MMA split
President to retain present Army House in
Army House residence would be in addition to Aiwan-e-Sadar
Ministry of Housing and Works directed to make necessary arrangements
Jamat-e-Islami requests election symbol of Umbrella
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam to participate in elections
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam demands election symbol of Book
Out of 160 million people half are eligible voters
In 2002 turnout was less than 30 million
Islamist parties never got more than 10 percent vote until 2002
Opinion polls show popularity of PML (Q) has plummeted.
Uncertain situation regarding January 8 polls
Election will probably result in a hung parliament
Charter of Demands
Cynicism takes root in Pakistan- IHT
The people who vote are these people on the streets in the villages- Musharraf
Since November 3 emergency, wheat/rice price have inched up by 25 percent
We want restoration of judges- Haroon Ur Rashid, president IBA
Superior court judges were purged after November 3 emergency rule
Opposition to set cut-off date to meet pre-election demands
Boycott to erode credibility of elections
37 judges who refused to approve emergency formally retired
Pakistan to deport leader of feminist US antiwar group Code Pink
Medea Benjamin, co-founder of the group was in
Code Pink activists are arrested regularly in
NATO designs set of 63 indicators to measure trends in the fight against Taliban Islamists in
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