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Pakistan constitutional package: Musharraf will be reduced to be a ‘titular’ Head of State

	April 14, 2008

Pervez Musharraf will be reduced to be a “titular Head of State” under a constitutional package drawn up by the new Pakistan Government which feels that it can avoid impeaching him once he is unarmed. The package to be introduced during the next session of the National Assembly will take away “many crucial powers” of Musharraf, including those on dissolving the National Assembly and declaring emergency, reducing him to be a “titular” head. The package will also determine the status of ...