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| - | * Freedom of press ([http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=syed+adnan+and+musharraf&hl=en google video]).
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| - | ==Cons== | + | This wiki has moved to <font style="font-size:150%">'''http://www.foreignliving.info'''</font>. Please update your bookmarks. |
| - | * ''"The government was making all efforts to improve life in Karachi through mega projects like road infrastructure, water and recreational facilities. He was speaking at the inauguration of 620 feet high state-of-the art port fountain built by Karachi Port Trust at a cost of Rs 225 million near Clifton beach."'' ([http://www.presidentofpakistan.gov.pk/PRPressReleaseDetail.aspx?nPRPressReleaseId=1629&nYear=2006&nMonth=6 source]). Please take a moment to appreciate the government's dedication and willingness to spend 22.5 crores (not to mention lakhs in daily operational costs) to spew water up in the air, all to improve life in Karachi.
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| - | * The [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/12/AR2005091201724.html Washington Post reports] the president saying "A lot of people say if you want to go abroad and get a visa for Canada or citizenship and be a millionaire, get yourself raped." which he denies, saying "I am not stupid to make such remarks."([http://dawn.com/2005/09/17/top2.htm link1] [http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=54851 link2]). In an interview with CNN, Musharraf said that the remarks were made by someone else in his presence and not by him. ([http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/18/AR2005091800554_pf.html link]). However, the tape-recording of the interview ([http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/12/AR2005091201724.html link with audio]) as well as the recording and notes by his own aides confirmed that he made the remarks and was accurately quoted. Get the complete story [http://realitycafe.blogsome.com/2005/09/17/the-denial/ here].
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| - | * "Its [Pakistan's] munificent leaders are by far the most generous visitors to Washington, lavishing expensive gifts on American government officials from President Bush down to unnamed CIA officers. A list of gifts accepted by U.S officials from foreign government sources in 2004 published in the Federal Register last week shows that Pakistan outdid most countries in the world, gifting U.S officials carpets, rugs, shawls, jewelry and antique pieces [...] Other big 'gifters' were the King of Jordan and the Emir of Kuwait." ([http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1656832.cms source])
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