Army wants to oust Zardari legally, not a coup
December 23, 2011  13:53
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As Anna and his team wait it out for Azad Maidan, here's what's happening in the rest of the world.  

The Pakistan army wants to oust President Asif Ali Zardari through legal means rather than staging coups, military sources have said.

The revelation comes in the wake of escalating tensions between Pakistan government and the army over the Memogate scandal leading to former envoy Husain Haqqani's resignation, and followed by the deadly November 26 NATO airstrike that killed 26.

"Who isn't fed up with Zardari? It's not just the opposition and the man on the street but people within the government too,' The Daily Times quoted a military source, as saying. "But there has to be a proper way. No action is being planned by the army. Even if we tried, it would be very unpopular and not just with the government and the opposition but most Pakistanis too,' he added.

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