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A CIVIL ACT: Musharraf is the first ever General in Pakistan to switch to civilian costume to retain power.

A CIVIL ACT: Musharraf is the first ever General in Pakistan to switch to civilian costume to retain power.

Mush begins new innings as President in civvies

Pervez Musharraf was sworn in for a second term as Pakistan President on Thursday — this time as a civilian leader — a day after he quit as Army Chief. Abdul Hameed Dogar, the Chief Justice Musharraf had hand-picked after purging the Supreme Court when he had imposed Emergency rule on November 3, administered the oath of office to Musharraf, who was wearing a traditional sherwani tunic. Musharraf says he is "moved and touched" by the presence of people from all walks of life at the ceremony.

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