Election results are available for 240 of the 272 seats for the National Assembly, as well as for the four provincial assemblies. The PPP -- the party of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto -- is in the lead with 87 seats, followed by the 66 seats won by the PML-N, the party of Nawaz Sharif who is also a former prime minister. The PPP is on track to form the governing coalition.
The Pakistani Muslim League-Quaid, Musharraf's party, has won only 38 seats. The Muttahida Qaumi Movement -- a students’ movement based in Sindh province -- won 19 seats and the Awami National Party (a secular Pashtun party) won 10. The MMA only won three seats. Thirty-five seats have been distributed to independents, while results are still being counted for 26 of the seats. Elections were postponed in four districts.
Source: The Long War Journal, where more reporting and analysis can be found.
Lahore, 20 Feb. (AKI/DAWN) - Leaders of the two parties that won Pakistan's parliamentary elections, Asif Zardari and Nawaz Sharif, are expected to meet in Islamabad on Thursday to discuss the formation of a new government.
Zardari, widower of former prime minister, Benazir Bhutto, who was assassinated in December, took over as head of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) after her death, while Sharif heads the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz group (PML-N).
According to preliminary results, the PPP won the most seats with 87 in the national assembly elections while the PML-N gained 65 seats.
The party that backs President Pervez Musharraf, the Pakistan Muslim League -Q (PML-Q) was roundly defeated and many former ministers were also rejected by voters.
Source: AKI
Well, it appears that others will be finding out what it is like to dance on a razor blade in Pakistan...with millions of lives in the balance.
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