Pakistan's Musharraf nominated for presidential vote
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Pakistan's military president, Pervez Musharraf, registered on Thursday to run in an October 6 presidential election as the Supreme Court prepared to rule on whether his bid for power is legal.
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The presidential election in which Pakistan's military leader is expected to seek a new five-year term in office will be held on Oct. 6, an Election Commission official said Thursday.
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Gen. Pervez Musharraf plans to run for another term but resign his military post if he is re-elected as president.
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ISLAMABAD: Pervez Musharraf will stay on as head of Pakistan&#39;s armed forces as well as the President, the information minister said on Wednesday, despite a previous promise that he would give up his military post by the end of the year.
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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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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan The president of Pakistan, General Pervez Musharraf, announced in a nationwide television address Thursday evening that he would continue as the chief of Pakistan&#39;s army despite his pledge last year to relinquish the military role by
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A Pakistani opposition alliance will field its jailed leader against a candidate backed by President Gen. Pervez Musharraf in an election for a new prime minister, an opposition spokesman said Thursday.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - The president of Pakistan's ruling party, one of President Pervez Musharraf's closest political allies, said yesterday that Musharraf will resign from his post as chief of army staff before parliamentary elections scheduled for the first week of January, but said he will run for reelection as president in the coming weeks, while still in uniform.
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Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's party has declared that it would contest Pakistan's Oct. 6 presidential election  -  but only if President Gen. Pervez Musharraf is barred from running
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October vote could see President Musharraf resign as head of army.
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ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's ruling party assured President Pervez Musharraf yesterday that he had the votes to be elected to a new five-year term in October, before opposition leader Benazir Bhutto returns from exile. The president is chosen by national and provincial lawmakers. Bhutto, the former prime minister who plans to return Oct. 18, had urged that the presidential vote be ...
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President Pervez Musharraf is testing public opinion before he makes a final decision about whether he will stay on as army chief, the Pakistani leader said in a newspaper interview published on Friday.
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ISLAMABAD -- When Pakistan's president, Pervez Musharraf, meets with President Bush in Washington today, both leaders will have reason to thank the other: Musharraf for the $1.2 billion arms package announced by the United States last month; Bush for Musharraf's struggle against Islamic militants and his role in ensuring peaceful elections in Afghanistan.
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Lawyers for Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf argued in the Supreme Court on Tuesday that he should be allowed to run in an October 6 election despite opposition from parties demanding an end to military rule.
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Pakistan&#39;s Supreme Court is expected to decide on Friday whether President Pervez Musharraf can run for re-election in a ruling with far-reaching consequences for the nuclear-armed nation.
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Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf  pledged on Monday to hold free elections as he began a  four-country European trip aimed at winning international  support.
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Pakistan's military leader, President Pervez Musharraf, filed nomination papers on Thursday to run for re-election on October 6, while the Supreme Court prepared to rule on the army chief's eligibility to stand.