Pervez Musharraf stood down as president on Monday as the PPP and its ruling coalition partners threatened to begin impeachment proceedings.
Under Pakistan's constitution, parliament has to elect a new president within 30 days of the resignation. An election is scheduled for 6 September.
Musharraf fired some 60 judges when he declared a state of emergency last November, including 14 of 18 judges who sat on the Supreme Court. Critics say Musharraf sacked the judges because they were preparing to rule against the legitimacy of his third term in office. He had been re-elected president by a parliament stacked with his supporters.
The PPP believes the coalition should focus on picking a successor for Musharraf before it decides on reinstating the judges. Their junior partner, the Pakistan Muslim League-N, says it's more important to restore the judges. PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif said the National Assembly will discuss the judges early next week, and predicted they would have their jobs back by Wednesday. His party has threatened to pull out of the coalition unless the judges are reinstated quickly.
22 August 2008
Benazir, second hand
CNN.com has an article about the nomination of the widower of the late Benazir Bhutto to be the next president of Pakistan:
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