Gen Musharraf to be sworn in as President this weekend – AG

President General Pervez Musharraf is likely to resign as army chief over the weekend and take oath of office as a civilian president for his second term.

Talking to Daily Times, Attorney General Justice (r) Malik Qayyum said: “I think the president will take oath of office for the second term on Friday or Saturday.”

The president had submitted a statement in the Supreme Court (SC) saying that if he were re-elected as president for the second term, he would “relinquish charge of the office of chief of army staff soon after the election but before taking oath of office of the president of Pakistan for the next term”.

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Imran Khan says ‘NO’ to food!

According to Imran Khan’s ex, Jemima, Imran has decided to stop eating or drinking until the Supreme Court justices and other judges from lower courts are given their jobs back. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan  who began a hunger strike on Monday is currently detained in Dera Ghazi Khan prison.

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Arrested political people to be freed this week: Soomro

“My instructions to release recently arrested people reached the provincial governments by the weekend and process to release political leaders and workers, lawyers and journalists has already started. The government will extend full support to the Election Commission of Pakistan for holding free and fair elections.”

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Was an infant responsible for the Karachi Blast? — PPP says ‘YES’

Just read this over at Pak Tribune about the Oct 19 bombing in the PPP procession upon arrival of their chairperson Benazir Bhutto that killed over 170 people. According to Benazir Bhutto and a ‘source close to the PPP leader’, the ‘suicide bombing’ was carried out by a person who had a one year old child strapped with bombs and was repeatedly trying to carry the child to the back of Benazir’s truck. On several occasions, he tried to hand over the child to either Benazir Bhutto or any other PPP leader on board the vehicle.

PPP leadership says they do not trust the local investigators and claim they do have details of the bombing gathered to be  presented to any foreign investigative agency. “That is why Benazir Bhutto has been demanding that the probe must be conducted by the FBI or the Scotland Yard so that she could provide them with the evidence,” a PPP source said.

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