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Mar 19, 2008

Madam Speaker

Nancy Pelosi has a new counterpart in Pakistan. The National Assembly’s new speaker is Dr. Fehmida Mirza. While Pakistan has had a female prime minister twice before, Mirza is Pakistan’s first female NA speaker. Her election is a step toward Asif Zardari’s consolidation of the party as Mirza’s husband is a close friend of Zardari.

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Category: Fehmida Mirza

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  1. Amna Khawaja says:
    March 21, 2008 at 11:53 am

    Its a great pleasure to have the first (ever)Pakistani Muslim lady as a speaker of National Assembly. I wish her great success for the forth coming years, Surely we can see & smell democracy a heading towards Pakistan/ institutions/ministries. Though the physical absence of Shaheed Benezir Bhutto Sahiba shall be felt at every moment.

    Bravo! Well done Co-Chairperson PPP.

    Best regards,
    Amna Khawaja
    Lahore

  2. Anonymous says:
    March 22, 2008 at 6:38 am

    Zardari’s freind? Fixer and co-assassin (steel mills Chairman) is more like it.

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