Zardari seems to have moved beyond showing the caution of Benazir, whose pliability to the army's diktat did not save her -- or him. Rather, he is exhibiting the feistiness of her father, Zulfiqar, in refusing to act as the civilian face behind the army's desire to keep NATO out of Pakistan's tribal areas, despite being the base area for the war in Afghanistan. He has, unlike his party's prime minister, refused to back the generals in their covert war on India, preferring instead to go the route of conciliation. by M.D. Nalapat Manipal, India (UPI) Oct 9, 2008 It is small wonder that Pakistan's army chief, Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, prefers to dial the number of the ever obedient (to him) prime minister, Yousaf Raza Gilani, rather than that of the newly elected president, Asif Ali Zardari, who apparently has undergone an epiphany...
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