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Published on: 6/30/2008
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We are delighted that AL has decided to support the upcoming local polls."Asked about BNP's earlier stance regarding its participation in the local polls, Shakhawat said, "There is no final word in the politics.Let us wait for the last moment."Registration of the political parties will begin soon after the completion of RPO and they (political parties) will get three months time to be registered with the EC, he added.
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Alan Kronstadt, a specialist for South Asian affairs at the Congressional Research Service, writes in an April 2008 report that "three Predators are said to be deployed at a secret Pakistani airbase and can be launched without specific permission from the Islamabad government."
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According to Kronstadt, opponents of the policy, including some State Department officials, fear mounting Pakistani anger will eventually outweigh the military gains, a concern that is borne out in public opinion surveys.
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But Kronstadt says Washington also needs to consider the historical perspective of Pakistanis when seeking to mend fences.