged with Pakistan during transition to democracy.
	www.gulf-news.com /Articles/news.asp?ArticleID=101530 (557 words)

	The Hindu : National : Rousing welcome for Pakistan team in Parliament
		Parliament today greeted with thumping of desks a visiting Pakistani parliamentary delegation which visited both the Houses and watched the proceedings.
		Kamal Nath said during the SAARC meeting of Commerce Ministers, India and Pakistan had agreed to set up a Joint Study Group which would give a road map for economic cooperation on trade, services and infrastructure between the two countries.
		He pointed out that Pakistan was "creating roadblocks" and had not yet agreed to give India the Most Favoured Nation status.
	www.hindu.com /2004/12/21/stories/2004122105651100.htm (407 words)

	LexisNexis U.S. Politics & World News, Hurricane Katrina Rita Wilma, President George Bush, Samuel Alito, Harriet ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Pakistan asked to utilize forex reserves for rehabilitation Islamabad, Nov 11, IRNA Pakistan-Reserves The opposition called on the government in the Lower House of Pakistan Parliament that the for...
		School with 200 students' graves in its compound reopens in Pakistan Islamabad, Nov. 11, IRNA Pakistan-School A government higher secondary school with the graves of 200 students in its compound re...
		Pakistan is urging 15,000 earthquake survivors who flooded into its small capital city to return and rebuild their homes in the country's hard-hit mountains, but many fear being forgotten as winter clo...
	www6.lexisnexis.com /publisher/EndUser?Action=UserDisplayCiteList&orgId=574&topicId=100007195 (1057 words)

	Pakistan parliament postponed
		Islamabad - A storm of outrage greeted President Pervez Musharraf's postponement of Pakistan's first parliament in three years, with opponents on Thursday accusing him of manipulating the long-awaited transfer of power.
		The pro-regime Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid won the most seats, garnering 103 out of 342, with PPP second on 81 seats and the Islamic bloc of six fundamenalist parties placing third after huge swings that landed them the balance of power.
		But party insiders say the deal is already being picked apart, and Bhutto's party was still looking at sharing government with a pro-regime party, in return for the dropping of graft charges against Bhutto and her husband.
	www.news24.com /News24/World/0,,2-10_1281776,00.html (488 words)

	Pakistan Rules Out Extraditing 20 Suspects Wanted By India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Stating that India and Pakistan were signatories to the SAARC charter that provided for extradition, the Foreign Minister said that India should "go that route" rather than adopt the "tone and manner" it has done after the Parliament attack.
		If under this convention, Pakistan has not fulfilled its obligations as a signatory, then Pakistan can be blamed," Sattar said.
		In the case of the SAARC charter, it is also prospective, that is, it is effective from the date it comes into force," said the Pak Minister.
	www.rense.com /general20/20.htm (433 words)

	BRIEF HISTORY OF PARLIAMENT HOUSES IN PAKISTAN
		In 1956, the first Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan was adopted in Karachi at the same Sindh Assembly building which also passed as the Parliament of Pakistan.
		It was here that the first bi-cameral legislature of Pakistan was also born after the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan was adopted in 1973.
		The Parliament - the Senate and the National Assembly - have acquired a permanent abode in the present Parliament House, which was inaugurated on May 28, 1986.
	www.cybercity-online.net /yp/NA/NA_History.htm (273 words)

	History Of N.A
		At the first session of the Parliament at the Ayub Hall, the Martial Law, imposed in 1958, was revoked.
		The Interim Constitution of Pakistan was adopted here in April, 1972.
		The Parliament - the Senate and the National Assembly - have acquired a permanent abode in the present Parliament House, which was inaugurated on
	www.na.gov.pk /history-2.htm (209 words)

	CNN.com - Pakistan: Jail term for key critic - Apr 12, 2004
		Pervaik Malik, the top Pakistani opposition leader and a fellow member of parliament, called for Musharraf's resignation and said there would be demonstrations throughout the country beginning Tuesday.
		The charges came after Hashmi, a member of parliament, circulated a letter allegedly written by an army officer opposing the role of the army in national politics.
		Hashmi is president of the opposition Pakistan Muslim League and a joint opposition alliance comprising 15 political parties.
	www.cnn.com /2004/WORLD/asiapcf/04/12/pakistan.sedition (322 words)

	Pakistan Link - Daily News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		ISLAMABAD : Pakistan's parliament exploded with cries of "go Musharraf go" and “no Musharraf no” on Saturday, as opposition members staged protest against President Pervez Musharraf, who delivered his first ever address to the joint sitting of the parliament.
		ISLAMABAD : Pakistan has sought World Bank’s support to prepare a critical analysis about the overall performance of state-owned Wapda and KESC for bringing desired improvements in the same.
		ISLAMABAD : Pakistan Saturday said that none of its entity is involved in a reported plot by a South African businessman to export trigger devices that could be used for nuclear weapons.
	www.pakistanlink.com /headlines/Jan04/18.html (435 words)

	GN Online: Forum 'missed the fundamental point'
		"The essence of the matter is that Pakistan is governed by elected civilian governments at the centre and in the provinces of the federation, which are answerable to their parliaments and the people of Pakistan," the spokesman said in a statement.
		Pakistan subscribes to them to the exclusion of subsequent and extraneous considerations which it does not recognise."
		There were "substantive differences of opinion" among CMAG members that were clearly manifest at the post-meeting press briefing in London, the spokesman said, adding this indicated that the view of some prevailed in order to reach a consensus.
	www.gulf-news.com /Articles/news.asp?ArticleID=88332 (367 words)

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