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To: JPR who wrote (8395)	10/14/1999 8:22:00 AM
From: JPR	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12475

Nawaz Sharif Resigns?: KARACHI, Oct 14 (16:30 PST) Unconfirmed reports from sources close to the Prime Minister suggest that he has resigned from office and is now in Lahore. Details as they become available. From: The STAR monitoring desk. Army seals Parliament Building amid rumors that President resigns: Islamabad, Oct 14 (15:50 PST): The army today sealed off the Parliament House and ordered all the staff out, according to eyewitnesses, as the military leadership remained busy putting in place an alternative government two days after the dismissal of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. Soldiers were seen ordering the staff of the Parliament House out and later locked the main entrance that also leads to the President's House. The move came at noon amid rumors that President Rafiq Tarar, handpicked by Sharif late 1998, had resigned. No civilian or army officials were available to confirm or deny the reports. One of the houses of parliament is scheduled to meet Friday.Observers said the seal-off might be aimed at preventing the MPs from meeting. (DPA) Wasim Sajjad the Chairman of the Senate who is now in the UK will be returning to Pakistan on the first available flight. (APP) PML demands right to elect new leader: ISLAMABAD, Oct 14, (15:50 PST): A senior leader of ousted Pakistan Muslim League (PML) has demanded that the party be allowed to elect a new parliamentary leader to run the country, reports said Thursday. Arguing that parliament was still intact following Tuesday's military coup, PML vice-president Ijazul Haq (son of Gen.Ziaul Haq) said the party's MPs had a right to elect a new leader to replace Sharif. "Whosoever gets elected as PML parliamentary chief should be allowed to run the country," Haq was quoted as saying by a local daily. "I am not starting or joining the power race, but my demand is to put the country on the right path," he said. Haq also openly criticised Sharif for failing to consult his cabinet and party colleagues, especially over his decision to dismiss army chief General Pervaiz Musharraf, which triggered the military takeover. Musharaff and his fellow coup leaders continued to hold discussions today, as the whole of Pakistan awaited an announcement on their plans for a future government. (AFP)

To: JPR who wrote (8395)	10/14/1999 7:24:00 PM
From: Rational	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 12475

JPR and Ratan Lal: I also had sensed that Dipy is either British or an Indian sycophant of the Royal Society, because his writing is quite unlike American. Nevertheless, I threw in that US Visa Officer's experience to evoke comments. Incidentally, she resigned about a few months after returning from India, and it is possible that the US State Department was wrenching her. More importantly, I feel that the MushHead taking control of Pakistan is a good thing, not because he will be better than Sharif or be a better ruler. His seething anger and deep animosity towards India and newly developed bitterness against the US are the best ingredients for him to lead Pakistan. He must now deal directly with the US and India, in addition to the IMF/WB. In the process, his attributes will make him over-heated to take more irrational and blunt steps leading to direct intervention from US with India's help. This will make him and the Pak Army capitulate to the reality that Pakistan has become a begger-nation owing to the sheer stupidity and myopic vista of these generals. They have been rigging the elections with about 15% of the total vote in favor of the politicians of their choice to pull the strings from behind the scene during the periods of "democracy" in Pakistan. I think, Sharif had come to terms of reality, but he was too depraved to be able to educate Pakistanis the reality that the nation could no longer spend 75% of national income in paying debt and 35% in defense without alms from other countries!! Rational