Pakistan readies caretaker gov’t
President Gen. Pervez Musharraf and his aides were finalizing a caretaker government Thursday, while his two opposition rivals opened talks on forming an alliance against him. Nov. 15 marks the end of the current Parliament’s five-year term. Musharraf’s concurrent presidential mandate also expires Thursday, though he has extended it by calling a state of emergency that has cast Pakistan into a deep political crisis. Full Story