ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court ruled Friday that military ruler Pervez Musharraf can run in presidential polls next week while keeping his role as army chief, dealing a major blow to the opposition. The court threw out a raft of legal challenges that argued that Musharraf was ineligible to stand for another five-year term in office in the October 6 election. Opposition supporters threw rotten eggs and tomatoes at the imposing marble court building in Islamabad and chanted "Shame! Shame!" and "Go, Musharraf, go!" after the verdict was announced. "The petitions hereby are dismissed as not maintainable" by a 6-3 majority, said Rana Bhagwandas, the head of the panel of nine judges hearing the petitions. Musharraf, 64, has promised to quit his military role by November 15 if he is re-elected. But he had not ruled out dissolving parliament or even imposing martial law if blocked by the court. Six of the nine-judge larger bench gave verdict in favour of dismissing ...
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