11-08-2007, 11:28 AM
<b>Musharraf's new Kangaroo court to give him 5-year term</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Pakistan's Supreme Court is expected to declare within days that President Pervez Musharraf can legally stay in office for another five years.
Protests continue in the Pakistani capital Islamabad as former prime minister Benazir Bhutto met other opposition leaders
If this landmark endorsement emerges, it would clear the way for Gen Musharraf to end the state of emergency having secured his grip on power. Allies predict he would then resign as army chief, in accordance with Western demands, and allow elections to be held
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Protests continue in the Pakistani capital Islamabad as former prime minister Benazir Bhutto met other opposition leaders
If this landmark endorsement emerges, it would clear the way for Gen Musharraf to end the state of emergency having secured his grip on power. Allies predict he would then resign as army chief, in accordance with Western demands, and allow elections to be held
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