• Aug31, 2005--The Dawn reports that the PPPP is backing away from confrontation as many of its former troopers have been jumping ship and joining the compromised group of contractor-military controlled LB politicians...
• Aug30, 2005--The possibility of the MMA staying away from the next national assemblies election has arisen as they wont participate if musharaf continues to cling on...The opposition could than topple the military supporters and not splinter...? The military led partially elected dictatorship in pakistan is facing vociforous rigging charges from within and the opposition...maulana fazlur rehman called the supreme court a useless institution and called the elections a farce worse than the referendum...The PML apparently stabbed allies in the back all over the country and ran into defeats in the parliament as PML members stayed away realising the lack of utility of the powerless national assembly...musharaf on the other hand equated moderation with ghundaism and rigging with only shaukat aziz calling the elections fair...musharaf recently has gone on a spate of death sentences and hangings against those who had conspired to kill him as the indians called for a swap of terrorists held by both sides?.....everyone else saw the anti musharaf bombers as victims of the militaries coup mentality...and musharaf's personal military dictatorship...