07-19-2010, 09:39 AM
[url="http://www.hindustantimes.com/To-spite-Zardari-Pakistan-military-foiled-peace-talks/H1-Article1-574317.aspx"]To spite Zardari, Pakistan military foiled peace talks[/url]
Quote:When the prime ministers of India and Pakistan met in Thimpu in early May, Yousuf Raza Gilani indicated he had the full support of Pakistanââ¬â¢s military to resume the dialogue with India. But by the time the foreign ministers of the two countries met in mid-July, the men in khaki had become opposed to any dialogue. Three developments, say sources in both countries, led them to change their minds. The first was the political resurgence of President Asif Ali Zardari. The Pakistan military has sought to marginalise him at the expense of Gilani and their favourite politician, ex-prime minister Nawaz Sharif.
But Zardariââ¬â¢s recent successes in working out long-standing disputes between the Centre and the provinces over water and finance, and the holding of genuine elections in Gilgit-Baltistan, have resurrected his standing at the popular level.