Pakistan: 'U.S. President George W. Bush should urge Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf to keep his promise to step down as army chief by the end of the year and fully restore civilian rule in Pakistan, Human Rights Watch said today. The two leaders are scheduled to meet Wednesday on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.

'At the same time, Musharraf should call on Bush to support an independent commission, modeled on the 9/11 Commission, to investigate torture and other ill-treatment at U.S. military detention facilities, Human Rights Watch said.' (Human Rights Watch)