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Musharraf impeachment vote on Aug 11
By: PTI

Islamabad: 

Pakistan's ruling coalition is expected to move an impeachment motion against President Pervez Musharraf in parliament on August 11.


Pakistan People's Party and the PML(N) have finalised a draft declaration on the impeachment of the President, an unnamed PPP member of the cabinet, who participated in discussions between the parties, was quoted as saying to Dawn News channel today.


The declaration, finalised following talks held in the chamber of PPP leader Raza Rabbani, the leader of the House in the Senate or upper house of parliament, also included modalities for reinstating judges deposed during last year's emergency by Musharraf.


The cabinet member said an impeachment motion would be moved against the President in parliament on August 11.


Special sessions of the National Assembly and four provincial assemblies would be convened the same day. The deposed judges would be reinstated through an executive order issued by the government, the cabinet member said.


The cabinet member also said that the powerful army was behind the civilian government and not the President.


Besides Rabbani, senior PML-N leaders Ishaq Dar and Ahsan Iqbal and PPP leaders and federal ministers Sherry Rehman, Khurshid Shah and Farooq Naek attended the meeting.


Musharraf, 63, today delayed his departure for China to attend the Olympic Games opening for the second time in as many days and will now slated to leave in evening.


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