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Pakistan’s Musharraf invokes emergency rule By Kamran Haider
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Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has decided to impose emergency rule, state-run television said on Saturday, in a move expected to put off elections due in January.
Nuclear-armed Pakistan’s internal security has deteriorated sharply in the past few months with a wave of suicide attacks by al Qaeda-inspired militants, including one last month that killed 139 people.
A senior security official told Reuters that Musharraf would seek approval for the move from the cabinet later, after which there were expectations he would address the nation.
The cabinet was due to start meeting at 7 pm.
Witnesses said paramilitary troops were deployed at state-run Pakistan Television and radio stations ahead of the announcement, which follows weeks of speculation that U.S. ally Musharraf might impose emergency rule or martial law.
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You know, Bin Laden sent out a very UNhappy note stating things weren’t going well in Iraq - wanna bet this is his payback for a bad 07 - Time for the Daisy cutters to make a huge swath across the northwest region of Pakistan - along the tribal area that has been nothing but a hiding spot for Al Queda - DO it now before Pakistan is taken over...
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Five people were killed and six others wounded when a missile, allegedly fired from a US drone, hit a suspected militant compound near the Pak-Afghan border in the restive North Waziristan agency on Friday.