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...Pakistanis have shown a renewed commitment to participating in a democracy. Despite the threat of terrorism - a very real concern given recent attacks on political rallies and the assassination of Benazir Bhutto - over 45% of eligible Pakistanis turned out to cast their votes, considerably more than the number that voted in previous general elections in 2002 and 1997. Under the circumstances, this was an impressive level of engagement. And in terms of sheer numbers, it was massive: 36 million Pakistanis voted, more than the entire population of either Iraq or Afghanistan...
...Musharraf is not about to comply willingly with such demands, but he could see his hand forced once the new parliament assembles in the next few weeks. The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) of assassinated former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) led by former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif together won more than half the 272 open seats in Pakistan's parliament. Leaders of both parties said Tuesday that they would try to form a coalition; if they can win support from two-thirds of the parliament, they could try to impeach Musharraf...
Pakistan's two main opposition parties were the big winners in Monday's parliamentary elections, and they plan to use their gains to form a coalition government that could threaten President Pervez Musharraf's weakening grip on power. The Pakistani People's Party (PPP) of assassinated former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif have, together, won more than half the seats so far counted, easily defeating the Musharraf-aligned PML-Q party. If the PPP and PML-N win two-thirds of parliamentary seats, they will...
...cast their votes in an election with possibly grave consequences. In theory, the polling could bring an end to the rule of President Pervez Musharraf. In practice, if the vote is seen as fraudulent, it could trigger a repeat of the mayhem that greeted news of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's assassination on December 27th...
However, a few unofficial reports have begun to trickle in. And in a small number of districts, things appear to be going well for both the late Benazir Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and for former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N). In some districts where the PPP appears to have won, party workers are throwing impromptu celebrations; Pakistani TV has shown people dancing in the streets and tossing confetti. And Sharif's party appears to be doing well in all urban areas, a welcome surprise for the former Prime Minister. One incumbent...