Pakistan's former cricket captain who leads an opposition party, is in jail under anti-terrorism laws. He went on a hunger strike today inside jail in Dera Ghazi Khan, a town in southern Punjab province, to protest against emergency rule, party spokesman Ahmed Awais said. Musharraf has said he will step down as army chief and take the presidential oath as a civilian after the Supreme Court rules on his re-election. Pakistan will invite international observers to monitor the election, Musharraf said, according to APP. Musharraf last imposed emergency rule when he seized power in a 1999 coup, lifting it three years later to allow elections. European Union observers ``cast serious doubt'' over the independence of the election commission at the time and said parties didn't have sufficient time to campaign because a ban on rallies wasn't lifted until 40 days before the vote.
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