President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan is poised to lift his country's state of emergency within days, after relinquishing his role as Army chief of staff and becoming a civilian ruler for the first time.
Sources close to the Pakistani President said today that he was set to restore normal democratic governance to the country imminently, in the aftermath of an historic handover ceremony today in which he gave up his military leadership after nine years.
Sources close to the Pakistani President said today that he was set to restore normal democratic governance to the country imminently, in the aftermath of an historic handover ceremony today in which he gave up his military leadership after nine years.
Sources have told The Times that the move is likely to act as a prelude to lifting the state of emergency, which has been widely condemned by the international community and led to thousands of political opponents being arrested.
"Well-placed sources have told me that Musharraf is now considering lifting the state of emergency imminently, and that this is likely to happen in the next few days."
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