ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's parliament yesterday passed an historic constitutional amendment that gives US-backed President Gen Pervez Musharraf extraordinary powers in return for a promise that he will quit his army post by the end of next year.
Supporters hailed the legislation as a return to democracy, while opponents staged a walkout and decried the deal as window-dressing on what they say is essentially military rule.
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