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 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - President Gen. Pervez Musharraf will stay on as army chief if he is not re-elected, a government lawyer said Tuesday, fueling opposition claims that he could be setting the stage to declare a state of emergency.
Attorney General Malik Mohammed Qayyum, who outlined Musharraf's plans at a Supreme Court hearing on challenges to the president's candidacy, denied any moves toward authoritarianism were being considered.
"There will be no martial law," he said. "There will be no emergency."
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