Early Returns: Pakistan Opposition Wins »
Posted By ekklesiawarrior 1 year, 8 months ago in NewsPakistan's opposition parties have won parliamentary elections, threatening President Pervez Musharraf's rule eight years after he seized power in a military coup, unofficial returns showed Tuesday. The party of slain former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was in the lead in Monday's parliamentary vote
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-- ex-premier Nawaz Sharif - who was toppled in Musharraf's 1999 coup and has emerged as his fiercest critic - running a close second.
The private Geo TV network said the two parties had so far won 139 seats, more than half of the 272-seat National Assembly.
The pro-Musharraf ruling party, the Pakistan Muslim League-Q, was trailing a distant third with 33 seats --
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Telegraph News Update:
Pakistan opposition poised for election gains
Millions of people had braved the threat of suicide bombings to vote in the polls that will determine the political future of President Pervez Musharraf, a key ally in the US-led war on terror, and the ruling party, the Pakistan Muslim League-Q
In a significant blow to the president, the chairman of the PML-Q appeared on the verge of losing his seat, according to early counting.
Television networks reported that Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain had lost his seat in Punjab - a traditional ruling party stronghold - to a rival from the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) of Benazir Bhutto, the assassinated opposition leader.
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