FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Musharraf takes Pakistan to the brink of chaos*

If Pakistan suffers a breakdown of law and order, Islamist extremists could try to seize power and end up possessing nuclear weapons. Peter Westmore reports.General Pervez Musharraf, the army chief who has appointed himself President of Pakistan, is pushing his country to the brink of chaos, by detaining hundreds of lawyers, sacking justices of the Supreme Court and filling their positions with his own nominees, then imposing a state of emergency to prevent both political protests and electionee…

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