KARACHI - President General Pervez Musharraf put on a confident face on Monday during a televised briefing for foreign diplomats on his declaration of emergency rule on Saturday, saying that elections will be held "as close as possible to the schedule" of January 15, and that "there will be harmony. Confidence will come back into government."
Under the surface, though, the president, who had suspended the constitution for the second time (the first was in 1999 when he took power in a bloodless coup), barred the Supreme Court from making any ruling against his administration, and curbed the media, is a very worried man.
Extensive protests in many parts of the country, especially in Lahore, where they were ruthlessly dealt with, took Musharraf and his inner circle by surprise, Asia Times Online contacts confirm.
On Monday, Musharraf presided over a meeting that included Vice Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kiani, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz and the director general of Military Intelligence ... Full Story
Under the surface, though, the president, who had suspended the constitution for the second time (the first was in 1999 when he took power in a bloodless coup), barred the Supreme Court from making any ruling against his administration, and curbed the media, is a very worried man.
Extensive protests in many parts of the country, especially in Lahore, where they were ruthlessly dealt with, took Musharraf and his inner circle by surprise, Asia Times Online contacts confirm.
On Monday, Musharraf presided over a meeting that included Vice Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kiani, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz and the director general of Military Intelligence ... Full Story
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