Saturday, March 7, 2009

Who Can We Believe?


‘Pakistan Not In Danger Of Being A Failed State’ -- Daily Times

LAHORE: Pakistan is not in danger of becoming a failed state, Indian Union Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar said in an interview with Tehelka magazine on Friday. “It is true Pakistan is facing a very dangerous moment in its history,” he said. “There is a large body of opinion in India that thinks it is a failed state or a failing state. But I do not think so.” Aiyar said Pakistan was paying for allowing itself to become “an international pawn” and “reaping the wages of both what it has done and what has been done to it”.

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Pakistan Could Become Failed State: Minister -- Daily Times

NEW DELHI: India’s home minister has said Pakistan is threatening to become a failed state and it is not clear who was in control of the country, the Press Trust of India (PTI) reported on Friday. “It (Pakistan) is not a failed state, but it is threatening to become one,” Palaniappan Chidambaram said at a seminar in Mumbai. “A great concern is weighing on our minds. In Pakistan, with regret, I would say we don’t know who is in control there. Whether it is the army or the president or the government,” Chidambaram was quoted as saying. agencies

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