How a Microsoft Font Brought Down Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (2017)

Re:How a Microsoft Font Brought Down Pakistani Prime Ministe... by gadders on Friday July 06, 2018 @12:10PM (#17472563)

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

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Re:How a Microsoft Font Brought Down Pakistani Prime Ministe... by arif_sohaib on Friday July 06, 2018 @01:53PM (#17473568)

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.

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Re:How a Microsoft Font Brought Down Pakistani Prime Ministe... by m23khan on Friday July 06, 2018 @12:17PM (#17472631)

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.

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Re:How a Microsoft Font Brought Down Pakistani Prime Ministe... by gadders on Wednesday July 11, 2018 @08:34AM (#17506341)

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.

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Re:How a Microsoft Font Brought Down Pakistani Prime Ministe... by selimthegrim on Sunday July 08, 2018 @10:27AM (#17483946)

Uh, she put a hit out on her brother (or let her husband do it)

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