Pakistan’s Ruling Panel Named
Nearly two weeks after throwing out Pakistan’s elected government, the army on Monday announced the members of a new National Security Council.
The five men and one woman will run the country until the military chief decides to hold elections. So far, Gen. Pervez Musharraf has refused to say when elections will be held, and few Pakistanis seem to want elections any time soon, preferring to see endemic corruption tackled first.
Musharraf, who led the bloodless coup Oct. 12 that ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s government, will head the council of military officers and civilians.
He traveled to Saudi Arabia on Monday on his first trip abroad and was not in the country for the announcement.
Saudi Arabia was one of the first countries to recognize Musharraf.
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