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Former prime minister Benazir Bhutto said her party was taking part in the elections "under protest." But rival opposition leader Nawaz Sharif, the man Musharraf ousted in a military coup eight years ago, said he still wanted to boycott the ballot and said he would try to persuade the rest of the opposition to join him.
"I am determined to lift the emergency by Dec. 16," Musharraf said, seated between a portrait of Pakistan's founding father, Mohammed Ali Jinnah, and a green-and-white national flag."A level playing field" has been given to their parties, and they and others should "participate fully," he said.See the full content of this document
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Musharraf Pledges Democracy
Vows to lift emergency by Dec. 16
By Stephen GrahamISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Pervez Musharraf, freshly installed as a purely civilian...See the full content of this document
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