President Gen. Parvez Musharraf of Pakistan has pledged today, that the Elections will go on in January, despite of the state of Emeergency in Pakistan, for which he said that the Emergency was posed to prevent Pakistan to be hijacked from their own country’s chief justice.
Benzir Bhutto was met by hundreds of supporters in the city of Lahore where she was to attend anti-government rallies following earlier attempts to prevent her from joining outlawed protests. The pldege was made by the President with regard to this reason.
Musharraf said the democratic process would soon be back on track in with parliamentary elections to be held before January 9, but he would leave it to the election commission to decide the exact date. Earlier in the week he said elections would be held by February 15. He said the emergency declaration would remain in place for the election as it countered disturbed environment, the terrorist environment, the bomb blasts, the suicide bombs.
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