PAKISTANI POLITICS
Mr. Musharraf's War- WP
Only free elections will put an end to the president's fight against the country's courts, media and political parties- WP
Picture of Secret Detentions Emerges in Pakistan- NYT
Agencies quietly set free nearly 100 men to avoid acknowledging secret detention
Election Ban on Sharifs is Upheld- NYT
At Least 50 Killed in
Former PM Barred from Standing in
PML (N) describes rejection as politically motivated
Rejection of nomination papers conspiracy- Shehbaz Sharif
Human Rights Watch says Free, Fair Elections Impossible- HRW
Genuine election campaign not on with restriction on media and civil society
Muslims across
Afghan President Hamid Karzai to visit
Experts Combing Pakistan for Signs of Human-to-human Bird Flu Infection- AP
Experts from US Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3 in
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PML (N) Campaign
Revival of Genuine Democracy
To re-establish supremacy of Parliament-
To appoint CEC in consultation with opposition leader
Independent Judiciary and the Rule of Law
PML(N) solemnly pledges to protect independence of judicial system
To appoint judicial commission to restructure, reform judicial system
Police will be made a community oriented service
Freedom and democracy inseparable from rule of law
Appointment of governors, services chiefs and CJCSC to be made by chief executive
Commission to identify causes and fix responsibility for Kargil crisis
Crisis of governance is extensive
Discretionary powers at all levels will be withdrawn
Records of courts, land revenue and police stations will be computerized
NAB to be replaced with an independent accountability commission
Civil Military Relations
National Security Council will be abolished
Defense Committee of the Cabinet to be reconstituted
Defense budget to be brought within the purview of the National Assembly
Supremacy of Constitution to be restored
1973 Constitution as on 12 October 1999 to be restored
LFO and 17th Amendment to be repealed
NFC award by consensus to be announced regularly at 5 yearly intervals
FATA to be brought into the mainstream
Local body's elections to be held on party basis
Truth and Reconciliation Commission to be established
Extremism complex phenomena
Use of force is and will remain necessary against foreign and local terrorists- PML (N)
PML (N) supports process of political engagement
To strengthening capacity of law enforcing agencies
Taking steps to mainstream the tribal areas
Education in public sector institutions upto higher secondary will be free of cost
100 % enrollment in middle schools by 2012
National Education Corps to be set up to employ all graduates without jobs
PML (N) to seek national reconciliation
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