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Pakistan Promises Election

Musharraf vows to leave military as emergency rule continues

By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 5, 2007 6:06 PM CST

(Newser) – Pakistan answered worldwide criticism of its military rule today by vowing to hold national elections in January, Reuters reports. "We don't want to disrupt the election process. We want a free election," the PM said. President Pervez Musharraf also promised to leave the military “once we correct these pillars in judiciary and the executive and the parliament.” 

Yet protests continued, hundreds of lawyers and politicians remained under arrest, and several judges, including dismissed chief justice Iftikhar Chaudhry, are still under guard. Chaudhry urged protesters "to continue their struggle for the supremacy of the constitution." One lawyer arrested today concurred, saying, "We are not scared of these arrests. We will continue our fight, come what may."

Police officer chases and beat a local journalist outside the Karachi Press Club, Monday, Nov, 5, 2007 in Pakistan. Freeing Pakistan's media is one of President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's proudest boasts, but under emergency rule his regime is stripping those liberities away for fear independent news reports will further fan...
Police officer chases and beat a local journalist outside the Karachi Press Club, Monday, Nov, 5, 2007 in Pakistan. Freeing Pakistan's media is one of President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's proudest boasts,...   (Associated Press)
Plain clothed police officers carry a lawyer who was rallying against President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's declaration of a state of emergency in Lahore, Pakistan, on Monday, Nov 5, 2007.  (AP Photo/K.M.Chaudary)
Plain clothed police officers carry a lawyer who was rallying against President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's declaration of a state of emergency in Lahore, Pakistan, on Monday, Nov 5, 2007. (AP Photo/K.M.Chaudary)   (Associated Press)
Police officers chase journalists away from outside the Karachi Press Club, Monday, Nov, 5, 2007,  in Pakistan. Freeing Pakistan's media is one of President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's  proudest boasts, but under emergency rule his regime is stripping those liberties away independent news reporting. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)
Police officers chase journalists away from outside the Karachi Press Club, Monday, Nov, 5, 2007, in Pakistan. Freeing Pakistan's media is one of President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's proudest boasts, but...   (Associated Press)
A man tries to tune television sets as authorities cut off cable service in Pakistan after the emergency to black out tv network in Karachi, Pakistan, Monday, Nov 5, 2007. Freeing Pakistan's media is one of President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's proudest boasts, but under emergency rule his regime is stripping...
A man tries to tune television sets as authorities cut off cable service in Pakistan after the emergency to black out tv network in Karachi, Pakistan, Monday, Nov 5, 2007. Freeing Pakistan's media is...   (Associated Press)
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