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Pakistan's military dictator decided this month to seek the country's presidency through a referendum. An election commission judge resigned protesting that the referendum was unconstitutional.

In a deadly suicide attack on May 8, bombers in Pakistan struck at foreign targets again.

The smell of war is in the air. Like helpless actors the two countries of India and Pakistan are inexorably moving in the direction of a deadly conflict.

For the second time during his tenure as Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff, General Musharraf's men confront their Indian counterparts over a potentially nuclear conflict. The first confrontation took place in Spring 1999.

The brutal murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl heralds a deadly phase in Pakistan's politics. It indicates that militants, retreating from Afghanistan and Kashmir, are regrouping in contiguous Pakistan.

The death of Omar Asghar, a former Pakistan Federal Minister, in Karachi last month raises clouds of suspicion. Omar was found dead by family members after they broke open the door to his room. Police said he committed suicide leaving a suicide note in his handwriting.

Democracies don't fight wars or promote international terrorism. When American Secretary of State Powell visits South Asia today empowering the Pakistani people should be at the top of his agenda.

'I did not complete a journey, I began one'