ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – 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.
Supporters of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto celebrate after polls closed for Pakistan’s general elections in Peshawar February 18, 2008. 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. REUTERS/Mian Khursheed (PAKISTAN)
The former army chief called for reconciliation after casting his vote in the city of Rawalpindi, where opposition leader and former prime minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated on December 27.
The vote for a new National Assembly and provincial assemblies was to have been held early last month, but was delayed because of Bhutto’s assassination.
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