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Police rearrest top lawyer freed for Eid holidays

Police on Friday rearrested a prominent opposition lawyer, who had been released the previous day from custody for three days for the Eid Al Adha holidays, even as they prevented a deposed top judge from joining lawyers for a prayer congregation.


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Farewell to arms: Musharraf prepares to shed army uniform

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Musharraf's allies will be defeated - Bhutto

Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto took her election campaign into her heartland yesterday, telling thousands of cheering supporters that President Pervez Musharraf's allies would be defeated.

The World|Pakistan

Poll panel rejects Sharif's election bid appeal

Commission says he should have filed plea with tribunal made up of post-emergency judges.

The World|Pakistan

Rights group rules out possibility of free and fair elections

It will be "impossible" for Pakistan to hold free and fair parliamentary elections next month because President Pervez Musharraf has tilted the political playing field so far in his favour, Human Rights Watch said yesterday.

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	Musharraf: Pakistan risks chaos if I quit as president
	Bhutto welcomes Sharif's return
	Bhutto puts poll boycott onus on other parties
	Pakistani Election Commission bars Sharif from poll
	No easy post-poll scenarios for Musharraf
	Police stop US envoy from seeing detained lawyer
	Imran Khan 'detained' after emerging from hiding
	Another case of double standards
	Nawaz Sharif's second coming
	Sharif returns with vow to end dictatorship
	No remorse in Indian society for Pakistan
	Bhutto sets up showdown with Musharraf
	Bhutto freed as US envoy begins visit
	Musharraf lifts 41-day state of emergency
	Musharraf's allies will be defeated - Bhutto
	General has lost moral authority
	Leaving a difficult legacy
	Jubilant scenes in Lahore
	Uncertainty may continue to haunt Pakistan
	Musharraf faces a pincer attack
	Emergency can't be sustained
	The party is over for Musharraf
	Musharraf promises transparent polls but opposition unconvinced
	Islamabad rejects global concern over clampdown
	Political reasons can undermine market gains
	Musharraf has shocked the world
	Bush tells Musharraf to hold elections soon and step down from army
	Expatriates in UAE have mixed reactions
	Musharraf pledges early poll
	Islamabad turbulence's nuclear shadow worries Washington
	BBC, CNN TV channels off air
	US, UK regret Musharraf decision
	Pakistan at the crossroads
	Bhutto vows mass protest against Musharraf
	Pakistan's economic future is tied to political fortunes
	Bhutto joins journalists' Islamabad demonstration
	Pakistan to lift emergency rule 'within one month'
	Sharif asks Bhutto to launch joint struggle
	Endless conflict has helped the army stay in firm control
	Military courts given power to try civilians
	Bhutto readies for democracy protest
	Musharraf vows polls by January 9
	Bhutto urges Pakistanis to join Musharraf protest
	Seven-day restraint order served on Bhutto
	The text of the Proclamation of Emergency
	Top court admits two anti-emergency petitions
	Text of Provisional Constitution Order
	Benazir: Sliding back to dictatorship
	Pakistan stocks fall on political concerns
	Opposition leaders attempt to forge unity
	Two boys killed in Karachi protest
	Musharraf names Soomro as new Prime Minister
	Musharraf is on thin ice
	Radicalising Bhutto
	Political canvas fails to inspire hope
	Musharraf's wobbles fuel predictions of downfall
	Supreme Court suspends punishments
	Opposition intensifies unity bid
	Hearing on Geo TV ban adjourned until Tuesday
	Smoothest transition ever: Musharraf
	Anti-terror court grants bail to 40 PPP workers
	Soomro promises free and fair polls
	Factfile: Portrait of the General
	New government may not deliver on its promises
	Army's second in command likely to play key role
	Bench set up to hear pleas against president
	Journalists resent news channels blackout
	Pakistani TV channel set to resume operation
	Pakistan commission confirms January 8 elections
	Musharraf in Riyadh talks as thousands are freed
	Musharraf 'set to become civilian leader within days'
	Bhutto's party begins poll process
	Court clears way for Musharraf
	Pakistani TV channels may move out of Dubai Media City
	World reacts to Pakistan emergency
	Investors choose to ignore security risks in Pakistan
	Uncertainty over polls as crackdown continues
	Pakistanis call friends in UAE for news about home
	Geo TV also plans to move out of Dubai
	Sharif prepared to return to country
	Cautious India hopes neighbour's crisis won't rock ties
	Investors uneasy but not in a state of panic
	Absence made public grow fonder of Sharif
	Bhutto's party to join poll fray
	Three's a crowd with deposed PM back in country
	Economy has more challenges to battle other than political crisis
	Emergency to end in weeks
	A new era in Pakistan?
	Demand to reinstate fired apex court judges
	Lawyers and police clash outside courts
	Geo News resumes broadcast
	General fails to grasp rules of political war
	Street merchants rue price rise and uncertain political situation
	Business links set to take a hit
	Pakistani expats express concern
	Anger and apathy on the streets
	Bhutto: Emergency will fuel extremism
	Judiciary accused of paralysing functioning of state
	Opposition wants its demands met for participation in election
	Lawyers boycott courts to protest Musharraf's purge of judiciary
	Police stop Sharif from visiting former Pakistan chief justice
	Bhutto and Sharif parties try to bridge differences
	'Parliament should resolve judges issue'
	Bhutto's party seeks custody of victims' bodies
	Lawyers urge election boycott
	Pakistan's Sharif opts for poll, not boycott
	Sharif wants his party to take part in elections
	Bhutto welcomes Sharif party's participation in polls
	Opposition oils its election machinery
	Media regulator bans live coverage as poll nears
	Nawaz party rejects PPP reconciliation
	Only 30% approve of Musharraf as president
	Top lawyer withdraws election candidature
	Musharraf reinforces control of nuclear weapons
	Emergency to end today but analysts keep fingers crossed
	'Heightened risk' results in shares slumping 5%
	Musharraf to keep out fired judges
	Opposition to challenge charter amendments
	Hundreds of lawyers arrested
	Poll panel rejects Sharif's election bid appeal
	Cabinet meeting ends with talk of poll delay
	Boycotting lawyers attempt to pressurise Musharraf to reinstate sacked judges
	School bomb hoax calls trigger panic across city
	Sales of satellite dishes banned in two cities
	Musharraf hands over army baton
	It's not easy for a general to be a civilian
	Courts remain deserted
	Islamabad denies Delhi reports about force pull-out from eastern border
	Emergency 'likely to end in 2-3 weeks'
	Three abducted soldiers found dead
	Bhutto: I will not be PM under Musharraf
	Military rule must end in 10 days - Britain
	Government bans import of satellite dish equipment
	Bhutto to remain under arrest for another day
	UN chief rejects Islamabad's protest
	Musharraf to become civilian ruler on Thursday
	Rights group rules out possibility of free and fair elections
	Abandon Musharraf, says Sharif
	Bhutto's party firm on holding rally
	Police arrest thousands of Bhutto supporters
	Musharraf's risky misstep
	64 judges refuse to take oath under PCO

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