Issue No 45, June 8-14, 2003 | ISSN:1684-2057 | satribune.com
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PAKISTAN
is facing a new wave of religious extremism. Shariah has again
been brought into focus. A dispassionate analysis.
NEW
YORK: The Pakistani flagship in Manhattan, The Roosevelt Hotel,
is being sold, though it is making profits.
CENTREVILLE,
VA: This is the first hand story of an ace AP reporter who was
caught in the 1971 Army Crack- down in East Pakistan.
SA Tribune Blockade Continues
Dear Readers:
The blockade of South Asia Tribune web site continues in Pakistan although the action has been widely condemned by the Press, international organizations including Reporters Sans Frontieres in Paris and major political parties. Information Ministry officials have yet again made meaningless statements denying the blockade. It seems they no longer care for their credibility and want to keep their master happy. But SA Tribune viewers are able to visit the web site through other means hence the blockade is, in essence, ineffective.
In Pakistan the major story was the failure of Gen.l Pervez Musharraf to formally address the joint session of the Parliament, fearing the Opposition protest. In turn united Opposition partis did allow his Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz to present the budget in the Lower House, though amid loud shouting and yelling. The message was clear. It was the Opposition calling the shots and not otherwise. We will cover the Budget story as much as possible in this issue.
Take care
Shaheen
Sehbai
