Is Musharraf finished?

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf did his nation a favor by permitting free elections, said The Dallas Morning News, but "he could do it an even greater service by resigning" and handing over real power to the winning opposition coalition. If

What happened

The leaders of Pakistan’s two main opposition parties said Thursday that they would form a coalition government after trouncing supporters of President Pervez Musharraf in parliamentary elections, but they said nothing about the future of Musharraf, a key Bush administration ally in the war on terror. (The New York Times, free registration)

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