Lahore, Oct 2 : The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has quietly started restoring its relations with the opposition parties, because hopes of the government and the PPP coming closer are quite dim with the Musharraf regime sitting on the demands of the party.

The PPP will finalise its strategy on October 3 in a meeting being convened in London, giving maximum time to the Musharraf regime to accept its demands before the presidential polls.

Islamabad, Oct 2 : Pakistan’s Railway Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad has said that after getting re-elected, General Pervez Musharraf will have to change his mindset, as he will become the President, not the ruler of the country.

The people’s elected Prime Minister should be the ruler of the country, he said on a private television channel.

Lahore, Oct 2 : Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf would give up his uniform before taking oath as the civilian head of the state, US Consulate Principal Officer Lahore Bryan D Hunt has said.

Hunt further said that national political reconciliation and the holding of free and fair general elections is vital for Pakistan.

Lahore, Oct 2 : The Pakistan Government is planning to promulgate an ordinance in the next 48 hours that would have an enormous bearing on the reported understanding between President Pervez Musharraf and former premier Benazir Bhutto, highly placed sources have said.

The ordinance would grant amnesty to all politicians, bankers and bureaucrats from all charges relating to misdemeanours, misconduct and misuse of power between 1985 and 2007, sources said.

Islamabad, Oct 1 : At least 15 people were killed and 19 others injured in a suspected suicide bomb blast in Pakistan’s north-western area on Monday morning.

According to police, a suicide attacker left a rickshaw at Afsar Chowk of Bannu and blown himself up.

A large number of people were present at the place when the blast was triggered. A severed head, probably of the attacker, has been found from the spot, The News reported.

The deceased include four policemen and 11 civilians.