Pakistan's Supreme Court, packed with government-friendly judges since President Pervez Musharraf's imposition of emergency rule, dismissed the main challenges to his re-election last month. Once the court clears Musharraf's October 6 victory, he has vowed to quit as army chief and become a civilian president, although he remains under fire from the opposition and Western allies for setting back democracy in nuclear-armed Pakistan. Musharraf was due to visit Saudi Arabia this week, the Foreign Ministry said, after the News daily said it had "credible reports" he would meet exiled opposition leader Nawaz Sharif there, fuelling speculation the general might be seeking a deal. But Sharif later said he would not meet Musharraf, who deposed him eight years ago and sent him into exile. In Islamabad, a 10-judge bench rejected five main challenges to Musharraf's right to contest the October 6 election while still army chief. It rules on the sixth and final petition on Thursday. "The notification of the president's election cannot be issued because a petition is still pending. Hopefully, it will be done after that," Attorney-General Malik Qayyum told Reuters. Musharraf's main aim in taking emergency powers was to purge the Supreme Court of men he feared would annul his re-election.