08-20-2007, 01:11 AM
<b>AQ Khan 'elected' Pakistan's 'president'</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Abdul Qader Khan, the detained scientist who pioneered Pakistan's nuclear weapons programme, was "elected" the country's president, defeating the incumbent, Pervez Musharraf, in a mock poll held by lawyers.
Musharraf received only one vote and Khan, whom he has placed under detention since January 2004, got 2,103 votes in the "presidential referendum" organised by the Save Judiciary Committee of the Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA).
Daily Times newspaper did not give details of the people behind the "referendum", but said the balloting started at 9 am and continued till 2 pm on Saturday.
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Nareshji,
Yeh kya ho raha hai.
Musharraf received only one vote and Khan, whom he has placed under detention since January 2004, got 2,103 votes in the "presidential referendum" organised by the Save Judiciary Committee of the Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA).
Daily Times newspaper did not give details of the people behind the "referendum", but said the balloting started at 9 am and continued till 2 pm on Saturday.
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Nareshji,
Yeh kya ho raha hai.