Pakistan court to hear Musharraf challenges next week

Pakistan's revamped top court is likely to resume hearings next week on challenges against Pervez Musharraf's re-election as president, the country's attorney general said Monday.
It means the military ruler, who has promised to quit as army chief as soon as his October 6 victory is validated, will not hang up his army uniform this week at least.
Attorney general Malik Muhammad Qayyum told AFP that two more judges would be sworn in as Supreme Court judges on Tuesday, bringing the total to 11.
That is the number that was considering the case before Musharraf imposed a state of emergency on November 3, when he sacked the chief justice and eight other Supreme Court judges who refused to take a new oath.