In an audio recording obtained by Human Rights Watch, General Qayyum appeared to be advising an unidentified person on what political party the person should approach to become a candidate in the upcoming parliamentary election, now scheduled for February 18, 2008.
In contradictory signals, Pakistan's top government lawyer on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that the general elections would be held as per schedule while the President's Constitutional Adviser ruled out such a possibility.Attorney General Malik Qayyum also told the apex court, "There is no martial law in the country and the army has not taken over the affairs of the government".
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on Thursday finalised the order to revoke emergency on December 15, prior to which the Constitution will be amended to ensure that the decisions he has taken since November 3 are not questioned in courts.
Qayyum said that Sharif could be barred from contesting the January polls as he had been sentenced to life imprisonment on corruption charges.
Amid deepening political crisis, embattled Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf was on Thursday huddled with his key aides in cobbling up a caretaker government ahead of the general election as police and anti- emergency demonstrators traded fire in Karachi leaving two children dead.
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