Pakistan opposition meets amid anti-Musharraf protests

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By Danny Kemp 

ISLAMABAD (AFP) – The widower of Pakistan’s slain ex-premier Benazir Bhutto met political leaders to discuss forming a coalition on Thursday as police clashed with protesters opposed to President Pervez Musharraf.
Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf speaks to reporters at ... 
President Musharraf

Asif Ali Zardari was set to hold talks with ex-premier Nawaz Sharif on an alliance that could lead to the impeachment of Musharraf following the defeat of the president’s allies in parliamentary elections on Monday.

With other smaller parties on their side, they are close to the two-thirds majority they would need to seek Musharraf’s impeachment, leaving him in the most precarious position since he seized power in a 1999 coup.

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