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Pakistan's Supreme Court, stacked with judges friendly to President Pervez Musharraf, last night threw out a final challenge to his re-election and paved the way for him to quit as army chief.
The ruling comes as Musharraf faces the prospect of Pakistan's second suspension from the Commonwealth since he took power in a bloodless 1999 coup, because he continues to resist calls to lift emergency rule.
Attorney General Malik Qayyum said before the ruling he expected Musharraf to be sworn in for a second term "by the weekend or immediately thereafter".
- REUTERS
