Pakistan Rejects Call to lift Emergency Rule

President Musharral's government dismissed a last ditch U.S. call to end emergency rule, leaving the Bush administration with limited options Sunday in steering its nuclear armed ally back toward democracy. Pakistan said U. S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negro-Ponte brought no new proposals on a make or break visit,and received no assurances after urging Musharraf to restore the constitution and free thousands of political opponents.