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Growing international pressure has forced Musharraf to make some concessions. Yesterday, he resigned from the post of Chief of Army Staff and is planning to hold parliamentary elections early next year. He will no longer hold both the positions of Army Chief and President, and some semblance of popular governance will be restored to Pakistan. These were two key demands that Pakistan’s Western allies had made...
...giving the government license to arrest anyone without due process. For civil society to function again, the emergency must be lifted immediately, and these extraordinary powers must be relinquished. The deposed judges must be reinstated, and the censorship and harassment of the media must end. Draconian ordinances, passed by Musharraf during the emergency, curbing the freedom of the press have to be repealed. The recent amendment to the Army Act, which allows military courts to try civilians, must also be abolished. And most importantly, Musharraf must resign from the presidency. His recent actions have lost him all credibility...
Just a few hours after having been sworn in for a second five-year term as President of Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf addressed the nation, saying that because of his declaration of emergency rule on November 3 "the democratic process is continuing... we have won lots of success against terrorism...
...lifting of emergency rule on December 16. Since emergency was declared 26 days ago, Pakistan's constitution has been suspended, the Supreme Court dismissed and thousands of lawyers, human rights activists and opposition leaders detained. Citing a conspiracy to "derail the democratic process" by the judiciary and the media, Musharraf defended the emergency, saying "that because of these measures the country is back on the path to democracy...
...December 16 date for lifting the emergency, though seemingly arbitrary, is in fact a not-so-subtle threat to opposition parties and the ambitions of former Prime Ministers Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif. Sharif and his party favor boycotting the elections, while Bhutto is leaning toward participating. Now, Musharraf has given each of them a deadline. "The 15th is the last day for the withdrawal of nomination papers" says Ahsan Iqbal, a spokesman for Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz Party, referring to the last date the candidates can formally withdraw from the race. That may be enough to force...