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Pakistan opposition prepares anti-Musharraf protest ISLAMABAD, Sunday (Reuters) Pakistani opposition parties announced plans on Saturday for a countrywide campaign against President Pervez Musharraf after indications he would renege on a promise to quit as army chief by the end of the year. Under a deal with an alliance of Islamic parties last year, Musharraf pledged to give up his military post by the end of 2004 in return for support for constitutional changes validating his rule and giving him extensive powers. But Musharraf, a key ally in the U.S.-led war on terror, has given strong indications recently that he would go back on his word and would stay on as army chief., The Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy (ARD), a grouping of secular parties, said it would launch its protest campaign with a rally in the northwestern city of Peshawar on Dec. 5. Raja Zafar-ul-Haq, a senior leader of the alliance, said rallies were also planned in major cities in December and January. "We have decided to mobilise the public for the restoration of true democracy and the supremacy of parliament," he told Reuters. ARD leaders have also decided to join hands with the alliance of Islamic parties, the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA), which cooperated with Musharraf last year, in their campaign, he said. |
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