RSSNewsletterSiteMapFeedback

Home · Weather · Forum · Learning Chinese · Jobs · Shopping
Search This Site
China | International | Business | Government | Environment | Olympics/Sports | Travel/Living in China | Culture/Entertainment | Books & Magazines | Health
Home / International / International - Photo News Tools: Save | Print | E-mail | Most Read
Musharraf: We put the country on the path of development
Adjust font size:

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf on Saturday said in a national address that his country has been put on the path of development.

 

"We empowered people, women, minorities and youth," said Musharraf, who lifted the state of emergency in the country on Saturday.

 

 

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf delivers his nationally televised address, Saturday, December 15, 2007 in Islamabad. (Xinhua/AFP Photo)

 

Talking about the emergency rule in the country, Musharraf said that visible and positive changes have been witnessed during the emergency period. The terrorism spreading in tribal areas has been contained, he said.

 

The third phase of democracy, which was derailed, is now back on track, Musharraf said.

 

He also pledged that the general elections would be held on time and would be free and fair.

 

Musharraf proclaimed a state of emergency in the country and proclaimed a provisional constitutional order (PCO) on November 3, suspending the constitution and sacking then-Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and several other Supreme Court judges.

 

Earlier on Saturday, he issued three presidential orders, lifting the state of emergency, revoking the PCO and reviving the constitution.

 

(Xinhua News Agency December 16, 2007)

Tools: Save | Print | E-mail | Most Read
Comment
Username   Password   Anonymous
 


China Archives
Related >>
- Five feared dead in suicide attack in NW Pakistan
- Special envoy meets Pakistani president
Most Viewed >>
-Chinese compatriots withdraw from Chad
-Gabon's Jean Ping elected as AU Commission chief
-FM: Taiwan, Nansha Islands all Chinese territory
-Baghdad market blasts kill 72
-World Bank chief to assess floods in Zambia
> Korean Nuclear Talks
> Reconstruction of Iraq
> Middle East Peace Process
> Iran Nuclear Issue
> 6th SCO Summit Meeting
Links
- China Development Gateway
- Foreign Ministry
- Network of East Asian Think-Tanks
- China-EU Association
- China-Africa Business Council
- China Foreign Affairs University
- University of International Relations
- Institute of World Economics & Politics
- Institute of Russian, East European & Central Asian Studies
- Institute of West Asian & African Studies
- Institute of Latin American Studies
- Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies
- Institute of Japanese Studies
SiteMap | About Us | RSS | Newsletter | Feedback

Copyright © China.org.cn. All Rights Reserved E-mail: webmaster@china.org.cn Tel: 86-10-88828000 京ICP证 040089号