Pakistan's election winners ponder coalition
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The party of Pakistan's assassinated former prime minister Benazir Bhutto contemplated a coalition on Wednesday that could spell the end for President Pervez Musharraf after it won most seats in a general election.
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The ruling party claimed victory Wednesday in special elections designed to clear the path for Pakistan's finance minister to be elevated to prime minister. The opposition said the vote was rigged.
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Unofficial returns Tuesday showed huge wins for the opposition parties of former Prime Ministers Nawaz Sharif and the slain Benazir Bhutto, one day after a pivotal vote that could threaten Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's political viability.
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Benazir Bhutto's party was due to discuss a successor to the slain Pakistani opposition leader on Sunday and decide whether to contest an election due in little over a week.
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Pakistan president and exiled rival have almost reached power-sharing agreement, minister says.
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Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf faced mounting calls to quit Tuesday as opposition parties moved towards a coalition government in the wake of a sweeping election victory over his allies.
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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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The party of Benazir Bhutto will meet to discuss her successor and whether to contest Pakistan's election next month.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Aug. 29 -- Pakistani Gen. Pervez Musharraf and former prime minister Benazir Bhutto were on the verge Wednesday night of forming an improbable alliance that would involve him stepping down from the army but continuing as president and her returning to Pakistan after eight yea...
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Pakistan's Supreme Court is to debate if Gen Musharraf should be army chief while seeking re-election.
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Pakistan's electoral officials will decide on Tuesday whether to go ahead with a January poll in a nation plunged into crisis by the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto.
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Counting began on Monday after an  election in Pakistan which was far less violent than feared,  although it could result in a parliament set on driving U.S.  ally President Pervez Musharraf from power.
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Pakistan's ruling party concedes defeat after vote, which casts doubt on president's political future.
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The winners of Pakistanâs parliamentary elections said that they would take a new approach to fighting Islamic militants by pursuing less military confrontation.
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SIALKOT, Pakistan, Feb. 17 -- Many people in this gritty rural district of wheat fields and cinder-block factories believe one of the country's two main opposition parties deserves to win Monday's crucial voting for parliament. Yet they also believe the government will do everything it can to steal...
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The stakes are high but enthusiasm appears low as Pakistanis face one of the most crucial elections in their history.
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Pakistanis are hopeful about the future and the changes a new government will bring