Pakistan emergency rule 'ended'
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President Pervez Musharraf lifts a state of emergency and restores the constitution, reports say.
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JERUSALEM, June 17 -- Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas swore in an emergency governing cabinet Sunday and officially outlawed the armed wing and paramilitary security branch of the rival Hamas movement, saying it had carried out a "military coup against the Palestinian legitimacy and...
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President Musharraf last week banned the killing of females accused of 'dishonoring' their families.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Pakistan's chief justice returned to work yesterday, days after the Supreme Court reinstated him in a landmark ruling that struck a blow for democracy and undermined the authority of President General Pervez Musharraf.
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President Pervez Musharraf lifted Pakistan's 6-week-old state of emergency and restored the constitution Saturday, easing a crackdown that enraged opponents and worried Western supporters.
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President Pervez Musharraf will lift Pakistan's state of emergency only after changing the constitution to ensure he cannot be hauled before a court
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Supplies from Pakistan's main gas  field have been fully restored, officials said on Saturday 11  days after a bloody attack by militant tribesmen seeking  greater autonomy forced the field to be shut down.
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Supplies from Pakistan's main gas field have been fully restored, officials said on Saturday 11 days after a bloody attack by militant tribesmen seeking greater autonomy forced the field to be shut down.
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Pakistan announces it will close four Afghan refugee camps in its border provinces by the end of August.
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The government said that it has ordered the closure of an independent Islamic school that was raided by police during an anti-terror operation last year.
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Pakistan's Supreme Court today reinstated the country's suspended Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry after ruling his suspension by President Pervez Musharraf was illegal, according to court officials. Chaudhry's dismissal sparked demonstrations by the country's attorneys.
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While the government hailed an end to  emergency rule, many Pakistani politicians, voters and the  media said on Sunday that President Pervez Musharraf remained  entrenched in power with elections next month skewed in his  favor.
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President Pervez Musharraf is set to  end emergency rule on Saturday but it was likely media would  still face curbs with many judges and lawyers still under house  arrest before Pakistan's election next month.
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The Pakistani government Thursday expressed the resolution to eradicate terrorism from the country and decided to take measures to avoid attacks on innocent people following
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A Pakistani Supreme Court ruling that former prime minister Nawaz Sharif can return home has dealt a blow to President Pervez Musharraf's efforts to hold on to power, Pakistani newspapers said on Friday.
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A state of emergency declared in the  Nigerian state of Plateau six months ago will end on Thursday,  the government said in a statement on Tuesday.
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Pakistani electoral officials hold an emergency meeting on Monday to decide whether to go ahead with a January poll in a nation plunged into crisis by the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto.