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...Despite the risks, aid organizations expect Pakistan's military ruler General Pervez Musharraf to respond compassionately by opening the border gates?but only after any U.S. attacks begin. Once that happens, the Afghans will be allowed to stay in spartan camps just inside the frontier. Providing for them will be a formidable challenge. Already, officials from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) are scouting out locations within the tribal belt bordering Afghanistan. Pakistan's government estimates a need for about 100 new camps, each able to shelter 10,000 people. "Water is scarce," says UNHCR's spokesman Rupert...
...efforts to get Bin Laden, because of the deep involvement of its intelligence agency in the affairs of the Taliban. While intelligence cooperation from Pakistan remains the West's best bet for striking directly at Bin Laden, sensitivity to the fragility of the regime of general-turned-president Pervez Musharraf appears to have persuaded the U.S. not to ask for much in terms of rights to stage military operations from there...
...After the terrorist attacks on America, Pakistan finds itself at a crossroads. In a country where Islamic radicals have become increasingly bold and influential, President Pervez Musharraf had to choose between appeasing them (by siding with Afghanistan's Taliban regime) or cooperating with the U.S. in its all-out war on terrorism. Either way, the repercussions for Pakistan would be enormous, but Musharraf, who criticized extremists for "holding the country hostage," sided with the U.S. "I know the majority of the people favor our decision," he said in a national address...
...Even so, Musharraf had to couch his decision in religious terms, calling Pakistan a "fortress of Islam" and drawing inspiration from the Prophet Muhammad's example. Musharraf and his advisers are well aware of piety's place in Pakistan. There is a groundswell of people turning, or returning, to Islam for answers. Some do so as a rejection of America and Western values; others are seeking hope and a sense of purpose in an ever more dismal and disillusioning national scene. "This is a generation of hopelessness," says former National Assembly member Daniyal Aziz, "and people need hope...
...been targeted for assassination. Doctors are among the best educated and most successful Shia professionals in Pakistan, and their murders are particularly intimidating. In July, the chairman of Pakistan State Oil, a respected Shia executive, was gunned down in broad daylight in Karachi on his way to his office. Musharraf's government has promised tough new laws to prevent such attacks?but it has been unable to tackle the root causes of intolerance, including hate-filled propaganda purveyed by many medressas and mosques...