There are no good choices for Pakistan at this stage. Peaceful transfer of power is not really a Pakistani tradition. Impeaching a President, however unpopular, is not really a solution. If the National Assembly is able to coalesce a two third majority to support the impeachment motion, will the army stand by and let one [...]
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