Pakistan Court Rejects Election Cases

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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Pakistan's Supreme Court, filled with supporters of the president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, after he imposed emergency rule on Nov. 3, dismissed on Monday the main challenges to his re-election, all but ensuring his confirmation to another term by the court later this week.

The ruling is the first step in a plan laid out by Musharraf ahead of parliamentary elections he wants to hold in January. In an interview last week, he said that he would resign as chief of the country's military after the court cleared all the challenges to his re-election, and he has repeatedly said that he would take the oath of president as a civilian.

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Pakistan Court Rejects Election Cases

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