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Musharraf, Aziz speak at cross-purposes on elections Karachi News.Net - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz Monday spoke at cross-purposes on when the country would go to the polls, reinforcing the widely held view that elections would not be conducted in January as originally scheduled.

PM hints at option to delay electionsBy Makhdoom Babar
ISLAMABAD—Government is committed to holding national elections but is undecided when, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Sunday, a day after it imposed emergency rule to deal with rising militancy and a hostile judiciary. Pakistan had been due to hold a general election by January, but military ruler President Pervez Musharraf’s ...
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Govt won’t seek SC’s nod to PCOBy Saad Saud
ISLAMABAD—Attorney General Malik Muhammad Qayyum said that the Suprmem Court endorsement to the new PCO was not needed. He stated this while taking to Geo News after declaration of emergency in the country by the president General Pervez Musharraf, who is also the Chief of Army Staff. However, Malik Muhammad Qayyum, the Supreme Court may give any decision about the ....
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Military ruler's last gasp PAKISTAN, it has been said, has always been triangulated by the three As: Allah, the army and America. More recently, President Pervez Musharraf has found himself being squeezed by jihadists, Islami... (photo: AP Photo/Arshad Butt)

Musharraf's End? Crisis in Pakistan. By Sumit Ganguly What remains of Pakistan? Faced with the possibility of an adverse verdict from the Pakistani supreme court, General Pervez Musharraf — the country's militar... (photo: AP/ Wally Santana)