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| Pakistan 'set for emergency rule' | Pakistan 'set for emergency rule' |
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| Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf is poised to impose emergency rule, private TV channels reported, shortly before going off air. | Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf is poised to impose emergency rule, private TV channels reported, shortly before going off air. |
| Private channels Geo News and Dawn News both quoted unnamed sources as saying the government had made up its mind. | Private channels Geo News and Dawn News both quoted unnamed sources as saying the government had made up its mind. |
| Speculation has been mounting that Gen Musharraf might impose emergency rule. | Speculation has been mounting that Gen Musharraf might impose emergency rule. |
| He is awaiting a Supreme Court ruling on whether he is eligible to run for re-election last month while remaining army chief. | |
| The BBC's Barbara Plett reports from Islamabad that there are fears in the government that the Supreme Court ruling could go against Gen Musharraf. | The BBC's Barbara Plett reports from Islamabad that there are fears in the government that the Supreme Court ruling could go against Gen Musharraf. |
| Pakistan has been engulfed in political upheaval in recent months, at the same time as the security forces have suffered a series of blows from pro-Taleban militants opposed to Gen Musharraf's support for the US-led "war on terror". | Pakistan has been engulfed in political upheaval in recent months, at the same time as the security forces have suffered a series of blows from pro-Taleban militants opposed to Gen Musharraf's support for the US-led "war on terror". |
| There has been no official confirmation of any decision about emergency rule, but Gen Musharraf has been holding high-level meetings to discuss the violence in the north-west of the country. | There has been no official confirmation of any decision about emergency rule, but Gen Musharraf has been holding high-level meetings to discuss the violence in the north-west of the country. |
| A special cabinet meeting is expected shortly. | |
| One TV channel reported that emergency rule may involve the suspension of the constitution. | One TV channel reported that emergency rule may involve the suspension of the constitution. |
| Parliamentary elections are due in January. | Parliamentary elections are due in January. |
| Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, who recently returned to the country after years of self-exile to lead her party in the elections, is currently in Dubai on a personal visit. |