Ruling narrows Musharraf's options
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The latest legal setback for President Pervez Musharraf in Pakistan's Supreme Court has narrowed the options for the US-allied military leader as he seeks to extend his rule.
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Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf will give up his post of army chief if he is re-elected president and will be sworn in for a new term as a civilian, his lawyer told the Supreme Court on Tuesday.
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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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Pakistan&#39;s Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal against President Pervez Musharraf&#39;s position as army chief, in a fresh challenge to the beleaguered military leader.
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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 Gen. Pervez Musharraf formalized his candidacy for a new term as forces sealed off Islamabad to prevent a planned protest by attorneys.
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Pervez Musharraf may have won this round over Nawaz Sharif. But the deportation of the former prime minister could mobilize the opposition and put the Pakistani president on another collision course with the judiciary.
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In six weeks of emergency rule, which was lifted on Saturday, Pakistan's president has tightened his hold on power.
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Political endgame looms for Musharraf as party evicted from power and rivals close in
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President Musharraf takes control of Pakistan's nuclear weapons away from the prime minister.
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President Pervez Musharraf has emerged from six tumultuous weeks of emergency rule with another five-year presidential term but facing fresh threats to his grip on power.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Pakistani leader Pervez Musharraf backed out of a pledge to step down as army chief, slamming the door yesterday on this key Washington ally's slow progress toward democracy five years after his bloodless coup.
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The Supreme Court today started hearing a case against the plans of Pakistanâs president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, to get re-elected while still in military uniform.
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His dismissal Friday raises fresh concern that President Musharraf will remove obstacles to his reelection this fall.
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Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has yet to decide whether to step down as army chief and try to become a civilian president, a spokesman for the president said on Thursday.
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Pakistan's president has removed the Islamic nation's chief justice for "misuse of authority," state media reported yesterday. Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry has taken a tough line against government misdeeds and human rights abuses. Opposition groups, lawyers, and former judges expressed surprise over the dismissal, which underlined the power of President Pervez Musharraf over the judiciary.
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Pakistan&#39;s President Pervez Musharraf is backing out of his promise to step down as army chief at the end of the year. Yesterday&#39;s announcement by the Information Ministry has infuriated the political opposition.