Saturday, March 14, 2009

Home Alone

To follow up on the debilitated state of what some may argue is the preliminary stage of a downfall in Pakistan, leader of the Pakistan Muslim League - N (PML-N), Nawaz Sharif has been put under house arrest for 3 days. The PML-N serves as the binding of the efforts made by the lawyers to reestablish the bygone positions of judges dethroned by former President Pervez Musharraf. Sharif's brother, Shahbaz Sharif, has also been the focus of The Supreme Court's gambit after being dismissed as chief minister of Punjab. In an attempt to glean the residue of the intricate situation, Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani and President Asif Ali Zardari issued an appeal for a review of the court ruling.

But, on a less bleak note, my uncle was relased on Friday!