Musharraf party 'lagging in poll'
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Opposition parties in Pakistan have taken big leads in the election, admits the party allied to President Musharraf.
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Pakistan's president considers concessions to his political opposition ahead of expected January elections, as a polls show him in thrid place behind Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif
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Pakistani electoral officials will  decide on Tuesday whether to go ahead with a January poll, with  expectations it would be delayed by up to two months after  Benazir Bhutto's assassination plunged the country into crisis.
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Pakistanis began voting Monday for a new parliament in elections shadowed by fears of violence and questions about the political survival of President Pervez Musharraf Â America's key ally in the war on terror.
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Musharraf's unpopularity is proving uncomfortable for allies near to polling day
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Pakistan's political crisis appeared  to stabilize on Thursday with parties looking ahead to an  election in which the party of assassinated opposition leader  Benazir Bhutto is set to make gains.
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The rout of his allies in Pakistan's  parliamentary election could herald the end for President  Pervez Musharraf, one of Washington's most important Muslim  allies in its fight against al Qaeda, analysts say.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - With President Pervez Musharraf facing an election in just two weeks, police last night arrested key opposition leaders who had vowed to try to block the general's plans for winning a new term.
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Pakistani electoral officials will decide on Tuesday whether to go ahead with a January poll, with expectations it would be delayed by up to two months after Benazir Bhutto's assassination plunged the country into crisis.
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MULTAN, Pakistan  - The strength of a sympathy vote for assassinated Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto in the country's biggest province is likely to determine the result of a general election on February 18.
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Allies of Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf have raised objections to a power-sharing deal he is negotiating with former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, casting fresh doubt on the future of the embattled president.
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In Peshawar, where frustration is high over President Musharraf's inability to stop rising insecurity, law-and-order issues could shape the outcome of Feb. 18 election.
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Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf has berated his ruling coalition for leaving him isolated in a growing crisis that threatens to destabilize a country on the front line of a global anti-terrorism campaign.
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While the government hailed an end to  emergency rule, many Pakistani politicians, voters and the  media said on Sunday that President Pervez Musharraf remained  entrenched in power with elections next month skewed in his  favor.
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Officials said next weekâs elections would probably be delayed, while the opposition politician Nawaz Sharif called for President Pervez Musharraf to resign.
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Allies of Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf have raised objections to a power-sharing deal he is negotiating with former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, casting fresh doubt on the future of the embattled president.
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Pakistan's ruling party concedes defeat after vote, which casts doubt on president's political future.