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Arab World Coverage of Pakistan Crises
US, UK to Review Pak Aid( Arab News)
" The United States and Britain yesterday said they will review their financial aid to Pakistan as over 600 political activists were arrested in a nationwide crackdown after President Gen. Pervez Musharraf declared a state of emergency on Saturday.
Washington has provided Islamabad, a major ally in its battle against Al-Qaeda in Pakistan and neighboring Afghanistan, with around $10 billion over the last five years. It has condemned the imposition of emergency rule." More:
Hundreds of Islamists held in Pakistan (Gulfnews.com)
"Islamabad: Pakistani police have detained at least 700 supporters of a main Islamist opposition party amid a crackdown following the imposition of emergency rule by military ruler President Pervez Musharraf, a party official said on Monday.
"Around 600 to 700 of our supporters have been rounded up in Punjab and Sindh province overnight," Liaquat Baluch, deputy leader of Jamaat-e-Islami told Reuters, referring to Pakistan's central and southern provinces." More
Pak expats find it hard to contact back home (Khaleej Times)
"Pakistani expatriates said they had problems contacting their near and dear ones in Pakistan yesterday, especially after the Internet and SMS services were allegedly blocked by the Pakistani government.
Talking about their travel plans, several people told Khaleej Times that they were considering rescheduling their travel plans to their country until the political situation returned to normal." More
Musharraf… The Victim!( Al - Hayat )
"It's no exaggeration to say that America's "advice" prompted Musharraf to declare the state of emergency to prevent the country from tumbling into chaos and seeing an Islamic, nuclear Pakistan fall into the grip of extremists. It's clear that the straw that broke the camel's back in Islamabad is the Supreme Court, whose reach appeared to be higher than as assumed under the Constitution. Chaudry alone, not the thousands of extremists and fundamentalists, is the one who never let up on the general, who was then pushed into a adopting a dramatic treatment for the situation." More
