Re:How a Microsoft Font Brought Down Pakistani Prime Ministe...
by gadders on Friday July 06, 2018 @12:10PM
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Slightly offtopic, but this [1] is a great series of podcasts about the assassination of Benazir Bhutto. No idea if she would have made a good leader, but she was certainly brave. Even if you're not interested in Pakistani politics, it's still fascinating.
[1] https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05r6cgx/episodes/downloads
Re:How a Microsoft Font Brought Down Pakistani Prime Ministe...
by arif_sohaib on Friday July 06, 2018 @01:53PM
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What do you mean no idea. She was PM several times in the 1990s and not a good one. She and Nawaz took turns robbing Pakistan until Musharraff came.
Re:How a Microsoft Font Brought Down Pakistani Prime Ministe...
by m23khan on Friday July 06, 2018 @12:17PM
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How was she brave? She was born into a political dynasty. Used the platform laid down by her Daddy to jumpstart her own political career. Lived a privileged, pampered life. Brokered deals with the scum Taliban to help further her ambitions. Under her party the economy ALWAYS suffer and corruption increases.
It is better to take a tennis ball, declare it the next PM+Emperor-for-life of Pakistan then anybody from the Bhutto party PPP.
Re:How a Microsoft Font Brought Down Pakistani Prime Ministe...
by gadders on Wednesday July 11, 2018 @08:34AM
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I stand corrected by you all. She would be a PM as bad as the others.
I call her brave because she knew she would likely be killed if she returned.
Re:How a Microsoft Font Brought Down Pakistani Prime Ministe...
by selimthegrim on Sunday July 08, 2018 @10:27AM
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Uh, she put a hit out on her brother (or let her husband do it)
And then there is the magical softening of stance overnight and miracle reduction of punishments which Pakistani judges are famous for - absolute joke. I won't be surprised at all if at the end of day, all he gets is a 'warning' and 'stern lecture'.
Finally, PM in question and his family aren't the only corrupt folks in Pakistan - the other 'dynasty' is the PPP-clan of Bhuttos/Zardaris -- now watch them flee scotch-free from Pakistan.
And the icing on cake - UK/UAE/Swiss are among nations which actively harbor corrupt and dangerous Pakistani individuals, have granted them/their families citizenship, and allow them to bring their illegal wealth - these Govts will not send the wealth or the individuals back to Pakistan. Perhaps Pakistani ISI should learn from Israel's Mossad.