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| Pakistan emergency 'to be lifted' | Pakistan emergency 'to be lifted' |
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| Pakistan's attorney general has said the country's state of emergency could be lifted within a month. | Pakistan's attorney general has said the country's state of emergency could be lifted within a month. |
| Malik Mohammad Qayyum said the security situation was improving and he hoped it would improve further. | Malik Mohammad Qayyum said the security situation was improving and he hoped it would improve further. |
| President Pervez Musharraf imposed the measures last week, blaming militant violence and an unruly judiciary. | President Pervez Musharraf imposed the measures last week, blaming militant violence and an unruly judiciary. |
| The news came as former PM Benazir Bhutto was allowed to leave her home, a day after a temporary detention order prevented her from attending a rally. | The news came as former PM Benazir Bhutto was allowed to leave her home, a day after a temporary detention order prevented her from attending a rally. |
| She is expected to meet party workers and diplomats later on Saturday. | She is expected to meet party workers and diplomats later on Saturday. |
| 'Vague' words | 'Vague' words |
| Ms Bhutto has called on Gen Musharraf to end the emergency, step down as army chief by 15 November and hold elections by mid-January. | Ms Bhutto has called on Gen Musharraf to end the emergency, step down as army chief by 15 November and hold elections by mid-January. |
| Ms Bhutto has vowed to continue her campaign against emergency ruleOn Thursday Gen Musharraf pledged to hold parliamentary elections by 15 February - a month later than they were due. | |
| He also renewed a promise to quit as head of the army, if and when the Supreme Court validated his recent re-election as president. | He also renewed a promise to quit as head of the army, if and when the Supreme Court validated his recent re-election as president. |
| But Ms Bhutto has dismissed his words as "vague" and "generalised". | But Ms Bhutto has dismissed his words as "vague" and "generalised". |
| Ms Bhutto was placed under house arrest on Friday to stop her from travelling from Islamabad to nearby Rawalpindi to lead a protest. | |
| The government banned the rally, citing fears of suicide attacks. | |
| Thousands of opposition supporters, lawyers and human rights workers remain in custody and TV news channels are off the air. | Thousands of opposition supporters, lawyers and human rights workers remain in custody and TV news channels are off the air. |