Pakistani opposition to observe &#39;black&#39; New Year:
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[World News]: Islamabad, Dec 31 : Opposition parties in Pakistan will observe the New Year as &quot;Black Day&quot; as part of a joint campaign to protest President Pervez Musharraf&#39;s decision to retain the post of army chief.
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Pakistani opposition leaders cranked up pressure on President Pervez Musharraf on Monday, after doubts were cast over his re-election plans by the Supreme Court's reinstatement of a judge seen as a symbol of resistance.
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Pakistani opposition parties on Thursday nominated a politician serving a life term in jail for defaming the military as a candidate in an election for a new prime minister.
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The Pakistani government is expected  to resume power-sharing talks with former prime minister  Benazir Bhutto but opponents inside the ruling party must be  won over if a deal is to be struck, a government official said  on Monday.
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The party of Benazir Bhutto will meet to discuss her successor and whether to contest Pakistan's election next month.
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Pakistan's president considers concessions to his political opposition ahead of expected January elections, as a polls show him in thrid place behind Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif
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Pakistan&#39;s opposition parties have nominated a jailed leader to stand against Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz in Friday&#39;s vote for a new prime minister.
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Pakistan was set to announce on Wednesday whether next week's election will be delayed after the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto sparked bloodshed and rage against President Pervez Musharraf's government.
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Pakistan's exiled former prime minister Nawaz Sharif will return on September 10 to challenge President Pervez Musharraf despite a request from Saudi Arabia not to go back, his party spokesman said on Wednesday.
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The party of Benazir Bhutto will meet to discuss her successor and whether to contest Pakistan's election.
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Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf says he will not be stepping down as head of the country&#39;s military on December 31.
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Pakistani officials were to meet to decide the fate of scheduled January 8 elections, after Benazir Bhutto's party announced it would contest the vote despite her assassination.
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Pakistan&#39;s President, Pervez Musharraf, is facing increasing pressure to step down as head of the armed forces. The country&#39;s opposition Islamic alliance has vowed to observe New Year&#39;s Day as a black day
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Both president Musharraf and head of an opposition party Imran Khan had differing views of their home country ahead of February's elections
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Pakistani police have arrested more than a dozen opposition activists in a bid to scupper protests against President Pervez Musharraf's plans for re-election on October 6, officials said.
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ISLAMABAD - Pakistan&#39;s Islamic and secular opposition parties lambasted President Pervez Musharraf yesterday for going back on his word to step down as army chief by the end of the year, calling it another blow to democracy.
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Pakistan's opposition called for mass rallies to protest the decision by President Pervez Musharraf not to quit as army chief as promised, accusing the general of undermining democracy.