Pressure mounts on President to stop toeing US policies
ISLAMABAD – Faced with diverse challenges, President Asif Ali Zardari is ostensibly left with no viable option that can help steer him and his PPP-led coalition out of troubled waters, TheNation reliably learnt on Tuesday.
Background discussions and interviews with numerous political players, political and security analysts have revealed that…
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