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India-Pakistan
I'll be elected before Oct 15 'at any cost': Musharraf
2007-08-17
FAISALABAD: President General Pervez Musharraf said here on Thursday that he would be re-elected from the current assemblies and in uniform "at any cost" before October 15, Online reports.

Gen Musharraf flew here to rally support for his re-election from legislators belonging to the ruling Pakistan Muslim League (PML) from Faisalabad and Sargoadha divisions. He told them that presidential elections would be held between September 15 and October 15. "The president told the parliamentarians that he is going to contest the election in uniform and it is fully according to the law and constitution," Minister for Textile Industries Mushtaq Ali Cheema told Reuters, after Musharraf met with more than 100 legislators from the national and provincial Punjab assemblies. "We assured full cooperation and support to him and told him we stand by him."
Posted by:Fred

#2  It's not the number of votes that count, it"s who counts the votes.
Posted by: Steve   2007-08-17 14:56  

#1  He doesn't sound like he's going to take no for an answer.
Posted by: bigjim-ky   2007-08-17 03:05  

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