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Musharraf's Dual Role

November 2004 | Political Risk Alert

Pakistan's parliament has passed a controversial bill to allow General Pervez Musharraf to remain president and army chief next year. BMI View: It is a measure of the worsening political climate in Pakistan that Musharraf feels he cannot safely hang up his military uniform.

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