<b><font size="4">Pakistan 'set for emergency rule'<br />
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<b>Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf is poised to impose emergency rule, private TV channels reported, shortly before going off air.<br />
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Private channels Geo News and Dawn News both quoted unnamed sources as saying the government had made up its mind.<br />
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Speculation has been mounting that Gen Musharraf might impose emergency rule.<br />
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He is awaiting a Supreme Court ruling on whether he was eligible to run for re-election last month while remaining army chief.<br />
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Pakistan has been engulfed in political upheaval in recent months, at the same time as the security forces have suffered a series of blows from pro-Taleban militants opposed to Gen Musharraf's support for the US-led "war on terror"</b>.
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<b>Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf is poised to impose emergency rule, private TV channels reported, shortly before going off air.<br />
<br />
Private channels Geo News and Dawn News both quoted unnamed sources as saying the government had made up its mind.<br />
<br />
Speculation has been mounting that Gen Musharraf might impose emergency rule.<br />
<br />
He is awaiting a Supreme Court ruling on whether he was eligible to run for re-election last month while remaining army chief.<br />
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Pakistan has been engulfed in political upheaval in recent months, at the same time as the security forces have suffered a series of blows from pro-Taleban militants opposed to Gen Musharraf's support for the US-led "war on terror"</b>.