No man's land

摘要

It looks like a truce, at least. For the A past two years political conflict in Pakistan has pitted the judiciary and main opposition leader on the one hand against the ruling Pakistan People's Party (ppp) and President Asif Zardari on the other. Now, after last-minute hiccups, a constitutional amendment with 105 clauses, additions and deletions is poised for approval by a two-thirds majority of both houses of Parliament. Not since 1973. when Pakistan's constitution was written, has political consensus been so much in the air.