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'US may take action if polls are rigged'
United States Senator Joseph Lieberman said on Wednesday that the US Congress might take action against Pakistan if elections are not held in a free, fair and impartial atmosphere, as President Pervez Musharraf assured the US delegation that the government was committed to holding free and peaceful elections. The US Congress may take some action (if elections are rigged). That would be awful, as relations between US and Pakistan are very important (for both countries), Lieberman told a press conference. He said rigged elections would increase political polarisations and divisions and increase the threat from Al Qaeda and other terrorist organisations.The US senator said he had received a detailed and explicit briefing by Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Kayani and Strategic Plans Division Director General Lieutenant General Khalid Kidwai. I was impressed by the specific explanation I had about the system that is in place here, AFP quoted Lieberman as telling reporters. Posted by: Fred 2008-01-10 |
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