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CNews ISLAMABAD: president Pervez Musharraf has directed provincial governments to ban protest demonstrations, rallies and sit-ins to ensure peaceful holding of Jan 2008 General Elections.Chairing a high-level meeting at his Camp Office in Rawalpindi, the President also urged the political parties to do away with confrontational politics and prepare for the elections.Governors and caretaker Chief Ministers of the four provinces also attended the meeting. The meeting discussed preparations being made for the holding of elections and the law and order situation in the country.President Musharraf asked the provincial governments to ensure level playing field for all the political parties. He directed the governors and chief ministers to improve law and order situation for holding the elections peacefully.He also directed the provincial governments to facilitate the foreign observers and media during the elections and also to release political workers, lawyers and civil society activists w...

CNews ISLAMABAD: Vice Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Kiyani vowed Friday that there would be "no let-up" in Islamabad's efforts in the US-led "war on terror." Former spymaster General Ashfaq Kiyani is set to take over as head of the military by November 15 provided that the Supreme Court upholds Musharraf's sweeping victory in last Saturday's presidential election. Kiyani "reiterated that there would be no let-up in war against terrorism 'til it is taken to its logical conclusion," an army statement quoted him as saying on a visit to the northwestern city of Peshawar. "He gave specific directions to all commanders with regard to the ongoing operation in Waziristan agencies and exhorted them to spare no effort in eradicating the menace of extremism," it said. The army says fierce fighting between militants and troops in the tribal zone of North Waziristan earlier this week left around 200 militants and 47 troops dead. Kiyani, t...

CNews ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said Wednesday that the National Assembly and the provincial assemblies will complete their tenure and the caretaker governments will hold the general elections with 60 days. “ For the first time in the history of Pakistan the elected assemblies are completing their tenure,” he said. The federal caretaker government, the caretaker governments provinces will be formed after November 15, he added. The general elections will be held in early January next year, in the next crucial step in the nuclear-armed Islamic nation's return to democracy. Shaukat Aziz said the elections would be staged before January 15 and after the current session of the national parliament finishes. "Elections would be held in the first part of January," Aziz told reporters during a fast-breaking dinner at his residence. "The national parliament and provincial assemblies will complete their terms on November 15 and elections will be held 60 days after ...