Musharraf (Idiot Son's pal) in row with women rights activists

[Bhaisahab]

Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf got into a heated argument in New York on Saturday with a group of human rights activists who referred to his recent interview to an American daily wherein he is quoted as saying that women exploited rape to get visas.

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The latest row occurred at a conference organised to discuss issues related to women of Pakistan. According to Pakistan English daily Dawn, pandemonium broke out at the meeting organised to promote Pakistan's soft image when after a confrontation with human rights activists an irate President Musharraf declared that those who opposed his policies were the enemies of Pakistan.

"You are against me and Pakistan," said the President when a human rights activist referred to his alleged comments in the Washington Post interview.

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"I am a fighter, I will fight you. I do not give up and if you can shout, I can shout louder. I wish you had quoted Muslim scholars as opposed to British scholars," Gen. Musharraf told the woman who had quoted some American scholars to make her point.

Responding to the woman's charge that he had retracted his remarks in the interview, Gen. Musharraf said: "Lady, you are used to people who tell lies. I am not one of them."

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When the altercation began to get uglier, Pakistan's Ambassador to the U.S. Jehangir Karamat, who was Gen. Musharraf's senior in the Army, approached the podium and moved the President away by gently patting his shoulders. Gen. Musharraf, however, returned to the podium and said he was not against those who were working for the cause of women.

http://www.hindu.com/2005/09/19/stories/2005091906681400.htm

[varun]

1. Musharraf is all about "Image"

Just because he wears armanis instead of the military fatigues, does not change the fact that he overthrew an elected leader in a coup.