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Pervez Musharraf has resigned. Do you think this will lead to more global/ regional stability?

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Asked in politics, international relations, pakistan asked on: 08/20/2008 06:10am
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5 hours after the question was opened (08/20/2008 10:28am)

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Depends on what the next regime is like. If a religious/military nut-job takes over/gets voted in, they'll probably re-start the posturing against India. There is a little bit of hope that someone with reasonably democratic leanings will get in - but whether the military lets them do stuff is another matter :-)

If by "region" you include the arab nations - I can't see them caring all that much about this issue. They're all to busy blowing each other up and taking potshots at the invading westerners, unfortunately. It's a mess with no easy solution.

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5 hours after the question was opened (08/20/2008 11:00am)

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It would have been nice to think this. Why couldn't it have happened a year ago. I must confess at this stage to being biased here, having had a massive crush on Benazir as a teenager!

Not solved all the problems though, barbers are being killed as they shave men's beards off! It's getting almost as bad as Afghanistan was under the Taliban, in parts of Pakistan.

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5 days after the question was opened (08/24/2008 11:59pm)

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There is all manner of instability now in Pakistan. The coalition that forced Musharraf's resignation is itself deeply split. The Taliban in Pakistan is doing all it can to move in and seize power.

The two leaders of the PPP and PML-N both have some unsavory qualities. In the wings is the PML-Q, waiting to either support the PML-N or to step in and assert its own leadership.

I think matters in Pakistan are going to get much worse, before they get better.

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